Posts Tagged ‘Obituary’


R.I.P. Kevin McCarthy, 1914 – 2010

September 13th, 2010 | article by | No Comments »
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Star of Don Siegel’s classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Wtf-Film favorite Kevin McCarthy died on Saturday at the age of 96.  I best remember him from the Siegel film, its exceptional 1978 remake and his frequent collaborations with Joe Dante (Piranha, The Howling, Innerspace, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Matinee), though his six decade career extended far beyond that.  Needless to say, he will be missed.


R.I.P. Dennis Hopper, 1936 – 2010

May 29th, 2010 | article by | No Comments »
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The Guardian – Dennis Hopper: a friend, a maverick and a truly great artist


R.I.P. Robert Culp, 1930 – 2010

March 25th, 2010 | article by | No Comments »
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The prolific television and film actor will always be best remembered here in Wtf-Film-land as the star of three of the very best episodes of the 60s anthology series The Outer Limits.  He brought fear, paranoia, and all-important humanity to the roles, which required him to be a man-turned-alien one moment and a cyborg with a speaking glass hand the next.  Culp, who passed away on Wednesday after collapsing at his home, was 79 years old.  He will be missed.

Robert Culp and actress Geraldine Brooks in a publicity shot for 'The Architects of Fear', 1963.


R.I.P. Peter Graves, 1926-2010

March 15th, 2010 | article by | No Comments »
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There’s really not much to say here – another long-time Wtf-Film favorite and Minneapolis, MN native has passed away.  Actor Peter Graves (younger brother of James Arness), famous for his turn as the pilot in Airplane!, has ascended to that all-day peplum matinee in the sky at the age of 83.  He was found dead of natural causes in his home Sunday afternoon.

Best known around these parts as a regular in the down-and-dirty no-budget world of 50s science fiction, Graves starred in such classic cheapie programmers as Killers From Space, It Conquered The World, Beginning of the End, and Red Planet Mars. Needless to say, he will be missed.