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Eugene

(61,939 posts) Mon Jul 22, 2019, 10:09 PM Jul 2019

RIP David Hedison

Loved him as Captain Crane.

AP News: Actor in original sci-fi classic 'The Fly' dies at 92

Actor in original sci-fi classic 'The Fly' dies at 92

https://apnews.com/5f9b5094789044ca9f88bc9fc46402c3

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RIP David Hedison (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2019 OP

Thanks for the nightmare of that little white headed fly Dave Submariner Jul 2019 #1

RIP David Hedison. BootinUp Jul 2019 #2

I don't think I ever saw The Fly FakeNoose Jul 2019 #3

That's how I remember him, too. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2019 #4

He died? I hadn't heard that until now. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #5

Submariner

(12,509 posts)

1. Thanks for the nightmare of that little white headed fly Dave

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 10:14 PM

Jul 2019

The 11 year old me was freaked the f*ck out after that “save me....save me”....save me scene.

BootinUp

(47,185 posts)

2. RIP David Hedison.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 10:24 PM

Jul 2019

I couldn’t place the name with a face. But certainly remember him the Captain on Voyage to the Bottom...

FakeNoose

(32,745 posts)

3. I don't think I ever saw The Fly

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 10:47 PM

Jul 2019

... but I sure remember David Hedison as the Captain in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

RIP David Hedison

Rhiannon12866

(205,929 posts)

4. That's how I remember him, too.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 04:23 AM

Jul 2019

He also made a lot of TV guest appearances in later years. Sorry to hear he's gone.

The Young and the Restless 2004

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts)

5. He died? I hadn't heard that until now.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:25 AM

Jul 2019

Okay, obviously he died, as otherwise you wouldn't be saying....

At any rate, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is in reruns on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings on MeTV.

I remember it from primetime in the '60s.

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