Jeff Yagher - TV Star (?!?) AKA 'The REST of the Story of this GK Godfather'

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Well color me surprised. I was perusing another forum, and found this post describing Jeff Yagher (THE GK Premier Figure sculptor) - did you know "The Rest of The Story"?

TRIVIA---Sci fi fans might know Jeff Yagher, who co-starred on the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES in which reptilian aliens disguised as humans invade Earth. The series also starred Marc Singer, Jane Badler, Michael Ironside and Robert Englund. Yagher was in the 21 JUMP STREET tv pilot, but he was replaced by Johnny Depp.

However, more sci fi fans might unknowingly know Yagher as "The Godfather" of monster model sculptors with his models being bought by George Lucas, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Some of his models are inspired by the famous Aurora monster kits of the 1960s. Yagher said, "I was a collector of model kits that were plastic pieces when I was five, six, seven. In the sixties, there was a big Universal monsters craze, and a company called Aurora came out with all these model kits. I got all those—even when I was at Yale drama school."

He added, "...all of this started just because when I first came to Hollywood I got a series called V, and I suddenly had time on my hands between scenes on set. I would get so bored, so I started bringing clay to my trailer and making little sculptures. Then I put my first kit out. When that started to take off, suddenly every makeup artist in Hollywood saw my stuff and thought they could do the same thing too in between gigs. So all these makeup people really all started putting these things out or hiring me to do it for them. And it just grew nonstop from there."

Yagher said his model sculpts keep him busy, "...my dance card's been filled for 20 years. I know most of the guys who own these companies because I've been doing it for so long. I've known them forever. I'll do a piece for someone like Sideshow Collectibles and sell it to them for about fourteen to fifteen grand . . . and they'll make $300,000 or $400,000 on it."

He added, "I actually thought I would be an actor for all my life. I didn't think that this would become my number-one thing. I was 23 years old when I started doing this for a living. I didn't advertise myself in this hobby. People just knew me by name. So all the people who didn't follow my acting career thought of me as this little old man who lived in a tree and did these little magical things. Well, finally, after many years now, I've grown into that little old man that they imagined."

Jeff Yagher (blue shirt) co-starred in the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES. (Click link below to see photo)

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[Todd P.]

Jeff recently posted in the Yagher Army Facebook group that he, his wife (actress Megan Gallagher) and his brother (effects superstar Kevin Yagher) attended the ceremony in which his V co-star Robert Englund got his star on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Jeff recently posted in the Yagher Army Facebook group that he, his wife (actress Megan Gallagher) and his brother (effects superstar Kevin Yagher) attended the ceremony in which his V co-star Robert Englund got his star on Hollywood Boulevard.

Very cool Todd! Thanks for posting! Glad to see you're ' back in the saddle'!