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Bob Dorian Biography

Birth Name:Bob Dorian

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Was nominated for a CableACE Award for Magazine Host for "AMC Salutes the States" in 1993
  • Quote: "Classics are films you want to see over and over again․ Timeless films․ Films that worked in the past, still work today and will continue to work in the future․"
  • Quote: "(On "Matinee Classics"): "I bring a different perspective into this mix, because I'm not a historian, I'm not an expert․․․I'm not professorial․ I'm just an actor who likes movies, that's all․""
  • Was the host of AMC's "Matinee Classics" series from 1984 to 2000, a job he got after meeting producer Norm Blumenthal two years earlier while filming a video game commercial
  • Best known for his role as Mike in "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" and as Gov․ James H․ Adams in "The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams․"
  • Was the voice heard on the tape recorder that unleashes the demons in the original "Evil Dead," and the same recording is heard in the 2013 remake by the same name
  • Worked as an advertising announcer and co-designer of the haunted house "Brigantine Castle" in Brigantine, New Jersey from 1976 to 1987