He was the bond company stooge in “Life Aquatic”.
He was also in one of the last episodes of Arrested Development. He was himself, the judge of the court room reality show “Bug Cort”
Oh and the Tom Hulce movie about Stalin’s projectionist is called IIRC “The Inner Circle”.
It is really amazing.
On preview:
Okay, I saw it again recently and didn’t like it much, but to each there own.
Good One, I forgot about her.
Jim
Thought of another good Karen Allen movie: 1969, great little obscure movie.
Shelley Long of Cheers was in it with her. Harvard Students. Anti-Vietnam Radicals. I haven’t seen it in years. I may need to add it to Netflix.
Jim
I’m sure I’ve told this tale of ecstacy and humiliation before on the SDMB, but during my one evening with Karen Allen (she’s a FOAF), I learned that she mostly acts in small stage productions, stays at home (in New England) with her teenaged son a lot, and has basically retired from Hollywood film-making. She’s far more beautiful in person and intellectually, BTW, than she was on screen (and I considered her the loveliest screen presence I’d seen in quite a while, perhaps ever). I’m still almost fainting at the memory…
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber]
I’m sure I’ve told this tale of ecstacy and humiliation before on the SDMB, but during my one evening with Karen Allen (she’s a FOAF), …snip…QUOTE]
What is a FOAF?
Friend of a friend
Also, an underrated sort-of-noir called Slam Dance with Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Doe and Adam Ant. Used to be a staple on HBO in the late 80s.
What about the dude who played Peter in Office Space? It’s no Raiders of the Lost Ark but it’s a huge cult hit and I can’t think of anything else big he’s done.
Since there’s no IMDB…I can’t even think of his name. heh
I just caught him as one of the good guys in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
Of course, lots of other actors would kill to have had even one significant role in one movie (memorable enough that we remember the actor or the role), so it’s not such a bad thing.
That’s Ron Livingston. He was in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers* as well as guesting in Sex in the City.
I think he qualifies for the Op so far. Going on 7 years without another big role.
Jim
Livingston was also in Swingers (before Office Space) and had a role in some romantic comedy with Britney Murphy. I don’t think it’s that he’s a one hit wonder so much as Office Space became an unexpected hit.
If you really want one hit wonders from Office Space, what about the guys who played Samir and Michael Bolton?
Nobody from The Rocky Horror Picture Show became a real star on film aside from Susan Sarandon, and possibly Tim Curry depending on how you define stardom. He’s found steady work, especially in cartoons and almost always as a villain, and he has released at least a couple of albums. Seems he’s quite a singer. [Maybe this is to be expected from a cult film.] Barry Bostwick (Brad Majors) (asshole!) never did anything else very famous - now that I think about it, though, he was also a regular on Spin City. I think Peter Hinwood (Rocky) never made another film.
If this thread included TV as well as film, I’d say Adam West is the ultimate one-hit wonder. Batman made him a star, and every role he gets nowadays, he’s playing Adam West.
I would consider Tim Curry a star. He is well recognize for Movies, TV and Broadway. He was Darkness in Legend BTW. He was the star of Clue. I know there are more but my brain is getting fuzzy. He was awesome in Spam-A-Lot. (Play). Rock Lobster was a cult hit for quite a while. Hunt for Red October was a good and major role.
Jim
Saw her in a recent L&O/SVU rerun. She was a dead giveaway as the killer, because the killer is always the biggest-name cameo.
Barry Bostwick hasn’t done much on film, but he’s had a pretty stage successful career, including a number of Broadway performances.
And as for Adam West, he also starred in the softcore porn masterpiece Young Lady Chatterly 2, opposite the incomparable Harlee McBride (now Richard Belzer’s wife, IIRC). Even then, he was still essentially playing Adam West.
Cameron was the Captain of the friggin Enterprise! Granted he was inept and Kirk had to take over, but still. I think I saw Sloane in the TimeCop and Birds of Prey tv series but yeah they didn’t quite rise to fame. I guess the same thing happened with Rocky Horror - Frankenfurter and Janet went on to do well but not the others. I guess Brad was on Spin City.
I always expected Virginia Madsen and Rosanna Arquette to get a little more recognition.
Jaye Davidson did get to play the alien Ra the next year in Stargate which was pretty cool but haven’t seen him since.
When I wrote my initial post for this, I was thinking of Candy Clark, but I forgot to include her. She is another one of those terrible actors who has one good performance under her belt. She was nominated for an Oscar for her second film, American Graffiti, but has done nothing but embarrass herself ever since. She was adequate in The Man Who Fell to Earth, but every other time I’ve seen her my reaction has been, “What the hell happened?”
