Films with at least one prominent character in a wheelchair
Forrest Gump - Lt. Dan
X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier
It’s a Wonderful Life - Mr. Potter
Rear Window - L.B. Jefferies
Dr. Strangelove - Dr. Strangelove
My Left Foot - Christy Brown
Unbreakable - Mr. Glass
Born on the 4th of July - Ron Kovic
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Blanche Hudson
Films with at least one prominent character in a wheelchair
Forrest Gump - Lt. Dan
X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier
It’s a Wonderful Life - Mr. Potter
Rear Window - L.B. Jefferies
Dr. Strangelove - Dr. Strangelove
My Left Foot - Christy Brown
Unbreakable - Mr. Glass
Born on the 4th of July - Ron Kovic
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Blanche Hudson
Avatar - Jake Sully
NEXT: person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
Bayaker
October 21, 2021, 8:30pm
2726
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Nonsuch
October 22, 2021, 3:51am
2729
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Mac and Me - Jade Calegory
Spoons
October 22, 2021, 6:34am
2730
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Mac and Me - Jade Calegory
Airport '77 - Tom Sullivan as Steve
Rebo
October 22, 2021, 11:54am
2731
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Mac and Me - Jade Calegory
Airport '77 - Tom Sullivan as Steve
The Peanut Butter Falcon - Zack Gottsagen as Zak
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Mac and Me - Jade Calegory
Airport '77 - Tom Sullivan as Steve
The Peanut Butter Falcon - Zack Gottsagen as Zak
Blues Brothers - Ray Charles, as owner of Rays Music Exchange
person with a disability actually played by an actor with a disability
The Best Years of Our Lives – Harold Russell
Children of a Lesser God - Marlee Matlin
It’s a Wonderful Life - Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
A Quiet Place - Millicent Simmonds
Freaks - Johnny Eck, Prince Randian, Frances O’Connor, etc.
Mac and Me - Jade Calegory
Airport '77 - Tom Sullivan as Steve
The Peanut Butter Falcon - Zack Gottsagen as Zak
Blues Brothers - Ray Charles, as owner of Rays Music Exchange
The Terry Fox Story (1983) – Eric Fryer as Terry Fox(this movie was originally made for HBO – the first film ever made for a cable TV network – and did have theatrical releases in Canada and the UK)
pass
-“BB”-
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
-“BB”-
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Nonsuch
October 22, 2021, 5:34pm
2739
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Anna and the Apocalypse
Spoons
October 23, 2021, 12:57am
2740
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Anna and the Apocalypse
Phantom of the Paradise
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Anna and the Apocalypse
Phantom of the Paradise
The Nightmare Before Christmas
It’s Music! It’s Horror! It’s Two Treats In One!!
The Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Anna and the Apocalypse
Phantom of the Paradise
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter