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Richard Anderson, the Emmy-nominated actor who played Oscar Goldman in both hit 1970s series “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” died August 31. He was 91. Anderson’s credits spanned more than 180 film and TV roles over six decades after starting his Hollywood career as a messenger at MGM. But he will be best remembered for playing Goldman, the handler of the bionic duo played by Lee Majors and Lyndsay Wagner. Combined, the series ran for 150 episodes and several TV movies — two of which Anderson produced.

OAKLAND Four men were indicted for allegedly running an illegal offshore gambling operation, federal authorities said. A 12-count indictment unsealed Tuesday charges two Americans and two Costa Rica residents with conspiracy and conducting an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to launder funds from the business and other federal charges. Richard Anderson, 62, of Los Angeles; Houshang Pourmohamad, 61, of Richmond, Calif.; and Darwin Mobley and Jorge Esteban Hall Zumbado, both of Costa Rica, were charged in the indictment. Pourmohamad was arrested on July 26 in Richmond and was scheduled to appear in court Sept. 12, according to the Internal Revenue Service,...

They had cake! Jack O'Neill would be impressed. For the official celebration of the filming of episode 200 (appropriately titled "200"), executives from the Stargate franchise's new owner Sony Pictures Television flew up to the set to join guest star and former leading man Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill") and the entire cast and crew for the big event on Wednesday. The occasion was such a big event that even customs officials at the airport knew what was going on. At customs, Jeanie Bradley, a vice president with Sony Pictures Television, explained she was on business for Stargate SG-1. Nonplussed,...

Some people watch the Super Bowl just for the commmercials. Are Stargate fans in for a treat this year! Former Stargate SG-1 leading man Richard Dean Anderson ("Jack O'Neill") is jumpstarting the rest of his career with a new commercial for MasterCard. At the end of December he shot the commercial for their "Priceless" campaign, which is now set to air during Super Bowl XL on Sunday, February 5. In the ad Anderson slides down a wire, drives a semi truck through a fence, and blows up a building -- then is found in a convenience store purchasing replacements for...

The Sci Fi Channel announced today that they have renewed Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis for the 2006-2007 season! Stargate SG-1 will become the longest-running US science fiction program as it enters its 10th season. New episodes of SG-1 and Atlantis begin filming in February 2006, and seasons 10 and 3 will begin airing next summer. The remaining episodes of seasons 9 and 2 will continue in January. Read on for the full press release from the Sci Fi Channel: 12:00 AM, 25-OCTOBER-05 SG-1, Atlantis Renewed SCI FI Channel announced that it has ordered a 10th season of Stargate SG-1...

Senate could get another maverick Thursday, December 25, 2003 The Jan. 10 retirement of state Sen. Bill Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant, could bring to the Senate someone as independent as he is. The lone Democrat in the Jan. 20 special election is former House Education Committee chairman Paul Sadler of Henderson. The main Republican candidates are state Rep. Tommy Merritt of Longview and former Tyler Mayor Kevin Eltife. Sadler, 48, a plaintiff's attorney, started his freshman session in 1991 by lecturing his colleagues that a lottery was wrong, and then ran a brief and ill-fated campaign for speaker. But he buckled...