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MSTory Folks We Lost This Year

  • 01/02 Ned Wertimer (age 89), who played Andy Henderson in the movie in episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS.
  • 01/22 Lucyna Winnicka (age 84), who played Joan Moran in the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
  • 02/14 Kojiro Hongo (age 75), who played Keisuke Hirata in the movie in episode 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON and Shiro Tsutsumi in the movie in episode 308- GAMERA VS. GAOS.
  • 02/16 Ennio Girolami aka Thomas Moore (age 78), who played President Henry Clark in the movie “Escape from the Bronx,” seen in episode 705- ESCAPE 2000.
  • 02/21 Del Tenney (age 82), producer and director of the movie in episode 817- THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH.
  • 02/28 Armando Trovajoli (age 95), score composer for the movie in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN.
  • 03/21 Robert Nichols (age 88), who played Joe Wilson in THIS ISLAND EARTH seen in MST3K THE MOVIE.
  • 03/24 Peter Duryea (age 73), who played Tad Duval in the movie in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER.
  • 03/27 Will Zens (age 92), producer, director and screenwriter for the movie in episode 612- THE STARFIGHTERS.
  • 03/29 Bruce Podewell (age 69), who played Buzz Turner in the short MR. B NATURAL, seen in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST.
  • 04/02 Jesus “Jess” Franco (age 82), director of the movie in episode 323- THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
  • 04/15 William Thourlby (age 89), who played Dr. Bradford in the movie in episode 606- THE CREEPING TERROR.
  • 04/25 Virginia Gibson (age 88), who played Mary in the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON, which was featured in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
  • 05/07 Ray Harryhausen (age 92), who was mentioned in passing in a host segment in episode 113- THE BLACK SCORPION.
  • 06/06 Maxine Stuart (age 94), who played Peggy in the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
  • 06/08 Don Barton (age 83), the producer, director and screenwriter for the movie in episode 1005- BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z.
  • 06/12 Bert Spielvogel (age 101), cinematographer for the short LAST CLEAR CHANCE, seen in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
  • 06/26 Peter Taylor (age 45), editor for the movie in episode 904- WEREWOLF.
  • 07/01 Morton C. Landberg (age 80), co-producer of the movie in episode 513- THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE.
  • 07/14 Dennis Burkley (age 67), who played Pete Ungar in the movie in episode 706- LASERBLAST.
  • 08/15 Gerry Arbeid (age 78), production manager for the movie in episode 822- OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK.
  • 08/28 Larry Pennell (age 85), who played Major Thomas in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 09/16 Kim Hamilton (age 81), who played Young Malla in the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
  • 10/06 Lynne Frederickson (age 67), who had an uncredited role as a secretary in the movie THE GREEN SLIME, riffed in MST3K’s pilot.
  • 10/21 Gianni Ferrio (age 88), musical score composer for the movie “Il Raggio Infernale,” seen in episode 620- DANGER!! DEATH RAY.
  • 10/25 Nigel Davenport (age 85), who played Ernest Hubbs in the movie in episode K09- PHASE IV.
  • 10/27 Lou Reed (age 71), whose song “Satellite of Love” was sung by Joel and the bots in episode K08- GAMERA VS. GUIRON.
  • 11/17 Syd Field (age 77), whose bestselling book “Screenplay” was the basis of a host segment in episode 310- FUGITIVE ALIEN.
  • 11/19 Marc Breaux (age 89), who was the male lead in the short DESIGN FOR DREAMING, seen in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
  • 11/26 Toshiaki Tsushima (age 77), score composer for the movie in MST3K’s unaired pilot, “THE GREEN SLIME,” and the movie in episode 306- TIME OF THE APES.
  • 11/29 Parvin Lee Strosnider (age 82), who did sound and was the camera operator for the movie in episode 621- THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS and did sound for episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES, and was the cinematographer for the movie in episode 609- THE SKY DIVERS.

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  1. ARCH HALL 3 says:

    I HOPE THEY ARE HAVING A MARATHON OF ALL THEIR MOVIES MST3K RIFFED ON AND ARE GETTING A GOOD CHUCKLE FROM IT !!!!

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  2. Goshzilla says:

    Parvin?

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  3. ToolAssist says:

    #2, according to this obituary his first name was Parvin.
    http://www.thebraziltimes.com/story/2030619.html

    Also, wow, 101 years old. That’s got to be a record.

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  4. Sampo says:

    ToolAssist–it’s just proof you can live to a ripe old age if you’ll just LOOK at railroad crossings.

    Why don’t they look?

    Also, no, the oldest MSTory person to die so far is Carl Esmond, who played Prof. Stefanik in the movie in episode 815- AGENT FOR H.A.R.M. He was 102 and about six months.

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  5. Mrs. Dick Courier says:

    During a wiki search I read that the male lead in Design for Dreaming, Marc Breaux, died in November. He was a popular choreographer working in Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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  6. Kenneth Morgan says:

    Unless I’m very much mistaken, Robert Nichols, Kim Hamilton and Niogel Davenport were featured in this year’s “TCM Remembers” reel.

    I’d still like to see some talented MSTie put together a similarly-tasteful tribute reel to those MST vets we lost in 2013.

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  7. Yipe Striper says:

    still bummed about dennis

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  8. Sampo says:

    Mrs. Dick Courier: Thanks for that! If you — or anybody! — ever see one that might have slipped by me, please alert me!

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  9. the_dumpster says:

    #6 Well, I guess you could do that with the episodes that are listed.

    The ones off-camera (editor, writer, music, etc.), have the “best” (i.e. worst) clip played.

    So, let’s say the writer for “Touch of Satan” died, play the clip of “This is where the fish lives.”

    Editor for “Girl in Gold Boots” would have the clip of when Buzz “teleports.”

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  10. Projected Paul says:

    You forgot Elvin Feltner, the producer behind Teenage Strangler.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvin_Feltner

    He “claimed” he owned the rights for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and Godzilla v. Megalon through his Krypton International Films company. He “licensed” them to Rhino for Volumes 9 & 10, when he didn’t own them and that’s why those DVD sets quickly went out-of-print.

    I e-mailed you that info earlier this year, Sampo.

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  11. huggybear says:

    What a great tribute to those who helped (inadvertently) to make Mst what it was. I didn’t realize how much we lost this past year.

    Well done Sampo.

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  12. Sampo says:

    Projected Paul–can’t go by Wikipedia. When IMDB posts it, I will go with it.

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  13. Projected Paul says:

    @12 — Sampo, here’s a source:

    http://www.sfltv.com/2013/former-wtvx-owner-elvin-feltner-jr-dies/

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  14. Basil says:

    For what it’s worth, I offer these. The MST3K connections may not be to standard, but here they are anyway:

    Richard Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) wrote the Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” which was referenced by Mike in a riff during 821: Time Chasers: “There’s a man on the wing of the plane!”

    Tom Clancy (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was referenced in Tom Servo’s riff in 622: Angels Revenge: “This Tom Clancy novel really loses something in the film version.”

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  15. Sampo says:

    Paul–it’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s that we have standards. I hope that whoever has control of Feltner’s IMDB page will update it soon.

    Basil–Here’s how it works: We only count mentions from host segments, not from theater segments. If we tried to compile every reference in theater, that way madness lies. So, thanks, but neither of those apply.

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  16. Basil says:

    Sampo, Projected Paul:
    The update to Mr. Feltner’s IMDB bio has been submitted with supporting documentation. It’s in the review queue and probably won’t be applied until next week, week after at the latest.

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