He may be (kind of) smiling here, but from the 1930s to the ’80s actor Charles Lane excelled at playing crabs, curmudgeons and grumps in the movies and on TV. Read about his lenghty career, which included appearances in nine Frank Capra films.
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Vincent Schiavelli, a unique character actor featured in movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Amadeus, Ghost and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Author Gary Cahall presents a well-deserved appreciation.
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Herbert Lom, perhaps best known as Inspector Clouseau’s long-suffering boss in the Pink Panther films, had a lengthy career on film and TV. “Movie Irv” Slifkin offers a salute to the Czech-born actor.
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Here is a Bit Actress who needs to be recognized on my blog. Her accomplishments were amazing, yet she never really became more than a Bit Part player in most of her movies. Hattie McDaniel (1892 – 1952) was born…
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“A story must be told!’ – Bela Lugosi as “The Scientist,” Glen or Glenda? (1953) Earlier this Spring, fans of Hollywood’s Golden Age mourned the death of two-time Best Actress Academy Award-winner and eight-time bride Elizabeth Taylor. Aficionados of cult movies and…
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Here at the Scene Stealers corner of Movie FanFare, we try to pay tribute to that large group of often-unsung supporting actors and actresses who rarely received star status or got their name above the title, but still achieved popularity and garnered fans through their performances….
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Despite being trapped in stereotypical roles in ’30s and ’40s Hollywood, his comic gifts managed to shine through. Our latest Scene Stealer is actor Mantan Moreland, who also made a name for himself in the world of vintage all-black cinema.
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One of the most imposing character players of Hollywood’s golden age, this ursine, accomplished thespian played his share of cold-hearted businessmen, crooked politcos and legendary historical figures in the course of a quarter-century on the screen. Born to the slums of…
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From prim and proper spinsters to wise-cracking schoolmarms, Edna May Oliver had a storied career as one of Hollywood’s most popular character actresses in the ’30s and ’40s. The sour-faced star of Little Women and David Copperfield is today’s Scene Stealer.
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Suppose for a moment you were an actor. What would you do if, in the opening credits of what’s arguably the biggest film you’ll ever be in, the studio misspelled your name? Would you get flustered and sputter to yourself in…
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