YESTERDAY WE MARKED AND CELEBRATED the birthday of actor, #BURGESSMEREDITH, born November 16th, 1907, at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE!
TODAY we remember on his birthday the wonderful actor Burgess Meredith His career spanned over six decades. A
lifetime member of the Actors Studio by invitation. He won several
Emmys,was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best
Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.He
established himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically
acclaimed performances as George Milton in Of Mice and Men (1939), Ernie
Pyle in The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), and the narrator of A Walk in the
Sun (1945).
Meredith
was known later in his career for his multiple appearances on The
Twilight Zone and for portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s
TV series Batman and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky film
series. For
his performances in The Day of the Locust (1975) and Rocky (1976), he
received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He
later starred in the comedy Foul Play (1978) and the fantasy film Clash
of the Titans (1981). He narrated numerous films and documentaries
during his long career, including Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). Notable horror films include The Sentinel (1977) , Burnt Offerings (1976), Magic (1978) and The Manitou (1978) He co-starred with Peter Cushing in Amicus's 'Torture Garden' (1967)
NO ONE bowed out quite as well . . or indeed as many times, as #ChristopherLee! I think he actually holds a record??! At the Facebook PCASUK Page, we've asked 'Which is YOUR fav Christopher Lee OUT? There are MANY to choose from, if you can remember them all! Surprisingly,at the moment just five hours after this was posted on the Fan Page, DRACULA AD 1972 and The Satanic Rites of Dracula, followed by Dracula Has Risen from the Grave' is leading. I say surprising considering, for decades DRACULA AD 1972 was the gripe of most Hammer/ Dracula fans!! We'll see how it goes..... 😏
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY and ACTOR with a life sadly passed, we are marking today at the FAN PAGE is DAVID WARBECK. Warbeck, was born on the 17th November 1941. Originally, from New
Zealand, he made film debut in the Hammer film, 'Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin
Hood', directed by Johnny Hough, who would direct him again for Hammer! He made a number of notable appearances in Italian horror films
such as Luci Fulci's 'The Beyond' (1981) & 'The Black Cat' (1981)…..
He starred with #PeterCushing in only one film, but it was a memorable one, Hammer's 1971 #TwinsOfEvil as Anton Hoffer, who stood up to Cushing's Weil and taught him a thing or two about Vampires, directed again by Johnny Hough! Sadly, we lost David to cancer on July 23rd in 1997. Today, David Warbeck is Remembered . .
AND FINALLY, here is something I have posted tonight at the PCASUK PAGE, hoping for some answers! 'I
wonder if someone out there can help with this one? I have had this
press clipping for quite a long time, it's from 1992 and originally had
some details about this photograph of #PeterCushing.
with a group of people and children from ... Romania, attached to it!
Paper-clip and details vanished! Who are they, Why they are there with
Peter, and where.. I have no idea! Lovely photograph, but I would love
to know the story behind it... any ideas?? Thank you, Marcus' Any Ideas?
PLEASE COME JOIN US at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE! With posts every
day, rare images and photographs, features and prize
competitions.You'll have good company with over 34 thousand followers,
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