In Memoriam

Raquel Welch – The bombshell actress came to the public’s attention in 1966 with Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years BC, the latter of which was made immortal by a best-selling poster featuring Welch as a foxy cave-woman. Though her career encompassed many genres, including the sci-fi and fantasy films that first made her famous, she especially excelled in action comedies including 1973’s The Three Musketeers, for which she won a Golden Globe, and over the years earned a cult following thanks to her turns in 1970’s Myra Breckenridge, 1967’s Fathom, 1973’s The Last of Sheila, and others.

Kenpachiro Satsuma – The man behind the King of all Kaiju for over a decade, Satsuma was the second actor to play Godzilla in Toho’s legendary monster movie franchise. The defining Godzilla suit actor of the Heisei era, Satsuma’s portrayal of the creature brought a more animalistic and monstrous air after Godzilla’s reputation had been softened over the years since his 1954 debut.

Ricou Browning – Known for bringing to life The Creature from The Black Lagoon, the performer served as the on-screen stunt swimmer for the Universal Monsters classic as the Gill-Man. He went on to direct the underwater sequences for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball and co-created the Flipper films.

Lara Parker – Fans of Dark Shadows will forever remember Parker as one of the show’s most beloved ambassadors; she played the witch Angelique Bouchard on over 350 episodes of Dan Curtis’ spooky ABC soap as well as the 1971 film Night of Dark Shadows, and she penned several Dark Shadows novels. Parker also had memorable guest-starring roles on several 1970s TV shows, including playing a different witch character on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.