Actors who are hopelessly typecast no matter how many roles

Post by **bloodguard bob** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:00 pm

Micheal Ironside

hopelessly type-cast:
he's on our side but we're all scared of him.

Post by **danlo** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:11 pm

iQ wrote:Bill Bixby.

I think of him not as Dr. David Banner, but as the Dad in "The courtship of eddie's father. "

damm I must be old as I ID Bixby from My Favorite Martian!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:39 pm

These Guys seem pretty typecast to me:

Post by **aTOMiC** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:47 pm

Bravo dAN. Well done. The best example yet.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:52 pm

danlo wrote:
iQ wrote:Bill Bixby.

I think of him not as Dr. David Banner, but as the Dad in "The courtship of eddie's father. "
damm I must be old as I ID Bixby from My Favorite Martian!

Ditto...

:::sigh:::

Post by **matrixman** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:38 pm

I've watched re-runs of My Favorite Martian. Around the same time that I was tuning into repeats of I Dream of Jeannie and Get Smart. And the original Star Trek. Oh, and the original Twilight Zone. A time when I had a romance with 50's/60's television.

Speaking of I Dream of Jeannie, I guess Larry Hagman might have been remembered only as the star of that show...but then along came Dallas and boy, did he ever become identified with J.R. Ewing. He was J.R.

Post by **Usivius** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:01 pm

Usivius wrote:
And your Star Trek observation is good except for Patrick Stewart. He was and is a great actor that still works outside the series.
Yeah, but when does he ever have a role that's not "wise mentor type leader guy in a sci-fi flick"? Even when he's not Picard, he's still Picard. (Or voice acting, which he does a good bit of.)

X-men, yah, .. Robin Hood, yah, but c'mon, the bad guy in Conspiracy Thoery! Great fun role!
And he has never been a "star", he will always be the character actor.

Post by **matrixman** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:06 pm

I agree, Usivius. Patrick Stewart is, I guess, in the same boat as his compatriot Ian McKellen: both have appeared in successful film franchises but they're still more or less able to do smaller independent films without the Hollywood baggage (or entourage). A Hollywood "star" always seems to imply a one-dimensional persona; thank goodness Stewart and McKellen don't fit that criteria.

Post by **Marv** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:14 pm

Roger Moore

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:15 pm

Arnold.

Now, what's interesting about Arnold is, imho, that he was totally typecast with the Terminator BUT he never played the bad guy in any other film he's every made.
But because he's so typecast as the evil Terminator it's actually been to his advantage playing someone so opposite to it.
He's expected to kill everyone in the room even when he's playing the part of a loving father.
(Ok, he usually does kill everyone in the room but they're all bad guys!)

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:22 pm

No way, HLT. I for one will always remember Arnold for his stirring performance in "Kindergarten Cop."

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:37 pm

Lord Mhoram wrote:No way, HLT. I for one will always remember Arnold for his stirring performance in "Kindergarten Cop."

Let us not forget Jingle All The Way with Sinbad...

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:14 pm

Lord Mhoram wrote:No way, HLT. I for one will always remember Arnold for his stirring performance in "Kindergarten Cop."

"Who are you man?"
"I am the party pooper."

Come on LM, you totally expected Arnold to dust those kids using a phase-plasma rifle in a 40-watt range.
Admit it!

Post by **bloodguard bob** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:15 pm

Jack Elam

Post by **iQuestor** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:14 pm

bloodguard bob wrote:
Jack Elam

I can still hear him in Support your local Gunfighter

"Boy, dont you ever walk up on my blind side again..."

.... it was the one where Jack Elam was impersoning a known gunfighter, Swifty Morgan. James Garner was the lead.

I loved him also in Cannonball run:

"Cysts. In the walls of the lungs..."

extra points if you know the quote.

What about these guys:

James Garner - Rockford Files

Redd Foxx - Sanford. (S-A-N-F-O-R-D-PERIOD -- and the 'S' stands for....)

Slim Pickins (Dr. StrangeLove)

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:32 am

Post by **iQuestor** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:56 am

wouldjabelieve.....

good call Cail....

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:28 am

Matrixman wrote:I agree, Usivius. Patrick Stewart is, I guess, in the same boat as his compatriot Ian McKellen: both have appeared in successful film franchises but they're still more or less able to do smaller independent films without the Hollywood baggage (or entourage). A Hollywood "star" always seems to imply a one-dimensional persona; thank goodness Stewart and McKellen don't fit that criteria.

The difference between actors who were trained for and on the stage, and those who have only ever really appeared on film. Alec Guinness and Kenneth Branagh spring to mind as well. The difference is always noticeable I think.

--A

Post by **ItisWritten** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:54 pm

Usivius wrote:well I dont think of Dan Heyada that way. He is always a character actor to me.
I first saw him in Blood Simple and that character often pops in to my mind when I see him.
And he had a good turn in Alien 4...

I saw Alien 4 in theatre (insert wince smiley here), and the second biggest audience reaction was to Mr Hedaya's back hair.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:10 pm

Will Ed O'Neil be anyone but Al Bundy? I've checked. He's been busy doing all kinds of stuff but it won't erase my memory of Al.

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Actors who are hopelessly typecast no matter how many roles