Showing posts with label Beverly Hills Cop series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beverly Hills Cop series. Show all posts

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine La Juane Jackson (born 11 December 1954 in Gary, Indiana, USA) is an American singer, and a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. In 1983 he rejoined the group, now known as The Jacksons. When I was young, I really liked his duet with Pia Zodara, "When the Rain Begins to Fall" (1984) as well his contribution to the Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) soundtrack, "All Revved Up", which was produced by Giorgio Moroder. In the last few years I have discovered and come to appreciate his solo albums, particularly those from the 1980s.

The photo with the full signature was purchased from the official Jacksons website in October 2021. The signed CD boxset I bought from the same site in July 2022. I bought the signed group photo at a Jacksons concert in Glasgow in July 2017.

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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941 in Berlin, Germany) is a German film, stage, and television actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Captain "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film Das Boot. He is also known for his roles in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Dune (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Judge Dredd (1995), The English Patient (1996), Air Force One (1997), and The Da Vinci Code (2006).

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

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Jürgen Prochnow as Judge Griffin in Judge Dredd

Friday, January 21, 2022

Harold Faltermeyer

Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952 in Munich, West Germany), known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German musician, composer and record producer.

Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film Beverly Hills Cop (1984). This electronic instrumental theme was a big hit in many countries in 1985. He also composed the scores for Fletch (1985), Top Gun (1986), Fatal Beauty (1987), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Running Man (1987), Fletch Lives (1989) and Tango & Cash (1989).

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

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Sunday, April 7, 2019

Giorgio Moroder

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 26 April 1940 in Urtijëi, South Tyrol, Italy) is an Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Moroder is known as the "Father of Disco" (he produced huge hits for Donna Summer during the late-1970s disco era) and is credited with pioneering Italo disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers heavily influenced several music genres such as new wave, techno and house music.

I have always known him best for his contributions to soundtracks of such films as Midnight Express (1978), Flashdance (1983), Scarface (1983), Electric Dreams (1984), Top Gun (1986), Over the Top (1987), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Rambo III (1988).

I met Giorgio after his concert at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow on 4 April 2019 when he signed my Over the Top CD inlay, which had been signed by Frank Stallone the year before.

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IMDb
Wikipedia
Official website


Saturday, March 16, 2019

Steven Berkoff

Leslie Steven Berkoff (né Berks; born 3 August 1937 in Stepney, London, England) is an English character actor, author, playwright and theatre director. As a movie actor, he is best known for his performances in villainous roles, such as General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Lt. Col Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).

I met Mr Berkoff at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012 where he signed the B&W Rambo press photo. The Rambo soundrack record sleeve was signed in September 2025 when Mr Berkoff appeared at Collectormania Milton Keynes (I used the Showmasters send-in service). The other three photos were signed at a private signing organised by All Star Autographs in July 2022.

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IMDb
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Official website






As Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop

Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen (born Gitte Nielsen on 15 July 1963 in Rødovre, Denmark) is a Danish actress, model, singer and reality television personality who began her career modeling and later acted in the 1985 fantasy film Red Sonja alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. She is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in two films; she played Ludmilla Drago in Rocky IV (1985) and the title character's love interest Ingrid in Cobra (1986). She played Karla Fry in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). In 2018 she reprised the character of Ludmilla Drago in Creed II.

I purchased the signed photo from Brigitte's website in 2013. In December 2018 she was a guest at For the Love of Sci-Fi in Manchester and signed the Rocky IV poster through Monopoly Events' send-in service.

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IMDb
Wikipedia
Official website