boyajian@akov68.DEC (05/04/84)
I'm afraid I have to point out that Leiber did not write "The Darfstellar" --- Walter M. Miller, Jr. did. However, Leiber *has* written some drama-oriented short stories. Also, if you pay attention while reading THE BIG TIME, you might notice that it reads as if it were intended to be a stage play. As to whether Fritz the Writer is Fritz the Actor: others have pointed out that Leiber Sr. is the actor and Leiber Jr. is the writer. This is certainly the case. It should be mentioned, however, that Leiber Jr. *has* done some small amount of acting, though it was not his career as it was his father's. Now, if one *really* paid attention to film credits on old movies, one may someday notice sf writer/fan Wilson (Bob) Tucker's name pop up as a lighting engineer. Forry Ackerman also tends to pop up in cameos in assorted sf/horror movies. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)
wombat@uicsl.UUCP (05/09/84)
#R:decwrl:-765200:uicsl:10700104:000:126 uicsl!wombat May 9 13:57:00 1984 Not to mention several familiar names in the credits for Flesh Gordon. I remember seeing Tom Reamy under Props, f'r instance.