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William Theodore Katt is an American film and television actor, best known as the star of The Greatest American Hero. He is also known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of...
Jun 8, 2024 · 'The Greatest American Hero' is known for its fun take on superheroes and catchy theme song, but did you know these 10 fascinating facts?
- Flight
- Super Strength
- Invulnerability
- Invisibility
- Telekinesis
- Precognition
- Super Speed
- Shrinking
- Super Exhalation
One of Ralph's best - and funniest - superpowers is the power of flight. The special alien suit, given to him to fight crime and injustice in the world, lets him fly like Superman does, but landing is a different story. Without the instruction manual, Ralph doesn't really know how to operate the suit. That makes landing a difficult and comical exer...
Another superpower that Ralph shares with Superman is super strength. He shares many powers in common with the Man of Steel, which led Warner Bros., the owners of DC Comics, to file a lawsuit against ABC. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed, as numerous comic book characters share the same skills and abilities. Ralph showed off his strength a lot ...
Another power Ralph shares with Superman and many other superheroes is invulnerability. Crashlanding isn't so bad when the suit makes him nearly invincible. He can take a punch from Andre The Giant, get hit by a freight train, get shot, it doesn't really matter. His invulnerability made for some silly moments in the show. The general comic tone of ...
One power Superman doesn't have (technically) but Ralph does is invisibility. In the fourth episode from season one, "Here's Looking At You, Kid," Ralph starts to turn invisible without any intention or explanation. It's ultimately down to the suit, which he constantly struggles to control. RELATED: Warrior Nun & 9 Other Shows Based On Unconvention...
Ralph starts to drift into the realm of 'OP' - overpowered - with the discovery of his telekinesis. He was able to use his telekinesis to stop a car at full speed. Ralph is also telepathic, with his mental abilities becoming a bigger feature of the show as the series went on. After he is exposed to high doses of plutonium radiation, Ralph is also a...
Precognition is the ability to see into the future. Ralph developed this ability over time, and later in the series, other people were able to see his visions as well by touching him. Also, people in the future can see him when he has a vision, suggesting that his precognitions were much more concrete than he even really knew. Precognition is a maj...
Ralph could fly and run very fast in the costume. One of Ralph's villains in the series estimated that Ralph could run at about seventy miles per hour, twice as fast as the fastest land animal, and his top airspeed was somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,600 MPH, as he outran a jet flying Mach 6. RELATED:10 TV Series You Didn't Realize Were Based On...
In one episode, Ralph borrowed a power from another famous comic book character: Ant-Man. The Ant-Man movie got a lot of things right about the character, and like Ralph, Scott Lang had to go through some trial and error learning his powers. In "Divorce Venusian Style", Ralph gets a new copy of the suit instruction manual from an alien. But then he...
In the episode "Fire Man," Ralph shows off a pair of new and staggering powers. He is resistant to fire and heat and uses super exhalation - super breath, basically - to blow out a flamethrower. H also uses this ability in the episode "There's Just No Accounting ..." to put out a Molotov Cocktail. Super breath is of course another power of Superman...
William Katt is an American actor, voice actor, and musician. He is best known for appearing in the TV series ‘The Greatest American Hero’ as well as for playing Tommy Ross in the supernatural horror film ‘Carrie’.
It premiered as a two-hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981. It starred William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley ("Hanley" for the latter part of the first season), Robert Culp as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell, and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson.
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
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Series Cast 21. William Katt. Ralph Hinkley (13 Episodes) Robert Culp. Bill Maxwell (13 Episodes) Connie Sellecca. Pam Davidson (13 Episodes) Faye Grant. Rhonda Blake (13 Episodes)
