Victor Lundin

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Victor Lundin , also Vic Lundin (born June 15, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois - † June 29, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor , screenwriter and film producer who was best known for his role in Friday the science fiction robinsonade forced landing in space .

life and career

Born in Chicago in the state of Illinois in 1930, Victor Lundin tested his acting and singing talent in his youth. He quickly played in school performances of musicals and, at the age of 16, became a member of a local band. He attended a number of colleges and universities before graduating from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a BA in Communication Arts and Literature .

In the late twenties, Victor Lundin turned to television and played his first small roles in western series such as Bronco (1958), Mackenzie's Raiders (1958) or Smoking Colts . He made his screen debut in Irving Rapper's film drama The Madonna with Two Faces in the small role of a sergeant. In 1960 he was seen in the role of the gangster Machine Gun Kelly in Bill Karn's 30s crime thriller The Merciless Killer . This was followed by minor roles in films by directors such as Robert Wise , Morton DaCosta and King Donovan.

In 1964, Lundin was selected from a multitude of applicants for the role of Friday in Byron Haskin's science fiction classic, Emergency Landing , an intelligent adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe . There he played on the side of fellow actor Paul Mantee . A year later he played the role of guardian of the Roman Guard in George Stevens' Bible epic The Greatest Story of All Time . After the small role of Vallejo in Douglas Heye's desert adventure Three Foreign Legionnaires , he played roles in episodes of popular American television series such as Time Tunnel (1966), Get Smart (1966), in Spaceship Enterprise (1967) the first Klingons, Solo for ONKEL (1967), The Seaview - In a Secret Mission (1968), Mannix (1968) or Batman (1968).

Lundin then took an eight-year break from film and television until he returned to the film business in 1976 with the self-produced and handwritten screenplay for the film Super Seal , a family comedy staged by director Michael Dugan. Sarah Brown, Foster Brooks and Sterling Holloway played . After that, it would be another 20 years before he could be seen again in an episode of the science fiction series Babylon 5 . In the following years, at the age of 72, he returned to television and the cinema and between 2002 and 2007 played several smaller parts in productions with a smaller budget.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a screenwriter

  • 1976: Super Seal

As a film producer

  • 1976: Super Seal

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Victor Lundin in: The Hollywood Reporter
  2. ↑ Victor Lundin in: Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age , by Tom Weaver, McFarland, 2004, p. 192
  3. ^ Victor Lundin in: The motion picture guide , by Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, Cinebooks, 1988, p. 1784
  4. ^ Victor Lundin in: Film-Dienst , Volume 31, Issues 6-26, Das Institut, Page xxiii
  5. ^ Victor Lundin in: Memory Alpha
  6. ^ Victor Lundin in: John Willis' Screen World , Volume 28; John A. Willis, Crown, 1977, p. 132
personal data
SURNAME Lundin, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lundin, Vic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, screenwriter, and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , USA
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2013
Place of death Los Angeles , California