Kurt Russell
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David Clennon (born May 10, 1943) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Miles Drentell in the ABC series thirtysomething and Once and Again, as well as his role as Palmer in the John Carpenter film The Thing. He has been frequently cast in films directed by Hal Ashby, Costa-Gavras and Jordan Walker-Pearlman . Life and career.
Quotes. [Norris' head grows legs and tries to walk away] Palmer : [1:17:22] You gotta be fuckin' kidding. MacReady : I don't know. Thousands of years ago it crashes, and this thing... gets thrown out, or crawls out, and it ends up freezing in the ice. Childs : I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.
Jun 25, 1982 · The Thing: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon. A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- John Carpenter
- 1982-06-25
The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
Feb 20, 2023 · David Clennon, who played stoner helicopter pilot Palmer in the film, has his own theory. So what happens in The Thing again? Universal Pictures. As the Antarctic winter sets in, 12 men at an...
Palmer was an assistant mechanic stationed at American Antarctic research station, U.S. Outpost 31. The character appears in the 1982 film The Thing and was portrayed by actor David Clennon. During the winter of 1982, a group of Norwegians chased a shape-shifting extraterrestrial organism...
Fictional character biography. In Who Goes There?, the Thing is discovered by a team of Antarctic scientists frozen in its space ship, which had crashed onto Earth twenty million years before. After it thaws, it kills and takes the form of the team's physicist, Connant, unbeknownst to the others.
