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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2019 1:22:30 GMT
Or a medium income man's Carol O'Connor?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 15, 2019 1:30:29 GMT
I confess, I had to look up who Kenneth McMillan was.  I have seen him but never took any particular notice of him, one way or another. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2019 1:39:54 GMT
I confess, I had to look up who Kenneth McMillan was. I have seen him but never took any particular notice of him, one way or another. You're lending credence to the poor man scenario! I watched RUNAWAY TRAIN the other day and he is given a prominent credit. "And Kenneth McMillan" I think it went.
I know him best from that and Salem's Lot.
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 15, 2019 1:42:19 GMT
They both showed up as co-stars opposite cinematic brothers Duvall and DeNiro in the Black Dahila-like tale TRUE CONFESSIONS in 1981.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 15, 2019 1:43:32 GMT
Prime etc.I looked at his filmography and have never seen most of the films or tv he was in, thus the needed research. I tend to gravitate to noticing the character players. I do recognize his face and now, I have seen it with a name attached. 
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2019 1:45:23 GMT
Prime etc. I looked at his filmography and have never seen most of the films or tv he was in, thus the needed research. I tend to gravitate to noticing the character players. I do recognize his face and now, I have seen it with a name attached. Truth be told I did not know his name until the other day. Maybe the "Kenneth" thread made me focus more.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2019 1:47:06 GMT
He had a memorable scene with James Mason in Salem's Lot when discussing the missing children.
"We seem to have misplaced one."
"Ciao. It's a familiar Italian expression, it means goodbye."
"I didn't know you were Italian."
"I'm not, the word is."
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 15, 2019 1:50:16 GMT
A few other memorable roles:
William Hurt's invalided dad in EYEWITNESS
The fireman who causes all the commotion in RAGTIME
and especially in DUNE
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 15, 2019 1:54:14 GMT
^^^^ none of which I have seen.
Did see a few episodes of Rhoda but did not care for it and do not remember her boss.
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Post by OldAussie on Feb 15, 2019 2:08:25 GMT
They both showed up as co-stars opposite cinematic brothers Duvall and DeNiro in the Black Dahila-like tale TRUE CONFESSIONS in 1981. I like that one, but I think it was worthy of being a 3 hour epic....parts of it were rushed and some of the characters deserved some more screen time. |
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Post by jervistetch on Feb 15, 2019 2:20:52 GMT
I hated him in RAGTIME. He ruined everything. It took David Lynch to make him lovable in DUNE.  |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Feb 15, 2019 2:27:43 GMT
The Pope of Greenwich Village
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Post by politicidal on Feb 15, 2019 2:59:18 GMT
A few other memorable roles: William Hurt's invalided dad in EYEWITNESS The fireman who causes all the commotion in RAGTIME
and especially in DUNEOh that guy....Repulsive to watch in Dune. I get that was the idea but Jesus Christ, Lynch. |
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Post by teleadm on Feb 15, 2019 18:44:11 GMT
I remember him from Dune 1984 and Runaway Train 1985, and maybe a few other places.
I was wondering (many years ago) why he disappeared and then read he had died already back in 1989, and he was only 54!.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2019 19:25:46 GMT
It's interesting because he is much of the same type as Durning or Caroll O'Conner but he is much colder. There's no sense of sympathy for him in any of the films I have seen him in. Durning could be a good guy or bad, but there is more "there." McMillan, I wonder if he ever did a sympathetic character. I think he was a diner operator in SERPICO too. Yep, haha and I recall it was another unfriendly character.
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