Apollo has sailed off into the void. He fought a long fight to continue or reboot Battlestar Galactica, and then was big enough to take a minor role in a version he didn’t care for. (And did a good job of it, as the boss of the prison ship and contender for leader of the fleet.)
Report in to Commander Adama, Captain Apollo, and stand by for further orders…
Actor Richard Hatch
The Richard Hatch of Survivor Fame did not die.
My first thought was of *Battlestar Galactica *Richard Hatch (who I think of first from The Streets of San Francisco), but then I thought, no, it must be the *Survivor *Richard Hatch.
I’m sorry to have been mistaken in my assumption. I wouldn’t have cared much about the tax-evader, but I was always a fan of the actor. For some reason I think of him and Randolph Mantooth as a set.
He played singer Jan Berry of Jan and Dean fame in the biopic Deadman’s Curve.
RIP, Richard.
Pancreatic cancer. terrible way to go. RIP.
I first thought of the fat naked Survivor guy too.
Actually, I wish the actor that shares that name was still alive.
He always brought a lot to his roles. I associate him with Streets of San Francisco. Hatch took over the lead role after Michael Douglas left.
RIP
I was a big fan of the 1970’s version of Battlestar Galactica. RIP.
Pfui! Madame P. (and the rest our gang) met him a number of years back at a convention, and several times since. He always remembered her. (She’s kinda hard to overlook, or to forget.) We feel we’ve lost a friend.
I just saw this. RIP…
Shoot.
Knew him mainly as Tom Zarek on the new BSG. Haven’t watched the show and believe me, he was awesome on the new BSG without bringing any baggage in.
I also figured the Survivor guy was the one.
I’ve asked for the title to be edited. Not being a watcher of “reality” TV, I was only vaguely aware that there was another, possibly better-known RH.
Yes, his performance in “Dead Man’s Curve” stuck with me much longer than his turn in the original BSG, and I could only admire his performance in the reboot, what with all the tumult that led to it. As Mahaloth put it, he managed to turn out a memorable, powerful character without a hint of bitterness, baggage or bullshit. (Although I think there were a couple of fanservice lines in there alluding faintly to the history… but only as winks.)
Maybe it’s too early to say, “Down the Hatch!” …? 
Lords of Kobol, hear our prayer.
To you we entrust the soul of our brother Apollo. Welcome him with kindness and mercy, and guide him across the river Styx to the banks of Paradise.
So say we all.
So say we all.
Feldercarb! Another childhood hero gone.
I remember him as the original Phillip Brent in All My Children.
I remember him starring in a made-for-TV movie called “The Hustler of Muscle Beach”, where he was a con man with a heart of gold. Speaking of gold, the guy who played the mentally challenged body builder in the film went on to be an owner of Gold’s Gym
I added who it was to the thread title.
Feldercarb!
He was one of the better things about that melodramatic, depressing reboot. But he was great on the original too, so that’s hardly a shock.