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John Colicos was born on December 10, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was credited as a film actor and television actor. Death is recorded on March 6, 2000, at the age of 71. Listed accolades include Order of Ontario.
My Take
What I admire most about John Colicos is his refusal to be boxed in. He trained as a serious Shakespearean stage actor with the Stratford Festival, yet he became immortal to genre fans as the Klingon commander Kor and the treacherous Baltar. That ability to carry both gravitas and gleeful villainy is rarer than people think. The Order of Ontario marks him as a homegrown talent his country was proud of, and rightly so. To me he represents a kind of actor who never looked down on popular entertainment, and that generosity of spirit is exactly why he is still remembered fondly.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John Colicos
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・コリコス
- Reading
- じょん・こりこす
- Born
- December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Order of Ontario
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Colicos
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322399
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was John Colicos born?
Born December 10, 1928.
When did John Colicos die?
Died March 6, 2000, aged 71.
Where was John Colicos from?
John Colicos was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What did John Colicos do?
John Colicos worked as film actor, television actor.
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