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Ben Chapman, The BLACK LAGOON’s CREATURE Has Died

February 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Ben Chapman, the six-foot five-inch tall actor who played the towering Gill-man in the 1954 classic The Creature From The Black Lagoon passed away on Thursday on Honolulu, Hawaii. He was 79. According to the [click for more]

In Remembrance: DoQui, Ichikawa, Lopez

February 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Robert DoQui– (February 9) The actor best known to genre fans as the gruff Sgt. Reed in the three Robocop films has passed away at age 74. Kon Ichikawa– (February 13) The Japanese director of [click for more]

Roy Scheider Passes

February 11, 2008 Rich Drees

Roy Scheider, forever immortalized in the minds of a generation of moviegoers as the small town police chief suddenly confronted with the need for a bigger boat in 1975’s blockbuster Jaws, has passed away earlier [click for more]