Aging actors you'd like to see plucked from obscurity
04-01-05, 03:18 PM
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Aging actors you'd like to see plucked from obscurity
In the coming year, I will begin the process of casting my next feature. The three main characters are 70+ in age -- two men, one woman. In preparation, I was trying to think of some great aging actors that haven't worked (to their potential or at all) in a long while. for example, Roy Scheider's agent is one I will definitely be in touch with.
anyway, I was hoping to gather a list of candidates from everyone here.... any ideas?
anyway, I was hoping to gather a list of candidates from everyone here.... any ideas?
04-01-05, 03:34 PM
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Jed Allan (played Rush Sanders on Beverly Hills, 90210)
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0019950/
James Tolkan (Back to the Future, Top Gun, etc.)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866055/
Alan Ford (Snatch)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285495/
Frank Langella
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001449/
not as obscure, but
Robert Forster
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001233/
Leslie Nielsen
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0019950/
James Tolkan (Back to the Future, Top Gun, etc.)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866055/
Alan Ford (Snatch)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285495/
Frank Langella
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001449/
not as obscure, but
Robert Forster
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001233/
Leslie Nielsen
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/
Last edited by fryinpan1; 04-01-05 at 03:45 PM.
04-01-05, 04:31 PM
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Robert Blake - love to see him make a comeback
04-01-05, 05:18 PM
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Not all exactly obscure these days....but.....
Jack Klugman
Peter Falk
Ben Gazzara
Richard Dreyfuss
George Segal
Gene Wilder
Roger Moore
Burt Reynolds - he in particular has really impressed me as he's aged.
Adrienne Barbeau
Joanne Woodward
Claudia Cardinale (Still looks amazing)
Katharine Ross (Butch and Sundance)
Anne Bancroft
Jill Clayburg (maybe too young)
Marsha Mason (maybe too young)
Verna Bloom
Jack Klugman
Peter Falk
Ben Gazzara
Richard Dreyfuss
George Segal
Gene Wilder
Roger Moore
Burt Reynolds - he in particular has really impressed me as he's aged.
Adrienne Barbeau
Joanne Woodward
Claudia Cardinale (Still looks amazing)
Katharine Ross (Butch and Sundance)
Anne Bancroft
Jill Clayburg (maybe too young)
Marsha Mason (maybe too young)
Verna Bloom
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04-01-05, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Roy Scheider isn't that obscure..a lot of people saw The Punisher.
04-01-05, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Cygnet74
In the coming year, I will begin the process of casting my next feature. The three main characters are 70+ in age -- two men, one woman.
You can revive not only three aging actors careers but Steve Guttenburg's as well!
04-02-05, 11:43 AM
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Conrad Bain ("Diff'rent Strokes")
Robert Guillaume ("Benson") - still working but not very often
George Gaynes (Cmdt. Lassard from Police Academy)
Max Wright ("Alf")
Philip Baker Hall would be great but he's still busy.
Robert Guillaume ("Benson") - still working but not very often
George Gaynes (Cmdt. Lassard from Police Academy)
Max Wright ("Alf")
Philip Baker Hall would be great but he's still busy.
04-02-05, 12:41 PM
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William Edward "Bill" Phipps
Little-known character actor who actually boasts an impressive resumé of just about every major show you can think of in pretty much every decade of television, and had the distinction of being one of the first three men killed by the aliens in the original sci-fi classic War of the Worlds....
....and he went to school with my grandma.
(IMDB also says he was the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's Cinderella, but I don't remember Grandma saying anything about that. Bill stayed in touch with her a lot over the years. I suppose it's possible, though.)
Little-known character actor who actually boasts an impressive resumé of just about every major show you can think of in pretty much every decade of television, and had the distinction of being one of the first three men killed by the aliens in the original sci-fi classic War of the Worlds....
....and he went to school with my grandma.
(IMDB also says he was the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's Cinderella, but I don't remember Grandma saying anything about that. Bill stayed in touch with her a lot over the years. I suppose it's possible, though.)
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04-02-05, 06:09 PM
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For some women:
Lorraine Gary - Last seen in Jaws: The Revenge. I think it's time to forgive
Jill St John - Not total obscurity but would be nice to see her again.
Vera Miles - Just a few odd jobs in the last 20 years.
Joanna Barnes - Was in the last Parent Trap, otherwise not much last 30 years.
Elizabeth McRae - Last seen in Eddie and the Cruisers II but nothing else in the last 40 years.
Lorraine Gary - Last seen in Jaws: The Revenge. I think it's time to forgive
Jill St John - Not total obscurity but would be nice to see her again.
Vera Miles - Just a few odd jobs in the last 20 years.
Joanna Barnes - Was in the last Parent Trap, otherwise not much last 30 years.
Elizabeth McRae - Last seen in Eddie and the Cruisers II but nothing else in the last 40 years.