Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site asgb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!devine From: devine@asgb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Gort Message-ID: <497@asgb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 12:37:39 EDT Article-I.D.: asgb.497 Posted: Wed Jun 20 12:37:39 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 10:59:27 EDT Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 16 -- From: "Jim Hester"-- -- If anyone gets a real interview with someone in the know, PASS IT -- ON! All I know offhand is that Klaatu was Michael Renne and Gort -- was the (then) bellboy of Grauman's Chinese Restaurant. The people -- in charge of casting were having a hard time finding somebody -- right for Gort, and went out for lunch. They hired him on the -- spot. Actually, Gort was played by J. Lockard Martin (aka Lock Martin) who was the doorman at Grauman's, not the bellboy. He was chosen for the difficult-to-cast part because he was 7'7'', putting him (ahem) above the competition... Bob Devine Burroughs in Boulder, CO. (...!sdcrdcf!bmcg!asgb!devine)