Early Lessons
Lon Chaney’s great skill as a silent film actor came about as a result
of his upbringing. Both of his parents were deaf-mutes, so he learned to
communicate by expressive pantomime.
Cameo Roles
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg played a cameo role as the clerk who
receives Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's money at the end of the Blues
Brothers.
Sinner or Saint?
Max Von Sydow plays Jesus Christ in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' and
Satan in 'Needful Things', the only actor to play both parts.
Mayoral Role
Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in the film, The
Muppets Take Manhattan.
Walk on part (again!)
Stephen King, no stranger to taking walk on roles in the films of his
own novels, played the minister at a funeral in the 1989 adaptation of
his book, Pet Cemetery.
Getting into character...
Actress Sissy Spacek got so into the part of Carrie that she slept with
fake pig's blood all over her to ensure continuity.
Darth's demotion.
David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars
films, was also in the Stanley Kubrick classic 'A Clockwork Orange'. He
is the caretaker of the man who was beaten by Malcolm McDowell's
character and his gang. David Prowse carries the man who is now in a
wheel chair around the house.
Nazi Presidents?
Ronald Reagan was the only president to have ever worn a NAZI uniform.
(Of course. he wore it as an actor in a movie)
Lost in the crowd
Artist Pablo Picasso appeared in a crowd scene in Jean Cocteau's 1962
film, The Testament of Orpheus.
The plane, the plane!
Both actors that have played 'Mr. Rourke' on the 'Fantasy Island'
television programs have also played a villain on 'Star Trek'. |
