Tom Sizemore

Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (born November 1961 in Detroit Michigan, USA; died 3 March 2023 in Burbank, California, USA) was an American actor. He started his career with supporting appearances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Lock Up (1989), Blue Steel (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), and Point Break (1991). These appearances led to more prominent roles in films like Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Striking Distance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), and The Relic (1997).

In 1998, Sizemore starred in Saving Private Ryan, his most commercially successful film. He later appeared in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Black Hawk Down (2001), and Pearl Harbor (2001). He received a Golden Globe nomination for his lead role in the television film Witness Protection (1999).

I ordered the signed Saving Private Ryan 8x10 from Celebrity Ink Autographs on 28th February 2023, a few days before his passing.

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Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty (born 12 April 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; died 13 July 2024 in Malibu, California, USA) was an American actress. She was known for her many roles in television and film, including as Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–83), Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–88), Heather Duke in Heathers (1989), Rene in Mallrats (1995) and Dobbs in Fortress (2021). However, I know her best as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994), 90210 (2008–09), and BH90210 (2019). Another big role was that of Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–01).

I met Shannen at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on 24 March 2024.

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Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939 in Potenza, Basilicata, Italy; died 29 December 2022 in Rome Italy) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, who is probably best know for the brutal horror film Cannibal Holocaust (1980). However, his career spanned a wide range of other genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco, and science fiction. Other notable films include Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976), Last Cannibal World (1977), The House on the Edge of the Park (1980), Cut And Run (1984), and The Barbarians (1987).

Ruggero signed the Cannibal Holocaust Blu-Ray sleeve for me when he appeared at London Film & Comic Con in July 2019 (I was not able to attend this event but used the Showmasters pre-order service).

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Blu-Ray sleeve also signed by actress Francesca Ciardi

Clu Gulager

William Martin Gulager (born 16 November 1928 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA; died 5 August 2022 in Los Angeles, California USA), better known as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor and director. He first became known for his work in television, appearing in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the television series The Tall Man (1960-62) and as Emmett Ryker in another Western series, The Virginian (1963-68). He later had a second career as a horror film actor, including a lead part in Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead (1985). He was also in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). In 2005 he started acting in his son's horror films: the Feasts films (2005-09) and Piranha 3DD (2012).

I ordered and the signed photo below from The Virginian website in August 2015.

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As Emmett Ryker in The Virginian

Frank Vincent

Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr. (born 15 April 1937 in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA; died 13 September 2017 in Nutly, New Jersey, USA) was an American actor. During a five-decade career, Vincent often portrayed mobsters. He was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, appearing as Salvy in Raging Bull (1980), Billy 'Batts' in Goodfellas (1990), and Frank Marino in Casino (1995). He played Phil Leotardo in the fifth and sixth seasons of the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (2004–2007). Other acting credits include the films Do the Right Thing (1989), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Jungle Fever (1991), and Cop Land (1997).

I purchased the signed photographs from Frank's official website in July 2015.

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As Billy 'Batts' in Goodfellas

As Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Clarence Darnell Gilyard Jr. (born 24 December 1955 in Moses Lake, Washington, USA; died 28 November 2022) was an American university professor, actor, and author who featured in movies, television programmes and regional theatre since 1980. He was sometimes credited as Clarence A. Gilyard.

I knew him best for his roles as Marcus "Sundown" Williams in Top Gun (1986), Theo in Die Hard (1988) and James "Jimmy" Trivette in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001).

The autograph was signed by Clarence in July 2022 when he made an appearance at London Film & Comic Con. I pre-ordered it from the Showmasters send-in service.

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Clarence Gilyard Jr. (right) as Marcus "Sundown" Williams in Top Gun

Paul Sorvino

Paul Anthony Sorvino (born 13 April 1939 in New York City, New York, USA; died 25 July 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) was an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He was probably best known for his role as Paulie Cicero in Martin Scorsese's gangster film Goodfellas (1990). He appeared in many other films including Dick Tracy (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Nixon (1995) and Knock Off (1998).

I purchased Mr Sorvino's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in September 2021.

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Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Giovanni Lombardo Radice (born 23 September 1954 in Rome, Italy; died 27 April 2023 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film actor, also known as John Morghen.

He first began his career in theater before he starred in Ruggero Deodato's House on the Edge of the Park (1980). Radice appeared in many other Italian cult films such as Cannibal Apocalypse (1980), City of the Living Dead (1980), Cannibal Ferox (1981), Stage Fright (1987), Eleven Days, Eleven Nights (1987), The Church (1989), The Sect (1991).

Mr Radice appeared at German Comic Con Dortmund Limited Edition on 31st July-1st August 2021 where he signed the Cannibal Ferox photo below. I bought the photo on the comic con's Facebook page not long after the event.

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Ted Kotcheff

William Theodore Kotcheff (born 7 April 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died 10 April 2025 in Nuevo Nayarit, Nayarit, Mexico) was a Canadian film and television director and producer, known primarily for his work on British and American television productions such as Armchair Theatre and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I knew him best for directing the original Rambo movie First Blood (1982). He directed many other films including Wake in Fright (1971), Uncommon Valor (1983), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), North Dallas Forty (1979), Switching Channels (1988), Winter People (1989), Weekend at Bernie's (1989), and The Shooter (1995).

I purchased Mr Kotcheff's autograph from RACC dealer Ron Dabitz who obtained the autograph at the Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany on 15 September 2011.

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Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Joseph Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928 in Oldham, Lancashire, England; died 28 July 2022) was an English actor, comedian, and singer whose career spanned over 70 years. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records including "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred", and made appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. He appeared as Albert Perks in The Railway Children (1970), as barman Felix Forsythe in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and as pretentious hotel guest Mr. Hutchinson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). He narrated the BBC children's television programme The Wombles (1973–1975) and was a regular and prolific reader for the BBC series Jackanory from 1966 to 1991.

Our Disappearing Planet organised a private signing with Mr Cribbins and I ordered a personalised Fawlty Towers photo back in August 2020. Unfortunately Mr Cribbins signed and personalised a Dr Who photo for me instead of the one I had requested. As I had already waited five or six months for it, I agreed with Our Disappearing Planet to just sent me the personalised Dr Who photo and one of the Fawlty Towers ones they had in stock.

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Shirley Jaffe

Shirley Jaffe (born Shirley Matilda Jacobs in Hendon, England in 1934; died 12 October 2022) was a British actress. She appeared as Hargood's Maid in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and as a nurse in A Clockwork Orange (1971).

I met Ms. Jaffe at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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John Amos

John Allen Amos Jr. (born 27 December 1939 in Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 21 August 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times (1974-76) and for the 1977 miniseries Roots (1977). However, I knew him best for his supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), American Flyers (1985),  Coming to America (1988), Lock Up (1989), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Ricochet (1991).

I purchased Mr Amos's autograph from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in November 2020 (he appeared at Collectormania 20 in Milton Keynes in November 2013).

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Bruce McCandless II

Bruce McCandless II (born 8 June 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died 21 December 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions (STS-41-B), he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. His other mission was STS-31 in 1990.

I met Mr McCandless at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Alan Bean

Alan LaVern Bean (born 15 March 1932 in Wheeler, Texas, USA; died 26 May 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3.

He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, he pursued his interest in painting, depicting various space-related scenes and documenting his own experiences in space as well as those of his fellow Apollo program astronauts. He was the last living crew member of Apollo 12.

I met Mr Bean at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in March 2014.

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With Buzz Aldrin and Alan Bean

John Hurt

Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (born 22 January 1940 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England; died 25 January 2017 in Cromer, Norfolk, England) was a celebrated English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years.

Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), contained a scene in which an alien creature burst out of his chest. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as John Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980).

Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), The Skeleton Key (2005), The Proposition (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.

I met John Hurt at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2011.

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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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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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Margot Kidder

Margaret Ruth Kidder (born 17 October 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada; died 13 May 2018 in Livingston, Montana, USA), known professionally as Margot Kidder, was a Canadian-American actress, director, and activist whose career spanned over five decades

Though she appeared in an array of films and television, Kidder was most widely known for her performance as Lois Lane in the Superman film series, appearing in the first four films: Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).

I met Margot at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2016.

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Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died 30 June 2025 in Ashford, Kent, England) was an English film and television actor whose career spanned over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). I also know him for his role as Colonel Kontarsky in Firefox (1982).

I met Mr Colley at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2012 and at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2014.

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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born 23 January 1944 in Breukelen, Netherlands; died 19 July 2019 in Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands) was a Dutch actor. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.

Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Paul Verhoeven directed Dutch television series Floris. He then had leading roles in four of Verhoeven's very successful Dutch films: Turkish Delight (1973), Katie Tippel (1975), Soldier of Orange (1977) and Spetters (1980). Hauer then moved into American films such as Nighthawks (1981) and Blade Runner (1982). Later films include Osterman Weekend (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), Flesh+Blood (1985), The Hitcher (1986), Wanted: Dear or Alive (1987), The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988), Blind Fury (1989), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Surviving the Game (1994), Bone Daddy (1998), Sin City (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017).

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

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