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RIP Warren Hammack

Northampton, Mass. — Warren Hammack, producer, actor, writer and director, died at his home here on Feb. 13, one day shy of his 89th birthday.

An extensive look at his long career is here.

MSTies will remember that he played a mechanic in the movie “Five the Hard Way,” featured in episode […]

Sharon Acker RIP

TORONTO, Canada — Canadian actress Sharon Acker died March 16 in a retirement home here. She was 87.

Though she appeared in dozens of TV series, she may be best remembered for her role as the unfaithful wife in the 1967 neo-noir classic “Point Blank.”

MSTies will remember her performance as Dr. […]

RIP Robert Blake

Los Angeles — Actor Robert Blake, whose career stretched from child actor to Emmy-winning role as the cockatoo-owning undercover cop in the popular 1970s TV series “Baretta,” died of heart disease at his home here March 9. He was 89.

Blake was perhaps best known for his trial following the 2001 […]

RIP Topol

Tel Aviv, Israel — Chaim Topol, who became professionally known solely by his last name in a career that included starring in “Fiddler on the Roof” on stage and screen, died here after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 87.

MSTies may recall that he was mentioned (by “Jack Perkins”) in a […]

RIP Bert I. Gordon

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Bert I. Gordon, the sci-fi director who, in the 1950s and ’60s, created numerous low-budget films featuring colossal creatures, shrinking humans and radioactive monsters, died at his home here March 8, of complications from a fall. He was 100.

Gordon loomed large over MST3K for several seasons. He […]