It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that Alex Cord passed away on Monday at the age of 88 years old at his home in Valley View, Texas. The sad news was announced by Cord’s longtime publicist Linda McAlister. Cord will be best known to Cult Faction readers as Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III aka Archangel, alongside Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine in Airwolf between 1984 and 1986.
Through his long career his also appeared in Armstrong Circle Theatre, Route 66, Night Gallery, The Dead Are Alive!, Mission: Impossible, Genesis II, Police Story, The Quest, Police Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Jungle Warriors, Murder She Wrote, The Law and Harry McGraw, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Simon & Simon, War of the Worlds, Freddy’s Nightmares, Jake and the Fatman, Hologram Man, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Walker Texas Ranger, High Tide, and Air Rage,
Back in the golden age of ‘80s primetime, Airwolf offered something a little different from the other cool popcorn-style shows of the era. The moody, suspenseful series about a supersonic military Read more
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It is Cult Faction's sad duty to announce that Jan-Michael Vincent passed away back on February 10th 2019 after suffering cardiac arrest while a patient at a North Carolina hospital Read more
Brett Summers
Brett founded CultFaction.com in 2014 a website and podcast that deals with cult film and tv. He also has a strong interest in grappling martial arts both as a practitioner and as a historian.
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