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Space Truckers
''Space Truckers'' is a 1996 science fiction comedy film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar and Charles Dance. It was filmed at Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland. The story concerns John Canyon, one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Bad times have forced him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without asking questions. During the flight, the cargo turns out to be a multitude of virtually unstoppable killer robots. Plot At a corporation's base on the Neptunian moon Triton, mercenaries are setting up a defense perimeter to try to hold off an unstoppable cyborg warrior. The company's CEO E.J. Saggs and chief scientist Dr. Nabel seal themselves inside the control room. The cyborg destroys the soldiers' tank and then attacks a helicopter, which crashes into the control room. The soldiers are killed one by one, until Nabel finally deactivates the cyborg with a remote control. The remaining corporate employees di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Gordon
Stuart Alan Gordon (August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020) was an American Filmmaking, filmmaker, theatre director, screenwriter, and playwright. Initially recognized for his provocative and frequently controversial work in experimental theatre, Gordon began directing films in 1985. Most of Gordon's cinematic output was in the Horror film, horror genre, though he also ventured into science fiction film, science fiction and film noir. Born in Chicago, Gordon became known for experimental and sometimes controversial live theater at the University of Wisconsin in the late 1960s. Moving back to Chicago, he founded and led the Organic Theater Company. In the early 1980s, Gordon went to California to pursue movie making. Like his friend and fellow filmmaker Brian Yuzna, Gordon was a fan of H. P. Lovecraft and adapted several of the author's stories for the screen, including ''Re-Animator'', ''From Beyond (film), From Beyond'', and ''Dagon (2001 movie), Dagon'', as well as the ''Masters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyborg
A cyborg (, a portmanteau of ''cybernetics, cybernetic'' and ''organism'') is a being with both Organic matter, organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.Cyborgs and Space in ''Astronautics'' (September 1960), by Manfred E. Clynes and American scientist and researcher Nathan S. Kline. In contrast to Biorobotics, biorobots and Android (robot), androids, the term cyborg applies to a living organism that has restored function or enhanced abilities due to the integration of some artificial component or technology that relies on feedback. Description and definition Alternative names for a cyborg include cybernetic organism, cyber-organism, cyber-organic being, cybernetically enhanced organism, cybernetically augmented organism, te ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Lawlor
Sean Lawlor (25 January 1954 – 10 October 2009) was an Irish character actor and playwright. He was best known for his portrayal of Malcolm Wallace in ''Braveheart''. He also appeared in ''Titanic'', ''In the Name of the Father'' and '' On Broadway''. He appeared in many Irish television films and the RTÉ series ''Bracken'', as well as parts in many Irish films. He produced plays for the stage including his own one-man play, ''The Watchman'', in which he starred. Death Lawlor died after a short illness in Dublin on 10 October 2009, aged 55. notices.irishtimes.com; accessed 17 April 2015. Filmography * '''' (1983) - Lt. O'Farr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Wilkinson
Graeme "Dreams" Wilkinson (born 31 March 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). As a forward or ruckman, Wilkinson spent two seasons at Richmond after failing to make his mark with Melbourne. His 21 goals in the 1960 VFL season was enough to top Richmond's goal-kicking. The next phase of his career took place in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) where he played with City-South. He made a total of 204 NTFA appearances for City-South and was their 'best and fairest' winner in 1968. As captain-coach during the 1960s, Wilkinson steered his club to premierships in 1962 and 1966 as well as a win over Hobart in the 1966 Tasmanian State Grand Final at York Park. Wilkinson represented Tasmania at the 1966 Hobart Carnival, amongst his six interstate games. After retiring, Wilkinson was a commentator on ABC radio for the NTFA and Statewide League. He has also served the NTFL as an adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Dickinson
Sandra Dickinson (née Searles; born October 20, 1948) is an American-British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She has often played characters within the trope of a dumb blonde with a high-pitched voice. Early life Dickinson was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland with her younger brother. Her father, Harold F. Searles, was a psychoanalyst. Her mother, Sylvia Manninen, of Finnish descent, was a nurse. Career She made her acting debut as a waitress in the 1973 British film '' The Final Programme''. She later played role of Trillian in the TV series of Douglas Adams's ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. She has appeared in films including '' Superman III'', ''Supergirl'', '' StagKnight'', '' Ready Player One'' and '' The Batman''. She has provided the American voice of Jemima Puddle-Duck in the British animated children's television series '' The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends'', the Voice Trumpets in the US dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdy Sweeney
Birdy Sweeney (14 June 1931 – 11 May 1999) was an Irish actor and comedian. Born Edmund Francis Sweeney in Dungannon, County Tyrone, he was nicknamed "Birdy" from his childhood ability to imitate bird calls which he demonstrated on BBC Radio Ulster. He was a stand-up comedian on the club circuit for more than thirty years before he gained his first acting work as an extra in BBC Northern Ireland's adaptation of the play ''Too Late to Talk to Billy'' in 1982.Exshaw, JohnObituary: Birdy Sweeney ''The Independent'', 14 May 1999. Sweeney made minor appearances in several major films, including '' The Crying Game'' (1992), '' The Hanging Gale'' (1995), '' The Snapper'' (1993) '' The Butcher Boy'' (1997), and '' Angela's Ashes'', and made his stage debut in the 1989 Dublin production of '' The Iceman Cometh'' at the Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Laffan
Patrick Laffan (8 June 1939 – 14 March 2019) was an Irish actor. Laffan is best remembered for playing the lothario milkman Pat Mustard in the Channel Four sitcom ''Father Ted'' episode "Speed 3" (1998), and Mr Burgess in Roddy Doyle Roderick Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been ...'s '' The Snapper'' (1993). Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laffan, Pat 1939 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors Actors from County Meath Irish male film actors Irish male stage actors Irish male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olwen Fouéré
Olwen Fouéré (born 2 March 1954) is an Irish actress and writer/director in theatre, film and visual arts. She was born in Galway, Ireland to Breton parents Yann Fouéré and Marie-Magdeleine Mauger. In 2020, she was listed at number 22 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Boarded in St Dominic’s College Cabra Dublin Career As a freelance actress, Fouéré works internationally in English and French with numerous appearances at the Abbey Theatre, the Gate Theatre in Ireland, the Royal National Theatre in England, the Bouffes du Nord in Paris, at Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, Sydney Theatre Company Australia and Shakespeare Theatre Company. In 1980 she formed Operating Theatre, an avant-garde theatre company with composer Roger Doyle. She later established an artistic entity called TheEmergencyRoom for the development of her ongoing projects which have included the creation of her internationally acclaimed RIVERRUN (her adaptation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Rimmer
Shane Lance Deacon (May 28, 1929 – March 29, 2019), known professionally as Shane Rimmer, was a Canadian actor and screenwriter who spent the majority of his career in the United Kingdom. The self-proclaimed "Rent-A- Yank" of the British entertainment industry, he appeared in over 160 films and television programmes from 1957 until his death in 2019, usually playing supporting North American characters. Among his best known roles were the voice of Scott Tracy in the original '' Thunderbirds'' series, Air Force Captain "Ace" Owens in '' Dr. Strangelove'', Joe Donnelli and Malcolm Reid on ''Coronation Street'', Edward R. Murrow in ''Gandhi'', and Louie Watterson on the Cartoon Network series ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. He appeared in several James Bond films. He made several on-stage appearances for the Royal National Theatre, and wrote scripts for ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and '' Joe 90''. Early life Rimmer was born Shane Lance Deacon in Toronto, Ontario to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Crampton
Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She began her career in the 1980s in television soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...s before starring in Horror film, horror and thriller films. In 2024, Crampton was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame. Crampton made her television debut on the daytime drama ''Days of Our Lives'' (1983–84) before a supporting role as Leanna Love on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (1987–93, 1998–2002, 2006–07, and 2023). Later in her career, she appeared in television horror film, horror anthology series, anthologies such as Syfy's ''Channel Zero (TV series), Channel Zero: The Dream Door'' (2018), Hulu's ''Into the Dark (TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Wells (actor)
Vernon George Wells (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian character actor. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as ''Homicide'', ''Matlock Police'' and ''All the Rivers Run''. He is best known to international audiences for his role of Wez in the 1981 science fiction action film ''Mad Max 2'' and Bennett in the military action film ''Commando''. After ''Mad Max 2'', Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as science fiction comedies ''Weird Science'' (1985) and ''Innerspace'' (1987). In the 2000s, Wells acted in the television series ''Power Rangers Time Force'' portraying the series' main villain Ransik. Career 1970s Wells worked in a quarry, then as a salesman, and then in theatre and rock bands. In the 1970s, he was selected by casting agents to appear in a theatre play, and he started to appear in Australian TV commercials, print advertisements, local Australian TV shows such as ''Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'' and historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wendt
George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor. Wendt was best known for playing Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' from 1982 to 1993, which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. After ''Cheers'' ended, he starred in his own short-lived CBS sitcom, ''The George Wendt Show'' (1995). Wendt also appeared in the comedy films ''Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982), ''No Small Affair'' (1984), ''Fletch (film), Fletch'' (1985), ''The Little Rascals (film), The Little Rascals'' (1994), ''Man of the House (1995 film), Man of the House'' (1995), ''Spice World (film), Spice World'' (1997), ''Outside Providence (film), Outside Providence'' (1999), and ''Sandy Wexler'' (2017), and the dramas ''Somewhere in Time (film), Somewhere in Time'' (1980), ''Dreamscape (1984 film), Dreamscape'' (1984), ''Guilty by Suspicion'' (1991), ''Forever Young (1992 film), Forever Young'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
