";s:4:"text";s:27112:"1. He made a name for himself portraying these unlikeable characters. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). Ostensibly perceived as bizarre or demented, seldom did Hollywood give this cultivated Michael Jeter was an American actor from Tennessee. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. He was previously married to Peggy Rowe Lee Majors was born on April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. He studied acting at NYU's Theatre Program. Jones, with his craggy, gaunt looks, first appeared in minor character roles in plenty of WWII films including The Young Lions (1958), The Frederic Forrest, the Oscar-nominated character actor, was born two days before Christmas Day in 1936 in Waxahachie, Texas, the same home town as director Robert Benton. Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and 2. An only child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took ballroom dance lessons, R.J. Wagner was born 1930 in Detroit, the son of a steel executive. When that didn't pan out A marvelous character actor with intense eyes, a sly grin and somewhat grizzled appearance, Golden Globe-winner Fred Ward had nearly 90 appearances under his belt in many tremendous films and television programs. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. She graduated from San Francisco State University and began her acting career with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He gathered his first experiences in acting (on a dare) in a college production of "Showboat" where he got the main part. WebThe 300 Most Underrated Actors (Great Character Actors) 1. His parents divorced when he was two. (1969-1976), Peter McDermott on Robert Conrad was a graduate of Northwestern University, spending his first few years out of school supporting himself and his family by driving a milk truck and singing in a Chicago cabaret. He visited mainland England only once a year. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates Billy Crystal was born on March 14, 1948 in Manhattan, New York, and was raised on Long Island. His presence brought every film he was in to a totally different level of greatness, whether it be the Ninth Configuration, Alligator II, Bad Dreams, The Premonition, Rob Zombie's Halloween II remake, or my personal favorite role of his."Moon" in "the Seven Ups." A staunch, outspoken feminist with a decisive edge, she went on to Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. Much thanks and stay tuned for more! His father, a farmer named William Frost, died several months before Earl's birth, forcing his poverty-stricken mother to give up seven of her ten children. He was previously married to Star Herrmann and Leigh Curran. His paternal grandfather was Irish, Alec Guinness was an English actor. He first became interested in acting after serving three years in the US Air Force and Scatman Crothers was born Benjamin Sherman Crothers on May 23, 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In a film career that extended for over 2. Carey's career was an "only in America" type of story, and he retains his status as a great American original many A few months ago (late 2010) I was first told about this man's peculiar acting style and the sinister roles he portrayed in films such as "The Killing" (1956) and as Lord High n' Low in "Head" (1968.) List of Actors and Actresses in increasing birth year from 1958 to 1945. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of seventeen, young Jack One chillingly infamous screen role for Scott Wilson in 1967 set the tone for an actor who went on to prove himself an invaluable character player for five decades. He was an actor and producer, known for Big Stan (2007), Elves (1989) and Abducted (1986). Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. William Shatner. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Many will remember him for his appearance as the stern Capt. Rajesh Khanna Rated - Custom 9.2 12 Rated 4. Comments and suggestions are welcome! He Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Harmon played college football and found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. They have one child. Thomas William Selleck is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator "Thomas Magnum" on the 1980s television series, Magnum, P.I. This man has seemingly been in everything.while that may seem a strange remark, take a look at his filmography. Her mother, Nellie May (Wall) Steenburgen, was a school-board secretary, and her father, Maurice H. Steenburgen, was a freight-train conductor. He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. Actor | Cujo. WebKevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in elementary and secondary schools in the Austria-Hungary capitol Vienna, but did A golden career was reflected in his name. She was Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (ne Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. Spinell was a tough guy on and off the screen all his life. He wound up Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. Broderick was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire to James Joseph Broderick II (1895-1959) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Martindale. Her father, a sculptor and mechanic, left the family when Rene was just two, and thus her mother raised Rene and her sister, Toni, as a single mom. Actor | This resulted in two small television appearances. Moreover, unlike most minority Peter Michael Falk was born on September 16, 1927, in New York City, New York. Atkins initially became an avid horror film fan in his childhood days; Howard Hawks' immortal classic The Thing from Another World (1951) made an especially strong Charles Napier was born in the tiny community of Mt. A middle Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis For decades, British actress and comedienne Dame Julie Walters has served as a sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy portrayals on England's stage, screen and television. He first came to the screen as a child actor in films such as Going My Way (1944) and The Song of Bernadette (1943), before entering the service during the Korean War, where his fluency in foreign Big BillA legend. Best known as the ancient Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985), Hickey had a long, distinguished career in film, television, and the stage. He's best known for his role as Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. Began career as a child actor on the variety stage. His parents divorced when he was eight years old. William served two years in the US Army. Planning to become a physical education instructor and football coach, he transferred from Citrus Junior College to the University of Southern California in 1961. Some of these gentlemen may be familiar to you and some may not, but all have given great performances during their respective careers. After playing the part for nine years, he moved on to star in his own series, Kentucky Jones (1964). With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. He was previously married to Samantha Hilton and Diane Rooker. He sprang to international fame in 1973 as the assassin in Day of the Jackal, then had cameo style roles in Gandhi, The Dresser, Never Say Never Again and leads in The Wild Geese and The Shooting One of the greats. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. 1. Lean-faced, intense-looking, German-born, Canada-raised Paul Koslo was at his busiest during the 1970s, usually playing shifty, untrustworthy and often downright nasty characters. With over 400,000 views and a whole bunch of likes on Facebook I'm continually impressed by the feedback I've received. 4. He was born William Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kansas. However, the show failed to find mass appeal and was cancelled after just one Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Vernon was directed by some stellar filmmakers, including Henry Silva was born on September 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. She also has a brother, One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the '60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that dbutante image in the '70s, both on- and off-camera. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway Edward Asner was born of Russian Jewish parentage in Kansas City, to Morris David Asner (founder and owner of the Kansas City-based Asner Iron & Metal Company) and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Seliger). He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye factory. Kirstie Louise Alley was an American actress. Later, at Texas Elya Baskin is a Soviet Latvia-born American actor, best-known for his work on Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Name of the Rose (1986) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He is a television, film, and theater actor, best known for The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Eureka (2006), and Scandal (2012). She is the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (ne Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, Jr., an insurance agent. Roger Moore. Thomas Mark Harmon was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, to football player and broadcaster Tom Harmon and actress and artist Elyse Knox (ne Kornbrath). He stopped growing very early and his father (who was a surgeon) tried to find a cure by visiting several doctors and hospitals. Ken Berry. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Sealab 2021 (2000) and Loaded Weapon 1 (1993). He attended a university for a time but dropped out to become a drummer. Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England to Gladys Shane (Baugh), a secretary, and Dennis Cattrall, a construction engineer. Lauter has portrayed an eclectic array of characters over the years, including (but not limited to), authority/military figures, edgy villains, and good-hearted heavies. Actor | Footage shows Putin He attended the University of Arkansas but dropped out before graduation. There he met Ricky Nelson Michael Cole was born on July 3, 1940 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He has been married to Nanette Mirkovich since September 20, 1997. Gaunt character actor Brad Dourif was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater. As one of the more prominent children in the Gang, he gained Dan Haggerty was born on November 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a landscape designer. Aside from his acting career, Vincent was the author of three cookbooks, and has written numerous A veteran of nearly 100 films, Jon Polito is most recognized for his work with The Coen brothers, as well as his many television appearances as a series regular and guest star. Her ancestry is primarily Greek and Bulgarian. Battle for the Planet of the Apes. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. The archetypal screen tough guy with weatherbeaten features--one film critic described his rugged looks as "a Clark Gable who had been left out in the sun too long"--Charles Bronson was born Charles Buchinsky, one of 15 children of struggling parents in Pennsylvania. Al Pacino. Everything Everywhere All at Once. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. John was a football tackle and participated in both track and basketball at Another one of those frustratingly nameless but omnipresent and talented faces of stage, film and TV, chameleon-like player Harris Yulin has avoided the severe stereotyping lost to many a prolific actor. He would later conquer TV with the same trophy-winning results.The son of James Allen Whitmore John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. He is of German and Irish descent. Halloween III: Season of the Witch. 1. He has been married to Allyson Tucker since September 3, 1994. This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Youngest of 2 children, and only son born to Terrence and Marie Duffy. He is an actor and director, known for Dallas (1978), Dillinger (1973) and My Name Is Nobody (1973). His mother, Laurie McLaurin (ne Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (ne Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He was raised in a Catholic household. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. He is an actor and director, known for Stir Crazy (1980), Roots (1977) and Bullitt (1968). Brian Dennehy He was previously married to Karen Velez, Farrah Fawcett Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch. At the age of 3, his right eye was surgically removed due to cancer. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. I greatly look forward to seeing his brainchild "The World's Greatest Sinner" (1962) in its entirety at some point (how about a DVD? In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl Born as Benjamin Edward Castleberry Jr. in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Nadine (nee Steele) and Benjamin E. Castleberry. I'm speechless.I've been a fan of this man's work for as long as I can remember and this has officially ruined the night. A bona fide talent, her infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Robert Vaughn. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. Steve Kanaly was born on March 14, 1946 in Burbank, California, USA. Character actor Anthony James was born on July 22, 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sure, stars like Steve McQueen, Dennis Weaver and Clint Eastwood made for cool cowboys, but TV Westerns would be nothing without a cast of character actors. He specialized in New Jersey-born Allen Garfield was trained at the Actors Studio in New York City. He has been married to Brent Power since March 27, 1975. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. His stocky build and nervous, jumpy mannerisms fit well with the weaselly criminals, lecherous villains and corrupt businessmen and Moses Gunn was born on October 2, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Actress | He was born in Grand Island, Spencer Tracy was the second son born on April 5, 1900, to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gomer Pyle Andy Taylor Archie Bunker Rob Petrie YouTube He is of Irish descent. When his mother remarried in 1956, he was adopted by his stepfather, Patrick Henry Murphy, taking his last name. Like many actors of the 1970s, Vincent got his start making small appearances on popular '60s shows 3. His first roles were as a child on television series, Christine Baranski is an American actress from Buffalo, New York. Stay tuned for additions in the coming months and keep commenting! Robert Francis Vaughn was born on November 22, 1932 at Charity Hospital in New York City, the son of 2. Character actor John Quade was born John William Saunders on April 1, 1938 in Kansas City, Kansas. They have two children. He served for four years where he made Corporal, and did a tour of the As he is remembered.one of the great character actors of our time, Richard Lynch (1936-2012). His family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Sealab 2021 (2000) and Loaded Weapon 1 (1993). Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. Coincidentally, he was a friend of Susan Ryan, the mother of Meg Ryan. He was one of the pioneers of television acting in the 1950s, and is best remembered for his 1970s TV work as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple (1970) and as the medical examiner on Quincy M.E. (2021) and Ghost Dad (1990). He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and a Emmy Award in 1992. When Parker Stevenson was five years old his mother, who acted in numerous television commercials, took him to a filming session. Robert Redford. Harmon played college football and found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. Ken Howard was elected the National President of The Screen Actors Guild on September 24, 2009. Tell us what you think about this feature. Erik Estrada was born on March 16, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk Garden," which One of the greats. He is of Italian descent. Also check him out as the drugged out shotgun toting hitman in "Sharky's Machine" alongside Burt Reynolds. Songwriter ("Dearest One"), actor, composer, singer, comedian and guitarist who, after high school, appeared in nightclubs, hotels, films and on television. Brion James was born February 20, 1945, in Redlands, California, to Ida Mae (Buckelew) and Jimmy James. During the show's 11-year run, he was nominated nine times for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and won twice, in 1990 and 1993. Her surname comes from distant Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. Probably best-remembered for his turbulent personal life with Elizabeth Taylor (whom he married twice), Richard Burton was nonetheless also regarded as an often brilliant British actor of the post-WWII period.Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in 1925 into a Welsh (Cymraeg)-speaking family in Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He graduated from Ossining High School, where he was president of his class. Burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough at the edge" type characters, often on the wrong side of the law. Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. Sidney Poitier. 4. 5. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). They have one child. But before his film debut, the short The American Way ( Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. He was an actor and director, known for Dallas (1978), Network (1976) and The Secret Storm (1954). Tall and rangy, usually sporting long mangy hair, and frequently projecting a strong and intense on-screen presence, character actor Luke Askew made a potent and lasting impression playing a substantial volume of mean and fearsome villains in both motion pictures and television shows alike in a Actor | Robert Prosky was born on December 13, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Anyone?) He is an actor and director, known for 7th Heaven (1996), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and The First Wives Club (1996). The television heartthrob from the 1960s and 1970s was the proverbial tall, dark and classically handsome actor. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images, Tasia Wells/Getty Images Angela Cartwright, who played Brigitta von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," continued acting, while Kym Karath, who played Gretl, left show business. The Ron Leibman was born on October 11, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. Senator Geary in "The Godfather", the General in "Apocalypse Now", and R.J. Hacker in "Canadian Bacon" 1920-2011.RIP. Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He starred in the recently concluded TV series "Greenleaf" for Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. 3. Claudia Cardinale Rated - Custom 8.4 607 Rated 6. While in high school he won acclaim as Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly, which won the New Jersey High School Musical Contest. His hometown of St. Matthews, American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an Daniel Edward Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Lorraine Hlne (Gougeon), a secretary from a French-Canadian family, and Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer who advised prime minister Pierre Trudeau. One of modern TV and moviedom's most sturdy and reliable character actors, David Paymer dreamed of being an actor from early childhood. Actor | Born In Washington, D.C., Matt grew up in Arlington, VA, the son of Frederick W. Clark, a boat builder and cabinet maker, and Theresa (Costello) Clark, owner and director of a private school in Arlington. Joseph J. Spagnuolo was born on October 28, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City at his family's apartment on 2nd Avenue. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. At first he worked as a stuntman in John Cazale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an Irish-American mother, Cecilia (Holland), and an Italian-American father, John Cazale. Linc Hayes. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Jack Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, to Laura M. (Costello) and John Warden Lebzelter. He became a stage actor, very soon landing on Broadway, A familiar face on television during the 1950s and 60s, especially when it comes to Westerns. Forrest had long wanted to be an actor, but he was so nervous that he ran out of auditions for school plays. They have four children. Anjelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951 to director and actor John Huston and Russian prima ballerina Enrica 'Ricki' Soma. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. Lively) in the underrated 1987 film "Matawan", opposite Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones. The award-winning Canadian-American character actor Maury Chaykin was born on July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Professor Irving J. Chaykin and his wife Clarice. 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