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Obituary: John Phillip Law, 70; actor played blind angel in 'Barbarella'
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 15, 2008 | Claire Noland

Posted on 05/15/2008 7:48:59 AM PDT by EveningStar

John Phillip Law, a tall, blond actor who cut a striking figure as the blind angel opposite Jane Fonda in 1968's "Barbarella" and in other film roles, has died. He was 70.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: barbarella; johnphilliplaw; obituary
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1 posted on 05/15/2008 7:48:59 AM PDT by EveningStar
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2 posted on 05/15/2008 7:50:10 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Too bad it wasn’t Fonda.


3 posted on 05/15/2008 7:50:55 AM PDT by driftdiver
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To: driftdiver

He was also in “The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming...”


4 posted on 05/15/2008 7:54:02 AM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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To: SMARTY

Does that mean he was similar to Fonda in being a traitor?


5 posted on 05/15/2008 7:57:10 AM PDT by driftdiver
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6 posted on 05/15/2008 8:00:24 AM PDT by xcamel (Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
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To: driftdiver

Who knows?


7 posted on 05/15/2008 8:00:47 AM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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To: EveningStar

He was a much better actor than some of the rotten films he was in would imply. RIP


8 posted on 05/15/2008 8:18:27 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: EveningStar; Dionysius

I think his most famous role was the lead in The Love Machine. Curiously that Dionne Warwick song has been running through my head the last day or so.

And I’d agree he was better then the movies he got would suggest.


9 posted on 05/15/2008 8:49:38 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb

That’s the one I remember, too. I think Dyan Cannon was in it as well.


10 posted on 05/15/2008 8:51:08 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: EveningStar

He was Raquel Welch’s he-man in One Million Years BC, too.


11 posted on 05/15/2008 8:53:51 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: EveningStar

His greatest role was Kalgon in “Space Mutiny.” If you haven’t seen it, consult the ‘bots on MST3K.


12 posted on 05/15/2008 8:59:35 AM PDT by AnnGora (I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
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To: driftdiver; EveningStar

~snorrfle!~


13 posted on 05/15/2008 9:12:19 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: EveningStar
Better credit would be as Diabolik:


14 posted on 05/15/2008 9:30:35 AM PDT by weegee (Vote NO on Marxism in 2008.)
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To: AnnGora

They also tackled Danger Diabolik in the final episode.


15 posted on 05/15/2008 9:31:37 AM PDT by weegee (Vote NO on Marxism in 2008.)
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To: EveningStar

He was in “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” not a particularly good movie but had outstanding special effects(for that period)


16 posted on 05/15/2008 9:33:32 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: AnnGora

Wow ... one of the worst MST3Ks ever! (And therefore, one of the best.)


17 posted on 05/15/2008 9:40:56 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: weegee

I forgot about that one! LOL!!

Still, Space Mutiny ranks as probably the best of the worst on MST3K. It is truly unforgettable.


18 posted on 05/15/2008 10:54:09 AM PDT by AnnGora (I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
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To: Xenalyte

I used to videotape all the old MST3K’s back when they were on the Sci-Fi Channel. Whenever I need a good laugh (which is more and more these days), I pop one of those old tapes in the VHS and get lost in the wonderful world of awful movies. Space Mutiny is definitely in the top 3!


19 posted on 05/15/2008 10:56:22 AM PDT by AnnGora (I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
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To: ontap

Was that the one with the sword fighting skeletons?


20 posted on 05/15/2008 10:57:20 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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