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Richard Coogan, Star of 'Captain Video and His Video Rangers,' Dies at 99
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | March 12, 2014 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 03/12/2014 7:29:50 PM PDT by EveningStar

Richard Coogan, who played Captain Video on the early TV sci-fi adventure series Captain Video and His Video Rangers, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 99.

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


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: captainvideo; obit; obituary; richardcoogan; sciencefiction; scifi; television; tv
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To: hinckley buzzard

Probably the lowest budget of any TV series I remember. The space ship was ridiculous.


21 posted on 03/12/2014 9:59:40 PM PDT by wildbill
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To: wildbill

The series circumvented the continium...it was so bad that it was good.


22 posted on 03/12/2014 10:15:19 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: wildbill
Probably the lowest budget of any TV series I remember. The space ship was ridiculous.

The Dumont Network. Done live on a soundstage in New York.


23 posted on 03/13/2014 10:48:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog; wildbill
Probably the lowest budget of any TV series I remember. The space ship was ridiculous.

The Dumont Network. Done live on a soundstage in New York.

I didn't get to see it until 1955. We didn't have a TV until then.

In one episode, I remember the entrance to the control room being a standard wooden house door with a knob.

24 posted on 03/13/2014 11:23:36 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: yarddog

Interesting


25 posted on 03/13/2014 11:27:29 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: EveningStar; Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; Thorliveshere; ...

ping


26 posted on 03/13/2014 3:25:33 PM PDT by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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To: Constitution Day

Remember the episode where he killed the radio star?


27 posted on 03/13/2014 3:29:10 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Perdogg

to infinity and beyond


28 posted on 03/13/2014 4:08:55 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: EveningStar

Paging Ed Norton ... Oh, wait...


29 posted on 03/13/2014 7:56:44 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: windcliff

“Over and out Captain Video.”

RIP


30 posted on 03/14/2014 6:55:55 AM PDT by onedoug
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