# Rex Reason has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309 "2015-11-22T22:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/1 "2015-11-22T22:22:25Z")
The star of “This Island Earth” and “The Creature Walks Among Us” passes away. My condolences to Cal Meacham > **[Examiner is back - Examiner.com](https://examiner.com)** > > Examiner.com is the go-to source for millions of people who want to know what's happening in their city. And we're still growing! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/2 "2015-11-22T22:26:27Z")
I think if we fire up the interocitor we can bring him back. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/3 "2015-11-23T02:48:18Z")
[Faith Domergue](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231409/?ref_=tt_cl_t2) will be attending his funeral, though she’ll later forget and deny it. RIP, Cal. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/4 "2015-11-23T03:00:35Z")
Damn. Sorry to hear that. But he had a long run. Much longer than I’d have expected. I think that’s the last of the cast of **This Island Earth**. Russell Johnson, with whom he was still selling autographed photos from the film, just died last year. And Robert Nichols (“Joe Wilson”) died the year before that. Most other cast members had died long before. He has 43 acting credits listed on the iMDB, but the only other one I’ve seen is **The Creature Walks Among Us**. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/5 "2015-11-23T03:01:39Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > [Faith Domergue](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231409/?ref_=tt_cl_t2) will be attending his funeral, though she’ll later forget and deny it. > > RIP, Cal. Sadly, she died in 1999. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/6 "2015-11-23T03:14:14Z")
But… Is his brother Rhodes Reason (King Kong Escapes) still around? ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/7 "2015-11-23T03:25:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Sadly, she died in 1999. Just a joke. “We did it and you know it!” I don’t know enough about him to say much besides condolences, but I never let an opportunity to make an MST3K reference pass. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/8 "2015-11-23T12:01:49Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Just a joke. “We did it and you know it!” > > I don’t know enough about him to say much besides condolences, but I never let an opportunity to make an MST3K reference pass. It’s the SDMB – never pass up an opportunity to fight ignorance, even if tnhe reference was made as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-reason-has-died/738309/9 "2015-11-23T13:00:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > But… Is his brother Rhodes Reason (King Kong Escapes) still around? Died 26 December last year. ☹ Probably best remembered as Flavius, the Christian gladiator in “Bread and Circuses” on\*\*\* ST: TOS\*\*\*.