Captain Harold
Real name: Harold Gunn
Moving ahead a wee bit, we find ourselves with a host who is still with us and one who is still working. Harold Gunn was already one of the hardest working men in the Houston television industry when he became the host of Boo Theatre on KRIV Ch. 26 as the vampire Count Harold. Playing the standard vampire character, the show included parodies and various other characters.
Gunn brought something new to the horror host table in the
1980’s, however, when he came back as Captain Harold, a flying ace who broadcasted
the films from his secret bunker. Captain
Harold’s Theater of the Sky, on channel KPRC channel 26, ran for a good
while on the channel before Gunn moved on to other pastures.
It would be 2000 before Captain Harold took wing again, but
from a few accounts the spark was gone. Harold Gunn is still very much alive
and occasionally appearing on radio in the Houston area.
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