Actor Earl Holliman holds a special place in the minds and hearts of serious genre fans around the world if for no other reason that he was tapped to star in the pilot episode of Rod Serling's TV Classic The Twilight Zone. This alone should earn him the honor of being the subject of a Jeopardy question, and yet thankfully there are a few more reasons to celebrate the man and his work today.
For example: in the role of the spacecraft's cook aboard 1956's Forbidden Planet, he was chiefly responsible for securing some swell-tasting hooch from Robbie the Robot on the distant planet of Altair IV. (And we all know how important hooch can be in space when you're stranded millions of lightyears form home, am I right?) That, too, is cause for celebration.
But there's even more.
A rundown of the man's resume on IMDB.com shows that his career also intersected with such properties as Visit To A Small Planet (1960), The Power (1968), The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women, And War (1973), Doberman Patrol (1973), Captain Planet And The Planeteers, and NightMan. Though it could be argued that he'll likely be best remembered for his role aboard the 1970's police procedural Police Woman (alongside Angie Dickinson), I'm glad that he dabbled outside the lines in the realms of the Fantastic so that I can feature him here.
Our warmest prayers are extended to the family, friends, and fans of Earl Holliman.
May he rest in reace.
-- EZ
For example: in the role of the spacecraft's cook aboard 1956's Forbidden Planet, he was chiefly responsible for securing some swell-tasting hooch from Robbie the Robot on the distant planet of Altair IV. (And we all know how important hooch can be in space when you're stranded millions of lightyears form home, am I right?) That, too, is cause for celebration.
But there's even more.
A rundown of the man's resume on IMDB.com shows that his career also intersected with such properties as Visit To A Small Planet (1960), The Power (1968), The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women, And War (1973), Doberman Patrol (1973), Captain Planet And The Planeteers, and NightMan. Though it could be argued that he'll likely be best remembered for his role aboard the 1970's police procedural Police Woman (alongside Angie Dickinson), I'm glad that he dabbled outside the lines in the realms of the Fantastic so that I can feature him here.
Our warmest prayers are extended to the family, friends, and fans of Earl Holliman.
May he rest in reace.
-- EZ
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