Veteran Godzilla actor Akihiko Hirata, who appeared in several past Godzilla films ( best known of his role of Professor Serizawa from Godzilla ) was slated to play Professor Hayashida ; however, he had died from throat cancer before production began.

Veteran comedy actor Les Lye played numerous recurring characters and was initially the only adult to perform in the show's sketches, although actress Abby Hagyard later joined the show to become " the other grown-up " in the cast roster, and frequently played " Mom " opposite Lye's role as " Dad.

Veteran actor Harry Morgan played Inspector Queen, but in this film he was described as Ellery's uncle ( perhaps to account for the fact that Morgan was only eight years Lawford's senior, or for Lawford's English accent ).

Veteran character actor Noah Beery, Jr. played Rockford's father, Joseph " Rocky " Rockford, while Gretchen Corbett portrayed Rockford's lawyer and sometime lover, Beth Davenport, until she left the series over a salary dispute with the studio.

Veteran Irish actor Dan O ' Herlihy was cast as Conal Cochran, the owner of Silver Shamrock and the witch from the film's title ( a 3000-year-old demon in Kneale's original script ).

Veteran Disney actor and performer Mark Priest was fatally injured in an accidental fall while performing in Pirate Tutorial in Florida in July 2009.

Veteran actor James Coburn also directed an episode.

Veteran actor Glynn Turman portrayed the high school science teacher whose study of a mogwai leads to his death after it forms a cocoon and emerges as a vicious gremlin.

Veteran character actor Mark Metcalf appeared in heavy prosthetic make-up for the role of the Master, belying his iconic performance in the film National Lampoon's Animal House ( 1978 ) as Douglas C. Neidermeyer, a strident rule-following ROTC officer ( and the associated role in Twisted Sister's " We're Not Going to Take It " music video ).

Veteran Disney voice actor Paul Frees had a rare on-screen appearance in the film – for which he received no on-screen credit – as Dr. J. W.

Veteran stage actor Harry Groener was cast in the role of the Mayor of Sunnydale, the embodiment of a quintessential American politician.

Veteran film actor John Saxon played Nancy's father, police lieutenant Donald Thompson.

Veteran stage and screen actor Steve Hodson, who may be best known for his role as Steve Ross on the 1970s children's television series Follyfoot.

Veteran character actor Charles Lane appears as a photographer at City Hall trying to get a picture of Mortimer Brewster getting a marriage license at the beginning of the film.

Veteran character actor Morris Ankrum makes an uncredited appearance, his last in the movie industry.

Veteran movie actor Peter Cushing wrote to the show in 1986 to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife.

" Veteran actor Carl Weathers played Koechner's rival coach.

Veteran actor William H. Macy makes a brief appearance as " JJ ", and Chazz Palminteri makes a brief appearance as " Hood # 2 ".

Veteran voice actor Paul Frees dubbed the voice of Dr. Hu in the American release.

* Veteran Tamil film actor Nassar essayed the role of C. P. Ramasami Iyer in the 1998 Malayalam movie Rakthasakshikal Sindabad.

Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863

Veteran pitchers Vida Blue, John Montefusco, Ed Halicki, and Bob Knepper rounded out the starting rotation with Vida Blue leading the way with eighteen victories.

They confront the sensei, John Kreese ( Martin Kove ), an ex-Special Forces Vietnam Veteran who sneers at the concepts of mercy and restraint.

Notable staff included 9 year NFL Veteran John " JT " Turner of the Minnesota Vikings and Sam Adams, 6 time pro bowl defensive tackle who had two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl ring while playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

In 1980, co-founders Bobby Muller and John Terzano created Vietnam Veteran of America Foundation with the goal of transforming the American experience of the Vietnam War into a mission of compassion and justice.

Veteran writers John Hunter and Walter Tyrer excelled at this type of writing, but others failed to maintain their standards.

In June 2004, Regnery agreed to publish Unfit for Command by former Swift Boat Veteran John O ' Neill and veteran author Dr. Jerome Corsi.

In addition to the above, they were: " Nancy Lee "; " The Midshipmite "; " Polly "; " They all love Jack "; " Jack ’ s Yarn "; " The Old Brigade "; " The Deathless Army "; " To the Front "; " John Bull "; " Darby and Joan "; " When We are Old and Grey "; " Auntie "; " The Chimney Corner "; " The Children ’ s Home "; " The Old Maids of Lee "; " The Men of Ware "; " The Devoted Apple "; " To-morrow will be Friday "; " Douglas Gordon "; " Sleeping Tide "; " The Star of Bethlehem "; " Beauty ’ s Eyes "; " In Sweet September "; " Bid me Good-bye "; " The Last Watch "; " London Bridge "; " The King ’ s Highway "; " Go to Sea "; " Veteran ’ s Song "; " Up from Somerset "; " Beyond the Dawn "; " Nirvana "; " Mifanwy "

* Oral history interview with John E. Pease, a U. S. Marine Veteran who took part in the Battle of Tarawa from the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University

Veteran actor-producer John McCallum and filmmaker Lee Robinson created the children's adventure series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo which premiered in 1968 on the Nine Network.

Veteran wartime BBC radio announcers Alvar Lidell and John Snagge gave their services free to voice reconstructed newsreels and radio broadcasts.

Veteran host and reporter John Downs was let go in early August, 2010.

Veteran martial arts director John Woo co-produced and choreographed the action sequences.

Veteran fascist John Ross Taylor became the group's leader in 1976.

* Veteran Hanna Barbera voice talent such as Daws Butler, John Stephenson, and Don Messick provided minor roles.

Veteran broadcaster John Madden has brought attention ( and cameras ) into the tailgating lots for years.

In Washington, D. C., the U. S. Army band played God Save the Queen ( the British national anthem, the melody of which is also used in an American patriotic hymn, My Country ' Tis of Thee, in the United States ), a suggestion of US Army Veteran John Miska made to Vice Chief of Staff General Cody, outside the British embassy in the city.

Veteran character actors Strother Martin, John Mitchum and Richard Kiel are among the sanitarium's patients.

Veteran character actors Charles Bickford, John Carradine and Percy Kilbride ( of Ma and Pa Kettle fame ) lend strong support to the sizzling twosome of Andrews and Darnell, who would make only one more film together, when they were both past their prime: 1957's Zero Hour !, a forgotten grade-Z thriller.

Chief Warrant Officer Four Paul Brenner ( John Travolta ), a Vietnam Veteran of the 196th LIB, is in Georgia masquerading as First Sergeant Frank White at a local army base, to broker an illegal arms trade with a self-proclaimed freedom fighter.

* John B. Salling, the last surviving Confederate States of America ( U. S .) Civil War Veteran

John Van Arsdale of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, by whose efforts on that day the enemy were circumvented and the American flag successfully raised on the Battery, New York, 1883.