Man from Atlantis (1977) was the first of four successful TV-movies, to be followed by an unsuccessful series. It's a reasonably interesting story about a water-breathing man from Atlantis stuck in the modern world. Features a fine mad scientist.
Venus Smith, the forgotten Avengers girl. She was Steed's partner in six 1963 episodes. Fascinatingly different from the other Avengers girls. She had zero combat skills but she was a useful agent. And quite charming.
Remembering #DarrenMcGavin (1922-2006), the Emmy-winning American television, stage and film actor / director, born William Lyle Richardson in Washington #OnThisDay. His screen career spanned six decades, most successfully on TV, notably the title role in Mickey Spillane's #MikeHammer (1958-59), the father in Spielberg's CBS chiller #SomethingEvil (1972), Frank Black's father in #Millennium (1997) and Arthur Dales in #TheXFiles (1998-99)...
Immortalised as wise-cracking, monster-hunting reporter Carl #Kolchak in ABC's classic TV movie #TheNightStalker (1972), its 1973 sequel and the short-lived but beloved spinoff series (1974-75).