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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Kevin McCarthy, American actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), died from natural causes he was , 96

Kevin McCarthy [1] was an American stage, film, and television actor, who appeared in over two hundred television and film roles died from natural causes he was , 96. For his role in the 1951 film version of Death of a Salesman, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor.[2] McCarthy is probably best known for his starring role in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a 1956 horror science fiction film.[3]



(February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010)







Early life and career

McCarthy was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Martha Therese (née Preston) and Roy Winfield McCarthy.[4] McCarthy's father was from a wealthy Irish Catholic family based in Minnesota, and his mother was born in Washington state to a Protestant father and a Jewish mother.[5] He was the brother of the author Mary McCarthy, and a distant cousin of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. His parents both died in the 1918 flu pandemic and the four children "were sent to live with relatives in Minneapolis. After five years of near-Dickensian mistreatment, described in [Mary] McCarthy’s memoirs, the youngsters moved in with their maternal grandfather."[3] McCarthy graduated from Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1932,[6] and attended the University of Minnesota, where he participated in his first play Henry IV, Part 1, and discovered a love of acting.
McCarthy went on to have a long and distinguished career as a character actor. He has had some starring roles sprinkled in his career, most notably the science fiction film classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. On television, he had roles in two short-lived series: The Survivors with Lana Turner; and NBC's Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon, father of the Morgan Fairchild character. In 1956, he appeared with Alexis Smith in the NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show in the episode "We Who Love Her". McCarthy appeared too in the 1959 episode "The Wall Between" of CBS's anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He guest starred in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "Long Live Walter Jameson", as the title character.
In 1963, McCarthy appeared in the ABC medical drama Breaking Point in the episode entitled "Fire and Ice". In 1966 he appeared in the episode "Wife Killer" of the ABC series The Fugitive. In 1967, he appeared in the episode "Never Chase a Rainbow" of NBC's western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan. In 1971, he guest starred in the "Conqueror's Gold" episode of Bearcats! which starred Rod Taylor with whom he appeared in the films "A Gathering of Eagles," "Hotel (1967 film)" and "The Hell With Heroes". In 1977, he and Clu Gulager appeared in the episode "The Army Deserter" of another NBC western series, The Oregon Trail, which also starred Rod Taylor. In 1985, McCarthy guest-starred in a fourth Season episode of The A-Team called "Members Only".
McCarthy was one of three actors (along with Dick Miller and Robert Picardo) frequently cast by director Joe Dante.
In 2007 McCarthy appeared as himself in the Anthony Hopkins film Slipstream. The film made several references to his Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
On October 24, 2009, McCarthy was honored at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.[7]
His last appearance in a feature-length movie was as Bishop Ryder in the period drama "Wesley".

Personal life

McCarthy was married to Augusta Dabney, with whom he had three children, from 1941 until their divorce in 1961. In 1970, he married Kate Crane, who survived him. The couple had two children.[3]
From 1942, McCarthy had a long and close friendship with the actor Montgomery Clift. McCarthy and Clift were cast in the same play together, Ramon Naya's Mexican Mural. The two of them, along with McCarthy's wife Augusta Dabney, quickly became the best of friends. They socialized together and acted in several projects together. The two also collaborated on a screenplay for a film adaptation of the Williams/Windham play You Touched Me!, but the project never came to fruition.
McCarthy died of pneumonia on September 11, 2010 at the age of 96.

Selected filmography


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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mike Shaw, American professional wrestler, died from a heart attack. he was , 53

Mike Shaw was a professional wrestler who was best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Norman The Lunatic, and as Bastion Booger in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)  died from a heart attack. he was , 53. His career is considered to be one where he was handicapped by his characters, who never matched Shaw's abilities in the ring.[1]

(May 9, 1957 – September 11, 2010)

Professional wrestling career

Mike Shaw started wrestling in 1981 in Vancouver's NWA All-Star Wrestling using the ring name Klondike Mike. In 1982, Shaw began wrestling under his real name for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta. He later changed his ring name to Makhan Singh, forming the stable "Karachi Vice" with Gama and Akam Singh, and feuded with the likes of Owen Hart, Bret Hart, and Chris Benoit.
In 1989 and 1990, he wrestled in World Championship Wrestling as Norman the Lunatic. He was managed by Theodore Long, who led him around with a giant key. This key was symbolic of Long's potential to recommit Norman to the insane asylum he came from if he did not follow orders. Norman eventually broke away from Long, and turned face (being re-named "Norman the Maniac"). He feuded with Kevin Sullivan, and even received title shots against NWA World champion Ric Flair. He later adopted a trucker gimmick ("Trucker Norm"), ostensibly in memory of his late father, a long-haul truck driver.
In 1991, Shaw wrestled in the Global Wrestling Federation under his "Makhan Singh" gimmick, where he joined The Cartel with Cactus Jack, Rip Rogers, and Scott Anthony.
Shaw wrestled in Mexico in the 1990s as Aaron Grundy, the brother of Solomon Grundy, an established wrestler in the promotion.[2]
In April 1993, Shaw briefly wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Friar Ferguson, a "mad monk". The WWF received negative feedback from the Catholic Church of New York, so they dropped the character.[2][3] Shaw then took the ring name Bastion Booger in June 1993, with the gimmick of an unkempt, slovenly and gluttonous man who wrestled in dingy singlets tailored to give him the appearance of a hunchback. Shaw's debut as Bastion Booger saw him lose to Virgil on the July 19, 1993 edition of Superstars,[4] though he did win a rematch the following week. Booger achieved only marginal success, primarily serving as a jobber to the stars. Booger's biggest victory in the WWF was a clean pinfall over Owen Hart on All-American Wrestling just prior to Hart's main event push.
He feuded with Bam Bam Bigelow after "falling in love" with Bigelow's valet, Luna Vachon. While teaming with Bigelow on the January 3, 1994 episode of Monday Night Raw, Booger kissed Vachon, causing Bigelow to get angry.[5] Booger and Bigelow faced each other the following week, and Bigelow won the match after Vachon distracted Booger by blowing him kisses.[6] Mike Shaw was released by the WWF in early 1994.
On December 10, 2007 during the WWE Raw 15th anniversary special, he returned as Bastion Booger in the opening segment, in which it was jokingly suggested, by Triple H, that Big Dick Johnson (a character in WWE who also used his unsightly physical appearance for comic effect) is Booger's son.[7]

Wrestling school

Shaw opened a wrestling school in his hometown of Skandia, Michigan.[8]

Death
Shaw died of a heart attack on September 11, 2010 at age 53. He is survived by his wife Kelly and their two children, son Joshua and daughter Amanda.[9]

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Kei Tani, Japanese comedian. died he was , 78

 Kei Tani ( 谷啓 Tani Kei?) was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician died he was , 78. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the
Occupation of Japan.[1] He quit university and joined the City Slickers with Frankie Sakai in 1953.[2] In 1956, he joined the comic-jazz band The Crazy Cats with Hajime Hana and Hitoshi Ueki.[2][3] He came to fame when the Crazy Cats started appearing on television, especially through their variety show "Shabondama Holiday," and in movies, through comedy series such as the "Irresponsible" (Musekinin) series at Toho.[1] Some of his nonsense one-word gags such as "gachon" became buzzwords imitated throughout the nation.[2][3] He also appeared alone in dramatic roles on film and television, was a regular in the "Tsuribaka Nisshi" film series, and continued to be a popular figure on variety TV.
His real name was Yasuo Watanabe,[3] but his stage name was based on a pun on the name Danny Kaye.
He died of a brain contusion on 11 September 2010 after falling down the stairs in his Mitaka home.[3]


(22 February 1932 – 11 September 2010) 

Selected filmography


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Billie Mae Richards Canadian voice actress (The Care Bears Movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rudolph's Shiny New Year), died from a stroke.she was died from a stroke.she was , 88,.

 Billie Mae Richards was a Canadian voice actress, who also appeared onstage and on television died from a stroke.she was , 88,.


(November 21, 1921 — September 10, 2010)


Career

Born as Billy Mae Dinsmore in Toronto, she was best known for voicing the role of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964's television special (credited as "Billy Richards" to mask the fact that she was a woman[1]).[2] She also voiced Tenderheart Bear in the first two Care Bears movies, as well as the DIC-produced television series (credited as "Billie Mae Richard"), and Brightheart Raccoon in the Nelvana-produced Care Bears television series.[3]

In an interview, she stated "I'm just so glad that my kids, my grandkids, my great-grandkids and probably my great-great-grandkids will see Rudolph."[3] She voiced Rudolph again in two other Rankin-Bass productions, 1976's Rudolph's Shiny New Year and 1979's summertime sequel Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.
Richards' four other appearances in Rankin-Bass productions were in Willie McBean and his Magic Machine, The King Kong Show, The Smokey Bear Show and The Daydreamer (both from the mid-1960s). About that same time, she appeared in the original Spider-Man television series. She also voiced all the female characters in The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo and The Toothbrush Family with Len Carlson, who voiced all the male ones.[citation needed]
She also made a guest appearances on the television shows Maniac Mansion, My Secret Identity, War of the Worlds and The Hidden Room. She appeared in Pennies from Heaven (1981; with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters). She also had a bit part in the 1998 horror film Bram Stoker's Shadow Builder, in which her character was attacked with an axe by Paul Soles (who had played Hermey the elf in the original Rudolph special), and the 2001 short Bluehair.
Richards retired to Toronto. She was at one time married to musician Bill Richards and their daughter Judi Richards is a successful pop singer and songwriter.[4]

Death

Richards died on September 10, 2010, following a series of strokes.[5]

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Edwin Charles Tubb, British science fiction author.died he was , 90

Edwin Charles Tubb  was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels died he was , 90. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. Michael Moorcock wrote "His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain."[1]
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.[2]

(15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010)

Life

Tubb was born in London and resided there until his death in 2010. He married Iris Kathleen Smith in 1944
Career
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.

Honors

Tubb was guest of Honour at Heicon, the 1970 World Science Fiction Convention, in Heidelberg, Germany. He was a five-time winner of the Nebula Science Fiction Magazine Literary Award (1953-1958) and the recipient of the 1955 Cytricon Literary Award for Best British SF Writer. His short story 'Lucifer!' won the Europa Prize in 1972. In 2010, his novel The Possessed (2005, revised version of Touch of Evil [1959]) won the Premio Italia Award for Best International Novel.

Works

The Dumarest saga

Tubb's best known series is The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) a far future epic science-fiction saga charting the adventures of traveler Earl Dumarest as he attempts to find his way back to his home planet, Earth, from a region of space so far distant that the existence of the planet is believed to be nothing more than a myth. Originally written in what Michael Moorcock has described as a "conscious and acknowledged imitation" of Leigh Brackett 's Eric John Stark stories, the series subsequently developed a style of storytelling unique to Tubb.
Published over a span of more than 40 years, the Dumarest Saga finally comprised 33 novels. The 33rd, which brings closure to Dumarest's search for Earth, was published in 2008 by Homeworld Press of Chicago. A pair of Dumarest short stories, entitled 'Child of Earth' and 'Figona' and published in the science fiction anthologies Fantasy Adventures 1 (2002) and Fantasy Adventures 2 (2003), were extracts from this longer work.

Cap Kennedy series

Tubb's other main novel series, Cap Kennedy, is space opera in the style of Perry Rhodan. Known as F.A.T.E. in the UK (where only the first six books have ever been published), the novels follow the adventures of Captain 'Cap' Kennedy, a Free Acting Terran Envoy (F.A.T.E.) with licence to act as judge, jury and executioner and the power to intervene in any situation which threatened the peace of the Terran Sphere, an interplanetary federation centred on Earth.
Independently wealthy and operating from his personal spaceship, the Mordain, Kennedy is assisted on his missions by engineer Penza Saratov, veteran scientist Professor Jarl Luden and alien navigator Veem Chemile, a humanoid chameleon who claims to be descended from the Zheltyana, an ancient race which dominated the galaxy in the distant past before vanishing without trace. The discovery of mysterious artifacts left behind by the Zheltyana on different worlds often provided the spring-board for the stories in the series.
Tubb wrote 17 Cap Kennedy novels, all under the pseudonym Gregory Kern. These novels were the basis for german publishers Bastei 'Commander Scott' series, which included all the 'Cap Kennedy' books from Tubb as well as a lot of new novels, written under pseudonym by (probably) different german authors. Published in the format of 'Groschenheft' (a smaller version of pulp magazines), the series lasted vor 42 issues from 1975 to 1976. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Scott)

Space 1999 series

Tubb is the author of six novels based on Gerry Anderson's 1975 science fiction television series Space: 1999. Breakaway (1975), Collision Course (1975) and Earthbound (2003) are novelizations of 11 scripts written for the series' first season format (including two that were subsequently filmed as second season episodes), while Alien Seed (1976), Rogue Planet (1976) and Earthfall (1977, revised 2002) are original novels set within the first season continuity. The latter rejected the format changes of the TV series' second season to provide a conclusion to the Space 1999 story. He is also the author of 'Dead End', a short story in the Space: 1999 anthology Shepherd Moon (2010).

Other science fiction

Tubb's best known standalone novel is The Space-Born (1956), which started life as a serial for New Worlds Science Fiction magazine entitled 'Star Ship'. An acknowledged masterpiece of the 'generational starship' story, the book tells of a society who are the sixteenth generation of the original crew of a vast starship on a three hundred year journey to Pollux from Earth. The plot centres on a protagonist whose job is to eliminate anyone who has become a burden to the society, through ill health, mental instability or old age - specifically anyone over 40.
Other notable standalone novels include Alien Dust (1955), which charts the first 35 years of an Earth colony on Mars, and Moon Base (1964), a science fiction detective thriller set on a British Moonbase where a biochemical computer is under development. The short story collections Ten From Tomorrow (1966), A Scatter of Stardust (1972) and The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003) contain the cream of Tubb's short form writing, including 'The Last Day of Summer' (1955), 'Little Girl Lost' (1955), 'Vigil' (1956), 'The Bells of Acheron' (1957), 'Fresh Guy' (1958), 'The Ming Vase' (1963), 'J is for Jeanne' (1965) and 'Evane' (1973).

Other genres

Outside the field of science fiction, Tubb wrote 11 western novels, a detective novel and a Foreign Legion novel for Badger Books. Once again, many of these were published under a variety of pseudonyms, including the house name "Chuck Adams" which was also used by other authors. In the 1970s, he wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Ancient Rome under the pseudonym of Edward Thomson.

Bibliography (complete)

The Dumarest Saga (US: Dumarest of Terra)

  1. The Winds of Gath (1967) (also published as Gath [1968, 2010])
  2. Derai (1968) (also published as The Death Zone [2010])
  3. Toyman (1969)
  4. Kalin (1969)
  5. The Jester at Scar (1970)
  6. Lallia (1971)
  7. Technos (1972)
  8. Veruchia (1973)
  9. Mayenne (1973)
  10. Jondelle (1973)
  11. Zenya (1974)
  12. Eloise (1975)
  13. Eye of the Zodiac (1975)
  14. Jack of Swords (1976)
  15. Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun (1976)
  16. Haven of Darkness (1977)
  17. Prison of Night (1977)
  18. Incident on Ath (1978)
  19. The Quillian Sector (1978)
  20. Web of Sand (1979)
  21. Iduna's Universe (1979)
  22. The Terra Data (1980)
  23. World of Promise (1980)
  24. Nectar of Heaven (1981)
  25. The Terridae (1981)
  26. The Coming Event (1982)
  27. Earth is Heaven (1982)
  28. Melome (1983) (published in UK with Angado [1984] as Melome and Angado [1988])
  29. Angado (1984) (published in UK with Melome [1983] as Melome and Angado [1988])
  30. Symbol of Terra (1984) (published in UK with The Temple of Truth [1985] as Symbol of Terra and The Temple of Truth [1989])
  31. The Temple of Truth (1985) (published in UK with Symbol of Terra [1985] as Symbol of Terra and The Temple of Truth [1989])
  32. The Return (1997) (written 1985 but previously only published in French language as Le Retour [1992])
  33. Child of Earth (2008)
  • The Winds of Gath / Derai (1973) (omnibus edition of The Winds of Gath [1967] and Derai [1968])
  • Mayenne and Jondelle (1981) (omnibus edition of Mayenne [1973] and Jondelle [1973])
  • Dumarest of Terra Omnibus (2005) (omnibus edition of The Winds of Gath [1967], Derai [1968], Toyman [1969] and Kalin [1969])

Cap Kennedy (UK: F.A.T.E.)

All as by Gregory Kern
  1. Galaxy of the Lost (1973)
  2. Slave Ship from Sergan (1973)
  3. Monster of Metelaze (1973)
  4. Enemy Within the Skull (1974)
  5. Jewel of Jarhen (1974)
  6. Seetee Alert! (1974)
  7. The Gholan Gate (1974)
  8. The Eater of Worlds (1974)
  9. Earth Enslaved (1974)
  10. Planet of Dread (1974)
  11. Spawn of Laban (1974)
  12. The Genetic Buccaneer (1974)
  13. A World Aflame (1974)
  14. The Ghosts of Epidoris (1975)
  15. Mimics of Dephene (1975)
  16. Beyond the Galactic Lens (1975)
  17. The Galactiad (1983) (written 1976 but previously only published in German language as Das Kosmiche Duelle [1976])

Space:1999

  1. Breakaway (1975)
  2. Collision Course (1975)
  3. Alien Seed (1976)
  4. Rogue Planet (1976)
  5. Earthfall (1977) (also published in 25th anniversary revised edition [2002])
  6. Earthbound (2003)

The Chronicles of Malkar

  1. Death God's Doom (1999)
  2. The Sleeping City (1999)

Other science fiction novels

  • Saturn Patrol (1951), as by King Lang
    • also published as Saturn Patrol (1996) by E.C. Tubb
  • Planetfall (1951), as by Gill Hunt
  • Argentis (1952), as by Brian Shaw
    • also published as Argentis (1979) by E.C. Tubb
  • Alien Impact (1952)
  • Alien Universe (1952), as by Volsted Gridban
    • also published as The Green Helix (2009) by E.C. Tubb
  • Reverse Universe (1952), as by Volsted Gridban
  • Atom War on Mars (1952)
  • Panetoid Disposals Ltd. (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
  • De Bracy's Drug (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
    • also published as De Bracy's Drug (2004) by E.C. Tubb
    • also published as The Freedom Army (2009) by E.C. Tubb
  • Fugitive of Time (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
  • The Wall (1953), as by Charles Grey
    • also published as The Wall (1999) by E.C. Tubb
  • The Mutants Rebel (1953)
    • also published as World in Torment (2008)
  • Dynasty of Doom (1953), as by Charles Grey
  • The Tormented City (1953), as by Charles Grey
    • also published as Secret of the Towers (2008) by E.C. Tubb
  • Space Hunger (1953), as by Charles Grey
    • also published as Earth Set Free (1999) by E.C. Tubb
    • also published as The Price of Freedom (2008) by E.C. Tubb
  • I Fight for Mars (1953), as by Charles Grey
    • also published as I Fight for Mars (1998) by E.C. Tubb
  • Venusian Adventure (1953)
  • Alien Life (1954)
  • The Living World (1954), as by Carl Maddox
  • The Extra Man (1954)
    • also published as Fifty Days to Doom (2010)
  • Menace from the Past (1954), as by Carl Maddox
  • The Metal Eater (1954), as by Roy Sheldon
  • Journey to Mars (1954)
  • World at Bay (1954)
    • also published as Tide of Death (2008)
  • City of No Return (1954)
  • Hell Planet (1954)
  • The Resurrected Man (1954)
  • The Stellar Legion (1954)
  • The Hand of Havoc (1954), as by Charles Grey
  • Enterprise 2115 (1954), as by Charles Grey
    • also published as The Mechanical Monarch (1958) by E.C. Tubb
    • also published as The Extra Man (2000) by E.C. Tubb
  • Alien Dust (1955)
  • The Space-Born (1956)
  • Touch of Evil (1957), as by Arthur Maclean
    • also published in revised version as The Possessed (2005) by E.C. Tubb
  • Moon Base (1964)
  • Death is a Dream (1967)
  • The Life-Buyer (1967)
  • C.O.D. - Mars (1968)
    • also published as Fear of Strangers (2007)
  • Escape into Space (1969)
  • S.T.A.R. Flight (1969)
  • Century of the Manikin (1972)
  • The Primitive (1977)
  • Death Wears a White Face (1979)
    • also published as Dead Weight (2007)
  • Stellar Assignment (1979)
  • The Luck Machine (1980)
  • Pawn of the Omphalos (1980)
  • Stardeath (1983)
  • Pandora's Box (1996) (previously unpublished work written 1954)
  • Temple of Death (1996) (previously unpublished work written 1954)
  • Alien Life (1998) (revised and expanded version of Alien Life [1954])
    • also published as Journey into Terror (2009)
  • Alien Worlds (1999) (collection of Alien Dust [1955] and Alien Universe [1952])
  • Footsteps of Angels (2004) (previously unpublished work written c.1988)
  • The Life Buyer (2006)
  • Starslave (2010) (previously unpublished work written 1984)
  • To Dream Again (2011)

Short story collections

  • Supernatural Stories 9 (1957), as by various pseudonymns
  • Ten From Tomorrow (1966)
  • A Scatter of Stardust (1972)
  • Kalgan the Golden (1996)
  • Murder in Space (1997)
  • The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003)
  • Mirror of the Night (2003) (limited edition)

Novellas

  • Freight (1953, Nebula 3)
  • Subtle Victory (1953, Authentic Science Fiction 39]
  • The Inevitable Conflict (1954, Vargo Statten Science Fiction 1-3)
  • Forbidden Fruit (1954, Vargo Statten/British Science Fiction 4-6)
  • Star Haven (1954, Authentic Science Fiction 52)
  • Number Thirteen (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 69), as by Douglas West
  • The Big Secret (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 70), as by Ken Wainwright
  • The Give-Away Worlds (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 72), as by Julian Cary
  • Enemy of the State (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 74), as by Ken Wainwright
  • There's Only One Winner (1957, Authentic Science Fiction 81), as by Nigel Lloyd
  • The Touch of Reality (1958, Nebula 28)
  • Galactic Destiny (1959, SF Adventures 10)
  • Spawn of Jupiter (1970, Vision of Tomorrow 11)

Non-SF novels

  • Assignment New York (1955), as by Mike Lantry
    • also published as Assignment New York (1996) by E.C. Tubb
  • The Fighting Fury (1955), as by Paul Schofield
    • also published as The Fighting Fury (1962), as by Chuck Adams
    • also published as The Gold Seekers (2000) by E.C. Tubb
  • Comanche Capture (1955), as by E. F. Jackson
    • also published as The Captive (2000), as by E.F. Jackson
    • also published as The Captive (2010) by E.C. Tubb
  • Sands of Destiny (1955), as by Jud Cary
  • Men of the Long Rifle (1955), as by J.F. Clarkson
    • also published as The Pathfinders (2000), as by Charles Grey
  • Scourge of the South (1956), as by M.L. Powers
    • also published as The Marauders (1960), as by M.L. Powers
    • also published as Scourge of the South (2000), as by George Holt
  • Vengeance Trail (1956), as by James Farrow
    • also published as The Liberators (2000), as by Brett Landry
  • Trail Blazers (1956), as by Chuck Adams
    • also published as The Last Outlaw (1961), as by Chuck Adams
    • also published as Trail Blazers (2000), as by Eric Storm
    • also published as Trail Blazers (2007) by E.C. Tubb
  • Quest for Quantrell (1956), as by John Stevens
    • also published as Night Raiders (1960), as by John Stevens
    • also published as Curse of Quantrill (2000), as by Carl Maddox
  • Drums of the Prairie (1956), as by P. Lawrence
    • also published as The Red Lance (1959), as by L.P. Eastern
    • also published as The Dying Tree (2000), as by Edward Thomson
  • Men of the West (1956), as by Chet Lawson
    • also published as Massacre Trail (1960), as by Chuck Adams
    • also published as Hills of Blood (2000), as by Frank Weight
  • Wagon Trail (1957), as by Charles S. Graham
    • also published as Cauldron of Violence (2000), as by Gordon Kent
    • also published as Cauldron of Violence (2010) by E.C. Tubb
  • Colt Vengeance (1957), as by James R. Fenner
    • also published as Colt Law (1962), as by Chuck Adams
    • also published as The First Shot (2000) by E.C. Tubb

The Gladiators

All as by Edward Thomson
  1. Atilus the Slave (1975)
  2. Atilus the Gladiator (1975)
  3. Gladiator (1978)

Comic Books

  • Hellfire Landing (Commando issue 5, 1961)
  • Target Death (Combat Library issue 102, 1961)
  • Lucky Strike (War Picture Library issue 124, 1961)
  • Calculated Risk (Air Ace Picture Library issue 78, 1961)
  • Too Tough to Handle (War Picture Library issue 134, 1962)
  • The Dead Keep Faith (War Picture Library issue 140, 1962)
  • The Spark of Anger (Battle Picture Library issue 52, 1962)
  • Full Impact (Air Ace Picture Library issue 92, 1962)
  • I Vow Vengeance (War at Sea Picture Library issue 7, 1962)
  • One Must Die (Battle Picture Library issue 72, 1962)
  • Gunflash (War Picture Library issue 157, 1962)
  • Hit Back (Battle Picture Library issue 69, 1962)
  • Suicide Squad (War Picture Library issue 172, 1962)
  • No Higher Stakes (Battle Picture Library issue 89, 1963)
  • Penalty of Fear (Thriller Picture Library issue 444, 1963)

Anthologies

  • Gateway to the Stars (ed. John Carnell,1955) - 'Unfortunate Purchase'
  • SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy (ed. Judith Merril, 1956) - 'The Last Day of Summer'
  • SF '59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy (ed. Judith Merril, 1959) - 'Fresh Guy'
  • The Vampire (ed. Ornella Volta and Valerio Riva, 1963) - 'Fresh Guy'
  • The Year's Best SF: 9 (ed. Judith Merril, 1964) - 'The Ming Vase'
  • Dimension 4 (ed. Groff Conklin, 1964) - 'Sense of Proportion'
  • Best of New Worlds (ed. Michael Moorcock, 1965) - 'New Experience'
  • Weird Shadows from Beyond (ed. John Carnell, 1965) - 'Fresh Guy'
  • New Writings in SF 6 (ed. John Carnell,1965) - 'The Seekers'
  • The Year's Best SF: 11th (ed. Judith Merril, 1966) - 'J is for Jeanne'
  • SF Reprise 1 (ed. Michael Moorcock, 1966) - 'New Experience'
  • Window on the Future (ed. Douglas Hill, 1966) - 'Sense of Proportion'
  • 9th Annual S-F (ed. Judith Merril, 1967) - 'The Ming Vase'
  • The Devil His Due (ed. Douglas Hill, 1967) - 'Return Visit'
  • More Tales of Unease (ed. John Burke, 1969) - 'Little Girl Lost'
  • The Best of Sci-fi 12 (ed. Judith Merril, 1970) - 'J is for Jeanne'
  • The Year's Best Horror Stories (ed. Richard Davis, 1971) - 'Lucifer!'
  • New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural (ed. David Sutton, 1971) - 'The Winner'
  • New Writings in SF 22 (ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1973) - 'Evane'
  • Space 1 (ed. Richard Davis, 1973) - 'Mistaken Identity'
  • The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (ed. Donald Wollheim), 1974) - 'Evane'
  • New Writings in SF 23 (ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1974) - 'Made to be Broken', 'Accolade'
  • History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1946-1955 (ed. Mike Ashley, 1974) - 'The Wager'
  • World's Best SF Short Stories 1 (ed. Donald Wollheim), 1975) - 'Evane'
  • New Writings in SF 28 (ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1976) - 'Face to Infinity'
  • New Writings in SF 29 (ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1976) - 'Random Sample'
  • Best of British SF Vol. 2 (ed. Mike Ashley, 1977) - 'Trojan Horse'
  • Strange Planets (ed. A. Williams-Ellis and M. Pearson, 1977) - 'Made to be Broken'
  • New Writings in SF 30 (ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1978) - 'Read Me This Riddle'
  • Perilous Planets (ed. Brian Aldiss, 1978) - 'The Seekers'
  • The Androids Are Coming (ed. Robert Silverberg, 1979) - 'The Captain's Dog'
  • Wollheim's World of Best SF (ed. Donald Wollheim), 1979) - 'Evane'
  • Heroic Fantasy (ed. Gerald Page and Hank Reinhardt, 1979) - 'Blood in the Mist'
  • Pulsar 2 (ed. George Hay, 1979) - 'The Knife'
  • Jewels of Wonder (ed. Mike Ashley, 1981) - 'Blood in the Mist'
  • The Drabble Project (ed. Rob Meades and David B Wake, 1988) - 'As it Really Was', 'The Very Small Knife'
  • Space Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1996) - 'The Bells of Acheron'
  • Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome (ed. Mike Ashley, 1996) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
  • The New Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1997) - 'The Bells of Acheron'
  • Fantasy Annual 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1997) - 'Time and Again'
  • Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (ed. Mike Ashley, 1998) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
  • Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1998) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
  • The Iron God/Tomorrow Gryphon Double (ed. Philip Harbottle, 1998) - 'Tomorrow'
  • Fantasy Annual 2 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1998) - 'Gift Wrapped'
  • Fantasy Annual 3 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1999) - 'Fallen Angel'
  • Gryphon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 1999) - 'Talk Not at All'
  • Fantasy Annual 4 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 2000) - 'Afternoon'
  • Fantasy Quarterly 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2001) - 'The Inevitable Conflict'
  • Fantasy Adventures 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2002) - 'Child of Earth'
  • Fantasy Adventures 2 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2002) - 'Figona', 'Emergency Exit'
  • Fantasy Annual 5 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 2003) - 'Lazarus'
  • Fantasy Adventures 3 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Illusion'
  • Fantasy Adventures 4 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'The Greater Ideal'
  • Fantasy Adventures 5 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'The Answer'
  • Fantasy Adventures 6 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Food for Friendship'
  • Fantasy Adventures 7 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Sell Me a Dream'
  • Mammoth Book of New Terror (ed. Stephen Jones, 2004) - 'Mirror of the Night'
  • Fantasy Adventures 8 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Jackpot'
  • Fantasy Adventures 9 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Spawn of Jupiter'
  • Fantasy Adventures 10 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'The Dilettantes'
  • Fantasy Adventures 11 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Agent'
  • Fantasy Adventures 12 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2006) - 'You Go'
  • Space:1999 - Shepherd Moon (ed. Mateo Latosa, 2010) - 'Dead End'

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Venu Nagavally, Indian actor and screenwriter.died he was , 61

 Venu Nagavally (Malayalam: വേണു നാഗവള്ളി) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director of Malayalam cinema died he was , 61.[1][2] Son of late writer, commentator, and broadcaster Nagavally R. S. Kurup, Venu has acted in about 50 films and directed a dozen-odd movies. Venu Nagavally died at Thiruvananthapuram on 9 September 2010. He is survived by his wife and son Vivek.[3]
 

(16 April 1949 – 9 September 2010)

Biography

Venu Nagavally was born on 16 April 1949 as the son of the noted play writer Nagavally R. S. Kurup and Rajamma.[4] He completed his education from Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram and University College Trivandrum. He had a bachelors degree in Politics and a Diploma in journalism.

Venu started his career as an announcer in Akasavani. He later sung a song in the movie Chottanikkara Amma (1976) but was noticed only in 1978 when he acted in the movie Ulkkadal directed by K. G. George, thus starting his acting career in movies.[5] His noted movies as an actor are Shalini Ente Koottukari, Meenamasathile Sooryan, Pakshe, and Chillu.
Venu's first movie as a director was Sukhamo Devi (1986) which he himself describes as his own tragical love story. Later he directed the superhit movies Lal Salam, Aey Auto, Aayirappara etc. Venu has also written scripts for a few movies including the Priyadarshan directed blockbuster movie Kilukkam.[6] His first movie as a script writer was Ee Ganam Marakkumo.
The movies for which he has sung songs include Chillu, Ente Ammu, Ninte Thulasi, Avarude Chakki, Oru Painkilikatha out of which the song Kochu chakkarachi pettu from the movie Ente Ammu, Ninte Thulasi, Avarude Chakki became quite popular.

Filmography

Actor

  • Bhagyadevatha (2009) .... Anto
  • Roudram (2008) .... Doctor
  • Anchil Oral Arjunan (2007) .... Padmanabhan
  • Baba Kalyani (2006) .... V. Ninan
  • Photographer (2006)
  • Pathaka (2006) .... Shekharji
  • Pauran (2005) .... Chief Minister
  • Deepangal Sakshi (2005) .... Advocate
  • Kaazhcha (2004) .... Magistrate
  • Sathyam (2004) .... Chief Minister
  • Wanted (2004/I) .... Krishnadas
  • Harikrishnans (1998) .... Vishwambharan
  • Minnaram (1994)... Baby (Bobby's elder brother)
  • Pakshe (1994) .... Unniyettan
  • Devadas (1989) .... Devadas
  • Vartha (1986) ....Devan
  • Oru Katha Oru Nunnakkatha (1986)
  • Sunil Vayassu 20 (1986) .... Jayakumar
  • Adhyayam Onnu Muthal (1985) .... Rameshan Nair
  • Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki (1985) .... Shakthi
  • Meenamasathile Sooryan (1985) .... Matathil Appu
  • Uyarukm Njan Nadaake (1985)
  • Arante Mulla Kochu Mulla (1984) .... Joy
  • Adaminte Variyellu (1983) .... Gopi
  • April 18 (1983).....Advocate Thomachan
  • Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback (1983)
  • Prasnam Gurutharam (1983) .... Venu
  • Omanathinkal (1983)
  • Chillu (1982) .... Ananthu
  • Ithiri Neram Othiri Karyam (1982)
  • Yavanika (1982) .... Joseph Kollapally
  • Kolangal (1981) (as Venu Nagavally)
  • Archana Teacher (1981)
  • Aniyatha Valakkal (1980) .... Ravi Shankar
  • Shalini Ente Koottukari (1978) .... Prabha
  • Ulkkadal (1978) .... Rahulan( First film)

As Director

Year↓ Date↓ Film↓ Language↓ Starring↓ Other notes↓
1986
Sukhamo Devi Malayalam Shankar, Mohanlal, Urvashi, Geetha
1987
Sarvakalashala Malayalam Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sandhya, Seema
1988
Ayitham Malayalam Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Ambika, Radha
1989
Swagatham Malayalam Jayaram, Nedumudi Venu, Ashokan, Parvathi, Urvashi
1989
Lal Salam Malayalam Mohanlal, Geetha, Murali, Urvashi
1990
Aye Auto Malayalam Mohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Sreenivasan
1991
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi Malayalam Mohanlal, Shankar, Rekha, Murali
1993
Kalippattam Malayalam Mohanlal, Urvashi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan
1993
Aayirappara Malayalam Mammootty, Urvashi, Madhu, Narendra Prasad
1995
Agni Devan Malayalam Mohanlal, Revathi, Rohini Hattangadi, Captain Raju, Devan
1998
Rakthasakshikal Sindabad Malayalam Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Murali, Sukanya
2009 27th Feb Bharya Swantham Suhruthu Malayalam Jagathy Sreekumar, Urvashi, Mukesh, Padmapriya

Writer

  • Bharya Swantham Suhruthu (2009) (screenplay)
  • Vishnu (1994) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Aayirappara (1993) (writer)
  • Kalippattam (1993) (writer)
  • Kilukkam (1991) (writer)
  • Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (1991) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Aye Auto (1990) (writer)
  • Ardham (1989) (writer)
  • Sarvakalasala (1987) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Sukhamodevi (1986) (writer)
  • Ee gaanam marakkumo

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