Batman’s FALSEFACE, It Takes a Thief’s NOAH BAIN – the
man of a thousand and one faces -- movie/TV vet MALACHI THRONE dead at age 84.
The sad news was announced on Facebook by “Justified”
“and Supernatural” star Jim Beaver who wrote, “My good friend Malachi Throne
died last night. One of the finest actors and finest people I've been fortunate
enough to know.”
Born in 1928, Throne was a popular guest star on many TV
series of the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Defenders", "Naked
City", "Ben Casey" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E", and
most notably co-starring with ROBERT WAGNER in "It Takes a Thief" as
Noah Bean.
One of Throne’s most bizarre roles was as the villain
"False Face" in the ABC Batman (1966) series.
Throne worn a multitude of disguises to effect his evil
schemes against Gotham and wore a semi-transparent mask when not in disguise. T
The mask rendered the thesp’s real face unrecognizable on
the cathode ray tube.
The show's producers wrote the on-screen credit as
"? as False Face", which denied Throne his screen redit in Part 1 of
the Bat-cliffhanger but was revealed at the conclusion of the 2nd ep "Holy
Rat Race."
He also guested on “Star Trek” and “ST: Next Gen",
"The Big Valley", "The Rockford Files"and “The Outer
Limits” among many others.
Malachi was an active member of the Theatre West company
in Hollywood.
The cause of his death is not known yet.
THORNE, Malachi (Dieter Hermann Comès)
Born: 12/1/1928, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 3/13/2013,U.S.A.
Malache Throne’s westerns – actor.
Death Valley Days (TV) – 1963 (Jarvis)
Rawhide (TV) – 1965, 1966 (Joaquin Vallino, Baker)
Iron Horse (TV) – 1966 (Royal McClintock)
The Big Valley (TV) – 1965, 1966 (Charles Crown, Frank
Colder, Father Andre)
Laredo (TV) – 1966 (Sean Finnegan)
The Wild Wild West (TV) – 1967 (Kuprin)
The Virginian (TV) – 1967 (Doc Baldwin)
The High Chaparral (TV) – 1969, 1971 (Matar, Julio
Armendaris)
Longarm (TV) – 1988 (Blalock)
So sorry to hear about Malachi Throne's death! Our family always enjoyed him in films and on TV, but of course, we knew and loved him best as IT TAKES A THIEF's Noah Bain. I always enjoyed the chemistry between them onscreen. Throne will be missed indeed.
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