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The Powers of Matthew Star
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Genre
Science fiction
Created by
Steven E. de Souza
Developed by
Daniel Wilson Harve Bennett Robert Earll Allan Balter
Written by
David Carren Steven E. de Souza Gregory S. Dinallo Gil Grant William Mageean Richard Christian Matheson Bruce Shelly Thomas E. Szollosi
Directed by
Barry Crane Guy Magar Leslie H. Martinson Ron Satlof
Starring
Peter Barton Louis Gossett Jr. Amy Steel Chip Frye Michael Fairman John Crawford James Karen
Composers
Michel Rubini and Denny Jaeger (1982) Johnny Harris (1983)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
22
Production
Executive producers
Harve Bennett (1982)
Bruce Lansbury (1983)
Producers
Harve Bennett Steven E. de Souza Daniel Wilson
Cinematography
Héctor R. Figueroa
Running time
60 minutes
Production companies
Daniel Wilson Productions Harve Bennett Productions (1982–83) Paramount Television
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
September 17, 1982 (1982-09-17) – April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)
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The Powers of Matthew Star is an American science fiction television series that aired on NBC on Friday evenings from September 17, 1982 until April 8, 1983. It starred Peter Barton as the title character, the alien prince Matthew "E'Hawke" Star of the planet Quadris, who used his powers to fight crime. Also starring were Amy Steel as Pam Elliot, Matthew’s girlfriend at Crestridge High; and Louis Gossett Jr. as Walt "D'Hai" Shepherd, Matthew’s guardian.[1]
In 2002, The Powers of Matthew Star was ranked #22 on the list of TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time".[2]
On June 7, 2020, the program began airing in syndication on Sunday mornings at 6:00 am as part of MeTV's Super SciFi Saturday Night block.
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for working on Land ofthe Lost (1974), Family (1976), What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977) and ThePowersofMatthewStar (1982). Koenig was...
in many other television shows over the course of his long career. His other television work includes a starring role in Galactica 1980 as Lieutenant...
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V: The Series as Kyle Bates. He starred in the pilot of 21 Jump Street as Tommy Hanson. He played both lead roles in The Twilight Zone episode "The Once...
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played the role of FBI detective Bailey Malone on the television series Profiler. He also starred in comedic films, including the 2002 movies The 4th Tenor...
Cañada Flintridge, California. In 2014 he directed the school's rendition of We're the Millers starring American Croatian comedians George Dulcich and Stanko...
she co-starred opposite Randy Quaid in Dead Solid Perfect, and followed that with a co-starring role opposite Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage in the comedy...
Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production ofThe Marriage-Go-Round, and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s she starred for two seasons...
December 2016. Field, Matthew (2105) Some Kind of Hero : 007 : The Remarkable Story ofthe James Bond Films, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press, page...
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