UNUSUAL/EARLY ROLES
ACTOR FILM
Jack Albertson Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
.. Postal Employee
Lucille Ball...
Blood Money (1933).. Girlfriend at racetrack
Follow The Fleet (1936) Kitty
Charles Bronson...
The People Against O'Hara (1951) William Campbell's Brother
Diplomatic Courier (1952) ..
The Clown (1953).. Dice game scene
Dana Carvey...
Tough Guys (1986).. Wimpy parole officer
Moving (1988).. Deranged car delivery man
FOR "CHEERS" FANS
Ted Danson...
Creepshow (1982).. Ill-fated lover [Pre-Sam Malone]
Little Treasure (1985) Ex-patriot in Mexico
George Wendt...
My Bodyguard (1980) Dreamscape (1984)
Fletch (1985) House (1986)
John Ratzenberger...
Outland (1981) House 2 (1987)
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Kevin Costner Chasing Dreams (1982)
.. Med Student
Robert DeNiro Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
.. Gypsy Cab Driver
Clint Eastwood...
Lady Godiva (1955) First Saxon
Tarantula (1955) Squadron Leader.. Final sequence
Escapade in Japan (1957) Dumbo [Soldier, not elephant]
Merv Griffin Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
.. A college student
Melanie Griffith....
Body Double (1984).. Porno Actress
The Drowning Pool (1976)
Larry Hagman Failsafe (1964)
.. Interpreter
Dennis Hopper...
Glory Stompers (1967).. Biker film [Pre-Easy Rider]
My Science Project (1985).. Hippie science teacher
Steven King....
Knightriders (1981) Beer-guzzling spectator
Creepshow (1982) Rube with Meteor
Creepshow 2 (1987) Truck Driver
Klaus Kinski Decision before Dawn (1951)
Nastassia Kinski Boarding School (1977)
FOR "LA LAW" FANS
Dey, Susan Skyjacked 1972
Dysart, Richard Petulia 1968
Hamlin, Harry Movie Movie 1978
Smits, Jimmy Running Scared 1986
Eikenberry, Jill Between The Lines 1977
Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker
A Night Full of Rain (1977) [Debut for Tucker]
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
David Letterman Fast Friends (1979)
.. A Comedian [a major stretch]
Daniel Day Lewis Gandhi (1982)
.. Hoodlum who accosts Gandhi
Bela Lugosi The Devil's In Love (1933)
.. Prosecuting Attorney [rare non-horror role]
David Mamet Black Widow (1986)
.. Poker Player
Robert Mitchum...
Cry Havoc (1943).. Dying Soldier
The Dancing Masters (1943).. Hood
Jack Nicholson
Little Shop of Horrors (1960).. Masochist at Dentist
The Broken Land (1962).. Western!
FOR "NIGHT COURT" FANS
John Laroquette...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Narrator [Listen]
Heart Beat (1980) ..
Altered States (1981) X Ray Techician
Green Ice (1981) Ballooning Expert
Richard Moll...
Hard Country (1981)
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
The Dungeonmaster (1985)
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Leonard Nimoy
Satan's Satellites (1958) .. Martian who helps save Earth
The Brain Eaters (1958)
FOR "PERFECT STRANGERS" FANS
Bronson Pinchot Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
.. Gay art gallery employee
Mark Linn-Baker Manhattan (1979)
.. Shakespearan actor in Central Park
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Polanski, Roman...
Chinatown (1974).. Hood who knifes Nicholson
A Generation (1954) Andrzej Wajda's Debut Film
Ronald Reagan Hollywood Hotel (1937)
.. Radio Announcer [A major stretch]
Kurt Russell It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
.. Elvis Presley film... Russell has small role
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Long Goodbye (1973).. Bodybuilder [A major stretch]
Jayne Mansfield Story (1980).. Mickey Hargitay
Tom Selleck.. (Early Roles)
Myra Breckenridge (1970) A Case of Rape (1974)
Coma (1978) Midway (1976)
Charlie Sheen Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
.. Punk at police station
Jaclyn Smith Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
.. Model
Patrick Stewart [Captain Picard]
Lifefore (1985) Psychiatrist/voice of reason
Paul Thomas [Porn Star]
.. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Chorus
Francois Truffaut Close Encounters (1977)
.. French [obviously] Anthropologist
Lana Turner Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
.. Handmaiden
Lech Walesa [President of Poland]
.. Man of Iron (1980) Himself [Pre-Nobel Prize]
John Wayne The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
.. Centurion at the Crucifixion
Debra Winger Made in Heaven (1987)
.. Guardian Angel
Woods, James Foster and Laurie (TVM/1975)
.. Drug Addict
Yeager, Chuck The Right Stuff (1983)
.. Bartender
BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT
Willem Dafoe The Hunger 1983
Farrah Fawcett Three's A Crowd (TVM) 1969
Ann Magnuson The Hunger 1983
Joe Piscopo King Kong 1976
Richard Pryor The Green Berets 1967
Vanna White Looker 1981
FILMS WITH SEVERAL STARS
The Blues Brothers (1980)...
Frank Oz.. Prison property clerk
Steve Spielberg.. Cook County assesor
Twiggy.. Gas Station
Annie Hall (1977)...
D'Angelo, Beverly.. On TV Monitor
Jeff Goldblum.. LA Party
Shelley Hack.. On The Street
Sigourney Weaver.. Woody's Date
The Graduate (1967)...
Richard Dreyfuss .. Berkeley Rooming House
Mike Farrell .. Hotel lobby
Head (1968) Debut film for The Monkees
More importantly, Bob Rafelson (Dir) and Jack Nicholson
work together Pre-Five Easy Pieces
Inavsion of The Body Snatchers...
1956 Version... Sam Peckinpah - Meter Reader
1978 version... Kevin McCarthy,Don Siegel
Robert Duvall
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
Sylvester Stallone [Pre-Rocky]
Henry Winkler [Pre-Fonzie]
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)...
Toni Basil, Teri Garr Go-Go Dancers
Terminal Island (1973)
Tom Selleck and Roger Mosley - Later of Magnum, PI
Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)
James B Sikking and Belinda J Montgomery -
Later of Doogie Howser MD
Also Martin Kove [Pre-Cagney and Lacey]