I
grew up watching the old Battlestar
Galactica
episodes on Saturdays and loving every minute. His Apollo character
was always the straight hero type. Make no mistake he was the hero
of the show more or less. I was a little miffed they wrote (or
forgotten) about his character in Galactica 1980. Though it is kind
of implied that he was killed off between the two series.
Hatch
was in everything in the TV realm during the 70s and 80s. (CHiPs
Fantasy
Island Murder,
She Wrote
) He was in an episode of T.J.
Hooker
which co-starred William Shatner. Heck, he was in Baywatch.
I know most of the
younger people remember him from the newer BSG show. I was never a
huge fan of that show, but I liked what I saw of his character. He
also wrote a lot of BSG stories based on the old continuity. He kept
the franchise alive for many years. He even tried to continue the
series with his own proposal series before the Ron Moore series took
root (there was another series planned with Bryan Singer).
He was also one of the
main stars of the upcoming major fan film Star Trek: Anxar. He plays
an important Klingon. I liked his role in the prelude episode. I am
guessing he finished the fan movie before his death.
Check
out his proposed re-launch of
his version of BSG he pitched to the studio.
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