Alexander John Rebar (July 9, 1940 – November 19, 2021) was an American producer, writer and actor. He was most known for starring in the cult film The Incredible Melting Man as well as writing and producing films such as Beyond the Door, Demented, To All a Goodnight, and Nowhere to Hide.
Alexander John Rebar | |
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| Born | Alexander John Rebar July 9, 1940 Dallas, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 2021 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Alex Rebar |
| Alma mater | Valley Forge Military Academy Wilkes College |
| Years active | 1965–1992 |
| Spouse | Barbar Karp |
Life and career edit
He was born in Dallas, Pennsylvania on a farm where he rode horses.[1] He attended Valley Forge Military Academy and Wilkes College before enlisting in the Navy as a Photographers Mate. After serving in the Korean War he moved to Paris where he co-founded and acted with the Studio Theater of Paris and managed a jazz club.[2]
In Rome, Rebar worked for Production Cinitalia Edizone doing voice dubbing for Marcello Mastroianni, Klaus Kinski and the Italian Mighty Mouse. One of his first appearances on-screen was the psychedelic Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion with Ewa Aulin as a professor who is abducted by drug-addled hippies.[3] He went on to write Beyond the Door (1974 film), a Rosemary's Baby (film) meets The Exorcist (film) knock-off before returning to Hollywood and making his star turn as the infamous (and aqueous)The Incredible Melting Man. Rebar says he enjoyed the "bad guy" role as the monster because "When else do you get to ham it up like that?"[2]
Through the 1980s Rebar went on to numerous television appearances in The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, Murder She Wrote, CHiPs and Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes while simultaneously writing and producing infamous cult films such Demented (1980 film), Santa Claus killer To All a Goodnight, horror/rock documentary Terror on Tour, and Thanksgiving slasher film, Home Sweet Home.
In the early 2000s he briefly came out of retirement to begin producing videos for the internet[4] including a series called "Sex, Pain and Murder" for iFilm.[5]
Death edit
Rebar died at his home in Glendale, California, on November 19, 2021, at the age of 81. His final wishes were for no memorial but that "Everyone should just go home, crack open a bottle of wine, and listen to 'Got My Mojo Workin' by Muddy Waters."[6]
Filmography edit
As actor edit
- Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion (1970)
- Tales of Canterbury (1973)
- The Young and the Restless (as Vince Holliday, 1973)
- The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977)
- CHiPs (1981)
- Voyagers! (1982)
- Simon & Simon (1983)
- Berengers (1985)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984–1985)
- Number One with a Bullet (1987)
- Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)
As writer/producer edit
- Beyond the Door (1974) (as collaborating writer)
- To All a Goodnight (1980)
- Demented (1980)
- Terror on Tour (1980) (as writer and executive producer)
- Home Sweet Home (1981) (as executive producer)
- Nowhere to Hide (1987)
- Sex, Pain and Murder (2000, web series)
References edit
- ^ "Son Born Today to Mrs. Alex Rebar Jr". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. Pennsylvania. July 9, 1940. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Alu, Mary Ellen (October 19, 1979). "Such a nice Guy, so why do soap fans hate him?". The Times Leader. Pennsylvania, Lawton. p. 1B. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jahn, Pam (April 10, 2014). "Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion". Electric Sheep - reviews.
- ^ "CASSIE TOWNSEND: BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN | Film Threat". June 29, 2005.
- ^ "SEX, PAIN AND MURDER, EPISODE THREE: SEX AIN'T ALL THAT".,
- ^ "Alexander John Rebar Obituary (1940–2021) Los Angeles Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
External links edit
- ALEX REBAR at IMDb