Stargate's Don S. Davis dies from heart attack
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
So many of you have been touched by not only the work and art of Don
S. Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with
you at the appearances he loved, that it is with a tremendous sense of
loss I must share with you that Don passed away from a massive heart
attack on Sunday morning, June 29th.
On behalf of his family and wife, Ruby, we thank you for your prayers
and condolences. A family memorial where Don's ashes will be scattered
in the ocean will take place in a few weeks, and should you wish to,
please make a donation to the American Heart Association in Don's
memory."
Source: e-mail from his agent
He was perhaps best known for playing General Hammond in Stargate
SG-1. His resume lists over 130 separate projects, ranging from dozens
upon dozens of movies, to Twin Peaks, to playing Scully's father in
the X-Files.
Dimensional Traveler
Aw, son of a .... *sad*
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In article <1580e881-5c5d-4f17...@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Mr. Hole the Magnificent <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Dear Fans and Friends of Don S. Davis,
>
>So many of you have been touched by not only the work and art of Don
>S. Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with
>you at the appearances he loved, that it is with a tremendous sense of
>loss I must share with you that Don passed away from a massive heart
>attack on Sunday morning, June 29th.
Damn. :-(
Patty
Jason Maxwell
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Jason
jayembee
> [...] it is with a tremendous sense of loss I must share with
> you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday
> morning, June 29th.
> [...]
> Source: e-mail from his agent
Shit.
I'll always remember him best as Major Briggs on TWIN PEAKS.
-- jayembee
Kestra
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> "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> [...] it is with a tremendous sense of loss I must share with
>> you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday
>> morning, June 29th.
>> [...]
>> Source: e-mail from his agent
>
Oh ..that's awful. Just awful.
Kes
Rob Jensen
Stargate site:
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don_s._davis_1942-2008.shtml
This is a *great* one-page article on Davis.
****
Damn. I was just reading the interview with him in the new issue of
Stargate magazine *this morning* (Monday morning), where he discusses
that he had asked to be the one to leave the show at the end of season
7 due to some health problems. And my first thought was, "Well, I'd
like to tell him thanks at Comic-Con this year for picking the right
time to retire because 1) Hammond wouldn't have been able to retire
from SGC onscreen without him and 2) Hammond wouldn't have been able
to make any later cameos."
I stand by that assessment.
Ah, I loved the year that it was just him and Amanda Tapping on the
panel at Comic-Con (IIRC, right when SG-1 got its first TV Guide
cover). Tapping didn't just make Davis blush, he blushed so much, he
grabbed the floor. If anyone's got the Con report for that year, I'm
interested. (BID.) Also, I lucked out and got ticket #198 out of 200
for their signing at the Skiffy booth[1]. Yes, practically everybody,
male and female (I'm not exaggerating), was crushing on Amanda Tapping
(of course), but, wow, Mr. Davis was awesome in person. Basically, he
was Hammond^100.
Continuum gets released on DVD at the end of next month, July 29th,
but I'm assuming that advance copies will be on sale at Comic-Con the
weekend before. So I figure that the DVDs have already gone to press
and there won't be a tribute to him until either the new cut of the
pilot gets released on DVD late this year/early next year or a third
movie gets greenlit.
-- Rob
[1] and the tickets were called in order
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> From: jayembee <jayembe...@snurcher.com>
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> Subject: Re: Stargate's Don S. Davis dies from heart attack
Me too. I had several conversations with him over a period of months, more
than a decade ago-- he was an occasional customer of a small bookstore in
which I was working in the mid-90s. He was a lot like the kind of screen
characters he often played-- a big man, radiating a feeling of calm
authority and integrity. Very pleasant, intelligent, and completely
unpretentious, and I sensed that he felt very lucky and quite grateful to be
able to make a living, doing what he was doing. And he seemed tickled to be
recognized-- in this case, from Twin Peaks, which was all I'd seen him in at
that time (I'd watched the entire series when it was first broadcast and
haven't looked at it since). I think my oh-so-smooth conversational opener
on our initial encounter was "Hey! You're Major Briggs!". I was startled to
recognize him, you see (yeah, sure; no excuses, fanboy).
I'm not much of a sci-fi fan (apologies to those of you in the other NG),
but after meeting Don Davis I was always happy to see him getting work
and/or exposure, notably on the very few occasions I've watched "Stargate".
I'm truly sorry he had to go so damned soon.
GMW
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Mac Breck
>> From: jayembee <jayembe...@snurcher.com>
>> Organization: Krebstar Industries
>> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.movies.past-films
>> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:48:17 GMT
>> Subject: Re: Stargate's Don S. Davis dies from heart attack
>>
>> "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> [...] it is with a tremendous sense of loss I must share with
>>> you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday
>>> morning, June 29th.
>>> [...]
>>> Source: e-mail from his agent
>>
>> Shit.
>>
>> I'll always remember him best as Major Briggs on TWIN PEAKS.
>>
>
> the kind of screen characters he often played-- a big man, radiating
> a feeling of calm authority and integrity. Very pleasant,
> intelligent, and completely unpretentious, and I sensed that he felt
> very lucky and quite grateful to be able to make a living, doing what
> he was doing.
It's refreshing to meet an actor like that, one who isn't pretentious
and out of touch with the common man.
> And he seemed tickled to be recognized-- in this case,
> from Twin Peaks, which was all I'd seen him in at that time (I'd
> watched the entire series when it was first broadcast and haven't
> looked at it since). I think my oh-so-smooth conversational opener on
> our initial encounter was "Hey! You're Major Briggs!". I was startled
> to recognize him, you see (yeah, sure; no excuses, fanboy).
I'd have said, "Hey, General Hammond!" <thumbs up>
<sigh> Another one of the really good ones leaves the game. :-(
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> Mr. Hole the Magnificent wrote:
>> "Dear Fans and Friends of Don S. Davis,
>>
>> So many of you have been touched by not only the work and art of Don
>> S. Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with
>> you at the appearances he loved, that it is with a tremendous sense of
>> loss I must share with you that Don passed away from a massive heart
>> attack on Sunday morning, June 29th.
>>
>> On behalf of his family and wife, Ruby, we thank you for your prayers
>> and condolences. A family memorial where Don's ashes will be scattered
>> in the ocean will take place in a few weeks, and should you wish to,
>> please make a donation to the American Heart Association in Don's
>> memory."
>>
>> Source: e-mail from his agent
>>
>> He was perhaps best known for playing General Hammond in Stargate
>> SG-1. His resume lists over 130 separate projects, ranging from dozens
>> upon dozens of movies, to Twin Peaks, to playing Scully's father in
>> the X-Files.
>>
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204493/
>
> Aw, son of a .... *sad*
>
Ditto. <sniff>
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>:(
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Scully's father's dies in real life :-(
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This sucks. :(
I was never really into Stargate, but I always liked him as General
Hammond. The show suffered when he left.
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RIP....
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"It's the Principle!" <bran...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
> Mr. Hole the Magnificent <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote in
> rec.arts.tv:
> Awww. That makes me sad. I liked him.
Me too. And he was WAY younger than I thought. :(
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That's awful. I just started getting into SG1 and am within 7
episodes of finishing the first season. The last thing I watched
before going on vacation was the featurette about Don and his
character. Sad, sad, sad.
-beaumon
Jim Beaver
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> G. M. Watson wrote:
>>> From: jayembee <jayembe...@snurcher.com>
>>> Organization: Krebstar Industries
>>> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.movies.past-films
>>> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:48:17 GMT
>>> Subject: Re: Stargate's Don S. Davis dies from heart attack
>>>
>>> "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <Classic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> [...] it is with a tremendous sense of loss I must share with
>>>> you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday
>>>> morning, June 29th.
>>>> [...]
>>>> Source: e-mail from his agent
>>>
>>> Shit.
>>>
>>> I'll always remember him best as Major Briggs on TWIN PEAKS.
>>>
>>
>> He was a lot like
>> the kind of screen characters he often played-- a big man, radiating
>> a feeling of calm authority and integrity. Very pleasant,
>> intelligent, and completely unpretentious, and I sensed that he felt
>> very lucky and quite grateful to be able to make a living, doing what
>> he was doing.
>
> It's refreshing to meet an actor like that, one who isn't pretentious
> and out of touch with the common man.
How many have you met who were?
Jim Beaver
Pete B
macthe...@yahoo.com says...
> I'd have said, "Hey, General Hammond!" <thumbs up>
>
> <sigh> Another one of the really good ones leaves the game. :-(
>
>
And way too soon.
Mac Breck
Patricia Tallman
Peter Woodward
James Doohan
Michael Dorn
...especially the last two.
Mac Breck
Actor Don S. Davis dies in B.C.
Canwest News Service
Monday, June 30, 2008
VANCOUVER - Don Sinclair Davis, a B.C. actor best known for his
recurring role on the TV show Stargate SG-1, died of a heart attack
Sunday morning at his home in Gibsons, B.C. He was 65.
"He had a massive heart attack," said Gail Wilson, a friend who lives
just down the street from Davis. "The ambulances came (and) I know they
tried to resuscitate him in the driveway and couldn't."
Davis leaves behind his wife Ruby Fleming-Davis, who he married in 2003,
and a son from a previous marriage.
Davis, who had a PhD in theatre, was born and raised in Missouri and
began acting in the early 1980s while teaching at the University of
British Columbia. In 1987, he gave up teaching to act full time.
Davis served three years in the army in the 1960s and two of his
best-known TV roles were playing military men: General George Hammond in
Stargate SG-1 and Major Garland Briggs in Twin Peaks.
Phil Hayes, a friend of Davis' who lives in Los Angeles, said Davis was
"very talented" but also very modest.
"He was fantastic, very self-effacing," said Hayes. "He wouldn't take a
compliment."
He was also an artist - a skill Hayes said Davis first picked up doing
set design - and he had recently begun promoting his paintings and
sculptures online.
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http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don_s._davis_1942-2008.shtml
Don S. Davis: 1942-2008
Monday - June 30, 2008 | by Darren Sumner
With great sadness we must report that veteran actor Don S. Davis passed
away on June 29, 2008. He was 65 years old.
Don co-starred on Stargate SG-1 for the show's first seven years,
helping to launch the enduring science fiction franchise. Davis played
Major General George Hammond, base commander and a father figure to many
of the show's characters.
He is also well-known for his portrayal of Major Garland Briggs in Twin
Peaks.
Off-screen, Don was beloved by the show's cast and crew. He departed the
show in 2003 due to a medical condition that restricted his workload,
but returned for several guest appearances on SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
in the following years. Don worked hard to improve his health, and
continued to work both on screen and off until his death.
The following message was provided by Don's representative and his wife,
Ruby Fleming-Davis:
Dear Fans and Friends of Don S. Davis,
So many of you have been touched by not only the work and art of Don S.
Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with you
at the appearances he loved, that it is with a tremendous sense of loss
I must share with you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack
on Sunday morning, June 29th.
On behalf of his family and wife, Ruby, we thank you for your prayers
and condolences. A family memorial where Don's ashes will be scattered
in the ocean will take place in a few weeks, and should you wish to,
please make a donation to the American Heart Association in Don's
memory.
Born August 4, 1942 in Aurora, Missouri and raised there, Don received a
Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in theater and art from
Southwest Missouri State College in 1965. He then served three years on
active duty in the United States Army, entering as a Second Lieutenant.
He rose to the rank of Captain and was stationed in Korea before
completing his required tour of active duty.
Upon leaving the army, Don began working toward a Master's degree in
theater at Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, and
received his Master's degree in 1970. He taught at the University of
British Columbia for a decade before returning to SIU to complete his
coursework for a PhD in theater, receiving the degree in 1982.
Don's list of film and television credits is lengthy, dating back to
1982. He met Stargate co-star Richard Dean Anderson on the set of
MacGyver, where Don worked as a stunt double for actor Dana Elcar.
When production on Stargate SG-1 began in 1997, the producers tapped
Davis to play the base commander -- originally written to be a
by-the-book antagonist, but quickly softened by Don's own personality
and experience.
In 2003 Don married his soul mate and the great love of his life, Ruby
Fleming-Davis. The two have resided in British Columbia with their three
dogs, Teto, Ming and Charley.
Don's off-screen career as an artist blossomed especially in the years
since he left Stargate. A look at his Web site, DonSDavisArt.com,
reveals his tremendous gifts in painting, drawing, and woodcarving.
Don's final Stargate appearance is in Stargate: Continuum, the SG-1 DVD
movie that will be released July 29 in North America and August 18 in
the United Kingdom. He will also appear in the forthcoming films
"Vipers," "Woodshop," and "Far Cry," according to the Internet Movie
Database.
Many fans of Don's work have had the opportunity to meet him in person,
as he was also a regular face at fan conventions around the world. Fans
learned that behind General Hammond was a Southern gentleman with a big
heart, a no-nonsense attitude, and all the love and respect one could
imagine.
GateWorld's editors visited with Don in 2006, where he talked at length
about his career, his time on Stargate, and his feelings about his
fellow cast members. That two-part video interview, "Intimate Portrait,"
may be found in the Interviews archive.
Services for Don S. Davis will be small and private, in both Vancouver
and Los Angeles. His Web sites will be updated this week, and his
obituary has been published in the Vancouver Sun newspaper. In lieu of
flowers or gifts, the family requests that donations be made to the
American Heart Association in Don's memory.
Memories of Don can be shared at GateWorld Forum. Also watch the site
this week for our full tribute to this stellar actor and man, beginning
with a video tribute later today.
(Some material from DonSDavis.com and DonSDavisArt.com)
---------
Victor Velazquez
Everyone who acted in high school seemed to be major douchebags. ;-)
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jimmy? Really? When was this? When I met him he was just as nice as
could be.
Anim8rFSK
"Victor Velazquez" <k-ca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I bet the theater teacher was even worse. :)
Mac Breck
Sorry, misunderstood. I thought he meant how many have you met who were
more like Don S. Davis in being *not* pretentious. I met James Doohan
in 1975, Michael Dorn in ~1993, and Patricia Tallman and Peter Woodward
in ~2000 and ~2004. All four were great, and as you say, as nice as
could be.
I'll never forget Michael Dorn signing autographs until everybody in
line got one, and the line was about two blocks long.
George Peatty
wrote:
>> Source: e-mail from his agent
>> He was perhaps best known for playing General Hammond in Stargate
>> SG-1. His resume lists over 130 separate projects, ranging from dozens
>> upon dozens of movies, to Twin Peaks, to playing Scully's father in
>> the X-Files.
>Damn. The best actor that ever led Stargate Command.
Here's confirmation, and a brief obit:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=d43bbc0f-1971-40e0-a584-c05aba7ee939
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ah, that sounds more reasonable. :)
Jim Beaver
Four down, 119,996 SAG members to go.
Jim Beaver
Jim Beaver
I meant that if it's refreshing to meet a nice actor, you must need
something that you are being refreshed from, presumably meeting actors who
WERE pretentious and out of touch with the common man. I was wondering how
many jerk actors you've met, since it seems to have colored your opinion of
actors in the majority.
Jim Beaver
Mac Breck
...and I agree with you.
> you must need
> something that you are being refreshed from, presumably meeting
> actors who WERE pretentious and out of touch with the common man. I
> was wondering how many jerk actors you've met, since it seems to have
> colored your opinion of actors in the majority.
And that's the part that I misunderstood. Unfortunately, the only jerk
actor I met, that I can recall right now, was Brent Spiner, circa 1993.
Victor Velazquez
How'd you know? He even affected a faux-Brit accent. At least, that's what
I think he was going for.
Funny(ish) story: I auditioned for a production of The Ruling Class.
Luckily (?), I chose a rather somber monologue because I was so nervous I
cried through most of it. He thought I was the second coming of Brando and
cast me as the 14th Earl of Gurney (a not inconsiderable part, especially
for a first timer). Needless to say, I kind of sucked (when I wasn't
crying, I mean). Acting is hard!
One scene opened with me firing a shotgun into the audience. I guess he
really trusted his stage manager! The budget for the play put the theater
department into the red for years after.
Good times...
Rob Jensen
(ie: pretentious and out of touch)
June Lockhart. Violating the "first autograph is free rule" (quite
nastily) in autograph alley underneath the Sails at Comic-Con. Hasn't
been back to Comic-Con since, but showed up at many other cons
afterwards for the next few years, so it indicates to me that
Comic-Con has never asked/allowed her back, which in turn indicates to
me that she'd had far more than one complaint lodged against her at
CCI. She's the exact opposite of Don S. Davis -- the nicest guy in
any room that he's in -- who I met in the Skiffy autograph line at
that he and Amanda Tapping did at Comic-Con.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
wrote:
All of my theater teachers/instructors, even the one I had in high
school, have been awesome. Well, except for one instructor/director I
had at San Jose State (the head of one of the specialties within the
major) who was so obnoxious that I transferred to Hearst College --
err, San Diego State -- after one semester even though I got along
great with all the other instructors. My major advisor was
disappointed that I left -- he really tried to talk me out of it, but
the reputation of this instructor/director was so bad among both the
students and the faculty that I realized that, "Yep, there are times
where you *have* to transfer to another college." And I didn't even
care that I had to repeat several classes that didn't transfer over to
SDSU.
I would have loved to have taken classes from Davis, who did private
coaching.
Anim8rFSK
"Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> wrote:
Since he was listing the good ones, does that mean the rest of you are
SOBs? :-D
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Okay, so, dish.
Anim8rFSK
"Victor Velazquez" <k-ca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
LOL
Who else had a drama teacher that was A) clearly gay and 2) sleeping
with underage girls?
>
> Funny(ish) story: I auditioned for a production of The Ruling Class.
> Luckily (?), I chose a rather somber monologue because I was so nervous I
> cried through most of it. He thought I was the second coming of Brando and
> cast me as the 14th Earl of Gurney (a not inconsiderable part, especially
> for a first timer). Needless to say, I kind of sucked (when I wasn't
> crying, I mean). Acting is hard!
>
> One scene opened with me firing a shotgun into the audience. I guess he
> really trusted his stage manager! The budget for the play put the theater
> department into the red for years after.
>
> Good times...
--
Anim8rFSK
Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> June Lockhart. Violating the "first autograph is free rule" (quite
> nastily) in autograph alley underneath the Sails at Comic-Con.
What is that rule? She gives one autograph per person, but if that
person asks for a second, she gets paid?
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <4pan64ddumgsj8tpe...@4ax.com>,
> Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> June Lockhart. Violating the "first autograph is free rule" (quite
>> nastily) in autograph alley underneath the Sails at Comic-Con.
>
>What is that rule? She gives one autograph per person, but if that
>person asks for a second, she gets paid?
Short (ha!) Answer #1: Yes, if the actor chooses. But most actors
will sign at *least* the first item you bring and more than a few will
sign a couple of your own items and they'll sign your own stuff more
enthusiastically if you also buy stuff from them.
Any celebrity can limit the free autograph to the convention souvenier
book, but no one I've seen except Peter Mayhew ever does. And Mayhew
has always (at least, since I've been going to the con) had the good
sense to *post* that he adheres to that rule, which I can totally
respect because he posts it. Lockhart suggested that I go down to the
ATM (ha!) and she would be happy to watch my stuff while I was gone
(double ha!)
FTR -- and I have a degree in theater and have met several name actors
in person in non-convention settings and had one particular name
early-80's actor as a co-director on one show I worked as a dramaturge
on in college -- pretty much *no* other celebrity that I've ever met,
whether personally or in autograph lines, even remotely resembles
Lockhart in temperament. Even when they're understandably bored,
tired, sick and/or put upon by the more . . . enthusiastic (read:
pushy/young/lacking in convention-line experience) fans.
EVERYONE should buy an autographed picture from Virginia Hey, Zhaan on
Farscape, whether you like the show or not. I only knew her from Road
Warrior when I went to Comic-Con between s1 and s2 of Farscape -- went
to her booth -- at that point Farscape wasn't big enough for Skiffy to
promote with any real signings. She was so awesome -- personally
spending 5-7 minutes talking to each person in line (I'm NOT kidding).
Yes, it was a short line, but there were still 10-15 people in line,
so do the math, and while a couple of impatient people got exasperated
with the wait, most people were just hanging on her every word,
sticking around for about 20 minutes after they'd gotten her autograph
just to hear more of her stories -- sort of an ad-hoc convention panel
rather than an autograph booth. Great time.
Another really great actor to talk to: Mark Lutz, Groo on Angel.
Richard Biggs from Babylon 5 -- it was a fricking honor to meet him,
go to speak with him a little longer because a friend of mine had
taken acting classes with him.
Short Answer #2: This rule technically applies to actors who are
brought in by their studios to do signings (it's a moot point because
the actors are paid by those studios/networks to make the appearances
and the studio/network generally supplies at least one type of photo
per actor they've brought), but the bigger the actor, the more likely
it is that the studio will have its own tougher rules just to control
the length of the lines, which can get out of hand, especially if the
network/studio is dumb enough to have the signing in the dealers' room
rather than up at Autograph Alley. So usually, with actors brought in
by the companies, the rules are generally any combination of a) get a
ticket at the studio booth, b) they only sign the studio-provided
picture for free (but often have a wide array of pictures to sell,
sometimes even group pictures when multiple people from the same show
are signing at the same time and booth). The year that Chris Carter
came (just before s7 of The X-Files), he would only sign a special
postcard or trading card that was handed out to, like, the first 100
people that went to the panel.
Addendum #1: Rule of thumb is pretty much to bring no more than 3
personal items to sign and feel lucky if you get more than two of them
signed without buying something. Although, really, virtually all of
the celebrities are happy to sign one for free and a good majority of
them.
Addendum #2 for Babylon 5 fans: If you're in line for Joe
Straczynski's autograph and someone ahead of you has a large stack of
books for him to sign, you might want to check your watch. He signs
practically every copy of anything he's done has to do with anything
he's done. It's simple good manners for the large-stack-guy to let
the next person through after every 2-3 copies of his own stack that
JMS has signed, but some of these stack-guys are dicks and won't even
let kids jump in, so you might have to be pushy. Many comics creators
used to do this, too, but one of the few *real* benefits of the advent
of professionally-graded "slabbed" comics is that the veracity of
regular signed comics is so greatly questioned that the speculators
stopped bringing stacks for comics creators to sign and it's really
just a few die-hard freaky-fans of the given creator that have to have
everything signed.
Mac Breck
Only if you assume I've met every SAG member, and I certainly haven't.
Mac Breck
He was stuck up, and wouldn't sign any autographs. It was his attitude,
like he's above you, somebody who cranks up their office chair so they
can tower over the person on the other side of their desk, like he
didn't want to be associated with us lowly fans, and we should be
honored to be in his presence, like he didn't want to be there, and we
were taking up his time. I definitely got the feeling that we were
inconveniencing him.
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
You don't KNOW that. The *are* actors. Masters of disguise!
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ah. What was the venue?
I have a similiar story about Steranko, who I almost belted at a
Comic-Con . . .
Mac Breck
It was at a Star Trek Con.
> I have a similiar story about Steranko, who I almost belted at a
> Comic-Con . . .
Who??? Not exactly a well known name.
1. Artur Steranko (Actor, Mój Nikifor (2004))
2. Jim Steranko (Writer, "Justice League: The Ties That Bind (#4.2)"
(2005))
birth name "James Steranko"
Rob Jensen
<macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> He was stuck up, and wouldn't sign any autographs. It was his
>>> attitude, like he's above you, somebody who cranks up their office
>>> chair so they can tower over the person on the other side of their
>>> desk, like he didn't want to be associated with us lowly fans, and
>>> we should be honored to be in his presence, like he didn't want to
>>> be there, and we were taking up his time. I definitely got the
>>> feeling that we were inconveniencing him.
>>
>> Ah. What was the venue?
>
>It was at a Star Trek Con.
Well, to be honest, that explains everything.
Mac Breck
Oh, I'd KNOW it if I'd met the following actors and actresses (Don't
ascribe any hierarchy to the order.):
Women:
-----------
Lizzy Caplan (The Class, Cloverfield, and I hope a lot more.)
Zooey Deschanel (Elf, Tin Man)
Emily Deschanel (Bones)
Teri Polo (Brimstone)
Lori Petty (Brimstone)
Morena Baccarin (Firefly, Stargate SG-1)
Christina Hendricks (Firefly)
Summer Glau (Firefly, The 4400)
Frances Fisher (Strange Luck, Becker)
Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile, The Dead Pool)
Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1)
Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1)
Alyson Hannigan (BtVS, Angel, HIMYM)
Cobie Smulders (HIMYM)
Pauley Perrette (NCIS)
Cote de Pablo (NCIS)
Lauren Holly (NCIS, Dumb & Dumber)
Sasha Alexander (NCIS)
Lola Glaudini (Criminal Minds)
Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds)
A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds)
Louise Lombard (CSI, Hidalgo)
Liz Vassey (The Tick, CSI)
Marg Helgenberger (CSI)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)
Sabrina Lloyd (Sliders, NUMB3RS)
Diane Farr (NUMB3RS, Rescue Me, The Job, Loveline)
Traylor Howard (Monk)
Claire Forlani (Meet Joe Black, CSI-NY)
Gretchen Mol (The Thirteent Floor)
Anne Heche (Six Days, Seven Nights)
Sigourney Weaver (Alien movies, Ghost Busters movies, Galaxy Quest)
Annie Potts (Ghost Busters movies)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween movies, Trading Places, True Lies)
P.J. Soles (Halloween, Stripes)
Holly Hunter (Always)
Terry Farrell (Becker)
Shawnee Smith (Becker)
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files)
Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings movies)
Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings movies)
Kate Winslet (Titanic)
Moira Kelly (The Cutting Edge)
Elizabeth Perkins (Big)
Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally, Joe vs. The Volcano, Sleepless in
Seattle, The Presidio)
Laila Robins (An Innocent Man)
Cynthia Rhodes (Runaway)
Laura San Giacomo (Quigley Down Under)
Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman, Scrooged!, Animal House)
Diana Rigg (The Avengers)
Pamela Susan Shoop (Halloween II)
Men:
-------
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
Don S. Davis :-( (Stargate SG-1)
Mark Harmon (NCIS, The Presidio)
David McCallum (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,
Mandy Patinkin (Criminal Minds)
Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds)
Gary Sinise (CSI-NY, The Stand)
William L. Petersen (CSI)
Gary Dourdan (CSI)
Paul Guilfoyle (CSI)
William Shatner (Star Trek)
Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek, Invasion of the Body Snatchers-1978)
Patrick Stewart (Star Trek - The Next Generation, A Christmas Carol)
Tony Shalhoub (Wings, Monk)
Ted Levine (Monk. Yes I know he was Buffalo Bill in Silence of the
Lmbs.)
Sean Connery (007, Highlander, Indy3, etc.)
Harrison Ford (Indy1-4, Blade Runner, etc.)
Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone movies, Quigley Down Under, An Innocent Man,
etc.)
Peter Horton (Brimstone)
John Glover (Brimstone)
Bill Murray (Stripes, Scrooged!, Ghost Busters movies, etc.)
Peter Cushing :-( (Hammer Films - Dracula)
Christopher Lee (Hammer Films - Dracula)
Peter Sellers :-( (The Pink Panther movies)
Steve McQueen :-(
Robert DeNiro (Ronin, among many others.)
Alec Guinness :-(
Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings movies, etc.)
Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings movies, Hidalgo, A History of
Violence, etc.)
John Rhys-Davies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sliders, etc.)
Harvey Korman :-( (The Carol Burnett Show, Dracula Dead and Loving it,
Blazing Saddles)
Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show, The Apple Dumpling Gang movies)
Patrick Macnee (The Avengers, Scrooge-1951, Scrooge: A Christmas
Carol-1989, TV)
John Cleese (Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda, Silverado)
Graham Chapman :-( (Monty Python)
Eric Idle (Monty Python)
Michael Palin (Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda)
Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry movies, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Spaghetti
westerns, etc.)
Scott Glenn (The Keep, Backdraft, The Bourne Ultimatum, Silence of the
Lambs, etc.)
Donald Pleasence :-( (The Great Escape, the "Halloween" movies)
Nathan Fillion (Firefly)
Neal McDonough (Boomtown, Tin Man)
...and the following B5/Crusade alum.(grouped together for convenience):
Jerry Doyle
Richard Biggs :-(
Bruce Boxleitner
Claudia Christian
Peter Jurasik
Andreas Katsulas :-(
Bill Mumy
Stephen Furst
Jason Carter
Michael O'Hare
Ed Wasser
Walter Koenig (and Star Trek)
John Vickery
Tim Choate :-( (and Ghost Story)
Melissa Gilbert
Edward Woodward (and The Equalizer, Wicker Man, etc.)
Gary Cole (and Midnight Caller, American Gothic, Office Space)
Daniel Dae Kim
David Allen Brooks
Carrie Dobro
Alex Zahara
Jeffrey Combs (also, The 4400, and many movies)
...and writers, directors, etc.:
Alfred Hitchcock :-(
Rod Serling :-(
Joe Straczynski (Babylon 5, Crusade)
Mike Vejar (Babylon 5, Crusade)
John C. Flinn III (Babylon 5)
Harlan Ellison
Ray Bradbury
Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files)
Ethan Reiff (Brimstone)
Cyrus Voris (Brimstone)
Félix Enríquez Alcalá (Brimstone, Criminal Minds, House M.D., CSI)
Jesús Salvador Treviño (Brimstone, Babylon 5, Crusade, Bones, Criminal
Minds)
Janet Greek (Babylon 5, Crusade)
Lawrence Kasdan (Silverado, 1985)
David Cronenberg (The Dead Zone, 1983)
Stephen King
Michael Kamen :-( (The Dead Zone, 1983)
Ennio Morricone (The Thing, 1982)
Lalo Schifrin (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, Sudden Impact, The Dead Pool)
Joss Whedon (BtVS, Angel, Firefly)
Mac Breck
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:31:17 -0500, "Mac Breck"
> <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>>> He was stuck up, and wouldn't sign any autographs. It was his
>>>> attitude, like he's above you, somebody who cranks up their office
>>>> chair so they can tower over the person on the other side of their
>>>> desk, like he didn't want to be associated with us lowly fans, and
>>>> we should be honored to be in his presence, like he didn't want to
>>>> be there, and we were taking up his time. I definitely got the
>>>> feeling that we were inconveniencing him.
>>>
>>> Ah. What was the venue?
>>
>> It was at a Star Trek Con.
>
> Well, to be honest, that explains everything.
How so? Remember, this was in 1993, then TNG was still on the air.
Rob Jensen
<macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Rob Jensen wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:31:17 -0500, "Mac Breck"
>> <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> He was stuck up, and wouldn't sign any autographs. It was his
>>>>> attitude, like he's above you, somebody who cranks up their office
>>>>> chair so they can tower over the person on the other side of their
>>>>> desk, like he didn't want to be associated with us lowly fans, and
>>>>> we should be honored to be in his presence, like he didn't want to
>>>>> be there, and we were taking up his time. I definitely got the
>>>>> feeling that we were inconveniencing him.
>>>>
>>>> Ah. What was the venue?
>>>
>>> It was at a Star Trek Con.
>>
>> Well, to be honest, that explains everything.
>
>How so? Remember, this was in 1993, then TNG was still on the air.
Dude, Trekkies are psychotic.
Pete B
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jim. He bills himself just as "Steranko"
A very well known name in comics.
Mark Nobles
> Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
>
Oh, when the
Lord gets ready
You gotta move.
Michael
as you have seen all the celebrities. I saw Anthony Hopkins once in Toronto,
but only from afar. By chance he was comming out of some venue, and I was
passing by in street. I watched him for a moment, then left. I wanted to
take a picture, but as I reached for my camera I changed my mind and just
went about my business. Then I saw the pope- also from a distance- when he
visited my home town. I am sorry to hear that commander Data from Star Trek
is not a pleasent man. I think he played his role brilliantly in the series.
Mike
"Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> skrev i melding
news:Osvak.3213$np7....@flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com...
> Jim Beaver
Anim8rFSK
"Michael" <michae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, I am sorry that general Hammond has died. I guess you all live in the US
> as you have seen all the celebrities.
Well, these days, most of the celebrities we talk about are Canadian (or
therein based). :)
Pete B
@gmail.com says...
> hen I saw the pope- also from a distance- when he
> visited my home town.
>
And you took out your camera but was wrestled to the ground by security?
:)
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
What? And give up show business?
Michael
hear about these things happening in the US. When I saw the pope from 70
meters they had snipers of the roof overlooking the time square. I really
don't know what to do if i see a celebrity. You feel like you know them, but
you know it would be improper to bother them. I think if Mick Jagger was
standing next to me in some public place, I wouldn't even notice him. I
would think that the chances of it being the Mick Jagger would be so small,
that I would simply ignore him.
Mike
"Pete B" <xxxh@_xsomeething.com> skrev i melding
news:MPG.22d86065b...@news.usenetserver.com...
Mac Breck
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:03:19 -0500, "Mac Breck"
> <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Rob Jensen wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:31:17 -0500, "Mac Breck"
>>> <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> He was stuck up, and wouldn't sign any autographs. It was his
>>>>>> attitude, like he's above you, somebody who cranks up their
>>>>>> office chair so they can tower over the person on the other side
>>>>>> of their desk, like he didn't want to be associated with us
>>>>>> lowly fans, and we should be honored to be in his presence, like
>>>>>> he didn't want to be there, and we were taking up his time. I
>>>>>> definitely got the feeling that we were inconveniencing him.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah. What was the venue?
>>>>
>>>> It was at a Star Trek Con.
>>>
>>> Well, to be honest, that explains everything.
>>
>> How so? Remember, this was in 1993, then TNG was still on the air.
>
> Dude, Trekkies are psychotic.
Not all of 'em. Some are normal, like the show, want to see the stars,
get an autograph, and never get dressed up as Spock or anybody else from
the show. Heh, 1993 was the last Trek Con. I ever attended.
Mac Breck
> In article <N6WdnffzAcvQYvHV...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
<snip>
>>> I have a similiar story about Steranko, who I almost belted at a
>>> Comic-Con . . .
>>
>> Who??? Not exactly a well known name.
>>
>> 1. Artur Steranko (Actor, Mój Nikifor (2004))
>> 2. Jim Steranko (Writer, "Justice League: The Ties That Bind (#4.2)"
>> (2005))
>> birth name "James Steranko"
>
> Jim. He bills himself just as "Steranko"
>
> A very well known name in comics.
Ah, I haven't kept up with comics for over 40 years. Just stating a
fact. It's unknown territory to me, now.
Dimensional Traveler
> Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
Huh? Perhaps some context would help here?
--
History Channel is showing 'Ice Road Truckers' as part of their
"American Originals" brand of shows.
'Ice Road Truckers' is a show about Canadian truck drivers.
G. M. Watson
> From: "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com>
> Organization: Vorlon Empire
> Reply-To: "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.movies.past-films
> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:32:37 -0500
> Subject: Re: Stargate's Don S. Davis dies from heart attack
>
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> In article <N6WdnffzAcvQYvHV...@supernews.com>,
>> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>>> I have a similiar story about Steranko, who I almost belted at a
>>>> Comic-Con . . .
>>>
>>> Who??? Not exactly a well known name.
>>>
>>> 1. Artur Steranko (Actor, Mój Nikifor (2004))
>>> 2. Jim Steranko (Writer, "Justice League: The Ties That Bind (#4.2)"
>>> (2005))
>>> birth name "James Steranko"
>>
>> Jim. He bills himself just as "Steranko"
>>
>> A very well known name in comics.
>
> Ah, I haven't kept up with comics for over 40 years. Just stating a
> fact. It's unknown territory to me, now.
>
Ironically enough, it was pretty much exactly 40 years ago that Jim Steranko
was at the peak of his career, doing what was then considered boldly
innovative, pop art-influenced work for Marvel Comics (most notably in the
"Nick Fury" title). Not that working for Marvel should in itself be
considered the peak of *anyone's* career, but Steranko's work has never been
so widely seen since-- not that there's been a lot of it to see. I guess you
could say Steranko was the Frank Miller of his day, for what that's worth
(given that Miller peaked quite some time ago as well). But then how long
has it been since anyone looked to mainstream comics for boldly innovative
work? Probably getting on toward 40 years...
GMW
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <N6WdnffzAcvQYvHV...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>> I have a similiar story about Steranko, who I almost belted at a
> >>> Comic-Con . . .
> >>
> >> Who??? Not exactly a well known name.
> >>
> >> 1. Artur Steranko (Actor, Mój Nikifor (2004))
> >> 2. Jim Steranko (Writer, "Justice League: The Ties That Bind (#4.2)"
> >> (2005))
> >> birth name "James Steranko"
> >
> > Jim. He bills himself just as "Steranko"
> >
> > A very well known name in comics.
>
> Ah, I haven't kept up with comics for over 40 years. Just stating a
> fact. It's unknown territory to me, now.
He was a well known name in comics 40 years ago. :)
Just sayin'
Ever read NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D., the great Jack Kirby run or
the wildly overrated Steranko follow up?
Mac Breck
Never read "Nick Fury." Back then, I was on the tailing off my comics
reading, and *IIRC* (Man that was a helluva long time ago!), I was
reading some Silver Surfer and Superman.
Mac Breck
Nope. Back then, I gradually got away from comics, tailed off much like
I did with my DS9 viewing, and IIRC was last reading Silver Surfer and
Superman, but like I said in my other post, that was a HELLUVA long time
ago. The only comic (a single issue) that I've bought/read since then
was JMS' Spiderman issue about 9/11. Oh, wait a minute! I also
bought/read some of the B5 comics ("graphic novels") a few years ago,
but that's it. These days, I read novels (all text), and am into the
The Dresden Files ones.
Pete B
Shut...@aol.com says...
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:57:57 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
>
>
> What? And give up show business?
>
Whot? Isn't it acting in front of the camera, not having to mingle?
Pete B
@gmail.com says...
> Actually, I was a bit scared of being wrestled to the ground or shot. You
> hear about these things happening in the US. When I saw the pope from 70
> meters they had snipers of the roof overlooking the time square. I really
> don't know what to do if i see a celebrity. You feel like you know them, but
> you know it would be improper to bother them. I think if Mick Jagger was
> standing next to me in some public place, I wouldn't even notice him. I
> would think that the chances of it being the Mick Jagger would be so small,
> that I would simply ignore him.
Heh, i would simply ignore him because its him *g*
Now if it was Morena Baccarin :)
Pete B
says...
> Pete B wrote:
> > Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
>
> Huh? Perhaps some context would help here?
Travel the dimensions! *g*
Well, if they find the public annoying, avoid the public.
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <uuks645ei5jbta4cj...@4ax.com>,
>Shut...@aol.com says...
>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:57:57 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
>>
>>
>> What? And give up show business?
>>
>
>Whot? Isn't it acting in front of the camera, not having to mingle?
Heh. You're funny. Acting is sooooo much more than just acting in
front of a camera or onstage in live theater.
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <486e9910$0$17146$742e...@news.sonic.net>, dtr...@sonic.net
Most actors DON'T find the public annoying. Individual people might
piss them off depending on the circumstances (asking for an autograph
while he's headed to the bathroom, for example), but that's not even
remotely the same thing as not wanting to be there, not doing the
press junket or con panel or autograph table, etc.
Pete B
Shut...@aol.com says...
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:36:43 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <uuks645ei5jbta4cj...@4ax.com>,
> >Shut...@aol.com says...
> >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:57:57 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
> >>
> >>
> >> What? And give up show business?
> >>
> >
> >Whot? Isn't it acting in front of the camera, not having to mingle?
>
> Heh. You're funny. Acting is sooooo much more than just acting in
> front of a camera or onstage in live theater.
Yeah, I always surmised as much, one of the big reasons I never tired -
people are such a chore *g*
And wasn't it Mike Meyers who said that acting was fun, he got the money
for having to talk to the interviewers.
Pete B
Shut...@aol.com says...
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:01:54 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <486e9910$0$17146$742e...@news.sonic.net>, dtr...@sonic.net
> >says...
> >> Pete B wrote:
> >> > Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
> >>
> >> Huh? Perhaps some context would help here?
> >
> >Travel the dimensions! *g*
> >
> >Well, if they find the public annoying, avoid the public.
>
> Most actors DON'T find the public annoying. Individual people might
> piss them off depending on the circumstances (asking for an autograph
> while he's headed to the bathroom, for example), but that's not even
> remotely the same thing as not wanting to be there, not doing the
> press junket or con panel or autograph table, etc.
Damn exhibitionist! *g*
Dimensional Traveler
I caught part of an interview with Mike Meyers and he was talking about how
he viewed fans as his boss so it was acceptable for them to interrupt his
lunch or stop him to ask a question because that's what bosses have the
right to do. He didn't appear upset about it either.
Pete B
says...
> > And wasn't it Mike Meyers who said that acting was fun, he got the
> > money for having to talk to the interviewers.
>
> I caught part of an interview with Mike Meyers and he was talking about how
> he viewed fans as his boss so it was acceptable for them to interrupt his
> lunch or stop him to ask a question because that's what bosses have the
> right to do. He didn't appear upset about it either.
Good for him if he can think that way (of course he could just be full
of it *g*)
Rob Jensen
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>Pete B wrote:
>> In article <l5ev64pbt6c6kcrd0...@4ax.com>,
>> Shut...@aol.com says...
>>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:36:43 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <uuks645ei5jbta4cj...@4ax.com>,
>>>> Shut...@aol.com says...
>>>>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:57:57 +0200, Pete B <xxxh@_xsomeething.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rule #1 for actors: Don't go.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What? And give up show business?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whot? Isn't it acting in front of the camera, not having to mingle?
>>>
>>> Heh. You're funny. Acting is sooooo much more than just acting in
>>> front of a camera or onstage in live theater.
>>
>> Yeah, I always surmised as much, one of the big reasons I never tired
>> - people are such a chore *g*
>>
>> And wasn't it Mike Meyers who said that acting was fun, he got the
>> money for having to talk to the interviewers.
>
>I caught part of an interview with Mike Meyers and he was talking about how
>he viewed fans as his boss so it was acceptable for them to interrupt his
>lunch or stop him to ask a question because that's what bosses have the
>right to do. He didn't appear upset about it either.
This is probably the reason that The Love Guru is crap.