# Whoa!, I never knew that actor was in this movie!
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**Created:** [April 11, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-never-knew-that-actor-was-in-this-movie/492719 "2009-04-11T02:41:37Z")
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-never-knew-that-actor-was-in-this-movie/492719/121 "2013-04-05T16:04:48Z")
> [@Morbo](#):
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> Weird that that’s how you know Mae Whitman, and not from **Arrested Development** or **Scott Pilgrim** …
Because I’ve only seen the first season of AD and Scott Pilgrim not at all.
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### Author:  [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-never-knew-that-actor-was-in-this-movie/492719/122 "2013-04-05T16:34:07Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#):
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> sorry for bumping this thread…but I didn’t want to start a new thread…
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> Watching Gremlins today and saw Jonathan Banks (Michael Ehrmantrout from Breaking Bad) which was pretty easy to recognize.
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> But the guy who played the teacher that Billy brought the Mogwai to study looked so familiar to me but I couldn’t place him. Turns out it is Mayor Royce from The Wire
Also on on the Gremlins tip-I was watching Gremlins 2 last night.. and even though she is not listed in the credits, I would bet real money that Patricia Arquette has tiny role in that movie. She’s the blonde Clamp building tech in the scene where they tease Billy about the rules.
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