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Jack Stauffer (born December 3, 1945) is an American (USA) actor and director. He played the character of Lieutenant Bojay in the original Battlestar Galactica. To date, Stauffer has guest starred on 60 different television shows (miniseries, regular series, and TV movies), "numerous" stage productions, and over 250 commercials.
Born in New York, NY, Stauffer has acted in film, theater, commericals and television series since 1970. His career began when he played the original Chuck Tyler in the ABC soap opera, All My Children, alongside Apollo actor, Richard Hatch. Stauffer stayed with AMC for 3 1/2 years, acting in 386 episodes of the series.
He later rejoined Hatch in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "The Living Legend, Part I," as Lieutenant Bojay. Stauffer reprised the role in two additional episodes, "The Living Legend, Part II" and "War of the Gods, Part I". The character was only intended to be seen in WOTG, where he was intended to die, however he impressed Glen Larson enough for that decision to be reversed. Stauffer would have been given an increased role on par with Herb Jefferson Jr. and Anne Lockhart, had there been a second season.
In 2000, Stauffer moved to the Monterey Peninsula, where he quickly established himself as an actor-director. Some of the plays he directed (see below) had to have their runs extended due to sales.
In 2002-2003, Stauffer participated in another Richard Hatch promotional trailer endeavor called The Great War of Magellan (GWoM), along with actors Brad Dourif, J.G. Hertzler, Richard Lynch, and Mickalean McCormick. It was hoped that GWoM would spawn off a television or movie series, though the story for it is being made into a comic book, which will be released later 2005.
In 2004, he starred in William Mastroimone's "Cat's Paw," where he played a terrorist, a role which came as a challenge for Stauffer as he had never played a character of that kind previously. The play, in Stauffer's words, was "a very dark drama centered around the question of which evil is greater: a terrorist who will go to any length to accomplish his goal, or the ambitious reporter who will do anything to get the story, because she sees it as her ticket to prime time". [1]
He is also a popular draw for classic Galactica fans at SF/Battlestar conventions, including Galacticon, where he performs his one-hour cabaret, "How Come I Never Got the Girl?".
Troy and Dillon encounter him when they try to meet Dr. Donald Mortinson for the first time. As he reviews a clipboard to check their names against a list, Troy stuns him, permitting the two Warriors to find Mortinson's room on a nearby chart and their subsequent entry to Mortinson's office at room 323.
After recovering from the stun, he calls Mortinson's office and talks to Dorothy Carlyle, who covertly informs him that the Warriors (believed to be protesters who mean to harm Mortinson) are in the office. He assures her that security is on the way, instructing her to get far away from the door and to keep them there on the false promise that Mortinson is on his way back (1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I").
The name "Jack" is derived from the dialogue between him and Dorothy Carlyle, when he instructs her to say "Good morning, Jack" should the two intruders (Troy and Dillon) be in the room with her. It is assumed that the first and natural thing that would come to mind would be his first name.
The last name of "Archer" is taken directly from his name tag, which is clearly legible when he is seated at his desk after Troy stuns him.
Archer holds the distinction of being the first Earthling to be stunned by Troy.
Sydell is first on to Troy and Dillon's trail when Shuttle Alpha has a near miss with a commercial jumbo-jet, Flight 427. He investigates where it landed, questioning the newly arrived Warriors and the Super Scouts(1980: "The Super Scouts, Part I"). Once it is found out that the Super Scouts are a fake scout troop, he believes them to be part of the extraterrestrial phenomenon and is adamant about capturing them. However, he is outfoxed, which angers him and only makes him more resolved (1980: "The Super Scouts, Part II").
Later, he manages to connect their association to Jamie Hamilton, and follows her down to Billy Eheres' baseball camp, wanting to witness first hand that the children were otherworldly. Due to his presence, Hamilton tells the Super Scouts to lose the game, but when it is revealed that Lieutenant Nash is actually Xaviar, she tells them to use their abilities to win the game. After this, he tries to arrest her, Xaviar and the children, but is thwarted by Xaviar and by the timely arrival of Dillon and Troy. In Troy and Dillon's pursuit of Xaviar, Xaviar shoots Sydell, thus allowing him to escape the Warriors who go to the aid of their Earthly pursuer (1980: "Spaceball").
Following detection of an unidentified craft that subsequently crash lands outside of New York City, Colonel Briggs assumes Sydell's role and believes that Troy and Dillon are somehow involved. In a conversation with the New York City police chief, Briggs notes that Sydell[2] is still alive, but is in a form of coma (1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II").
Sydell is the pathetic kind of character known as "the hapless pursuer." His pursuit always lacks any real sense of drama, because if he were to ever succeed in apprehending his quarry then the series would come to an end.
Sydell's zeal for investigating Troy and Dillon, and in spacecraft in general, stems from an experience he has during a flight in a fighter craft. In this experience, he pursues an unidentified target that turns towards him.[3]
↑It should be noted that alien craft are not, by definition, Unidentified Flying Objects. Although popular culture and genre productions have used the term erroneously to describe craft from alien worlds.
↑Briggs does not mention him by name, but this is inferred due to the content of his comments.
Wolfman Jack is a radio personality at WQSL, a radio station in New York City, New York, America on Earth. He is known for his trademark wolf-howl and the catchphrase of "Oh, yeah!"
After finding out the location and security of the transmission station, Centuri and Andromus manage to dragoon Wolfman into accompanying them at the International Trade Center. Despite his help, the Cylons are still thwarted by Troy and Dillon and the Cylons remain unaware of Earth's location in the cosmos (1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II").
The captain alerts Roslin to a successful communications link with someone on Caprica. Roslin speaks with Jack, presumed to be a government official as he is aware of key events that have occurred in the wake of the Cylon attack on the Colonies.
Jack: "Thank god you're not here, Laura. Thank god! I've never seen anything like it!"
Laura Roslin: "Jack... where is the president?"
Jack: "... there's people wandering the streets..."
Roslin: "Where is the president, Jack?... is he alive?"
Jack: "I don't know.. I think so... we hear all kinds of things."
Roslin: "Have the Cylons made any demands? Do we know what they want?"
Jack: "No...no contact, I'm pretty sure about that..."
Roslin: "Has anyone discussed... has anyone discussed the possibility of surrender? Has it been considered?"
Jack: "After Picon was nuked, the president offered a complete unconditional surrender. The Cylons didn't even respond!"
With that, the captain of the transport interrupts Roslin with news from Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama (flying escort in his father's old restored Viper) of a Cylon incoming missile. Jack is never heard from again in the miniseries, nor does Roslin speak again with any other surviving government officials. Later, Roslin is appointed to the office of the President of the Twelve Colonies by emergency succession(TRS: "Miniseries, Night 1").
Fisk is a typical orders-only XO who generally keeps to the status quo established by his commanding officer. Like his counterpart on Galactica, Saul Tigh, Fisk is fond of drinking, although he appears far less likely to drink on duty than Tigh has in the past. He has a jovial personality, often cracking jokes to ease tension.
Serving in an unspecified role in Pegasus'sCIC, then-Lieutenant Colonel[1] Fisk is promoted to colonel and XO shortly after the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, when Colonel Belzen is shot in front of the crew by Cain for refusing her order to send all of Pegasus's Vipers, outnumbered 4-to-1, into an attack on a Cylon communication relay. Shaken by this summary execution, Fisk is careful never to contradict the admiral, and orders the attack without hesitation.
Fisk relates an incident aboard a civilian ship to Colonel Tigh in confidence over drinks (TRS: "Pegasus"). He and Kendra Shaw lead a marine strike team onto the ship, the Scylla, to carry out an order to strip the vessel of select resources and personnel. When Fisk reports that the civilians refuse to cooperate, Cain tells him to shoot the family of any selectee who refuses to comply. Faced with an advancing crowd that grows angry and unruly, and with Fisk and the marines showing signs of faltering, Shaw follows Cain's example and carries out their threat, raising her pistol and shooting a woman in the head, sparking weapons fire which leads to the deaths of nine more. This effectively ends any resistance from the passengers and crew, and cows them into heeding the boarding party's demands (TRS: "Razor").
After Commander William Adama and Admiral Cain come to the brink of an armed showdown between their respective battlestars over her summary convictions of Karl "Helo" Agathon and Galen Tyrol, Cain orders Fisk to lead a contingent of Pegasus marines aboard Galactica, ostensibly to guard CIC in the event of an enemy boarding during the Battle of the Resurrection Ship. His orders are to have the Marines ready to "terminate Adama's command," i.e. assassinate Adama and the CIC senior staff, once the battle is over, on her command of "Execute case orange" (TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part I"). After the battle, however, she decides not to give the order. A relieved Fisk lets out an unexpectedly loud belly laugh in response to Tigh's observation that he could use a drink, much to the confusion of everyone in the CIC (TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part II").
Colonel Fisk breaks up a violent beating of Agathon and Tyrol in the brig, conducted by Pegasus' Specialists Vireem and Gage. He dresses down the men, warning them that striking an officer on Pegasus has severe penalties, and sends them on their way. When thanked by Agathon and Tyrol, Fisk summarily dismisses their thanks, adding that he owed Lieutenant Alastair Thorne his life, as did others on Pegasus; he broke up the beating more for the sake of the uniform than anything else. When Agathon explains that Thorne was attempting to rape Sharon Valerii, Fisk says, "You can't rape a machine, Lieutenant."
Colonel Fisk later assumes command of Pegasus when Admiral Cain is killed by an escaped Cylon agent, Gina Inviere(TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part II"). Appropriately, Fisk is promoted to the rank of commander.
Later, Fisk became involved in the Fleet's black market, using his resources as commander to allow the shuttling of black market cargo through Pegasus, including fresh Caprican Imperial cigars to Vice President Gaius Baltar, for which he received unknown benefits from the black market boss, Phelan. When Fisk tries to force Phelan to renegotiate for higher compensation, Phelan has him garroted in his own quarters (TRS: "Black Market"). Fisk is succeeded by former engineer Barry Garner as commander of Pegasus(TRS: "The Captain's Hand").
A deleted scene from "Black Market" shows Captain Renner as Commander Garner's new XO. It is unknown whether he holds the same position when Fisk assumes command of Pegasus. Moreover, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable.
Levy founded the Burbank-based sound design and post-production audio studio AnEFX in 1992, building it into one of the entertainment industry's premier facilities for television, film, video games, and podcast production.[external 4] His career spans over 112 documented credits across film, television, video games, and emerging media, with approximately 30 personal awards and nominations including multiple Emmys and Golden Reel Awards.[external 5]
Levy began his career in music production, working with notable artists including Herb Alpert, The Temptations, Ray Charles, and George Clinton before transitioning to film and television sound design.[external 6] His early film credits include sound effects work on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness (1992), where he worked alongside sound designers Alan Howarth and Steven D. Williams at Skywalker Sound.[external 7]
In 1992, Levy founded AnEFX, initially working independently from his home before eventually establishing a Burbank facility in 1998.[external 10] The warehouse-style building was converted into a state-of-the-art facility featuring multiple Avid Pro Tools-based audio suites, an ADR room with various ISDN monitoring flavors, and an unusually large Foley stage equipped with a water tank and direct street access for oversize objects.[external 11]
AnEFX's client-focused approach included a full-time chef serving meals for employees and clients, fostering collaborative working relationships.[external 12] Levy's business philosophy emphasized exceptional customer service regardless of project size or budget, and the studio operated without a dedicated sales person, relying entirely on word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied clients.[external 13] The studio also provided archiving services beyond client contracts, enabling quick turnaround for DVD releases and additional formats.[external 14]
Levy served as supervising sound editor on the Miniseries, working alongside sound designer Daniel Colman, re-recording mixers Kevin Patrick Burns and Todd Orr, and the sound team that established the franchise's distinctive audio aesthetic.[external 15] The 2003 miniseries earned Levy his first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.[external 16]
Levy continued as supervising sound editor throughout the regular series (2004-2009), working on 46 episodes across all four seasons.[external 1] He received Emmy nominations for sound editing on "Exodus, Part II" in 2007 and the series finale "Daybreak, Part II" in 2009.[external 17] The team won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series for "Daybreak (Part 2)," with Levy and Daniel Colman, MPSE (Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer), leading a team that included Vince Balunas (Dialogue/ADR Editor), Sam C. Lewis (Sound Effects Editor), and foley artists Doug Madick and Rick Partlow.[external 2]
In 2012, Levy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome.[external 3] He also received multiple Golden Reel Award nominations for his work on Blood & Chrome and Caprica.[external 18]
In a 2012 interview, Levy discussed the unique sound design challenges of adapting Battlestar Galactica for video games, noting the series' distinctive "soft, round sound, more like being underwater than in outer space" contrasted with typical space combat expectations of "big rocket engines and laser shots."[external 19] He described the process of balancing the show's established aesthetic with gamers' desire for more immediate, primal audio feedback.[external 20]
Levy earned a Golden Reel Award nomination for Best Sound in a Series for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2013.[external 27] Additional science fiction series credits include Defiance (2013), Alphas (2011-2013), Warehouse 13 (2011), and Mr. Robot (2015).[external 28]
In recent years, Levy has transitioned into podcast production, serving as executive producer, director, and audio specialist for multiple projects. He founded Manifest Media Productions and currently serves as Chief Creative Officer.[external 37] His podcast work includes collaborations with iHeartMedia, Universal, Audible, and other major platforms.[external 38]
Recent podcast credits include executive producer and supervising sound editor roles on Table Read Podcast (2023-2025) and The Lower Bottoms (2021), an iHeartMedia production.[external 39] In a 2020 podcast interview, Levy discussed sound design techniques, loop groups/walla recording, and performance in ADR recording environments.[external 40]
Levy has mentored numerous sound professionals who have collectively earned over 130 nominations and approximately 20 award wins.[external 41] He is recognized in the industry as a "Go-To" audio expert, problem solver, and resource for leadership of the entire production lifecycle from inception to delivery.[external 42]
His work has spanned collaborations with Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, Marvel, Disney, and virtually every major studio and network.[external 43] In video games, Levy has worked with Electronic Arts, Philips Interactive, and Walt Disney Interactive, while in music his credits include projects for Warner Bros., Motown, Paisley Park, and Capitol Records.[external 44]
Levy describes his approach to audio production as focused on enabling entertainers to effectively tell stories through the highest quality sound, with emphasis on delivering perfection within budget, deadline, and technical specifications.[external 45]
Jack Levy was born in Minneapolis and raised in Buffalo, New York, where his family owned retail businesses.[external 46] His father's emphasis on equal customer service regardless of purchase size influenced Levy's own business philosophy at AnEFX.[external 47] After time living in Alaska, Levy moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in sound design.[external 48]
Levy was married to Jill Carpenter Levy from May 6, 2000, until their divorce on September 1, 2012, and has three sons.[external 49] He maintains chickens at his home and brings fresh eggs to the studio kitchen daily, using this routine as a reminder of his goal to make AnEFX "completely different from other studios."[external 50] Levy reports operating on approximately four hours of sleep per night, allowing him time for both work and family.[external 51]
Levy also uses the alternative professional name John A. Levy.[external 52]
This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the Miniseries novelization separate continuity, which is related to the Re-imagined Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.
The novelization of the Miniseries has other marked differences from the aired or sourced content of the series, such as Natasi and Jane Cally. As a result, these differences makes the novelization a separate continuity from the Re-imagined Series canon.
This list was created to keep track of Galactica's and Pegasus' current and former Viper pilots, Raptor pilots and ECOs. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.
Pilots are officers in the Colonial Fleet trained and qualified to operate a Viper fighter or a Raptor multipurpose vehicle.
Pilot candidates, or "nuggets," normally start training in simulators, but after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Galactica's nuggets went from classroom straight into live aircraft until Pegasus (with its on-board flight simulators) joined the Fleet. Once nuggets complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "Rooks".
A flight-qualified pilot wears basic pilot wings on the uniform's left breast. Senior-rated pilots (e.g. William Adama, Saul Tigh) wear a variation with outstretched wings.
Pilot wings are a permanently-awarded skills badge; they do not necessarily indicate active flight status, only that the wearer has successfully qualified as a pilot. Officers who have moved into non-flying positions, such as Aaron Kelly and Felix Gaeta, continue to wear them.
A flight suit, which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.
Qualifications legend:
V - Viper pilot R - Raptor pilot E - Raptor ECO O - Other craft [1]
The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the pilots' ready room or on other documents following Gaeta's Mutiny. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty.
The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the pilots' ready room or on other documents following the second exodus. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "Act of Contrition" and "The Hand of God".
These characters have not been seen or mentioned since the settlement of New Caprica, during which many military personnel mustered out of the service. As such, it is not known if they are still on active duty.
The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.
The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.
This is a listing of pilots and callsigns derived from the nameplates that were auctioned off. These nameplates were either used on the Vipers in the background or made for the production, and thus may or may never have been seen on-screen. Their status has been presently identified as "unknown."
The following pilots are homages to people working on the show or related to its production. Since they may only exist in behind-the-scenes photos and not featured on screen, they don't necessarily exist within the show's continuity.
A nameplate likely made for Steve Fleer, who shares the same callsign, last name, and rank. Nameplate was likely made before production changes rendered it obsolete.
↑Firelli appears in the episode "Pegasus," appearing to fulfill the role of tactical officer. It is possible that, after Pegasus's destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.
↑ 10.010.1Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the weight room as well (such as "Scar" and "Torn") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "Crossroads, Part II".
↑As Tigh's military record was falsified by John Cavil, Tigh's "life" as a Colonial begins after the First Cylon War and approximately 20 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Therefore, Tigh's actual flight ability is unknown.
↑Note: In the Miniseries, Gaeta does not have flight wings on his uniform, but when the show went to series, the character is given flight wings from "33" and onward.
Major Jackson "Dipper" Spencer is the CAG aboard Galactica just before her scheduled decommissioning and conversion into a museum. He is a liked and respected officer who mixes easily with his pilots. Off-duty he enjoys joining his pilots in a card game, while on-duty he takes his work very seriously and treats his pilots with a firm but fair hand.
In the final days of Galactica's decommissioning preparations, Spencer enjoys a cigar while playing a game of triad with Colonel Saul Tigh and Lieutenants Karl "Helo" Agathon, Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, and Sharon Valerii. During the game, Thrace and Tigh trade barbs, with Thrace broaching the topic of Tigh's estranged wife; after Thrace wins the game by having full colors, Tigh flips their table over to assault Thrace and is held back by Spencer before the brawl could escalate, but Tigh orders Thrace be thrown in the brig.
Alerted to the attack by Galactica, Spencer locates two Cylon Raider fighters and, after ordering the accompanying Raptor 312 reconnaissance vehicle away from the combat zone, orders his squadron to weapons free to intercept and destroy the Raiders. As the targets approach, all Vipers in Spencer's squadron suffer simultaneous and complete system failures as the Cylons infiltrate their onboard computers using the backdoor programming of the Command Navigation Program upgrade.
The impotent squadron is quickly destroyed by missiles deployed by the two Raiders, with Spencer among the first to be killed (TRS: "Miniseries").
Thrace later recites his callsign along with other fallen pilots in her dedication during a toast celebrating the death of the ace Cylon Raider, Scar, by Louanne "Kat" Katraine(TRS: "Scar").
In their DVD commentary of the Miniseries, producers Ron Moore, David Eick and director Michael Rymer note they were very impressed with actor John Mann's performance as Major Spencer. They were disappointed in killing off his character, jokingly wishing to bring him back as his character's "twin brother" because they enjoyed working with him so much. Mann eventually returned for "Black Market," but all his character's scenes were cut from the episode.
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