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Richard Hatch | Actor, 71

Richard Hatch, 71, an actor perhaps best known for playing Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica film and TV series, died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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Richard Hatch, 71, an actor perhaps best known for playing Captain Apollo in the original

Battlestar Galactica

film and TV series, died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1945, Mr. Hatch started his career in Off-Broadway theater. After an early role on All My Children in 1970, he worked steadily in television, appearing in such series as The Streets of San Francisco, Dynasty, The Love Boat and Santa Barbara.

Mr. Hatch received a Golden Globe nomination in 1979 for his work on Battlestar Galactica. He also appeared in the rebooted Battlestar Galactica TV series from 2004 to 2009.

- AP