appeared in seven of Sidaris' films, and her partners Taryn and Nicole, who appeared in three and four respectively. It was common for an actor or actress who played a villain (and was killed off) in one film to appear in a subsequent film as a hero. It was also common for the same role to be recast with an actor of a completely different race or ethnicity, as was the case with recurring villain Kane, who first appeared as a Japanese-American man played by Pat Morita only to later become a white German-British man played by Geoffrey Moore. With his wife, Arlene Terry Sidaris (née Smilowitz, b. 1941 in New York) as his production partner, Sidaris made over a dozen films and TV series. Since Sidaris' death, she runs the official websites of his films. Death Sidaris resided in Beverly Hills, California, with wife Arlene Sidaris until his death from throat cancer. Selected filmography Bibliography Sidaris, Andy & Arlene. Bullets, Bombs, and Babes: The Films of Andy Sidaris, Heavy Metal Press. August 2003 References External links Media Orchard interview (July 2006) DVD Talk – Interview by G. Noel Gross (October 2002) Digitally Obsessed – Interview by Rich Rosell Associated Press Former 'Wide World of Sports' director dead at 76 Playboy Playmates, Penthouse Pets, and Parallel Realities: The Comic Book World of Cult Filmmaker Andy Sidaris 1931 births 2007 deaths American male film actors Film producers from Illinois American television directors Deaths from cancer in California C. E. Byrd High School alumni Deaths from esophageal cancer American people of Greek descent Male actors from Chicago Actors from Shreveport, Louisiana Writers from Shreveport, Louisiana Film directors from Louisiana Film producers from Louisiana 20th-century American male actors American male screenwriters Writers from Chicago Screenwriters from Illinois Screenwriters from Louisiana 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers