Monday, August 29, 2022

Corey Feldman

Corey Scott Feldman (born 16 July 1971 in Reseda, California, USA) is an American actor and musician. As a youth, he became well known for roles in the 1980s in films such as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Gremlins (1984), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), The Goonies (1985), Stand by Me (1986), The Lost Boys (1987), License to Drive (1988), The Burbs (1989), and Dream a Little Dream (1989).

Corey signed the poster below at a private signing organised by Zombie Bite Promotions together with East Coast Collector's Service in February 2022. I finally received it back in August 2022.

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Also signed by Jonathan Ke Quan, Jeff Cohen,
and Sean Astin

Friday, August 26, 2022

Martin Sheen

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born 3 August 1940 in Dayton, Ohia, USA), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999-2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022).

I received Martin's autograph through the mail in April 2015. I had sent him a photo from Apocalypse Now to be signed, which he returned along with his own West Wing postcard.

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Marina Sirtis

Marina Sirtis (born 29 March 1955 in London, England) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four Star Trek feature films: Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). I also know her for her role as Maria Rodriguez in Death Wish 3 (1985).

I first saw Maria at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2008. I attended her Q&A panel but did not meet her. Not long after I 'won' a signed photo at one of the Collectormanias in Glasgow, probably around 2010. In August 2022 I had a picture with her taken at Film & Comic Con Glasgow.

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Q&A panel in Glasgow in 2022...

...and at the same venue in 2008

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson (born 1957-58 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor best known for his BBC Scotland comedy sketch show Only an Excuse? (1995-2018), which parodied people and events from the world of Scottish football and for his role as Colin in the BBC comedy series Two Doors Down (2013-present).

I met Jonathan at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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Monday, August 22, 2022

Natalia Tena

Natalia Gastiain Tena (born 1 November 1984 in London, England) is an English-Spanish actress and musician. She is best know for portraying Nymphadora Tonks in four Harry Potter films (2007-11), and the wildling Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-13, 2016).

I met Natalia at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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Jack Gleeson

Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actor who is best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–14). Following this role, Gleeson took a hiatus from acting, but has since taken part in independent theatre and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind.

I met Jack at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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Francesca Gonshaw

Francesca Gonshaw (born c. 1960) is an English former actress who appeared in television, theatre and cinema productions in the 1980s. She as best know for portraying Maria Recamier in the BBC television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo! (1984-87).

I met Francesca at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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With Vicki Michelle (left) and Francesca Gonshaw