# Most scene stealing very minor movie role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 12, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414 "2022-09-12T05:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/61 "2022-09-13T23:37:27Z")
I’m guessing this, but technically he’s in several different scenes. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nIA-5l4tRyY/hqdefault.jpg "True Romance (1993) - Floyd Tribute") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIA-5l4tRyY) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/62 "2022-09-13T23:44:11Z")
Wallet Guy is acting up a storm [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WZm6PplmRFE/hqdefault.jpg "Back To The Future 2 He just took that guys wallet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZm6PplmRFE) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/63 "2022-09-14T02:43:44Z")
With no lines and little more than the back of his head appearing on camera, Glen Coco… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MeKT22LFvKI/hqdefault.jpg "Mean Girls - You Go Glen Coco!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeKT22LFvKI) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/64 "2022-09-14T03:35:41Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > If OP will allow a little flexibility Well, I assumed that whatever parameters I set there would we dopers who would flex them. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/65 "2022-09-14T03:48:11Z")
Was Bronson Pinchot in only one scene in **Beverly Hills Cop**? Regardless, he was a highlight of the film and at the very start of his career. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/66 "2022-09-14T04:06:25Z")
Another _Back to the Future II_ example-- the angry baseball bat-wielding Black father who went after Marty and ended up tearing up his daughter’s room when he thought Marty had come to harm her. “Look, I just made a mistake!” “YOU DAMN RIGHT YOU MADE A MISTAKE!” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/67 "2022-09-14T10:57:00Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Another _Back to the Future II_ example-- the angry baseball bat-wielding Black father who went after Marty and ended up tearing up his daughter’s room when he thought Marty had come to harm her. That would be his second entry on the list. He appeared upthread as “Second Jive Dude” (he’s on the left) in Airplane!. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/68 "2022-09-14T19:31:47Z")
That’s how I remember it, I could check, but…well, I’m very busy today. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/69 "2022-09-14T21:38:02Z")
That’s Gene Hackman. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/70 "2022-09-15T00:06:07Z")
Richard Harris as the RAF pilot at the beginning of **The Guns of Navarone** [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zBJje360pAE/hqdefault.jpg "Guns of Navarone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBJje360pAE) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/71 "2022-09-15T02:16:02Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3odMTPuzLwY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Princess Bride (10/12) Movie CLIP - Mawage (1987) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3odMTPuzLwY) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/72 "2022-09-15T02:51:49Z")
How much of that was because he just looked COOL? I don’t remember thinking the character was all that cool, but damned if he didn’t look super cool anyway. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/73 "2022-09-15T03:31:14Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Was Bronson Pinchot in only one scene in **Beverly Hills Cop**? Regardless, he was a highlight of the film and at the very start of his career. He’s in 2 scenes. The first one from the OP and the 2nd when Axel brings Billy to the gallery because he wants Jenny to open up the warehouse for them. Billy asks if it’s a bother to get him an espresso with a lemon twist and Serge says, “No, don’t be stupid.” Maybe that’s the genesis of his “Don’t be ridiculous” catchphrase on Perfect Strangers. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/74 "2022-09-15T10:50:15Z")
I remembered another scene stealing moment from _Annie Hall:_ Marshall McLuhan. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vTSmbMm7MDg/maxresdefault.jpg "Annie Hall (3/12) Movie CLIP - If Life Were Only Like This (1977) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSmbMm7MDg) Of course, McLuhan is not a professional actor (as shown by the fact that he flubs his line: “You mean my whole fallacy is wrong.”), but I don’t think that should disqualify this example. He still completely steals the scene, and his mistake barely registers the first time you see it, because his appearance is so unexpected. I just realized that that’s one uninterrupted shot of almost three minutes, with intertwining dialog handled perfectly by the main actors. Little wonder Woody didn’t want to do another take. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/75 "2022-09-15T14:21:54Z")
And in ROTJ, we learn he can fly?!? When I grow up, I want to be a freelance bounty hunter with awesome armor and a jetpack and a cool ship that looks like a snail. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/76 "2022-09-15T17:30:14Z")
I think Boba Fett’s extreme popularity was less because of his look than because his action figure was available to fans as a mail-away item well before he appeared on screen. He was cool because only the “cool crowd” knew him before he appeared in film. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/77 "2022-09-15T18:35:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > IMHO, the most scene-stealing scene in a movie, ever, was actually orchestrated to be that way. In _A League of Their Own_, there is a scene where the ball goes over the fence, and a black woman (who has no lines) picks it up, and burns it back to Geena Davis, with deadly accuracy. > > It’s brilliant. It says “You excluded us at your loss.” All in one ball throw. > > This, to me, was a brilliant was to handle the “whites only” rule of the actual women’s baseball league the really existed at the time. > > It would have been historically inaccurate to include black women in the real league, but dishonest to exclude them without comment. This, to me, seemed the perfect way to comment on the exclusion while remaining historically accurate. > > That scene makes me cry. It may be the most significant scene in movie history where someone steal the scene with no lines. > > Cripes, I’m getting tears just remembering it Excellent example. And a fine bit of silent acting between the African-American actress (whose name is unfortunately lost) and Geena Davis; the unknown woman’s little nod says, “You see what I can do?” And Davis’ look says, “Okay, I’m impressed.” Before making this post, I Googled to try to find the actress’ name. Unfortunately, since she had no lines, she was never credited. But I came across an interesting article by a journalist who tried to find her. It points out that the producers included that scene for just exactly the reason you said - to acknowledge the existence and exclusion of black female athletes while remaining historically accurate. > **[A League of Their Own: An Investigation Into a Major Mystery Behind One of...](https://consequence.net/2022/07/league-of-their-own-movie-mystery-woman/)** > > What is the name of the Black woman who throws the baseball back to Geena Davis in A League of Their Own? We'd really like to know. That’s not the scene that gets my tear ducts working, though; instead, it’s the scene when Ann Cusack’s Shirley Baker is trying to find her name on the roster, and Anne Ramsay’s Helen discovers, without shaming her, that Shirley can’t read, then shows her that she’s on the team. I can’t imagine a realistic scene of a male athlete of the time showing such sensitivity or compassion. Although the male coach has a very sweet smile at the end of the scene, when he tells Shirley “go join your team.” ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/78 "2022-09-15T18:40:13Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I think Boba Fett’s extreme popularity was less because of his look than because his action figure was available to fans as a mail-away item well before he appeared on screen. He was cool because only the “cool crowd” knew him before he appeared in film. Well, not just that – he had appeared in the despised **Star Wars Holiday Special** in an animated short – arguably the best and coolest part of that entire production (and which suggested, at first, that he was a “Good Guy”) ---
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The “a what?” guy from Jaws: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gSMkHzdEiQQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Jaws - What Kind of Shark?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMkHzdEiQQ) ---
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