William Marshall

Gilbert Lewis, king of cartoons, passed away.

William Marshall, another king of cartoons, passed away.

John Paragon, John B., passed away.

You could almost say the only person alive is Lawrence Fishburne.

Every time I watch this.

This wasn't my first time being introduced to William Marshall, who plays Blackula.

Because as a kid, I knew him as the king of cartoon from Pee-wee's Playhouse.

He is the king of cartoon.

He turned down a music scholarship to Yale.

He is the cousin He was the cousin of William Marshall, aka Blacula.

Discussed him recently, I think.

Okay.

As they built out the 23rd century, special guest stars were played by black, Asian, and Hispanic actors, sometimes playing authority figures.

African-American actor William Marshall created the role of Dr. Richard Daystrom, a computer genius whose name is featured on the Daystrom Institute.

French-American actress Frances Nguyen, who is ethnically Chinese, portrayed Ilan of Troyes, an alien princess.

Native American actor Ned Romero played the Klingon warrior Krell in the episode of Private Little War.

Okay, so we're watching Blackula.

So during a visit to Transylvania, an African prince, William Marshall, gets turned into a vampire by Count Dracula, played by Charles Macaulay.

He looks like a Dracula.

Yeah, that's Dracula.

Let me see.

Oh, oh, everyone was crazy for, uh, the actor William Marshall-

Right

... who was brought-

But yeah, he seems to be p- co- coasting on old glory, which he wants to, yeah, go, uh...

We'll, we'll get to that.

And he's just a fantastic actor, is William Marshall, played Richard Daystrom.

Oh, whoa, cousin of Paul Winfield, who played Captain Dayton in Star Trek.

Blackula comes in at 8,283, and its IMDb score is 5.8. Clearly not a winner when it came to the critics, but it's an interesting film in the sense that it also is a blaxploitation film.

William Marshall plays a character known as Prince Mabualdi.

In the 18th century, the prince travels to Transylvania primarily to seek help in stopping the slave trade.

He ends up getting attacked and turned into a vampire by Count Dracula, who's played by an actor named Charles Macaulay.