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Well, for one thing, I have learned through the years that most women do not judge appearances. Most women like a man for his sense of humor and his compassion.
I read somewhere that Judd Hirsch, who was an accomplished Broadway actor for years, was hesitant about doing TV, so the producers, who really wanted him to star in the show, made certain concessions to him. The main one was to put his name above the title. They gave it to him, that's why the show starts with "Judd Hirsch in ..."
Now, to some people, that will seem Prima Donna material, but what would we do if we were each to have the same power?
Take Robert Downey Jr. The producers of Marvel made a LOT of concessions to him so he would continue being Iron Man.
I heard that during the filming of the last two Avengers films, Downey had all the furniture from one of his houses shipped to the filming site as per one of the concessions.
You are forgetting his turn as the villain in "Highlander".
I believe that the reason this film resonates so much with so many people is that it is not a prison movie. Yes, it takes place in a prison, but that is really just the setting.
The film is about hope and never giving up. It's about friendship in the most desperate situation.
And that is why it is my number one drama film.
Werner Klemperer was best known as Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the bungling, cowardly, conceited, and self-serving Kommandant of Stalag 13 on Hogan's Heroes, which was broadcast on CBS from 1965 to 1971. Klemperer, conscious that he would be playing the role of a German officer during the Nazi regime, accepted the part only on the condition that Klink would be portrayed as a fool who never succeeded.
George was great. He could do drama and comedy with equal ease.
You're welcome.
To anyone who might be interested, there are several wonderful books available on Amazon by the author Rupert Alister concerning old Hollywood and in particular character actors.
They are titled "The Name Below The Title" and they are quick, but thorough, reads and they're available inexpensively on Kindle.
Walsh was great playing the smarmy a$$hole.
My favorite role he did was Sergeant Major Dickerson in "Good Morning Vietnam".
As to my choices for best character actors?
A couple of names off the top of my head - Margaret Hamilton and Walter Brennan.
Yea! Silva was great at being subtly threatening and creepy.
Rains was Great!
Unfortunately, I did not keep the link. I did however, find some other sites that also listed great character actors and they hit the nail on the head with their lists.
Just Google "Greatest Character Actors in history".
Again, nothing against today's character actors, but without the fine work of those past artists, there might never have been an Oscar category for "Outstanding Actor in a supporting role".
My wife and I were fans of the show for the first 4 or 5 seasons, then it started to turn very angry, at least for our viewing enjoyment.
I think the two things that made us stop liking the show, (even though we watched to the end hoping it got better again which, for us, it didn't), were first, the episode where George's fiancée dies after licking tainted envelopes and their blase attitude at the hospital, like her death was no big deal.
And when Jerry steals the loaf of bread from the old lady.
Those two things were upsetting for us, and made even worse by the laugh track
I doubt it. Of course, you know that King and Koontz collaborated on two novels - "The Talisman" and "Black House"
When you remember that he was almost killed by a driver who wasn't paying attention and hit him while he was walking, it makes sense that he would be wary.
Plus, a lot of people think that it is their right to hound celebrities for autographs, etc.
The reason that Paul Newman stopped giving autographs was that some a$$hole followed him into a men's room and bugged him for his autograph. Some people have no intelligence when dealing with famous people. Put aside the celebrity and they are just like you and me.
Would you like someone to bug you in a men's room? I wouldn't.
It. The thing about King is, in the case of "IT", if you were to take all the horror elements out of the story, you would still have a fine story of children coming-of-age.
Don Diego Del Vega in "The Mask Of Zorro"
I do. Every 4th of July, in and around the actual date I have watched "Jaws" for at least the last ten years. Also "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
I totally agree with you.
Putting aside your hate of someone you do not even know personally, it amuses me when people say things like "She doesn't even have any acting talents, even given that fact that 'acting' is the easiest job on earth and a monkey could do it."
You know so little about the craft of assuming a different identity than yourself and selling it to an audience so they BELIEVE it.