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 and yes it was a bas movie but not a terrible one. 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 the head supporting role
in it named Peter Simon who helps what turns out to be the baby of Rosemary named Adrian (Played by Stephen McHattie) reveal on who he is and keep him out of danger or doing evil things with his evil powers towards others that he gets in trouble with but he doesn't live up to his expectations. The TV film was a flop and easily forgotten but David did a good job in his role as he showed off alot of energy into what he did but fans may be upset at the end of his performance to what happens to him when a ceremony happens to Adrian on his Birthday.
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 by
being stabbed by a screwdriver and bled
to death. 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. |