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His breakthrough role was as the Deputy Lester in First Blood (1982), which starred Sylvester Stallone as Rambo. His other memorable roles include the character Howard Landers in My Bloody Valentine (1981) and William Drake in the blockbuster film X2 (2003).
Alf Humphreys (1953-2018) was a Canadian actor, writer and director who appeared in X2, First Blood and The Uninvited. He also worked on TV shows like The Twilight Zone and The L Word, and was married to Elizabeth Moss.
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Feb 5, 2018 · Alf Humphreys played comic relief Howard Landers in My Bloody Valentine, a miner at Hanniger Mines. Throughout his career, Humphreys made a handful of other stops in the genre, appearing in “The...
Alf Humphreys was a Canadian actor and writer who appeared in X2, First Blood and My Bloody Valentine. He died in 2018 from brain cancer and was married to Elizabeth Moss.
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- January 31, 2018
- The Film Deviates Significantly from David Morrell’s Original Novel
- Sylvester Stallone Demanded A Hefty Salary
- Trautman Actor Richard Crenna Was An Eleventh-Hour Replacement For Kirk Douglas
- Sylvester Stallone Really Broke Alf Humphreys’ Nose
- A Stuntman Suffered A Broken Back Shooting A Car Chase
- Stallone Suffered Some Serious Injuries Including Broken Ribs
- Several Shot Scenes Didn’T Make The Final Cut
- Stallone Now Considers It One of His Best Films
- Rambo’s Makeshift Coat Was Actually A Rotting Canvas
- The Film Pushed Back Production on Rocky III
First Blood began life as a 1972 novel by author David Morrell. The film adaptation had been in development for the best part of a decade when it finally got off the ground with Stallone starring and Kotcheff directing, and after going through many different drafts, the screenplay wound up making some significant changes from what Morrell wrote. Mo...
When Sylvester Stallone started out as an actor at the tail end of the 1960s, he had to take whatever he could get professionally. However, after Rocky became a huge hit and a multiple Oscar winner, his career sky-rocketed, and soon enough Stallone was in a position to demand a whole lot more. To take the lead in First Blood, he told the producers ...
The makers of First Blood were keen to cast a big name elder actor as Rambo’s mentor Colonel Trautman, and to this end the role was initially set to be taken by Kirk Douglas. However, the legendary Spartacus actor wound up dropping out of the movie not long before production began as he wasn’t happy with the script. This sent the producers in a mad...
First Blood is a very physical movie, and occasionally things got a little rough on set. While filming the jail escape scene, Sylvester Stallone accidentally struck his co-star Alf Humphreys for real, elbowing the Lester actor in the face. Humphreys was left with a broken nose, and this is why he is seen wearing a band-aid throughout the rest of th...
Movies hire stunt doubles for a reason: sometimes they have to do things that result in very real injuries. Unfortunately, this was the case on First Blood for stunt man Bennie E. Dobbins, who doubled for Brian Dennehy’s Sheriff Teasle. Whilst shooting the scene in which Teasle chases Rambo in a police car, the car went over a ramp and was launched...
Stallone may have broken the nose of unfortunate co-star Alf Humphreys, but the leading man himself also suffered for his art shooting First Blood. In one of the most eye-popping scenes, Rambo is hanging from a cliff face as police open fire on him from a helicopter: he leaps down into the trees far below, and we see Stallone wince in pain as he cr...
Considering that the original first cut of First Blood was around two hours longer than the version that made it to screens, we obviously lost a fair few scenes in the re-editing process. Some of these scenes were re-inserted for extended TV versions of the movie, including a moment when Rambo is treated dismissively by staff in a diner, scenes of ...
Although he was hugely unhappy with the film when the first cut was produced, today Stallone looks back on First Blood with considerably greater fondness. In an interview with Graham Norton, Stallone declared First Blood to be his personal favourite of all the films he’s made, stating he wouldn’t change anything in it. Stallone also remarked in a 2...
While First Blood was made on a then-respectable budget of $15 million, the filmmakers were still keen to avoid unnecessary expenditures. They were also keen to convey the tale of wilderness survival as authentically as possible. This attitude extended to the clothing Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo wears, as the film sees Rambo finds a piece of ro...
First Blood proved to be a somewhat gruelling production, shot almost entirely on location under fairly harsh weather conditions. As a result of these difficulties, production overran on the film, forcing Stallone and company to delay production on Rocky III, which the actor shot next. (First Blood was shot first, even though in the end Rocky III m...
Jan 31, 2018 · Alf Humphreys (1953-2018) was a Canadian actor who appeared in films and TV shows such as First Blood, X2, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and The X-Files. See his biography, filmography, photos, and trivia on The Movie Database (TMDB).
Born in 1953, Humphreys passed away yesterday due to brain cancer at the age of 64. He is survived by his wife, their son, and three brothers. It's sad to have such a...
