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.
Sorry, but no. Regardless of how you feel about guns Heston was an bonafide, genuine, A-list leading man & ole’ timey Hollywood movie star. He was Moses fer Christ sakes!
Again, people have already forgotten that. He’ll always be Kwai Chang Caine from TV’s Kung Fu (and although it often gets parodied it really was a great show, something to be proud of).
Seriously?! I really think he’ll be remembered for something else. And for a very, VERY long time…
In America at least, I think this will be true. He was a household name in Britain but completely unknown here before House. His American accent was so impeccably perfect that to this day even I find it disconcerting to hear his regular speaking voice! Always sounds like he’s doing a bit or something. It’s a shame too, cause he is an enormously talented guy.
Again, from baby boomers to maybe just before millennials, she will forever be the iconic Wicked Witch of the West.
Hail Ants, for me William Daniels was always first and foremost that annoying friend (and annoying Ruthie’s dad) from Two for the Road – but that’s because my parents had done the same cheap hipster newlywed France road trip thing in the late 60s themselves, and so introduced me to the film when I was a young child.
O. J. Simpson had a distinguished career with the Buffalo Bills, but will prob be known for some legal troubles he got into later in life (I don’t have all the details).
I’d remember him for his role in Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield before Home Alone.
O.J. Simpson was one of the greatest football players ever and had somewhat of a film career but he will be remembered for losing his temper one time. And then that other time.
Home Alone is, at worst, third. Goodfellas first, then My Cousin Vinny. Casino is a Robert DeNiro movie and if you remember it at all, you remember that Pesci was in it for a few minutes (I know it was more than that, I do like Casino after all).
For a younger generation that has grown up watching annual reruns of “Home Alone” every Christmas, Joe Pesci will, indeed, be remembered the most for this film. I believe it still ranks as the highest grossing comedy of all time, and my kids have seen it a dozen times.
