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Post by mattgarth on Apr 11, 2020 4:39:53 GMT
He appears in the auction scene in NORTH BY NORTHWEST too.
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 11, 2020 14:35:22 GMT
 From his bio at the database:
 Citizen Kane  Kiss Me, Deadly 
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Post by mattgarth on Apr 11, 2020 14:45:32 GMT
Good choice, Mike -- from Kane's Xanadu butler to Kirk's fight manager he was always a welcomed presence.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 11, 2020 19:18:40 GMT
Geoffrey Lewis
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2020 21:01:18 GMT
 The A-Team  Flo "Excellent and well-known character actor, is probably best known for his half-dozen guest star appearances in Clint Eastwood films, including Bronco Billy (1980), High Plains Drifter (1973), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), etc."
Father of Juliette Lewis.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2020 21:27:48 GMT
Elizabeth Patterson ...Active on stage, she moved into films when she was 51 years of age. Known for her drab, careworn, dressed-down appearances, she played small-town relatives, avid gossips, steadfast country women, persnickety town folk and other prickly pear types with great frequency, while adding greatly to the atmosphere of films"  she became a familiar household face as Lucille Ball's fragile, elderly neighbor and part-time babysitter, Mrs. Trumbull, on the I Love Lucy (1951) series. 
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Post by teleadm on Apr 12, 2020 0:40:57 GMT
Kathleen Freeman (1919–2001)
 She acted in 298 movies and television productions between 1948 and 2001, mostly uncredited.  Movie debut, one scene and one line mentioning something she read in the newspaper one of the main actors reads while riding a commuter train in The Naked City 1948.  The diction coach of Jean Hagen in Singin' in the Rain 1952.  Beauty parlour with Cary Grant in Houseboat 1958  This time she was credited, Sister Mary Stigmata who sends The Blues Brothers 1980 on a mission.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 12, 2020 3:54:45 GMT
teleadm Two personal quotes from the wonderful Kathleen Freeman [about how she got started in comedy while a music student playing a bit part in a play at UCLA] A terrible thing happened; I got a laugh.
I think comedy is more powerful than drama in the long run. Comedy is more difficult. It's very easy to make people cry.
And a tribute Video with clips and interviews  :
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 13, 2020 2:41:00 GMT
Robert MIddleton  "In the early 1950s Middleton made it to Broadway, appearing in "Ondine." This in turn led to films and TV, where he solidified his evil image in such strong fare as The Desperate Hours (1955) as a sadistic killer, The Court Jester (1955) as a grim and determined knight who jousts with Danny Kaye in the famous "pellet with the poison" sequence, and as a sinister politician in The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977). Betwixt and between were an array of brutish mountain daddies, corrupt, cigar-chomping town bosses and lynch mob leaders."
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 13, 2020 3:07:22 GMT
 Guy Kibbee"Beginning his show business career at age 13 as an entertainer on Mississippi riverboats, Guy Kibbee graduated to the legitimate stage and spent many years in the theater. In the 1930s he was signed by Warner Brothers, and became part of what was known as "the Warner Brothers Stock Company", a cadre of seasoned character actors and actresses who enlivened many a Warners musical or gangster film. Kibbee specialized in playing jovial, but not particularly bright, businessmen and government officials. He was memorable as the stuffy lawyer with a secret weakness for showgirls in Gold Diggers of 1933 "  Captain January |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 13, 2020 23:20:57 GMT
MYRON HEALEY  "American actor and occasional screenwriter. One of the most frequently seen heavies in films and television programs of the 1950s, his name is nevertheless well known only to buffs. Occasionally he played minor leads and sympathetic characters, but his stern good looks and rich deep voice made him a memorable villain, particularly in Westerns. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver "  
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 14, 2020 0:04:58 GMT
JEFF COREY
He would have had a much better career if he hadn't been Blacklisted. But he turned out to be a great, much sought-after acting coach. Through the years he taught Jack Nicholson, James Dean, Shirley Knight, James Coburn, Richard Chamberlain, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Bruce Lee, Penny Marshall, Diane Varsi, Sharon Tate, Rita Moreno, Leonard Nimoy, Anthony Perkins, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand, and Robin Williams, among many others.
Below is one of four portraits that Jack Nicholson did of his beloved teacher. He sent them to Jeff's family when he passed away in 2002.
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Post by jervistetch on Apr 14, 2020 0:17:23 GMT
Jeff Corey is in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID for probably no more than 5 minutes but he brilliantly delivers the most powerful dialogue in the film.  (Sorry. Best picture I could find.) |
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 14, 2020 0:21:07 GMT
Jeff Corey is in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID for probably no more than 5 minutes but he brilliantly delivers the most powerful dialogue in the film. (Sorry. Best picture I could find.)
Thanks, Jervis. It's hard to find good pictures of him at work for some reason. But, oh, he was good. And he was a great teacher, too. I had the great good fortune to study with him for awhile.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 14, 2020 0:30:22 GMT
Also in Colossus: the Forbin Project as the ill-fated CIA director.
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Post by Geddy on Apr 14, 2020 0:36:22 GMT
John Marley. I kinda feel sorry for putting that head in his bed.😉
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 14, 2020 1:01:15 GMT
John Marley. I kinda feel sorry for putting that head in his bed.😉 He also had a starring role. An early 70s film BLADE (nothing to do with vampires). It had the earliest appearance I have seen of Morgan Freeman outside of the Electric Company.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 14, 2020 19:25:41 GMT
A touch of twang and a dash of drawl: that was the voice of Porter Hall. Droll or dramatic, comic, emphatic; good at it all was Porter Hall. Benign or venal, earnest or sleazy; Porter Hall made it all look easy. Fast talkers, slow thinkers, back-slappers and stinkers - He improved every picture, even the clinkers. In three piece suit or coverall, he was always a gem, that Porter Hall.   In case you've not seen it, one role is a must: One-armed Nub Gowrie, Intruder In the Dust |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 24, 2020 3:00:29 GMT
Peter Whitney From his IMDb bio: "The name may have you scratchin' your head a bit while searchin' for your nearby trivia book, but oh...that intimidating face is so familiar. Peter Whitney's over-powering frame, swarthy looks, bushy brows and maniacal look in his eye made him one of the most fearsome character actors to lump around in 40s, 50s and 60s film and TV."  In the Heat of The Night  A much younger Peter, trying to woo Bette Davis in Mr. Sheffington (1944)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 24, 2020 7:30:12 GMT
A still-young Whitney, as identical twins Bert and Mert Fleagle in 1945's Murder, He Says.  (Porter Hall's in that one too!)  In that film, Whitney jumped with both feet into some great visual comedy. |
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