RobinsHood Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 *finance* : That was very quick, bloody good job! Your up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I was a silent screen leading man, but gained quite a bit of weight as I aged. I reinvented myself as a portly character actor in the '30s and '40s with a very distinctive voice. I appeared in many well-known films, principally comedies but also dramas.. Who am I? Edited by: finance on Nov 16, 2009 1:20 PM Edited by: finance on Nov 16, 2009 2:24 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 are you Edward Arnold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Are you Eugene Pallette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 deleted Edited by: finance on Nov 17, 2009 10:30 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Eugene Pallette is correct. He was a silent screen leading man prior to 1920. Your turn , Miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinsHood Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 hey miles still with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm here. I just got home from the Uconn basketball game. Do you know me? I was a very good college football player and that helped get me into a silent movie with some football scenes. When sound came in, I knew I would never be a leading man, so I concentrated on character roles. I was a large man with a distinctive but not distinguished voice. I moved easily between "A" list movies and low budget "B" pictures. I played the friend of the hero or sidekick many times. I worked for directors like Wellman and Ford. I also worked in action serials and I was in several pictures with John Wayne and quite a few with Roy Rogers. I got a part in one picture because I had some experience driving a team of horses. I was also a pilot and played one in a John Wayne film. During World War II, I trained pilots for the U.S. military. In the fifties. I got into TV work. In fact, I was in two TV series at the same time. One was a popular western that I co-starred in. Later, I worked in another TV series and some made for TV movies. I don't think that I ever played a villain. I guess that I just had that sunny, jovial disposition. Do you know me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm not real sure, but are you Ward Bond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 No, not Ward Bond. Remember, I played the jovial sidekick a lot. Here's a clue. In one of my non-western movies, I took a date to the Hollywood Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Are you Andy Devine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinsHood Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 You are Yakima Canutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Lana got it. I am Andy Devine. I got the part of the driver in "Stagecoach" because I had previous experience driving teams of horses. In "A Star Is Born", I played a young assistant director who took Janet Gaynor to the Hollywood Bowl. In the late forties I replaced Gabby Hayes in the Roy Rogers movies. My character's name was Cookie Bullfincher. My name was the same in each picture, but I had a different job in each one. I played a pilot in "No Island In The Sky" with John Wayne. In the fifties I played "Jingles" in "The Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickock" with Guy Madison. During that same period, I hosted a kid's show called "Andy's Gang". Later, I was a regular on the "Flipper" series. Good work, Lana. It's your turn. Tell me, do you remember who sponsored "Wild Bill Hickock" or "Andy's Gang"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ?Born and raised in Hartford, CT, I began my career in radio in my teens and made my way on to Broadway. I didn?t make movies until 1947 and, while I managed to jump right in and keep busy usually playing character roles, since I wasn?t anything pretty to look at and usually up to no good, I didn?t play my most popular roles until the late 1950s and early 1960s. A Tony was given to me in 1956 for my performance in a famous court case. I worked heavily in television in the 50s and 60s as well. I worked hard and earned everything I ever got. I tried to instill my work ethic to my son who followed my footsteps.? ?In my most popular films, I was possessed of strong feelings towards people and held firm to my convictions. I wasn?t wishy washy. There wasn?t anything mealy about me. And, you didn?t laugh for no reason around me, either. Only idiots laugh for no reason. I held to my guns and I knew what I wanted and what I stood for. No one could tell me anything to change my mind once it was made up. And, I held grudges. You do wrong by me in the movies, and I could concoct the greatest schemes you?d ever seen, if they?d only come out like I want them to. I must be pretty good with this over-the-top and larger-than-life personality for I won an Oscar in 1963 for protecting my daughter. I was sometimes seen as a politician or a high-standing citizen in some small Southern town. Some of those who voted for me in those movies might say they like what I do, but not the way I get it done. But if a bunch of hogs won?t come out of your garden, when you holler, then you gotta use language and methods that hogs and pigs understand. Do you get what I?m saying?? ?Do you know me, and my career of colorful characters?? Edited by: allaboutlana on Nov 19, 2009 11:19 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Are you Ed Begley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ?Yes, I am Ed Begley, Oscar winner for ?Sweet Bird of Youth? for my portrayal of ?Boss Finley? (the quotes about an idiot and the hog were taken from my performance) and the brains for the heist in ?Odds Against Tomorrow? because I was fired and was Juror #10 In ?12 Angry Men,? where I held my stand until the end and who won a Tony for the stage production of ?Inherit the Wind.? Oh, and my son is of course Ed Begley, Jr.? Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 The son of a writer-director and a minor screen actress, I was put under contract to a major independent producer while still a teenager, but did not make my screen debut until after WW II service. I was darkly handsome with pretty boy good looks, and was cast mainly in costume adventure yarns. Disappointed in my acting career, I became a professional still photographer. In the late '60s I turned to directing low-budget films. I was married to 4 starlets, the last of whose career was guided by me. Who am I? Edited by: finance on Nov 20, 2009 2:39 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 John Derek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 deleted Edited by: finance on Nov 21, 2009 10:04 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Correct, Eve. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Both of my parents were actors; I studied theater in Paris and began my stage career while still in my early 20s. I appeared in many plays before setting off on a long tour of the U.S. performing short character sketches I wrote myself. I also wrote several short pieces for magazines like The New Yorker that were eventually compiled into a series of books. I co-authored a popular book with a friend and went to Hollywood as a consultant when the book was adapted to film. While my stage career was bigger than my movie career, I did make a handful of pictures beginning in the early 1920s and ending in the late 1960s. My most memorable role is probably the one in a classic film in which I portrayed an unbalanced, jealous and vengeful person who finally goes stark raving mad?on the Devonshire coast of England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 deleted Edited by: finance on Nov 22, 2009 1:30 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Are you Cornelia Otis Skinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Yes, I am. My role as Miss Holloway in *The Uninvited* was one of the classic scheming and vindictive female characters of 1940s film?some have confused me with Judith Anderson (as the chilling Mrs. Danvers in *Rebecca* ) and Gale Sondergaard (as the impenetrable Mrs. Hammond, the widow who was determined Bette Davis would pay for her crime in *The Letter* )?your turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Born in the US of German parents while they were here on a business trip, I entered the Geman film industry as a title writer for imported US films. I made my directorial debut in the late twenties on a documentary on which several other future famous directors worked. I was forced into exile after the Nazi takeover, and eventually landed in Hollywood in 1940. I attracted attention a few years later with a succession of atmospheric psychological thrillers for Universal, one of which marked the screen debut of a future big star. My films of the early '50s were less interesting, except for one costume adventure comedy. I soon left the US and permanently returned to Germany. Who am I? Edited by: finance on Nov 23, 2009 1:40 PM Edited by: finance on Nov 23, 2009 2:39 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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