Richard Hatch

For sci-fi fans of my generation, Richard Hatch is a beloved name. Playing Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica and then returning as the very different Tom Zarek in the reimagined series is a kind of career poetry I genuinely cherish. A Santa Monica native who came up through the stage, he had the theatrical grounding that gave his work real weight. After his death in 2017, what stays with me is his devotion: he kept the franchise alive alongside its fans rather than walking away. I love actors who pour their lives into one story, and he is rightly remembered.

Name (English)

Richard Hatch

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ハッチ

Reading

りちゃーど・はっち

Born

May 21, 1945 – February 7, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Santa Monica, California, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / stage actor / author / film actor

• Official sitehttps://www.richardhatch.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hatch%20(actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551568

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-18

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