RIP: Barry Morse

The oldest memory I have of this actor is his role as Prof. Victor Bergman on Space: 1999. When Fred Freiberger came in as line producer, he left. I didn't get to see his work on the original Fugitive until decades later, thanks to the family's move to Ottawa. It was one of the many cultural benefits of that move, looking back.

I never had the chance to actually meet him, of course, although I'd heard of his attendance of assorted conventions and festivals over the years.

The thing I'm sorriest about is that we won't see any more new work of his.

Good-bye, sir.

For those interested: the CBC obituary notice.

Speaking of Space: 1999

Since the subject came up by association with the late Barry Morse last posting.

Looking back, I can state my current opinion of the show pretty quickly: great spacecraft design, cool VFX for the time period, bad scripts, good actors trying to hold it all together as best they could in spite of the scripts.

Fair assessment or not?