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This is a listing of unnamed characters in Galactica 1980.
Colonials
A "Girl on Bridge" (portrayed by Ellen Gerken) informs Commander Adama that the Cylon Raiders are running and that the Viper pilots wish to pursue (The Return of Starbuck).
Earthlings
Americans
Airport and Airline Personnel
Flight 2 Captain
The captain of Flight 2 appears in the passenger cabin prompted by an indicator light that signified the deployment of the oxygen masks. The stewardess tells him of the hijacking attempt and subsequently remove the weapon from one of the stunned hijackers. When how they became stunned comes to question, a boy tells him that Dillon and Troy stunned them, which he doesn't believe (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
- The role is uncredited.
Flight 427
The people of Flight 427 are almost killed when the damaged Shuttle Alpha makes its landing on Earth. Its co-pilot warns the captain of the danger, which allows the captain to quickly react and pilot the commercial aircraft out of the shuttle's way.
The furious captain, who believes the shuttle to be a military aircraft, angrily growls about how he is sick of hot shots clogging up the commercial air lanes and rips into the USAF (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The captain was portrayed by Simon Scott. The co-pilot was portrayed by Ken Scott.
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Simon Scott as the captain. -
Ken Scott as the co-pilot.
Ticket Master
When Troy and Dillon enter the Los Angeles Airport, they speak to two different women who are ticket masters.
The first is at the front desk gives them their prepaid tickets for Flight 2 to New York City. She can tell they don't travel by air, since they ask about the metal detector scanners they have to pass through due to the threat posed by hijacking.
The second is at the boarding area as she finalizes their tickets. Dillon and Troy, not knowing that there is a "smoking and non-smoking" section to the flight, lead to an idiotically "cute" question regarding how the plane would work best. She points out the gate and they leave. This same ticket master deals with the two terrorists posing as a married couple with a young baby, saying that they had just made the flight (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
- Both roles is uncredited.
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The first ticket master. -
The second ticket master.
Baseball Related
Announcer
The announcer is an older man in his sixties who announces the various plays in the game between the Encino Cougars and the Polecats. Before the game, he interviews Billy Eheres about his team (Spaceball).
- The role is uncredited.
Camp Aide
Billy Eheres' aide informs Jamie Hamilton and Xaviar (under the guise of Lieutenant Nash) that the camp will fall because half their team is out sick for a game that could capture sponsors for their camp.
Amongst his other duties, he also acts as an assistant coach under Eheres (Spaceball).
- The role is uncredited.
Umpire
The umpire overseeing the game between the Polecats and the Encino Cougars has a sour disposition. This is particularly apparent when a Super Scout makes off with his shiny new silver dollar and, later, when a grounder hit by a Super Scout digs itself into the ground, resulting in an argument with the groundskeeper, Jenkins (Spaceball).
- The role is uncredited.
Law Enforcement
California Highway Patrol
Two California Highway Patrol officers (CHiPs) encounter and pursue Dillon and Troy due to the fact that their turbines did not have license plates. Both warriors subsequently escape them using their invisibility field.
These same CHiPs later find Dillon and Troy on the highway again, after they had made their purchase at a department store for supplies. With no time for subtlety, the Warriors fly off, leaving them bemused (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The two CHiPs are uncredited.
Sheriff
A sheriff is first introduced when Walt Griffin reports on two mysterious space craft appear on a meadow. The spacecraft, however, are gone, having just launched into the night sky -- which the sheriff writes off as shooting stars (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II)
This same sheriff later drives up to the Maggies Truck Heaven diner, passing by Troy and Dillon as they wave in his direction, since his car had just passed the bus that Hamilton was on. He stops to ask if they need any help, but they politely decline.
After driving up to the diner and buying an edition of The Daily News paper, he notes that they are wanted for the attempted kidnapping of Dr. Mortinson and pursue in a short chase. Troy and Dillon swiftly escape the chase, activating their turbines' flight systems and flying off into the air. He later stops on the side of the road, telling the dispatcher, Harvey, that he wasn't feeling too well (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
- The unnamed sheriff is played by Ted Gehring.
Paradise Valley, California
A listing of unnamed people found in Paradise Valley, California in "The Super Scouts' two-parter.
Bank Teller
Dillon talks to a bank teller at a bank, hoping to get the cubits analyzed in a quick fashion. After she claims that they don't assay the gold at the bank, Dillon asks for the coins back, but is met with stern questioning from her regarding the origin of the coins. Believing him to be a thief, she activates a silent alarm, which Dillon notices.
Dillon subsequently stuns a guard named Harry after she calls for help. Seeing this, she gives him the cubits and thousands in dollar bills. Dillon attempts to give it back, but she is too sacred to accept.
The teller tries to convince him to give up his robbery attempt, seeing that he's a "nice kid". Dillon promises to pay her back, asking her where she lives. She replies that answering that would be crazy, but gives him an address of 327 Harrat Street when Dillon points the laser pistol at her. She quickly replies that she's moving "just as soon as you finish robbing this bank" (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The bank teller is portrayed by Caroline Smith.
Saleslady
At a department store, Troy runs into a chatty, but helpful saleslady who aids him in getting camping equipment and clothing for himself, Troy, and the Super Scouts.
Already in awe over the bulk of what he's buying, she is shocked at the money she is given, absently commenting that they must've robbed a bank -- which is fairly accurate (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The unnamed saleslady is portrayed by Helen Page Camp.
United States Air Force
A variety of United States Air Force personnel are seen in the series, as their role is typically suited to running around and being thwarted by the Warriors at every turn.
Air Force Colonel
Walt Griffin and his son, Willie Griffin, talk to an Air Force colonel after Willie discovers that the Vipers have landed in the meadow again. The Colonel informs a dejected Willie that he cannot tell anyone of the spaceships (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
- This Air Force Colonel was portrayed by Hank Brandt.
Air Force Officer
An USAF officer reports to Colonel Jack Sydell that they've found nothing of the alleged craft that landed the night before. He does tell them of an encampment of Boy Scots one meadow over, which Sydell investigates (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The Air Force Officer was portrayed by Jack Ging.
Air Force Major
An Air Force major is present at the Van Nuys A.N.G. Base where the three Vipers are taken. He orders that no one, not even their own people, go near the ships, noting that teams from Wright-Patterson and Washington are going to arrive "first thing in the morning". It is after these orders are given that Xaviar, dressed as an Air Force guardsman, enters his Viper under the cloak of invisibility and begins recharging the energizers of his Viper via the base's generator, an event that this major witnesses (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
- The Air Force Major was portrayed by Doug Hale.
Air Force Sergeant
An Air Force sergeant accompanies Colonel Jack Sydell to the baseball playoffs. He is instructed by Sydell to watch the children, whom he believes are the key to his inquiry into UFOs and other paranormal phenomena (Spaceball).
- The role is uncredited.
Miscellaneous Civilians
Irate Employee
An irate United Broadcasting Company employee comes across the Super Scouts in a studio as Wellington is explaining the components of a camera. An $80,000 camera in a state disassembly. He runs to Mr. Brooks office to confront Jamie Hamilton, who later drags Brooks, Hal and Hamilton down to the stage. After insisting that the camera was "ruined", it comes to him as a complete surprise that Camera 4 was in working order and he concedes that his people may have well had the camera taken apart for maintenance. The alternative, as Hamilton notes, is that a bunch of children put it back together in perfect working order (Spaceball).
- The role is uncredited.
Newsboy
Lost in 1980's earth, Xaviar walks the streets of nearby Century City, wanting to seek out the studios of the United Broadcasting Company after watching an interview with Dr. Donald Mortinson. Wanting to know how to get there, Xaviar questions a newsboy, who informs him that he can get there by using a cab.
Xaviar walks away, but the newsboy obtrusively asks the reason for the questioning, which results in Xaviar stunning the newsboy and then trying to hail for a cab (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
- The unnamed newsboy is portrayed by Ray Duke.
PIT Guards
At the Pacific Institute of Technology's AR Building, Troy and Dillon run into two guards. The first guard, whose full name is not spoken in dialogue[1] is stunned by Troy, allowing the two of them to enter Dr. Donald Mortinson's office.
A second guard stops Troy and Dillon at gunpoint on a walk way after they leave Mortinson's office, with Dorothy Carlyle close behind (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).
- The first guard, credited only as 1st Guard, is played by Frank Downing. The second guard, credited as 2nd Guard, is played by Don Maxwell.
Stanford Guard
When Troy and Dillon investigate a lake where the sick Super Scouts drank from, they run across a fairly jovial guard from the Stanford Chemical Plant. He informs them that the lake and the land belong to the plant, also giving them permission to fish there. Initially defensive when asked where they can find Mr. John Stockton, the guard gives the information to them after Troy claims that he wishes to teach the children a lesson in repaying kindness for kindness (The Super Scouts, Part I).
- The role is uncredited.
The Griffins
Willie's sister is seen sitting at the dinner table in the Griffin's kitchen as Willie Griffin storms in, trying to tell them of the two Vipers he comes across. She asks about the ships, but her mother interrupts, telling her husband to stop Willie out of fear of her apparent gullibility (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
Willie's mother is seen as Willie bursts into the house in the typical place for Earthling women: the kitchen. In a manner typical of house-bound women of 1980s Earth, she admonishes Willie for dragging dirt through her house. Later, she prissily tells Walt Griffin, her husband, to put a stop in Willie's "made up" story about the two space ships he sees in the field (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
- Neither actresses are apparently credited.
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Willie's sister has her interest piqued by Willie's story about the spaceships. -
Willie's mother sits at the dinner table, displeased with Willie's not-so-make-believe story.
Cubans
Hijackers
Two male Cuban hijackers, masquerading as a married heterosexual couple with a baby (which is a doll), attempt to hijack a New York bound flight Troy and Dillon are on. Once they spring their plan, the Warriors -- on a mission to intercept a craft they believe is one of their own -- decide they don't have the time to visit Cuba and stun them. This doesn't go past the notice of a boy, who points out the two heroes to the flight attendants and the people aboard the craft, forcing them to evade the law upon landing (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
- The roles of the two hijackers are uncredited.
Germans
When observing the loading of trains bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp, a little girl runs toward Hamilton, Dillon, Troy, and Stockwell. Troy grabs her while Dillon shoots at the pursuing Nazi guard and with her makes their escape.
Later, Stockwell meets up with the leader of a resistance cell in Peenemünde, Germany, the owner of a local bookstore. It is this bookstore that is the headquarters for the local resistance, which Stockwell hopes will help him in thwarting the Nazi's V-2 rocket program. The Gestapo subsequently storm the bookstore, capturing the resistance and the little girl as well (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
Both of these individuals, including box cars full of Jews and others meant to be transferred to Auschwitz, are subsequently freed by Major Stockwell and Jamie Hamilton (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
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The German resistance leader portrayed by Michael Strong. -
A little Jewish girl portrayed by Missy Francis.
Nazi Officers
Xaviar works with various unnamed Nazi officers in his bid to increase Earth's technological level (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
German Colonel
A German officer, apparently a Colonel[2], is greeted by various officers when he enters an office. He is quickly notified of the appearance of two air craft believed to be of American origin, and orders the Luftwaffe to dispatch them. This same officer later comments that "soon we will have planes that don't even have propellers" (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
- The German Colonel is portrayed by Louis Turenne.
German pilot
A German pilot, apparently the Luftwaffe's flight leader or commander engages Troy and Dillon's Vipers, only to break off the attack after discovering that the craft have no markings. Believing them to be the German's own experimental aircraft, he threateningly orders his fellow pilots not to mention the incident to anyone (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
- The actor portraying the German pilot is unknown.
German Commander
A character credited as "German Commander", despite his rank being revealed in the dialogue as "Colonel", is seen leading the Gestapo into the Resistance Leader's bookstore. After the Gestapo disarm and remove everyone in the building (that they can see anyway), one of the invisible Warriors causes the Colonel's gun to go off while in the holster, shooting him in the leg (or foot). This results in a noticeable limp.
Later, the Gestapo Colonel is seen behind the other Colonel as General Yodel comes to see the V-2 rocket that Xaviar designed (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II).
After the debacle, the Colonel is seen in the train station yard as they load Jews and other dissidents into box cars. He reacts furiously when he sees (but apparently cannot believe) that flying bikes are attacking the train yard; this diversion allows Jamie Hamilton and Major Stockwell to extricate the innocent people from the box cars (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III).
- The German Commander is played by Curt Lowens.
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Louis Turenne as a German Colonel. -
The Luftwaffe commander that engages the Vipers. -
Curt Lowens as a German Gestapo Colonel, although he is credited as "German Commander".
References
- ↑ The name is deduced based on a comment he makes to Dorothy Carlyle and a legible shot of his name badge. See: Jack Archer for details.
- ↑ The Luftwaffe flight leader who engages Troy and Dillon's Vipers refers to the commanding officer as thus in his threatening orders to his pilots, falsely believing that the Vipers were the Germans' own experimental aircraft.