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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on February 07, 2008, 02:51:03 AM

Title: Character Actors who don't get enough lovin' thread
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 07, 2008, 02:51:03 AM

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/KParrott/Tom-Atkins.jpg)

Tom Atkins.  This guy is a B-Movie badass.  He's been in tons of stuff in smaller roles, including Rockford Files, Escape From New York, Creepshow. You might remember him best from John Carpenter's The Fog, or the first Lethal Weapon.  He was also the only good thing about Halloween 3.

Go download Night of the Creeps, aka The Movie Slither Ripped Off.  It isn't available on DVD, so don't feel guilty about it.  Tom Atkins is badass in it.

Title: Re: Character Actors who don't get enough lovin' thread
Post by: Ichirou on February 07, 2008, 02:53:42 AM

Elisha Cook Jr.   So awesome in so many great films (The Maltese Falcon, The Killing).  Played the loathsome worm better than anybody.  Nowadays, not even film school students like FoC remember who he is. :(

Title: Re: Character Actors who don't get enough lovin' thread
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 07, 2008, 02:56:50 AM

Character Actors have the best careers.  Most of them find steady, memorable work all their lives.

Elisha Cook, Jr. - film noir wouldn't have been the same without him.  Shame on you, FoC.

Title: Re: Character Actors who don't get enough lovin' thread
Post by: Ichirou on February 07, 2008, 03:01:24 AM

Elisha Cook, Jr. was in:

The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
The Killing
Born To Kill
Shane
Baby Face Nelson
House on Haunted Hill
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Rosemary's Baby

All classic films.  Wonder how many of them FoC has seen...I'd be surprised if he knows who Peter Lorre is, too.

Title: Re: Character Actors who don't get enough lovin' thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 07, 2008, 03:28:28 AM

Robert Z'Dar!

(http://www.z-dar.com/images/headshot.png)

He's in some awesome B-movies like Maniac Cop and Future War.