One Movie Wonder?
06-17-10, 06:55 AM
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James Murray, the star of King Vidor's THE CROWD (1928), in which he plays a loser who can't seem to make it in New York despite having a wife and child to support. Joe Franklin wrote, "...his real life existence later proved to be a tragically exaggerated parody of the role he here played so magnificently."
Murray hit the skids afterward and once asked Vidor for money to buy liquor. A few years after his success in THE CROWD, he was found dead, floating in a river. Accident or suicide? No one knew.
Murray hit the skids afterward and once asked Vidor for money to buy liquor. A few years after his success in THE CROWD, he was found dead, floating in a river. Accident or suicide? No one knew.
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06-17-10, 11:56 AM
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First four that popped into my head:
Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
Wes Bentley in American Beauty
Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
Brandon Routh in Superman Returns
Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
Wes Bentley in American Beauty
Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
Brandon Routh in Superman Returns
06-17-10, 12:19 PM
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Jaye Davdison in The Crying Game.
Yes, I'm aware he was in "Stargate", but (a) it wasn't that big a movie when it was released, and (b) he was such a non-presence that, let's face it, ANYONE could have done that role.
Yes, I'm aware he was in "Stargate", but (a) it wasn't that big a movie when it was released, and (b) he was such a non-presence that, let's face it, ANYONE could have done that role.
06-17-10, 12:36 PM
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Florrie Dugger who played Blousy Brown in Bugsy Malone
Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff in Rocky Horror Picture Show
Kay Lenz in Breezy, never really topped that.
John Lydon in Corrupt (aka Cop Killer) - okay that's a joke.
Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff in Rocky Horror Picture Show
Kay Lenz in Breezy, never really topped that.
John Lydon in Corrupt (aka Cop Killer) - okay that's a joke.
06-17-10, 12:36 PM
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06-17-10, 12:38 PM
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From what I've read, he didn't want to act beyond Crying Game, so he took StarGate for a million dollars to basically set himself up good financially, then quit the business to become involved with fashion.
06-17-10, 04:54 PM
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Jason Scott Lee
i loved Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and thought he was a revelation and now seems relegated to C-movie and DTV status.
i loved Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and thought he was a revelation and now seems relegated to C-movie and DTV status.
06-17-10, 05:04 PM
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06-17-10, 07:57 PM
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Max Pomeranc. He has done very, very movie little acting since. His was one of the best performances from a child of that age I have ever seen.