Mark Lindsay Chapman recently
spent some time here in Blackwater and we certainly had some good nights out
with this interesting man. Mark has been in the movie business since 1987. He
was originally picked to play the part of John Lennon in a movie but after Yoko
Ono discovered his name was coincidently the same as the real life killer Mark
Chapman, she blocked it. Mark became famous overnight after appearing on Johnny
Carson's Tonight Show and made a couple of movies,
Annihilator and
American
Gothic.
Mark then moved onto tv series, starting in Dallas, then
Falcon Crest, Swamp Thing, Murder She Wrote and Days Of Our Lives among them.
In 1995 Mark starred in Stephen King's
The Langoliers, which
is well known for its cult status amongst the Sci-Fi fraternity.
In
1997 Mark had a major role in James Cameron's
Titanic, where he
played the part of Chief Officer Wilde, a real-life hero. Thank you Mark for
the signed photo I have on display in the shop! Finally, Mark recently played
John Lennon in the film
Chapter 27. Mark has now
returned to California and is looking to start a new project.
Pictured
left is myself and Mark (top) and my good friends Christie and Andrew (bottom).
Dude !
