# Cinema's Greatest One Hit Wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057 "2006-02-12T00:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/121 "2006-02-13T19:20:32Z")
**Annie Xmas** wrote: > [@](#): > > Jeff Fenholt and Carl Anderson were good in Jesus Christ Superstar, but that was it for both of them. Actually, **Jeff Fenholt** , although the star of JCS on Broadway, didn’t appear in the movie at all. **Ted Neely** had the part: > **[Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/)** > > Jesus Christ Superstar: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen. Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner. I can’t even find an entry for Fenholt on the IMDB. It appears that he had no film career at all. Anderson did, but mostly on TV. He did appear in **The Color Purple** , though: > **[Carl Anderson - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026483/)** > > Carl Anderson, Actor: Jesus Christ Superstar. Carl Anderson was born on February 27, 1945 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA as Carlton Earl Anderson. He is known for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Color Purple (1985) and Infinity (1991). He... Neeley appeared in a few flicks: > **[Ted Neeley - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624189/)** > > Ted Neeley, Actor: Jesus Christ Superstar. Ted Neeley was born on September 20, 1943 in Ranger, Texas, USA as Theodore Joseph Neeley. He is an actor and composer, known for Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Summer Camp Nightmare (1986) and Django... ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/122 "2006-02-13T20:09:10Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Has anybody yet mentioned **Tallulah Bankhead** , a star on Broadway and a diva (back when the term ‘diva’ actually meant something special), but her only memorable film role was in Alfred Hitchcock’s _Lifeboat_. After that epic showcase, her next most memorable ‘screen’ performance was playing a one-off villain on ‘Batman’ (she was the Black Widow.) How you can forget her star turn in _Die! Die! My Darling!_ is beyond my powers to comprehend. Besides, that bitch Bette Davis stole all of Tallulah’s best parts. > [@Art](#): > > And what about **Heather Matazzaro** from _Welcome to the Dollhouse_? She never followed up that performance with anything nearly as memorable. I think she was on a WB teenybop soap, or something or other. But that’s not saying much after being ‘weiner dog.’ She was in _Saved!_ a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/123 "2006-02-13T20:25:45Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Paul Le Mat. Two lovely bits in _American Grafitti_ and _Melvin and Howard_ and then endless crap although he added a second Golden Globe for the TV movie _The Burning Bed_ then back to oblivion. Gosh yes. I was sure he was going to be the next James Dean. The last movie I saw him in was Big Bad Love, wouldn’t have recognized him if he wasn’t credited, he played an old coot. I also thought **Christopher Jones** and **Michael Parks** had a James Dean vibe. Jones was excellent in Wild in the Streets and then nothing, far as I know. Parks should have broken out from his TV series – I think it was called Then Came Bronson – but I guess TPTB figured one James Dean was enough. How about **Tatum O’Neal**? ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/124 "2006-02-13T20:59:10Z")
RE Bud Cort: Wasn’t he in Altman original MASH movie? as to the one-hit-wonders: what about the lead in that “Young Sherlock Holmes” movie? He was pretty good, but I’ve not seen him since. Michelle Forbes had a big role in a Brad Pitt movie called “Kalifornia” but went nowhere movie-wise after that. Without IMDB, can anyone tell me what Joseph Fiennes has done since “Shakespeare in Love”? Probably child stars are the most numerous OHWs, such as the kid who played the lead in “A Christmas Story”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/125 "2006-02-13T21:06:56Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > Without IMDB, can anyone tell me what Joseph Fiennes has done since “Shakespeare in Love”? I believe he was in _Luther_ (not “The Vandross Story”) with Alfred Molina and Peter Ustinov. Oh! And he got to nail Heather Graham in _Killing Me Softly_. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/126 "2006-02-13T21:28:06Z")
I was a young teen when \*\*Clash of the Titans \*\* came out. I thought the girl lead (Judi Bowkker?) was just so cute! Never saw her in anything else. (Harry Hamlin has gone on to other things, but I mosty associate him with TV roles) > [@](#): > > How about Alex Winter? > > He made a nice splash with Keanu Reaves in the two Bill & Ted movies. Since then…? > > Zev Steinhardt Agree totally. Aside from a bit part in **Lost Boys** , I think he dropped off the radar screen. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/127 "2006-02-13T21:48:35Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Tidbit- Jennifer Grey got her nose fixed **during the filming** of _Wind_ with Matthew Modine, without telling anybody she was going to do it. The director was seriously pissed, and apparently couldn’t reshoot enough footage to keep the continuity clean. So she looks like Pinocchio throughout the film (big nose, small nose, big nose, small nose…). Pathetic and unprofessional. No surprise she doesn’t get much quality work anymore. Not true at all. She had her nose fixed **after** filming had wrapped. Unfortunately, several scenes had to be re-shot, so it’s hardly her fault, let alone unprofessional. Hollywood contracts generally contain a clause forbidding actors from significantly modifying their appearance during filming, and if she’d’ve done what you suggest, I’m sure there would’ve been a major lawsuit for breach of conract against her, and there wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/128 "2006-02-13T23:43:38Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > . . . as to the one-hit-wonders: what about the lead in that “Young Sherlock Holmes” movie? He was pretty good, but I’ve not seen him since. I’ve seen him in one thing since. In **Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels** , he’s the stoner who gets his foot blown off by the baddies. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/129 "2006-02-14T01:12:01Z")
What about the guy who played Roy Stalin, the one who steals away Beth from Lane Meyer (John Cusack) in **Better Off Dead**? I don’t recall seeing him in anything else. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/130 "2006-02-14T01:23:00Z")
> [@Flipstrip](#): > > What about the guy who played Roy Stalin, the one who steals away Beth from Lane Meyer (John Cusack) in **Better Off Dead**? I don’t recall seeing him in anything else. Well I don’t think I would even consider him a one hit wonder, he was minor in the movie, but your right, I never saw him again. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/131 "2006-02-14T01:32:28Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > How about **Tatum O’Neal**? Surely you’re not disregarding her starring role in the seminal coming-of-age movie _Little Darlings_, also starring Kristy McNichol and Matt Dillon? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/132 "2006-02-14T02:02:20Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Surely you’re not disregarding her starring role in the seminal coming-of-age movie _Little Darlings_, also starring Kristy McNichol and Matt Dillon? Forgot that one. It was a favorite of my daughter’s. (Knew I shoulda checked IMDB.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/133 "2006-02-14T02:13:33Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Forgot that one. It was a favorite of my daughter’s. (Knew I shoulda checked IMDB.) Wasn’t she the girl pitcher in the original Bad new Bears and an Oscar nom or Oscar for Paper Moon? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/134 "2006-02-14T02:37:03Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > If you really want one hit wonders from Office Space, what about the guys who played Samir and Michael Bolton? I was really surprised to find out that Michael Bolton was the same Dave Herman who does hilarious voice work on _King of the Hill_ and _Futurama_. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/135 "2006-02-14T03:26:42Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Wasn’t she the girl pitcher in the original Bad new Bears and an Oscar nom or Oscar for Paper Moon? I’m assuming that her Oscar-winning performance in _Paper Moon_ was the one hit she was getting credited with. Although BNB was a pretty big hit as well (with her being more of an ensemble player than a standout star). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/136 "2006-02-14T03:32:28Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I’m assuming that her Oscar-winning performance in _Paper Moon_ was the one hit she was getting credited with. Although BNB was a pretty big hit as well (with her being more of an ensemble player than a standout star). She was second bill from my memory, but I see what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/137 "2006-02-14T05:21:07Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > Without IMDB, can anyone tell me what Joseph Fiennes has done since “Shakespeare in Love”? _Enemy at the Gates_–great flick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/138 "2006-02-14T13:31:09Z")
What has Gary Burgdorf done but M_A_S\*H? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/139 "2006-02-14T16:57:12Z")
**Jeanne Eagels** , the noted stage actress, only made two sound films (and of these, one is lost) before her heroin-connected death in 1929. One of these (and the one that survives), _The Letter_, resulted in her receiving a Best Actress Oscar nomination. (And, yes, this is all off the top of my head) ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/140 "2006-02-14T17:57:50Z")
Natasha Lyonne in _Slums of Beverly Hills_. She’s had some crappy roles since then and is now infamously washed-up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057.md?page=8)