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John Colicos
John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a Canadian actor. He performed on stage and television in the United States and Canada. Career Colicos was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a Greek father and a Canadian mother. In 1957 he appeared in ''Mary Stuart'' at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City and in 1963 he appeared in ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. His other New York theatre credits are ''King Lear'' (1956), '' The Devils'' (1965–1966), ''Serjeant Musgrave's Dance'' (1966), and ''Soldiers'' (1968). Mr. Colicos' skill in acting resulted in his being chosen to play the title role in a memorable and first-ever production of ''King Lear'' (1964) at the Stratford Festival. He appeared as Monks in a television version of ''Oliver Twist'' for the ''DuPont Show of the Month'' series in 1959. He also gave memorable performances in 1966 on the CBS soap opera ''The Secret Storm''; as the unscrupulous Thomas Cromwell in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada and the List of North American cities by population, fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with Toronto ravine system, rivers, deep ravines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as List of English chief ministers, chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents of the English Reformation, and the creator of true English governance. He helped to engineer an annulment of the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that Henry could lawfully marry Anne Boleyn. Henry failed to obtain the approval of Pope Clement VII for the annulment in 1533, so Parliament endorsed the king's claim to be Supreme Head of the Church of England, giving him the authority to annul his own marriage. Cromwell subsequently charted an evangelical and reformist course for the Church of England from the unique posts of Vicegerent in Spirituals and Vicar-general (the two titles refer to the same position). During his rise to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV Series)
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict. The series follows the surviving humans as they flee in the fictional spacecraft of the same name in search for a new home while they are being pursued by the Cylons. The series ran for the 1978–1979 season before being canceled after 24 episodes. It also spawned into a media franchise, which includes a spin-off show, comics, a reimagined miniseries and weekly series, theme park attractions, and games. Plot summary In a distant star system, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were reaching the end of a thousand-year war with the Cylons, warrior robots created by a reptilian race which expired long ago, presumably destroyed by their own creations. Humanity was ultimately defeated in a sneak attack on their homeworlds by the Cylons, carried out with the help of a human traitor, Baltar ( John Colicos). Protected by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saga Of A Star World
"Saga of a Star World" (or "Battlestar Galactica") is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of '' Battlestar Galactica'' which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson. A re-edit of the episode was released theatrically as ''Battlestar Galactica'' in Canada before the television series aired in the United States, in order to help recoup its high production costs. Later, the standalone film edit was also released in the United States. Synopsis ''Battlestar Galactica'' is set in a distant star system, in an age described as "the seventh millennium of time". Twelve colonies of humans, living on different worlds, have been fighting a 1,000 year war against the robotic race of Cylons, who seek to exterminate all of humanity. The Cylons have unexpectedly sued for peace, through the diplomatic agency of a human, Count Baltar. The human leaders, called the Council of the Twelve (with one representative from each colony), and the commanders of their military fleet are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Baltar
Count Baltar is a leading antagonist in the original '' Battlestar Galactica'' (1978) television series. The character betrays the human race to its enemy, the robot race of Cylons. He was portrayed by Canadian actor John Colicos. Character biography History Deleted material from the final broadcast of the series explains that Baltar had originally been a Colonial military officer, who led an expedition to discover new sources of tylium for mining. After discovering a particularly rich tylium deposit on Carillon, Baltar decides to go into business for himself, leaving the military and declaring Carillon too minimal for mining; Baltar mines the planet himself alongside the Cylons and Ovions. Traitor Towards the last years of the Thousand Year War between the Cylons and the Twelve Colonies of Man, Council-of-Twelve member Baltar acts as a liaison between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, and arranges for a peace conference that will bring an end to the war, with the Cylons con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errand Of Mercy "Errand of Mercy" is the twenty-sixth episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1), first season of the American science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek''. Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by John Newland, it was first broadcast on March 23, 1967. It was the first episode in which the Klingons appeared. In the episode, with a war with the Klingons declared, Captain Kirk and his First Officer, Mr. Spock, attempt to sway the incomprehensibly placid population of a planet near the Klingon border to resist an invading military occupa |
