{"id":54657,"date":"2018-09-25T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=54657"},"modified":"2018-09-25T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T08:40:09","slug":"vale-al-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2018\/09\/25\/vale-al-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Al Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American actor Al Matthews, best known for his role in James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi thriller Aliens<\/em><\/a>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Al Matthews was a highly decorated US Marine (serving in Vietnam) before he retired from the military to take up acting. Early big-screen roles include a bit-part in Yanks<\/em> (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict<\/em> (1981) and Richard Lester’s Superman III<\/em> (1983), the latter as a fire chief. Matthews’ star rose considerably thanks to the role of Gunnery Sergeant Apone in James Cameron’s Aliens<\/em>, a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror Alien<\/em><\/a>, and it is for this role that Matthews is particularly famous.<\/p>\n

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Al Matthews (right) with Michael Beihn in James Cameron’s “Aliens”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later film roles include Stormy Monday<\/em> (1988), The Fifth Element<\/em><\/a> (1997) and the James Bond instalment Tomorrow Never Dies<\/em><\/a> (1997). He reprised the voice of Apone for 2013’s Aliens Colonel Marines <\/em>computer\u00a0game.<\/p>\n

Al Matthews passed away suddenly in his residence in Spain, on September 22nd, aged 75.<\/p>\n

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Matthews in “The Fifth Elements”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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