- 1/7 Juan Piquer Simon (age 74), director and screenwriter for “Los Nuevos Extraterrestres” the movie seen in episode 303- POD PEOPLE.
- 1/23 Jack LaLanne (age 96), who was seen briefly as himself in the movie in episode K16- CITY ON FIRE.
- 1/27 Joe Lanza (age 87), choreographer for the movie in episode 112- UNTAMED YOUTH.
- 2/20 Eddie Brandt(age 90), who played the piano player in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS. He also wrote some of the songs heard in the movie.
- 2/20 Helmut Ringelmann (age 84), production manager for the movie in episode 1009- HAMLET.
- 4/29 Russell A. Mosser (93), the co-founder of the Centron Corp., which produced the shorts SPEECH USING YOUR VOICE, featured in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER; CHEATING, featured in episode 515- THE WILD, WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN; WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, featured in 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN; WHY STUDY INDUSTRIAL ARTS?, featured in episode 609- THE SKYDIVERS; and SPEECH PLATFORM POSTURE AND APPEARANCE, featured in episode 619- RED ZONE CUBA.
- 5/7 Ross Hagen (age 72), who, played Rommel in the movie in episode 202- THE SIDEHACKERS and Sgt. Monte Chapman in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.
- 5/9 Dolores Fuller (age 88), who played Margie in the movie in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER.
- 5/12 Charles F. Haas (age 97), director of the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
- 5/23 Tom Hennesy (age 87), who played the Gill Man (in scenes when it was out of the water) and a Marineland driver in the movie in episode 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE.
- 5/25 Betty Luster (age 89), who played the title character in the short “MR. B NATURAL,” shown in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST.
- 5/25 Lillian Adams (age 89), who played Mrs. Ellis in the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.
- 7/26 Sakyo Komatsu (age 80), screenwriter for the movie in episode 306- TIME OF THE APES.
- 8/3 Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith (age 66), who played Moses in the movie in episode K15- SUPERDOME.
- 8/19 Jimmy Sangster (age 83), screenwriter for the movie in episode 101- THE CRAWLING EYE.
- 11/1 Richard Gordon,producer of the movies in episodes 818- DEVIL DOLL and 901- THE PROJECTED MAN.
- 11/2 Sid Melton (age 94), who played Sgt. Willie Tatlow in the movie in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT and Pill Box in the movie in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
- 11/6 Margaret Field, who played a nurse in the TV movie “The Stranger,” shown in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
- 12/1 Bill McKinney (age 80), who played Sheriff Kyle in the movie in episode 322- MASTER NINJA I and Chief Wilson in the movie in episode 1008- FINAL JUSTICE.
- 12/7 Tom Kennedy (age 63), director of the movie “Time Walker,” in episode 405- BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET.
- 12/11 Susan Gordon (age 62), who played Sandy Hubbard in the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.
- 12/16 Robert Easton (age 81), who played Dan Kester in the movie in episode 810- THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION, Mr. Keitel in episode 908- THE TOUCH OF SATAN and did the voices of Phones and X20 in the movie in episode K01- INVADERS FROM THE DEEP.
In addition, we wanted to mention Yvette Vickers (age 81), who played Liz Walker in the movie in episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES. The IMDB places her death in 2010, but the world did not learn of it until last April.
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What a perfect reminder for National Drinkalot day. That’s it, I’m hittin’ the booze again RIGHT NOW. Happy good one, y’all.
I think I’ll put on a stupid hat in honor of Ross Hagen. Via con Dios, you magnificent bastard.
While not in a Mysty movie I recall, Anne Francis died last
Jan. 3 at age 80. As a counter to many bad ’50s scifi movies.
she was Dr. Morbius’s daughter in Forbidden Planet, love
interest of Frank Drebin (I mean, Leslie Nielsen).
Little Monkey Boy and Mr B Natural in the same year. Sad really.
Mr B natural, Rommel , and sheriff Kyle too…I am devistated. Did I mention that I cried? :cry:
Rommel, you magnificent bastard!
So Hitler was behind that assault on Rommel’s fiance.
Now it all makes sense. J.C. wa an SS agent.
You and TCM Remembers are my favorite posts this time of year.
We did seem to loose a large share of actors in 2011.
We still got Ernest Borgnine!
#9: Just don’t shake his hand…
Most are oldies. The BS about laughter…best medicine and all that crap might…actually be true?! But…does it count if we’re the ones laughing at them…?
/puzzler hurts
stupid Hats burns my gut!
R-I-P Mr. B and Little Sandy!!!
Good night MR. B wherever you are…….
Good night Jack La Lane(who was also at the beginning of the old Adam West Batman movie, obviously had a sense of humor!), Russel A. Mosser for all the crappy but funny shorts, Ross Hagen (chili peppers, gut, you know), Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood’s suffering wife, Mr. B!!!!!!!, Bubba Smith from all the Police Academy movies of my youth, Sid Melton, and Robert Easton, whom we really did barely know. Ye. Whatever.
This was a nice addition to the site, today. It’s nice to acknowledge the passing of these people, who did their best to entertain the world.
rest easy, sandy… now go torment Tom.
It’s pretty informative and depressing when you stack them all up like that. But you can be sure there’ll be a similar list next year, and the year after that…these folks aren’t getting any younger.