NIAGARA FALLS COMIC CON IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONS IN NORTH AMERICA, CHECK OUT THIS YEARS AMAZING LINE UP OF GUESTS
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CONVENTION CENTRE
6815 Stanley Ave,
Niagara Falls, Canada
JUNE 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th
PETER MAYHEW
STAR WARS
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Peter Mayhew was cast as Chewbacca, the loyal sidekick and co-pilot of scoundrel and pilot of the Millineum Falcon, Han Solo. Once cast as Chewie, Peter made several visits to his local zoo where he studied the movements and mannerisms of bears, monkeys and gorillas, which lead to him bringing one of most memorable characters of the Star Wars franchise to life.
He truly embodied Chewbacca and proved himself irreplaceable, which lead to Peter being asked to bring the mighty wookiee back to life for The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), the Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Muppet Show (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
ROBERT ENGLUND
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
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After five years of success in regional theater Robert Englund returned to the west coast where he had grown up. His very first audition landed him a starring role in the 1973 film Buster and Billie directed by Daniel Petrie.
Far from living the classic hand to mouth existence of a struggling actor, Englund worked steadily through the 70’s playing best friends, bad guy #1 and southern red-necks and starring opposite Henry Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Bridges, Sally Field and Arnold Schwarzenegger among others.
In the 70’s, regarded as the second Golden Age of American movies, Englund was privileged to work for such classic film directors as Robert Aldrich, Robert Mulligan, J. Lee Thompson, Bob Rafelson and John Milius.
During this time Englund was living in Malibu, fishing off his porch at high tide and surfing when not slogging through traffic on the seemingly endless rounds of interviews and call-backs that fill the days of every working actor. He guest starred in scores of TV shows as well as working alongside some of the biggest stars of that decade including Barbra Streisand, Richard Gere, Burt Reynolds and Charles Bronson.
Finally audiences could put a name to his familiar face when Englund was cast as Willie the friendly alien in the hit mini-series and subsequent weekly TV show V. Within weeks, Englund went from questions like: Didnt I go to high school with you to Arent you that lizard guy on TV. Over twenty-five years later Willie still generates fan mail from science fiction devotees both in America and around the world.
The series was a huge success. As a result Englund figured he would be eternally typecast as a sweet and lovable alien. To counter-balance this public image, he looked for a role that would allow him to demonstrate another side of his talents. During one hiatus from filming the series, he auditioned for a hot young director making an interesting low budget horror movie for the independent studio New Line Cinema. Englund’s interview with Wes Craven landed him the role playing the burn scarred dream demon Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street and launched him into horror history.
An international hit, the movie made New Line Cinema a major Hollywood player and prompted seven sequels and a syndicated TV series. The character of Freddy Krueger has appeared on talk shows, comic books, rap videos, and even a cartoon appearance as a guest on The Simpsons. There are numerous Freddy Krueger action figures, dolls, and attendant merchandising. Gottlieb came out with a very popular pin-ball machine based on the movies.
Englund’s portrayal of Freddy Krueger blasted him into the pop culture vernacular as heir apparent to the horror icons of the past, destined to stand alongside Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and Boris Karloff’s monster in Frankenstein.
In the mid 80’s Englund starred in the hour long network TV series Downtown, a serio-comic look at parolees. The short lived series also starred Blair Underwood and Marishka Hargitay.
Acting on the small screen afforded Englund the opportunity to work with such diverse talent as Lillian Gish, Jack Warden, Sissy Spacek, Martin Balsam, Richard Thomas, James Earl Jones, Bruce Davidson, Lou Gosset and Hal Holbrook.
The international success of V and the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels opened the door for film work abroad. Englund has starred in movies shot in such exotic locales as Budapest, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Johannesburg, Madrid, Palermo, Barcelona and Zagreb.
Englund is sought after as a guest at film festivals all over Europe and has served on juries and been celebrated with awards at festivals in Paris, Rome, Brussels and Sitges (Spain) to name a few.
After over 75 feature length films, four TV series and countless episodic guest star roles – the most recent being guest leads on Criminal Minds and Workaholics, Englund is now directing as well as acting, and exploring the world of reality television and internet programming. He was recently seen co-starring with Malcolm McDowell and John Glover in the film Sanitarium. Two movies, The Last Showing with Finn Jones and the horror pic Fear Clinic with Thomas Dekker, were released in 2014.
Robert’s latest films include Lake Placid vs. Anaconda, Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, and Nightworld.
Robert Englund will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
BARBARA EDEN
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
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Barbara Eden is one of America’s most endearing and enduring stars. Her “I Dream of Jeannie” NBC Television series, launched in 1965, became an instant hit. The network series ran for five seasons (139 episodes) and has been airing continuously on cable and in syndication in the United States and abroad for over 40 years.
Crown Archetype, a division of Random House, has recently published Barbara’s memoir JEANNIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE, which debuted at number 14 on the New York Times Best Seller List.
It is also on Australia’s Best Seller List, published there by HarperCollins, Inc. The autobiography chronicle’s Eden’s colorful life and remarkable Hollywood career that spans more than 50 years.
One of Hollywood’s busiest actresses, Barbara filmed a starring role in “Always and Forever,” a movie for the Hallmark Channel, which aired multiple times during 2009. On the road, she hosted productions of “Ballroom with a Twist,” the new groundbreaking show that stars rotating celebrity emcees and dancers from “Dancing with the Stars.” Barbara has also appeared recently in a recurring role in Lifetime’s “Army Wives” TV series; guest-starred on ABC’s “George Lopez”; enacted a recurring role on “Sabrina: The Teenage Witch”; toured nationally in Neil Simon’s female version of “The Odd Couple”; and starred on-stage with Hal Linden and separately with Larry Hagman in “Love Letters” which toured in major cities in the United States. During 2012, Barbara appeared on stage at The New Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri in the play “Social Security,” which had a month long run in Jacksonville Florida in summer of 2014.
During her long career, Barbara has starred in 25 feature films, five network TV series, 19 top-rated network made-for-television movies and headlined at many of the major hotel resorts and casinos including Lake Tahoe, Atlantic City and Las Vegas. She also was the star attraction at the MGM Grand, Caesar’s Palace and Harrah’s, as well as on concert stages and in legitimate theaters across the country.
Also a movie star, Barbara starred in over 20 feature films at 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia Studios, and Universal Studios. Films included “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm,” “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao,” and “Flaming Star,” as Elvis Presley’s leading lady.
Performing for over five decades, Barbara starred on more than 50 variety TV shows including 21 Bob Hope specials. During the Persian Gulf war, she traveled with Hope to the middle-east to perform for the combat troops and then continued on with Hope in a whirlwind eight-day around-the-world USO tour entertaining servicemen during the Christmas season.
People Magazine named Barbara “One of America’s 200 Greatest Pop Icons of the 20th Century.” She has also been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7003 Hollywood Boulevard near the front of the world famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre; named one of TV Guide’s Most Popular Comedy Stars and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Broadcasters Hall of Fame, The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the TV Land Television Network.
Barbara Eden will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
STING
WWE LEGEND
SUN ONLY
WWE Legend Sting is known for his time spent as the public face of two major pro wrestling companies: the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which displaced the World Wrestling Federation as the leading pro wrestling organization in the United States from 1995–1998; and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Sting is regarded as one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time, having cultivated a legacy over a career spanning more than three decades.
Sting’s 14-year tenure with WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), began in 1987. Dubbed “The Franchise of WCW”, Sting held a total of 15 championships in the promotion – including the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on six occasions, the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on one occasion – and made more pay-per-view (PPV) appearances for the company than any other wrestler. He headlined the highest-grossing PPV event in WCW history at Starrcade in 1997. Upon the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001, Sting and his long-term rival Ric Flair were chosen to perform in the main event of the final episode of Nitro.
Following the expiration of his contract with WCW’s parent company, AOL Time Warner, in March 2002, Borden held talks with the WWF but ultimately did not join the promotion, instead touring internationally with World Wrestling All-Stars(WWA) – winning the WWA World Heavyweight Championship – before joining the then-upstart TNA in 2003. Over the following 11 years, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on one further occasion and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship four times, and was the inaugural inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2012. He is the only man to hold the NWA, WCW, (WWA additionally) and TNA world championships in a career.
Previously described by WWE as the greatest wrestler never to have performed for that promotion, Sting finally joined the company in 2014, making his first appearance at Survivor Series and having his debut match at WrestleMania 31 the following year. His last ever bout, at Night of Champions in 2015, marked his sole PPV main event and WWE World Heavyweight Championship contest (and title match) for the organization. Sting headlined the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2016 on April 2, where he announced his retirement. His induction renders him the only performer to be inducted into both the WWE and TNA Hall of Fame, as well as the second man to be inducted while an active WWE wrestler, after Ric Flair.
Sting held 25 total championships throughout his career, including 21 between WCW and TNA. Readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him “Most Popular Wrestler of the Year” on four occasions, a record he shares with John Cena.
Sting will be appearing Sunday only, in FULL makeup and costume.
JOHN SCHNEIDER
DUKES OF HAZZARD
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John Richard Schneider is an American actor and country music singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard “Bo” Duke in the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series Smallville (an adaptation of Superman), and James “Jim” Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry.
Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know”, “Country Girls”, “What’s a Memory Like You”, and “You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight”, all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.
John Schneider will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
ERIC BRAEDEN
THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS
SUN ONLY
German-born actor Eric Braeden has played urbane tycoon Victor Newman on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless since 1980. As Hans Gudegast, he began his career in the 1960s playing Nazi soldiers on TV, most memorably in The Rat Patrol (1966-68). He changed his name to the more American-sounding Eric Braeden when he landed the role of Dr. Charles Forbin in the computer-gone-nuts classic Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). Throughout the 1970s he continued to play mostly German bad guys on American television; he became a familiar face to viewers thanks to appearances in shows from Gunsmoke and Marcus Welby, M.D. to The F.B.I. and Wonder Woman. He joined the cast of the soap opera Y&R in 1980.
Braeden played another tycoon, John Jacob Astor, in James Cameron‘s film Titanic (1997, starring Leonardo DiCaprio)… He attended Montana State University (now University of Montana) on a partial athletic scholarship for track and field… Braeden has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy several times and won in 1998.
Eric Braeden will be appearing SUNDAY ONLY from 12pm-3pm.
CALEB MCLAUGHLIN
STRANGER THINGS
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Caleb McLaughlin is best known for his role of Lucas Sinclair in the 2016 Netflix supernatural science fiction series Stranger Things.
Caleb McLaughlin will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
CHARLES MARTINET
SUPER MARIO BROS.
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Charles Martinet is best known for voicing Mario in the Super Mario video game series. He has voiced Mario, the title character in Nintendo’s flagship video game franchise, since 1995. He also voices Baby Mario, Luigi, Baby Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and Toadsworth.
You can also hear Charles’ voice in over 100 other video games, including characters in the Cat in the Hat series, “Parthunax” in Skyrim, “Orvus” in Ratchet & Clank, as well as The Lord of the Rings, Men in Black, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Star Wars, and many more. Charles was also in the 50th anniversary production of War of the Worlds, and played several voices in Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks and David Fincher’s Zodiac.
Charles Martinet will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
JASON DAVID FRANK
POWER RANGERS
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Best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the long-running TV show Power Rangers, Jason morphed into a series of different rangers over the years: Mighty Morphin Green and White, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, and then returned in 2004 as the Black DinoThunder Ranger. All in all, Tommy appeared in more episodes than any other character, 225 in total, and appeared in both full-length movies, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie (1995) and TurbO’ (1997).
A highly accomplished and respected martial artist with 34 years experience, Kyoshi Frank currently holds a seventh degree black belt in American Karate and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is the owner/operator of Rising Sun Karate and MMA, with two schools in Texas and one in California. He is also the founder/CEO of Jesus Didnt Tap, the first Christian-based line of MMA clothing and fight gear. Inducted into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 2003 as the American Karate Master of the Year, he is the founder of Toso Kune Do, his own style.
Always an actor at heart, Jason has taken on several small and big screen roles with his most recent being The One Warrioran action/fantasy film which also stars James Russo and Dominic Keating. In the story, the character of The One Warrior finds himself in a mythical world where he must destroy the Evil Lord Shoukata.
Jason David Frank will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
JASON MEWES
CINEMA ICON
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Indie film icon, Jason Mewes, is perhaps best known as the vocal half of the on-screen comedic duo, Jay and Silent Bob. Mewes’ has reprised his role as celebrated character, “Jay,” in a number of hit films. With cult-fans following his controversial antics, Mewes has captured audiences with rebellious banter against his unspoken other half and longtime friend, Kevin Smith (Silent Bob). Since the beginning of the duo’s offbeat work together, Mewes and Smith have continued to build on their beloved character driven roles from the Jay and Silent Bob series.
Mewes is the Creative Producer at SModCo Internet Radio (SIR), which launched in May 2011, as well as the Creative Producer at SModCo Internet TV (SIT), which launched in May 2012 and lives online as a YouTube channel. SModco produces Mewes’ weekly video blog called, Mewes Views, which was also the first SIT video to air.
Mewes recently wrapped Spoilers, alongside Smith in an ambitious online show airing on Hulu. The new show’s unique premise begins with watching a brand new movie with the studio audience, and then opening up the floor for verbal blogging in a free-for-all group chat. The show aims to interact, engage, debate and connect with people who have a similar passion for movies and pop culture. Spoilers will be a Hulu Original Series. In 2011, Mewes co-hosted the TV series, Cinema Enema, which also reviews film in an off-kilter way.
To date, Mewes’ podcast with Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, completed its 95th episode and is fast approaching #100. Mewes has taken the success of this series and executive produced the DVD version entitled, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old: Teabagging in the UK, which is set to come out July 2012 and is currently available in the UK.
In film as an actor, Mewes is starring in the Wunderkind Pictures feature, Noobz, an indie “gamers” film about four friends and Gears of Wars players who embark on a quest to survive a road trip and win a Gamecon Championship. Jason stars alongside Casper Van Dien, Blake Freeman, Moises Arias, Mindy Sterling, and Jon Gries in the film written and directed by Blake Freeman, with Marvin Wilson as a co-writer. Mewes is also currently in post-production on the film, Rock Jocks, about a group of dysfunctional government employees who find themselves responsible for shooting down an asteroid on track for the Earth.
Mewes’ most noted film credits include: Smith’s award-winning Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks II, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This string of cult hits all celebrated and continued Mewes’ infamous role as “Jay,” a bawdy, fast talking, and over sexed but very likable guy. For his successful and brow-raising portrayal, MTV honored him with 2007′s Dirtiest Mouth Award.
In 2010, Jason appeared in the mobster comedy, The Last Godfather, alongside Harvey Keitel and Blake Clark, in which he played, “Vinnie,” a Mafia boss who trains his mentally impaired son as his successor. In 2012 Mewes stars as the lead in the comedy Money Shot, in which he played “The Pimp” that gets even. Mewes also plays Ben Shapiro in the feature K-11, directed by Jules Stewart currently in post production.
Jason Mewes will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
BRIAN O’HALLORAN
CLERKS
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Brian O’Halloran is best known for his roles in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse films, notably as Dante Hicks in Smith’s debut film Clerks and its 2006 sequel, Clerks II. Aside from this, he has made small appearances in most of Smith’s films, either as his Clerks character Dante Hicks or one of Dante’s cousins.
The films include Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks: the Animated Series and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. O’Halloran has also announced that he will be in both Mallrats III and Clerks III.
Brian O’Halloran will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
JEREMY LONDON
MALLRATS
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Jeremy London is known to fans of Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse as T.S. Quint, the focal point of Smith’s second film, Mallrats.
London’s first and second major television roles were playing Nathan on the critically acclaimed 1991–1993 drama series I’ll Fly Away. His brother Jason stepped in for Jeremy for the final episode of the show.
In 1997, he joined the cast of the hit Fox series Party of Five, playing Griffin for three seasons, after serving as a recurring guest star. He then went on to play a young minister named Chandler Hampton on 7th Heaven from 2002 to 2004. His 7th Heaven character had a father with lung cancer, much like Jeremy’s real-life family members. He has since been in many TV serials, TV movies and feature films.
Jeremy London will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
LEE MERIWETHER
BATMAN
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Lee Meriwether is known to fans as Catwoman in the 1966 film version of Batman. Meriwether is also a former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant.
Meriwether is also known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen’s secretary and daughter-in-law in the long-running 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977.
She is also known for her role as John Schuck’s long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the 1980s sitcom The Munsters Today, and a co-starring role in the science fiction television series, The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.
Lee Meriwether will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
SETH GILLIAM
THE WALKING DEAD
FRI/SAT/SUN
Walking Dead fans will recognize Seth Gilliam for his memorable role as “Father Gabriel Stokes” – one of the current Alexandia-based survivors on the hit show.
Seth also plays “Dr. Alan Deaton” on MTV’s hit series Teen Wolf, and portrayed “Sgt. Ellis Carver” for 60 episodes of critically-acclaimed hit show, The Wire. Seth has also appeared in such TV series as The Good Wife, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and Oz (as “Clayton Hughes”).
In cinema – genre fans will remember Seth for his role as “Sugar Watkins” in the 1997 cult classic Starship Troopers. He can also be seen in such films as Courage Under Fire, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Tar, and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits.
Seth Gilliam will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
RENE AUBERJONOIS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
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Rene Auberjonois is best known to sci-fi fans around the world as Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Rene has also portrayed Father Mulcahy in the film version of M*A*S*H, and Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, in which he sang “Les Poissons”.
In the American animated musical comedy film, Cats Don’t Dance, Auberjonois lent his voice as Flanagan, the human film director of “Li’l Ark Angel”.
In various long-running television series, Auberjonois portrayed a number of characters, including: Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award) and Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal.
Rene has also had an extensive voice career in voice acting, lending his voice to numerous roles in Cartoon Network series, DC and Marvel animated movies, and many hit video games, including the Legacy of Kain and Fallout series.
Rene Auberjonois will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
PAUL MCGANN
DOCTOR WHO
FRI/SAT/SUN
Paul McGann is best known as the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television film, a role he reprised in more than 70 audio dramas and the 2013 mini-episode “The Night of the Doctor”. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the 1986 television serial The Monocled Mutineer. He later starred in the 1987 dark comedy Withnail and I.
McGann’s breakthrough role was Give us a Break, in which he played a good snooker player who got into scrapes with Robert Lindsay, who played his wideboy manager. McGann’s first major dramatic role was the infamous British deserter and criminal Percy Toplis in the 1986 BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer. Following on from that part of Percy Toplis, McGann sought a less controversial and more comedic role for his next project. In 1986, he was cast as the anonymous main character in Bruce Robinson’s cult film comedy, Withnail and I. McGann’s other early film appearances include The Monk, Dealers, Tree of Hands and the epic war film Empire of the Sun.
Paul McGann played the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who 1996 television film. The television film also starred Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook and featured the outgoing Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. Paul McGann reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor in the mini-episode “The Night of the Doctor”. In this appearance his incarnation of the Doctor finally regenerates, 17 years after his first television appearance, into a previously unknown Doctor played by John Hurt.
McGann has also been in demand for voice-over work in Britain in recent years, particularly on television documentaries and commercials.
Paul McGann will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
TARA REID
AMERICAN PIE
FRI/SAT/SUN
Tara Reid is known for playing Vicky in the films American Pie, American Pie 2 and American Reunion. In 2013, she starred as April Wexler in the hit television film Sharknado, and went on to reprise the role in three sequels (with a fifth installment already announced).
Reid made her film debut in A Return to Salem’s Lot in 1987. Her other film appearances include The Big Lebowski, Urban Legend, Dr. T & the Women, Josie and the Pussycats, Van Wilder, My Boss’s Daughter, and Alone in the Dark. She had her own reality travel show on the E! network called Taradise in 2005, and was a housemate on the 2013 British reality series Celebrity Big Brother 8.
Tara Reid will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
JOHN O’HURLEY
SEINFELD
FRI/SAT/SUN
John O’Hurley is known for the role of J. Peterman, eccentric adventurer and world-traveler, on the legendary sitcom Seinfeld. Peterman was Elaine’s boss and the founder of The J. Peterman Company.
O’Hurley was the host of the game show Family Feud from 2006 to 2010, and a contestant on the first season of the television show Dancing with the Stars, which aired during the summer of 2005. O’Hurley and his dance partner Charlotte Jørgensen made it to the final competition, which he lost to ABC soap opera star Kelly Monaco.
O’Hurley has also been a guest star on many hit television shows including the X-Files, Spongebob Squarepants, Murder She Wrote, All My Children, Phineas and Ferb, and as the voice of Ellis Crane in Archer.
John O’Hurley will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
RICHARD GRIECO
21 JUMP STREET
FRI/SAT/SUN
80’s iconic heart thrrob Richard Grieco worked as a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel before starring as Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987.
In 1988, Grieco received his big break when he began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the shows 21 Jump Street and its spinoff Booker.
Grieco’s feature film debut was as Michael Corben in If Looks Could Kill and has appeared in numerous films since then. Later in 1991, he played the young Jewish bootlegger and mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel in the movie Mobsters. He also appeared in the TV series Marker in 1995. He played himself in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury, where Grieco is idolized by the main characters. His lifestyle (“Clothes, Cars, Women”) was what Doug and Steve Butabi were trying to achieve.
In 2016 he appeared as himself in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Richard Grieco will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
KEN KIRZINGER
FREDDY VS. JASON
FRI/SAT/SUN
Ken Kirzinger an actor and stuntman best known for his portrayals of Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason, Pa in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End and Rusty Nail in Joy Ride 3.
Long before Kirzinger took over the role of Jason Voorhees from Kane Hodder, he had ties to Friday the 13th. He appeared in 1989’s Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan as a New York cook who gets in Jason’s way while pursuing Rennie Wickham (Jensen Daggett) and Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves). Jason, played by Kane Hodder, threw Kirzinger over the counter. In addition to his role as the cook, Kirzinger also served as a stunt coordinator for the film. Kirzinger is only the second person besides Hodder to play Jason more than once as he doubled for the latter in the same movie in a few short scenes.
Ken Kirzinger will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
BUTCH PATRICK
THE MUNSTERS
FRI/SAT/SUN
Butch Patrick began his professional acting career at the age of eight. Patrick is best known for his role as child werewolf Eddie Munster on the CBS comedy television series The Munsters from 1964 to 1966 and in the 1966 feature film Munster, Go Home.
After The Munsters ended, Patrick continued to appear in guest-starring roles on various popular television series of the 1960s, including I Dream of Jeannie, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, The Monkees, Daniel Boone and Adam-12, as well as a recurring role as Gordon Dearing on the CBS family comedy series My Three Sons. During this time, Patrick also appeared in several Walt Disney films, including Way Down Cellar, The Young Loner and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, as well as portraying the role of Milo in the 1970 MGM live-action/animated film The Phantom Tollbooth.
Patrick is also recognized as Mark on the ABC Saturday morning series Lidsville from 1971 to 1973.
Butch Patrick will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
DANNY LLOYD
THE SHINING
FRI/SAT/SUN
Danny Lloyd is an American teacher and former child actor most known for his role as Danny Torrance in the 1980 film The Shining, an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name.
Danny Lloyd will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
KEVIN NASH
WWE LEGEND
FRI/SAT/SUN
Kevin Nash is a WWE Hall of Famer, also known to fans as “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel.
In 1994, Nash (as Diesel) won all three titles comprising the WWF Triple Crown, and at that year’s Slammy Awards won the MVP (now Superstar of the Year) and (with Shawn Michaels) the Best Tag Team (now Tag Team of the Year) awards.
Between WWE, WCW, and TNA, Nash has won a total of 21 championships, including being a six-time world champion (five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion), and a 12-time world tag team champion between the three promotions. Although he held the WWF World Heavyweight Championship only once, Nash is the longest-reigning titleholder of the 1990s, with a 358-day run. During his time in WCW, Nash also became the first wrestler to defeat Goldberg and in the process ended his undefeated streak of 173–0 at Starrcade in 1998.
Nash was a member of The Kliq, a group that included Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman. He is one of the three founding members of the New World Order (nWo), along with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Nash was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.
More recently, Nash has begun focusing on his acting career, starring alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest names. He starred as the character Tarzan in Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL with Channing Tatum. He has also appeared in John Wick along side Keanu Reeves, in Rock of Ages with Tom Cruise and The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds, and in the comic adaptation of The Punisher with John Travolta and Thomas Jane.
Kevin Nash will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
SCOTT HALL
WWE LEGEND
FRI/SAT/SUN
Scott Hall is best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Razor Ramon, and with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name.
Beginning with his time in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Hall maintained a perennially high profile as a wrestler, as he became a four time WWF Intercontinental Champion (a record from 1995-1999), a two time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, a one time WCW World Television Champion and a nine time world tag team champion (seven times in WCW, once in TNA, and once in the AWA).
In addition, Hall is a two time world champion, having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. He is also notable for being a founding member of the New World Order (nWo). On April 5, 2014, Hall (as Razor Ramon) was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Scott Hall will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
SEAN WALTMAN
WWE LEGEND
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Sean Waltman wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now called WWE) under the ring names 1–2–3 Kid and X-Pac intermittently between 1993 and 2002, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Syxx, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as Syxx-Pac and Sean Waltman.
Waltman has won a dozen championships between WWE, WCW, and TNA; the majority were cruiserweight and tag team titles. He is the only wrestler to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship; he also held the WCW Cruiserweight and WWF Light Heavyweight titles simultaneously. He was also the final WWF Light Heavyweight Champion before the title was retired in favor of the Cruiserweight Championship he simultaneously held.
He was part of The Kliq, a group of wrestlers known for their influence on WWF storylines in the mid-1990s, and also reached new heights of popularity as a member of the New World Order (nWo) in WCW and then moving on to WWE and joining the stable D-Generation X during the Attitude Era.
Sean Waltman will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
MEAN GENE OKERLUND
WWE LEGEND
SAT/SUN
“Mean Gene” Okerlund is a legendary professional wrestling interviewer and announcer, having worked for WWE and WCW over the last three decades.
Okerlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan and is currently signed to lifetime employment with WWE and works for promotional programs mostly for WWE Network programming and occasionally makes special appearances on TV shows.
Okerlund is also the co-host of Vintage Collection.
“Mean Gene” Okerlund will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con Saturday and Sunday only.
RICK MARTEL
WWE LEGEND
SAT/SUN
Rick “the Model” Martel is a former three time WWE Tag Team Champion, as well as a 595-day AWA World Heavyweight Champion, the championship’s third longest.
After tiring of being one-half of pretty boy tag teams like The Can-Am Connection and Strike Force, Martel turned his back on partner Tito Santana at WrestleMania V, venturing out on his own in singles competition. Long viewed as one of WWE’s best looking competitors, the native of Cocoa Beach, Fla. embraced his good looks and entered the world of modeling. “The Model” quickly became in demand with designers in Paris and New York, a fact that Martel was quick to rub in the face of the WWE Universe, pinning an oversized button that read “Yes. I am a model.” to his trendy sport coat.
Few Superstars have ever had their essence, the detail of what makes them a Superstar, distilled into a cologne. Rick “The Model” Martel did. He carried the noxious substance around with him in an atomizer, ready to spray it in the face of any Superstar, leaving them with stinging eyes and a knowledge of what made Martel successful in the ring and on the runway: Arrogance.
Martel also went on to join WCW, winning the Television Championship before retiring due to injury.
Rick “the Model” Martel will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con Saturday and Sunday only.
TITO SANTANA
WWE LEGEND
SAT/SUN
Tito Santana is a WWE Legend that has the unique distiction of staying a babyface his entire career. He is best known for his appearances with the WWF between 1979 and 1993 (missing part of 1980 and returning in 1983) where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship and won the 1989 King of the Ring tournament.
He first made his name by winning the World Tag Team Championship with WWE Hall of Famer Ivan Putski in 1979, but that was just the beginning.
During WWE’s mainstream renaissance in the mid-1980s, Santana was right there as one of the company’s most popular Intercontinental Champions ever. In January 1984, he ended the yearlong reign of Don Muraco, and even managed to regain the gold from Greg Valentine after being dethroned later in the year.
Santana and Hulk Hogan are the only individuals to have competed at each of the first nine WrestleManias, and his battles included wars with the likes of The Funks, The Hart Foundation, Demolition, “The Mountie” and Shawn Michaels. In 1987, he and Rick Martel teamed up to form Strike Force and win the World Tag Team Championships. At the beginning of the 1990s, he would breathe new life into his career by adopting the persona of “El Matador,” entertaining a whole new generation of WWE fans.
Santana was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.
Tito Santana will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con Saturday and Sunday only.
RYBACK
FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR
SAT ONLY
Ryback professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name Ryback and The Big Guy. He is best known for his tenure with WWE.
One of the eight finalists on Tough Enough 4, Reeves later signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and wrestled in its developmental territories Deep South Wrestling (DSW), Ohio Valley Wrestling(OVW), and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He participated in the first season of NXT in early 2010 under the ring name Skip Sheffield, and joined the main WWE roster later that year as part of The Nexus before being sidelined due to injury.
Following his return as Ryback, Reeves headlined several pay-per-view events for WWE – sometimes competing for the WWE Championship – and became a one-time Intercontinental Champion before his acrimonious departure from the company in 2016.
Ryback will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con Saturday only.
REAL LIFE PETER GRIFFIN
Robert Franzese is known as being a dead ringer for Family Guy character Peter Griffin.
In 2014, Franzese, from Long Island, had fans of the show doing a double-take, after he attended New York Comic Con in Griffin’s trademark, green trousers and white shirt. has become an internet star – with footage of him impersonating Griffin getting millions of hits in just 48 hours.
But it was when the 26-year-old opened his mouth at the New York event and mimicked the high-pitched character to perfection that fans really freaked out. In less than 48 hours, a YouTube video of the impersonator at the convention had racked up more than 3.5 million views.
Franzese got a further 22,000 likes on his Facebook page, where Family Guy fans from around the world applauded his likeness to the animated character.
Franzese said he realised he sounded like Peter Griffin ‘very early on’, and after becoming a fan of the show in high school he started mimicking the character’s voice. The impersonation came much later.
The Real Life Peter Griffin will be appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con all three days.
CECIL GRIMES COSPLAY
BILL DIAMOND PRODUCTIONS
Bill Diamond has been working in television production, puppet creation and animation for his entire career. Starting his career at the age of 19, he has worked with the legendary Jim Henson on Sesame Street, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Muppet Caper, the Muppet Shorts and Fraggle Rock.
Bill created the Stuffin Puppets in the late 70’s, worked on shows like “Stuffy’s Place” and “Bill Diamond’s Land of the Moonshins” in the 80’s and created “Dr. Rock’s Dinosaur Adventure” for Fox Television in the 90’s.
Bill built and operated the puppets for the “Little Shop of Horrors” road tours that have traveled across the country since the 80’s.
Bill’s most recent accomplishments include creating the Tele and Aurora award winning “Monster TV Network” which reunites the classic horror monsters (in puppet form) in their very own show. He was also executive producer on the Rondo award winning “The Aurora Monsters: The Model Craze That Gripped The World” and the Rondo award nominated “Phantom of the Opera: Unmasking the Masterpiece”.
In 2015, Bill’s contributions to the YES Network as lighting director earned him an Emmy Award. Recently, Bill created “Rise of the Skeksis”, a concept trailer for a continuation of The Dark Crystal. He is currently in production on “Dr. Rock’s Sportsarama 360”. He is also the visionary behind the soon to be launched Legend Pictures Studio, a studio complex that promises to be the go to destination for film and video production on the East Coast.
