Shortly before changing the horror genre forever with his role as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund appeared in V, a sci-fi series that originally debuted in 1983.

"V was huge when it came out," he recalled ... who would tell stories about being Bob Dylan's drummer." Robert Englund in the chair prepping for another day on set as 'A Nightmare on Elm ...

Robert Englund became a household name playing the ... Long before his breakout role in the sci-fi mini-series V. A year after V, Craven cast him as deranged serial killer Fred Krueger.