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#0, Gary Graham 1950-2024
Posted by McFortner on Jan-23-24 at 01:59 PM
Gary Graham, best known as Detective Matt Sikes in the TV version of Alien Nation and Ambassador Sovol from Enterprise passed away Monday from a cardiac arrest.

‘Star Trek’ star Gary Graham dead at 73: ‘This was sudden’

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#1, RE: Gary Graham 1950-2024
Posted by Gryphon on Jan-24-24 at 12:10 PM
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>Gary Graham, best known as Detective Matt Sikes in the TV version of
>Alien Nation and Ambassador Sovol from Enterprise passed away Monday
>from a cardiac arrest.

I will remember him best for the moment in Alien Nation (immortalized in the opening titles) where Sikes goes completely non-linear and punches the shit out of the inside of his car while screaming with rage. I wonder how many takes that required, and how badly damaged his hand was by the time they were through...

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#2, RE: Gary Graham 1950-2024
Posted by Mephron on Jan-24-24 at 12:38 PM
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>I will remember him best for the moment in Alien Nation
>(immortalized in the opening titles) where Sikes goes completely
>non-linear and punches the shit out of the inside of his car while
>screaming with rage. I wonder how many takes that required, and how
>badly damaged his hand was by the time they were through...

I adore that scene both for that and for George just giving the whole "hey, whatever helps, man" vibe in the scene.

https://youtu.be/H2moPShy3Kk?t=94 is the scene, for those that (sadly) don't know it.

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