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*View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Timothy Dalton: Played secret agent James Bond in the movies "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill", also appeared in "The Rocketeer" and other movies
Rod Taylor: He's appeared in many movies, including "Raintree County", "The Time Machine", and "The Birds", he was the voice of Pongo in the animated movie "101 Dalmatians"
Howard Hawks: Acclaimed movie director, films include "His Girl Friday", "To Have and Have Not", "The Big Sleep", and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
(Answer at the bottom)*KEVIN SORBOLearn More About KEVIN SORBO on Celebrity NoozBIRTH DATE: September 24, 1958, Mound, Minnesota
CLAIM TO FAME: Playing Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
FAMILY LIFE: He has been married to actress Sam Jenkins since 1998. They have three children together: Braedon Cooper (born 2001) and Shane Haaken (born 2004) and daughter Octavia Flynn (born 2005).
INFO: Sorbo's acting career began in the late 1980s with guest appearances in TV series, including 1st & Ten, Murder She Wrote and The Commish. In 1994, he found fame with the role of Hercules in the television film Hercules and the Amazon Women. This led to television films that eventually led to the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, which ran from 1995 to 1999.
TRIVIA: Is of Norwegian descent and was raised in a Lutheran family.
Attended Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Was runner-up to Dean Cain for the role of Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993).
An avid golfer, he is a celebrity spokesman for Dixon Golf, an eco-friendly golf company in Tempe, Arizona.
Has a park named after him in Mound, Minnesota, called Sorbo park.
Reported to have suffered several small strokes during the filming of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995).
Provided the voices of Reiko and Quan Chi in the 1997 video game Mortal Kombat 4.
Voiced one of the main protagonists, Prometheus, in the Wii video game The Conduit.
WHERE IS HE NOW: From 2000 to 2005, Sorbo played the role of Captain Dylan Hunt in the science-fiction drama series Andromeda. In 2006, he appeared in a recurring role on the final season of The O.C. and guest-starred in the sitcom Two and a Half Men.
The following year, he starred in Walking Tall: The Payback, and reprised the role in Walking Tall: Lone Justice. He appeared in the 2008 spoof film Meet the Spartans, which ended up finding box office success.
Sorbo returned to the role of Hercules in the video game God of War III released for the PlayStation 3 in March 2010.
Sorbo is the spokesman and chair of A World Fit For Kids! (AWFFK!), a non-profit organization that trains teenagers to become mentors to younger children.
WRITE TO KEVIN SORBO: Kevin Sorbo
c/o ICM
10250 Constellation Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90067
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.kevinsorbo.net/
Video Clips of Kevin Sorbo: Turkish Ass-Slap - Meet the SpartansCREDITS:2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (TV series)...Kevin Sorbo
The Wedding (2012)
2012 Kammerspiel (TV movie)...Dave Mc Beail
2011 Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice...Cash
2011 Coffin...Sean Justice
2011 Julia X 3D...The Stranger
2011 St. James St. James Presents: Delirium Cinema (TV movie)...Jan Van Hammer
2011 Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury...Poolboy
2011 Flesh Wounds (TV movie)...Tyler
2009-2011 The Super Hero Squad Show (TV series)...Ka-Zar
Brouhaha at the World's Bottom! (2011)
Stranger from a Savage Land! (2009)
2011 Soul Surfer...Holt Blanchard
2010 The Santa Suit (TV movie)...Drake Hunter
2010/I Paradox...Det. Sean Nault
2010 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series)...Carlton Bass
Ko'olauloa (2010)
2010 Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire...Aedan
2010 The Kings of Mykonos...Pierluigi
2010/I What If...Ben Walker
2010 God of War III (Video Game)...Hercules (voice)
2009 Wolf Canyon (TV movie)...Rick - Sheriff Wolf
2009 Lightning Strikes (TV movie)...Sheriff Bradley
2009 The Conduit (Video Game)...Prometheus (voice)
2009 Tommy and the Cool Mule (video)...Dodge Daviss
2009 Gary Unmarried (TV series)...Seven
Gary Fixes Allison's Garbage Disposal (2009)
2009 Bitch Slap...Mr. Phoenix
2009 Fire from Below...Jake Denning
2008 An American Carol...George Mulrooney
2008 The Middleman (TV series)...Guy Goddard
The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown (2008)
2008 Never Cry Werewolf (TV movie)...Redd Tucker
2008 Prairie Fever (video)...Sheriff Preston Biggs
2008 Meet the Spartans...Captain
2008 The Ex List (TV series)...Professor
Art Professor (2008)
2007 Psych (TV series)...Byrd Tatums
Bounty Hunters! (2007)
2007 Walking Tall: Lone Justice (video)...Nick Prescott
2007 Avenging Angel (TV movie)...Preacher
2007 Something Beneath (TV movie)...Father Douglas Middleton
2006-2007 The O.C. (TV series)...Frank Atwood
2007 Walking Tall: The Payback (video)...Nick Prescott
2006 Last Chance Cafe (TV movie)...Chance Coulter
2006 Two and a Half Men (TV series)...Andy
Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro
2005 Love, Inc. (TV series)...Father John
Amen (2005)
2000-2005 Andromeda (TV series)...Captain Dylan Hunt
2005 Bobby Cannon (TV movie)...Bobby Cannon
2004 Clipping Adam...Father Dan
2004 Hope & Faith (TV series)...Kenny
Mismatch (2004)
2003 According to Jim (TV series)...Darryl Buckner
The Pass (2003)
2001 Dharma & Greg (TV series)...Charlie
1995-2000 Xena: Warrior Princess (TV series)...Hercules
God Fearing Child (2000)
Prometheus (1995)
1999 Just Shoot Me! (TV series)...Scott
An Axe to Grind
1995-1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV series)...Hercules / The Sovereign / Robert
1998 Sin City Spectacular (TV series)
Episode #1.3
1998 Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (video)...Hercules (voice)
1997 Kull the Conqueror...Kull
1997 Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen (short)...Hercules
1995 Cybill (TV series)...Rick
The Last Temptation of Cybill (1995)
1994 Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (TV movie)...Hercules
1994 Hercules in the Underworld (TV movie)...Hercules
1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Circle of Fire (TV movie)...Hercules
1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (TV movie)...Hercules
1994 Hercules and the Amazon Women (TV movie)...Hercules
1993 Slaughter of the Innocents...John Willison
1993 The Commish (TV series)...Mark
Dying Affection (1993)
1993 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)...Michael Burke
A Virtual Murder (1993)
1992 Condition: Critical (TV movie)...Dr. Thaddeus Kocinski
1988 1st & Ten: The Championship (TV series)...Barry
...The Clock Runs Out (1988)
1986 Santa Barbara (TV series)...Delivery man
Episode #1.609 (1986)
To see Then & Now pictures of Kevin Sorbo, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Timothy Dalton - ALIVE
Born: 03/21/1946
Rod Taylor - ALIVE
Born: 01/11/1930
Howard Hawks: DEAD (Head injury)
Born: 05/30/1896 Died: 12/26/1977
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...8/29
Sergei Ovchinnikov, 43, Russian volleyball coach (women's national team).
8/28
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, 74, Russian Muslim Sufi leader, suicide bomb attack.
Eva Eugenio, 74, Filipino singer, cervical cancer.
K. Pankajakshan, 84, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
8/27
Neville Alexander, 75, South African revolutionary and linguist, cancer.
Aurora Bautista, 86, Spanish film actress.
Malcolm Browne, 81, American journalist and photographer (1964 Pulitzer Prize), complications of Parkinson's disease.
Freddie Fletcher, 71, Scottish politician and businessman, Provost of Inverclyde (1977-1981), Chief Executive of Newcastle United, cancer.
Art Heyman, 71, American basketball player (New York Knicks,
Philadelphia 76ers).
Ivica Horvat, 86, Croatian football player and manager.
Italo Insolera, 83, Italian urban planner and architect, natural causes.
Gely Korzhev, 87, Russian painter.
Aboud Rogo Mohammed, 44, Kenyan Islamic cleric, shooting.
Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, 67, Swazi Roman Catholic prelate,
Bishop of Manzini (1985-2012).
Antoine Redin, 77, French footballer and football manager.
Russell Scott, 91, American clown and television host (Blinky's Fun Club), pneumonia.
Tomas Sedlacek, 94, Czech general, anti-Nazi resistance member, and political prisoner, melanoma.
Tao Wei, 46, Chinese football player and commentator.