Richard Hatch (actor)
Richard Hatch ( born May 21, 1945 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor and writer.
Life
Hatch first visited the Harbor College in San Pedro. In 1967 he moved to New York City, where he participated in various off-Broadway productions and was honored with a Obie Award. In 1971 he was cast in the soap opera All My Children, then began his career as a television actor. This was followed by guest roles in various television series such as The Waltons and Hawaii Five-O, until he became in 1976 the successor to Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco. The series was not renewed the following year, but this allowed him to take 1978 one of the main roles in Battlestar Galactica. He played Cpt. Apollo, son of Commander Adama ( Lorne Greene), in the then seven million dollars a consequence most expensive television series in the United States. The series consisted of 24 episodes, from which two movies (each of three episodes) cut together for the German-speaking countries. In the unsuccessful 10-part follow-up series ( from which the third German cinema results ), but Hatch was no longer on board. For his performance, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
In the early 1980s had a greater Hatch supporting role in the feature film Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, where he played the grandson of the master detective Charlie Chan ( Peter Ustinov ). In 1983 he had the leading role in the science fiction B-movie prisoner of the universe. Until the mid- 1980s, he was still seen in many television series, including a recurring guest role on Dynasty. When his appearances were rare, he wrote some fantasy books on the Galactica universe.
In 2004 he was hired as the only actor of the original series for the Battlestar Galactica remake, but in a different role.