# Once promising actors who went off the rails later in their careers

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**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237 "2020-05-21T12:54:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237/101 "2020-06-14T19:17:28Z")

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Robert Blake.

Bob Crane.

Shelley Duvall. (Mental illness, so it’s probably unfair to say she “went off the rails.”)

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237/102 "2020-06-14T21:47:53Z")

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_double post_

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237/103 "2020-06-14T21:49:22Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Robert Blake.
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> Bob Crane.
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> Shelley Duvall. (Mental illness, so it’s probably unfair to say she “went off the rails.”)

Didn’t Crane’s career stop simply because someone caved in his skull?

Duvall makes me think of Margot Kidder. Same reason.

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**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237/104 "2020-06-14T23:58:17Z")

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I am beginning to be certain that the longer one is in Hollyweird, the further one is divorced from reality.

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