schachterrific!

You know you’re getting old when you see some of your show-biz favorites ringing down that last curtain. And today, two actors I greatly respected for their talents passed away.

Rich Corinthian Leather….

Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on ABC’s “Fantasy Island,” has died. He was 88.

Of course, my favorite Montalban role was that of Khan Singh in the StarTrek film, Wrath of Khan. The man was definitely creepy. And he was definitely a great choice as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island. Read the Obit here.

I am not a number, I am a free man!

“I am not a number, I am a free man!” Patrick McGoohan’s character Number Six shouted at the panoptic eye in the sky at the beginning of every episode of the revolutionary ’60s sci-fi TV series The Prisoner. And although the character would come to dominate McGoohan’s life and even chase him out of London following the series’ controversial 1968 finale, “Fall Out,” McGoohan is a prisoner no longer.

Probably one of the all-time great sci-fi tv series, The Prisoner added to McGoohan’s fame after he won American hearts with Secret Agent Man. If you haven’t seen his work, find it, grab some popcorn, and turn off the phone. You can read his obit here.