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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 14, 2021 21:04:50 GMT
Samuel Jackson, he had some bit roles here and there, but it wasn't till Pulp Fiction that he became a household name at 46
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Post by mrellaguru on Sept 14, 2021 21:24:03 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 15, 2021 19:19:37 GMT
Just watched The Paper Chase again for the first time in forever. I guess Houseman really was a carbon copy of Kingsfield in real life. God, I hated those advertisements he did for some stock brokerage (Smith Barney?). "They make money the old fashioned way. They earn it." Grrrrr
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Post by mrellaguru on Sept 15, 2021 19:46:29 GMT
Just watched The Paper Chase again for the first time in forever. I guess Houseman really was a carbon copy of Kingsfield in real life. God, I hated those advertisements he did for some stock brokerage (Smith Barney?). "They make money the old fashioned way. They earn it." Grrrrr
But if anyone was born to do such ads, it's Houseman. He looks and sounds like snooty upper class wealthy elite incarnate.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 15, 2021 19:55:05 GMT
Just watched The Paper Chase again for the first time in forever. I guess Houseman really was a carbon copy of Kingsfield in real life. God, I hated those advertisements he did for some stock brokerage (Smith Barney?). "They make money the old fashioned way. They earn it." Grrrrr
But if anyone was born to do such ads, it's Houseman. He looks and sounds like snooty upper class wealthy elite incarnate.
For sure. he might as well had a name tag saying "Hello, my name is Professor Kingsfield". But those ads were everywhere and "making money the old fashioned way" is working for it. not skimming commissions, as my father used to say.
The only other movies I remember him in was Seven Days in May (tiny part), Rollerball and Ghost Story. There was a miniseries in the late 80's about Lincoln where he played Winfield Scott and he was great in a regrettably small part.
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Post by basmaticathury on Sept 18, 2021 22:41:00 GMT
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Post by azzajones on Sept 19, 2021 10:55:13 GMT
John Noble didn't get cast in The Lord of the Rings until he was about 50
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Post by Lux on Sept 19, 2021 14:13:16 GMT
Leslie Nielsen. Nielsen was known more for drama and even though he starred in movies like The Forbidden Planet, he wasn't exactly a big star. After Airplane, he reinvented himself as a big comedy star, which led to The Naked Gun films and many others. Leslie Nielsen had white hair when he was younger too that doesn't mean he was famous later in his career. |
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Sept 19, 2021 17:34:04 GMT
Leslie Nielsen. Nielsen was known more for drama and even though he starred in movies like The Forbidden Planet, he wasn't exactly a big star. After Airplane, he reinvented himself as a big comedy star, which led to The Naked Gun films and many others. Leslie Nielsen had white hair when he was younger too that doesn't mean he was famous later in his career.
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Post by drystyx on Sept 19, 2021 17:42:57 GMT
Even though he always hovered around number ten billing in Westerns, Lee van Cleef really became big after he sold out to Hollywood Italian spaghetti. Selling out to the hack Westerns that made the drug crazed paint sniffing crack heads guffaw and grin made big names out of those who were willing to do away with inspiration and art to appease the ignorant masses. Can't really blame van Cleef for the career move, no matter how humiliating it must have been to appear in some Leone losers.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 20, 2021 5:47:17 GMT
Patrick Stewart
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