John Colicos

Actor Dec 10 (died age 71) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1948–1999 (51 year career)

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Biography

John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a celebrated Canadian actor known for his extensive work on stage and screen in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He began his career in Canadian theater and became the youngest actor to play King Lear at London’s Old Vic. His authoritative presence led to many memorable villain roles in science fiction and drama. Colicos is especially famous for his portrayal of Commander Kor, the first Klingon ever depicted in Star Trek’s O…

Known For

Film

The Changeling

Captain DeWitt

Film

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Nick Papadakis

Film

Battlestar Galactica

Count Baltar

Film

Battlestar Galactica

Baltar

Film

Anne of the Thousand Days

Cromwell

Film

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

Baltar

Film

Scorpio

McLeod

Film

Raid on Rommel

Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (41)

Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming

1999

as Baltar

8.0

The Windsor Protocol

1998

as Gerhardt Heinzer / Albert Greenfield

3.7

My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story

1998

as Richard Eberle

6.0

No Contest

1995

as Senator Donald Wilson

5.2

In Defense of a Married Man

1990

as Charles Evers

4.5

Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

as Serge Kujawa

Shadow Dancing

as Anthony Podopolis

Nowhere to Hide

as General Howard

American Caesar

as Self - Narrator

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Nick Papadakis

The Changeling

as Captain DeWitt

The Starlost: The Beginning

1980

as The Governor

Phobia

1980

as Inspector Barnes

4.2

Conquest of the Earth

1980

as Baltar

6.5

The Paradise Connection

1979

as Maj. Derek Barclay-Battles

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

1979

as Baltar

7.0

King Solomon's Treasure

as Allan Quatermain

The Bastard

as Lord North

Battlestar Galactica

as Baltar

Breaking Point

as Vincent Karbone

Drum

as Bernard DeMarigny

The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper

1976

as Moroni

6.0

A Matter of Wife... and Death

1975

as Joe Ruby

7.0

The Hecklers

1975

as Narrator

Scorpio

1973

as McLeod

6.1

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

10.0

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

1973

as Numan Menemengioglu

The Wrath of God

1972

as Col. Santilla

5.3

Raid on Rommel

1971

as Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie

5.8

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

1971

as Paul Jamison

Red Sky at Morning

as Jimbob Buel

Doctors' Wives

as Mort Dellman

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Cromwell

Les ludions

Cyrano De Bergerac

as Comte de Guiche

Wuthering Heights

1958

as Hindley Earnshaw

War Drums

as Chino

Passport to Treason

as Pietro

Bond of Fear

as Dewar

Breakaway

as First Kidnapper

Barbados Quest

as Mustachioed Henchman (as John Collicos)

4.4

Television (43)

The Last Don

1997

as Eli Marrion

7.1

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

as Kor

7.9

X-Men

1992

as Apocalypse (voice)

8.2

War of the Worlds

1988

as Quinn

6.4

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Carter Talbot

The Hitchhiker

as Mr. Stregga

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Battlestar Galactica

as Count Baltar

Vega$

The Bastard

as Lord North

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Charlie's Angels

as Anton Karazna

Quincy, M.E.

Wonder Woman

as Ambassador Orrick

Switch

as Gilchrist

Bronk

The Six Million Dollar Man

as General Norbukov

Harry O

as Walter Nesbitt

Petrocelli

The National Dream

as Cornelius Van Horne

Salty

as Dobbs

The Starlost

as The Governor

The Magician

as Paul Gunther

Night Gallery

as Survivor (segment "Lone Survivor")

The Young Rebels

Medical Center

as Harry Weldman

Then Came Bronson

as Harve Traine

Hawaii Five-O

as Lorenzo Corman

The Name of the Game

as Rafael

It Takes a Thief

as The Man

Mannix

as Eddie Lee Prentiss

The High Chaparral

as Matthew Kendall

Star Trek

as Kor

Mission: Impossible

as Commissioner Taal Jankowski

The F.B.I.

as Logan

Profiles in Courage

as Patrick Henry

The Defenders

as District Attorney

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Ricardo

Gunsmoke

1955

as Judge Flood

6.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Moroni

7.8

Omnibus

1952

as Gen. George McClellan

6.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lucentio

Studio One

as Gold Root