Eye of the Demon

Tim Matheson (Actor)

Born: December 31, 1947
Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States

Trivia: As a child actor, Tim Matheson was billed under his fuller family name of Matthieson. His first weekly TV co-starring assignment was opposite Robert Young in the 1961 "dramedy" Window on Main Street. The young actor's voice became familiar to a generation of cartoon fans via his "role" as the title character in Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest. The handsome Matheson appeared on-screen during his maturation years on such western series as The Virginian, Bonanza, and The Quest. He remained busy in films during this period, scoring his biggest 1970s success as party animal Otter in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Matheson also kept his hand in the voiceover business, providing the truculent mutterings of "Blood" the dog in Harlan Ellison's A Boy and His Dog (1975) and recording the narration for the 1985 revival of Disney's Fantasia. His adult TV appearances have included weekly stints on the TV series Tucker's Witch (1982), Just in Time, (1988) and Charlie Hoover (1991). Turning to directing in 1985, Matheson has been active in episodic television, music videos and direct-to-cassette movies. In 1989, he became CEO of the National Lampoon Company, though he still manages to find time for the occasional acting assignment, appearing in everything from the theatrical feature Drop Dead Fred to the live-action prologue for one of the "thrill rides" at Disneyworld.

Pamela Sue Martin (Actor)

Born: January 05, 1953

Trivia: A professional model since high school, Pamela Sue Martin began appearing in theatrical films in 1971. She achieved stardom in the 1977 TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, playing Carolyn Keene's teenaged sleuth Nancy Drew. Quitting the series over creative difference, Martin began cultivating a sexier, more adult screen image in films like The Lady in Red. She spent much of the early 1980s in the role of Fallon Carrington Colby in the prime-time TV serial Dynasty; her character wound up being killed in a car crash, only to be revived in the person of Emma Samms on the Dynasty spin-off The Colbys. In 1984, Pamela Sue Martin both starred in and co-scripted the feature film Torchlight.

Barbara Billingsley (Actor)

Born: December 22, 1915
Died: October 16, 2010
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Trivia: Though she played many diverse roles in films of the '50s before Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963), slim, blonde, and wholesome-looking Barbara Billingsley will always be best remembered as June Cleaver, one of the greatest mothers in the vast pantheon of television sitcom domestic goddesses. In addition to her filmwork, Billingsley also appeared on a number of television plays on such shows as Four Star Playhouse and Matinee Theater. Following the end of Beaver, Billingsley traveled extensively until the late '70s. She made her acting comeback playing the crazy "Jive Lady" in Airplane (1980). In 1983, she reprised her role as June Cleaver in the television reunion movie Still the Beaver, which spawned a television series by the same name two years later. In 1984, she gave voice to the character of Nanny in Jim Hanson's animated kids' show Muppet Babies. After that, she appeared occasionally in movies and made guest television appearances; in 1997, she played Aunt Martha in the big-screen version of Leave It to Beaver. Billingsley died in 2010 after a long illness.

James B. Sikking (Actor)

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