# Cameos you think no one knows about. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993 "2016-09-04T03:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/61 "2016-09-08T16:13:21Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Nimoy certainly, but where do Shatner and Kelly appear? > [@ftg](#): > > Yeah, I didn’t remember them being in it either. Here’s the [full cast list](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast) on IMDb. They really get into a lot of uncredited folk, including Nimoy, but no sign of the other two. > > (You have to pretty much be on the alert for Nimoy to spot him. But once seen he can’t be unseen.) Bit players as troops. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/62 "2016-09-08T18:11:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The Cold War comedy _[Spies Like Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies_Like_Us)_ has a [very funny but not at all obscure cameo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqBPOWpOg0o) but there were others, by various directors. The one I remember in particular featured [Frank Oz as the proctor during the foreign service exam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSUOFleNRU). > **[Spies Like Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies_Like_Us)** > > Spies Like Us is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Union. Originally written by Aykroyd and Dave Thomas to star Aykroyd and John Belushi at Universal, the script went into turnaround and was later picked up by Warner Bros., starring Aykroyd and Chase. > Partly filmed on location near Sognefjord in Norway (as Rus... [QUOTE=Wikipedia] Other cameos in the film include directors Terry Gilliam, Sam Raimi, Costa-Gavras and Joel Coen, musician B. B. King, and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/63 "2016-09-08T18:22:35Z")
I am just now finishing watching The Wire. As a former Baltimoron, I have enjoyed seeing familiar city sights and recognizing a few bit players. Here are a couple that may have slipped by a lot of people. There was an episode where the mayor went to Annapolis to see the governor to beg for money. There was a security guard at the State House who had a few lines, and I enjoyed recognizing that it was the then governor of Maryland, Bob Ehrlich, playing the guard. In the final season, which focuses on the newspaper, I noticed David Simon’s wife, Laura Lippman, playing a reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/64 "2016-09-08T18:22:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > [Spies Like Us - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies_Like_Us) Remembering that I linked to the Wikipedia article, I am well aware that these other directors appeared in the film. However the only one I recognized when I saw the movie some thirty years ago was Frank Oz. (Joel Coen wasn’t nearly as famous back then, having done only a few movies and I wasn’t very familiar with the others either.) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/65 "2016-09-08T19:52:45Z")
There’s lots of local celebrity cameos in **Portlandia** , but the most famous would probably be former mayor Sam Adams, who played in-show mayor Kyle MacLachlan’s assistant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/66 "2016-09-08T20:19:19Z")
**Into the Night** , directed by John Landis has to hold a record. Most people can spot a few of the cameos, but all of them? \*John Landis appears in the film himself as the mute member of the quartet of Iranian henchmen, alongside: ``` Jack Arnold, director of science fiction films, including It Came from Outer Space (1953), as the man with the dog in the elevator. Rick Baker, Academy Award-winning make-up artist on An American Werewolf in London (1981), as the drug dealer. Paul Bartel, director of low-budget films, including Eating Raoul (1982), as Beverly Wilshire Hotel Doorman. David Cronenberg, director of body horror films, including Shivers (1975) and Rabid (1977), as Ed's supervisor in the boardroom. Jonathan Demme, who at the time had directed a number of lower-budget and exploitation films, as the thin federal agent with glasses. Richard Franklin, Australian director of Roadgames (1981), as the aerospace engineer sitting next to Herb in the cafeteria. Carl Gottlieb, who co-wrote Jaws (1975), as the large federal agent with moustache. Amy Heckerling, director of Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), as "Amy", the clumsy waitress. Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets, as the man on the phone talking to 'Bernie'. Colin Higgins, who wrote Harold and Maude (1971) and directed The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), as the actor in the hostage film. Lawrence Kasdan, writer and director of Body Heat (1981), as the police detective who interrogates Bud. Jonathan Lynn, co-writer of Yes, Minister, as the tailor who fits the SAVAK agents. Paul Mazursky, director of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and An Unmarried Woman (1978) as Bud Herman, the beachhouse owner and accused drug dealer. Carl Perkins, rockabilly musician and composer of 'Blue Suede Shoes', as Mr. Williams. Daniel Petrie, director of A Raisin in the Sun (1961), as the director of the hostage film. Dedee Pfeiffer, actress and sister of Michelle Pfeiffer, as the hooker. Waldo Salt, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Coming Home (1978), as the derelict who informs Ed of his car having been towed. Don Siegel, director of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Dirty Harry (1971), as the man caught with a girl in the hotel bathroom. Jake Steinfeld has a small role as "Larry," Jack Caper's bodyguard. Roger Vadim, director of And God Created Woman (1956) and Barbarella (1968), as Monsieur Melville, the French kidnapper.* ``` -per wiki ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993/67 "2016-09-09T01:12:37Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > According to Michael Winner’s autobiography Dreyfuss, who was already a big name having done _Jaws_, was visiting someone he knew on set when they where shooting that scene. He appeared in the scene as an extra without a credit just as a joke. Winner made sure that he was visible in a shot. Similarly, Joseph Cotten was an extra in the crowd in _Touch of Evil._ He was visiting the set and Orson Welles had him take part, and the camera did linger on him. Marlene Dietrich also had a small uncredited role in the film. Word has it that the studio executives were surprised to see her on the screen, since they had no idea she was on the set. Zsa Zsa Gabor was credited, even though the had next to no screen time. Eva Gabor, OTOH, had about the same amount of screen time, but was uncredited. In addition, Oscar winner (at the time) Mercedes McCambridge also had a small uncredited role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameos-you-think-no-one-knows-about/764993.md?page=3)