Honestly, I forget where I heard this story, but it's too good not to mention in this space.
I was watching an interview, and -- from what I can recall -- it was with either actors Marc Singer or John Amos. I wish I remembered which it was, but -- as I often remind you kids -- daddy's getting old. In any event, both of these men appeared alongside each other in peak heroic form aboard The Beastmaster (1982), one of the fondly remembered screen Fantasies that created such a memorable decade of the 1980's. In any event, this was apparently they're first day of shooting together on set. Both of them were called out to the set; and -- this being the first time seeing one another fully in costume -- they met onstage ... and, apparently, they took one look at one another and just staring laughing without control.
For those of you who don't quite get it, maybe Google it. Singer is wearing next-to-nothing, and Amos (shown above) might be mistaken for a guy on the way to a BDSM convention.
What can I say? Costuming was what it was back in the day.
I'd seen Amos in a variety of projects over the years, and I recall watching him in a few televised interviews. Though he was never what one might call a marquee name, he certainly held himself up alongside the very best he shared screens big and small with. He was always affable -- had this big laugh -- and just seemed like a real down-to-Earth guy even though he was surrounded by show business wherever he turned.
In glancing over his professional profile on IMDB.com, it's pretty clear he didn't do a great number of hardcore genre projects, but there are some worth mentioning.
His first real foray into Science Fiction was as a series regular aboard Future Cop, a TV serial that had a big city police department enlisting an android to walk the beat opposite a season police veteran.
1983 saw the actor venturing into screen Horror with a big role aboard Dance Of The Dwarfs, a flick that cast him alongside Deborah Raffin and Peter Fonda.
From there, the man also secured opportunities in such enterprises as Beauty And The Beast, Two Evil Eyes (1990), Night Trap (1993), Touched By An Angel, Hologram Man (1995), The Outer Limits, and Voodoo Moon (2006).
Alas, none of us lasts forever ... well, except in film. I saw that word reached the World Wide Web yesterday of the man's passing, and I wanted to get this post up as a quick reflection on the man's lasting legacy.
Our warmest prayers are extended to the family, friends, and fans of Mr. Amos.
May he rest in peace ...
-- EZ
I was watching an interview, and -- from what I can recall -- it was with either actors Marc Singer or John Amos. I wish I remembered which it was, but -- as I often remind you kids -- daddy's getting old. In any event, both of these men appeared alongside each other in peak heroic form aboard The Beastmaster (1982), one of the fondly remembered screen Fantasies that created such a memorable decade of the 1980's. In any event, this was apparently they're first day of shooting together on set. Both of them were called out to the set; and -- this being the first time seeing one another fully in costume -- they met onstage ... and, apparently, they took one look at one another and just staring laughing without control.
For those of you who don't quite get it, maybe Google it. Singer is wearing next-to-nothing, and Amos (shown above) might be mistaken for a guy on the way to a BDSM convention.
What can I say? Costuming was what it was back in the day.
I'd seen Amos in a variety of projects over the years, and I recall watching him in a few televised interviews. Though he was never what one might call a marquee name, he certainly held himself up alongside the very best he shared screens big and small with. He was always affable -- had this big laugh -- and just seemed like a real down-to-Earth guy even though he was surrounded by show business wherever he turned.
In glancing over his professional profile on IMDB.com, it's pretty clear he didn't do a great number of hardcore genre projects, but there are some worth mentioning.
His first real foray into Science Fiction was as a series regular aboard Future Cop, a TV serial that had a big city police department enlisting an android to walk the beat opposite a season police veteran.
1983 saw the actor venturing into screen Horror with a big role aboard Dance Of The Dwarfs, a flick that cast him alongside Deborah Raffin and Peter Fonda.
From there, the man also secured opportunities in such enterprises as Beauty And The Beast, Two Evil Eyes (1990), Night Trap (1993), Touched By An Angel, Hologram Man (1995), The Outer Limits, and Voodoo Moon (2006).
Alas, none of us lasts forever ... well, except in film. I saw that word reached the World Wide Web yesterday of the man's passing, and I wanted to get this post up as a quick reflection on the man's lasting legacy.
Our warmest prayers are extended to the family, friends, and fans of Mr. Amos.
May he rest in peace ...
-- EZ
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