Post by MS on Sept 1, 2019 15:59:05 GMT
Rutger Hauer passed away on July 19 2019.
Hauer was the first Buffy villain playing Lothos in the original 1992 Buffy movie.
While Hauer did not appear in the subsequent Buffy TV series he did however later appeared in another vampire series True Blood.
I had learnt of his death on August 12 when I just finished seeing him in the movie The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) which was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss who coincidentally also wished Doctor Who a happy 50th birthday in that said video.
Born on January 23 1944, Hauer had been well known as Roy Batty in Blade Runner.
In 2013, Hauer was among the sci fi luminaries that wished Doctor Who a happy 50th birthday that year, best wishes that were filmed for the BBC.
It was filmed whilst Hauer was interviewed for the documentary series The Real History of Science Fiction presented by Mark Gatiss.
Hauer's name had been linked with what became the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie with his agent saying that he was a "major fan".
However in an interview with Empire Magazine at the time, Hauer said he had never heard of Doctor Who and had no idea what a Dalek was!
His other work included Blind Side, Lexx, Merlin, The 10th Kingdom, Alias, Smallville, Sin City, Batman Begins, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Galavant, 24 Hours to Live &
Channel Zero.
He died at the age of 75.
Hauer was the first Buffy villain playing Lothos in the original 1992 Buffy movie.
While Hauer did not appear in the subsequent Buffy TV series he did however later appeared in another vampire series True Blood.
I had learnt of his death on August 12 when I just finished seeing him in the movie The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) which was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss who coincidentally also wished Doctor Who a happy 50th birthday in that said video.
Born on January 23 1944, Hauer had been well known as Roy Batty in Blade Runner.
In 2013, Hauer was among the sci fi luminaries that wished Doctor Who a happy 50th birthday that year, best wishes that were filmed for the BBC.
It was filmed whilst Hauer was interviewed for the documentary series The Real History of Science Fiction presented by Mark Gatiss.
Hauer's name had been linked with what became the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie with his agent saying that he was a "major fan".
However in an interview with Empire Magazine at the time, Hauer said he had never heard of Doctor Who and had no idea what a Dalek was!
His other work included Blind Side, Lexx, Merlin, The 10th Kingdom, Alias, Smallville, Sin City, Batman Begins, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Galavant, 24 Hours to Live &
Channel Zero.
He died at the age of 75.