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Doug Drexler is the Visual Effects CG Supervisor on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.

Biographical Notes

Drexler previously worked with Ronald D. Moore and Gary Hutzel on Star Trek:The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

External Links

• Doug article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.

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Douglas Hale (credited as Doug Hale) is the actor who portrayed Major Grimsley in Galactica 1980's "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III".

He is erroneously credited for appearing in "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I."

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Portrays:	Galen Tyrol
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Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor who portrays Chief Galen Tyrol in the Re-imagined Series.

Early Life and Career

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, acting was not Douglas' first career, but he often helped friends prepare for auditions and went along to auditions to read opposite them, and found himself getting bit parts.

After studying acting at Canada's famed William Davis Centre and performing with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company, Douglas has gone on to appear in such films as X2 and Final Destination 2; on such shows as Dark Angel, Smallville, Jeremiah, Black Sash, Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits and the mini-series Steven Spielberg Presents Taken. He has also featured in such recent films as John Woo's Paycheck, the remake of Walking Tall, the Pitch Black sequel The Chronicles of Riddick and Alex Proyas' Isaac Asimov adaptation I, Robot.

Battlestar Galactica

Casting Process

Douglas was a huge fan of the original Battlestar Galactica series and actively pursued involvement in the remake. He first auditioned for the roles of Lee Adama and then Lieutenant Gaeta, before being cast as the chief of Galactica's flight deck. Although Tyrol was originally conceived as a significantly older character, the show's producers agreed with director Michael Rymer's assessment that no one could play the chief better than Douglas.

Character Development

Douglas has described his connection to the character of Galen Tyrol:

Tyrol is kind of like me. He's kind of brash and abrasive on the outside, but deep down he's a teddy bear. And if I were put in a position to run a deck on a Battlestar, I'd probably do it just like Tyrol. He's someone who loves his job and he's a leader who leads by example. So I'm very happy in the role. I wouldn't want to play anyone else now. Tyrol fits me the best, by far.

The actor was delighted by how Tyrol evolved from a minor supporting character into a major role:

Ron Moore told me that when he wrote the miniseries, he thought Tyrol was just going to be this secondary character who gave a little life and background to the ship. But Ron enjoyed what I did with the role and all my ad-libs, and he gave me more things to do as season one went on.

Character Psychology

Douglas has provided insight into Tyrol's complex relationship with Sharon Valerii, particularly regarding his subconscious awareness of her true nature:

Tyrol's not a dumb guy and I think deep down — on a subconscious level — he realizes she's a Cylon during season one. But he just can't bring himself to accept it. It's just like in real life where someone thinks their boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating on them, and they know they're right on some subconscious level, but they don't feel like they can examine it or face it.

Regarding the decision to end Tyrol and Sharon's relationship, Douglas was supportive of the creative choice:

The opportunity to break up with Sharon was really cool. When Ron Moore decided to split up Tyrol and Sharon, I was completely with him. If they'd stayed together, Tyrol might have become this one-dimensional guy who just kissed and argued with Sharon, and that could have become a little dull.

Episode-Specific Work

Douglas was particularly excited about his expanded role in the episode "Litmus":

David Eick had told me a big episode for Tyrol was coming up, and when I read the script I thought it was great. I'd been given a lot of interesting stuff to do in other episodes, but there was a lot of really cool scenes for me to do in 'Litmus'.

Series Assessment

Despite initially being skeptical about remakes, Douglas became one of the series' most enthusiastic supporters:

I don't like remakes generally, but this Battlestar Galactica is really different and original, and is just a great show. When I saw the opening episodes of season one, I remember thinking to myself I would watch this show even if I wasn't in it!

References

Commentary and Interviews

Production History

External Links

• Official Fan Site
• Aaron Douglas LiveJournal community
• Aaron Douglas Fans - fan site with photos, multimedia, filmography, articles, etc.
• Aaron Douglas interview - a long interview with Douglas prior to Season 3

Sources for this page may be located at: Sources:Aaron Douglas thoughts on the show

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Douglas Bruce is an American actor who portrayed McNally, a United States Air Force pilot credited as "2nd Pilot," in the Galactica 1980 premiere episode "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I". Bruce is known for his work in early 1980s film and television, most notably his appearance in the 1982 theatrical film Partners starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt.

Career

Galactica 1980

Bruce appeared in the premiere episode of Galactica 1980, "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I", which aired on ABC on Sunday, January 27, 1980. In the episode, he was credited as "2nd Pilot" but portrayed the character McNally, a United States Air Force pilot. Bruce also appeared in Conquest of the Earth (1980), the theatrical film compiled from episodes of Galactica 1980.

Partners (1982)

Bruce's most notable film credit is his appearance in Partners (1982), a Paramount Pictures production directed by James Burrows and starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt. The film is a gay-themed buddy comedy about a mismatched pair of Los Angeles police detectives—one straight (Ryan O'Neal) and one gay (John Hurt)—who go undercover as a couple to solve murders in the city's gay community.

The film was released on April 30, 1982, and featured a cast that included Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass (who also appeared in Galactica 1980), Jay Robinson, James Remar, and Rick Jason. The film was one of six relatively low-budgeted films rushed into production by Paramount Pictures in 1981 prior to an impending directors' strike, with budgets between $4–8 million.

Bruce appeared in the supporting cast alongside other actors including Denise Galik, Joseph R. Sicari, Michael McGuire, Darrell Larson, Tony March, Seamon Glass, and others.

Filmography

Galactica 1980

• "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I" (1980) - McNally (credited as 2nd Pilot)

Film

• Conquest of the Earth (1980)
• Partners (1982)

References

External Sources

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Douglas McLean is Art Director for the Re-imagined Series and its prequel, Caprica.

McLean appears in a video blog episode with David Eick on the sets of the battlestar Pegasus during their preparation for their debut on the episode of the same name. His art direction for the "Goldie's" set in "The Dirteaters" was praised by the cast for its realism and believability.

References

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Robyn Douglass (born June 21, 1953 as Robyn Rawers in Sendai, Japan) is a retired American actress and model who played the role of Jamie Hamilton, a recurring character in Galactica 1980.

Early Life and Training

The daughter of an Army pediatrician father and a psychologist mother, Douglass was born in Sendai, Japan, and grew up in San Francisco as the oldest of four siblings. She spent twelve years at an all-girl Catholic school in Mountain View, California, an experience she later credited for her initial typecasting in what she described as "goody two-shoes roles."

Douglass enrolled at the University of California at San Francisco as a pre-veterinary major but left in her final year to pursue acting. She studied at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre before relocating to Chicago, where she spent four years performing in commercials while training with Del Close at Second City and Lou Conte at the Hubbard Street Dance Theatre.

Early Modeling Career

Before establishing herself as an actress, Douglass was a successful model, appearing in Cosmopolitan magazine and on the cover of Playboy's December 1974 issue. She posed nude for photographer Augustin Gregory in two separate photo sessions for Playboy, appearing nude in the magazine eight times.

Film and Television Career

Breaking Away

Douglass's first major break came when director Peter Yates discovered her in Chicago and cast her as Katherine, the college love interest of Dennis Christopher's character, in the critically acclaimed 1979 film Breaking Away. The film, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture, became a significant success.

Galactica 1980

Douglass was cast in Galactica 1980 in January 1980, though at the time she had no guarantee the project would become more than a television movie. Despite the lack of advance publicity, Douglass was excited by the opportunity to be part of a science fiction production, having had no previous experience in the genre.

Her character Jamie Hamilton was conceived as a bright, vivacious reporter whose knowledge of Earth's past becomes key to the Colonial Fleet's mission to save humanity from the pursuing Cylons. The show's premise involved the Colonial Warriors attempting to change the course of time travel to update Earth's technology and help defend against the Cylons, with plots frequently involving historical figures and events.

Douglass described the production schedule as demanding, with the entire cast facing tight deadlines and a shortage of time. She developed her character Jamie largely through her own creative input, working with the show's writers and building Jamie's personality over time.

Douglass drew inspiration from classic action heroines, comparing her character's style to Jane Fonda's performance in The Electric Horseman, noting that Jamie exhibited a similar combination of strength and vulnerability. She emphasized her goal was to avoid portraying Jamie as stereotypically feminine, preferring to use intelligence rather than appearance to drive the character.

Her Life as a Man

In 1984, Douglass starred in the NBC made-for-television movie Her Life as a Man, which aired on March 12, 1984. The film was based on "My Life As A Man," an article by Carol Lynn Mithers published in The Village Voice, in which Mithers recounted her real-life experience of disguising herself as a man to obtain a sportswriting position.

Douglass portrayed Carly Perkins, an aspiring female reporter who disguises herself as "Carl Parsons" to secure a sportswriting job at a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, played by Robert Culp. The film also featured Marc Singer, Joan Collins, and Laraine Newman.

The Christian Science Monitor praised the production as "perhaps the quintessential feminist film, a superb portrayal of the complex relationship of the sexes in our society," noting that director Robert Ellis Miller handled the material "so skillfully that I found myself believing every seemingly unbelievable moment." The review specifically commended Douglass, stating she "manages to make her-himself totally credible as she reverses roles."

Other Work

Douglass appeared in several other notable films, including Partners (1982) with Ryan O'Neal, Romantic Comedy (1983) with Dudley Moore, and The Lonely Guy (1984) with Steve Martin.

On television, Douglass had a recurring role as Lt. Jeanne Beaumont in the 1987 series Houston Knights (initially titled Houston Nights). She also appeared in made-for-television movies including The Clone Master (1978), The Girls in the Office (1979), and Golden Gate (1981), and had roles in series such as Trapper John, M.D. and Tenspeed and Brownshoe.

Legal Issues

Hustler Lawsuit

In 1981, nude and erotic photographs of Douglass appeared in the January issue of Hustler magazine without her authorization. Douglass filed a lawsuit against Hustler Magazine, Inc. and photographer Augustin Gregory, claiming invasion of privacy, including portrayal in a false light, and unauthorized commercial appropriation of her image.

The photographs had been taken during two earlier sessions for Playboy magazine, for which Douglass had signed limited releases. Hustler obtained the photographs from Gregory and published them with sexually suggestive captions, including images that appeared to depict lesbian activity. Douglass claimed the publication damaged her career as an advertising model, with testimony showing that advertising agencies in Chicago refused to hire her after the Hustler feature appeared.

A jury initially ruled in Douglass's favor, awarding her $600,000 in damages ($500,000 in compensatory damages against each defendant and $1,500,000 in punitive damages against Hustler, later reduced by the trial judge). However, in 1985, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the judgment and ordered a new trial, finding errors in the jury instructions regarding the standard for proving actual malice. The United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case, letting the appellate decision stand.

Personal Life

On December 2, 2000, Douglass married criminal defense attorney Rick Halprin, who was known for representing high-profile clients, including Chicago crime boss Joseph Lombardo.

In 2002, the Halprins filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1968 against the Prairie Single Family Homes of Dearborn Park Association, claiming the neighborhood association allowed harassment of the couple because Halprin was Jewish. Douglass later divorced Halprin before his death in 2013.

Later Career and Retirement

Douglass's known acting career spanned from 1978 to 1999. She eventually moved to California, where she opened a bed-and-breakfast.

In 2020, Douglass released an audio memoir titled Messages for the Future: The Galactica 1980 Memoirs, reflecting upon her career while commemorating the 40th anniversary of Galactica 1980.

References

Footnotes

Commentary and Interviews

Production History

Legal Cases

External Sources

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• Douglas McLean
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