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Diner
Mar 14, 2013, 11:55:22 PM3/14/13
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TV VET MALACHI THRONE DEAD
Published on: March 14, 2013
by NATIONAL ENQUIRER staff
Photography by: Getty Images
Batman’s FALSEFACE, It Takes a Thief’s NOAH BAIN – the man of a thousand and one faces -- movie/TV vet MALACHI THRONE dead at age 84.
The sad news was announced on Facebook by “Justified” and "Supernatural” star Jim Beaver who wrote, “My good friend Malachi Throne died last night. One of the finest actors and finest people I've been fortunate enough to know.”
Born in 1928, Throne was a popular guest star on many TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Defenders", "Naked City", "Ben Casey" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E", and most notably co-starring with ROBERT WAGNER in "It Takes a Thief" as Noah Bean.
[*Correction - it's Bain not Bean.]
One of Throne’s most bizarre roles was as the villain "False Face" in the ABC Batman (1966) series.
Throne worn a multitude of disguises to effect his evil schemes against Gotham and wore a semi-transparent mask when not in disguise.
The mask rendered the thesp’s real face unrecognizable on the cathode ray tube.
The show's producers wrote the on-screen credit as "? as False Face", which denied Throne his screen redit in Part 1 of the Bat-cliffhanger but was revealed at the conclusion of the 2nd ep "Holy Rat Race."
He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen", "The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits” (with William Shatner), among many many others.
Malachi was an active member of the Theatre West company in Hollywood.
The cause of his death is not known yet.
© 2013 American Media Inc., All Rights Reserved.
TV VET MALACHI THRONE DEAD
Published on: March 14, 2013
by NATIONAL ENQUIRER staff
Photography by: Getty Images
Batman’s FALSEFACE, It Takes a Thief’s NOAH BAIN – the man of a thousand and one faces -- movie/TV vet MALACHI THRONE dead at age 84.
The sad news was announced on Facebook by “Justified” and "Supernatural” star Jim Beaver who wrote, “My good friend Malachi Throne died last night. One of the finest actors and finest people I've been fortunate enough to know.”
Born in 1928, Throne was a popular guest star on many TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Defenders", "Naked City", "Ben Casey" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E", and most notably co-starring with ROBERT WAGNER in "It Takes a Thief" as Noah Bean.
[*Correction - it's Bain not Bean.]
One of Throne’s most bizarre roles was as the villain "False Face" in the ABC Batman (1966) series.
Throne worn a multitude of disguises to effect his evil schemes against Gotham and wore a semi-transparent mask when not in disguise.
The mask rendered the thesp’s real face unrecognizable on the cathode ray tube.
The show's producers wrote the on-screen credit as "? as False Face", which denied Throne his screen redit in Part 1 of the Bat-cliffhanger but was revealed at the conclusion of the 2nd ep "Holy Rat Race."
He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen", "The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits” (with William Shatner), among many many others.
Malachi was an active member of the Theatre West company in Hollywood.
The cause of his death is not known yet.
© 2013 American Media Inc., All Rights Reserved.
Sanford Manley
Mar 15, 2013, 12:10:51 AM3/15/13
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On 3/14/2013 11:55 PM, Diner wrote:
> He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen",
"The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits”
(with William Shatner), among many many others.
He was GREAT.
> He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen",
"The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits”
(with William Shatner), among many many others.
--
Sanford
Matthew Kruk
Mar 15, 2013, 1:27:32 AM3/15/13
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"Sanford Manley" <ans...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:khu6t3$h6n$3...@dont-email.me...
Collection of photos (and some not relevant - girl in bikini?):
https://www.google.ca/search?q=malachi+throne&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=dbBCUe35JobzrAHRy4CgCw&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=723
or
http://tinyurl.com/d839vjk
news:khu6t3$h6n$3...@dont-email.me...
https://www.google.ca/search?q=malachi+throne&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=dbBCUe35JobzrAHRy4CgCw&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=723
or
http://tinyurl.com/d839vjk
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Matthew Kruk
Mar 15, 2013, 2:11:21 AM3/15/13
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"silas" <silasc...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:8fa7da7d-9dca-43ae...@v8g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> ...
> Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva
Been quiet over there for awhile after all the drama.
news:8fa7da7d-9dca-43ae...@v8g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> ...
> Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva
Been quiet over there for awhile after all the drama.
Brad Ferguson
Mar 15, 2013, 5:33:14 AM3/15/13
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In article <_iy0t.739687$OJ2.4...@en-nntp-11.dc1.easynews.com>,
Matthew Kruk <nob...@home.com> wrote:
> "Sanford Manley" <ans...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:khu6t3$h6n$3...@dont-email.me...
> > On 3/14/2013 11:55 PM, Diner wrote:
> >> He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen",
> > "The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits”
> > (with William Shatner), among many many others.
> >
> > He was GREAT.
>
> Collection of photos (and some not relevant - girl in bikini?):
False Face was really, really good at his job.
> "Sanford Manley" <ans...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:khu6t3$h6n$3...@dont-email.me...
> > On 3/14/2013 11:55 PM, Diner wrote:
> >> He also guested on “Star Trek” ("The Menagerie") and “ST: Next Gen",
> > "The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files" and “The Outer Limits”
> > (with William Shatner), among many many others.
> >
> > He was GREAT.
>
> Collection of photos (and some not relevant - girl in bikini?):
Brad Ferguson
Mar 15, 2013, 5:46:31 AM3/15/13
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In article <98146bf6-60ac-4bbf...@googlegroups.com>,
Diner <bway...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of Throneąs most bizarre roles was as the villain "False Face" in the ABC
I'd thought the "? as False Face" credit persisted until Throne went to
the Screen Actors Guild and asked that his contractual right to a
proper credit be enforced, but it's been a long time.
Diner <bway...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of Throneąs most bizarre roles was as the villain "False Face" in the ABC
> Batman (1966) series.
>
> Throne worn a multitude of disguises to effect his evil schemes against
> Gotham and wore a semi-transparent mask when not in disguise.
>
> The mask rendered the thespąs real face unrecognizable on the cathode ray
>
> Throne worn a multitude of disguises to effect his evil schemes against
> Gotham and wore a semi-transparent mask when not in disguise.
>
> tube.
>
> The show's producers wrote the on-screen credit as "? as False Face", which
> denied Throne his screen redit in Part 1 of the Bat-cliffhanger but was
> revealed at the conclusion of the 2nd ep "Holy Rat Race."
I remember recognizing his voice in Part 1 the first time I saw it.
>
> The show's producers wrote the on-screen credit as "? as False Face", which
> denied Throne his screen redit in Part 1 of the Bat-cliffhanger but was
> revealed at the conclusion of the 2nd ep "Holy Rat Race."
I'd thought the "? as False Face" credit persisted until Throne went to
the Screen Actors Guild and asked that his contractual right to a
proper credit be enforced, but it's been a long time.
KingDaevid
Mar 15, 2013, 6:14:16 PM3/15/13
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On Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:36:24 PM UTC-7, silas sez:
> Surviving Batman guest villains are down to a one-digit number:
>
>
>
> John Astin - Riddler
>
> Eli Wallach - Mr. Freeze
>
>
>
> Julie Newmar - Catwoman
>
> Lee Meriwether - Catwoman
>
> Joan Collins - Siren
>
> Glynis Johns - Lady Penelope Peasoup
>
> Barbara Rush - Nora Clavicle
>
> Dina Merrill - Calamity Jan
kdm
> Surviving Batman guest villains are down to a one-digit number:
>
>
>
> John Astin - Riddler
>
> Eli Wallach - Mr. Freeze
>
>
>
> Julie Newmar - Catwoman
>
> Lee Meriwether - Catwoman
>
> Joan Collins - Siren
>
> Glynis Johns - Lady Penelope Peasoup
>
> Barbara Rush - Nora Clavicle
>
> Dina Merrill - Calamity Jan
>
> Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva
...you're not counting Lesley Gore (Pussycat)?...
> Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva
kdm
That Derek
Mar 15, 2013, 7:17:00 PM3/15/13
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Silas posted: Surviving Batman guest villains are down to a one-digit number:
John Astin - Riddler, Eli Wallach - Mr. Freeze, Julie Newmar - Catwoman, Lee Meriwether - Catwoman, Joan Collins - Siren, Glynis Johns - Lady Penelope Peasoup, Barbara Rush - Nora Clavicle, Dina Merrill - Calamity Jan, Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva.
What about JILL ST. JOHN as Molly, the Riddler's (Frank Gorshin)assistant in the very first episode, "Hi Diddle Riddle."
I posted something similar a few months ago which I titled "The Dirty Bat-Dozen: 12 Surviving Bat-Villains." I qualified my list as "opening credits" villains only" which would cut off assistants, molls, and femmes fatale such as Lesley Gore, Donna Loren, and Jacques Bergerac
However, my list also included Van Williams as "The Green Hornet" because Batman spent most of the story thinking the Hornet was a villain and because Williams was listed as an opening credits guest star even though he was listed as "Special Visiting Hero."
Now that Mr. Throne has passed, my personal list, which included Silas's gang-of- nine and the allowances I've made for Mr. Williams and Ms. St. John, now encompasses eleven; but it's all a subjective matter because one could make the case that Lee Meriwether played "Catwoman" in the quickie 1966 theatrical movie and never on the series proper.
At least, Malachi Throne was the first, original, and only "False Face" ( a character that had actually originated in the Batman comic books). If one made the case that Ms. Meriwether and Messrs. Astin and Wallach were replacement actors (Catwoman, Riddler, and Mister Freeze, respectively) and that Ms. John and Ms. Merrill played secondary villains to Rudy Vallee and Cliff Robertson, then the number of ORIGINAL villains drops to FOUR: Newmar/Catwoman, Collins/Siren, Rush/Nora Clavicle, and Gabor/Minerva. If one wants to write off the awful Batgirl third season, then it's all Julie Newmar's bailiwick.
As far as I know, the only TV Bat-Villains who originated in the Batman comic books were: The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Julie Newmar, Mr. Freeze (in the comics as as "Mr. Zero"), The Mad Hatter, Falseface, and Eivo Ekdal (played by Jack Kruschen in the Anne Baxter/Zelda the Great episode).
John Astin - Riddler, Eli Wallach - Mr. Freeze, Julie Newmar - Catwoman, Lee Meriwether - Catwoman, Joan Collins - Siren, Glynis Johns - Lady Penelope Peasoup, Barbara Rush - Nora Clavicle, Dina Merrill - Calamity Jan, Zsa Zsa Gabor - Minerva.
What about JILL ST. JOHN as Molly, the Riddler's (Frank Gorshin)assistant in the very first episode, "Hi Diddle Riddle."
I posted something similar a few months ago which I titled "The Dirty Bat-Dozen: 12 Surviving Bat-Villains." I qualified my list as "opening credits" villains only" which would cut off assistants, molls, and femmes fatale such as Lesley Gore, Donna Loren, and Jacques Bergerac
However, my list also included Van Williams as "The Green Hornet" because Batman spent most of the story thinking the Hornet was a villain and because Williams was listed as an opening credits guest star even though he was listed as "Special Visiting Hero."
Now that Mr. Throne has passed, my personal list, which included Silas's gang-of- nine and the allowances I've made for Mr. Williams and Ms. St. John, now encompasses eleven; but it's all a subjective matter because one could make the case that Lee Meriwether played "Catwoman" in the quickie 1966 theatrical movie and never on the series proper.
At least, Malachi Throne was the first, original, and only "False Face" ( a character that had actually originated in the Batman comic books). If one made the case that Ms. Meriwether and Messrs. Astin and Wallach were replacement actors (Catwoman, Riddler, and Mister Freeze, respectively) and that Ms. John and Ms. Merrill played secondary villains to Rudy Vallee and Cliff Robertson, then the number of ORIGINAL villains drops to FOUR: Newmar/Catwoman, Collins/Siren, Rush/Nora Clavicle, and Gabor/Minerva. If one wants to write off the awful Batgirl third season, then it's all Julie Newmar's bailiwick.
As far as I know, the only TV Bat-Villains who originated in the Batman comic books were: The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Julie Newmar, Mr. Freeze (in the comics as as "Mr. Zero"), The Mad Hatter, Falseface, and Eivo Ekdal (played by Jack Kruschen in the Anne Baxter/Zelda the Great episode).
Brad Ferguson
Mar 15, 2013, 11:01:34 PM3/15/13
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In article <5933652b-657f-4a98...@googlegroups.com>,
I don't think sidekicks such as Molly and Pussycat should count as
villains. They're only a little more important than the generic "bad
guys" in the striped shirts. The Green Hornet shouldn't count at all.
We know he and Kato were good guys, even if Batman and Robin didn't
know that originally ... and if they're so smart, then why didn't they
know that originally?
King Tut is, IMHO, the only successfully realized Batman villain who
didn't first appear in the comics. (In fact, King Tut didn't appear in
the comics until 2009.) There's some sort of rights problem with Tut,
too. When they tried to use him for the late and lamented Batman: The
Brave and the Bold animated series, they couldn't. They had to come up
with a character named Pharoah who looked and sounded like King Tut.
villains. They're only a little more important than the generic "bad
guys" in the striped shirts. The Green Hornet shouldn't count at all.
We know he and Kato were good guys, even if Batman and Robin didn't
know that originally ... and if they're so smart, then why didn't they
know that originally?
King Tut is, IMHO, the only successfully realized Batman villain who
didn't first appear in the comics. (In fact, King Tut didn't appear in
the comics until 2009.) There's some sort of rights problem with Tut,
too. When they tried to use him for the late and lamented Batman: The
Brave and the Bold animated series, they couldn't. They had to come up
with a character named Pharoah who looked and sounded like King Tut.
radioacti...@gmail.com
Mar 16, 2013, 12:31:10 PM3/16/13
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Does Derek, Brad or anyone else herein have the Batman issue number (and/or Detective Comics issue) where Falseface appeared? (Not that I've retained my comics collection to dig up the issue(s), mind you.)
I always was under the impression he was a lame knockoff of the VASTLY more-interestingly-written Two-Face from the four-color, 32-page era.
Thanks in advance!
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
I always was under the impression he was a lame knockoff of the VASTLY more-interestingly-written Two-Face from the four-color, 32-page era.
Thanks in advance!
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
Michael OConnor
Mar 16, 2013, 1:41:25 PM3/16/13
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Malachi Throne was also the Narrator for Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp,
perhaps the funniest thing you could possibly watch while stoned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5dKBMK5mo
perhaps the funniest thing you could possibly watch while stoned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5dKBMK5mo
Brad Ferguson
Mar 16, 2013, 3:38:05 PM3/16/13
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In article <47e8aeef-c002-4900...@googlegroups.com>,
False Face first appeared in Batman #113, February 1958, in "The Menace
of False Face."
of False Face."
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