I know this is a little rough, but be kind, this is my first time trying something like this.
And the annual list:
- 01/11 Jophery C. Brown (age 68), a stunt person in the movie in episode 516- ALIEN FROM
L.A. - 01/12 Frank Marth (age 91), who played the space systems manager in the movie “Marooned,”
featured in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS. - 01/16 Russell Johnson (age 89), who played Joe Gamble in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN and Dr. Steve Carlson in THIS ISLAND EARTH seen in MST3K: THE MOVIE. He treated MSTies to a great personal appearance at 1996’s MST3K’S CONVENTIOCON EXPOFEST-A-RAMA.
- 01/20 Victor Izay, who played Mr. Casey in the movie in episode 1002- GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS.
- 01/28: John Cacavas (age 83), musical score composer for the movies in episodes K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT, K15- SUPERDOME and K19- HANGAR 18.
- 02/01 Maximilian Schell (age 83), who played the title role in the movie in episode 1009- HAMLET.
- 02/24 Gunter Reisch (age 86), one of the screenwriters for the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
- 03/02 Gail Gilmore, aka Gerber (age 76), who played Elsa in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.
- 05/08 George Kohut (age 70), who was a camera operator on the movie in episode 11- PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR.
- 05/08 Nancy Malone (age 79), who played Tina Scott in the movie in episode 614- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL.
- 05/21 Jane Adams (age 92), who played Helen Paige in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
- 06/02 Marjorie Stapp (age 92), who played “hysterical young woman” in the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.
- 06/07 Jacques Herlin (age 86), who played Ross in the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON.
- 06/08 Dennis C. Lewiston (age 80), camera operator for in the movie in episode K09- PHASE IV.
- 06/14 Francis Matthews (age 86), who did the voice of the title character on TV’s “Captain
Scarlet,” episodes of which were seen in episode K02- REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS. - 07/18 John Fasano (age 52), assistant director for the movie in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE. He also played William Washington in that movie.
- 07/19 James Garner (age 86), who was described as a “beef spokesman” in a host segment in episode 403- CITY LIMITS.
- 08/04 Walter Massey (age 85), who played Mr. Peters in the movie in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE.
- 08/08 Menahem Golan (age 85), half of infamous production team of Golan-Globus, who produced the movie in episode 516- ALIEN FROM L.A.
- 08/09 Ed Nelson (age 85), who played Dave Randall in the movie in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, a caveteen in the movie in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN, as George Beldridge in the movie in episode K15- SUPERDOME, a police sergeant in the movie in episode 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS and as the elusive Robert Denby in the movie in episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH. He also helped make the costumes for episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, in which he was supposed to appear, but didn’t.
- 08/24 Richard Attenborough (age 90), whom Mike impersonated during a host segment in episode 1001- SOULTAKER.
- 08/30 Andrew V. McLaglen (age 94), who directed the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL.
- 09/10 Richard Kiel (age 74), who played Dr. Kolos in the movie in episode 420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS, the Solarite in the movie in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET and the title role in the movie in episode 506- EEGAH!
- 09/21 Linda Griffiths (age 60), who played Appollonia James in the movie in episode 822- OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK.
- 09/23 Jackie Brady Baugh (age unknown), production accountant for the movie in episode K15- SUPERDOME.
- 10/07 Federico Boido (age 74 or 76), who played a Valmont henchman in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.
- 10/11 Gary McLarty (age 74), who played Mistretta Hood #2 in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL.
- 10/11 Robert “Bob” Orrison (age 86), who played Mistretta Hood #1 in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL.
- 11/07 Michael Lennick (age 61), who did the special video and electronic effects for the movie in episode K20- THE LAST CHASE.
- 12/05 Koichi Kawakita (age 72), assistant visual effects cinematographer for “Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto,” aka the movie in episode 213- GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER.
- 12/15 Booth Colman (age 91), who played Mories in the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K’s first live show.
- 12/19 Arthur Gardner (age 104), who has a small, uncredited role as dancer in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
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Let’s not forget that Russell Johnson’s professor kept the other castaways alive on that uncharted desert isle.
Nicely done! I like being able to put a face to the unfamiliar (at least to me)names.
I agree with Kansas.
Excellent tribute video. I’m choking up a bit just typing this. :cry:
Well done. Very tasteful.
“He’s so right; we really are just dust in the wind.”
Awesome – makes me feel better after all the times “TCM Remembers” has forgotten people I think deserved to be remembered (for example this year they left out Ed Nelson – and I was more than a little miffed when they forgot Beverly Garland after she passed).
Nothing to be sorry about, Sampo – the video looks perfect. RIP, people…
Shortly after Richard Kiel’s death, I created a YouTube video tribute to him with music composed by me. If you would like to check it out, just click my name.
Not a good year for Mistretta hoods…
Great video! The only nits that I would mention are (1) sometimes there isn’t enough time to read the text, and (2) sometimes the white text is hard to read on the background image.
‘TCM Remembers’ generally does a good job of this sort of year-end remembrance. They miss a few people now-n-then, sometimes due to the time frame of the person`s demise…It got me when they missed ROBERT EASTON back in 2011. Easton was the foremost dialogue coach in Hollywood for decades. He was known as ‘The Man Of A Thousand Voices’.
Very nice tribute…thank you
Very nicely done. A little more time to read the longer text would have been good. Who’da thunk Ed Nelson was in so many MST3Ks?
Linda Griffiths aka Appollonia James passed away? :( Wow, can’t believe I missed that one and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is one of my favorite eps. Glad to hear that she enjoyed a very satisfying theater career.
I thought the tribute was just lovely…we owe much to these people for efforts…Russell and Richard are the hardest to bare…two giants in entertainment…:rose:
Curious. Are people involved with the Film Crew movies included?
Eegah and MSTie: yes those are things I would have fixed if I had time. Finding the right color font to stand out from the photo is a challenge. I’m new to this so it’s going to be a learning process.
And, Eegah–not sure if you heard but both those Mistretta hoods were killed in a single terrible auto accident. :-(
CK–No.
You know, Sampo, I’ve kinda been wondering whether you should include Glen Larson on this list. His
MSTory link is slim, but they did use the old BSG footage in Space Mutany.
Thanks, Sampo, didn’t mean to sound critical. I know it’s hard to make even a simple video like this, ’cause I’ve tried!
How about Joe Cocker who passed on 12/22?
He was parodied in Zombie Nightmare (and probably others). Seems as noteworthy here as James Garner.
Sampo, next time have a black band across the bottom for text.
Excellent tribute.
Man, that’s depressing. So many good people gone this year. Maximilian Schell, Russel Johnson, Richard Kiel, Ed Nelson (he’s so elusive!), and Kawakita Koichi. I’ll always remember Maximilian Schell for The Black Hole, even though when I saw it as a kid I was far more interested in the awesome robots than any of the Human actors.
Actually, for some reason Maximilian Schell always brings to mind his role in The Freshman as Larry London:
“Mein Herz Schwebt in Blut. That means My Heart Swims in Blood.”
“Carmine said one boy. Here are two!”
Edge–I don’t think Joe Cocker was ever impersonated during a host segment. We do not include references to people mentioned during the theater riffing because, well, then we’d have to include EVERYBODY. :-)
Underwoc–Mr. Larson is a bit too far afield. Besides, the Brains themselves made things worse by not even RECOGNIZING the BSG footage! :-)
Ah, thanks. Now I know and knowing is half of the battle.
Fair enough. Regardless, God bless Twiki…
Great Tribute. R.I.P.: Jane Adams who played possibly the most gullible character in an MST3K movie.
We lost a lot of talent last year.
Not only of the named people but a lot of MST3K talent as well.
Thank you for doing this. People should be remembered and thanks to MST3k a lot of these folks spoke to an whole new generation. They became popular again and thanks to you, they can be respected in their passing.
Good job.