RIP Malachi Throne (Comm. Mendez, Falseface)

[hedrap]

If you really want a feel for the theatrics Throne had, find his Lost In Space episode "Thief From Outer Space", where he plays this Ali Baba/Aladdin type with the great Ted Cassidy as his muscle. Probably my favorite LIS episode because Throne was lightyears better than Jonathan Harris.

[PNGwynne]

Throne had a great, gravelly vocal quality.

[mego73]

Now that I did not know! It's amazing how many actors we have seen narrated trailers like this. Percy Rodriguez comes to mind. He was in Court Marshal and a lot of other stuff and did a lot of 70's trailers, including JAWS. He was also the voice of the Loc- nar in Heavy Metal.

He also did the voice over for the first Star Wars trailer.

[Werewolf]

He also did the voice over for the first Star Wars trailer.

[mego73]

You can hear snippets of the unaltered voice in the parts of The Cage that they didn't use in The Menagerie and the next week preview for part 2. The blu ray restored version gies ahead and pitches up the voice in the Cage only moments so they match. I wish that instead they restore the original Keeper track without the electronic work but the only source of that is Gene Roddenberry's scratchy black and white print (where you can hear that the sound quality is pretty lacking).

Wow !!! ... as a huge Star Trek fan i'm embarrassed to admit I never knew he talked for the Talosian Keeper !!!

Thanks for the info Mike

[Mikey]

Wow !!! ... as a huge Star Trek fan i'm embarrassed to admit I never knew he talked for the Talosian Keeper !!!

Thanks for the info Mike

[mego73]

Here is a recording of Malachi's voice track for the Talosian Keeper before it was electronically pitched up for The Menagerie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eB6ZelxXTA&sns=em

[Meule]

RIP Malachi

[Bruce Banner]

Great actor, awesome voice.
I remember listening to his narration on the old "The Empire Strikes Back" story LP, non stop.
RIP.

[HardyGirl]

Wow, that's really sad. He was a good character actor. RIP Malachi.

[Mikey]

Awww, was just watching him on the SMDM episode The Bionic Woman last night.

He was in EVERYTHING

RIP - a truly great one

[mego73]

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/tv-vet-malachi-throne-dead-0

One of the greats!