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“I never thought of being an actor,” he said. “I was far too shy, too insecure.”
In a peculiar twist, it was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 that helped Mr. Hatch find his way into acting.
Mr. Hatch said he was going “nowhere” in college and enrolled in an oral interpretation class when a required English course was booked.
“It turned out to be my worst nightmare because I had to get up in front of people and read,” he said, according to his website. “I found myself flunking the course because I would choke up. I could hardly open my mouth.”

Halfway through the course, Kennedy was assassinated, an event that profoundly affected Mr. Hatch. He found an article about the president and took it to class for an assignment. Standing in front of his classmates, he suddenly found his voice.
“It was a major turning point in my life,” he said. “As I began to read this article, I got so affected by what I was saying that I forgot myself. I was expressing feelings and emotions I tended to keep locked inside of myself.”

For a guy who couldn't speak in public he certainly overcame his demons! And looked damn good doing it! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/07/richard-hatch-star-battlestar-galactica-dead-at-71.html