Paul Darrow was a British actor best known for his role as Kerr Avon in the British Sci-Fi series Blake’s 7. Born Paul Valentine Birkby on May 2nd 1941 Darrow studied at RADA where he shared a flat with John Hurt and Ian McShane. His early career saw […]
When I was just 8 years old, my Dad took me to see a little-known film called Star Wars. I was mesmerised by its amazing dynamic awesomeness. All the characters were so full of life and natural, and none so natural than a 7 foot tall big hairy […]
Judy Geeson was Born in Arundel, Sussex, on 10th September 1948. At the age of ten years old her family moved to London and soon enrolled Judy and sister Sally Geeson (who would go onto have her own successful career with roles in Bless This House, The Oblong […]
John Quarmby was an understated actor but was most famous for his role as Mr Carnegie, the Health Inspector in the Fawlty Towers episode “Basil the Rat”. His comic timing as he stared blankly at the rat as it, too, stared blankly at him. John Quarmby was born […]
Nadja Regin appeared in two Bond films, From Russia With Love as the lonely girlfriend of MI6 station boss Ali Kerim Bey and as Bonita the dancer who sets a Honey-trap for bond in the pre-credits sequence of Goldfinger. In later years she would reflect on the roles; […]
Born in 1928 Bernard Cribbins career has spanned over 70 years. A career that has seen him appear alongside Peter Sellers, become part of the Carry On team, become a hero to Whovian’s, the voice of children’s television to a generation and have two top ten hits. Starting […]
Born Lawrence G DiTillio on 15th February, 1948, little is known of his upbringing but it wasn’t until in to his 20’s that Larry started writing for television before landing a role as writer for the animated series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He had the […]
Richard Erdman was born on June 1st 1925, he was an actor and director and was considered a successful character actor with a career spanning seven decades. His film credentials are vast and one if his first film roles was in 1944 opposite Bette Davis. Through his career, […]
It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that George Morfogen has passed away at the age of 85 years old. His death was announced by his family in a New York Times obituary. No cause was disclosed, but donations in his memory can be made to the Parkinson’s […]
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 The news has only recently been made public. Known globally for his role as Stringfellow Hawke in Airwolf, […]
Ismael Manny “East” Carlo was born on January 29, 1942) in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, and was later raised in Spanish Harlem. At the age of 17 years old he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Panama. Following his time in the army Carlo moved […]
Reni Santoni was born on April 21st 1939 in New York City. Growing up he briefly played professional baseball and originally planned on being a sports journalist but then began his career in off-Broadway theatre playing oddball/strange characters before becoming a comedy writer. He moved in front of […]
John Dierkes was born on February 10th 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Later he attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and after graduation worked as an economist for the United States Department of State. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Dierkes joined the […]
Some actors are known for just one film or one genre or one character, and Dick Miller isn’t one of them. Dick played those peripheral characters that play an integral part of a film but aren’t listed as a lead or even a supporting cast member. He’s been […]
Keye Luke was born in Guangzhou, China on June 18th 1904, to a father who owned an art shop. Luke grew up with four siblings (his younger brother Edwin Luke also became an actor in the Charlie Chan series) and the family later emigrated from China to California during […]
Robert Hudson Walker Jr. was born on April 15th 1940 in Queens, New York, the son of actors Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train) and Jennifer Jones (The Towering Inferno). He grew up going to The Lawrenceville School near Princeton before beginning his acting career. Robert made his […]
It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that acting legend Windsor Davies passed away on Thursday at the age of 88 years old. Davies had retired to France with his wife of 62 years, Eluned, who died in September. They had five children. His daughter Jane Davies said her […]
A veteran stage, screen and voice actor, W. Morgan Sheppard was an accomplished and RADA trained actor whose career spanned 55 years. Born William Morgan Sheppard in London on the 24th August 1932, Sheppard graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1958. He then spent 12 […]
Dame June Whitfield was, to me, the better half of Terry Medford on the TV but that role was just a drop in the ocean compared to the full amount of work that she had accomplished over the 70 years, yes 70 years, that spanned her illustrious career. […]
On 11th November, the Canadian actor Douglas Rain passed away at the age of 90. “What does that mean to me?” I hear you ask. Well apart from being primarily a stage actor, Douglas Rain is as important in cinematic history as Majel Barrett as they both share […]
