Monday, November 15, 2021

Prunella Scales

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932 in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England) is an English actress. She is best know for playing Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers (1975-1979).

I received Ms Scales's autograph through the mail in August 2015. The photo was then signed by John Cleese as well in 2021.

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Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA) is an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. Friend and fellow martial artist Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in Way of the Dragon (1972). Norris then had starring roles in film such as Breaker! Breaker! (1977), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), A Force of One (1979), The Octagon (1980), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Silent Rage (1982), Forced Vengeance (1982), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Missing in Action (1984), Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), Code of Silence (1985), Invasion U.S.A (1985), The Delta Force (1986), Firewalker (1986), Hero and the Terror (1988), Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), Delta Force 2 (1990), The Hitman (1991), Sidekicks (1992), Forest Warrior (1996), and The President's Man (2000) and its sequel (2002). Norris made his last film appearance to date in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 (2012).

In the 1990s, he played the title role in the long running television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001). 

Mr Norris signed my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve in November 2020 at a private signing organised by CPA Authentics. The Expendables 2 photo was signed by Mr Norris during a Monopoly Events private signing in June 2021. I finally got to meet him at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Chuck Norris in Expendables 2

Mr Norris signing for Monopoly Events (not my item) in June 2020


Mr Norris signing my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve
for CPA Authentics in November 2020

Mr Norris and I at LFFC 2023 where he signed the photo as well

Friday, November 12, 2021

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; 16 September 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American-Canadian actress and poker player. She is probably best know for her role as Tiffany Valentine in the Child's Play franchise (1998-2017). Tilly is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner, the first celebrity to win a World Series tournament. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly.

Tilly received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Olive Neal in Woody Allen's Bullets over Broadway (1994).

I purchased Jennifer Tilly's autograph directly from her manager Tom Monjack in April 2021.

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Simon Rhee

Simon Rhee (born Minhi Y. Rhee; 29 October 1957 in San Jose, California, USA) is a martial artist, actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. I know him best for his role as Dae Han Park in Best of the Best (1989) and Best of the Best II (1993). He also had acting credits in films such as Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier (1992) and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He is the brother of martial artist Phillip Rhee.

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

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Steven Williams

Steven Williams (born 7 January 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American actor whom I know best for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller in 21 Jump Street (1987-91) and as X in The X-Files (1994-2002). He also appeared as Nester in Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) and as bounty hunter Creighton Duke in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993).

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

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Friday, October 1, 2021

Fred Williamson

Frederick Robert Williamson (born 5 March 1938 in Gary, Indiana, USA), also known as The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.Williamson is perhaps best known for his film career, starring as Tommy Gibbs in the crime drama film Black Caesar (1973) and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem (1973). Williamson also had other notable roles in other 1970s blaxploitation films such as Hammer (1972), That Man Bolt (1973) and Three the Hard Way (1974). Other films include The Inglorious Bastards (1978), 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The New Barbarians (1983), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Starsky & Hutch (2004).

I purchased the signed From Dusk till Dawn 8x10 from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in March 2021. I met Fred in person at Weird Worcester in June 2025. At this convention he signed the New Barbarians Blu-ray sleeve for me.

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The New Barbarians Blu-ray sleeve,
also signed by director Enzo G. Castellari




David Caruso

David Stephen Caruso (born 7 January 1956 in Forrest Hill, Queens, New York, USA) is a retired American actor and producer, best known for his roles as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue (1993-94) and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS series CSI: Miami (2002-12). I know him best as Deputy Mitch in First Blood (1982) however. He also appeared in the films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Twins (1988), Kiss of Death (1995) and Proof of Life (2000).

I purchased the autograph below on the Real Autograph Collectors Club (RACC) Facebook group in July 2021. It was originally obtained through the mail in March 2009.

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