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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 7, 2018 17:20:31 GMT
Stellar careers often start with bit parts that may be a walk on or just a few words of dialogue. Television, as well, is often the birthplace of stardom. NOT talking "cameo's, which are a brief appearance by a well known, so no "Around the World on 80 Days" type appearances fit this thread. I will start with two that are pretty well known and I hope that you've got more to share. There's plenty of album pages for images and, as usual, discussion and / or essays are encouraged.:
AUDREY HEPBURN The Lavender Hill Mob (1951): Laughter in Paradise (1951) HARRISON FORD Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) as Bellhop Pager It's his film debut. His name-tag reads "Thornton Wild"
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 7, 2018 17:53:37 GMT
A couple nights ago, I saw Westinghouse Studio One's 1957 production, "The Night America Trembled," dramatizing the events surrounding the Mercury Theater's 10/30/38 "War Of the Worlds" broadcast. Some of the not-yet-big names in small roles were: Ed Asner (left), in his third television appearance: James Coburn (billed "Jim") in his first TV appearance: John Astin (right), also making his first TV appearance: Warren Beatty (fourth from left) in his second TV appearance, and at the extreme right, Warren Oates in his fifth:
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 7, 2018 18:00:06 GMT
Doghouse6The TV appearances are GREAT .. OP amended ! Thanks !
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Post by alfromni on Jan 7, 2018 21:39:25 GMT
"A Hill in Korea" was the second movie of...Yup! Sir Michael Caine!
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Post by kijii on Jan 7, 2018 21:49:34 GMT
Warren Beatty and Tuesday Weld on The Many Loves of Toby Gillies TV series
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Post by kijii on Jan 7, 2018 21:59:42 GMT
Betty White on Hollywood on Television (TV from 1949-1953) Then she was on Life with Elizabeth (a TV sitcom that I remember) The day to day events in the lives of a newly married couple. Each episode consists of three short, unrelated sketches in which characters often break the imaginary fourth wall.
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 7, 2018 22:20:10 GMT
Tommy Lee Jones first appeared in a small role as Ryan O'Neal's Harvard roommate in LOVE STORY. Great topic, BAT.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 22:40:23 GMT
A decade before John Wayne starred in Stagecoach for John Ford, he appeared as an extra in some of Ford's silents, like Hangman's House (1928):
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 22:48:21 GMT
Jack Lemmon as a soldier on leave in the Army Training Film Once Too Often (1950) Some of you my recognize the actress, Constance Ford
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 22:52:52 GMT
Lou Costello as an extra in Laurel & Hardy's The Battle of The Century (1927)
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 22:57:28 GMT
James Dean's big moment in Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 23:03:05 GMT
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in the TV series Appointment With Adventure (1955). They would reunite 15 years later for The Odd Couple.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 7, 2018 23:03:15 GMT
Richard Kimble As a bonus, the James Dean clip is followed by more Early Deans ! Super duper thanks !
He's talking now in the background and just said "I want to be somebody" it sounded like the "I cudda been " Waterfront line !
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 7, 2018 23:07:11 GMT
Tom Selleck romances Farrah Fawcett in this 1972 Dubonnet commercial
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 8, 2018 0:07:17 GMT
I guess everyone is waiting for me to jump in with Humphrey Bogart. "Broadway's Like That" (1930) is his second film credit. It is a 10 minute musical short. Ruth Etting and Bogie's wife at the time, Mary Philips, also appear. That's Etting in the picture.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 8, 2018 0:08:50 GMT
Ford looks like he's twelve.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 8, 2018 0:48:06 GMT
guess everyone is waiting for me to jump in with Humphrey Bogart.
I know that I was, @mike6 glad that the shoe finally dropped and I can start breathing again.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 8, 2018 0:53:47 GMT
Ford looks like he's twelve. Close ... he was 24. Interesting bit in the trivia: among the many roles he was turned down for (or he turned them down ) : "He tested for the role of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969). However, the then-unknown actor was turned down for the role. Jon Voight was eventually offered the role.
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 8, 2018 1:39:53 GMT
Julianne Moore began her career playing twins on the Soap Opera "As The World Turns" in 1985.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 8, 2018 2:43:10 GMT
guess everyone is waiting for me to jump in with Humphrey Bogart.
I know that I was, @mike6 glad that the shoe finally dropped and I can start breathing again.
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