The most memorable no-line, one line, or never seen again person/char. in a movie

[xizor]

Originally Posted by Súil Dubh

They only appeared for a few seconds, none of them had a line (I think Bossk may have growled), and if I recall correctly they never appeared again in the rest of the film.

Nerd find: During the scene in Bespin when Chewbacca is getting the pieces of C3PO back, IG-88 can be seen sitting in a pile of trash.

[CalMeacham]

Easily one of the most interesting characters with no lines in a film is the katana-wielding "ninja" in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. You see him go through his kata at the "ninja training school", which is impressive, but then he goes through it again, in ninja garb, in Blofeld's SPECTRE lair in the volcano, taking out half a dozen SPECTRE goons. If you watch it in a theater, there's always an audible audience reaction after the second run-through.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by Tangent

Here is another very memorable blonde in a convertible.

She had a much bigger part later in the movie.

[Bob Ducca]

Jeff Goldblum in "Annie Hall."

"I forgot my mantra."

[Loach]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

Jeff Goldblum in "Annie Hall."

"I forgot my mantra."

Or his role in Death Wish. (NSFW language)

[Loach]

A slightly larger role than what the OP calls for but the character Wedge in Star Wars is memorable because he had the same tiny role in the next two movies. And then apparently went on to become a major character in the books.

It wasn't until years later I realized that Denis Lawson was the same actor who appeared as Gordon Urquhart in one of my favorite movies, Local Hero. And he happens to be the uncle of Obiwan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor).

[John Bredin]

Originally Posted by Nature's Call

I'm stretching the word "memorable" here because of how much I don't remember.

In some movie, probably a rom-com, a man and woman are talking to each other outside in front of I think her apartment building. I think the building was painted blue. From a second floor window a man watches on.

Out of the blue she yells at the window-watcher dude something like, "It's not all about you!" then resume her original conversation.

I don't recall if the window-watcher was ever introduce previously nor if he reappeared. That line and its abruptness, though, has stuck with me for some reason.

In the same vein, the guy who yells out his window "Why don't you kiss her? Ahh, youth is wasted on the wrong people!" at George and Mary in the leaving-the-dance-in-robes scene from It's a Wonderful Life. George tries to kiss Mary at that point in time pretty much because the old guy just dared him to.

[salinqmind]

- Does Robert Blake's weird scene in Lost Highway count, or is it too long?

- The cashier in the store, in Paper Moon, that Addie was pulling a scam on with her $10 bill she claimed she got for her birthday from her aunt. The cashier got chewed out by her boss for questioning the tactics of the 'poor little girl' who only wanted the proper change! She looked frightened, jobs were hard to come by during the depression as much as they are today...

[MadTheSwine]

Originally Posted by The Other Waldo Pepper

There's always Wolverine, in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.

"Go f*ck yourself" Great scene!


Wondering if Kevin Costner counts as the body(Alex) in The Big Chill? Been years since I watched it but I think you get a glimpse of part of him.

"Nice night for a walk.. eh?" Though he has more than one line(3 I think).Bill Paxton in The Terminator

[fiddlesticks]

There are a couple of one scene characters in Fargo, I'll go with Mr. Mohra.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

No lines: The "singing asshole" guy from Pink Flamingos

[Bob Ducca]

Originally Posted by fiddlesticks

There are a couple of one scene characters in Fargo, I'll go with Mr. Mohra.

I like the bored hooker with Steve Buscemi.

[LawMonkey]

Originally Posted by teela brown

It's more than one line, but not much more:

John Turturro as "the Jesus" in The Big Lebowski.

I have been dying to go into the "Why is Jesus a common name among Hispanics but not others?" thread and explain, "Because they know that nobody fucks with the Jesus."

[Accidental Martyr]

Originally Posted by Ashley Pomeroy

I'm pick the unfortunate Mr Kinney from the first Robocop film. According to the IMDB his one line of dialogue was "help me!", and he only appears in one scene, where he is blown to shreds by a malfunctioning ED-209 robot. That, and the failed Robocop prototypes from Robocop II, which were stop-motion effects kitbashed as a throwaway gag. And yet they were surprisingly grim.

I've always liked the "I'll buy that for a dollar!" guy from Robocop.

[Jim's Son]

There is a scene in "Birth of a Nation" where one of the women, probably Lillian Gish,is trying to get "The Great Heart" (Abraham Lincoln) to issue an order to prevent the wounded southern "Little Colonel" from being shot. In the hospital a sentry memorably ogles her. IMDB lists the actor as William Freeman, who was in a total of four movies.

[Ranchoth]

That honking guy on the freeway in Clear and Present Danger.

SPOILER:

It's not mentioned explicitly, and it's a little unclear in the film—he might have just been trying to pass—but it certainly looks like he's trying to warn Cathy and put himself between them and Miller's van.

I always liked that bit—just some no-name guy, we never even see their face, just trying to do the right thing on the spot.

[The Second Stone]

Character not important to a plot? Okay, he's got more than one line, but they could have cut the whole scene. He stole the movie.

Glengary Glen Ross. The guy who says "Coffee is for closers."

[MadTheSwine]

Originally Posted by The Second Stone

Character not important to a plot? Okay, he's got more than one line, but they could have cut the whole scene. He stole the movie.

Glengary Glen Ross. The guy who says "Coffee is for closers."

Umm no..That (lengthy) scene makes the entire movie and comes nowhere close to fitting the OP's question.

[Obeseus]

Happy Gilmore -- Adam Sandler takes the girl to a skating rink. The Endless Love duet by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross plays. The zamboni guy is mouthing the words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGdchnpEO98

[Battle Pope]

Originally Posted by Loach

A slightly larger role than what the OP calls for but the character Wedge in Star Wars is memorable because he had the same tiny role in the next two movies. And then apparently went on to become a major character in the books.

I've always liked Gold Leader: "Stay on target......... stay on target!"

Exactly the kind of (non-Jedi) guy you want leading your attack on a giant death sphere.

[MentalGuy]

Originally Posted by Nature's Call

I'm stretching the word "memorable" here because of how much I don't remember.

In some movie, probably a rom-com, a man and woman are talking to each other outside in front of I think her apartment building. I think the building was painted blue. From a second floor window a man watches on.

Out of the blue she yells at the window-watcher dude something like, "It's not all about you!" then resume her original conversation.

I don't recall if the window-watcher was ever introduce previously nor if he reappeared. That line and its abruptness, though, has stuck with me for some reason.

I think that is from Two Weeks Notice.

[Krokodil]

The helicopter gunner in Full Metal Jacket:
Joker: How can you shoot women and children like that?
Gunner: Give 'em a longer lead time. Ha ha! Ain't war hell?

Also: The Three Stooges' cameo in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Michael O'Donoghue in Manhattan.

Oh, and Marshall MacLuhan in Annie Hall!

[Mr Downtown]

Originally Posted by Love Rhombus

My understanding is that it's actually 2 people playing that role [in Deliverance]—one to play the banjo, who was hiding behind the couch, and the kid sitting there, who apparently was "normal" despite his odd features.

It came on some cable channel tonight so I watched that scene carefully. The boy seen on camera appears to be doing some mighty fancy fretwork if he's not actually playing.

[Speak to me Maddie!]

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

It came on some cable channel tonight so I watched that scene carefully. The boy seen on camera appears to be doing some mighty fancy fretwork if he's not actually playing.

According to IMDB and Wikipedia there is a professional banjo player sitting behind the boy reaching his arms around "helping hands" style.

[Accidental Martyr]

Originally Posted by Krokodil

The helicopter gunner in Full Metal Jacket:
Joker: How can you shoot women and children like that?
Gunner: Give 'em a longer lead time. Ha ha! Ain't war hell?

Anyone who runs, is a VC. Anyone who stands still, is a well-disciplined VC!

[cmyk]

The bum sleeping on the parkbench near the end of Back to the Future, "Damn drunk drivers."

[hogarth]

The one-armed guy from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" who has a little speech about how long he's been seeking revenge on Tuco. And then Tuco shoots him.

"If you're going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk!"

[mcgato]

In Apocalypse Now, I think the only line one guy says is "terminate with extreme prejudice."

[The Tooth]

Originally Posted by Push You Down

Some argue Bossk actually says "Watch your mouth" to the Imperial who just called them all "scum."

It just sounds like "Grrghwachgrryoggrrmougrsss"

To me it sounds like "Let's spook the elf".

[Greg Charles]

Originally Posted by cmyk

The bum sleeping on the parkbench near the end of Back to the Future, "Damn drunk drivers."

The main joke there was that he was the mayor in 1957.

[cmyk]

Originally Posted by Greg Charles

The main joke there was that he was the mayor in 1957.

Dear god. In the thousands of times I've seen that movie, I never caught that. Do you mean 1955?

[Bayard]

Edie McGlurg in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles has one scene with just a couple of lines, if I recall correctly. It's been a long time since I've seen the movie. I don't remember the scene being integral to the plot. I do remember "You're fucked."

[Bytegeist]

Originally Posted by Loach

... the character Wedge in Star Wars is memorable ...

Originally Posted by Battle Pope

I've always liked Gold Leader: "Stay on target......... stay on target!"

Exactly the kind of (non-Jedi) guy you want leading your attack on a giant death sphere.

How about Porkins, from that same scene?

Porkins has to be one of the shortest-lived named characters in all of film — as measured from the time of his introduction to the time of his death.

[Balance]

Originally Posted by cmyk

Dear god. In the thousands of times I've seen that movie, I never caught that. Do you mean 1955?

Except he's not (though I originally thought so, too). Fox ad-libbed the name for the bum, and what came out the same as the 1955 mayor's nickname. In character, you could either take it that Marty knew the bum by nickname, or that he mistook the bum for "Red" Thomas, whose picture he'd seen while in 1955. Either way, the bum doesn't look anywhere near old enough to have been the guy on the poster in 1955.

Oh, and it's "Crazy drunk driver."

[Robot Arm]

Originally Posted by hogarth

The one-armed guy from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" who has a little speech about how long he's been seeking revenge on Tuco. And then Tuco shoots him.

It's the same guy from the very beginning of the film, when three guys go into a saloon, shots ring out, and Tuco comes flying out the window.

There's also the shopkeeper from later in the movie. Tuco goes in just as he's trying to close up, puts together a revolver out of the best pieces, tries it out, and then robs the store with the same gun. Was going to nominate him, but I found a clip online and he has a few more lines of dialog than I remembered.

[TreacherousCretin]

Originally Posted by BobLibDem

I have to add Chief from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest with his single line "Juicy Fruit".

But Chief Broom has one line before that, and many lines afterward.

Originally Posted by bibliophage

Mr. Maguire in The Graduate actually has a few lines, but all in one scene, and he's onscreen for less than a minute. His most famous line is "Plastics."

Marceau in Silent Movie, and "Plastics" are the two I would have suggested.

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

It came on some cable channel tonight so I watched that scene carefully. The boy seen on camera appears to be doing some mighty fancy fretwork if he's not actually playing.

I first heard the real story just a couple of years after the movie's release. The short version: http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/deliverance.asp
.

[Peter Morris]

Tim Brooke-Taylor's scene in the original Willy Wonka movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT-Tmr4VtTQ

[kath94]

Originally Posted by Peter Morris

Tim Brooke-Taylor's scene in the original Willy Wonka movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT-Tmr4VtTQ

I love this! It's a classic!

"I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!"

[sliv]

Originally Posted by Ranchoth

That honking guy on the freeway in Clear and Present Danger.

SPOILER:

It's not mentioned explicitly, and it's a little unclear in the film—he might have just been trying to pass—but it certainly looks like he's trying to warn Cathy and put himself between them and Miller's van.

I always liked that bit—just some no-name guy, we never even see their face, just trying to do the right thing on the spot.

This! Exactly what I popped on to this thread to mention. He's also in the book. I've sometimes wondered what that guy's day looked like.....

[BrotherCadfael]

How about the girl that the old guy saw once, for a minute, in his youth, and yet never a day goes by that he doesn't think of her? She's not even onscreen once in the movie, yet she's famous!

[Arnold Winkelried]

I've mentioned her in a thread before, but the teenage daughter of Robert deNiro's character in Midnight Run. She only has a couple of one-word answers and then a sentence where she tries to give her babysitting money to her dad. Maybe it doesn't count because from the first time we see her to our last glimpse of her is about three minutes, but I think it's very memorable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxN2YIeYnWE (watch from about the 2:00 minute mark to 6:45)

[MadTheSwine]

Originally Posted by hogarth

The one-armed guy from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" who has a little speech about how long he's been seeking revenge on Tuco. And then Tuco shoots him.

"If you're going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk!"

Gotta mention Arch Stanton When it comes this Movie.

[JustinC]

I think this guy qualifies, it took some good thinking, Ray.

Also Sean Connery in the Robin Hood with Costner only has a couple lines, doesn't he?

[msmith537]

Bill Paxton in the original Terminator.

"Nice night for a walk?"

[Boyo Jim]

Maybe this is too much content, but...

The old guy at The Godfather opening party, who is repeatedly rehearsing his little speech to the Godfather, which is all of a couple of sentences, and who never does get it right.

[Cayuga]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

The old guy at The Godfather opening party, who is repeatedly rehearsing his little speech to the Godfather, which is all of a couple of sentences, and who never does get it right.

He wasn't that old. That was Luca Brasi, who appeared in a number of later scenes.

Maybe you're thinking of the funeral director (he was older) who asks Don Vito for revenge against the men who raped his daughter? He only appears in one very poignant later scene.

[Cayuga]

Originally Posted by The Second Stone

Character not important to a plot? Okay, he's got more than one line, but they could have cut the whole scene. He stole the movie.

Glengary Glen Ross. The guy who says "Coffee is for closers."

You're right — they could have cut the whole scene. It never appeared in the play. David Mamet wrote the scene for the movie, and (IIRC) specifically for Alec Baldwin.

[Drum God]

Well, he's a no-line character, so Morn would seem to count, even though he appears in nearly every episode of DS9.

[RickJay]

Originally Posted by fiddlesticks

There are a couple of one scene characters in Fargo, I'll go with Mr. Mohra.

Yah.

[MadTheSwine]

Originally Posted by msmith537

Bill Paxton in the original Terminator.

"Nice night for a walk?"

Nice night to check out post 59.