# \[Actor\] Richard Hatch RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285 "2017-02-07T22:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/1 "2017-02-07T22:49:46Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/2 "2017-02-07T22:54:48Z")
Actor Richard Hatch The Richard Hatch of Survivor Fame did not die. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/3 "2017-02-07T23:22:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/4 "2017-02-07T23:31:37Z")
He played singer Jan Berry of Jan and Dean fame in the biopic _Deadman’s Curve_. RIP, Richard. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/5 "2017-02-07T23:53:33Z")
Pancreatic cancer. terrible way to go. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/6 "2017-02-08T00:45:14Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/7 "2017-02-08T01:13:30Z")
I was a big fan of the 1970’s version of _Battlestar Galactica._ RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/8 "2017-02-08T01:16:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/9 "2017-02-08T01:17:10Z")
I just saw this. RIP… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/10 "2017-02-08T01:44:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/11 "2017-02-08T01:52:44Z")
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!” …? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/12 "2017-02-08T04:54:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/13 "2017-02-08T08:02:54Z")
So say we all. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/14 "2017-02-08T10:54:04Z")
Feldercarb! Another childhood hero gone. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/15 "2017-02-08T14:33:12Z")
I remember him as the original Phillip Brent in _All My Children_. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/16 "2017-02-08T20:57:49Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/17 "2017-02-08T21:04:34Z")
I added who it was to the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-richard-hatch-rip/779285/18 "2017-02-18T23:22:08Z")
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.