Jay Saussey Movies
- 1999
The title of this episode is a play on Paris Is Burning, a documentary about a drag-queen pageant. Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) joins forces with the flamboyant Widow Twankey (played by "Edith Sidebottom" -- actually series regular Michael Hurst in drag!) to help their friend Althea (Willa O'Neill) stage a fashion show. The villains of the piece are Althea's former boss, Ocea (Jay Saussey), the influential Count von Verminhaven, and "The Fashion Police," who go around arresting people for such horrendous crimes as wearing leather in summertime. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, (more)
- 1998
In part one of Xena: Warrior Princess' fourth-season opener, Gabrielle is dead, having sacrificed herself at the altar of Dahak to thwart the villainy of her evil daughter, Hope. The grieving Xena (Lucy Lawless) searches for Gabrielle in the Underworld, but Hades (Erik Thomson) insists that she never showed up. Guided by eerie but somehow familiar voices, Xena ends up in the Amazon Land of the Dead, where Gabrielle's spirit now resides. While seeking out her departed friend, Xena recalls her past experiences with the evil shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, (more)
- 1997
It's Strictly Ballroom Olympian style when Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) enters the annual Panathea dance contest with the klutzy Althea (Willa O'Neill). In order to best her beautiful, snobbish lifelong rival Ocea (Jay Saussey), Althea takes dance lessons from flamboyant instructor Widow Twankey (played by "Edith Sidebottom" -- actually, series regular Kevin Hurst [Iolaus] in drag!) With Onea's evil town magistrate, uncle Asterius (Stuart Devenie), willing to kill any competitors of his darling niece, Hercules and Althea are obliged to literally dance for their lives. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, (more)
- 1994
The second of five made-for-TV movies starring Kevin Sorbo as legendary muscleman Hercules, this one pits the title character against his most fearsome enemy--his own immortal stepmother, Hera. Using a number of disguises, the villainess does her best (or worst) to thwart Hercules in his search for the lost city of Troy. Before long, it is apparent that our hero is surrounded by nothing but enemies, save for the beautiful and mysterious Deineira (played by future Xena: Warrior Princess regular Renee O'Connor)--but can even she be trusted? Anthony Quinn is seen as Hercule's Olympian father Zeus. Hercules and the Lost Kingdom was syndicated in the US beginning in early May of 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, (more)
