David Warner

David Hattersley Warner (born 29 July 1941 in Manchester, England; died 24 July 2022 in Northwood, London, England) was an English actor and voice actor who worked in film, television and theatre.

Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters across a range of media, including Straw Dogs (1971), The Omen (1976), Cross of Iron (1977), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Time Bandits (1981), Tron (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Titanic (1997), Scream 2 (1997), Avatar (2004) and various characters in the Star Trek franchise including Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992).

I met David at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2013.

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David Warner as Keith Jennings in The Omen

Tom Atkins

Tom Atkins (born 13 November 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American character actor. He is primarily known for his work in the horror and thriller film genres, having worked with writers and directors such as Shane Black, William Peter Blatty, John Carpenter, Fred Dekker, Richard Donner, Stephen King, and George A. Romero. He is also a familiar face to mainstream viewers, often playing police officers and tough authority figures.

Atkins has starred in numerous films including The Fog (1980), The Ninth Configuration (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Night of the Creeps (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Maniac Cop (1988), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Striking Distance (1993), and Drive Angry (2011).

I obtained Tom Atkins's autograph through the mail in May 2016.

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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (born Roderick George Toombs, born 17 April 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; died 31 July 2015 in Hollywood, California, USA) was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. Although I have never had any interest in wrestling I met Roddy at an event in Glasgow in 2014 since he plays the starring role in They Live (1988), one of my favourite John Carpenter films. Other films I have seen him in are Back in Action (1993) with Billy Blanks and The Bad Pack (1997) with Robert Davi and Ralf Moeller.

I met Roddy at an 'Evening With' night, organised by Eros Comedy, at The Garage in Glasgow on 15 July 2014. He came across as a very likeable guy and a great storyteller. I could never have imagined he would pass away only 12 months later.

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Tony Burton

Anthony Mabron "Tony" Burton (born 23 March 1937 in Flint, Michigan, USA; died 25 February 2016 in Menifee, California, USA) was an American actor, boxer, and football player. I knew him for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the first six Rocky films (1976-2006).

He also had parts in a number of other notable films including John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), Stir Crazy (1980), The Toy (1982), Armed and Dangerous (1986), House Party 2 (1991), Spielberg's Hook (1991) and the Stallone film Shade (2003).

Mr Burton passed away at the age of 78 from complications of pneumonia. Only one or two months prior I had purchased his autograph from The Philadelphia Connection Store.

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Keith David

Keith David Williams (born 4 June 1956 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and singer. He is known for his co-starring role as King in Platoon (1986) and as Childs in The Thing (1982).

He has acted in many other films such as Men at Work (1990), There's Something About Mary (1998), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and two of my favourite films: John Carpenter's They Live (1988) and Marked for Death (1990) starring Steven Seagal.

I met Keith at London Film & Comic Con in July 2016.

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