 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
August 23rd, 2005, 12:42 PM
|
#1
|
|
Strike Leader
 | Co-Founder | | | Colonial Fan Force |  | Co-Owner | | | TombsofKobol.com |
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Derby, England
Posts: 2,560
|
Steve Austin's Stepfather Is Dead
Actor Ford Rainy dead at 96:
SANTA MONICA, Calif. | July 27, 2005 1:12:12 AM
Actor Ford Rainey, whose film, TV and stage career spanned more than 50 years, died of complications of a series of strokes in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 96.
Rainey died Monday at St. John's Health Center, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
Rainey was well known to fans of TV, film and Broadway.
On the big screen, he appeared in The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen and Two Rode Together with James Stewart and Richard Widmark. On the small screen, he guest-starred on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Route 66, Perry Mason and The Untouchables. He was the guardian of TV's The Bionic Woman, a general in M*A*S*H and a judge in The Waltons and Matlock. He most recently appeared on ER and The King of Queens.
Rainey made his film debut in 1949 in an uncredited role in James Cagney's White Heat.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Sheila Hayden Rainey, two sons, a daughter and five grandchildren.
A public memorial was being planned.
|
|
|
|
|
August 23rd, 2005, 09:59 PM
|
#2
|
|
Strike Leader
 | Fleet Moderator | | | Colonial Fleets |
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Citrus Heights, CA
Posts: 3,544
|
Ohhhhhhhh......! 
I really enjoyed watching Ford Rainey as Jim Elgin in episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
Does anyone remember the pilot episode for the 60's SciFi TV series, Lost in Space? Ford Rainey played the President of the United States in a video transmission prior to the Robinsons lifting off for Alpha Centauri!
He'll live on in for many years to come....thanks to the timeless gift of DVD.
96 years old.....kinda puts us all to shame doesn't it?
What a long and interesting life he must have had!
Another talented actor heads for the great beyond...
Bryan
__________________
"When Commander Adama sees these, he's gonna go crazy!" - Col. Tigh - "Saga of a Star World"
"If you love long enough, wish hard enough, anything is possible" - From The Boy Who Could Fly
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 24th, 2005, 01:55 AM
|
#3
|
|
Major
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Ireland
Posts: 5,114
|
A sad passing of a fine actor... 96 years on this world and 51 of those years married,
I remember him in MASH as they are showing the show at the moment in Ireland..
__________________
Formally Taranis
My Blog
"The world is my country, science my religion.” 
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 24th, 2005, 02:00 PM
|
#4
|
|
Nameless Redshirt Ensign
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kansas City, Ks
Posts: 206
|
Sad to hear about his death.. I used watched mash all the time when I was younger...
__________________
 Ensign. Security Guard. U.S.S. Enterprise N.C.C. - 1701
Shugotenshi = Guardian Angel
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 2nd, 2005, 04:07 PM
|
#5
|
|
Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Port Orchard, WA,
Posts: 327
|
Ford Rainy and Martha Scott(who portrayed Steve Austin's mother) are now gone. Talented performers. I believe Martha Scott was also in her 90's when she passed away.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
For fans of the Classic Battlestar Galactica series
|
|
|
