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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2017 15:36:14 GMT
 Former New York Mayor John V. Lindsay turned to acting, playing a senator in Otto Preminger's Rosebud 1975 (seen here with Peter O'Toole)  Civil rights leader, politician, and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond (in pink shirt), acted in this fast cars movie called Greased Lightning, 1977 |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 30, 2017 16:33:29 GMT
Florence Bates was a practicing attorney (among other things) before turning to acting.  Melvin Belli did a handful of turns before the camera, the best remembered of which is probably the And the Children Shall Lead episode of Star Trek.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 30, 2017 19:12:12 GMT
Howard Cosell, Ben Stein, and Alan Dershowitz did a little acting.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 30, 2017 19:26:01 GMT
Florence Bates was a practicing attorney (among other things) before turning to acting. She became an attorney in 1914! Utterly amazing. I always liked her as an actress, but I had no idea of the the barriers she must have fought to break in that time and place. Thanks so much for the info, Doghouse. I'm flabbergasted.
If she was half as formidable as many of the parts she played, perhaps whatever success she had shouldn't be surprising, especially considering that era, in which the movement for women's suffrage was in the home stretch, bringing with it larger discussions of women's rights and their places in society. On the other hand, it's also fair to note that social changes of that nature generate vigorous backlash as well. In any event, it's probably a safe guess that it all served her well as toughening-up for a relatively late in life break into a film career. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 30, 2017 20:14:15 GMT
Howard Cosell, Ben Stein, and Alan Dershowitz did a little acting. Ralph Nader too lol. |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 30, 2017 20:26:41 GMT
Joseph N. Welch, the chief counsel for the Army in the Army-McCarthy hearings, who was famous for saying to saying to McCarthy, "Have you no decency, sir? At long last have you no sense of decency?" He played the judge in Anatomy of a Murder, but never really had a career as an actor. (Bully for Preminger for poking his fist in the eye of the hearings by casting Welch in that role. Of course, Preminger was also the famous for ending the Blacklist by hiring and giving screen credit to Dalton Trumbo for writing Exodus). There may be others; not sure. Actress Amy Landecker is the great-granddaughter of Joseph Welch. |
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 1, 2017 17:13:06 GMT
G Gordon Liddy
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Post by Nick91 on Oct 4, 2017 18:40:53 GMT
The American politician and attorney Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) "specialized" in portraying Winston Churchill in films. It appears that he had ties with the studio 20th Century Fox. In total, he featured in the following three films: Edge of Darkness (1943, voice only), Mission to Moscow (1943, see trailer here), and An American in Paris (1951). Not 100% sure what he did as politician, but a quick glance at Wikipedia shows that he helped Woodrow Wilson's election campaign back in 1912. He himself failed to become the Governor of New York in 1920. He was also active in women's suffrage, which was a movement that worked towards women's right to vote in United States. Edited to add: He was part of the Scopes Trial in 1925. That's what Inherit the Wind was based on, right? Here is a screenshot from the above-linked trailer. Did he bear a resemblance to Churchill? You be the judge...  |
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Post by politicidal on Oct 5, 2017 0:47:41 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 5, 2017 15:00:46 GMT
Ozzie Nelson (Ozzie and Harriet) graduated from Rutgers with a law degree. He then went on to radio and television fame... I'm not sure if he ever practiced law though.
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Post by telegonus on Oct 5, 2017 19:00:11 GMT
Stephen McNally held a law degree, not sure if he ever actually practiced. Morris Ankrum also had a degree in law, was a semi-regular player on TV's Perry Mason,--as a judge!
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 5, 2017 19:53:45 GMT
Ozzie Nelson (Ozzie and Harriet) graduated from Rutgers with a law degree. He then went on to radio and television fame... I'm not sure if he ever practiced law though. Who knew??! What a surprise that is. Thanks for the info. Found this, Ozzie must have attention in Contracts I at law school: "Nelson's business skills were unparalleled (he'd attended Law School at Rutgers) and he negotiated with ABC for the "first noncancellable ten-year contract" which guaranteed a basic salary for ten years whether the Nelsons worked or not. The family was thus virtually immune from sponsor or network interference (one of the reasons, certainly, that Ozzie and Harriet were the only television couple allowed a double bed until 1969's Brady Bunch.)" link |
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Post by ironjade on Nov 1, 2017 22:37:13 GMT
I can only think of one: Fred Dalton Thomas There was another, Joseph N. Welch, the chief counsel for the Army in the Army-McCarthy hearings, who was famous for saying to saying to McCarthy, "Have you no decency, sir? At long last have you no sense of decency?" He played the judge in Anatomy of a Murder, but never really had a career as an actor. (Bully for Preminger for poking his fist in the eye of the hearings by casting Welch in that role. Of course, Preminger was also the famous for ending the Blacklist by hiring and giving screen credit to Dalton Trumbo for writing Exodus). There may be others; not sure. Is he related to Fred Dalton Thompson by any chance? |
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