07/15/2015
So some of you know a bit of my story, was adopted at birth and somehow wound up being in the same business as my birth father who was an actor. Didn't know this till after I was in the biz, crazy s**t. Even crazier, to me anyway, is that he was one of the main Jun Priest's in, which I had seen at least three times before knowing a thing about em. So yea, I had watched him, seen him, heard him, with nary a f***n clue that that dudes s***m made me.
Anyway, in the 80's he was in an awesome b-movie called BLADES playing the part of the awesomely fu**ing named character "Deke Slade." Essentially this film was a farcical take on Jaws, take shark, substitute lawnmower, take ocean, substitute golf course, boom, you have the makings of a great B-Movie horror flick. I guess in that analogy Deke would be Captain Quint, which is kinda awesome in and of itself. Considering the nature of the film, though admittedly biased, from an acting standpoint with a cheesy role (aside from the totally fu**ing awesome name Deke Slade) he totally stood out from the rest. He has some lines in here that I don’t know how he delivered with a straight face and his death scene is pretty frikkin epic.
Decided to compile all of his scenes for posterity, because they're also fu**ing awesome ... and here they are in all their 1984 4x3 glory =)
R.I.P. to both Jeremy Whelan & Deke Slade
https://vimeo.com/133506184
For those who don't know I was adopted at birth, many many many years later I tracked down my birth father and was lucky enough to have countless wonderful conversations…