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Very Unlike some sci-fi films of the period that lacked script development, the screenplay by James Clavell was well written. knew if we could get that script onto film, it would go through the roof and exactly what said Hedison. made it in 18 shooting days. and were the top moneymaking films for Fox in face was hidden for part of the film, but that bruise the young up-and- coming ego. fact, it made me better, because I had to act with my whole body to get distress also performed all the scenes himself.

are eautifully trained and can do most anything except act! There were no doubles or stunt men used on Two years after edison had his first encounter with Irwin Allen in the dinosaur drama, Lost but was not impressed with that production. It was all done on the back lot and it he said. script was quite bad. None of the characters had any kind of de- velopment and were only there to react to the special But it did provide an opportunity to co-star with Claude Rains, in one of his last performances. was a lovely man, very recalled Hedison.

told the most wonderful stories. I would sit in his dressing room and continually pester him to tell me about working with all those wonderful old movie people. To this day, I know why Rains kick me Joined by Richard Basehart as Admiral Nelson, Hedison reunited with Allen in 1964 for to the Bottom of the which would win four prime-time Emmys for techni- al achievements (e.g. Editing, Special Effects) during its four season run. But unlike other big hit, in the perm it the cast to inject any humor into the scripts.

would yell at us every time we tried, so we quit Hedison recalled. even ade us re-shoot scenes, if they were too light-hearted. Irwin decreed would be grim. So we were grim, and the show was Nevertheless, he says, the stories, special effects, and cast made the show a success and still popular today. Basehart was a major plus he would have been to any Hedison often did his own stunts, he says the most dangerous being they made me fight between explosions and Today, he suffers from hearing loss.

did not issue us earplugs on the recounted Hedison, who turns 89 on May 20. was also hurt in an explosion on a Polish movie set of in 1990 hey used too much explosive and I was placed way too close ut probably more of an age thing with contributing Like many of Irwin productions, contained lenty of stylish props, including models of the futuristic Seaview submarine. production folks took some of them home and those ave since been sold off in various auctions over the noted Hedison. rest were reused and blown up in other Fox Studio projects. Some ended up as an attraction at a now defunct Ocean Park the Diving Bell went to a Dive Shop that there any more and one of the flying sub models was on rotating display at the Hard Rock in New York City, I was told.

I really want anything, once the show was canceled but I did take home my werewolf teeth from the 4th season episode Man The TV series was based on 1961movie of the same name. The producer wanted Hedison for the Captain Crane role in the film version, but Hedison had other plans and the part ent to Robert Sterling. knew him, we both worked a Fox in the late but we did our own thing when I played this character in the explained Hedison. never discussed the part with A fter Hedison appeared in many film and TV roles, and was a regular on the CBS soap, Young and the in 2004. Live and Let reunited edison with Roger Moore, the two having worked together earlier on TV series He recalled ense of humor, but could he pro- ide examples? Sadly, nothing you can he noted.

has this a bility to lighten up any set and the actors and crews loved him. been friends for over 50 years now and he is still the very kind, generous man I met in In 2014, Hedison participated in Green George A. Pappy feature-length documentary about the late actress usan Oliver (see thegreengirl- ovie.com who died 26 years a go this month. The film won est Feature Documentary at the Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Fest in 2015. Hedison, who briefly dated Oliver in the 60s, attended the premiere.

screening was terrific with lots of enthusiastic he recalled. was a dear friend and good she is being remembered for her contributions to the Oliver and Hedison also share a connection to the Star Trek world. While hers was direct she appeared as the green-skinned Orion slave girl seen during the end credits of the original series, giving rise to documentary title was less so. The premise of was based on scientist character inventing a transportation machine which inadvertently combines his atoms with a and reassembles hem into the hideous monster. The concept of a functioning atter transporter, which actually appeared in various forms in novels and short stories long before featured prominently in Star Trek.

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