# Celebrities remembered for incidental career points **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688 "2015-01-01T17:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/81 "2015-01-07T23:41:31Z")
I believe that Christopher Lee may have had one or two acting jobs before taking on the role of Saruman. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/82 "2015-01-08T21:49:39Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > To start, for baby boomers William Daniels will be known as a prolific film & TV actor from the 60s & 70s, his biggest role being Dustin Hoffman’s dad in _The Graduate_. For Gen-Xers like me he’ll always be the acerbic Dr. Craig from _St. Elsewhere_ (and to a lesser extent KITT). It’s only Gen-Yers who remember him from _Boy Meets World_. Am I the only one who remembers [Captain Nice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nice)? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/83 "2015-01-08T22:34:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Nobody has. And you didn’t mention the incident, so some of us are still in the dark. A rumour that he stuck a gerbil up his butt. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/84 "2015-01-09T15:40:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > A rumour that he stuck a gerbil up his butt. And that he and Cindy Crawford both were gay ( but not for each other - it doesn’t work that way…) The question in this classic SD column: [And he’s no damn gerbil stuffer.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/478/is-it-true-what-they-say-about-gerbils) was likely referring to Gere’s supposed prediliction. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/85 "2015-01-09T16:59:16Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Art Linkletter, Ed McMahon and Alex Trebek for pimping life insurance for geezers. **Harvey The Heavy** beat me to it, but I was linking of Art Linkletter for The Game of Life. “I heartily endorse this game.” > [@Tread](#): > > Jessie White had a long distinguished career… but he will always be The Maytag Repairman > \ …and I might be dating myself, but Jane Withers as Josephine the Plumber advertising Comet. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/86 "2015-01-09T17:04:17Z")
“You like me! You really, really like me!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/87 "2015-01-09T17:46:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > To the point that I call reverse mortgages a Fonzie Scheme I am _very_ disappointed in you. Why would you do such a thing? 😛 My nominee: **Phil Spector** , the OJ of record producers. Actually, come to think about it, **Robert Blake** is a better OJ analogy - won the criminal trial, lost the civil trial. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/88 "2015-01-09T18:04:50Z")
To the OP, when I told people of Edward Herrmann’s death (or previously, when I would talk about enjoying his acting), most people were oblivious as I ticked thru Gilmore Girls & his three stints as FDR until I finally said “The Vampire Dad from The Lost Boys.” Except for one girl who was still a bit fuzzy until I added he was Richie Rich’s Dad. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/89 "2015-01-09T18:36:21Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > > [@cochrane](#): > > > > William Shatner for his Priceline commercials. > > Seriously?! I really think he’ll be remembered for something else. And for a very, _ **VERY** _ long time… I think you overestimate the impact of _TJ Hooker_ on the Millennial zeitgeist. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/90 "2015-01-09T19:48:42Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Robert Vaughn may have been acting since the 60s but I always remember him as Joe Bornstein/ Mark E. Salomone. Sorry, he’s the Man From U.N.C.L.E. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/91 "2015-01-09T19:57:18Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Pesci’s death scene was definitely the few minutes I was thinking of. That beating was just brutal. I dunno, the scene where he put the other gangster’s head in a vice was hardly genteel. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/92 "2015-01-09T20:46:41Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > I think you overestimate the impact of _TJ Hooker_ on the Millennial zeitgeist. Nonsense. You’re all disregarding the historic impact [The Shatner Project](http://www.diynetwork.com/the-shatner-project/show/index.html) on the DIY Network, a thrilling documentary series on the remodeling of his home, will have on the future of renovation shows. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/93 "2015-01-09T21:16:36Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Nonsense. You’re all disregarding the historic impact [The Shatner Project](http://www.diynetwork.com/the-shatner-project/show/index.html) on the DIY Network, a thrilling documentary series on the remodeling of his home, will have on the future of renovation shows. Shatner is so batty that not only did I watch that, but I was very entertained. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/94 "2015-01-10T00:03:37Z")
Rock star Brian May - astronomer, worked with Sir Patrick Moore Physicist & TV presenter Professor Brian Cox - rock star. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden fame - he was an Olympic-class fencer and flies passenger jets. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/95 "2015-01-11T02:36:48Z")
[quote=“BobLibDem, post:63, topic:708688”] There’s Jerry Lewis and his transition from comedian to telethon king. [QUOTE] Not sure what counts as “incidental career points” in OP’s question, but if this one does, then I have to add Danny Thomas, hugely successful entertainer, nightclubs, albums, movies, TV show, start and creator… but he will always be best know for ST Jude’s. Of course you couldn’t ask for a better legacy ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/96 "2015-01-11T02:49:56Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Not sure what counts as “incidental career points” in OP’s question, but if this one does, then I have to add > > Danny Thomas, hugely successful entertainer, nightclubs, albums, movies, TV show, start and creator… but he will always be best know for ST Jude’s. > > Of course you couldn’t ask for a better legacy his daughter Marlo also known for acting and St. Judes. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/97 "2015-01-11T02:52:10Z")
It seems Paul McCartney might become best remembered for his duet with Kanye West. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/98 "2015-01-11T02:56:06Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > his daughter Marlo also known for acting and St. Judes. Who? That girl? ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/99 "2015-01-11T16:56:44Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Nonsense. You’re all disregarding the historic impact [The Shatner Project](http://www.diynetwork.com/the-shatner-project/show/index.html) on the DIY Network, a thrilling documentary series on the remodeling of his home, will have on the future of renovation shows. Couldn’t have been as brilliant as [Invasion Iowa](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429377/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688/100 "2015-01-11T17:34:45Z")
Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson—remembered only for the second shed he never built. It’s forgotten there was also a symphony… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-remembered-for-incidental-career-points/708688.md?page=6)