Saturday, 13 July 2041

6100 Actors in a Blog!


There are now more than 6100 actors and actresses featured in this blog. Here are some links to help you navigate and find the one that you are looking for. As always, this is a work in constant progress so a little time will be needed to complete these links. You can also use the links in the side panel.

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Bloopers (Coming Soon)
 


The word 'Forgotten' has been used in this blog to represent the thousands of actors who rarely get recognised for their work beyond their peers. Without websites and blogs like this one they could easily be forgotten altogether. As new generations discover films, how many will venture into the obscure world of second features and independent productions to discover the layers of talent behind the stars of the day? When you last watched a classic film, did you notice the maid, the train conductor, the woman selling flowers, the elevator operator, or any of the passers-by in the background? Or were your eyes transfixed on the main actors, as they were supposed to be. Sometimes watching a film several times will give you the full appreciation of what it takes to create an atmosphere in a scene. I hope when you look at this blog you will go and watch the films for yourself, maybe several times and look beyond the foreground action to the bit-part actors, each one with a life, a career and a story of their own. More famous actors are included in this blog for the sake of completion and to help you research the less famous ones.

Qualifying actors and actresses for this blog are those who have appeared on screen before 1970, whether they have been forgotten or not.


Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Eva Marie Saint

Born: 4 July 1924, Newark, New Jersey, USA

North by Northwest (1959) as Eve Kendall














Alexander Lockwood

Born: 5 May 1902, Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Died: 25 January 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA

North by Northwest (1959) as Judge Anson Flynn (uncredited)














Monday, 11 November 2024

Gil Herman

Born: 29 September 1918, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 6 September 1999, Annapolis, Maryland, USA 

Invaders from Mars (1953) as Maj. Clary (uncredited)

Left to right: Gil Herman, Morris Ankrum and Milburn Stone.















Billy Curtis

Born: 27 June 1909, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 9 November 1988, Dayton, Nevada, USA 

A diminutive actor from the 1930s to the 1980s.

The Great Gildersleeve: Practice What You Preach (1955) (Season 1, Episode 2) as Mr. Smith
















 

Luce Potter

Born: 15 December 1914, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: 21 November 2005, Rancho Mirage, California, USA

Invaders from Mars (1953) as Martian Intelligence (uncredited)



















The Great Gildersleeve: Practice What You Preach (1955) (Season 1, Episode 2) as Mrs. Smith (Credited as Luz Potter)

With Billy Curtis.
















Holding hands with Willard Waterman.
















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