In which sci-fi TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck?
"another son, John Talbert (born 1968), from an earlier relationship, who had been given up for adoption. With the help of his adoptive parents, Talbert discovered and contacted his birth parents. Dirk Benedict Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton ""Faceman"" Peck in ""The A-Team"" television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original ""Battlestar Galactica"" film and television series. He is the author of ""Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy"" and ""And Then We Went Fishing"". Benedict was born"
"book series published in the 1990s, with one story seeing him stranded on a deserted planet and having to fight to survive much like the episode ""The Return of Starbuck"", his sole appearance in the short lived revival attempt ""Galactica 1980"". Due to licensing issues, his likeness isn't based on Dirk Benedict. Dirk Benedict was cast in the somewhat similar role of Lieutenant Templeton ""The Face-Man"" Peck on the NBC television series ""The A-Team,"" after his work as Starbuck. In one episode, the second season's ""Steel,"" while on the Universal Studios film lot, a Cylon walks past Peck, causing him"
"a woman as his character, Starbuck, writing that ""the war against masculinity has been won"" and that ""a television show based on hope, spiritual faith, and family is unimagined and regurgitated as a show of despair, sexual violence and family dysfunction"". He appeared as a contestant on the 2007 U.K. series of ""Celebrity Big Brother"". He arrived on launch night in a replica of the ""A-Team"" van, smoking a cigar and accompanied by the ""A-Team"" theme tune. In 2010, Benedict starred in a stage production of ""Prescription: Murder"" playing Lieutenant Columbo for the Middle Ground Theatre Company in the UK."
"Jim McMullan as Officer Don Burdick and Dirk Benedict as officer Gil Foley. Benedict would later earn fame as Lt. Starbuck in the original 1978 TV show ""Battlestar Galactica"" and as Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the TV show ""The A-Team"". Ted Hartley played their boss Capt. McKeegan and Lou Frizzell played Mitch, the crusty mechanic. On July 12, 2016, Sony Pictures released ""Chopper One: The Complete Series"" on DVD in region 1. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and is part of the ""Sony Pictures Choice Collection"" in partnership with Amazon.com and their CreateSpace"
"what was perceived as its darker, more confused tone. In a May 2004 article from ""Dreamwatch"" magazine titled ""Starbuck: Lost in Castration"", Dirk Benedict, who portrayed Lieutenant Starbuck in the original series, harshly criticized the re-imagined series, citing its dark tone and supposed moral relativism: Benedict devoted the greatest part of the article to criticizing the producers' decision to turn Starbuck into a female character, Kara Thrace (whom Benedict derisively calls ""Stardoe"" throughout his commentary), tying it in to what he perceived as a general anti-masculinity agenda: The final passage reads: Other critics, even those who wrote rave reviews about"
"At that point, I'd seen the miniseries and I knew I'd done a good job. I had my confidence back. I didn't care anymore. Despite the initial backlash, even by original male portrayer Dirk Benedict, Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck has become one of the show's most popular characters. ""Seattle Post-Intelligencer's"" Melanie McFarland notes: ""[Starbuck], played with a tomboyish swagger by Katee Sackhoff, is fast becoming the latest in a long line of feminist television icons."" ""Wired""'s Hugh Hart praises Sackhoff's portrayal: ""The actress's rough-and-tumble take on the fleet's most mesmerizing fighter jock will doubtless continue to render gender utterly irrelevant."" ""Entertainment"
"to do a double-take. This shot was used on the later second, third and fourth season opening credits for the series. The name of the character Starbuck is derived from the story of Moby Dick. In the novel, it is the name of the first mate of the whaling ship where most of the story takes place, the ""Pequod"". “G.F. Starbuck” is referenced in the fake movie credits during Murdock’s escape in the A-team movie. ""TV Guide"" ranked Starbuck # 21 on its ""25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends of All Time"" list. Lieutenant Starbuck Lieutenant Starbuck of the Colonial Service, played"
"a Star World,"" ""The Long Patrol,"" ""The Young Warriors,"" ""The Return of Starbuck,"" to crash a shuttle at least once, in ""The Gun on Ice Planet Zero,"" or get into a difficult situation in a dogfight. Starbuck returned for one episode, ""The Return of Starbuck,"" in ""Galactica 1980."" In this episode (which is Dirk Benedict's personal favorite out of every Galactica episode he appeared in), Starbuck is shot down by Cylon raiders and crashes on a remote planet. ""The Wheel of Fire,"" an unproduced ""Galactica 1980"" episode, reveals that Starbuck was eventually rescued by the beings from the Ship of"
"plan anyway. After some deliberation, Starbuck and Apollo are sent after him to bring him back or at least undo his changes to history. Episodes would feature a new ""Time Mission"" every week, generally with Apollo at some different time in the past, and Starbuck flying back and forth between ""Now"" and ""Then"" to give information and support to Apollo. ABC approved this pitch, and gave the approval to develop a pilot for the series. However, Dirk Benedict (Starbuck in the original series) was unavailable at the time of filming. Richard Hatch (Apollo in the original series) was sent a"
"Weekly's"" Jeff Jensen states: ""Sackhoff has set TV's new standard for action-heroine cool and complexity."" Mary McNamara of the ""Los Angeles Times"" praised Sackhoff for creating one of the most fabulous female characters on television. ""Salon.com""'s Laura Miller states: Starbuck is blond, cocky, insubordinate, a cigar-chomping, card-playing showoff; another stock figure, really, with roots as far back as Shakespeare's Hotspur – if not for a clever twist. In the original series, Starbuck was played by Dirk Benedict; in the new version, it's Katee Sackhoff, a gender switch that knocks the character well out of type. In 2005 Sackhoff won a"
"Prentis Hancock Prentis Hancock (born 14 May 1942) is a British actor, best known for his television roles. He was a regular cast member of the first season of science fiction series """" as Paul Morrow, and also appeared in a number of ""Doctor Who"" stories throughout the 1970s - ""Spearhead from Space"" and ""Planet of the Daleks"" with Jon Pertwee and ""Planet of Evil"" and ""The Ribos Operation"" with Tom Baker. Other TV appearances include ""Spy Trap"" (as Lieutenant Sanders), ""Z-Cars"", ""Colditz"", ""Survivors"", ""The New Avengers"", ""Secret Army"", ""Return of the Saint"", ""Minder"", ""Chocky's Children"", ""The Professionals"" and ""The"
"Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. ""Slate"" magazine named the character as one of the reasons they were looking forward to the return of the show in fall 2007. Kara Thrace Kara Thrace (callsign ""Starbuck"") is a fictional character in the reimagined ""Battlestar Galactica"" series. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 ""Battlestar Galactica"" series. She is one of the show's main characters. Described by a critic as ""one of television's most complex, ever-evolving characters"", the role of Starbuck changed over the run of the series. According to Sackhoff, Starbuck originally"
"Bill"". His film credits include ""The Thirty Nine Steps"" (1978) and ""Defence of the Realm"" (1985). Prentis Hancock Prentis Hancock (born 14 May 1942) is a British actor, best known for his television roles. He was a regular cast member of the first season of science fiction series """" as Paul Morrow, and also appeared in a number of ""Doctor Who"" stories throughout the 1970s - ""Spearhead from Space"" and ""Planet of the Daleks"" with Jon Pertwee and ""Planet of Evil"" and ""The Ribos Operation"" with Tom Baker. Other TV appearances include ""Spy Trap"" (as Lieutenant Sanders), ""Z-Cars"", ""Colditz"", ""Survivors"","
"James D'Arcy James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy; 24 August 1975) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Howard Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, in the Marvel Entertainment and ABC series, ""Agent Carter"", and murder suspect Lee Ashworth in the second series of the ITV series ""Broadchurch"". D'Arcy also co-starred as Colonel Winnant in Christopher Nolan's action-thriller ""Dunkirk"" (2017). D'Arcy was born on 24 August 1975 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, and was raised in Fulham, London with his younger sister, Charlotte, by their mother, Caroline, a nurse. His father died when he was young. He has family"
"for ""Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Television Series"" for his portrayal of Lucas Wolenczak and the series was nominated for a 1994 ASC Award for ""Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots"" as well as the Saturn Award for ""Best Genre Television Series"" in 1995. A ""seaQuest DSV"" feature film was in pre-production stages, however, it never materialized. Despite being scripted in at least one episode, Captain Bridger never refers to Dagwood by name. The closest he ever got was calling him ""Dag"" in the episodes ""Special Delivery"" and ""The Siamese Dream"". Despite popular belief, Darwin"
"is now Commandant Baltar of the Cylon fleet pursuing the Galacticans. The fates of several other characters, including Adama's daughter Athena, Colonel Tigh, Starbuck's girlfriend Cassiopeia, and Muffit the robot dog are not revealed. These characters are absent from the second series. The program was poorly received during its run and was cancelled after only ten episodes, many of which were multi-part stories. The final episode shown was ""The Return of Starbuck"", which featured a guest appearance by Dirk Benedict from the original series. Larson even began to develop a sequel to this episode, but the series was cancelled during"
"horror novel of the same name. Brandis' performance in the film was lauded by critics and audiences. Brandis then appeared in ""Sidekicks"", costarring with Chuck Norris, and in ""Ladybugs"", with actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield. Around the age of 17, Brandis landed one of his best-known roles, as scientific prodigy Lucas Wolenczak in Steven Spielberg's futuristic science fiction series ""seaQuest DSV"". The role propelled him into teen idol status. At the height of his popularity, Brandis received approximately 4,000 fan letters a week and had to be escorted onto the set of ""seaQuest DSV"" by three studio security guards because of the"
"Jack Coleman (actor) John MacDonald Coleman (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera ""Dynasty"" (1982–1988), and for portraying Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010) as well as his recurring roles as State Senator Robert Lipton on ""The Office"" (2010–2013) and as State Senator William Bracken on ""Castle"" (2012–2015). Coleman's first major role was in ""Days of Our Lives"", where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka ""The Salem Strangler""). He also made an"
"they danced the Quickstep. In September 2012 Barrowman was a guest host on ""Attack of the Show!"". On 12 November 2018, Barrowman was confirmed to be participating in that year’s series of ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". He eventually finished third behind Emily Atack and Harry Redknapp. Barrowman is best known in the UK for his role in the BBC science fiction drama ""Doctor Who"". When the series was revived in 2005, Barrowman came on board as recurring guest character Captain Jack Harkness, a pansexual time traveller from the 51st century. His first appearance as Harkness was in"
"she is billed as a special guest star. Sackhoff and her ""Battlestar Galactica"" co-star Tricia Helfer co-founded the Acting Outlaws, a motorcycle-riding charity with which they have worked to raise awareness and money for causes and organizations including the Gulf Restoration Network, the Humane Society, the Red Cross amfAR. She is a vegetarian. Of her practice of Transcendental Meditation, begun in 2015, Sackhoff has said, ""What it taught me was that you can't fail at meditation."" Katee Sackhoff Kathryn Ann ""Katee"" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Lieutenant Kara ""Starbuck"" Thrace on the Sci"
"Kara Thrace Kara Thrace (callsign ""Starbuck"") is a fictional character in the reimagined ""Battlestar Galactica"" series. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 ""Battlestar Galactica"" series. She is one of the show's main characters. Described by a critic as ""one of television's most complex, ever-evolving characters"", the role of Starbuck changed over the run of the series. According to Sackhoff, Starbuck originally ""didn't value her own life,"" inspiring her readiness to die for her shipmates. By the end of the series, however, she is prepared to sacrifice herself for others because of"
"season. He took over the role of mission commander of the Atlantis Expedition. Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in"
"Erick Ray Evans Erick Ray Evans (December 29, 1945 – August 21, 1999) was an American actor best known for his part as David Theroux in the BBC science-fiction drama ""Star Cops"". Evans was born in America, where he only got small parts in various movies and television shows, such as the ""Supergirl"" movie, as well as stage work. After moving to the United Kingdom, he was cast in Chris Boucher's ""Star Cops"" series as the second in command. While filming the last episode of ""Star Cops"", he contracted chicken pox. He also starred in ""The New Statesman"" alongside Rik"
"for which the series had been canceled. Roddenberry recruited Lockwood one more time, in ""Where No Man Has Gone Before,"" the second pilot installment for ""Star Trek,"" as Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell. A middle name would be reused for ""Star Trek."" The title character in ""The Lieutenant"" was Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice; on the original series of ""Star Trek,"" the title character was given as ""James T. Kirk."" It was not until the animated series that writer David Gerrold replaced the ""T,"" giving us Captain James Tiberius Kirk; however, that he chose ""Tiberius"" was purely coincidental. According to Gerrold,"
"""It! The Terror from Beyond Space"". Benedict's television appearances included ""Adventures of Superman"", ""The Lone Ranger"", ""Perry Mason"", ""Zorro"", ""Dragnet"", ""Peter Gunn"" and ""Hawaii Five-O"". His directing credits included ""Impasse"", an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds. His interment was in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery. He is the father of actor Nick Benedict. Richard Benedict Richard ""Pepe"" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, Palermo, January 8, 1920 – Studio City, April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably ""Ace in"
"beginning with ""The Next Generation"" in 1987. ""Star Trek: Discovery"" is a direct prequel to """", set roughly ten years beforehand. It premiered September 24, 2017 in the United States and Canada on CBS before moving to CBS All Access, while Netflix streams the show outside the United States and is also providing most of the show's funding. The show centers on the voyages of the ""Discovery"", commanded by Captain Gabriel Lorca (played by Jason Isaacs), and Lieutenant Commander Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green), with Burnham being the lead character of the series. This marks the first ""Star Trek"""
"SeaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV (stylized as seaQuest DSV and also promoted as simply seaQuest) is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in ""the near future""—originally the year 2018 in the first season—""seaQuest DSV"" originally mixed high drama with realistic scientific fiction. It originally starred film star Roy Scheider as Captain Nathan Bridger, designer and commander of the eponymous naval submarine ""seaQuest"" DSV 4600. Jonathan Brandis also starred as Lucas Wolenczak, a teenaged computer genius placed aboard"
"(played by Felix Silla and voiced by Mel Blanc), who becomes Buck's personal assistant, and Dr. Theopolis (voiced by Eric Server), a sentient computer that Twiki often carries around. The series ran for two seasons on NBC. Production and broadcast of the second season was delayed by several months due to the 1980 actors strike. When the series returned in early 1981, its core format had been revised. Now rather than defending Earth, Buck and Wilma were aboard the deep-space exploration vessel ""Searcher"" on a mission to track down the lost colonies of humanity. Tim O'Connor's Dr. Huer was written"
"during the initial run in 1971 and was not shown until a repeat run in January 1994. In the episode, Captain Kirk faces off with a demented shape-shifting starship captain determined to control the universe. On stardate 5718.3, the Federation starship USS ""Enterprise"" arrives at the planet Elba II, home to a Federation facility for the criminally insane, carrying a shipment of a new medication. Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock beam down with the shipment and meet the facility director Donald Cory (Keye Luke). He gives them a brief tour, where one of the inmates, an Orion female named"
"Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joe Picardo. Robert is of Italian heritage, with"
"Van Wingerdt in a leading role, in the thriller film ""The Barber"". Glenn appeared in the drama ""Freedom Writers"", in which he played the father of Hilary Swank's character; and in ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" and ""The Bourne Legacy"" as CIA Director Ezra Kramer. He plays the character Stick in Netflix's ""Daredevil"" and ""The Defenders"" series. Scott Glenn Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in ""Urban Cowboy"" (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in ""The Right Stuff"" (1983), Emmett in ""Silverado"" (1985), Commander Bart Mancuso in ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990), Jack Crawford in ""The"
"Tell?"" for Oprah Winfrey's Oh! Oxygen network. He was also a correspondent for ""BattleBots"" on Comedy Central for the show's fifth season. Rock has appeared on radio and television shows including ""The Howard Stern Show"" and ""The D'Angelo Show"". He performed in New York with Mark Curry and John Henton to highlight the Apollo Theater. He co-starred as Dirk Black on the UPN/The CW sitcom ""All of Us"". Rock has worked as a back-up to his brother Chris, and appeared on the latter's sitcom ""Everybody Hates Chris"" in the recurring role of the title character's uncle Ryan. Rock has hosted"
"He played Lt. Burnett on the CBS drama series ""The Equalizer"" in 1985. He later played Det. August Brooks on the short lived TNT series ""L.A. Heat"" in 1996. Steven also had a recurring role as X on the Fox hit science fiction series ""The X-Files"". He starred as Russell ""Linc"" Lincoln in ""Linc's"". He later played Rufus Turner in ""Supernatural"". He appeared in ""The Blues Brothers"" (1980) as Trooper Mount. Other film roles include playing Nester in the 1985 sequel film """", and in the 1993 horror film """" as a bounty hunter named Creighton Duke. Steven has also"