Eddie Haas obit

George Eddie Haas

May 26, 1935  -  June 4, 2026

 He was not on the list.

George Edwin Haas passed away peacefully on June 4, 2026, at the age of 91, surrounded by his family. Born in Paducah, Kentucky, on May 26, 1935, he was the son of George Adam Haas and Margaret Mary Roof Haas.

After graduating from St. John’s High School, he embarked on a more than 50-year career in professional baseball, eventually becoming one of the few men to have played, coached, managed, and scouted in Major League Baseball.

Along the way, he married Judith Ann McGarry, and together they raised three children: Kathy, Matt, and Danny.

Eddie was most proud of his family and was a beloved son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather. Upon retirement, he devoted himself to his true passions: mowing his lawn and becoming a full-time Grandad. His defining moments came, in quietly caring for his wife in their later years. He was known for his loyalty, humility, and ability to make friends wherever he went. His kindness and generosity left a lasting impression on all who knew him.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 51 years, Judith McGarry Haas; his parents, George Adam Haas and Margaret Mary Roof Haas; his sisters, Sister Jeanette Haas, R.S.M., and Barbaranelle Tackett; and his brother, Louis Haas.

He is survived by his children, Kathy Haas Scheler (Tony), Matt Haas (Colleen), and Danny Haas (Katie); his sisters, Marietta Haas and Charlotte Haas; and his grandchildren, Nathan Scheler, Brendan Scheler, Jackson Haas, Alexandra Haas, Kelsea Haas, Georgiana Haas, and Hunter Haas.

His Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Monday, June 8th, at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church, 1395 Girard Drive with burial to follow in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, June 7th, at Ratterman Funeral Home, 3711 Lexington Road, St. Matthews.

Memorial gifts in the form of contributions can be made to Mass of the Air.

Haas spent 14 years as a manager or coach in the farm system of the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and replaced Joe Torre as Atlanta's manager after the 1984 season. His 1985 Braves squad went 50–71 (.413). With the Braves in fifth place in the National League West Division and 22 games out of the lead, Haas was fired on August 26, 1985, and succeeded by interim pilot Bobby Wine.

In his playing days, the 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 178 lb (81 kg) Haas was an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He graduated from St. John High School in Paducah and signed his first professional contract with the Chicago Cubs. He made the Majors with the Cubs in 1957 and was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in the offseason. His MLB career consisted of 55 games (1957–1958; 1960) with those two clubs, batting .243 with one home run and 17 total hits. A broken ankle cost him the entire 1959 season.

Haas remained with the Braves payroll after his minor league playing career ended and long after they moved to Atlanta. He served as a minor league manager and coach (1965–73; 1978–84), and as a coach for the MLB Braves (1974–77). After his brief MLB managerial career, he served as a special assignment scout for the Montreal Expos (1986–94) and Boston Red Sox (1995–2003).

He comes from a baseball family: his brother, Louis, was an infielder in the Braves' organization from 1959 to 1962; two sons, Matt and Danny, are longtime scouts and former minor league players; cousins Phil and Gene Roof are former Major League players and coaches and who spent many years as minor league managers; and another cousin, Paul Roof, pitched in the minor leagues.

In the minor leagues he played for the Gainesville Owls, Des Moines Bruins, Hickory Rebels, Los Angeles Angels, Fort Worth Cats, Wichita Braves, Estrellas Orientales, Louisville Colonels, Vancouver Mounties, Hawaii Islanders, and the Denver Bears.

Marjane Satrapi obit

Marjane Satrapi Dies: Iranian-French ‘Persepolis’ & ‘Radioactive’ Director Was 56

 

She was not on the list.

Iranian French artist, animator and Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi, best known internationally for her 2007 biographical animated feature Persepolis and Rosamund Pike-starring film Radioactive, has died. She was 56.

“Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,”  read a statement from close friends and family announcing her death on June 3, sent to the AFP newswire. Satrapi’s husband the producer, actor, and screenwriter Ripa died on April 8, 2025.

Iran-born artist and director Satrapi had lived in France since the early 1990s after her parents sent her to Europe to study as a teenager to escape the restrictions of living under the Islamic Republic regime and encouraged her to make her permanent home there.

Born on 22 November 1969 in Rasht in northwestern Iran, Satrapi had an upper middle class upbringing in Tehran, where she attended the French lycée as a child. Her parents were politically active and supported leftist activism against the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and then the restrictions of the Islamic Republic.

Satrapi, who was nine-years old when Pahlavi was toppled and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, recounted her experiences growing up under the latter’s draconian government in the graphic novel Persepolis.

She turned the work into an animated feature in 2007, co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud, which went on to win the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2008 Academy Awards as well as for the prestigious animation-focused Annie Awards.

Satrapi and Paronnaud went on to collaborate on a second animated feature, Chicken with Plums which premiered in competition in Venice in 2011. Adapted from another of her graphic novels, this time inspired by a relative back in Iran, it revolved around about a musician whose life is sent into a tailspin after his wife destroys his beloved violin.

She broke into live action directing with her 2012 crime-comedy Gang of the Jotas (La Bande des Jotas). Revolving around an airport baggage mix-up, Satrapi also starred in the film opposite Ripa.

Satrapi was then courted by Hollywood and went on to direct Ryan Reynolds and Gemma Arterton in the 2014 comedy The Voices. She followed this with the Working Title-produced 2019 bio-pic Radioactive, starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie.

Her last film was ensemble dark comedy Dear Paris in which several of the city’s residents are interconnected by different brushes with death. Monica Bellucci, Roschdy Zem, Alex Lutz and André Dussollier featured in the cast.

Activism

In the backdrop, Satrapi was a life-long activist against Iran’s Islamic Regime and the restrictions it placed on the lives of women and wider society.

In an interview with Deadline in 2023, in the wake of the Woman Life Freedom protests, she recalled how her parents had taken to the streets to protest the regime’s imposition of the hijab for women in 1983.

“He was one of the very few men; they didn’t understand at the time that women’s rights are society’s rights,” she said of her father.

Satrapi revealed she had received threats and slurs from the regime in relation to Persepolis and her other activism.

“I’ve been called a liar and a spy. I’ve learned in life not to be scared,” she says. “It’s not that you don’t feel fear; you feel the fear, but then you decide whether you care about it or not. It’s not that I’m fearless or careless but there are kids in my country who are being shot and they are 17 years old, while I have lived for more than half a century.”

In the wake of the Woman Life Freedom protests, she organized a flash mob in front of the Iranian embassy in Paris in 2023 in solidarity with five Tehran teenagers who were arrested for posting a TikTok dancing to the Rema and Selena Gomez track “Calm Down”.

“We artists must be humble but doing nothing is worse, being indifferent is worse. I don’t think what I’m doing is huge or immense but I have a voice, I have a face and I’m known in France, I’m just doing what I have to do,” she told Deadline.

Ray Lampkin obit

Former Lightweight Title Challenger Ray Lampkin Passes

 

He was not on the list.

Former top lightweight contender of the 1970s, Ray Lampkin, has passed. Known as “Lightning” Ray Lampkin, his hand speed and boxing ability helped him navigate to the top of the lightweight rankings. The native Oregonian won the vacant NABF lightweight belt after stopping Nick Alfaro in 1974. After two defenses, Lampkin traveled to Panama City in 1975 to face the seemingly invincible Roberto Duran for the world title. In a hotly contested fight, Lampkin was eventually stopped by a vicious left hook to the jaw in the 14th round.

Lampkin would go on to fight until November of 1976, hanging up the gloves for good with a very respectable 35-6-1, 16 KOs record. He only lost to the best, among them: Roberto Duran, Esteban DeJesus (twice), Vilomar Fernandez, Randy Shields and Angel Mayoral. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. He was 78 years old.

James Handy obit

James Handy Stabbed To Death: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Arachnophobia’ Actor Was 81

 

He was not on the list.

James Handy, the actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Jumanji (1995), The Verdict (1982) and Arachnophobia (1990), has died. He was 81.

On Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m., the LAPD responded to a cryptic call in Tarzana, where Handy was discovered in the front yard of the residence, unconscious after being stabbed in the chest. He was transported via ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” the 911 caller told the dispatcher.

The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, flagged down responding officers and told them he was the one they were looking for. LAPD reported that Gledhill and his mother resided with the actor and that she was Handy’s girlfriend.

Gledhill was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, with his bail set at $2 million.

Born in New York City, Handy made his onscreen debut in two 1977 episodes of ABC’s sudser Ryan’s Hope, going on to appear on ABC Afterschool Specials, Cagney & Lacey, Matlock, Quantum Leap, Wings, Murder She Wrote, LA Law, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, The X-Files, Walker Texas Ranger, Law & Order, ER, Criminal Minds, 9-1-1 and more.

Handy also starred in movies like The Verdict (1982), K-9 (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Point of No Return (1993), Jumanji (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Logan (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Filmography

Film

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1981    Taps     Sheriff

1982    The Verdict      Kevin Doneghy          

1986    Hotshot                       

Brighton Beach Memoirs        Frank Murphy

1987    Burglar            Carson 'Johnny' Verrill           

Jake's M.O.     Danny McGurk          

1988    Bird     Esteves           

1989    K-9      Lieutenant Byers        

1990    Arachnophobia            Milton Briggs 

1991    The Rocketeer Wooly 

1993    Point of No Return      Operative        

1994    Guarding Tess Neal Carlo      

Rave Review   James  

1995    Jumanji            Exterminator   

1997    Murder in Mind           Dr. Harvard    

Gang Related  Captain Henderson    

1999    Deterrence       Lancaster / President Buchanan         

Every Dog Has Its Day           The Sign Painter         

Black and White          Sergeant Wright         

K-911  Captain Byers Direct-to-video

2000    Unbreakable    Priest  

2001    15 Minutes      Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Declan Duffy     

The Donor       John / Françoise's father         

2002    The Trip          Hal     

Ash Wednesday           Father Mahoney         

2008    Rounds            Nathan

2010    The Waiter       The CEO        

Lifted   Travis 

2015    Bad Sister        Bishop O'Reilly          

2017    Logan  Old Doctor     

Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown        Frank  

Suburbicon      Mayor Billings           

2021    Senior Entourage        Father MacGuffin      

2022    Top Gun: Maverick     Jimmy 

TV

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1987    The Room Upstairs     Frank   TV movie

1988    A Dangerous Life        Mike Heseltine            2 episodes

1989    Midnight Caller           Tommy Cobb  Episode: "Blood Red"

1991    False Arrest     Thomas Thinnes          TV movie

1992    Quantum Leap Ross Tyler       Episode: "Temptation Eyes"

Murder She Wrote       Lieutenant Pat Hogan Episode: "Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice"

1992–1995      Melrose Place  Matt Fielding, Sr.        6 episodes

1993–1995      NYPD Blue     Captain Jim Haverill   7 episodes

1995    The X-Files     Alan Cross      Episode: "2Shy"

1997    Profiler            Lou Handleman          7 episodes

Law & Order   Mr. Wheeler    Episode: "Thrill"

1999    Time Served    Judge Will T. Engstrom III     TV movie

2000–2001      The West Wing            Representative Joe Bruno       2 episodes

2002–2006      Alias    Arthur Devlin  8 episodes

2009    Criminal Minds           Tom Shaunessy           Episode: "Omnivore "

2010    Castle  Clifford Stuckey          Episode: "Under the Gun"

2013    Rizzoli & Isles            Leroy Grovner Episode: "Somebody's Watching Me"

2014    Mulaney          Father Ed        Episode: "In the Name of the Mother, and the Son and the Holy Andre"

2016    Documentary Now!                Episode:" Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 2"

2018    NCIS: Los Angeles     Nelson (Former NIS Operative)         Episode:"Các Tù Nhân"

John Blanche obit

John Blanche, the Legendary Illustrator Who Defined the Look of Warhammer 40,000, Has Died

The Bell of Lost Souls tolls once more.

 

He was not on the list.

John Blanche, the legendary illustrator whose art helped define the grimdark Warhammer 40,000 setting, has died.

A Facebook post from Trish Carden Miniatures and Design brought news that Blanche passed away earlier this week.

“John was an inspirational artist, devoted to his family and a good friend to many,” the post reads. “Always generous with his time and knowledge, he was very well loved by all who knew and worked with him. He’ll be hugely missed. The world of Warhammer was brought to life by his vision of the grimdark setting and I know his art meant a lot to so many of you. He leaves behind an enormous legacy that has enriched many people’s lives.”

Blanche is perhaps best known for his art depicting the Emperor sat upon the Golden Throne, an image seared into the minds of Warhammer 40,000 fans and one that helped establish what we think of as the Emperor’s current status in the setting.

Blanche has spoken of this image before in interviews, revealing his art was never meant to depict the "real" Emperor, rather it was meant to show an image of the Emperor pilgrims who had made their way to Terra (earth in the 41st millenium) would gaze upon as they arrived at what they thought was the God of Mankind's throne. The "real" Emperor, Blanche believed, is kept in a glass tube behind this facade, connected to all kinds of machinery. Blanche's artwork is used as a reference point even now, decades after he painted it, amid debates about the Emperor in the current setting.

Blanche also painted the iconic art for the second edition Warhammer 40,000 boxed set, which saw the Blood Angels thrust to the forefront. This art is so beloved that Games Workshop leaned on it for the art of the Warhmmer 40,000 11th Edition box set, due out later this month.

Blanche retired from Games Workshop in 2023 after an association with the tabletop games company that began in the seventies, and had suffered from ill health in recent years.

"So sorry to hear about the passing of icon and legend, John Blanche," tweeted author Justin Hill. "There's not a book I write, where I don't go back to some of the brilliant concept art he produced, that did so much to shape the look of the Grim Dark future."

"John Blanche, the grandfather of the Grimdark style has passed away," painting social media account FireFlyPaints said. "He is one of the largest influences in my painting style. The Bell of Lost Souls tolls once more. Prayers to his Family and Friends."

"Just heard John Blanche passed away. His art was THE reason I first got into WH40K 20+ years ago," another fan said. "Through it I not only discovered tons of other great artists, but it also heavily influenced my own direction. Rest in Power John & thanks for all you’ve given to this world."

"Incredibly sad to hear the legendary John Blanche has passed," writer Gary Moloney added. "An artist whose work came to define an entire sub-genre of SFF. Spawning a legion of creators to build their own characters and worlds (or even just squat in a tiny corner of his). Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann."

Max Kleven obit

Max Kleven, Stuntman, Second-Unit Director on ‘Rollerball,’ ‘Batman Returns’ and ‘The River Wild,’ Dies at 92

A ski jumper from Norway, he also worked on ‘Naked City,’ ‘Silent Movie,’ the ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy and ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.’

 He was not on the list.

Max Kleven, the Norwegian-born stunt performer, stunt coordinator and second-unit director with credits including Our Man Flint, Rollerball, The Deep and the Back to the Future trilogy, has died. He was 92.

Kleven died Wednesday of heart failure at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, his family announced.

Early in his career, Kleven doubled for Paul Burke on ABC’s Naked City and for Glenn Corbett on CBS’ Route 66, and he served as the president of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures in the 1970s.

Kleven did double duty performing stunts and directing scenes on several films, starting with Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and the sequel Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) and followed by Rollerball (1975), Silent Movie (1976), Batman Returns (1992) and The River Wild (1994).

And as an actor on television action series, he showed up on everything from Rescue 8, Get Smart, The Big Valley, Combat! and The Invaders to Batman, Star Trek, Mannix, Kojak and Magnum, P.I.

Born on Aug. 16, 1933, in Trondheim, Norway, Kleven spent his early years on a farm with his mother, Jenny, and a cousin, Joni. He joined the Norwegian Merchant Marine as teenager and came to the U.S. in 1951; he said the moment he saw California’s sunshine and palm trees, he knew he never wanted to leave.

Kleven had been an accomplished ski jumper in his home country, and when he was spotted sliding down and flying off ramps in Sugarbush, Vermont, he was recruited to be a stunt performer. According to IMDb, the first movie he worked on was the Oscar best picture winner Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Kleven did stunts for other films including Our Man Flint (1966), Murderers’ Row (1966), Who’s Minding the Mint? (1967), Charley Varrick (1973), Back to the Future (1985), Ruthless People (1986), Species (1995) and Wild Wild West (1999).

His résumé as a stunt coordinator included Book of Numbers (1973), Dillinger (1973), The Deep (1977), The Changeling (1980), Footloose (1984) and Sleeping With the Enemy (1991), and he was a second-unit director on Raid on Entebbe (1976), Runaway Train (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Part III (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Spider-Man (2002).

He even got to direct a handful of films.

Kleven’s family said that one of his career highlights came when Steven Spielberg told him, “I hire you to fix my movies.” (Kleven worked for the producer on the Back to the Future films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1980’s Used Cars and 2000’s What Lies Beneath, among other features),

Survivors include his wife, Luz; his daughters, Valli and Céline; his son, Erik; and his grandson, Hunter.

Stunts

Nolan North and Elle Travis in Broken (2000)

Broken

6.8

Short

stunt coordinator

2000

 

Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)

Wild Wild West

4.9

stunts

1999

 

Dina Meyer and James Caan in Poodle Springs (1998)

Poodle Springs

6.0

TV Movie

stunt performer

1998

 

Almost Heroes (1998)

Almost Heroes

5.8

stunt coordinator

1998

 

Rowan Atkinson in Bean (1997)

Bean

6.5

stunts

1997

 

Jean Reno and Patrick Bruel in The Jaguar (1996)

The Jaguar

6.0

stunt coordinator (as Max J. Kleven)

1996

 

Natasha Henstridge in Species (1995)

Species

5.9

stunt coordinator

1995

 

Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Meryl Streep, and Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild (1994)

The River Wild

6.5

stunt coordinator

1994

 

Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, and Christopher Walken in Batman Returns (1992)

Batman Returns

7.1

stunt coordinator

1992

 

Thora Birch, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, and Elijah Wood in Paradise (1991)

Paradise

6.7

stunt coordinator

1991

 

Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, and Bob Hoskins in Shattered (1991)

Shattered

6.5

stunt coordinator: second unit

1991

 

Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

Sleeping with the Enemy

6.3

water stunt coordinator

1991

 

Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury (1989)

Blind Fury

6.3

stunt coordinator: second unit

1989

 

Judge Reinhold in Vice Versa (1988)

Vice Versa

5.9

stunt coordinator

1988

 

Christopher Lloyd and Howie Mandel in Walk Like a Man (1987)

Walk Like a Man

4.8

stunt coordinator

1987

 

Rutger Hauer in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

5.9

stunts

1986

 

Ruthless People (1986)

Ruthless People

6.9

stunts

1986

 

Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Raphael Sbarge, and Danielle von Zerneck in My Science Project (1985)

My Science Project

5.9

stunts

1985

 

Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the Future

8.5

stunts

1985

 

Tanya Roberts in Sheena (1984)

Sheena

4.9

action consultant (uncredited)

1984

 

Footloose (1984)

Footloose

6.6

stunt coordinator

1984

 

Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

Hot Dog... The Movie

5.1

stunt coordinator

1984

 

Lovely But Deadly (1981)

Lovely But Deadly

4.1

stunt double

1981

 

Southern Comfort (1981)

Southern Comfort

7.1

stunts

1981

 

Matt Craven in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Happy Birthday to Me

6.0

stunt coordinator

1981

 

The Five of Me (1981)

The Five of Me

6.5

TV Movie

stunt coordinator

1981

 

Used Cars (1980)

Used Cars

6.7

stunts

1980

 

The Changeling (1980)

The Changeling

7.1

stunt coordinator

1980

 

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Damien: Omen II

6.2

stunt coordinator: Los Angeles

1978

 

Sylvester Stallone and David Huffman in F.I.S.T. (1978)

F.I.S.T.

6.4

stunt coordinator

1978

 

Crisis in Sun Valley (1978)

Crisis in Sun Valley

5.1

TV Movie

stunt coordinator

1978

 

Superstunt

7.6

TV Special

stunt coordinator

1977

 

The Deep (1977)

The Deep

6.3

fight coordinator (uncredited)

1977

 

Fire (1977)

Fire

5.3

TV Movie

stunt coordinator

1977

 

Jacqueline Bisset and Charles Bronson in St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives

6.2

stunt gaffer

1976

 

Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, and Marty Feldman in Silent Movie (1976)

Silent Movie

6.7

stunt coordinator

1976

 

The Kansas City Massacre (1975)

The Kansas City Massacre

6.0

TV Movie

stunt coordinator

1975

 

Charles Bronson and Robert Tessier in Hard Times (1975)

Hard Times

7.2

stunt coordinator

1975

 

Rollerball (1975)

Rollerball

6.5

stunt coordinator

1975

 

Beau Bridges and Marilyn Hassett in The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

The Other Side of the Mountain

6.4

stunt coordinator

1975

 

Richard Harris in 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)

99 and 44/100% Dead!

5.5

stunt coordinator

1974

 

Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann in Zandy's Bride (1974)

Zandy's Bride

6.4

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston, and Gene Saks in Mame (1974)

Mame

5.9

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Walter Matthau and Joe Don Baker in Charley Varrick (1973)

Charley Varrick

7.5

stunt double (uncredited)

1973

 

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

5.8

stunt coordinator (uncredited)

1973

 

Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, and Michelle Phillips in Dillinger (1973)

Dillinger

6.9

stunt coordinator (uncredited)

1973

 

Michael Callan, Katherine Justice, Malachi Throne, Neil, and Shurze in Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973)

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

5.7

stunt coordinator

1973

 

Book of Numbers (1973)

Book of Numbers

6.9

stunt coordinator

1973

 

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco

7.3

TV Series

stunts

1972–1977

 

Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques in Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)

Come Back Charleston Blue

6.5

stunts (uncredited)

1972

 

Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)

Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

6.0

stunt coordinator

1972

 

Michael Brandon and Tippy Walker in Jennifer on My Mind (1971)

Jennifer on My Mind

3.9

stunt coordinator

1971

 

Sean Connery in The Anderson Tapes (1971)

The Anderson Tapes

6.4

stunts (uncredited)

1971

 

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Cotton Comes to Harlem

6.5

stunt coordinator

1970

 

Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy in The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

6.1

stunts (uncredited)

1969

 

Never a Dull Moment (1968)

Never a Dull Moment

6.1

stunts (uncredited)

1968

 

The Search for the Evil One (1967)

The Search for the Evil One

4.9

stunt coordinator (as Max Kelvin)

1967

 

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

Who's Minding the Mint?

7.0

stunts (uncredited)

1967

 

Pamela Austin in The Perils of Pauline (1967)

The Perils of Pauline

5.7

stunt coordinator

1967

 

A Covenant with Death (1967)

A Covenant with Death

6.0

stunts (uncredited)

1967

 

Ann-Margret and Dean Martin in Murderers' Row (1966)

Murderers' Row

5.8

stunts (uncredited)

1966

 

Our Man Flint (1966)

Our Man Flint

6.4

stunts (uncredited)

1966

 

George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66 (1960)

Route 66

7.7

TV Series

Fight Double for Glenn Corbett (uncredited)

1963

1 episode

 

Tallahassee 7000 (1961)

Tallahassee 7000

6.4

TV Series

stunts (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Naked City (1958)

Naked City

8.2

TV Series

stunt double: Paul Burke (uncredited)

1960–1961

16 episodes

 

Lang Jeffries in Rescue 8 (1958)

Rescue 8

7.8

TV Series

stunt double for Jim Davis (uncredited)

1958

1 episode

 

David Niven and Cantinflas in Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Around the World in 80 Days

6.7

stunts (uncredited)

1956

 

Actor

Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger, Kelsey Grammer, Kyra Sedgwick, Thomas Jane, Kevin Connolly, Omari Hardwick, and Lauren Cohan in Reach Me (2014)

Reach Me

4.9

Man in Bookstore

2014

 

Slumber Party Slaughter (2012)

Slumber Party Slaughter

6.2

Sheriff Bowden

2012

 

Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff in W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)

W.B., Blue and the Bean

4.5

Video

Gunman (uncredited)

1989

 

Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I.

7.5

TV Series

Costa's 1st HenchmanThug #1Shipley, Thug working for Mr. C ...

1983–1987

4 episodes

 

Robert Urich in Gavilan (1982)

Gavilan

6.1

TV Series

Adler

1983

1 episode

 

Crisis in Sun Valley (1978)

Crisis in Sun Valley

5.1

TV Movie

Adler

1978

 

Exo-Man (1977)

Exo-Man

5.2

TV Movie

(uncredited)

1977

 

Telly Savalas in Kojak (1973)

Kojak

7.1

TV Series

Paul KimbroughWilson (uncredited)

1973–1976

2 episodes

 

The Kansas City Massacre (1975)

The Kansas City Massacre

6.0

TV Movie

Parker

1975

 

Charles Bronson and Robert Tessier in Hard Times (1975)

Hard Times

7.2

Pool Player

1975

 

Richard Harris in 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)

99 and 44/100% Dead!

5.5

North

1974

 

Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974)

Melvin Purvis G-MAN

6.0

TV Movie

Purvis' Driver

1974

 

Tough Guys (1974)

Tough Guys

5.5

L'homme enorme

1974

 

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco

7.3

TV Series

Terry Benner

1973

1 episode

 

Anthony Franciosa, Doug McClure, and Hugh O'Brian in Search (1972)

Search

8.1

TV Series

ThugHood 1

1973

2 episodes

 

Mannix (1967)

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

HenchmanCarl SampsonThug ...

1967–1973

5 episodes

 

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

Mission: Impossible

7.9

TV Series

Guard #2GuardSecret Policeman ...

1966–1973

6 episodes

 

The Survivors (1969)

The Survivors

7.2

TV Series

Guard

1969

1 episode

 

James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

7.6

TV Series

Halevey

1968

1 episode

 

Star Trek (1966)

Star Trek

8.4

TV Series

Maximus

1968

1 episode

 

Don Adams in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

Otto

1968

1 episode

 

The Search for the Evil One (1967)

The Search for the Evil One

4.9

(as Max Klevin)

1967

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

Batman

7.5

TV Series

Henchman (uncredited)

1967

1 episode

 

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

Who's Minding the Mint?

7.0

Guard (uncredited)

1967

 

The Invaders (1967)

The Invaders

8.0

TV Series

AlienAlien GuardGuard #2 ...

1967

5 episodes

 

Ann-Margret and Dean Martin in Murderers' Row (1966)

Murderers' Row

5.8

Fortress Guard (uncredited)

1966

 

The F.B.I. (1965)

The F.B.I.

7.4

TV Series

Reynolds

1966

1 episode

 

John Carradine and Chuck Courtney in Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

3.9

Sandy Newman (as Max Klevin)

1966

 

Combat! (1962)

Combat!

8.4

TV Series

German Lt.Patrol Leader #1

1965–1966

2 episodes

 

Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)

The Big Valley

7.6

TV Series

Dave Williams

1965

1 episode

 

Tuesday Weld in Mr. Broadway (1964)

Mr. Broadway

7.5

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66 (1960)

Route 66

7.7

TV Series

HenchmanDeputy at Roadblock (uncredited)

1960–1963

2 episodes

 

Naked City (1958)

Naked City

8.2

TV Series

CashierPolicemanMurder victim (uncredited) ...

1960–1963

4 episodes

 

Tallahassee 7000 (1961)

Tallahassee 7000

6.4

TV Series

Deputy (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Lang Jeffries in Rescue 8 (1958)

Rescue 8

7.8

TV Series

Fireman hit by dartFilm crew memberIce plant worker (uncredited) ...

1958–1959

7 episodes

 

Valerie French and Guy Madison in The Hard Man (1957)

The Hard Man

6.1

Townsman (uncredited)

1957

 

David Niven and Cantinflas in Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Around the World in 80 Days

6.7

Extra (uncredited)

1956

 

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man

7.4

action director: second unit (uncredited)

2002

 

What Lies Beneath (2000)

What Lies Beneath

6.6

underwater unit director

2000

 

Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Meryl Streep, and Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild (1994)

The River Wild

6.5

second unit director

1994

 

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Death Becomes Her

6.7

second unit director

1992

 

Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, and Christopher Walken in Batman Returns (1992)

Batman Returns

7.1

second unit director

1992

 

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

6.9

second unit director: action sequence

1991

 

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Back to the Future Part III

7.5

second unit director

1990

 

Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Back to the Future Part II

7.8

second unit director

1989

 

Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury (1989)

Blind Fury

6.3

second unit director: additional crew

1989

 

The Rescue (1988)

The Rescue

5.6

second unit director

1988

 

Frank Sinatra, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, Joanna Cassidy, Bob Hoskins, Jim Cummings, and Charles Fleischer in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

7.7

second unit director: USA

1988

 

Judge Reinhold in Vice Versa (1988)

Vice Versa

5.9

second unit director

1988

 

Hot Pursuit (1987)

Hot Pursuit

5.8

second unit director

1987

 

Robert Knepper in Wild Thing (1987)

Wild Thing

5.3

second unit director

1987

 

Daryl Hannah in The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

The Clan of the Cave Bear

5.4

second unit director

1986

 

Rebecca De Mornay, Eric Roberts, and Jon Voight in Runaway Train (1985)

Runaway Train

7.2

second unit director: Alaska

1985

 

Tom Hanks in The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

The Man with One Red Shoe

5.7

second unit director

1985

 

Wild Horse Hank (1979)

Wild Horse Hank

5.3

second unit director

1979

 

George Segal and Glenda Jackson in Lost and Found (1979)

Lost and Found

4.9

second unit director

1979

 

Fire Sale (1977)

Fire Sale

5.5

second unit director

1977

 

Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, and Peter Finch in Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Raid on Entebbe

6.7

second unit director

1976

 

Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor in Silver Streak (1976)

Silver Streak

6.9

second unit director

1976

 

Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, and Marty Feldman in Silent Movie (1976)

Silent Movie

6.7

second unit director

1976

 

Goldie Hawn and George Segal in The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

5.7

second unit director

1976

 

Rollerball (1975)

Rollerball

6.5

second unit director

1975

 

Beau Bridges and Marilyn Hassett in The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

The Other Side of the Mountain

6.4

second unit director

1975

 

Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques in Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)

Come Back Charleston Blue

6.5

second unit director

1972

 

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Cotton Comes to Harlem

6.5

second unit director

1970

 

Director

The Hunted (1998)

The Hunted

5.3

Director

1998

 

Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff in W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)

W.B., Blue and the Bean

4.5

Video

Director

1989

 

Deadly Stranger (1988)

Deadly Stranger

4.6

Director

1988

 

The Night Stalker (1986)

The Night Stalker

5.0

Director

1986

 

Ruckus (1980)

Ruckus

5.7

Director

1980

 

Superstunt II

7.3

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

Writer

Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff in W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)

W.B., Blue and the Bean

4.5

Video

written by

1989

 

Deadly Stranger (1988)

Deadly Stranger

4.6

Writer

1988

 

Ruckus (1980)

Ruckus

5.7

written by

1980

 

Producer

Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff in W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)

W.B., Blue and the Bean

4.5

Video

producer

1989

 

Deadly Stranger (1988)

Deadly Stranger

4.6

producer (as Max J. Kleven)

1988

 

Additional Crew

Robert Mitchum, Sally Kirkland, and Jason Bernard in Going Home (1971)

Going Home

5.9

action sequence coordinator

1971

 

Thanks

Maximiliano Luciuk, Chris Juárez, and Gemma Vilena in That's the Plan (2022)

That's the Plan

Short

special thanks

2022

 

Brave (2022)

Brave

Short

very special thanks

2022

 

Mojave Thirst (2019)

Mojave Thirst

Short

special thanks

2019

 

Kathy Griffin, Eliza Coyle, Dana Gould, Chris Hardwick, Taylor Negron, Ryan Stiles, and Julia Sweeney in Courting Courtney (1997)

Courting Courtney

6.0

special thanks

1997

 

Self

A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins (2004)

A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins

6.3

Video

Self

2004

 

Footloose: A Modern Musical

8.1

Video

Self

2004

 

Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'

5.9

Video

Self

2000

 

Superstunt

7.6

TV Special

Self

1977

Rocky Allen obit

Radio Remembers Rocky Allen

 

He was not on the list.

Former WPLJ New York afternoon host Rocky Allen died on Wednesday, June 3 at the age of 72 after a bout with cancer.

After a brief stint in mornings at the station in 1990, Allen hosted “The Rocky Allen Showgram” with longtime producer/co-host Blaine Eisley at WPLJ from in afternoons 1993 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008. He also spent fifteen months in mornings at Talk 770 WABC New York in 1999 and 2000. Allen also hosted mornings at WPRO-FM Providence, WKSE Buffalo, and WDVD Detroit. A native of St. Louis, Allen began his career there at “HitRadio 103” KHTR.

Allen previously hosted shows in Providence (1991–1993), Detroit, St. Louis, Buffalo, and Dayton.

Allen's well-traveled career is best known for his streaks on New York radio station WPLJ, where he hosted an afternoon-drive show from 1993 until 1998, and again beginning in September 2005 until February 2008.

During his first run on the station, Allen underwent a series of surgeries beginning in October 1996 to remove calcium deposits believed to be the cause of persistent back pain. Allen was partially paralyzed following the surgeries, and required the use of a wheelchair. In October 1997, after a year of not being able to walk, doctors advised Allen to undergo full-time rehab which they said might be the only way for him to be able to walk again. This prompted Allen to go on a five-month leave of absence from radio, after which he was able to walk freely.

In January 1999, Allen made an unsuccessful move to WPLJ sister station WABC. The move was designed to complement WABC's non-political morning talk lineup of Art Bell and Laura Schlessinger. The show never matched its afternoon ratings success, and was replaced 15 months later by Curtis and Kuby, who had vacated the morning show on the station to make room for Allen.

Allen proceeded to host the morning show on WDVD, Detroit in 2001. He was joined by Blain Ensley in 2002. Ensley had previously served as co-host on the Sports Guys.

Allen and Ensley returned to WPLJ on September 20, 2005, nearly seven years after leaving the station. The show placed 15th among listeners ages 12-and-over in the Spring 2006 Arbitron book.

In a cost-cutting measure by WPLJ's parent company Citadel Broadcasting, the Rocky Allen Showgram was cancelled on February 29, 2008. Race Taylor, who was bumped to midday by the return of Allen, returned to the afternoon drive with a music-only format.

Allen briefly resurfaced in 2008 doing weekend sports talk on WEPN.

Angela Morant obit

Angela Morant Has Died

 She was not on the list.

Angela Morant (born 15th January 1941 in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, died 2026) appeared on Coronation Street in November 1974 as marriage guidance counsellor, Kim Dudley.

Her other credits included roles in Nana, Crown Court, Nightingale's Boys, My Father's House, Muck and Brass, Jury, A.D., A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, The Bill, Brookside and Wire in the Blood.

On stage, she appeared in productions of Eastward Ho!, Hedda Gabler, Getting On, Otherwise Engaged, The Jew of Malta and a Bill Kenwright production of Dead Guilty.

Angela was the first wife of prolific actor Ben Kingsley, who himself appeared on Coronation Street.

Morant attended Chipping Campden Grammar School. Her brother was actor Richard Morant. She was a niece of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton and Susan Travers.

 

Actress

Wire in the Blood (2002)

Wire in the Blood

8.2

TV Series

Vice Chancellor

2004

1 episode

 

Helen West (2002)

Helen West

6.6

TV Series

Magistrate 1

2002

1 episode

 

Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in Iris (2001)

Iris

7.0

Hostess

2001

 

The Bill (1984)

The Bill

6.7

TV Series

Mrs. JamesSusan PerryJanet Morris ...

1989–2000

5 episodes

 

Nick Berry in Heartbeat (1992)

Heartbeat

6.9

TV Series

Maria Mazzetti

2000

1 episode

 

Vincent Perez and Rachel Weisz in Swept from the Sea (1997)

Swept from the Sea

6.7

Iryna

1997

 

Nigel Le Vaillant in Dangerfield (1995)

Dangerfield

6.1

TV Series

Louise

1996

1 episode

 

The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show (1994)

The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show

7.5

TV Series

1994

3 episodes

 

Brookside (1982)

Brookside

6.6

TV Series

Barbara Harrison

1991–1993

79 episodes

 

Paul Merton in Paul Merton: The Series (1991)

Paul Merton: The Series

7.6

TV Series

1991

1 episode

 

The Play on One (1988)

The Play on One

5.5

TV Series

Sarah

1991

1 episode

 

Robert Carlyle and Emer McCourt in Riff-Raff (1991)

Riff-Raff

7.0

Estate Agent

1991

 

Tony Slattery in This Is David Harper (1990)

This Is David Harper

7.0

TV Series

Maureen Marshall

1990

1 episode

 

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

5.0

Customer

1990

 

Screen Two (1984)

Screen Two

6.6

TV Series

City editor

1989

1 episode

 

John Nettles in Bergerac (1981)

Bergerac

6.9

TV Series

Mrs. Rice

1989

1 episode

 

Alfred Molina and Robert Hardy in Sunday Premiere (1986)

Sunday Premiere

6.3

TV Series

Major Newman

1988

1 episode

 

ScreenPlay Firsts (1987)

ScreenPlay Firsts

TV Series

Buddenbrookes

1987

1 episode

 

Edward Petherbridge in A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

8.2

TV Series

Mrs. Morecambe

1987

2 episodes

 

John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

Inspector Morse

8.2

TV Series

Ruth Rawlinson

1987

1 episode

 

Amanda Donohoe, Victor Banerjee, Eve Ferret, and Jane Laurie in Foreign Body (1986)

Foreign Body

5.9

Antique shop lady

1986

 

A.D. (1985)

A.D.

7.2

TV Mini Series

Priscilla

1985

5 episodes

 

Jury (1983)

Jury

9.0

TV Series

Elizabeth Robbins

1983

13 episodes

 

Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)

Crown Court

7.4

TV Series

Dr. WrightCaroline Judd

1974–1983

2 episodes

 

Paul Shane and Mel Smith in Muck and Brass (1982)

Muck and Brass

7.9

TV Mini Series

Annie Kemp

1982

4 episodes

 

Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography

6.8

Marjorie Hodgkinson

1981

 

Judy Holt in My Father's House (1981)

My Father's House

7.1

TV Mini Series

Olivia Murray

1981

5 episodes

 

Une maison, une histoire

TV Series

Carrie Kipling

1980

1 episode

 

Armchair Thriller (1978)

Armchair Thriller

7.3

TV Series

Mrs. Kobahl

1980

2 episodes

 

Angela Morant in Victims (1979)

Victims

6.6

Short

The Wife

1979

 

Why Can't I Go Home?

TV Series

Mrs. Bateson

1979

1 episode

 

Afternoon Off (1979)

Afternoon Off

6.9

TV Movie

Mother

1979

 

Blue Peter Special Assignment

TV Series

Carrie Kipling

1979

1 episode

 

I, Claudius (1976)

I, Claudius

8.8

TV Mini Series

Octavia

1976

1 episode

 

Nightingale's Boys (1975)

Nightingale's Boys

7.5

TV Series

Gillian

1975

2 episodes

 

Ben Kingsley, Kenneth Colley, and Peter Egan in The Love School (1975)

The Love School

6.6

TV Series

Fanny Waugh

1975

1 episode

 

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Mrs. Dudley

1974

1 episode

 

Lisa Daniely in Confession (1970)

Confession

TV Series

Josie Whitelaw

1970

1 episode

 

Edward Woodward in Callan (1967)

Callan

8.3

TV Series

Nadia

1969

1 episode

 

Nana (1968)

Nana

8.7

TV Mini Series

Satin

1968

5 episodes

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.7

TV Series

Mrs. RadfordMadge Thomas

1965–1967

2 episodes

 

Jack Warner in Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Dixon of Dock Green

6.9

TV Series

Margie Willes

1966

1 episode

 

Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)

Mystery and Imagination

7.3

TV Series

Constance Temple

1966

1 episode

 

Keith Barron and William Mervyn in It's Dark Outside (1964)

It's Dark Outside

7.9

TV Series

Annette

1964

1 episode

 

Friday Night

TV Series

Elinor

1963

1 episode

 

Maupassant (1963)

Maupassant

6.3

TV Series

Rose

1963

1 episode

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.3

TV Series

Valerie

1963

1 episode

 

Self

The Mystery of Morse (1993)

The Mystery of Morse

7.2

Video

Self

1993

 

Archive Footage

A Look at Iris (2001)

A Look at Iris

Video

Self - Hostess (archive footage, uncredited)

2001