Patrick Swayze, the charismatic leading man indelibly linked to his iconic roles in “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” who passed away this week from pancreatic cancer at the age of 57, will be honored on Hallmark Movie Channel HD with multiple encore performances of his 2004 Hallmark Channel miniseries, “King Solomon’s Mines,” Saturday, September 19 (6 p.m.-10 p.m. ET/PT) and Sunday, September 20 (2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET/PT).
Swayze starred in the successful miniseries, based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard, as fabled safari hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain, who leads a team into the unknown recesses of the African jungles to find a man who disappeared while searching for the fabled King Solomon’s Mines — a destination of legendary riches from which no soul has ever returned alive.
To handle the daunting stunts of the film, which was shot in the wilds of Africa, Swayze often had to rely on the physical skills he acquired during his days as a trained dancer. His instruction began with his mother, who ran a dance school in his hometown of Houston, and continued at the Harkness Ballet School and the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.
These skills were also pivotal in lending an air of authenticity to his physically taxing role in “Dirty Dancing.”
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