| David Huffman wasn't famous
for his horror films but however fans
knew him for his lead role as Harry
Caulder in the cult flick 'Blood
Beach'. He plays the role of an
almost once married to a woman named
Catherine Hutton (Played by Marianna Hill
of Schizoid and
The Baby) years ago but they
both reunite after her mothers death on
the beach and searching for clues in the
abandoned buildings where they used to
play when they were young. But while
people are hanging out on the beach some
sort of a monster is sucking them under
the sand and killing them. Harry tries to
find out what is causing this with a
detective named Captain Pearson (Played
by John Saxon of Black Christmas and
A Nightmare On Elm Street). Many
critics bombed this one but it wasn't
such a terrible flick and Huffman was
great in his role along with the other
cast members. It left a door open for a
sequel which sadly never happened but I
would've loved to have seen Huffman
reprising his role in it. He was also in a TV
horror movie which was a sequel to the
1968 Blockbuster motion picture hit Rosemary's
Baby known as Look
What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
in 1976 although it never met up to the
original film. He had a supporting role
in it named Peter Simon. As the story
happens as the child of Satan from the
first film is adopted and is now full
grown but must cope with the fact that
he's Satan's kid, and not living up to
his expectations.
Talented
actor David Huffman was born on May 10,
1945 in Berwyn Illinois. He married a
casting director named Phyllis. Huffman
was a lead and supporting actor in film,
TV and stage starting in the early 70's
throughout the mid 80's and became a
familiar face. For a number of years he
acted in Broadway productions one time
starring opposite of Gloria Swanson in the original
stage production of Butterflies
are Free which he took over the
part of Don Baker from Keir Dullea.
One of his
memorable on screen roles was Tom Edison
in the historical 1979 TV special Tom
Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World.
His career led to a short but successful
career having lead and supporting roles
in motion pictures like F.I.S.T.
(Starring Sylvester Stallone), my
favourite performance of his in another
historical event St. Helens:
Killer Volcano (Starring Art
Carney who also passed away) and
Firefox (Starring Clint
Eastwood).
But
tragedy struck on February 27, 1985 after
he was performing in a stage production
in San Diego's famous Old Globe Theatre
Huffman was murdered in Balboa Park after
chasing a thief into a nearby canyon. The
crime was later solved. He was greatly
missed and will be well remembered for
his talent as he had a promising career.
There was
another actor named David Huffman who
starred in the awful made for video
horror film titled Witchcraft V:
Dance with the Devil in 1993 as
some people mistakened his named credit
for this fellow but even if Huffman was
still alive he wouldn't touch this
project thank goodness.
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