The most memorable no-line, one line, or never seen again person/char. in a movie

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

No lines: The “singing asshole” guy from Pink Flamingos

[GrandWino]

@fiddlesticks

There are a couple of one scene characters in Fargo, I’ll go with Mr. Mohra.

I like the bored hooker with Steve Buscemi.

[LawMonkey]

@teela_brown

It’s more than one line, but not much more:

John Turturro as “the Jesus” in The Big Lebowski.

I have been dying to go into the “Why is Jesus a common name among Hispanics but not others?” thread and explain, “Because they know that nobody fucks with the Jesus.”

[Accidental_Martyr]

@Ashley_Pomeroy

I’m pick the unfortunate Mr Kinney from the first Robocop film. According to the IMDB his one line of dialogue was “help me!”, and he only appears in one scene, where he is blown to shreds by a malfunctioning ED-209 robot. That, and the failed Robocop prototypes from Robocop II, which were stop-motion effects kitbashed as a throwaway gag. And yet they were surprisingly grim.

I’ve always liked the “I’ll buy that for a dollar!” guy from Robocop.

[Jim_s_Son]

There is a scene in “Birth of a Nation” where one of the women, probably Lillian Gish,is trying to get “The Great Heart” (Abraham Lincoln) to issue an order to prevent the wounded southern “Little Colonel” from being shot. In the hospital a sentry memorably ogles her. IMDB lists the actor as William Freeman, who was in a total of four movies.

[Ranchoth]

That honking guy on the freeway in Clear and Present Danger.

[spoiler]It’s not mentioned explicitly, and it’s a little unclear in the film—he might have just been trying to pass—but it certainly looks like he’s trying to warn Cathy and put himself between them and Miller’s van.

I always liked that bit—just some no-name guy, we never even see their face, just trying to do the right thing on the spot.[/spoiler]

[The_Second_Stone]

Character not important to a plot? Okay, he’s got more than one line, but they could have cut the whole scene. He stole the movie.

Glengary Glen Ross. The guy who says “Coffee is for closers.”

[MadTheSwine]

@The_Second_Stone

Character not important to a plot? Okay, he’s got more than one line, but they could have cut the whole scene. He stole the movie.

Glengary Glen Ross. The guy who says “Coffee is for closers.”

Umm no..That (lengthy) scene makes the entire movie and comes nowhere close to fitting the OP’s question.

[Obeseus]

Happy Gilmore – Adam Sandler takes the girl to a skating rink. The Endless Love duet by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross plays. The zamboni guy is mouthing the words.

Happy Gilmore - My Endless Love

[Battle_Pope]

@Loach

A slightly larger role than what the OP calls for but the character Wedge in Star Wars is memorable because he had the same tiny role in the next two movies. And then apparently went on to become a major character in the books.

I’ve always liked Gold Leader: “Stay on target… stay on target!”

Exactly the kind of (non-Jedi) guy you want leading your attack on a giant death sphere.

[MentalGuy]

@Nature_s_Call

I’m stretching the word “memorable” here because of how much I don’t remember.

In some movie, probably a rom-com, a man and woman are talking to each other outside in front of I think her apartment building. I think the building was painted blue. From a second floor window a man watches on.

Out of the blue she yells at the window-watcher dude something like, “It’s not all about you!” then resume her original conversation.

I don’t recall if the window-watcher was ever introduce previously nor if he reappeared. That line and its abruptness, though, has stuck with me for some reason.

I think that is from Two Weeks Notice.

[Horatio_Hellpop]

The helicopter gunner in Full Metal Jacket:
Joker: How can you shoot women and children like that?
Gunner: Give 'em a longer lead time. Ha ha! Ain’t war hell?

Also: The Three Stooges’ cameo in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Michael O’Donoghue in Manhattan.

Oh, and Marshall MacLuhan in Annie Hall!

[Mr_Downtown]

@Love_Rhombus

My understanding is that it’s actually 2 people playing that role [in Deliverance]—one to play the banjo, who was hiding behind the couch, and the kid sitting there, who apparently was “normal” despite his odd features.

It came on some cable channel tonight so I watched that scene carefully. The boy seen on camera appears to be doing some mighty fancy fretwork if he’s not actually playing.

[Speak_to_me_Maddie]

@Mr_Downtown

It came on some cable channel tonight so I watched that scene carefully. The boy seen on camera appears to be doing some mighty fancy fretwork if he’s not actually playing.

According to IMDB and Wikipedia there is a professional banjo player sitting behind the boy reaching his arms around “helping hands” style.

[Accidental_Martyr]

@Krokodil

The helicopter gunner in Full Metal Jacket:
Joker: How can you shoot women and children like that?
Gunner: Give 'em a longer lead time. Ha ha! Ain’t war hell?

Anyone who runs, is a VC. Anyone who stands still, is a well-disciplined VC!

[cmyk]

The bum sleeping on the parkbench near the end of Back to the Future, “Damn drunk drivers.”

[hogarth]

The one-armed guy from “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” who has a little speech about how long he’s been seeking revenge on Tuco. And then Tuco shoots him.

“If you’re going to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk!”

[mcgato]

In Apocalypse Now, I think the only line one guy says is “terminate with extreme prejudice.”

[The_Tooth]

@Push_You_Down

Some argue Bossk actually says “Watch your mouth” to the Imperial who just called them all “scum.”

It just sounds like “Grrghwachgrryoggrrmougrsss”

To me it sounds like “Let’s spook the elf”.

[Greg_Charles]

@cmyk

The bum sleeping on the parkbench near the end of Back to the Future, “Damn drunk drivers.”

The main joke there was that he was the mayor in 1957.