there is Hardly a Name is so closely associated with Battlestar Galactica as that of the actor Richard Hatch. Not only in front of the camera, behind the Scenes of the now deceased actor has always to do with the continuation of the popular series taken care of.
As the only cast member he is in both “Battlestar Galactica“-series with a big role in the end of the 1970s as Captain Apollo in the Revival in 2004, as Tom Zarek. For an actor, Richard Hatch the space story was a life task, of which no deduction could stop. On 7. February, the actor died as a result of a cancer in a hospice in Los Angeles. He was 71 years of age.
to read he was able to record, Started his career in the late 1960s on the stage of the theater, a short time later, he took on more and more guest appearances in the series until he in 1976, his first major role in “The streets of San Francisco” as Inspector Dan Robbins. There, he replaced Michael Douglas, who had left the long-lasting series. But even he could not save the Crime-Drama, after a good 20 episodes, the last flap fell. For Richard Hatch, then it went off, however, because almost seamlessly, he landed the role of Captain Apollo in “Battlestar Galactica”, which earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe. Although the series was only a season, granted, she left him and many Fans left a deep mark. Already in the 1990s, he started BSG-writing books, and even put his house on the game to produce a Trailer under the title &# 8220;The Second Coming”, in the other Stars of the first hour occurred. But at Universal, you showed more interest in a Remake, instead of the hatch’s idea of a sequel, which left the actor disappointed.
in addition to his commitment to BSG, he was always on the focusing screen and the screen is active, among other things, he visited “murder she wrote andBaywatch is”a visit and was in the films “the Ghetto Blaster” and “Charlie Chan and the curse of the dragon Queen” of the party. In 2004, it was finally over, and the Battlestar Galactica Story took its course. After Hatch had already expressed in advance as a supporter of Ronald D. Moore, author and producer of the Revival series, he took the offered to him the role of Tom Zarek quickly.
Besides, the actor was seen in the webseries “The Silicon Assassin Project”, and turned to the Steampunk short film “Cowboys &Engines”.
a number of former colleagues took to Twitter to bid farewell to the actor and shared their favorite memory of the BSG-Star, including Ronald D. Moore.
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