He even found fit to mock Zeus, saying he is a violent god and lusts for woman, giving birth to two villainous sons equal to him in disgust ( works of Apollonius Molon ).

" So, for instance, the Welsh Medraut is made the villainous Modredus by Geoffrey, but there is no trace of such a negative character for this figure in Welsh sources until the 16th century.

He is best known in Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the highly popular TV mini series and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.

He is notable for often playing or voicing villainous characters in film.

The title role, Corrado, is a musico role for an alto, and the villainous Seid is a tenor.

This first villainous version of Videoman makes one other appearance in Season 2's " Origin of Ice-Man ", with the additional abilities of bringing video game characters to life and draining the unique bio-energy of mutants, temporarily suppressing Iceman's powers and weakening Firestar, as well as being able to emulate their powers for its own use.

She kills, among other villainous characters, Jabba the Hutt, choking him with the very chain that bound her to him ; Leia is also responsible for Grand Admiral Thrawn's death, since she turns the Noghri against him.

Television roles included the recurring role of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk in five of the six episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 1970 ), the villainous Nasca in Thames Television's Aztec-themed drama The Feathered Serpent ( 1976 – 78 ), a guest starring spot in the comedy series The Goodies in the episode " The Baddies ", as well as episodes of Paul Temple, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Doomwatch, The Persuaders !, A Family at War, Coronation Street, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Colditz, Play for Today, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, The Sweeney, Jason King, Survivors, Crown Court, Angels, Warship, Van der Valk, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh ( Series 2, Total Episode # 9 ), Nanny, Minder, and the first episode of Inspector Morse in January 1987.

Its original French title is Coke en stock (" coke in stock ") a codename used by the villainous antagonists of the story for African slaves.

He wrote to the head of the monastery, explaining he had been struggling to find the perfect villainous face for Judas, and that if he could not find a face corresponding with what he had in mind, he would use the features of the prior who complained.

Other elements of the novel came from people Fleming knew or had heard of: Red Grant, the name of a Jamaican river guide described as " a cheerful, voluble giant of villainous aspect ", was used for the half-German, half-Irish assassin, while Rosa Klebb was partly based on Colonel Rybkin of Soviet Intelligence.

He initially appears to be villainous, but then reveals after he is " defeated " that his machinations were in fact intended to teach Vixen a lesson and prepare her for some coming disaster.

In 1989, he appeared in the Special Ed video for the song " Think About it " as the villainous Dr. Norecords.

" It took years for her to overcome this stereotype, and as late as 1932 she was cast as a villainous Eurasian half-breed in Thirteen Women.

Four episodes later Buffy discovers Dawn is in fact a mystical object known as The Key ; a group of monks transformed The Key into human form and sent it to the Slayer for protection from the villainous Glory ( Clare Kramer ).

She next starred in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as the villainous KGB agent Col. Dr. Irina Spalko, and in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, appearing on screen with Brad Pitt for a second time.

David Warner ( born 29 July 1941 ) is an English actor who is known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, across a range of media, including film, animation, television, and video games.

During the 1960s, he continued his television career, with guest appearances on such series as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Route 66 ( a moving portrayal of a doomed pilot in the two-part episode " Fly Away Home "); Alfred Hitchcock Presents ; Perry Mason ( one of four actors in four consecutive episodes substituting for series star Raymond Burr, who was recovering from surgery ); Wagon Train ( a 90-minute colour episode as an English big game hunter who, in a display of amazing marksmanship, is able to kill an Indian chief from a great distance ); The Great Adventure ( in an installment of this anthology series about remarkable events in American history, he portrayed Confederate president Jefferson Davis ); Daniel Boone, ( in episodes " The Sound of Wings " and " First in War, First in Peace "); Lost in Space ( another two-part episode — as an all-powerful alien zookeeper, " The Keeper ", he worked one last time with his Third Man costar Jonathan Harris ); The Time Tunnel ( as Captain Smith of The Titanic, in the series ' 9 September 1966 premiere episode ); Batman ( as the villainous Sandman, in league with Julie Newmar's Catwoman ); three episodes of The Invaders ( as a malign variation of the Klaatu persona, culminating in a parallel plot also involving an assembly of world leaders ); an episode of I Spy (" Lana "); and two episodes of The F. B. I.

Despite this rather negative and villainous attitude, the malandro is often depicted as a hero because, in contrast to his methods, he does not use his cunning for true harm and malice.

In criticizing the Roman Catholic clergy who did not believe in continued revelation from heaven, Müntzer stated, " These villainous and treacherous parsons are of no use to the church in even the slightest manner, for they deny the voice of the bridegroom, which is a truly certain sign that they are a pack of devils.

Malcolm McDowell ( born Malcolm John Taylor ; 13 June 1943 ) is an English actor, known for his boisterous and sometimes villainous roles, whose career spans more than four decades.

The current film and television viewing audience is much younger, and the kind of things that I ’ m known for are these rather off-the-wall, slightly villainous characters in fantastical film and television things, but that ’ s okay.

" when Velda ( the villainous character played by Betty Thomas ) revokes their Girl Scout patches.

The film features Rod Taylor as the voice of Pongo, the first of the Dalmatians, and Betty Lou Gerson as the voice of the villainous Cruella de Vil.

The now villainous Doc Samson also helps Leader to brainwash Betty into an extremely confused and aggressive state.

Despite his best attempts to bring in new members however, Booster alienates Guy Gardner when he recruits Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes into the roster and later watches in horror as the hero OMAC betrays the team and inflicts more carnage, including teleporting Blue Beetle to the homeworld of the villainous " Reach " species.

The Steins have also created watches that zap electricity, watches that scan police radars and senses, creating the container that carries the soul they sacrifice, and they dress in scientific outfits for their villainous costumes.

Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Queen Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son, the future Henry III on the throne threatens the lives of La Môle, Margot and Henri.

A sports reporter becomes enthralled by the unbalanced actress and discovers that she is under the power of a villainous doctor who supplies her with the drugs she craves so long as she can pay the exorbitant fee.

Shortly thereafter, when Norman ( who has become the villainous Green Goblin ), learns Spider-Man's identity, he attacks May at home while she is saying her prayers.

Jareth is overtly villainous in this draft of the script, and during his final confrontation with Sarah he tells her he would " much rather have a Queen " than " a little goblin prince.

Raymond was originally depicted as belonging to the villainous Cecilia and serving as a henchman in her schemes against Crow's crew, but like Cecilia he gradually became friends with Crow and continued as a regular even after Cecilia's departure from the cast.

She's a more villainous creature than Disney's witch, as well ; in Bewitched Bunny the Looney Tunes Hazel lures children into her house to eat them, albeit in comically named recipes like " Waif Waffles " or " Moppet Muffins ".

After having a kiss between her and Tenchi interrupted by the villainous Kiyone, Sasami must transform into her magical alter-ego to save her love and teach his kidnappers a lesson.

Both she and her child were imprisoned for Edmund's crimes against the Santa Prisca government, with the child growing up in prison to become the villainous Bane.

During her final stint in 1984, the villainous Marie Winter colluded with the Freak and organised another major riot – a scheme intended to ensure the dismissal of an already reprimanded Ann Reynolds with Ferguson to take over as governor of Wentworth – in which the H-Block was ravaged, before escaping by hanging from the landing gear of a low-flying helicopter.

Later, after seeing how villainous Cliff truly was ( and his plans on betraying her ), Miss Stone assists Fred and the others in unraveling the plot.

As Carmen Sandiego became less villainous and evolved into more of an anti-hero, other characters began to fill her original role as the show's antagonist.

" She received her best-known role when she was asked to play a villainous warrior woman named Xena in the episode " The Warrior Princess ", which aired in March 1995 ( R. J. Stewart, one of Pacific Renaissance Pictures ' in-house writers, dramatised the teleplay from a story that Robert G. " Rob " Tapert commissioned John Schulian to write ).

Addie's chapter helps to understand Addie as more than a traditional portrayal of a woman as " villainous, incompetent, unfulfilled, or dead " ( though she is all these things ) and portrays her as revengeful and deliberate.

After restoring Princess Ozma to the throne, Glinda uses her magic on Mombi and Jinjur to make them reform, when the witch and the rebel queen refuse to mend their villainous ways.

in the 1970s, and Miss Pendragon was played by Jacqueline Pearce, who was well known for her role as the villainous Servalan in the late 1970s / early 80s BBC science-fiction series Blake's 7, and known by Cant from working with her on the serial Moondial.

Her subsequent long-running West End hits include an all-star production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband ( 1965 / 66, in which she played the villainous Mrs Cheveley ), W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick ( 1970 ), Relative Values ( Noël Coward revival, 1973 ), and the thrillers Spider's Web ( 1955, written for her by Agatha Christie ), Signpost to Murder ( 1962 ), and Double Edge ( 1975 ).

However, she is best known to fans of tokusatsu for her villainous roles in the Super Sentai franchise such as Queen Hedrian in Denshi Sentai Denziman and Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan, as well as the evil sorceress Bandora in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, better known to audiences in English speaking countries as Rita Repulsa in the American adaptation of Zyuranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Baroness Orczy's character The Scarlet Pimpernel often uses the phrase to describe her sense of duty to protect the nobility of France, especially when addressing the villainous Paul Chauvelin in the 1982 London Film Productions movie.