# "It should have been me!!" or former co-stars of the now rich & famous **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628 "2005-05-19T20:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/61 "2005-05-20T15:25:06Z")
Two pages before a mention of **Peter Best**? For all you yunguns out there, he was the original drummer of the original Beatles, dumped for Ringo Starr right before fame & fortune. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/62 "2005-05-20T15:37:03Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > I’m told I resemble her quite frequently, so let me just say, thanks for the compliment! You know, a normal guy would use this as an opportunity for a “How _you_ doin’?” Sooo, how _you_ doin’? _G_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/63 "2005-05-20T15:41:13Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > What happened to mark Hamill (star of the 1st star wars movie)? He should have had a role in the later series. He had a gender reassignment and became a [women’s figure skater](http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/hamill.JPG). (Actually, I felt old to learn he’s a grandfather.) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/64 "2005-05-20T15:44:33Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Two pages before a mention of **Peter Best**? > > For all you yunguns out there, he was the original drummer of the original Beatles, dumped for Ringo Starr right before fame & fortune. Obvious catch, **AX** - I guess I assume that since there was no way he could’ve stayed on - George Martin would not produce the Beatles with him as the drummer since he couldn’t keep time - I didn’t consider him. As you no doubt well know, he was recently the topic of a cool thread here… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/65 "2005-05-20T16:03:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Two pages before a mention of **Peter Best**? Actually, he was mentioned on the first page. Haj ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/66 "2005-05-20T16:25:18Z")
I’d be hard-pressed to pick which Tap member is more successful – Shearer’s got his radio show and the Simpsons (for which I’m sure he makes _much_ more money than your average voice actor), Guest has directed three very highly acclaimed films (and is an English baron or something, to boot), and Michael McKean is one of the most ubiquitous faces in TV and movies (plus he’s married to Annete O’Toole as mentioned). ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/67 "2005-05-20T16:34:56Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > I’d be hard-pressed to pick which Tap member is more successful – Shearer’s got his radio show and the Simpsons (for which I’m sure he makes _much_ more money than your average voice actor), Guest has directed three very highly acclaimed films (and is an English baron or something, to boot), and Michael McKean is one of the most ubiquitous faces in TV and movies (plus he’s married to Annete O’Toole as mentioned). Well if we’re going by marriages let’s not forget that Guest is married to Jamie Lee Curtis. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/68 "2005-05-20T16:43:28Z")
She’s not aged well. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/69 "2005-05-20T16:57:17Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > She’s not aged well. You say that in a thread that’s also discussing Mark Hammill??? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/70 "2005-05-20T18:53:17Z")
Let’s not forget the curse of Steven Bochco. Hill Street Blues – Betty Thomas became a director, and that’s about it. St. Elsewhere – Denzel Washington’s career exceeded everyone else’s (including Mark Harmon and William Daniels) combined L.A. Law – turned out to be the high point for the entire cast Cop Rock and Bay City Blues – forget them completely. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/71 "2005-05-20T19:57:34Z")
I don’t know if everyone who has been in a series with [Ted McGinley](http://www.jumptheshark.com) should be envious or grateful. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/72 "2005-05-20T20:03:58Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Let’s not forget the curse of Steven Bochco. > > Hill Street Blues – Betty Thomas became a director, and that’s about it. Dennis Franz did 10-11 seasons on _NYPD Blue_, also a Bochco show. Charles Haid went on to be a director as well. > [@kunilou](#): > > St. Elsewhere – Denzel Washington’s career exceeded everyone else’s (including Mark Harmon and William Daniels) combined Howie Mandel isn’t exactly starving either, though it’s true that none of them had quite the career Washington managed. > [@kunilou](#): > > L.A. Law – turned out to be the high point for the entire cast Well, Jimmy Smits was also on _NYPD Bl_ue for several years, and he had small roles in _Star Wars Episodes 2_ & _3_. Harry Hamlin recently had a recurring, pivotal role on _Veronica Mars_ and has been around in other things. Alan Rachins played Dharma’s hippie father on \*Dharma & Greg \* for several years. There are quite a few decent careers among that show’s many, many cast members. > [@kunilou](#): > > Cop Rock and Bay City Blues – forget them completely. From _Cop Rock_: Vondie Curtis-Hall was on \*Chicago Hope \* for several years and has done plenty of screenwiritng & directing. Paul McCrane spent several years dodging helicopters on _ER_. From _Bay City Blues_: a quick perusal of its [IMDb listing](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084982/combined) gives me Pat Corley (Phil from _Murphy Brown_), Dennis Franz again, Ken Olin from _Thirtysomething_, Mykelti Williamson (best known as Bubba from _Forrest Gump_), Peter Jurasik from _Babylon 5_ and some chick named Sharon Stone. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/73 "2005-05-20T22:10:59Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > Well, that could be because Stewart is about a googleplex times sexier. I can’t agree with this–after all, zero times a googleplex is still zero! 😉😃 Really, though, if they were going for stunning sex appeal, then yes, they could have stopped with Patrick Stewart. The man is HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/74 "2005-05-20T22:56:31Z")
Gordon Scott starred as Tarzan in several mid-late 50s entires in the series, including “Tarzan The Magnificent.” He then segued to awful Italian gladiator movies before his career dried up in the mid-60s. He’s a heck of a nice guy (met him at autograph shows a couple times), but still I wonder what he thinks of the skinny young lad with the thinning hair and thick Scottish brogue to played a third-banana villain in that film. Sean Something was the guy’s name… Never had the heart to ask Gordon. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/75 "2005-05-20T23:14:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Jack Burns… made an embarassing SNL appearance and then faded from view. Whoa, when was Jack Burns on SNL? And how embarrassing? Details!! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/76 "2005-05-21T01:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] Dennis Franz did 10-11 seasons on _NYPD Blue_, also a Bochco show. \ Jimmy Smits was also on _NYPD Bl_ue for several years, and he had small roles in _Star Wars Episodes 2_ & _3_. Okay, I inexplicably completely forgot about _NYPD Blue_ and Smits and Franz. But going back to the OP, I still say it’s Denzel Washington vs. everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/77 "2005-05-21T02:00:30Z")
Another Steven Bochco show, **Murder One** , was the first place I saw Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. Best. TV. Show. Ever. /mandatory **Murder One** gush ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/78 "2005-05-21T02:47:53Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > Whoa, when was Jack Burns on SNL? And how embarrassing? Details!! [March 26, 1977](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-365/epid-112242/) He flubbed his lines several time and said something to the effect of “Lorne’s going to have my ass for this”. Today you could practically use the word _ass_ as part of the title of a kid’s show, but at the time it was against FCC code. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/79 "2005-05-21T04:29:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I was thinking the other girl in “Square Pegs” was on a sitcom now. Maybe just someone who looks like her. Can’t look it up because I don’t know which show! This [photo](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1361/Mptv/1361/10813_0035.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0083482) shows three girls. [Amy Linker](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512921/) is the one I would consider the costar; she dropped off the face of the earth 3 years later. The third girl, [Tracy Nelson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625796/), has been woriking steadily. ---
**Author:** ![AmyG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AmyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyG)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/80 "2005-05-21T06:04:17Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > Gilbert Gottfried was hosting a Burt Ward movie one night on USA. At one point he said (now imaging Gottfried saying this), “Burt Ward said he wan-ted to get as faaaar a-way from ac-ting as poss-i-ble af-ter Bat-man. And booooy, does he e-ver in this mo-vie.” Nobody asked, but I am compelled by my love of the movie to identify it as **The Girl I Want**. If memory serves, it features, among other great moments, a car chase in a Honda Civic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628.md?page=5)