Prince Vultan Prince Vultan is the Prince of the bird-like Hawk-people in the Flash Gordon comic strip and its adaptions . Prince Vultan is sometimes one of Flash 's greatest allies , but is often portrayed as highly unpredictable . Traditionally , he is portrayed as a person with a great zeal for life . In the 1936 film serial , he was portrayed by John Lipson who , some believe , was mimicking Charles Laughton 's Henry VIII . Alan Melvin provided Vultan 's voice in the 1979 Filmation series . He is refered to here as King Vultan , not Prince . He was portrayed by Brian Blessed in the cult 1980s film Flash Gordon . Vultan is best remembered for the lines `` Gordon 's alive ? ! `` and `` Diiiiiiiiiiiive ! `` . The Rock group Queen composed a song called VULTAN 'S THEME External links Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan This article about a comics character is a stub . You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Comics by expanding it . Categories : Comics character stubs | Comics characters | Fictional princes | Science fiction film characters | Flash Gordon 