UNUSUALEARLY ROLES ACTOR FILM Jack Albertson Miracle on 34th Street (1947) . Postal Employ

                       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]