Obscure Actors that we rememeber from our childhood

[Paladin1950]

 

[Inept]

Two American "character actors" who appeared in a lot of movies. On the left, Westerns villain supreme, Lee Van Cleef. On the right, Elli Wallach, who was sometimes a villain and sometimes cleaned up well as an everyman.

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Love those guys.

 

[Inept]

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Yeah, I forgot about him!

 

[Inept]

Yoo hoo, it's me,
My name is Pinky Lee.
I skip and run bring lots of fun
To every he and she.
It's plain to see
That you can tell it's me
With my checkered hat
And my checkered coat,
The funny giggle in my throat
And my silly dance
Like a billy goat.
Put 'em all together,
Put 'em all together,
And it's whooooo?

I saw him live in Chicago in the mid 1950s.

 

[Inept]

Once upon a time, circumstances had me watching soap operas everyday in my 20s and even getting pulled into those bad actors sTories

You mean like "As The World Turns"?

 

[Bretrick]

Not really obscure, Forrest Tucker was a favorite of mine.
He was in almost 100 movies.
Died in 1986

 

[Inept]

I just saw Eli Wallach, older, on an episode of Law & Order. And remembered him in The Misfits, a favorite of mine.

I remember seeing "The Misfits".

 

[Inept]

Clu Gulager

 

[Rakaia]

Fred McMurray...

 

[Michael Z]

Michael Pollard as Cousin Virgil in The Andy Griffith Show.

 

[Flarbalard]

Olan Soule

 

[Aunt Bea]

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I remember Billy Barty from the old Peter Gunn television series.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Robert Donner, most remembered for the Waltons, was a favorite.




Robert Donner - Wikipedia

 

[Aunt Bea]

Garrett Morris is more recent.

I enjoyed him as Sporty James in the Hunter television series.



Garrett Morris - Wikipedia

 

[Aunt Bea]

Dennis Franz, Hill Street Blues.


Dennis Franz - Wikipedia

 

[dilettante]

Dick Miller - Wikipedia

 

[Inept]

Michael Pollard as Cousin Virgil in The Andy Griffith Show.
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I always think of him in Bonnie and Clyde.

 

[Inept]

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Olan Soule

Oh yeah! That's what I'm talkin' bout!

 

[Paladin1950]

Michael Pollard as Cousin Virgil in The Andy Griffith Show.
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I remember him best from a first season episode of Star Trek, Miri.

 

[jim_slim]

If you watch “GunSmoke” reruns you will notice many actors/actresses before they made it big. Example: Burt Reynolds, Jodie Foster….etc.

 

[Pepper]

Lyle Bettger

 

[Paladin1950]

2 British actors named Michael, who I always enjoyed watching in Hammer and other British horror movies. Michael Ripper and Michael Gough (pronounced, goff).

 

[oslooskar]

My cousin, Craig Richard Nelson, who just died three days ago was definitely an obscure actor. However, he once played Carol Burnett's psychiatrist, which was an ideal role for him because his father, my uncle, was a psychiatrist.

 

[JustDave]

From Childhood? No, I don't remember any obscure actors. At that age, I wasn't interested in the actors, only the story held my attention.

 

[Inept]

2 British actors named Michael, who I always enjoyed watching in Hammer and other British horror movies. Michael Ripper and Michael Gough (pronounced, goff).
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It's only the second one I recall (pronounced, remember).