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He was portrayed by Brian Blessed in the cult 1980 film Flash Gordon. For the film's soundtrack by the rock group Queen, Freddie Mercury composed a song called "Vultan's Theme". At the end, he is appointed the General of the Armies when Prince Barin is revealed as the rightful ruler of Mongo.
Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera [6] superhero film [7] [8] ... According to Brian Blessed, it was also the favourite film of Elizabeth II, ...
In comedies, Blessed portrayed Prince Vultan in the film Flash Gordon (1980); [17] the mad, comical figure of Richard IV in the first series of The Black Adder (1983), a role Blessed has claimed to be one of his most cherished [citation needed]; and Spiro Halikiopoulos in the TV mini-series My Family and Other Animals (1987), a BBC adaptation ...
Hodges, who directed Blessed in the 1980 cult-classic film Flash Gordon, died on December 17 at the age of 90. Brian Blessed remembers Mike Hodges’ ‘powerful personality’ following death ...
"Flash" is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, "Flash" is the theme song of the 1980 film Flash Gordon. There are two versions of the song. The album version ("Flash's Theme") is in fact the start to the film, with all the dialogue from the first
Flash Gordon: The Dailies by Austin Briggs 1940–1942 Volume 2, Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-187-2 (strips from 1941) Flash Gordon The Complete Daily Strips 1951–1953, Kitchen Sink Press ISBN 0-87816-035-3; Flash Gordon - Star Over Atlantis, Dan Barry, Manuscript Press, 2007, ISBN 0-936414-16-2, ISBN 978-0-936414-16-4, dailies 1953–1954.
Brian Blessed is an English actor. Filmography. Film. Year Title Role Notes Ref 1966: ... Flash Gordon: Prince Vultan [1] 1983: High Road to China: Suleman Khan [1]
He also had extended cameos (as himself, with his blond Flash Gordon hairstyle) in both the 2012 comedy film Ted and its 2015 sequel, Ted 2. [13] Jones then starred in, and served as an executive producer of, Life After Flash , a crowdfunded feature-length documentary about Flash Gordon . [ 14 ]