Téa Leoni’s show The Naked Truth had Tom Hanks in it playing Tom Hanks, who had his fly open at a nice restaurant. Téa’s character, a photographer has to decide if she wants to make money off the incident or give him a little privacy. The kicker at the end of the scene is that Hanks admits to her that he likes to do this for fun.
Sopranos had Ben Kingsley as himself. the plot was Chris was making a movie and wanted Ben in the movie. Also Lauren Bacall was in the episode, Chris robbed her.
Sammy Davis, Jr. on All In The Family (1972)
Almost as good, was his role in Curse of the Pink Panther.
He’s in one of the funniest movies ever made, Dr. Strangelove.
Thanks for the tip; haven’t seen it, next on my list.
“Well, if you wanted to make Serak the Preparer cry, mission accomplished.”
In the. . . eh. . . ‘sequel’ to “The Jolson Story” (1946), “Jolson Sings Again” (1949), Larry Parks reprises his role as Al Jolson. In the sequel, Jolson plays himself meeting the actor (Larry Parks) who is to play him in “The Jolson Story”.
The Yardbirds in* Blow-Up* (1966)
Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie (1976) – It is debatable whether the other well-known movie stars playing “themselves” in the flick have cameos, extended cameos or supporting roles.
Will Smith in Jersey Girl (2004)
Tom Wolfe in two panels of Dr. Strange #180 (among other appearances in Marvel comics):
Granted, but JEJ plays a straight role. He plays a comedic role in The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) and is hilarious.
Cher on “Will & Grace” with Jack thinking she was an impersonator, giving her tips on how to sing Cher songs “correctly.”
A word of warning: Curse is mildly amusing, but it is not one of the better films in the series. You have to sit through a long mediocre movie to get to Moore’s scene.
^ Duly noted; thnx again.
This is going to be vague, but I know someone will get it…
(Vague bit number one) There was a sitcom starring Mike O’Malley where he and his wife moved in with his Brother-in-Law.
(Vague bit number tow) In one episode the former Mayor (Governor?) who was recently voted out of office appeared and there was a running joke where somoene in the show would say they didn’t vote to keep the guy in office and ask “Oh man, did you lose by (number)?” and he wouls look into the middle distance and say “Sigh…no…not by (number)”.
Even though that’s vague as all hell, I always remember that cameo
Penny Marshall just did a brilliant cameo on Taxi, trying to explain the concept behind Laverne and Shirley to a bunch of stuffed shirts.
No mention of Alfred Hitchcock, in many of his films? I guess it’s debatable who he was “playing.”
Not sure if this counts as a cameo, but on Coach, Luther, played by Jerry Van Dyke, attends a Van Dam family reunion, hoping to connect with possible relatives he never met. Realizing he doesn’t know anybody there, Luther comments, “I don’t look like anybody here.” As he does, Jerry Van Dyke’s brother Dick comes walking by.
Done a million times on The Larry Sanders Show. The guest celebrities play themselves as guests on Larry’s late night talk show and with some exceptions usually come off looking entitled and self-absorbed like, you know, celebrities.
Roy Thomas appeared in several 60’s Marvel comics as himself. There was a joke that Marvel owned the rights to Roy Thomas
Buster Keaton and several other famous silent movie stars appear as themselves in Sunset Boulevard
Kind of borderline, but Bing Crosby did cameos in several Bob Hope movies.
There’s Stan Lee as himself in Mallrats.
Arnold Schwarzenegger played himself in as part of a dual role in The Last Action Hero.
Mariska Hargitay in The Love Guru. (Don’t watch it, just take my word for it. You’re welcome.)
Burt Bacharach in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Morris Day and the Time in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back