Rick Macy

Franklyn Richard "Rick" Macy (born October 18, 1953) is a Latter Day Saint (LDS) actor who has played the role of Joseph Smith, Sr. in several films and has also played other roles in LDS Church produced films, in Mormon cinema and in films produced in Utah or by Latter-day Saints aimed at a wider audience.

In 2006, Macy had a role in the feature film Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy, portraying the mayor of Circleville, Utah. He also has appeared in Willy the Sparrow (1989) and had the role of Dr. Thomas Almoldovar in The Butter Cream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain, a direct-to-video production of Feature Films for Families made in 1993. This role has been inaccurately described as Macy's debut.

Macy played the role of Helam in The Testaments. He has also played roles in other widely distributed LDS Church productions, including that of the Creditor in a film about mercy and justice.

Macy also had roles in Brigham City, Little Secrets, Out of Step and Money or Mission, among other films. He was also the casting director for the 1993 film Rigoletto.

In the Flesh (TV series)

In the Flesh is a BAFTA award-winning BBC Three supernatural drama series starring Luke Newberry. Written and created by Dominic Mitchell, the show began airing on BBC Three on 17 March 2013 with the first series comprising three, one-hour-long episodes. Set after "The Rising", which is the show's take on a zombie apocalypse, the drama focuses throughout on reanimated teenager Kieren Walker and his return to his local community.

An extended second series of the show comprising six, one-hour-long episodes began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 4 May 2014 and in the United States on 10 May 2014 on BBC America.

In January 2015, BBC Three announced that In The Flesh would not be renewed for a third series due to cuts to its budget for its final year as a televised channel.

Premise

The show, set in the fictional village of Roarton, Lancashire, though filmed in Marsden, West Yorkshire, depicts life after "The Rising". During The Rising, deceased teenager Kieren Walker and thousands of other people who died in 2009 were re-animated as rabid zombies. The re-animated people were hunted down during "The Pale Wars" by armed militias. A medication was found to bring consciousness back to the undead, returning their minds to who they were before dying. The undead that were not killed by the militias were then rounded up and were given medication and rehabilitation by the government in a plan to reintroduce them to society. They are given contact lenses, cosmetics, and daily injections of medication to help them conceal their deceased status. They are officially referred to as sufferers of Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS), and pejoratively known as "rotters". Many are haunted by returning memories of the atrocities they committed while rabid. In the village of Roarton, PDS sufferers face prejudice from the villagers upon their return.