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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 10, 2018 16:04:18 GMT
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Post by sostie on Oct 11, 2018 9:41:47 GMT
Eddie Marsan
Toby Jones
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 11, 2018 15:03:25 GMT
Steve Buscemi
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 11, 2018 15:09:23 GMT
He was on one of those "find your ancestors" shows on TV and found it ironic that he had ancestors who were dentists.
A good orthodontist might have changed the whole course of his career and that would have been a shame !  |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 11, 2018 15:27:05 GMT
Although some of these did have starring roles most of the time they didn't so I consider them "character actors"
Roddy McDowall
Herbert Lom
Patrick Troughton
Freddie Jones
Nigel Green
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 11, 2018 16:32:35 GMT
^^^^^^^^^^ Rather like Lon Chaney Senior who often played the lead in his films but certainly was a "character actor". Primemovermithrax Pejorative |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Oct 14, 2018 2:22:05 GMT
Whenever I think of the term character actor, George Buck Flower always comes to mind.
Others;
Tracy Walter
Paul Koslo
Charles Cyphers
Stephen Tobolowsky
... could go on and on.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 14, 2018 5:37:41 GMT
I love Judy Greer. I wish she was given more leading parts than supporting. |
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 15, 2018 17:04:36 GMT
The ever seedy Joe Spinell Waiting to do the job on Moe Greene  Trying to sell Rocky a condominium (but he don't use 'em)  |
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Post by Marv on Oct 15, 2018 17:12:03 GMT
Peter Stormare
Steve Buscemi
Benicio del toro
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 15, 2018 18:02:02 GMT
Ben Johnson  |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 15, 2018 21:07:43 GMT
Dick Miller  |
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Post by amyghost on Oct 15, 2018 21:15:46 GMT
A couple have mentioned Claude Rains, but I think he was major enough to have somewhat gone beyond the 'character' tag. I have a lot of 'em, and lament the fact that they seem to be a bit of a dying breed; one of my all time favorites has to be Anthony Zerbe, who's played the gamut of baddest bad guys to good guys and is always fun to watch in any role. Plus, I got to see him in a live stage performance some years back, and he's the only character actor I can say that of  |
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Post by sdrew13163 on Oct 15, 2018 22:35:57 GMT
Eli Wallach
Steve Buscemi
Jon Polito
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 30, 2018 8:44:09 GMT
William Fichtner and Sam Rockwell I just watched Moon (2009) the other night and I thought it was the best performance I've seen from Sam Rockwell. |
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 30, 2018 12:40:34 GMT
William Fichtner and Sam Rockwell I just watched Moon (2009) the other night and I thought it was the best performance I've seen from Sam Rockwell. I like him better in a couple other movies, but he is definitely very good in Moon. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 30, 2018 18:56:02 GMT
The eternally slimy George Sanders
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Post by drystyx on Oct 31, 2018 5:09:35 GMT
Royal Dano may be my favorite.
Others:
Paul Fix
R G Armstrong
Martin Basalm
Edgar Buchanan
Michael Pate
Some say Raines and Ben Johnson, but they've been in leads for sure. Of course, one could say Claude Raines on a technicality that he wasn't "seen" in his biggest lead role, until the end.
Others who have been leads, but usually aren't, that I enjoy, are George Kennedy, Arthur Kennedy, Dan Duryea, Peter Cushing, Forest Tucker, and Stephen McNally
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 1, 2018 1:59:12 GMT
While Warren Oates and Peter Lorre in particular have been leads, I'd hardly classify any of their leading roles as "big budget films". Warren Oates  Thomas Mitchell  Ward Bond  Peter Lorre  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 1, 2018 2:05:20 GMT
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