Showing posts with label Collectormania Glasgow 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collectormania Glasgow 2009. Show all posts

Friday, June 12, 2020

Peter Burroughs

Peter Burroughs (born 27 January 1947 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is an actor who played a swinging Ewok in Return of the Jedi (1983) and worked on the stunts for the film. Stock footage of his Ewok character in Return of the Jedi was later used in the video game Star Wars: Battlefront (2004). He also had parts in Flash Gordon (1980), The Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), Willow (1988), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011).

I met Peter at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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David Prowse

David Prowse MBE (born 1 July 1935 in Bristol, England; died 28 November 2020 in London, England) was a retired English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor in film and television. He was best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983) with the character's voice being performed by James Earl Jones. I also knew him for his role as F. Alexander's bodyguard Julian in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971).

I met David at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Friday, June 5, 2020

Kenny Baker

Kenneth George Baker (born 28 August 1934 in Birmingham, England; died 13 August 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England) was an English actor and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the  first five Star Wars films (1977-2015) and also appeared in Flash Gordon (1980), The Elephant Man (1980), Time Bandits (1981), Amadeus (1984), Labyrinth (1986) and Willow (1988).

I met Kenny at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Mike Edmonds

Mike Edmonds (born 13 January 1944 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is an English actor who has appeared in several films, including Flash Gordon (1980), Time Bandits (1981), The Dark Crystal (1982), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011). In Return of the Jedi (1983) he portrayed the Ewok Logray and was the operator for Jabba the Hutt's tail.

I met Mike at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Monday, May 25, 2020

Warwick Davis

Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is an English actor, television presenter, writer, director, comedian and producer. He played the title characters in Willow (1988) and the Leprechaun film series (1993-2003), several characters in the Star Wars franchise (most notably the Ewok Wicket), and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in all eight Harry Potter films (2001-2011). Davis also starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short (2011), written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. He has presented ITV game shows Celebrity Squares (2014–2015) and Tenable (2016–present).

I met Warwick at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Robert Picardo

Robert "Bob" Picardo (born 27 October 27 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actor. I know him best for his roles as the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, in Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001) and as Coach Cutlip in The Wonder Years (1988-1991).

He also appeared in such films as Back to School (1986), Innerspace (1987), 976-EVIL (1988), Dead Heat (1988), Loverboy (1989), The 'Burbs (1989), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Wagon's East (1994). He also provided the voice and image for the Johnnycab in Total Recall (1990).

I met Robert at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

Casey Biggs

Casey Patrick Biggs (born 4 April 1955 in Toledo, Ohio, USA) is an American actor, best known for his role as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996-99). He has appeared in movies such as The Pelican Brief (1993), Broken Arrow (1996) and Shadow Conspiracy (1997).

I met Casey at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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