LAS VEGAS–Rubber-faced comedian Charlie Callas died at a care center here Thursday, Jan. 27. He was 86. In addition to being mentioned in riffs a number of times, MSTies will remember that his trademark jerky stage persona was put to good use in the “Charlie Callas massager,” an invention exchange in episode […]
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[Note: We heard about Jack’s passing but didn’t think he was a MSTory person until alert reader Kathy informed us that he is briefly seen in “City on Fire.” He’s not in the IMDB and Daddy-O never added him to the MSTory database, but Kathy’s right: he’s in the movie!)
MORRO BAY, Calif.–Jack […] MADRID–Juan Piquer Simon, a Spanish director and producer of “exploitation films,” for more than two decades, died here Friday, Jan. 7, from lung cancer. He was 74. MSTies know him as the director and screenwriter for 1983’s “Los Nuevos Extraterrestres” the movie seen in episode 303- POD PEOPLE. “I know I’ve worked […]
Satellite News is deeply saddened to learn of the passing, yesterday morning, of Jack Beaulieu, Trace’s father. He was 87. MSTies will recall his appearance as “Old Forrester” in a host segment in episode 706- LASERBLAST. Satellite News offers its heartfelt condolences to Trace and his family.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Leslie Nielsen, the handsome leading man of the 1950s who, in the 1980s and ’90s discovered a new career as a comic actor, died of complications from pneumonia Sunday, Nov. 28, at a hospital near his home here. He was 84. MSTies will remember his performance as the […] |
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