# The most memorable no-line, one line, or never seen again person/char. in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154 "2012-08-02T06:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/121 "2012-08-15T02:00:29Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > You could argue that the other bounty hunters from “The Empire Strikes Back” (Dengar, IG-88, 4-LOM, Bossk, and Zuckuss) were quite memorable to a generation of kids who had the action figures. Heck, to this day I still remember all their names, and I’m not even that big of a Star Wars fan. > > They only appeared for a few seconds, none of them had a line (I think Bossk may have growled), and if I recall correctly they never appeared again in the rest of the film. If you look closely, Bossk is on Jabba’s barge in “Jedi” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/122 "2012-08-15T05:14:40Z")
The guy grumbling “Third Reich” in the crowd in _The Sound of Music_. Similarly, the gusto with which the man in the crowd yells “Viva la France!” in _Chariots of Fire_ has always stuck with me. The busser at the restaurant in _Men in Black_ who attempts to stop the bug from leaving the scene: “You’re not going anywhere, pal.” He is then casually swiped offscreen. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/123 "2012-08-15T14:19:50Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > From above, Josey Wales has some great character actors in it. One that appears early in the film, when the kid is laying on the ground shot and talks about the gold. The guy that has the rifle on them is Uncle Leo from Seinfeld fame. Wow didn’t realize that was him. (“now move slow, so I can count the hairs on your hand…”) ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/124 "2012-08-15T15:04:48Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > In the extended version, there’s a scene showing Elwood working in the Cheez-Whiz factory, IIRC. Is it Cheez-Whiz? I’d always assumed it was some sort of industrial adhesives/solvents/that sort of thing, and the cans he took off the production line before quitting were the ones he used to “treat” the police and Good Ol’ Boys vehicles before the show. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/125 "2012-08-15T15:31:53Z")
Sebastian Shaw has only 2 lines as the unmasked Darth Vader. And it’s his only scene, since Lucas replaced his head for Hayden Christensen’s at the end of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/126 "2012-08-15T21:54:29Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > If you look closely, Bossk is on Jabba’s barge in “Jedi” Star Wars is blessed/plagued by such characters. Like the three eyed goon in Jabba’s palace whose only line was to whoop when the dancer or Luke were dropped into the rancor pit. He got his own toy and presumably all sorts of a back story in the expanded universe. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/127 "2012-08-15T23:01:21Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Jerry Lewis in It’s a Mad, mad, mad, mad world. As the car driver who swerves to purposely hit the captains hat. That is the single best scene of Jerry Lewis’ career. Agreed! That movie is cameo heaven. Two liner: “Trouble?” The look on Jack Benny’s face after the Mother-In-Law shouts him down is classic! No lines: The 3 Stooges as firemen. The implied comedy is awsome. No screen time: The voice of Tracey’s wife. “What the _hell_ is the ‘Smiler Grogan’ case?” Another good one is the nurse in M_A_S_H_ who’se only line is, “How do you want your steaks cooked?”. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/128 "2012-08-15T23:50:55Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Either that, or _City Slickers_. > > I like _City Slickers_. Is she a redhead? I like redheaded City Slickers. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/129 "2012-08-18T07:14:22Z")
Two from The Right Stuff The Angel of Death (he sings at the funeral services and notifies the widows) The guy who pushes the big red button. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/130 "2012-08-18T14:17:06Z")
I don’t know if it’s the most memorable, but the pay-check lady at the metal works in _Raising Arizona_ has always stuck with me. She hands H.I. an obviously paltry pay check and cheerfully notes, “Gubmint do take a bite, don’t she?” It’s more than one line, it’s a short scene, but the trailer park manager from _No Country For Old Men_ is notable for facing down Anton Chigur. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/131 "2012-08-18T15:42:11Z")
Steve Buscemi had one or two roles in Coen Brother films where he said little to nothing, but seemed like someone you’d want to hear more from in the rest of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/132 "2012-08-19T08:21:21Z")
Years ago a poster here said that his wife was the actress who played the little girl with blonde braids and the horrified look on her face in the frog scene in E.T. I don’t think she had any lines, but everyone in the thread could picture her exactly! ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154/133 "2012-08-19T16:06:26Z")
The woman with the white rabbit tattoo on her shoulder in “The Matrix” The fat lady at the airport that turned out to be Arnold in drag in “Total Recall” - [Get ready for a surprise!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKpEvUShtY) In RoboCop, there was a weird TV game show running in the background in a number of scenes where the host would say [I’d buy that for a dollar!"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cL1HisrNc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-no-line-one-line-or-never-seen-again-person-char-in-a-movie/630154.md?page=6)