GALACTICA: 1970!

The cast of Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 79) appeared in a number of interesting movies and TV shows in the 1970s.  Pictures are worth a thousand words, so here we go...!  :-)

Anne Lockhart (Lt. Sheba)
 guest-stars on Cannon
 ("A Deadly, Quiet Town")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 guest-stars on The Starlost
("The Goddess Calabra")

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars on
The Streets of San Francisco ("Harem")
 - in this episode she plays a reluctant
 prostitute (socialator?)

Rick Springfield (Lt. Zac
from BSG: ("Saga of a Star World")
 guest-stars on Wonder Woman
 ("Screaming Javelin")

Jane Seymour (Serena) co-stars with Patrick Wayne
in the movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) and
Christine Belford (Leda from the BSG
episode "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero")
guest-star on The Six Million Dollar Man
("Survival of the Fittest")

Edward Mulhare (John from the BSG episode
"Experiment in Terra")
 and Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
guest-star on Cannon
("Death of a Hunter")

Ray Milland (Sire Uri) co-stars with Rosey Grier
in the movie The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck)
 stars in the movie
SSSSSSS (1973)

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
 guest-stars on
The Streets of San Francisco
("For Good or Evil")

Lorne Greene (Commander Adama) guest-stars
on The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
("The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula")

Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo)
 guest-stars on Cannon
 ("Sky Above, Death Below")

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
 guest-stars on Night Gallery
 ("Clean Kills and Other Trophies")

Maren Jensen (Lt. Athena) guest-stars on
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
("Death Surf")

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars
 on The Secrets of ISIS
("The Cheerleader")

Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo)
 co-stars with Bruce Davison
 in the TV movie
Deadman's Curve: The Story of Jan and Dean (1978)

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars on
Project: UFO
 (Sighting #4015: "The Underwater Incident")

Lloyd Bridges (Commander Cain) plays an
invading alien in the TV movie
The Love War (1970)

Lloyd Bochner (Commandant Leiter)
guest-stars on The Starlost ("The Pisces")

Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck) guest-stars
on Charlie's Angels ("The Blue Angels")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 and Christine Belford
 (Leda from the BSG episode
 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero")
 guest-star as husband and wife
 on Harry O ("The Madonna Legacy")

Terry Carter (Colonel Tigh) guest-stars
on The Six Million Dollar Man
("The Solid Gold Kidnapping")

Frank Ashmore (Lt. Ortega from
 BSG: "Murder on the Rising Star")
 plays a clone in the movie
 Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

John Colicos (Baltar) guest-stars on
Wonder Woman ("The Queen and the Thief")

Anne Lockhart (Lt. Sheba) guest-stars
on Project: UFO
 (Sighting #4019: "The Believe It or Not Incident")

Jack Stauffer (Captain Bojay)
 guest-stars on
The Fantastic Journey ("Vortex")

Jack Stauffer (Captain Bojay)
and George Murdock (Dr. Salik)
guest-star on
Harry O ("Hostage")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 guest-stars on Night Gallery
("Lone Survivor")

Rick Springfield (Lt. Zac from
 BSG: "Saga of a Star World")
 stars in the animated
TV series Mission: Magic!

Lew Ayres (President Adar from
BSG: "Saga of a Star World") co-stars
with David Soul in the mini-series
  'Salem's Lot (1979)

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer) guest-stars
on The Immortal ("By Gift of Chance")

Ed Begley, Jr. (Ensign Greenbean)
guest-stars on Wonder Woman
("Diana's Disappearing Act")

Reggie Nalder (the Pyramid dealer from
BSG: "Saga of a Star World")
co-stars as Barlow, the vampire
 in the mini-series 'Salem's Lot (1979)

Patrick MacNee (Count Iblis from BSG: "War of the Gods") and John Colicos
co-star in King Solomon's Treasure (1979)

All photos are used for illustrative purposes only and are copyright (c) the respective copyright holders.

Battlestar Galactica is copyright (c) and trademark NBC / Universal; created by Glen A. Larson.

The Sci-Fi Worlds of...RICK SPRINGFIELD!

Zac (Rick Springfield) and Apollo (Richard Hatch)

For fans of Battlestar Galactica, Rick Springfield will always be remembered as the doomed Lt. Zac.  Zac was the first casualty of what would come to be called The Great Destruction ("Saga of A Star World").  A deleted scene from "Saga of A Star World" revealed that Zac had the highest grades in the history of the academy.

This talented actor / singer / song-writer / novelist has several science fiction productions to his credit.  He appeared - an animated form - as the star of the cult-favorite Filmation Saturday morning series Mission: Magic! (1973), where he played a rock star named "Rick" who had magical powers. Springfield wrote and sang a new song for every episode of the series, which ran for 16 episodes..

Mission: Magic! - starring Rick Springfield as "Rick".

Springfield was a familiar face on sci-fi TV throughout the '70's, with guest starring roles on The Six Million Dollar Man - ("Rollback"), two episodes of Wonder Woman ("Screaming Javelins" and "Amazon Hot Wax") and The Incredible Hulk ("The Disciple").  He first worked for Glen A. Larson with a guest star role on The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries, playing Nancy Drew's boyfriend, a young lawyer named Ned Nickerson ("Will the Real Santa Claus...?").

Wonder Woman - "Screaming Javelins"

In 1989, Springfield played the lead in the absolutely fantastic 2-hour pilot movie Nick Knight. Springfield played Nick Knight, a tortured, centuries-old vampire attempting to atone for his sins as a Los Angeles police detective who (naturally) works the night shift.  The concept didn't sell in its original format and was retooled in 1992 as Forever Knight with an almost entirely new cast. Welsh-born / Canadian actor Geraint Wyn-Davies assumed the role of Nick Knight.  Nick Knight is available on DVD - get it! :-)

Nick Knight (1989)

Springfield's other science fiction credits include the lead role of DC Comics super-hero / man-of-a-thousand-faces, the master of disguise Christopher Chance on the short-lived 1992 TV series Human Target (why isn't this great show on DVD?!?) which ran for 7 episodes (plus an Unaired Pilot with a different supporting cast).

Human Target (1992)

He also co-starred (with Parker Stevenson and Terry Farrell) in the sci-fi / space-adventure TV movie Legion (1998).

Springfield's one (and to this date only) Science Fiction themed Music Video "Human Touch" is fantastic fun.  In this video, he plays a time-traveler (via cryogenics) who thaws out in the futuristic year...2016!  I've provided a YouTube link to this great video at the end of this article.

Human Touch

In 2014, Springfield wrote a science fiction novel called Magnificent Vibration (I haven't read it).

The science fiction worlds of Rick Springfield are many and varied.  The man who was Lt. Zac is unstoppable!

Human Target - opening credits

Nick Knight - 20th Anniversary fan-made music video -

Human Touch - Music Video -

Battlestar Galactica is copyright (c) NBC / Universal.
Misson: Magic! is copyright (c) Filmation.
Nick Knight is copyright (c) New World Pictures
Human Target is copyright (c) Warner Bros.
Human Touch is copyright (c) Rick Springfield.
All photos are used for illustrative purposes only.