Introduced in Half-Life 2, Lamarr is a headcrab belonging to Doctor Isaac Kleiner.

Mel Brooks ' 1974 film Blazing Saddles, set in the Wild West in 1874, contains many blatant anachronisms from the 1970s, including a stylish Gucci costume for the sheriff, an automobile, a scene at Grauman's Chinese Theater, and frequent references to Hedy Lamarr ( 1914 – 2000 ).

Mathematically talented, Lamarr also co-invented — with composer George Antheil — an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.

In her autobiography Ecstasy and Me, Lamarr described Mandl as an extremely controlling man who prevented her from pursuing her acting career and kept her a virtual prisoner, confined to their castle home, “ Schloss Schwarzenau ,” Though half-Jewish, Mandl had close social and business ties to the fascist governments of Italy and Germany, selling munitions to Mussolini.

Lamarr ’ s marriage to Mandl became for her insupportable and she devised a ruse to separate herself from both the marriage and the country.

Known as " the Ecstasy lady ", after hiring her, he insisted that she changed her name to Hedy Lamarr, choosing the surname in homage to a beautiful film star of the silent era, Barbara La Marr, who had died in 1926 from tuberculosis.

" Lamarr made 18 films from 1940 to 1949 even though she had two children during that time ( in 1945 and 1947 ).

Tired of the life of a celebrity and with her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1981.

It is reported that, in 1998, Ottawa wireless technology developer Wi-LAN, Inc. " acquired a 49 percent claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock " ( Eliza Schmidkunz, Inside GNSS ), although expired patents have no economic value.

Lamarr died in Casselberry, Florida, on January 19, 2000, aged 86, from natural causes.

Lamarr contributed the knowledge of torpedo control gained from her husband and Antheil a method of controlling the spread spectrum sequences using a player-piano mechanism similar to those used in Ballet Mécanique.

From its inception until December 2005, it was presented by Mark Lamarr ( who also produced the show, from 2004 through to his departure ).

At the end of 2005, it was announced that Mark Lamarr was to take a break from the show after 150 episodes, to concentrate on other projects.

After leaving The Word, Lamarr was an outside presenter on The Big Breakfast from 1992 to 1996.

Lamarr was host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks when the show launched in 1996 and continued in this role for 17 series until 2005, when he announced that he was to take a break from the show.

On 20 July 1998, Lamarr launched a new show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle and Roll, where he plays tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems.

In 1992, during an appearance on Channel Four music show The Word, he quoted the verse from the Bible condemning homosexuals, and was subsequently condemned for his comments by presenter Mark Lamarr who said that what Shabba was saying was " absolute crap ".

Originally broadcast in the old Tube time slot of 6 pm Friday evenings, The Words main live show was shifted to a late-night timeslot from 9 November 1990, with a compilation sister show fronted by Mark Lamarr in the week.

Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby ( Lamarr ), who is visiting from France.

When Gordon Freeman attempts to use Dr. Kleiner's teleporter, Lamarr jumps from a vent and damages it while Gordon's teleport is in progress, teleporting him all over the city, including Dr. Breen's office in the Citadel.

Pervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.

Lamarr serves as the catalyst for the first few chapters of the single-player campaign in Half-Life 2.

Lamarr makes her final appearance in Half-Life 2 after the credits, dropping down into a black background and then leaping toward the screen as part of a stinger sequence.

Avant garde composer George Antheil and Golden Age actress Hedy Lamarr were granted US Patent 2, 292, 387 on August 11, 1942 for their Secret Communication System that details an early version of Frequency Hopping.

On 22 April 2006, Lamarr started a new Radio 2 show called God's Jukebox.

At the end of 2010 Lamarr left Radio 2, claiming the station has lost interest in non-mainstream music ..

From 1996 to 2002 he was a team captain on the BBC 2 comedy quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, alongside Phill Jupitus and Mark Lamarr.

* Mark Lamarr plays the song at the end of his God's Jukebox show on BBC Radio 2 every week.

" In the same chapter, when Gordon and Alyx come across a zombie created from a normal headcrab and a Combine Overwatch Soldier.

Left: A headcrab from Half-Life ( video game ) | Half-Life Right: Its appearance in Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2: Episode One introduces the zombine, a variation on the regular headcrab zombie created from " former " Combine Overwatch soldiers.

Headcrab shells commonly carry standard headcrabs and fast headcrabs, as can be seen throughout Half-Life 2 ; poison headcrabs are only seen emerging from headcrab shells during the church battle in Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and in the Exit 17 chapter of Half-Life 2: Episode One.

A headcrab is an unlockable character in the PC and Mac version of Super Meat Boy as an exclusive character for those who purchase the game from Steam.

For a 2006 Christmas special, along with the re-release of the plush headcrab, fans could buy a headcrab hat, specially designed to give the impression that the wearer is under attack from the parasitic alien.

A headcrab, a fictional alien creature from Half-Life ( left ), and Half-Life 2 ( right ).

As a result, Lost Coast features minor storyline details that were removed from Half-Life 2, such as the headcrab artillery launchers.

A headcrab is a fictional alien parasitoid found in the Half-Life video game series created by Valve Software.

In 2008, the poisonous headcrab was ranked the second most terrifying video game enemy of all time by Cracked due to their venom's ability to drain the players ' health to one.

The design of the headcrab changes between Half-Life and Half-Life 2.

While the original Half-Life has only one type of headcrab ( not counting the Baby Headcrab ), identified by its mottled tan-colored skin and reddish legs, Half-Life 2 introduces two more versions, the fast headcrab and the poison headcrab.

In Half-Life 2, headcrab zombies are capable of surviving even if they are severed at the torso, simply dragging themselves along the ground with their arms.

In Half-Life 1 the player can see the texture of the host's skull on the headcrab.

The only two examples in Half-Life 2 are where the player can enter a house which has been bombed by a headcrab shell during the chapter Highway 17 ( searching the house will reveal several poisonous headcrabs and a poisonous headcrab zombie, but no other types, indicating that the shell contained poison headcrabs ) and in the Route Kanal level, where the player can find multiple pods lying in a fenced area.