Illustration Fridays: Robot
Ro-Man as portrayed by George Barrows in Phil Tucker's notorious 1953 classic "Robot Monster"
With a name like "Robot Monster" how could you possibly go wrong?
George Barrows was lucky enough to be cast as Ro-Man partially because he owned his own gorilla suit. He also later portrayed a gorilla in an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies".
Later in life he achieved broader success in such notable roles as Mack the dockworker in 1958's "Frankenstein's Daughter" as well as Ticket purchaser in 1979's "The Frisco Kid."
This is my second entry into Illustration Friday.
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posted by scottra at 5:33 PM
2 Comments:
it looks like it has a tv on its head. mixt with a ape bory!
George Barrows was excellent in "the Frisco Kid" easily outshining the movies's other stars, Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford.
Robot Monster is oddly one of my favorite monsters, and one of these years I'll actually dress up like the ro-man for Halloween.
Sadly though, the movie itself is torture to sit through. Phil Tucker is no Ed Wood.
Excellent rendering by the way.
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