Australian actor Tristan Rogers played the character “Robert Scorpio” on the ABC soap opera General Hospital for twelve years. His character was killed, but Rogers returned for a series of episodes in which he played Robert Scorpio’s spirit. He returned again, this time playing a very much alive Robert Scorpio in early 2006. He popped …
Starting her stage career as a ballet dancer, Neve Campbell danced in productions of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty in her native Canada. She did some modeling and appeared in a 1991 commercial for Coca Cola. In 1994, Neve was cast as orphan “Julia Salinger”” in the teen drama Party of Five. The show, and …
Dee Wallace is sort-of an unlikely “scream queen.” Although the bulk of her on-screen career has leaned towards the horror genre, she has had roles in other projects that are as far from horror as one can get. After appearing in early shockers like the original The Hills Have Eyes, The Stepford Wives and The …
Five-year old Linda Blair modeled for catalogues from Sears, JC Penney’s and Macy’s. Her print work led Linda to over 70 television commercials, including Welch’s Jelly and other national products. She enhanced her marketable skills by taking equestrian training. At 10, Linda had a regular role in a soap opera and landed small roles in …
It’s Week 2 of Inktober 2025 and this week’s “Scream Queen” is Marilyn Burns. Armed with a drama degree from the University of Texas, Marilyn Burns made her film debut as a tour guide in Robert Altman’s 1970 offbeat comedy Brewster McCloud. She was later cast in a leading role in the Sidney Lumet-directed drama …
Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! It’s October! Summer is over. Hallowe’en is approaching! Pumpkin spice everything is just…. who are we kidding? Pumpkin spice flavoring has been infiltrating our cornflakes, lattes, hand soap, shoelaces… our everything since the last week of July! Nevertheless, October also marks the arrival of Inktober, the annual drawing exercise …
The final week is upon us and the final entry in the “Regional TV Horror Hosts” series is Philadelphia’s Stella. In September 1984, Philadelphia NBC affiliate KYW-TV continued a local, but near-forgotten, tradition. They decided to follow the national broadcast of Saturday Night Live, with a locally-produced show with a home-grown host. Tapping Philly actress …
The second series — “Horror Actors of the 1940s” — concludes with George Zucco. British actor George Zucco gained fame as an upper-crust, but often villainous, character in dozens of dramas, mysteries and serials of the 30s and 40s. He was cast as the nefarious “Professor Moriarty” in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1939. …
JPiC’s Inktober offers the fourth entry in the “Regional TV Horror Movie Hosts” series. After the death of Larry Vincent, Los Angeles’ TV’s local horror movie host “Sinister Seymour,” station KHJ was looking to revive the weekend broadcast. At first, they contacted Maila Nurmi, who played TV hostess “Vampira” in the 1950s. While Nurmi was …
Week 3 of the “Horror Actors of the 1940s” series in JPiC’s “Inktober” continues with Rondo Hatton. Rondo Hatton was a star athlete at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida, excelling in track and football. He was also voted Most Handsome Boy in his senior year. After high school, he worked as a sportswriter for …
