I think this guy was a teenage heartthrob for illustr8r. She sent me the news.
I wasn’t a fan, but I knew of this guy, and I know he was a big deal to the nerds the fans.
(Actually, my dad was a big Battlestar Galactica fan.)
Hatch was 71.
He had pancreatic cancer.
R.I.P. Apollo.
Yup-the original Battlestar Galactica Apollo and Starbuck were definitely tween crushes.
Apollo had the best eyelashes (swoon) and Starbuck had the best hair (swoon).
Apollo was noble and Starbuck was a bad boy who wasn’t so bad.
BFF and I would write Battlestar Galactic TV shows. I was Lt. Nova. LOL!
I saw Richard Hatch at a scifi convention in Vancouver BC a few years back-when the reimagined BSG was going strong. All the girls trailed behind him wherever he went. I talked politics with Dirk Benedict, armed with the fact he and Dwight Shultz from the A-Team were Righties. That was the best part of the convention.
I’m sure he gave Illustr8r Battlepants Gallactica (Kelso reference from That 70’s Show). RIP.
The same night that Battlestar Galactica debuted on NBC ABC had a rare network showing of Dumbo. I watched Dumbo instead, I never was a Battlestar Galactica fan as I thought it was a Star Wars ripoff.
He also was in the Movie ” Jan and Dean” about the early 60’s Surf Music…RIP Buddy.
RIP Apollo. I was a fan, too, Illustr8r. Sigh.
It was a great series, loved it
as a young teen.
Lots of people with pancreatic cancer lately. Not a good way to go – very very very painful. RIP Apollo. Great show until the network biggies intentionally killed it with stupid.
I was a fan as well. RIP Apollo. The remake was a lot darker and more realistic but the plot was seriously screwed up and confusing. The two hour pilot was very good though.
Richard also played the character Philip Brent in the TV soap opera ALL MY CHILDREN in the early 1970s.
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What am I, chopped dagget?
He also had several guest-starring stints in the original Hawaii Five-O. RIP.
He was a fine senator from Utah…
I will miss him.
I thought Richard Hatch was the naked guy who won Survivor?
RIP
Enjoyed Battlestar Gallactica – closest I ever came to watching the Star Wars dreck.
izlamo delenda est …
Ban Fracking!
And other feldercarb.
🙂
You didn’t watch BG for the guys, you watched it for the BABES!
Watched BG for him and a young Patrick Stuart.
Sure wasn’t much of a Bonanza, though.