A quite acrimonious dispute, and from what little I’ve heard she had some grounds for complaint. The problem with these sort of negotiations is that if you call the show’s bluff and walk, sometimes they’re not bluffing.
Ho yes. But her loss was Patricia Tallman’s gain when instead of bringing back Talia they brought back Lyta. Always have a reserve telepath.
Wizards and Warriors? I really liked that. I may well have been the only one though.
That requires the studio to work with you, and it seems that they often won’t. Pierce Brosnan was picked to play 007 while on Remington Steele, but the studio wouldn’t accomodate the schedule, so Dalton got the role.
The only incentive the studio has to work with someone is to keep them on the show, and they won’t worry about that unless some percentage of actors leave. Seeing their movie career tank is small consolation when your show is tanking as well because they left. 
It is easier to be remembered for playing the same part in hundreds of episodes of the same show than for a wide variety of individual character roles in movies. Morgan could have ended his career before starting on MASH and he’d be well remembered for all his earlier work. It’s a bit different than the many actors who would never have been heard of at all if not for a breakout television series.
See also: Tom Selleck as Magnum PI instead of Indiana Jones.
I never heard that. I can sort of see it, but that’s weird to picture at this point.
If I recall correctly (from reading Wheaton’s book last year), the film was Valmont. Henry Thomas ended up playing the role Wheaton would have had. It wasn’t a very big role, but that’s still a dickish move by the ST producers.
I believe they are coming out with a new Vacation movie this year or next, so that franchise has had a life of its own. It’s a shame they had to change the kids in the first two. I saw one of those VH1 programs about Vacation, and Anthony Michael Hall who played Rusty started the filming shorter than Chase but when they wrapped he was taller. He hit a major growth spurt during the filming of the first Vacation.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Chevy Chase, but I can watch his movies. Well, most of them. And his speech about his boss on Christmas Eve still makes me laugh “…brainless, worthless, dickless…” And of course, the punching of Marty Moose in the nose. Stupid little snippets that don’t even require a lot of skill, but since he did them, he gets credit for them.
But boy, did his late night show stink. I don’t know if anyone remembers this, but either Beverly DiAngelo or Goldie Hawn (I can’t remember which, but both were blonde leads in his movies, Vacation and Foul Play, respectively) sang him a song accapella during one of the shows and it was so bad, I thought they were going to end the show that night. He is nothing without a script.
You don’t have to picture it; you can see a bit of his screen test, right down to George Lucas saying it “turned out really well,” sure as the guy was a “terrific actor”.
Leather jacket? Check. Hat? Check. Growling at Marion? Check. Signature mustache? Check.
Especially on a show run by an iron-hearted bastard who sat down to every script asking, “who can I get away with killing off this time?” - and often did so.
It’s not exactly an actor and I don’t remember the guys name but this one might fit OP criteria:
A while ago (maybe half a year) the Daily Show had a guy on that they interviewed who was once one of their correspondents. I forget the guys name but basically they brought him back for a one-time correspondent gig mostly riffing on the fact that his move away from the Daily Show had not worked out for him very well.
I think Selleck would have been a more genial Indiana Jones, but in the end a far more interesting one. Imagine most Jones-triumphant scenes ending a bit more on an “Oops!” note than an “Aha!” one and you’d have it.
Rob Corddry. He left to star in The Winner, which was quickly cancelled.
He still gets a decent amount of work, though, so his comedic self-effacement aside, I don’t think he’s really an example of someone that disappears.
I believe this is the interview – Comedy Central The Daily Show Fan Page
I snipped quite a bit of the quote.
My favorite Chevy Chase and Bill Murray film is Caddyshack. This is the first film I think of when I think of either of them.
Is that redhead the same actual actress who played the daughter in the movies? Because …whoa!
You don’t know who Juliette Lewis is?
I wonder how her music career is going?
Huh, is that who it was? I know the name, but looking at her filmography I haven’t actually seen anything she’s been in since Cape Fear in 1991 (which I do remember her being very good in). So no wonder I didn’t recognize her.
True. The same is true for Martin Sheen regarding The West Wing.