Obscure Actors that we rememeber from our childhood

Before my childhood - - - but about as obscure as I can find are these two:

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Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow, also known as the Snow Twins.

They had severe mental limitations and were said to have the mental capacity of toddlers, requiring constant watching and care. They were based at the World Circus Sideshow at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920's into the 1940's. Their only film appearance was in Tod Browning's movie, Freaks (1932).

Some reports state that they were not actually twins at all. Reputedly, Elvira's birthdate was March 2, 1901, and Jenny Lee was said to be 12 years younger, but as is the history of circus sideshow acts, the fact can vary dramatically.
 

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Dakin Matthews seen as the befuddled horsetrader in the 2nd version of 'True Grit' appeared in over 170 productions. Last movie I watched for the umphteen time with Jeff Bridges. Blew the John Wayne version outta the water.
 
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MACKTEXAS said:
Before my childhood - - - but about as obscure as I can find are these two:

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Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow, also known as the Snow Twins.

They had severe mental limitations and were said to have the mental capacity of toddlers, requiring constant watching and care. They were based at the World Circus Sideshow at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920's into the 1940's. Their only film appearance was in Tod Browning's movie, Freaks (1932).

Some reports state that they were not actually twins at all. Reputedly, Elvira's birthdate was March 2, 1901, and Jenny Lee was said to be 12 years younger, but as is the history of circus sideshow acts, the fact can vary dramatically.
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The film "Freaks" from the 1930s.
 
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Ben Johnson, one of the few real 'Cowboys' whom appeared with John Wayne in several westerns. 1st seen him in 1st version of 'Mighty Joe Young'. He won an oscar for his supporting roll in 'The Last Picture Show' with Cybil Sheppard & Jeff Bridges.
 
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Paladin1950 said:
In Psycho, the Janet Leigh murder scene in the shower, is considered one of the most shocking murder scenes in movie history. People keep forgetting the murder of Detective Arbogast on the stairs. That scene has to rank near #2 in movie history.
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Yeah, Arbogast's murder was the second shocking scene in the picture. I'll never forget seeing it in the theater in 1960. 3 sailors sat in front of us, and during the shower scene and also the staircase murder scene, the guys were screaming like grade school girls!

The film would be almost unthinkable without the fabulous score by the great Bernard Herrmann. The screeching sound track in the shower scene was accomplished by several violinists quickly bowing below the violin's bridge. Even today if one hears 2 strokes of that, Psycho instantly comes to mind. One of Hitchcock's finest.
 
ChiroDoc said:
The film would be almost unthinkable without the fabulous score by the great Bernard Herrmann. The screeching sound track in the shower scene was accomplished by several violinists ... Even today if one hears 2 strokes of that, Psycho instantly comes to mind. One of Hitchcock's finest.
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My parents (the idiots!) took me along to see that film when it first came out and I was only about 10-years old. Did I mention that my parents were idiots? I guess they didn't have age restrictions back then. I still freak out whenever I hear that violin part. It's going to give me a heart attack some day for sure.
 
Inept said:
My parents (the idiots!) took me along to see that film when it first came out and I was only about 10-years old. Did I mention that my parents were idiots? I guess they didn't have age restrictions back then. I still freak out whenever I hear that violin part. It's going to give me a heart attack some day for sure.
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Good Lord! That must have been a total shock to you. The movie rating system didn't come out in the U.S. until 1968, so there were a bunch of films from the previous 10 years that would have benefited from a rating. Before that, when you think about it, all studio films were either G or PG.
 
William Boyette. Guested on many 1950s and 60s TV series, but seemed to make a profession of playing police officers. Cast at Sgt. Ken Williams on "Highway Patrol", Sgt. MacDonald on "Adam-12" and different officers and civic figures in other Jack Webb productions.

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Bobby Troup. Actor and musician. Played Glenn Miller in "The Gene Krupa Story" and was a jazz pianist. Appeared as different characters in Jack Webb productions and as a regular, Dr. Joe Early, on "Emergency!"
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Troup was good as Glenn Miller. Sal Mineo did a phenomenal job portraying the great Gene Krupa. I was a drummer, and I was impressed by Mieo's drumming impersonations. Very nice cameos by drummer Shelly Manne and singer Anita O'Day.

Mineo's role as the tortured teen in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) really put him on the map, but he was not destined for big leading man stardom. Sadly he had a freak ending in real life at aged 37.
 
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