Allan Cole, a screenwriter, author and award-winning journalist, has died. He was 75. The WGA said he died Friday, in Boca Raton, Fl, after battling cancer.
Cole and his late writing partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, but he probably was best known for co-authoring the Sten science fiction series.
The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia and moved around with his family before settling in California.
He worked as a journalist for 14 years, taking on jobs at several Los Angeles-area newspapers including the Inglewood Daily News; San Gabriel Valley Tribune; and the Santa Monica Outlook, where he was city editor and national news editor.
Cole and Bunch earning writing credits on such hit TV shows as Magnum, P.I.; Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; The A-Team; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also were story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan,...
Cole and his late writing partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, but he probably was best known for co-authoring the Sten science fiction series.
The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia and moved around with his family before settling in California.
He worked as a journalist for 14 years, taking on jobs at several Los Angeles-area newspapers including the Inglewood Daily News; San Gabriel Valley Tribune; and the Santa Monica Outlook, where he was city editor and national news editor.
Cole and Bunch earning writing credits on such hit TV shows as Magnum, P.I.; Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; The A-Team; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also were story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Allan Cole, who wrote for such shows as Magnum, P.I., The A-Team and Hunter and co-authored the Sten series of sci-fi books, died Friday of cancer in Boca Raton, Florida, the WGA West announced. He was 75.
He and his late partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, earning credits on those and other shows like Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also served as story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan and Werewolf.
The pair were probably best known for their Sten science-fiction book series as well as a critically acclaimed 1987 Vietnam novel,...
He and his late partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, earning credits on those and other shows like Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also served as story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan and Werewolf.
The pair were probably best known for their Sten science-fiction book series as well as a critically acclaimed 1987 Vietnam novel,...
Viewers first became acquainted with the isolated horrors of John Carpenter's The Thing when it was released in 1982, but the story upon which it is based had already been in publication for over 40 years. Initially printed in Astounding Science Fiction in 1938, John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? served as the basis for Carpenter's classic horror film (as well as 1951's The Thing from Another World), and a novel-length version of Campbell's story was recently discovered, prompting a Kickstarter campaign for the publication of his classic story in its fullest edition, titled Frozen Hell.
Due out in early 2019 from Wildside Press, the publication of the hardcover and paperback editions of Frozen Hell can be supported on the book's official Kickstarter page. In addition to an expanded backstory, Frozen Hell will include an introduction by Robert Silverberg, a preview of John Gregory Betancourt's upcoming book sequel to The Thing story,...
Due out in early 2019 from Wildside Press, the publication of the hardcover and paperback editions of Frozen Hell can be supported on the book's official Kickstarter page. In addition to an expanded backstory, Frozen Hell will include an introduction by Robert Silverberg, a preview of John Gregory Betancourt's upcoming book sequel to The Thing story,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Allan Cole, continuing his stories of writing for The Incredible Hulk TV series, reveals a fact I never knew about the show…
After all, it was Lou Ferrigno who played the Hulk, right?
Right.
But Lou didn’t do his own stunts. The guy who actually crashed through buildings, jumped off cliffs, and generally beat the hell out of the bad guys, was Manny Perry, one of the premier body builders and stunt men of his era. He was also black.
It seems they cast seventy or eighty guys to stand in for Lou, but only Manny was big enough to double Ferrigno and athletic enough to do the stunts. As Manny once told an interviewer, “They figured green is green and who could tell the difference?”
via My Hollywood Misadventures: Lou Ferrigno And The Harley Hulkout.
After all, it was Lou Ferrigno who played the Hulk, right?
Right.
But Lou didn’t do his own stunts. The guy who actually crashed through buildings, jumped off cliffs, and generally beat the hell out of the bad guys, was Manny Perry, one of the premier body builders and stunt men of his era. He was also black.
It seems they cast seventy or eighty guys to stand in for Lou, but only Manny was big enough to double Ferrigno and athletic enough to do the stunts. As Manny once told an interviewer, “They figured green is green and who could tell the difference?”
via My Hollywood Misadventures: Lou Ferrigno And The Harley Hulkout.
- 11/10/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
With the imminent return of The Incredible Hulk to television (currently being developed for ABC and spinning out of the Avengers movie next summer) it’s illuminating to go back and take a look at how the original TV series was made. Allan Cole (perhaps better known as the co-author of the Stennovels) was a writer for the series, and he’s been reminiscing…
To understand The Incredible Hulk you have to first know that everybody on the show was nuts. Some were nice nuts. A few, not so nice. And others bounced back and forth like green balls of silly putty with no notice whatsoever.
It also helps to understand that the very premise of the show was schizoid, with this wimpy little doctor-type guy (played by Bill Bixby) transforming into a big green monster (played by Lou Ferrigno) when somebody kicks sand in his face and pisses him off.
To understand The Incredible Hulk you have to first know that everybody on the show was nuts. Some were nice nuts. A few, not so nice. And others bounced back and forth like green balls of silly putty with no notice whatsoever.
It also helps to understand that the very premise of the show was schizoid, with this wimpy little doctor-type guy (played by Bill Bixby) transforming into a big green monster (played by Lou Ferrigno) when somebody kicks sand in his face and pisses him off.
- 10/24/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
The Australian Cinematographers Society last month accredited four cinematographers to receive its prestigious Acs designation. The successful cinematographers were: Aron Leong (Qld), Dan Freene (Nsw), Robert Hill (Sa) and John Bean (Qld), who was awarded posthumously. They join 332 other cinematographers accredited by the Acs since 1963 and are now able to use the Acs designation after their names. Ten applications were made by cinematographers who wished to be accredited this year, the society said, but 80 per cent of the judging panel had to vote in favour of an applicant to qualify for the Acs designation. The judging panel, chaired by Ron Johanson Acs, was comprised of: David Burr Acs, Richard Malins Acs, Peter James Acs Asc, Tim McGahan Acs, Alan Cole Acs, Ted Rayment...
- 10/4/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
You worked the vampire look last year and zombies the time before that, so what theme to give your Halloween party this year? How about taking some inspiration from the Master of Suspense, the late, great Mr Alfred Hitchcock? The mastermind behind so many movie masterpieces, including Vertigo, North By Northwest and Rear Window to name but three, is still considered the greatest British filmmaker ever and a great source of spooky stories. And offering up two fantastic ideas is Meg Allan Cole from do-it-yourself fashion site, ThreadBanger.com in an easy-to-follow video tutorial. Click over to watch.
- 10/14/2009
- Boxwish.com
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