# Spotting a Familiar Actor in a Surprising Place - Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931 "2017-06-26T19:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/201 "2017-07-27T20:21:04Z")
I just came across one today that surprised me. There was a TV movie back in the early 80s called John and Yoko a Love Story. It was kind of notorious because the guy cast as John Lennon was named Mark \*Lyndsey \*Chapman. Yoko apparently had a problem with this so he was recast. Anyway, George Harrison was played by Peter Capaldi, the soon-to-be-former Doctor Who. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cOzmhlgwM4E/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Capaldi as George Harrison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzmhlgwM4E) (Mark L. Chapman did eventually play John Lennon in, ironically enough, Chapter 27, the film about Mark David Chapman). > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And director Barry Sonnenfeld has a small part in his movie “Addams Family Values”. He plays Mr. Glicker, the father of a nerdy Jewish camper and is shown bickering with his wife. It’s a small thing but as a personal friend of the Sonnenfeld family I can see how deeply personal that little scene was. He was also the passenger in Gomez’ model train in the first movie. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Was just watching a “Rifftrax” epi, and they were riffing on a B&W short from 1964 (very poor quality in every department) called, “David and Hazel: A Story in Communication.” At one point, the only black actor in the film sits down at a table with the two male stars; he really looks familiar and when he speaks–YES! It’s Percy Rodrigues! > [@terentii](#): > > Commodore Stone?!? :eek: Probably being whooshed, but Percy Rodregues was part of the holy trinity of 70s trailer voices, along with Adolph Caesar and Ronald Gans. Percy did Jaws, Caesar did Blacula and Dawn of the Dead, and Ronald Gans did Lady Frankenstein (famously sampled by Rob Zombie) and the Roger Corman films. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/202 "2017-07-27T21:00:25Z")
^ I’ll be a monkey’s uncle, I never made the connection between those gentlemen’s voices and movie trailers until you pointed them out. No mistaking them. Much obliged. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/203 "2017-07-27T21:53:52Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ I’ll be a monkey’s uncle, I never made the connection between those gentlemen’s voices and movie trailers until you pointed them out. No mistaking them. Much obliged. Yeah, they all did exploitation and horror, but Percy got the most of the class gigs. [Jaws,](https://youtu.be/U1fu_sA7XhE) [The Exorcist](https://youtu.be/YDGw1MTEe9k), [the Omen,](https://youtu.be/V7CEbd7ffNw) and even [Planes Trains and Automobiles](https://youtu.be/VWGqGHMO294). Adolph Caesar did most of the Blaxploitation trailers, like [Superfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_IK2Oq6FA), [Truck Turner](https://youtu.be/dysufFlsEq0), [Blacula,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgcLOOW-3Y&t=36s), along with [Dawn of the Dead.](https://youtu.be/FlQ_DgOPrBg). He was probably best known for actually appearing in [A Soldier’s Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmCFXZO5iM) and [The Color Purple.](https://youtu.be/zQhTEOKhfV0) Ronald Gans did all the Corman pics, like [Caged Heat](https://youtu.be/CJoNjCHryqU), [Night Call Nurses](https://youtu.be/QA_SxFK7meo), and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/204 "2017-07-27T22:05:30Z")
I saw actor Dudley Moore (“10”, “Arthur”, “Bedazzled”) in the sporting good section of a big box department store (Lechmere Sales in Danvers, Mass., many years ago. Both now deceased. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/205 "2017-07-28T13:55:42Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Yeah, they all did exploitation and horror, but Percy got the most of the class gigs. [Jaws,](https://youtu.be/U1fu_sA7XhE) [The Exorcist](https://youtu.be/YDGw1MTEe9k), [the Omen,](https://youtu.be/V7CEbd7ffNw) and even [Planes Trains and Automobiles](https://youtu.be/VWGqGHMO294). > > Adolph Caesar did most of the Blaxploitation trailers, like [Superfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_IK2Oq6FA), [Truck Turner](https://youtu.be/dysufFlsEq0), [Blacula,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgcLOOW-3Y&t=36s), along with [Dawn of the Dead.](https://youtu.be/FlQ_DgOPrBg). He was probably best known for actually appearing in [A Soldier’s Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmCFXZO5iM) and [The Color Purple.](https://youtu.be/zQhTEOKhfV0) > Ronald Gans did all the Corman pics, like [Caged Heat](https://youtu.be/CJoNjCHryqU), [Night Call Nurses](https://youtu.be/QA_SxFK7meo), and so on. It didn’t help that I would frequently get their names mixed up: “Blacula” would come on and I’d think, **Hey, it’s Dr. Daystrom; you know–Percy Rodrigues!** (_beep, beep, beep_ Incorrect). Then, I couldn’t keep _William_ (Dr. Daystrom) Marshall and _Don_ (Boma) Marshall straight. And what of Dr. M’Benga? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/206 "2017-07-29T06:59:12Z")
I once saw Bruce Dern playing a delinquent teenager in an old Alfred Hitchcock episode. Last week I was on a flight with Philipinne actors Diego Loyzaga and Carlos Agasi. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/207 "2017-07-29T21:43:17Z")
Speaking of Bruce Dern and Hitchcock: Dern has a small role as a sailor with serious problems in Hitchcock’s _Marnie_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/208 "2017-07-29T22:52:19Z")
Does Jose Feliciano count?\* I once stood next to him in the international arrivals hall at JFK while he called all his friends on his mobile to let them know he was back in town.\*\* \*Has he never had even a cameo in something? 😕 \*\*No, I don’t know if he knew I was there. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/209 "2017-07-30T00:03:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Does Jose Feliciano count?\* I once stood next to him in the international arrivals hall at JFK while he called all his friends on his mobile to let them know he was back in town.\*\* > > \*Has he never had even a cameo in something? 😕 > > \*\*No, I don’t know if he knew I was there. ☹ Wasn’t that him playing in the lounge in “Fargo” (movie)? [IMDb actor listing:](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004913/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/210 "2017-07-30T00:08:50Z")
heh murder she wrote had so many guest stars that they have their own separate Wikipedia entry and a lot of them were famous back then and moreso now … ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/211 "2017-07-30T00:14:14Z")
I saw an actress I recognized today on Bumble, if that’s what the OP is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/212 "2017-07-30T00:55:16Z")
Was surprised to just see a very young Lucille Ball in a small part in the 1938 Marx Brothers’ comedy _Room Service_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/213 "2017-07-30T01:43:46Z")
Lucy had a supporting role in \*\*\*Having Wonderful Time \*\*\* (1938) opposite Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks (jr), Red Skelton, et al. Not only was she incredibly hot (most of the time she was wearing shorts, and her legs were gorgeous), her voice was positively mellifluous. She sounded nothing like she did twenty years later. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/214 "2017-07-30T20:04:14Z")
Even earlier appearances by Lucille Ball: in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies; she had lines in the 1936 _Follow the Fleet_ and appeared also in 1935’s _Top Hat_ and the same year’s _Roberta_ (as a fashion model). All were in black and white so it’s impossible to be sure, but she looked platinum blonde in all. Also earlier than 1938: her quite substantial (and comic) role in 1937’s _Stage Door_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/215 "2017-08-04T16:03:54Z")
Along with some common familiar faces of the '60s (e.g., John Williams, John McGiver, Marge Redmond, Floyd the Barber), a very young Burt Reynolds was a two-bit actor in “The Bard” on _ **Twilight Zone** _ the other night. “Talky Tina” was on last night with a relatively young Telly Savalas. I swear, that doll actually \*looked \*like June Foray! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/216 "2017-08-11T01:32:48Z")
Dennis Hopper had already been in \*Giant \*and _Rebel Without a Cause_ but yesterday I saw him in The Rifleman and it was the pilot episode in which McCain and his son arrived in North Fork, bought a property and got in the usual trouble where he had to shoot a lot of bad guys. No really, it was a fairly non-lethal episode. Dennis Hopper played a drifter who competed against McCain in a sharp shooting contest. Drama ensues but at one point, before McCain goes up against the main bad guy, he turns to Dennis Hopper and says that if anything happens to him, would Hopper look after his boy, take care of him. A total stranger. Because one sharp shooter is the same as another, I guess. It was tough being a kid in those days. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/217 "2017-08-11T01:47:04Z")
Make America Offhanded About Parenting Again! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/218 "2017-08-11T03:01:26Z")
The old 50s and 60s Westerns that MyTV shows on Saturday mornings always has lots of surprise stars. I saw a Wagon Train the other day with Charles Laughton on it. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/219 "2017-08-11T16:39:33Z")
I saw Rhea Perlman in line at a Burger King on the Garden State Parkway (NJ) many years ago. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/220 "2017-08-12T01:28:26Z")
Robert Conrad, of The Wild, Wild, West, playing a Honolulu detective on 77 Sunset Strip. Rockford’s daddy, Noah Berry, as a Mexican bandit on Wanted Dead or Alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931.md?page=12)