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Where Are They Now - October 3, 2014
Hello fans, I received many votes to catch up with actor Michael Beck of The Warriors and Xanadu fame. I am happy to oblige!
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Email Melissa *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":
Jayne Meadows: She has appeared in many TV, movie and Broadway roles and was a panelist on the TV game show "I'veGot a Secret" for many years
Tippi Hedren: Starred in the Alfred Hitchcock movies "The Birds" and "Marnie"
Eartha Kitt: Singer, dancer and actress known for her sultry style, she played Catwoman (#2) in the original "Batman" TV series
(Answer at the bottom)*Michael BeckLearn More About Michael Beck on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: February 4, 1949, Memphis, Tennessee
CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film, The Warriors.
FAMILY LIFE: He has been married to his songwriter-wife Cari for over 30 years and have two children, daughter Ashley and son Jesse.
INFO: Beck has made a name for himself for his roles in The Warriors (1979), Xanadu (1980), Megaforce (1982) and Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1982). Some of his other films include Warlords of the 21st Century, The Last Ninja, The Golden Seal (as an evil poacher), "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story" (as Clarence Carnes), "Rearview Mirror", the 1984 TV movie "Blackout", and Wes Craven's Chiller.
He has appeared on the television shows JAG, Walker Texas Ranger, Robin's Hoods, and In the Heat of the Night.
TRIVIA: Is the third of nine children.
Attended Memphis University School and then Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, on a baseball scholarship.
Was one of 30 (out of 2,500) applicants chosen for London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
His hobbies include reading, music and cooking.
Both the Xanadu and Megaforce roles garnered him Razzie nominations, for Worst Actor and Worst Supporting Actor respectively.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Beck has narrated numerous audiobooks of John Grisham's novels, as well as Jews in the Attic by Tony Horwitz; A Darkness More Than Light by Michael Connelly; State of the Union by David Callahan; and the unabridged version of Bill Clinton's My Life. He also lent his voice to the popular video game adaptation of The Warriors (2005).
He appears in the comedy/drama The Grace of Jake as Henry Haynes, set for release this year.
He currently lives in California with his family.
* CREDITS:2005 The Warriors (Video Game)...Swan (voice)
2004 JAG (TV Series)...Senator Carter Innes
- Whole New Ball Game (2004) ... Senator Carter Innes
2001 Nash Bridges (TV Series)...Adult Bobby Bridges
- Quack Fever (2001) ... Adult Bobby Bridges
1999 Crusade (TV Series)...Mr. Jones
- The Well of Forever (1999) ... Mr. Jones
1998 Jungle Book: Lost Treasure...Prof. Gershwin Donovan
1996-1998 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series)...Adam McGuire
- Second Chance (1998) ... Adam McGuire
- Flashpoint (1996) ... Adam McGuire
1998 Born Free (TV Series)...Luke
- The Reunion (1998) ... Luke
1997 Diagnosis Murder (TV Series)...Frank Waldeck
- Deadly Games (1997) ... Frank Waldeck
1996 Forest Warrior...Arlen Slaighter
1995 McKenna (TV Series)...Jon Doe / Alex
- Racing in the Streets (1995) ... Jon Doe / Alex
1994 Babylon 5 (TV Series)...Abel Horn
- Spider in the Web (1994) ... Abel Horn
1994 Robin's Hoods (TV Series)...Detective Stephen DeCosta
- Double or Nothing (1994) ... Detective Stephen DeCosta
- To Heir Is Human (1994) ... Detective Stephen DeCosta
- New Beginnings (1994) ... Detective Stephen DeCosta
1989-1993 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Brian Bentall / Justin Fields / Danny Schubert
- The Big Kill (1993) ... Brian Bentall
- Trials and Tribulations (1990) ... Justin Fields
- The Search for Peter Kerry (1989) ... Danny Schubert
1993 In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)...Sonny Roper
- A Deadly Affection (1993) ... Sonny Roper
1993 Fade to Black (TV Movie)...Braith
1991 Final Judgment (TV Movie)...Delaney
1991 Stranger at My Door (TV Movie)...Jimmy Lee Dancey
1991 Deadly Game (TV Movie)...Peterson
1990 Only One Survived (TV Movie)...Paul Haskel
1987-1988 Houston Knights (TV Series)...Sgt. Levon Lundy
1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas (TV Movie)...Jim Bowie
1985 Blackout (TV Movie)...Mike Patterson
1985 Chiller (TV Movie)...Miles Creighton
1984 Rearview Mirror (TV Movie)...Jerry Sam Hopps
1984 The Streets (TV Movie)
Sgt. Danny Wreade
1984 Celebrity (TV Mini-Series)...T.J. Luther
- Part 3 (1984) ... T.J. Luther
- Part 1 (1984) ... T.J. Luther
1983 The Golden Seal...Crawford
1983 The Last Ninja (TV Movie)...Kenjiro Sakura
1983 Triumphs of a Man Called Horse...Koda
1982 Megaforce...Dallas
1982 Battletruck...Hunter
1981 Fly Away Home (TV Movie)...Mark
1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (TV Movie)...Clarence Carnes
1980 Xanadu...Sonny Malone
1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (TV Movie)...John Alden
1979 The Warriors...Swan
1978 Madman
1978 Holocaust (TV Mini-Series)...Hans Helms
- Part 3 (1978) ... Hans Helms
- Part 2 (1978) ... Hans Helms
- Part I: The Gathering Darkness (1978) ... Hans Helms
1977 Ryan's Hope (TV Series)
- Episode #1.617 (1977) ... (uncredited)
- Episode #1.616 (1977) ... (uncredited)
1971 The Hard Ride...Highway thug (uncredited)
To see Then & Now pictures of Michael Beck, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Jayne Meadows - ALIVE
Born: 09/27/1919
Tippi Hedren - ALIVE
Born: 01/19/1931
Eartha Kitt - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 01/17/1927 Died: 12/25/2008
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...10/1
Shlomo Lahat, 86, Israeli general and politician, Mayor of Tel Aviv (1974-1993).
9/30
Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, 72, Indian Kashmiri cleric, politician and businessman.
JP Auclair, 37, Canadian freestyle skier, avalanche.
Daniel Crespo, 45, American politician, Mayor of Bell Gardens, California (since 2013), shot.
Erik Hansen, 74, Danish canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).
Ricki Starr, 83, British professional wrestler.
Sheila Tracy, 80, British broadcaster and musician (Big Band Special).
9/29
Miguel Boyer, 75, French-born Spanish economist and politician, Minister of Economy, Treasury and Commerce (1982-1985), pulmonary embolism.
Carlo Curis, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada (1990-1999).
Richard Dickerson, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998-2002), mayor of Redding, California.
Hugh Doherty, 93, Irish footballer (Celtic).
Mohammad Ghouse, 83, Indian cricket umpire.
Yves Marchesseau (fr), 62, French television personality (Fort Boyard), esophageal cancer.
Stan Monteith, 85, American author and radio host.
Luis Nishizawa, 96, Mexican painter.
George Shuba, 89, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
Len Stephenson, 84, English footballer.
Toeko Tatsuno (ja), 64, Japanese painter, metastatic liver cancer.
Sophia Yin, 48, American veterinarian and animal behaviorist, suicide by hanging.
9/28
Dannie Abse, 91, British doctor and poet.
Nicolae Corneanu, 90, Romanian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Banat (since 1962).
George Roberts, 86, American trombonist.
Jose Luis Serna Alzate, 78, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Florencia (1978-1989) and Líbano-Honda (1989-2002).
Petr Skoumal, 76, Czech musician and composer.
Ieke van den Burg, 62, Dutch politician.
Jan Vodicka, 82, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
Braulio Zaragoza, 35, Mexican politician, shot.
9/27
Gaby Aghion, 93, French fashion designer (Chloe).
Eugie Foster, 42, American science fiction author, respiratory failure.
Taylor Hardwick, 89, American architect, cancer.
Wally Hergesheimer, 87, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
Abdelmajid Lakhal, 74, Tunisian theatre director and actor.
Antti Lovag, 94, Hungarian architect.
Pierre-Luc Paquette, 46, Canadian political strategist, cancer.
Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 88, French publisher.
Michael Scott-Joynt, 71, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Stafford (1987-1995) and Winchester (1995-2011).
James Traficant, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 17th district (1985-2002).
Zhang Xianliang, 77, Chinese author and poet.
9/26
Jim Boeke, 76, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
Wouter Gortzak (nl), 83, Dutch journalist (Het Parool) and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998-2002).
Sam Hall, 93, American television writer (Dark Shadows, One Life to Live).
Nobuyuki Kagawa (ja), 52, Japanese baseball player (Daiei Hawks), heart attack.
Koichi Kitazawa (ja), 71, Japanese academic, president of Tokyo City University, acute hepatic failure.
Michael McCarty, 68, American actor (Casper, ER), heart failure.
Tamir Sapir, 67, Georgian-born American businessman.
Maggie Stables, British actress (Doctor Who).
9/25
Toby Balding, 78, American-born British racehorse trainer.
Ulrick Cherubin, 70, Haitian-born Canadian politician, Mayor of Amos, Quebec (since 2002).
Vladimir Dolbonosov, 65, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).
Walter Josef Fischer (de), 64, German graffiti artist, hit by train.
Rezso Gallai, 110, Hungarian supercentenarian, oldest man in Europe.
Jaak Joala, 64, Estonian Soviet singer.
Stephen Sykes, 75, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Ely (1990-1999).
Sulejman Tihic, 62, Bosnian politician, Member of the Presidency (2002-2006).
Dorothy Tyler-Odam, 94, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1936, 1948).
Cedric Wyatt, 74, Australian civil servant and indigenous rights advocate.
9/24
Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, 94, British duchess, last surviving Mitford sister.
Ailo Gaup, 70, Norwegian Sami author.
Sebastian Haag, 35, German extreme skier and mountaineer, avalanche.
Christopher Hogwood, 73, English conductor.
Carlotta Ikeda, 73, Japanese butoh dancer, liver cancer.
Sir Brian Inglis, 90, Australian businessman, managing director of Ford Australia.
Madis Koiv, 84, Estonian author, physicist and philosopher.
Greg Mackey, 52, Australian rugby league player (Warrington).
Lily McBeth, 80, American transgender teacher.
Karl Miller, 83, British literary editor (The Listener, London Review of Books).
Derek Roe, British archaeologist.
Abubakar Shekau, 44, Nigerien militant, Emir of Boko Haram (since 2009).
Tsou Yu-mei (zh), 57, Taiwanese politician, Mayor of Miaoli City (2006-2010), traffic collision.
Abu Yusuf Al-Turki, 34, Syrian terrorist, commander of al-Nusra Front.