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On 6/24/2025 at 12:41 PM, PGFrog said:

I loved watching Mr Ed reruns on channel 11 and 39 when I was a kid growing up outside of Dallas.  This was one of my favorite episodes, but not sure what ever happened to the guy playing Clint Eastwood.

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Negged for not recognizing Laura Ingraham in that pic. 

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Going way back, these guys are always gold. If you see their name in the cast, you know it's going to be watchable.

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh - Cladrite Radio

Alan Hale

Alan Hale - IMDb

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan - Wikipedia

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11 hours ago, pokeNbeans said:

The vast majority of Pesci's roles were as a character actor, not a leading man.

if he's a character actor, everyone but about 10 people are.  hey look!  its character actor ben affleck!

 

my nominee: stephen tobolowsky.  most memorably Ned Ryerson! Bing! but he's been in a 1000 things.  sammy jenkins in memento if your remember the telling of that anecdote.  

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4 minutes ago, RPM said:

Going way back, these guys are always gold. If you see their name in the cast, you know it's going to be watchable.

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh - Cladrite Radio

Alan Hale

Alan Hale - IMDb

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan - Wikipedia

Love them all and the movies from that era are my absolute favorite.

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9 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Love them all and the movies from that era are my absolute favorite.

Yeah! High pants wearin, fast talking movies! Love dem movies, just vaudeville with a little extra mustard! Well portrayed in satire on SNL by Phil Hartman yelling at Jon Lovitz (or was it vice versa?) to tell him what the word was on the street, y’know, the scoop, the skinny, the dish!

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44 minutes ago, Bama Llama said:

Yeah! High pants wearin, fast talking movies! Love dem movies, just vaudeville with a little extra mustard! Well portrayed in satire on SNL by Phil Hartman yelling at Jon Lovitz (or was it vice versa?) to tell him what the word was on the street, y’know, the scoop, the skinny, the dish!

The word “swell” was a big word back in those days.

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On 6/26/2025 at 6:01 AM, PGFrog said:

Stronger role, Dennis Feinstein or Adrian Pimento? 

Bigger Parks fan than Brooklynn 99, but Pimento was off the wall at times. 

Rafi in The League. Not close. 

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In my mind, character actor in this thread should mean an actor that maybe 25% of the population could put a name with a face.  Pesci, Seymour Hoffman, Duvall etc are fantastic actors that play a myriad of roles, but have become recognizable stars.  Been some really great ones named here.  I have a couple (and hopefully a few people will not recognize the name but will the face or the other way):

Mark Strong, Ben Mendelsohn, Luiz Guzman, Scott Glen

Interestingly, very few women come to mind.  Not sure why that is?  

 

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Can't believe I haven't participated in this. Since it was bumped, just gonna vomit some greats that come to mind:

"Arguably too famous to be on the list because they're so good" tier:

Steve Buscemi

John Turturro

John C. Reilly

Frances McDormand

Don Cheadle

 

"Not the GOATS but still legends" tier:

M. Emmett Walsh

Joseph Cotton

Bruce Campbell

Jackie Earle Haley

Jon Polito

Luis Guzman

Ving Rhames

Nicky Katt

Joe Pantoliano

Edward James Olmos

Chris McDonald

 

"Even I had to google them to remember their names and/or spell check" tier:

Rick Ducommon

Brent Briscoe

 

Favorite Newcomer Award:

Paul Walter Hauser 

 

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40 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

Can't believe I haven't participated in this. Since it was bumped, just gonna vomit some greats that come to mind:

"Arguably too famous to be on the list because they're so good" tier:

Steve Buscemi

John Turturro

John C. Reilly

Frances McDormand

Don Cheadle

 

"Not the GOATS but still legends" tier:

M. Emmett Walsh

Joseph Cotton

Bruce Campbell

Jackie Earle Haley

Jon Polito

Luis Guzman

Ving Rhames

Nicky Katt

Joe Pantoliano

Edward James Olmos

Chris McDonald

 

"Even I had to google them to remember their names and/or spell check" tier:

Rick Ducommon

Brent Briscoe

 

Favorite Newcomer Award:

Paul Walter Hauser 

 

Good list. Add J.T. Walsh and David Strathairn. 

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