I’ve been working on this fancast for a long time and it goes right along
with the news just recently of a new DOC SAVAGE movie in the works.
DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE
I’ve always been into the PULP HEROES of bygone days and DOC SAVAGE
and CONAN are my two favorites! I’ve read all the Doc Savage novels
that Lester Dent wrote and the few others written by other writers!
There is just something special about DOC & HIS AMAZING FIVE!
LESTER DENT and his PUBLISHER invented DOC and his AMAZING
BUNCH but LESTER DENT wrote all the wonderful and inventive stories!
Here’s an illustration of how DOC & HIS CREW influenced the
FANTASTIC FOUR.
It’s also very evident how much those two young men who created
a character by the name of CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN “BORROWED”
from the DOC SAVAGE storyline (DOC SAVAGE preceded SUPERMAN):
SUPERMAN, THE MAN OF STEEL…DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF
BRONZE.
SUPERMAN’S real name was CLARK Kent…DOC SAVAGE’S full
Name was CLARK Savage Jr.
Both SUPERMAN and DOC had a FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE AT THE
NORTH POLE.
SUPERMAN lives in a thinly disguised NEW YORK CITY,
METROPOLIS…DOC lives on the 64th floor of the EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING in NEW YORK CITY.
SUPERMAN has extraordinary abilities and senses, especially STRENGTH
and HEARING…DOC has extraordinary abilities and senses including
STRENGTH and HEARING.
SUPERMAN has a plucky FEMALE SIDEKICK, LOIS LANE…DOC has
A plucky FEMALE SIDEKICK, his young cousin, PAT SAVAGE.
Yep them boys “BORROWED” heavily!
Now a little about DOC & HIS CREW:
WHO IS DOC SAVAGE?
To the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of
glistening bronze skin and golden eyes. To his amazing co-adventurers,
the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group, he is a man of
superhuman strength and protean genius whose life is dedicated to the
destruction of evil-doers. To his fans he is the greatest adventure hero
of all time, whose fantastic exploits are unequaled for hair-raising
thrills, breathtaking escapes and bloodcurdling excitement.
HIS AMAZING CREW—
WILLIAM HARPER "JOHNNY" LITTLEJOHN -- the bespectacled scientist
who was the world's greatest living expert on geology and archaeology.
COLONEL JOHN "RENNY" RENWICK -- the favorite sport of this
engineering genius was pounding his massive fists through heavy paneled doors.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANDREW BLODGETT "MONK" MAYFAIR –
only a few inches over 5 feet tall and yet over 260 pounds. His brutish
exterior concealed the mind of a world-renowned chemist.
MAJOR THOMAS J. "LONG TOM" ROBERTS was the physical weakling
of the crowd but a wizard at electricity and radio.
BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE MARLEY "HAM" BROOKS -- slender and waspy and the
greatest lawyer Harvard ever produced -- was never without
his ominous, black sword-cane.
PAT SAVAGE is Doc’s cousin from Canada with the same bronze hair and skin
and the same thirst for justice.
With their leader, they would go anywhere, fight anyone, dare everything –
all-the-while seeking excitement and perilous adventure!
They made a first movie back in 1975, DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE,
Starring RON ELY who starred as Tarzan in his own TV series. It was
not received very well although it wasn't without some charm! But it
just was too campy for my liking! I hope they make the new movie
serious but with the great humor of the books!
NOW THE CAST FOR DOC SAVAGE & HIS AMAZING CREW:
I HAVE 3 HERE WHO CAN PLAY DOC SAVAGE BUT MY FAVORITE IS JUSTIN HARTLEY.
DOC SAVAGE (CLARK SAVAGE JR.)
DOC SAVAGE - JUSTIN HARTLEY
DOC SAVAGE - RYAN McPARTLIN
DOC SAVAGE - TEDDY SEARS
MAGGIE is from LOST & the remake of THE FOG with TOM WELLING & TAKEN with
LIAM NEESON. She's tall for a woman, 5'9".
PAT SAVAGE - MAGGIE GRACE
KANE is now in "LEVERAGE" on TNT.
MONK (LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANDREW BLODGETT MAYFAIR) - CHRISTIAN KANE
CHRISTIAN KANE fits MONK to a "T"! Short and beefy!
JEFFREY DONOVAN is the star of the biggest show on Cable TV, BURN NOTICE
he was also the cop in CLINT EASTWOOD'S, CHANGELING, with ANGELINA JOLIE.
He's 6' and a black belt in karate, 6 years in Aikido and a couple of
years in Brazilian Juzitzu.
HAM (BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE MARLEY BROOKS) - JEFFREY DONOVAN
JEFFREY is perfect for HAM.
JOHNNY (WILLIAM HARPER LITTLEJOHN) - CHRIS HEYERDAHL
CHRIS is 6'4", tall & skinny, ideal for the tall rack o' bones JOHNNY.
He's a nephew of the great explorer of KON TIKI fame, THOR HEYERDAHL. He
is a great character actor and played the older GENERAL ZOD on smalville
and has reoccurring rolls on SYFY'S SANTUARY.
OWAIN plays the big burley cop in THE MENTALIST on CBS with SIMON BAKER.
He's a 6'4" Welsh actor.
RENNY (COLONEL JOHN RENWICK) - OWAIN YEOMAN
CHAD LINDBERG played the mechanic in the first, THE FAST & THE FURIOUS movie
and was the MIT genius with the MULLET on SUPERNATURAL, helping SAM & DEAN
hunt things that go bump in the night!
LONG TOM (MAJOR THOMAS J. ROBERTS) - CHAD LINDBERG