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The Human Duplicators is a 1965 American science fiction film by Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc. Produced and directed by Hugo Grimaldi and Arthur C. Pierce (the latter uncredited as director), the film stars George Nader , Barbara Nichols , George Macready and Dolores Faith . It was shown in the US on a double feature with Mutiny in Outer Space .

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63-476: The narrative follows a very tall space alien ( Richard Kiel ) who has come to earth at the command of the "Intergalactic Council" to replace select humans with " android doppelgängers ." The goal of human duplication is to take over the earth, but the plan fails when the androids are destroyed by an investigator from the US National Intelligence Agency. Aboard a spacecraft heading toward earth,

126-701: A Miyawaki forest near the Bette Davis Picnic Area has attracted Western toads from the Los Angeles River . Much of the exposed rock in Griffith Park is marine or non-marine sedimentary rock of Neogene and Quaternary formations, including the Lower, Middle and Upper Topanga , as well as the Monterey and Fernando formations. Both inclined bedding and fossil-bearing strata are common. Also present

189-555: A Teenage Monster". He later appeared in an episode of The Wild Wild West , titled "The Night of the Simian Terror", as Dimas, the outcast son of a wealthy family, banished because of birth defects that distorted his body and apparently affected his mind. The episode first aired February 16, 1968. This episode is significant, because it allowed Kiel the opportunity to really act rather than just look intimidating. In 1977, Kiel and Arnold Schwarzenegger were both considered for playing

252-671: A brief non-speaking appearance leaving a gym in the Jerry Lewis movie The Nutty Professor (1963). The James Bond film producers spotted Kiel in Barbary Coast , and thought he was ideal for the role of Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). He was one of the few Bond villains to appear in two Bond films, later appearing in Moonraker (1979). He was often shot with his mouth closed or briefly showing his dangerous smile as he admitted

315-465: A brief stay, but Issei internees arrested in the days and weeks following the outbreak of the war arrived soon after to take their place. Up to 550 Japanese Americans were confined in Griffith Park from 1941 to 1942, all subsequently transferred to Fort Lincoln , Fort Missoula and other DOJ camps. On July 14, 1942, the detention camp became a POW Processing Center for German, Italian and Japanese prisoners-of-war , operating until August 3, 1943, when

378-614: A broad spectrum of donors, in addition to $ 1.7 million from the city, and added to the park in July 2010 bringing the park's total acreage to 4,310 acres (1,740 ha). A statue of a standing bear, created in 1976 by Noack Foundry based on the design of German sculptor Renée Sintenis originally created in 1932, is located in the park. Its plaque reads "To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles by

441-445: A cell with the real Dornheimer. Lisa brings Glenn his "lucky coin," which contains a wire that he can use to cut through the cell's bars. She is then dragged away by two android lab assistants. As he saws the bars, the real Dornheimer tells him that he can destroy the androids by zapping their heads with the lab's "pulse laser beam." When Kolos refuses to turn Lisa into an android, android Dornheimer unexpectedly proclaims himself head of

504-512: A door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, a nightclub bouncer , and as a cemetery plot salesman. From 1963 to 1965, Kiel worked as a night-school mathematics instructor at the William B. Ogden Radio Operational School in Burbank, California . His career included movies, television guest starring, and co-authoring books. Kiel appeared in many television shows throughout the 1960s to the 1980s, including

567-498: A frequent target of police activity. More than 200 gay men socialized through the day. Hired as part of a welfare project, 3,780 men were in the park clearing brush on October 3, 1933, when a fire broke out in the Mineral Wells area in the northern part of the current park. Many of the workers volunteered or were ordered to fight the fire. In all, 29 men were killed and 150 were injured. Professional firefighters arrived and limited

630-491: A girls' camp and boys' camp in the park. As his reputation in the city was tainted by his crime, the city refused his money. In 1912, Griffith designated 100 acres (40 ha) of the park, at its northeast corner along the Los Angeles River, to be used to "do something to further aviation". The Griffith Park Aerodrome was the result. Aviation pioneers such as Glenn L. Martin and Silas Christofferson used it; afterwards

693-496: A school located at 5210 Clinton Street, which was used as the Space Research Corp. building where the scientists work. The exact dates of filming are unavailable, but Hugo Grimaldi Productions copyrighted the film on October 21, 1964. In The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction , British film scholar Phil Hardy lists the movie as an American-Italian co-production made by Woolner Brothers and Independenti Regionali. It

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756-490: A security door off it hinges with his bare hands and kills a guard. He then ignores shouted warnings to halt by a second guard, who shoots him four times in the back. Munson neither flinches nor bleeds, just gets into his car and calmly drives off as if nothing unusual has happened. He's an android, although the police don't know it. Glenn Martin (George Nader) of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) takes over

819-518: A severe head injury in a car accident, which affected his balance. Consequently, he had to rely on a cane for support, as seen in his appearance in Happy Gilmore . Later in life, Kiel utilized a scooter or wheelchair for mobility. Kiel co-authored a biography of the abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay titled Kentucky Lion . In 2002, Kiel published his autobiography, Making It Big in the Movies . Kiel

882-495: A trust fund for the improvements he envisioned, and after his death in 1919 the city began to build what Griffith had wanted. The amphitheater, called the Greek Theatre , was completed in 1930, and Griffith Observatory was finished in 1935. Subsequent to Griffith's original gift, further donations of land, city purchases, and the reversion of land from private to public have expanded the park to its present size. In December, 1944

945-536: Is a popular hiking area. Orientation maps are located at the entrance to the parking lot near Griffith Observatory . A service road leads from the observatory to numerous hiking routs on and around Mount Lee; however, the immediate area where the Hollywood Sign is located is closed to the public since the area is home to the main communication tower for the City of Los Angeles. Hiking up to Wisdom tree on Cahuenga Peak from

1008-399: Is an android and decides to tail him. Android Glenn goes to a facility to steal additional electronics. He is interrupted by Gale, then gets into a gunfight with the police, during which his arm is trapped in a sliding door. When the police yank the door open, expecting to arrest the real Glenn, all they find is android Glenn's arm. He has torn it off and escaped. The real Glenn is locked in

1071-428: Is late Miocene intrusive rock , generally strongly weathered and easily cleaved, as well as some dikes and purple and gray andesitic extrusive rock bodies. Faulting as well as clear contacts between rock bodies are also common. With its wide variety of scenes and close proximity to Hollywood and Burbank , various locations in the park have been used extensively in movies and television shows. Griffith Park

1134-711: The Civilian Conservation Corps camp contained within Griffith Park was converted to a holding center for Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens" before they were transferred to more permanent internment camps. The Griffith Park Detention Camp opened almost immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, taking in 35 Japanese immigrants suspected of fifth column activity because they lived and worked near military installations. These men, mostly fishermen from nearby Terminal Island , were transferred to an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention station after

1197-528: The Hulk in the American television series The Incredible Hulk . After Schwarzenegger was turned down due to his height, Kiel started filming the pilot. However, the producers quickly decided they wanted a more muscular Hulk rather than the towering Kiel, so he was dismissed. Kiel later said he did not mind losing the part, because he could only see out of one eye. He reacted badly to the contact lenses he had to wear for

1260-442: The Los Angeles River ) in 1882 and started an ostrich farm there. Although ostrich feathers were commonly used in making women's hats in the late 19th century, Griffith's purpose was primarily to lure residents of Los Angeles to his nearby property developments, which supposedly were haunted by the ghost of Antonio Feliz (a previous owner of the property). After the property rush peaked, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (1,220 ha) to

1323-855: The Los Angeles Zoo , the Autry Museum of the American West , the Griffith Observatory , and the Hollywood Sign . Due to its appearance in many films, the park is among the most famous municipal parks in North America. It has been compared to Central Park in New York City and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, but it is much larger, less tamed, and more rugged than either of those parks. The Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commission adopted

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1386-632: The "best-dressed giant" Mr. Eddie, in So Fine with Ryan O'Neal . Kiel also starred in the film Pale Rider (1985). Acting as the main antagonist's henchman, he redeems his character's status by saving the hero from a gunshot to the back. The Spy Who Loved Me was the first of three films that Kiel appeared in alongside Barbara Bach in the late 1970's. The other two were Force 10 from Navarone and The Humanoid . Although earlier roles had offered him little dialogue, his role in Happy Gilmore (1996)

1449-635: The American company Better Television Distribution had acquired the world-wide TV syndication rights. For personal home viewing, VHS tapes of The Human Duplicators were released in the 1980s by Joy Home Video in West Germany and at unknown dates by International Video Entertainment , ThrillerVideo and Star Classics Video in the US. The Star Classics VHS release is called Jaws of the Alien . The Human Duplicators has not received particularly good reviews from critics over

1512-609: The Cosmic Agent"). One of the titles used for a VHS of the movie in the US was Jaws of the Alien . Kiel appeared as the character Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). The movie was theatrically released in the US by Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc., by International Film Distributors in Canada and by Regal Films International in the UK. Distribution in the US switched to Allied Artists in 1966 and 40 years later, in 2006,

1575-877: The Greek Theater, the Bronson Canyon / Brush Canyon Trail (3200 Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA), and a number of trailheads that begin near the Griffith Park Visitors Center off Crystal Springs Drive in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles (free trail maps are available at the Visitors Center). A once-popular trailhead originating at the top of Beachwood Drive was closed by court order in April 2017. Mount Lee's hiking trails and fire roads are part of Griffith Park; as such it's easy to get lost and be redirected. Maps of

1638-545: The Griffith Park Observatory deck warn of rattlesnakes in the surrounding area. Urban coyotes abound in Griffith Park and are generally active at night. Park visitors report frequent sightings during the day and have had their dogs attacked by coyotes. Visitors are strongly discouraged from feeding Griffith Park coyotes including near "the base of Fern Canyon, where up to eight coyotes per day are present more or less continuously." The newly created habitat of

1701-681: The Los Angeles Zoo, and threatened the Griffith Observatory, but left such areas intact. Several local organizations, including SaveGriffithPark.org, have been working since then with local officials to restore the park in a way that would benefit all. It was the third fire of the year. The city announced a $ 50 million plan to stabilize the burned slopes. The trees along Canyon Drive were allowed to grow back naturally, having been re-seeded by bird droppings. One hundred acres (40 ha) around Cahuenga Peak were purchased with funds from

1764-534: The Sherman Company donated 444 acres (180 ha) of Hollywoodland open space to Griffith Park. This large, passive, eco-sensitive property borders the Lake Hollywood reservoir (west), the former Hollywoodland sign (north), and Bronson Canyon (east) where it connects into the original Griffith donation. The Hollywoodland residential community is surrounded by this land. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor ,

1827-585: The South-western slopes of Mount Lee is accessible. Visitors are expected to comply with safety requirements, and must be prepared and equipped adequately. Trails leading to the Hollywood Sign can be accessed from several official Griffith Park entrances. These include the Mt. Hollywood Trail, which can be accessed from the Griffith Observatory parking lot off Vermont Canyon Road or from Vermont Canyon Road just past

1890-676: The aerodrome was demolished, though the rotating beacon and its tower remained for many years. From 1946 until the mid-1950s, Rodger Young Village occupied the area which had formerly been the Aerodrome. Today that site is occupied by the Los Angeles Zoo parking lot, the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, soccer fields, and the interchange between the Golden State Freeway and the Ventura Freeway . Griffith set up

1953-619: The aerodrome was passed to the National Guard Air Service . Air operations continued on a 2,000-foot (600 m)-long runway until 1939, when it was closed, partly due to danger from interference with the approaches to Grand Central Airport across the river in Glendale, and because the City Planning commission complained that a military airport violated the terms of Griffith's deed. The National Guard squadron moved to Van Nuys , and

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2016-433: The android "master race" and has Kolos chained to a wall by the half-dozen android Thors it takes to overpower him, then begins the process of duplicating Lisa. But suddenly android Glenn returns, interrupting the duplication. Still loyal to Kolos, android Glenn refuses to accept android Dornheimer as master. They fight, destroying each other. The real Glenn zaps the remaining androids as Kolos breaks free of his chains. After

2079-1027: The androids have been destroyed, Kolos gently places the unconscious Lisa on a sofa. Her eyelids flutter open. She puts a hand to the corner of one eye and smiles. Kolos says that his mission has failed and, sadly, he has learned that he too is an android. He teletransports back aboard the spaceship, presumably to meet his doom at the hands of the Intergalactic Council. Unnamed characters : Lonnie Sattin; Mel Ruick (in credits as Melville Ruick); Walter Maslow; Larry Barton; Kim Satana; Benito Prezia; John Dasten (in credits as John Daston); Richard Schuyler; William White (in credits as Bill Hampton); and Andrew Johnson. The Human Duplicators' interior shots were filmed at Producers Studio in Hollywood. Exterior locations were Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park in Los Angeles and

2142-552: The blaze to 47 acres (19 ha). On May 12, 1961, a wildfire on the south side of the park burned 814 acres (329 ha). It also destroyed eight homes and damaged nine more, chiefly in the Beachwood Canyon area. Another fire occurred c. 1971 in the Toyon Canyon area. Repelled by the ugliness of the devastated area, Amir Dialameh replanted a portion of it himself by hand. Over the course of more than 30 years he tended

2205-627: The case. Glenn fails to find out anything by posing as a reporter, although he meets Lisa. He later sneaks into Dornheimer's lab and witnesses human duplication. Lisa tells him that Dornheimer has been replaced by an android. As she leaves, Glenn is attacked by an android version of Dornheimer's servant Thor ( John Indrisano ). In the ensuing fight, Glenn smashes android Thor's head, destroying him. Kolos hauls Glenn off to be duplicated. After duplication, android Glenn returns to NIA headquarters, where Gale Wilson (Nichols), Glenn's girlfriend and fellow agent, notices his oddly cold behavior. She wonders if Glenn

2268-562: The characterization of the park as an "urban wilderness" on January 8, 2014. The park covers 4,310 acres (1,740 ha) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. It is the second-largest city park in California, after Mission Trails Preserve in San Diego, and the 11th-largest municipally-owned park in the United States. After successfully investing in mining, Griffith J. Griffith purchased Rancho Los Feliz (near

2331-444: The city of Los Angeles on December 16, 1896. It came with instructions: "Public parks are a safety valve of great cities...and should be accessible and attractive, where neither race, creed nor color should be excluded." Griffith was tried and convicted of shooting and severely wounding his wife in a 1903 incident. When released from prison, he attempted to fund the construction of an amphitheater , observatory , planetarium , and

2394-442: The east side of Griffith Park that would remove 44 trees and replace four acres (1.6 ha) of picnic area, the largest picnic area in the park that is often used for large family gatherings, cultural fairs and festivals, reunions, and other special occasions. The plan may be altered to spare a sycamore that has been designated by the city as a " heritage tree ", a living artifact of Los Angeles history. After its closure in 1966,

2457-537: The famous 1962 Twilight Zone episode, " To Serve Man ", where he portrayed the 9-foot tall Kanamit aliens. Other TV series he appeared in included Laramie ("Street of Hate", 1961), I Dream of Jeannie , The Rifleman ("The Decision", 1961), Honey West , Gilligan's Island , The Monkees , Daniel Boone , Emergency! , Starsky & Hutch , Land of the Lost , Simon & Simon , Kolchak: The Night Stalker , and The Fall Guy . Due to his size, Kiel

2520-645: The film. He said in an interview with American film scholar Tom Weaver that the film "was a big hit in Chicago," where it played "in like 27 theaters" simultaneously. Kiel made personal appearances at theaters that were showing the movie in Chicago and said that they were so successful that he was asked to do the same in Toronto. But he told interviewer Maggie Howard in 2009 that "The way the director wanted me to act – kind of robotic – didn't come off as well as I would have liked." The Human Duplicators

2583-487: The garden he built there, with the help of occasional volunteers. Amir's Garden is featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser episode 1306. On May 8, 2007, a major wildfire burned more than 817 acres (331 ha), destroying the bird sanctuary, Dante's View, and Captain's Roost, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. The fire came right up to one of the largest playgrounds in Los Angeles, Shane's Inspiration , and

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2646-577: The giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode, " To Serve Man ". Kiel was born on September 13, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. His extraordinary height was a result of gigantism , a condition caused by an excess of human growth hormone . When he was 9 years old, his family moved to Los Angeles County , California, where Kiel graduated from Baldwin Park High School . Before becoming an actor, Kiel worked in several jobs, including as

2709-588: The grounds of the Griffith Park Zoo were transformed into a recreation area. Some of the former animal enclosures were left in place, and picnic tables were installed. The annual Bell-Jeff Invitational cross country race has been held in the park on the last Saturday in September since 1973. After 74 years in operation, the Griffith Park Pony Rides closed on December 21, 2022. Griffith Park

2772-606: The head of the "Intergalactic Council" ( Ted Durant ) briefs Dr. Kolos ( Richard Kiel ), a gigantic humanoid alien, on his part to "expand our galaxy domination program." If Kolos succeeds, human duplicates – androids – will begin taking over. If he fails, he will be destroyed. After arriving via "teletransporter" at the mansion of Dr. Vaughan Dornheimer (Macready), Kolos encounters Dornheimer's blind niece, Lisa (Faith). Not realizing that he's an extraterrestrial , she takes Kolos to Dornheimer's laboratory. Kolos tells Dornheimer that together they will develop

2835-482: The mouthpiece to simulate the metal teeth was extremely painful to wear and could only be used for a few minutes on every take. He reprised his role of Jaws in the video game called James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing , supplying his voice and likeness. This was his second outing as a metal-toothed villain; a year before being cast in The Spy Who Loved Me , he had played Reace in the comedy-thriller film Silver Streak (1976). He used his size for comedic effect, as

2898-445: The movie a "confused and over-ambitious offering from Grimaldi." He says that The Human Duplicators "marks the beginnings of a return to the technical gimmickry of the 1930s". British critic Steven Puchalski refers to the film as a "colourful dose of swill" with a "silly plot and comical goofiness going for it." He makes specific mention of the special effects, sarcastically noting that "The highly technical duplication process involves

2961-607: The people of free Berlin ". This is the same bear as that used to create the Golden Bear awards for the Berlin International Film Festival each year. Much of the park comprises wild, rugged natural areas with hiking and equestrian trails, and this terrain separates the park into many areas or "pockets" of activities. Within the various areas are concessions, golf courses, picnic grounds, train rides, and tennis courts. In 2014, two baseball fields were proposed on

3024-580: The prisoners were transferred elsewhere. The camp was changed to the Army Western Corps Photographic Center and Camouflage Experimental Laboratory until the end of the war. On 17 March 1968, in Los Angeles, to protest entrapment and harassment by the Los Angeles Police Department , two drag queens known as "The Princess" and "The Duchess" held a St. Patrick's Day party at Griffith Park, a popular cruising spot and

3087-509: The role. He also found the green makeup unpleasant and difficult to remove. His scenes were then reshot with Lou Ferrigno . Kiel broke into films in the early 1960s with Eegah (1962), which was later featured on Elvira's Movie Macabre and Mystery Science Theater 3000 , as were The Phantom Planet (1961) and The Human Duplicators (1965). He also produced, co-wrote, and starred in The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991). He also had

3150-440: The sophisticated androids that Dornheimer is unable to create on his own. Dornheimer refuses, but Kolos makes it clear that he is now "the master" and that he will be obeyed. The police, meanwhile, are stymied by multiple thefts from high-security electronics facilities, apparently perpetrated by the "top scientists" who work at them. Most baffling of all is Dr. Munson ( Walter Abel ). After being admitted to his facility, he tears

3213-425: The trails and the land around the hills should be studied before attempting to hike the area for the first time. An adult mountain lion , named P-22 , inhabited the park from 2012 to 2022. An image of the cougar was captured on an automatic camera. P-22 is likely not the first mountain lion to have taken up residence in Griffith Park, although the duration of his stay was remarkably long. A mountain lion's body

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3276-428: The victims standing in a circular cage while red and blue lights flash at them," after which "they sit under clear plastic hair dryers until their brains harden." He adds that for unknown reasons the androids have heads made of plaster, "so whenever they're knocked on the noggin, their skulls crack open and Erector Set pieces tumble out. Oops! Design flaw, indeed ...." Kiel himself seems to have had mixed feelings about

3339-435: The years. "Whit" reviewed the film for the 19 May 1965 issue of Variety and called it "an okay entry in its field." He wrote that there was little new in the plot, but that it "generates enough interest to pass in minor situations" and has "exploitation value" for theater owners. "Whit" was somewhat complimentary about the production crew, noting that "Don Wolf's editing is fairly fast." British film scholar Phil Hardy calls

3402-708: Was also a born-again Christian . His website states his religious conversion helped him to overcome alcoholism. On September 10, 2014, three days before his 75th birthday, Kiel died at St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California , from heart disease. Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains , in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California . The park includes popular attractions such as

3465-441: Was found in Griffith Park sometime in 1996 or 1997, after being hit by a vehicle. Another mountain lion was sighted several times in Griffith Park in 2004 and rangers found evidence (including deer remains) to support its presence there. An urban ecologist monitors wildlife within the park. The ecologist has also been conducting a raptor study in the communities surrounding the park through volunteers since 2017. Permanent signs on

3528-414: Was known for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). Kiel's next-most-recognized role is the tough but eloquent Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other notable films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985), and Tangled (2010). On television, he portrayed

3591-559: Was often cast in villainous roles. He appeared as Voltaire, the towering mute-but-lethal assistant to Dr. Miguelito Loveless in three first-season episodes of The Wild Wild West . In the Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Vulcan Affair" (1964), Kiel appeared as a guard in Vulcan's plant and portrayed Merry in "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair". In 1967, he played a monster in The Monkees episode "I Was

3654-511: Was one of two such co-productions directed by Grimaldi and released in 1965, the other being its companion film Mutiny in Outer Space . Why Richard Kiel's name was not included on the movie poster remains a mystery, although the packaging of a VHS tape of unknown date identifies the film's stars as "Richard ' Jaws ' Kiel and Hugh ' Ward Cleaver ' Beaumont." The film was Beaumont's final picture before retiring from acting. The Human Duplicators

3717-466: Was quite the opposite. As Mr. Larson, Happy Gilmore's former employer, Kiel exchanges several one-liners with both Adam Sandler 's Happy and Christopher McDonald 's Shooter McGavin. Kiel took a quieter profile after Happy Gilmore ' s release, but left semi-retirement to record a role for Tangled (2010). In the acclaimed animated Disney film, he portrayed Vlad, a surprisingly softhearted thug who collects ceramic unicorns. Kiel's first marriage

3780-654: Was released to theaters in Italy as Agente Spaziale K-1 ("Space Agent K-1") and in France as Les Créatures de Kolos ("The Creatures of Kolos"). In Belgium it was shown under both the French title and the Dutch title Schepsels van Kolos ("Creatures of Kolos"). The film was also released theatrically in Brazil, Greece and Spain. In France, the video version's title was Kolos, l'agent cosmique ("Kolos,

3843-500: Was shown as Episode 6 of Season 3 of Elvira's Movie Macabre , which first aired on 5 August 1984. The film was later featured in a season 4 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 originally telecast on 26 December 1992. Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing 7 ft 2 in (218 cm) tall and often referred to as "the Gentle Giant", he

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3906-514: Was the color first feature on a double bill with the black-and-white Mutiny in Outer Space . The film was released in the US on 3 March 1965 and at an unspecified date the same year in Canada. It opened in Mexico on 14 December 1967 as Humanoides asesinos ("Humanoids, murderers"). A day later in West Germany, where Nader was well known for playing "tough FBI agent Jerry Cotton in eight highly successful but rubbishy crime thrillers" it premiered as FBI jagt Phantom ("FBI hunts Phantom"). The movie

3969-431: Was to Faye Daniels in 1960. They divorced in 1973. One year later he married Diane Rogers, who stood more than two feet shorter at 5 ft 1 in (154 cm) tall. Their marriage lasted for 40 years, until his death. They had four children and nine grandchildren. Despite being over two feet taller than his second wife, she described their mutual attraction as "We see eye to eye on so many things." In 1992, Kiel suffered

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