Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character              Character Actors

Kenneth McMillan

   Salem's Lot/ Constable Gillespie
   Dune/ Baron Vladimir Harkonner
                                             Cat's Eye/ Cressner
                                             Runaway Train/ Eddie MacDonald

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Rotund, crinkly haired , ruddy cheeked, round faced, dyspeptic looking New Yorker who came to acting at 30 after working for years as floor superintendent , then manager, at a large department store. After extensive work in day tine soap opera on TV, McMillan entered films at 41 huffing and puffing his way through dozens of roles as editors, police chiefs, fire chiefs and other blue collar executives, often with aggressive qualities

Kenneth McMillan was born at Brooklyn, NY in 1932 the son of Margaret and Harry McMillan, a truck driver.

He attended Fiorella H. La Guardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

Prior to his becoming an actor, McMillan worked for Gimbel's Department Store. He started as a salesman, then to a section manager and then to floor superintendent managing three floors.

He decided to try acting at age 30 and studied with Uta Hagen and Irene Daily.

McMillan made his film debut in 1973 in Serpico. His television debut was in 1969 in the TV series Dark Shadows.

Some of the film roles of Kenneth McMillan were:

Serpico (1973) as Charlie

The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) as Harry - Borough Commander

The Stepford Wives (1975) as Supermarket Manager

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) as Commissioner

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977-TV) as Softy McNamara

The Rubber Gun Squad (1977) as Captain Egan

Breaking Up (1978-TV) as Vancrier

King (1978-TV Miniseries) as Bull Connor

A Death In Canaan (1978-TV) as Sgt. Tim Scully

Girlfriends (1978) as Cabbie

Blood Brothers (1978) as Banion

Oliver's Story (1978) as Jamie Francis

Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979) as Pete

Salem's Lot (1979-TV Movie) as Constable Gillespie

Little Miss Marker (1980) as Brannigan

Hide In Plain Sight (1980) as Sam Marzetta

The Hustler Of Muscle Beach (1980-TV) as Joseph Demec

Carny (1980) as Heavy St. John

Borderline (1980) as Malcolm Wallace

Eyewitness (1981) as Mr. Deever

True Confessions (1981) as Frank Crofty

Ragtime (1981) as Willie Conklin

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) as Judge Wyler

Heartbeeps (1981) as Max

Partners (1982) as Chief Wilkins

In The Custody Of Strangers (1982-TV) as Albert Caruso

The Clairvoyant (1982) as Detective Cullum

Packing It In (1983=TV) as Howard Estep

Dixie: Changing Habits (1983-TV) as Tony Marchesso

Blue Skies Again (1983) as Dirk

Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983-TV) as Lt. Herbie Quinlan

When She Says No (1984-TV) as Mr. Michaels

Reckless (1984) as John Rourke, Sr.

The Pope Of Greenwich Village (1984) as Barney

Concrete Beat (1984-TV) as Marion Kaiser

Amadeus (1984) as Michael Schlumberg

Dune (1984) as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

Protocol (1984) as Senator Norris

Cat's Eye (1985) as Cressner

Runaway Train (1985) as Eddie MacDonald

Acceptable Risks (1986-TV) as Wes Boggs

Armed and Dangerous (1986) as Captain Clarence O'Connell

Malone (1987) as Hawkins

Favorite Son (1988-Tv Miniseries) as Henry O'Brien

Three Fugitives (1989) as Horvath

Due to his rough image, he was usually cast as gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters, along with various police types. At times he did get to play some lighter roles highlighting his more benign side.

Mr. McMillan also appeared on television in such programs as Ryan's Hope. Rhoda, Kojak, Starsky And Hutch, The Rockford Files, Lou Grant, Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs, Our Family Honor , Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986), Moonlighting, CBS Summer Playhouse, Murder She Wrote, Magnum PI and Frank's Place.

Outside of his film and television career, McMillan also performed on the stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival.

He also played on Broadway in some original productions like Streamers and American Buffalo.

McMillan won an Obie Award for his performance in the off Broadway play Weekends Like Other People.

He was married to Kathryn MacDonald from 1969 until his death. The couple had one child who was actress Allison McMillan

Kenneth McMillan passed away in 1989 at age 56 from liver disease.

I enjoyed Mr. McMillan in the films Cat's Eye, Salem's Lot. Runaway Train, Dune, Eyewitness and The Stepford Wives.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.

Return Of The Gunfighter/ Luis Domingo

                                        The Gun Hawk/ Miguel
   The First Texan/ Colonel Cos
                                          Secret Of Treasure Mountain/ Francisco Martinez

Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. was a Mexican actor who appeared in American films and on American television. He appeared from the mid 1940's to 1982.

He was born at Mexico City, Mexico in 1916, the son of Rodolfo Hoyos, Sr. who was an actor, opera singer and vocal coach.

According to IMDB he had 176 credits in the area of motion pictures and television.

His main genre was that of the western but he also appeared in drama and comedy as well.

Some of Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr's film roles were:

Masquerade In Mexico (1945) as A Bullfight Spectator

Gilda (1946) as A Peasant

Perilous Holiday (1946) as Castone

The Big Steal (1949) as Customs Inspector

The Capture (1950) as Baggage Agent

Raton Pass (1951) as Ben

Smuggler's Island (1951) as Sikh Policeman

The Magic Carpet (1951) as Sergeant

The Fighter (1952) as Alvarado

Second Chance (1953) as Vasco

Jubilee Trail (1954) as Spaniard

Gypsy Colt (1954) as Rudolpho

The Americano (1954) as Cristino

Green Fire (1954) as Pedro, The Bartender

The Fighting Chance (1955) as Rico

Time Table (1956) as Lt. Castro

The Three Outlaws (1956) as El Gallo

Secret Of Treasure Mountain (1956) as Francisco Martinez

The First Texan (1956) as Colonel Cos

The Brave One (1956) as Rafael Rosillo

Stagecoach To Fury (1956) as Lorenzo Gracia

Duel At Apache Wells (1957) as Jose Galindo

Ghost Diver (1957) as Papa Rico

Gun Battle At Monterrey (1957) as Posseman

The Toughest Gun In Tombstone (1958) as Colonel Emilio

Crash Landing (1958) as Carlos Ortega

Villa! (1958) as Pancho Villa

Ten Days To Tulare (1958) as Cesar

The Little Savage (1959) as Captain Taursus

The Miracle (1959) as Cafe Manager

Operation Eichmann (1961) as Sanchez

California (1963) as Padre Soler

The Gun Hawk (1963) as Miguel

Seven Days In May (1964) as Captain Ortega

Madame X (1966) as Patron

Return Of The Gunfighter (1967) as Luis Domingo

Change Of Habit (1969) as Mr. Hernandez

Moonfire (1970) as Pedro

The Resurrection Of Zachary Wheeler (1971) as Modine

Kit Carson And The Mountain Men (1977) as General Armijo

How The West Was Won (1979-TV Miniseries) as Jose

Love & Money (1982) as General Sanzer

Mr Hoyos was very active on television appearing in such programs as The Cisco Kid, Four Star Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Stories Of The Century, Soldiers Of Fortune, The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, The Millionaire, The Adventures Of Dr. Fu Man Chu, I Love Lucy, The Web, The Lineup, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The Adventures Of McGraw, Trackdown, Tombstone Territory, Have Gun Will Travel, Sugarfoot, Man With A Camera, Highway Patrol, Peter Gunn, Border Patrol, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, The Untouchables, The Texan, Bronco, Maverick, Colt 45, Oh Susanna, Overland Trail, The Rifleman, Zorro, Zane Grey Theater, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Shotgun Slade, Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Stagecoach West, The Tall Man, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Pete And Gladys,Wagon Train, Sea Hunt, The Twilight Zone, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Adventures In Paradise, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, General Hospital, The Third Man, The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis, 77 Sunset Strip, Temple Houston, Dr. Kildare, Burke's Law, Laredo, The Wild Wild West, Perry Mason, Family Affair, The Invaders, The Time Tunnel, The Fugitive, The Man From UNCLE, I Spy, Felony Squad,It Takes A Thief, The FBI, Death Valley Days, Dragnet 1967, Mission Impossible, Medical Center, The Flying Nun, The Name Of The Game, Ironside, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, The High Chaparral, That Girl, Marcus Welby MD, Cannon, O'Hara U S Treasury, Night Gallery, Mod Squad, Kung Fu, Adam 12, Sanford And Son, The Six Million Dollar Man, McMillan & Wife, The Streets Of San Francisco, Harry O, The Blue Knight, Viva Valdez, CPO Sharkey, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Police Story, Chico And The Man, The Bionic Woman, Switch and Charlie's Angels among others.

Later on he became the Spanish language commentator for the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with Baseball Hall Of Fame announcer Jaime Jarrin.

His final film was as General Sanzer in 1982 in Love And Money. His last television roles were 1979 as Luke in the TV miniseries How The West Was Won and as General Ranez in the episode Cruising Angels in the TV series Charlie's Angels.

Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. passed away from a stroke in 1983 at the age of 67.

I enjoyed Mr. Hoyos in the films Raton Pass, The Gun Hawk, Villa!, The First Texan, Duel At Apache Wells, Time Table, The Toughest Gun In Tombstone,, Secret Of Treasure Mountain, Magic Carpet and California.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men                      Gilbert Roland

   Three Violent People/ Innocencio Ortega
   Thunder Bay/ Teche Bossier
   Guns Of The Timberland/ Monty Walker
   The Bad And The Beautiful/ Gaucho Ribero

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Stunningly handsome, moustachioed, black haired Mexican leading man ( from the same town as Anthony Quinn) who kept his good looks well into middle age, and surprised many by becoming one of Hollywood's most efficient actors in the later stages of his career, after proving a dashing Cisco Kid in post war years.

He was born Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso in 1905 at Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Roland's father was a bullfighter and he intended to follow in his footsteps.

After the family moved to the United States, he became interested in acting when he was picked at random for a role as an extra.

His screen name was a combination of his two favorite actors: John Gilbert and Ruth Roland.

Roland was often cast in the stereotypical Latin Lover type.

His first major role was in 1925 in the film The Plastic Age along with Clara Bow. He also was teamed with Norma Talmadge for several productions, most notibly in the film Camille in which he was cast in the role of Armand.

He was noticed in the 1940's for his performances by critics and his roles increased and became more meatier. He also starred as an exciting Cisco Kid in several films.

Some of the films of Gilbert Roland were:;

The Spaniard (1925) as A Matador

The Plastic Age (1925) as Carl Peters

The Campus Flirt (1926) as Graham Sterns

The Blonde Saint (1926) as Annibale

Camille (1926) as Armand Duval

Rose Of The Golden West (1927) as Juan

The Love Mart (1927) as Victor Jallot

The Dove (1927) as Johnny Powell

The Woman Disputed (1928) as Paul Hartman

New York Nights (1929) as Fred Deverne

Men Of The North (1930) as Louis La Bey aka Monsieur Le Fox

Monsieur Le Fox (1930) as Luis Le Bay

The Woman In Room 13 (1932) as Victor Le Grande

No Living Witness (1932) as Jerry Bennett

A Parisian Romance (1932) as Victor

Call Her Savage (1932) as Moonglow

She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Serge Stanieff

Our Betters (1933) as Pepi D'Costa

After Tonight (1933) as Capt. Rudy Ritter

Elinor Norton (1934) as Rene Alba

Mystery Woman (1935) as Juan Santanda

Ladies Love Danger (1935) as Riccardo Souchet aka Alonzo

Midnight Taxi (1937) as Flash Dillon

The Last Train From Madrid (1937) as Eduardo De Soto

Thunder Trail (1937) as Arizona Dick Ames

Gateway (1938) as Tony Cadona

Juarez (1939) as Colonel Miguel Lopez

Isle Of Destiny (1940) as Oliver Barton

Gambling On The High Seas (1940) as Greg Morella

The Sea Hawk (1940) as Capt. Lopez

Rangers Of Fortune (1940) as Antonio Hernandez Sierra

Angels With Broken Wings (1941) as Don Pablo Vicente

My Life With Caroline (1941) as Paco Del Valle

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942) as Paul Gillette

Isle Of Missing Men (1942) as Dan Bentley, alias Curtis

The Desert Hawk (1944) as Kasim, The Desert Hawk

Captain Kidd (1945) as Jose Lorenzo

The Gay Cavalier (1946) as The Cisco Kid

South Of Monterey (1946) as The Cisco Kid

Beauty And The Bandit (1946) as The Cisco Kid

Riding The California Trail (1947) as The Cisco Kid/ Don Luis Salazar

The Other Love (1947) as Croupier

High Conquest (1947) as Hugo Lanier

Robin Hood Of Monterey (1947) as The Cisco Kid

King Of The Bandits (1947) as The Cisco Kid/ Ramon Mojica

Pirates Of Monterey (1947) as Major de Roja

The Dude Goes West (1948) as Pecos Kid

We Were Strangers (1949) as Guillermo Montilla

Malaya (1949) as Romano

The Torch (1950) as Father Sierra

Crisis (1950) as Roland Gonzales

The Furies (1950) as Juan Herrera

Bullfighter And The Lady (1951) as Manolo Estrada

The Mark Of The Renegade (1951) as Don Pedro Garcia

Ten Tall Men (1951) as Corporal Luis Delgado

My Six Convicts (1952) as Punch Pinero

Glory Alley (1952) as Pepe Donnato

The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima (1952) as Hugo da Silva

Apache War Smoke (1952) as Peso Herrera

The Bad And The Beautiful (1952) as Gaucho Ribero

Thunder Bay (1953) as Teche Bossier

The Diamond Queen (1953) as Baron Paul de Cabennes

Beneath The 12 Mile Reef (1953) as Mike Petrakis

The French Line (1953) as Pierre DuQuesne

The Racers (1955) as Dell'oro

Underwater! (1955) as Dominic Quesada

That Lady (1955) as Antonio Perez

The Treasure Of Pancho Villa (1955) as Colonel Juan castro

Bandido (1956) as Colonel Jose Escabar

Around The World In Eighty Day (1956) as Achmed Abdulla

Three Violent People (1956) as Innocencia Ortega

The Midnight Story (1957) as Silvio Malatesta

The Last Of The Fast Guns (1958) as Miles Lang

The Wild And The Innocent (1959) as Paul

The Big Circus (1959) as Zach Colino - The Areialist

Guns Of The Timberland (1960) as Monty Walker

Samar (1952) as Colonel Juan Sebastian Salazar

Cheyenne Autumn (1964) as Dull Knife

The Reward (1965) as Capt. Carbajal

Danger Grows Wild (1966) as Serge narco

Any Gun Can Play (1967) as Monetero

The Ruthless Four (1968) as Mason

Johnny Hamlet (1968) as Horace

Land's End (1968-TV) as Capt. Bravo

God Was In The West, Too, At One Time (1968) as Juan Chasquisdo

Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968) as Kirshner

The Boy And The Turtle (1971-TV) as Chano

The Christian Licorice Store (1971) as J C Carruthers

Incident On A Dark Street (1973-TV) as Dominic Leopold

Running Wild (1973) as Chief Tomacito

The Mark Of Zorro (1974-TV) as Don Alejandro Vega

The Pacific Connection (1974) as Allan

The Deadly Tower (1975-TV) as The Narrator

Islands In The Stream (1977) as Capt. Ralph

The Sacketts (1979-TV Miniseries ) as Don Luis

Cobo Blanco (1980) as Dr. Ramirez

Barbarosa (1982) as Don Braulio

Mr. Roland was active on television appearing in such programs as The Ford Television Theater, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater, Playhouse 90, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Wagon Train, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Zorro, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Insight, The Dick Powell Show, Frontier Circus, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Death Valley Days, The Greatest Show On Earth, Gunsmoke, Combat, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Garrison's Gorillas, The FBI, The High Chaparral, Night Gallery, McCloud, Medical Center, Kung Fu, Barnaby Jones and Hart To Hart.

He was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for his roles in The Bad And The Beautiful (1952) as Cheyenne Autumn (1964).

For his contributions to the motion picture industry he has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 6730 Hollywood Blvd.

Roland was married twice. His first marriage was to actress Constance Bennett who was his co star in After Tonight. The couple had two children.

His second marriage was to Guillermina Canto and it lasted until his death forty years later.

Gilbert Roland passed away in 1994 of cancer at age 88.

I enjoyed Mr. Roland in the films Benaeth The 12 Mile Reef, Three Violent People, The Bad And The Beautiful, The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, The Furies, Thunder Bay, Guns Of The Timberland, Cheyenne Autumn, The Sea Hawk and his films as The Cisco Kid.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                  Diane Baker

   Marnie/ Lil Mainwaring
   The Diary Of Anne Frank/ Margot Frank
                                           The 300 Spartans/ Elias
                                           Journey To The Center Of The Earth/ Jenny Lindenbrook

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Demure, sensitive, pretty dark haired American actress capable of projecting great warmth, but not progressing beyond ingenue roles in films. She was often successful, strangely, as outward warm characters capable of great spite. as in Hitchcock's Marne. Nice to see her so busy in TV movies in the 1970's, but, in 1980 she became a producer. In the 1990's she returned to acting roles, looking considerably more mature.

She was born Diane Carol Baker, the daughter of Dorothy Helen Harrington, an actress who appeared in some early Marx Brothers films.

Ms. Baker was born at Hollywood, CA in 1938.

At the age of 18 she moved to New York to study acting with Charles Conrad and ballet with Nina Fonaroff.

After securing a film contract with 20th Century Fox, she made her film debut as Margot Frank in the film The Diary Of Anne Frank in 1959. She had been chosen by George Stevens to play this part.

She made several films with Fox and then after being out of contract with that studio, she then appeared in the film 300 Spartans.

Some of the film roles of Diane Baker were:

The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959) as Margot Frank

The Best Of Everything (1959) as April Morrison

Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959) as Jenny Lindenbrook

The Wizard Of Bagdad (1960) as Princess Yasmin

Tess Of The Storm Country (1960) as Tess McLean

Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man (1962) as Carolyn

The 300 Spartans (1962) as Elias

Nine Hours To Rama (1963) as Sheila

Summer Flight (1963) as Ellen

The Prize (1963) as Emily Stratman

Strait Jacket (1964) as Carol Harbin

Marnie (1964) as Lil Mainwaring

The Ghost Of Sierra de Cobre (1964-TV) as Viva Mandour

Della (1964) as Jenny Chapell

Mirage (1964) as Shela

Straitjacket (1964) as Carol Harbin

Inherit The Wind (1965-TV) as Rachel Brown

Thunder Over Israel (1966) as Susan

The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones (1966-TV) as Amelia Rathbone

The Horse In The Gray Flannel Suit (1968) as Suzy Clemens

Krakatoa: East Of Java (1968) as Laura

Trial Run (1969-TV) as Carol Trenet

D. A. : Murder One (1969-TV) as Mary Brokow

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970-TV) as Peggy Pulska

Do You Take This Stranger? (1971-TV) as Rachel Jarvis

A Little Game (1971-TV) as Elaine Hamilton

Killer By Night (1972-TV) as Tracey Morrow

Wheeler And Murdoch (1973-TV) as Karen

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1974-TV) as Katie Nolan

The Dream Makers (1975-TV) as Mary Stone

The Last Survivors (1975-TV) as Marilyn West

Baker's Hawk (1976) as Jenny Baker

Fugitive Family (1980-TV) as Ellie Roberts

The Pilot (1981) as Pat Simpson

The Blue & The Gray (1982-TV Miniseries) as Evelyn Hale

A Woman Of Substance (1985-TV Miniseries) as Laura O'Neill

The Closer (1990) as Beatrice Grant

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) as Senator Ruth Martin

The Haunted (1991-TV) as Lorraine Warren

Perry Mason: The Case Of The Heartbroken Bride (1992-TV) as Laura Parrish

Twenty Bucks (1993) as Ruth Adams

The Joy Luck Club (1993) as Mrs. Jordan

Imaginary Crimes (1994) as Abigale Tate

A Walton Wedding (1995-TV) as Charlotte Gilchrist

The Net (1995) as Mrs. Bennett

The Cable Guy (1996) as Stephen's Mother

Courage Under Fire (1996) as Louise Boylar

Murder At 1600 (1997) as Kitty Neil

About Sarah (1998-TV) as Lila Hollingsworth

Harrison's Flowers (2000) as Mary Francis

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onasis (2000-TV) as Rose Kennedy

On The Roof (2002) as Mrs Arnott

A Mighty Wind (2003) as Supreme Folk Defense Lawyer

The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam (2005) as Miss Taylor

Harrison Montgomery (2008) as Mrs. Cutsworth

Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) as Mrs. Gellhorn

The Surrogate (2013) as Louise

Ms. Baker appeared on television in such programs as Playhouse 90, The DuPont Show Of The Month, Bus Stop, Adventures In Paradise, Route 66, The Doctors And The Nurses, Mr. Novak, Wagon Train, Convoy, The Big Valley, Dr. Kildare, Hawk, The Invaders, The Fugitive, The FBI, Mission Impossible, The Name Of The Game, The Interns, The Virginian, Night Gallery, Bonanza, Love American Style, Medical Center, Love Story, Lucas Tanner, The Streets Of San Francisco, Marcus Welby MD, Police Woman, Colombo, Barnaby Jones, Police Story, Kojak, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Civil Wars, Murder She Wrote, Chicago Hope, The Nanny, ER, Law And Order-Special Victims Unit, Dragnet, Unscripted and House M D, among others.

Ms. Baker also moved into the producing area . She produced such films as Never Never Land (1980), the TV Miniseries A Woman Of Substance (1985) in which she played Laura., and Art School Of Horrors (2015) She also produced some episodes in various TV series.

Since 2004 she has been the director of the Motion Pictures and Television major at Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Ms. Baker is still active and has not yet retired.

I enjoyed her in the films The Diary Of Anne Frank, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man, The 300 Spartans, Strait Jacket and Marnie

Louie The Movie Buff.

Men Of Character               Character Actors

John Harmon

                                               Dangerous Money/ Freddie Kirk
                                               White Savage/ Frank Williams
                                               Destination Big House/ Stubby Moore
                                              Tangier Incident/ Tony

John Harmon was a very prolific bit part actor. His career spanned from 1935 until 1983 with 281 credits per the IMDB for films and television.

Here is another face without a name, thus A Familiar Face!

Mr. Harmon was born at Washington D C in 1905.

His roles included a wide variety of genres and many of his earlier appearances were uncredited.

His first major screen role was in the film I Was Framed in 1942. He is best known for the films Gallant Bess, The Monster Of Piedras Biancas, Live Fast Die Young and The Street Is My Beat.

Harmon appeared much on television with some of his more noted roles being on Bonanza, Star Trek, Perry Mason and The Rifleman.

Some of the film roles of John Harmon were:

Three Kids And A Queen (1935) as Montage Man

Rendezvous (1935) as Telegrapher

The Black Doll (1938) as Cabbie

Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) as Butch Harron

A Slight Case Of Murder (1938) as Blackhat Gallagher

The Missing Guest (1938) as Baldrich's Guard

King Of Alcatraz (1938) as Silver

Exposed (1938) as Finn

Gambling Ship (1938) as Cramer

King Of The Underworld (1939) as Slats

Devil's Island (1939) as Andre

I Was A Convict (1939) as Marty

Mystery Of The White Room (1939) as Pete, The Fingerprint Man

Buck Rogers (1939) as Hidden City Air Controller

Union Pacific (1939) as One Armed Reporter

Inside Information (1939) as Frenchy

Charlie McCarthy, Detective ( 1939) as Harry

The Green Hornet (1940) as LeftyBatdes

Gangs Of Chicago (1940) as Rabbit

The Way Of All Flesh (1940) as Pete

A Fugitive From Justice (1940) as Gorwin

Queen Of The Mob (1940) as Pinky

Diamond Frontier (1940) as Collins

A Night At Earl Carroll's (1940) asMac

Hit The Road (1941) as Creeper

Two In A Taxi (1940) as Benny

The Shepherd Of The Hills (1941) as Charles The Deputy

Raiders Of The Desert (1941) as Ahmed

Manpower (1941) as Benny The Counterman

Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941) as Taxi Driver

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) as Morrie

Buy Me That Town (1941) as Heckler

Secrets Of The Lone Wolf (1941) as Uptown Bernie

Honolulu Lu (1941) as Clerk

Dangerously They Live (1941) as George, Taxi Driver

A Tragedy At Midnight (1942) as Headwaiter Pickpocket

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) as Mousey

I Was Framed (1942) as Clubby Blake

Broadway (1942) as Harry

Call Of The Canyon (1942) as The Pigeon

Lucky Jordan (1942) as Big Ears

The Crystal Ball (1943) as Taxi Drivers

Truck Busters (1943) as Maxie

After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1943) as The Fence

White Savage (1943) as Frank Williams

The Chance Of A Lifetime (1943) as Red Taggart

Find The Blackmailer (1943) as Ray Hickey

Roger Touhy, Gangsters (1944) as Lefty Rowden

Silent Partner (1944) as Blackie Barton

The Last Ride (1944) as Slimey

Conflict (1945) as Hobo

Adventure (1945) as Taxi Driver

They Made Me A Killer (1946) as Joe Lafferty

Her Kind Of Man (1946) as Purdy

O S S (1946) as Pierre

Below The Deadline (1946) as Pinky

Dangerous Money (1946) as Freddie Kirk

Cross My Heart (1946) as Reporter

Fall Guy (1947) as Ed Sindell

Time Out Of Mind (1947) as Morelli

Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Joe Darwin

Danger Street (1947) as Riley

Fear In The Night (1947) as Clyde Bilyou

The Trouble With Women (1947) as Charlie

Brute Force (1947) as Roberts

Unconquered (1947) as Spieler for Monster Of Madagascar

Louisiana (1947) as Steve

Adventures Of Gallant Bess (1948) as Blake

Whiplash (1948) as Kid McGee

Flaxy Martin (1948) as Fred Branford, Taxi Driver

Homicide (1949) as Pete Kimmel

Streets Of San Francisco (1949) as Sammy Hess

The Crooked Way (1949) as Kelly

The Lady Gambles (1949) as Frenchy

Alias The Champ (1949) as Chuck Lyons

Blonde Dynamite (1950) as Professor

Destination Big House (1950) as Stubby Moore

Joe Palooka In The Squared Circle (1950) as Phillips- Reporter

Southside 1-1000 (1950) as Nimble Willie

Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Lackey

Tales Of Robin Hood (1951) as Robber

Tangier Incident (1953) as Tony

Count The Hours (1953) as Jeff Beatty

Man In The Dark (1953) as Herman

Run For The Hills (1953) as Jed Taylor

Jack Slade (1953) as Hollis

Three Young Texans (1954) as Thorpe

Bitter Creek (1954) as Stagecoach Driver A Z Platte

Rails Into Laramie (1954) as TheHawk

Jungle Gents (1954) as Lab Technician

The Man From Bitter Ridge (1955) as Norman Roberts

Jail Busters (1955) as Tomcyk

Canyon River (1956) as ben

Three Violent People (1956) as Mr. Massey

God Is My Partner (1957) as Long Shot Ben Renson

Looking For Danger (1957) as Ldester Bradfield

Live Fast, Die Young (1958) as Jake The Hobo

Badman's Country (1958) as Elzy

Beach Patrol (1959-TV) as Max Becker

The Monster Of Piedras Biancas (1959) as Sturges, The Lighthouse Keeper

The 7th Commandment (1961) as Pete

For Love Or Money (1963) as Taxi Driver

Move Over Darling (1963) as Taxi Driver

One Man's Way (1964) as Elder Sam Marcus

Sylvia (1965) as Sid

The Street Is My Beat (1966) as Mr. Martinson

Texas Across The River (1966) as Gabe

Funny Girl (1968) as Company Manager

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969) as Hash

The Barefoot Executive (1971) as Security Guard

The Honkers (1972) as SamMartin

The Unholy Rollers (1972) as Doctor

Hitch Hike To Hell (1977) as Mr. Baldwin

Malibu High (1979) as Mr. Elmhurst

Microwave Massacre (1983) as Mr. Gestalp

This actor played many thugs, henchmen and taxi drivers with names like Mousey, Slimy, Creeper, Big Ears, The Pigeon and Purdy. He also played a hobo several times.

Mr. Harmon was very active in television appearing in such programs as Front Page Detective, Racket Squad, Mr & Mrs North, Four Star Playhouse, Public Defender, Topper, Big Town, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Adventures Of Superman, It's A Great Life, The Loretta Young Show, Studio 57, Whirlybirds, Panic!, The Restless Gun, The Lineup, Oh Susannah!, Passport To Danger, Mike Hammer, Broken Arrow, State Trooper, Alcoa Theater, The Millionaire, The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, 77 Sunset Strip, The Thin Man, Father Knows Best, Buckskin, Sugarfoot, The Donna Reed Show, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lawman, The Real McCoys, Zane Grey Theater, M Squad, Bronco, Death Valley Days, Colt 45, Wanted Dead Or Alive, The Texan, Riverboat, Maverick, Coronado 9, The Law And Mr. Jones, The Jim Backus Show, The Case Of The Dangerous Robin, Rawhide, The Tall Man, Whispering Smith, The Untouchables, The Rifleman, Laramie, Cheyenne, Alcoa Premiere, Have Gun Will Travel, The Twilight Zone, The Jack Benny Program, Kraft Suspense Theater, Gunsmoke, Honey West, Hazel, The Fugitive, The Man From UNCLE, Laredo, The FBI, Felony Squad, Green Acres, Star Trek, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, The Big Valley, Mod Squad, Ironside, Bewitched, Land Of The Giants, Lassie, The Virginian, Adam-12, Lancer, Mayberry RFD, Bonanza, McCloud, O'Hara U S Treasury, Here's Lucy, The Odd Couple, Archer, The Cowboys and Marcus Welby MD.

He played in 8 episodes of Perry Mason, 9 episodes of The Big Valley, 7 episodes of Bonanza, 10 episodes of The Virginian and 12 episodes of The Rifleman.

John Harmon passed away in 1985 at age 80.

Mr. Harmon was always an asset to a TV program or movie that he appeared in regarless of the size of the role.

I enjoyed him in the many appearances he made in TV series as well as the films The Monster Of Piedras Blancas, Three Violent People, Dangerous Money, Jail Busters, Destination Big House, Funny Girl and Brute Force.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Charles Meredith

The Big Trees/ Elder Bixby
The Incredible Mr. Limpert/ Fleet Admiral
The Lone Ranger/ Governor
The Boy With The Green Hair/ Mr. Piper

Charles Meredith was an American character actor of stage, films and television.

He was born at Knoxville, PA in 1894.

He was originally on stage but left to. become a leading man in silent movies and played opposite such leading ladies as Blanche Sweet, Florence Vidor and Katherine MacDonald.appearing in both romantic drama and comedies.

His film debut came in 1919 in the film The Other Half. Meredith remained in film until 1922 and then returned to the stage. He resumed his film career in 1947.

Mr. Meredith continued on in film and then then television. According to IMDB he has 236 credits in those mediums for the period 1919 through 1964.

He was noted on television as Secretary Drake in the TV series Rocky Jones Space Ranger.

Some of the film roles of Charles Meredith were:

The Other Half (1919) as Donald Trent

Poor Relations (1919) as Monty Rhodes

Luck In Pawn (1919) as Richard Standish Norton

The Thirteenth Commandment (1920) as Clay Wimborn

Judy Of Rogue's Harbor (1920) as Lt. Teddy Kingsland

The Family Honor (1920) as Merle Curran

That Something (1920) as Edwin Drake

Simple Souls (1920) as Duke Of Wynninghame

The Perfect Woman (1920) as James Standhope

The Ladder Of Lies (1920) as John Blaine

A Romantic Adventuress (1920) as Captain Maxwell

The Little 'Fraid Lady (1920) as Saxton Graves

The Foolish Matrons (1921) as Lafayette Wayne

Beyond (1921) as Geoffrey Southerne

Hail The Woman (1921) as Richard Stuart

The Cave Girl (1921) as Dilvy Bates

The Beautiful Liar (1921) as Bobby Bates

The Cradle (1922) as Dr. Robert Marveey

Woman, Wake Up (1922) as Henry Mortimer

In Hollywood With Potash And Perlmutter (1924) as Sam Pembertron

Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Judge

The Miracle Of The Bells (1948) as Father Spinsky

All My Sons (1948) as Ellsworth

Dream Girl (1948) as Charles

A Foreign Affair (1948) as Yandell

They Live By Night (1948) as Comm. Hubbell

The Boy With The Green Hair (1948) as Mr. Piper

He Walked By Night (1948) as Police Official

The Lucky Stiff (1949) as Jim Childers aka Big Jim

Tulsa (1949) as Governor Of Oklahoma

Streets Of San Francisco (1949) as Echert

Tokyo Joe (1949) as Gen. Ireton

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949) as Dr. Finley

The Lady Takes A Sailor (1949) as Dr. Rufus McKewen

Samson And Delilah (1949) as High Priest Of Dagon

Francis (1950) as Banker Munroe

Perfect Strangers (1950) as Lyle Pettijon

Caged (1950) as Parole Board Chairman

Bright Leaf (1950) as Pendleton

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) as Fred Golightly, Attorney

The Sun Sets At Dawn (1950) as AP Reporter

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) as Miller

Al Jennings Of Oklahoma (1951) as Judge Evans

The Great Missouri Raid (1951) as Bankers Association Member

Santa Fe (1951) as Official

Along The Great Divide (1951) as Judge Marlowe

Strangers On A Train (1951) as Judge Donahue

Fort Worth (1951) as Sam, Railroad Backer

Close To My Heart (1951) as Dr. George Williamson

Submarine Command (1951) as Adm. Tobias

The Sea Hornet (1951) as Mr. Goodrich

Room For One More (1952) as Mr. Thatcher

The Big Trees (1952) as Elder Bixby

Loan Shark (1952) as F. I. Rennick

Paula (1952) as Dr. Walter Farrell

Cattle Town (1952) as Texas Governor

So This Is Love (1953) as Arthur Bodansky

A Lion In The Streets (1953) as Judge

Them (1954) as Washington Official

New York Confidential (1955) as Congressman

The Eternal Sea (1955) as Vice Admiral

City Of Shadows (1955) as Judge Fellows

The Road To Denver (1955) as Lawyer Crump

Illegal (1955) as Judge

The Lone Ranger (1956) as Governor

Back From Eternity (1956) as Dean Simmons

Giant (1956) as Minister

The Guns Of Fort Petticoat (1957) as Commanding Officer

Beau James (1957) as Judge John Harrison

Chicago Confidential (1957) as Dr. Charing

The Buccaneer (1958) as Senior Senator

Twelve Hours To Kill (1960) as Druggist

Noose For A Gunman (1960) as Minister

Ocean's 11 (1960) as Mr. Cohen - Mortician

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) as Fleet Admiral

Seven Days In May (1964) as Senate Committee Member

Dead Ringer (1964) as Defense Lawyer

The Quick Gun (1964) as Reverand Staley

Many of his characters were of an understanding and prideful nature such as justices, commissioners, reverends, admirals and governors.

Mr. Meredith appeared on television as well in such programs as Family Theater, The Veil, Racket Squad, Adventures Of Superman, My Little Margie, Topper, The Man Behind The Badge, The Lone Ranger, Fireside Theater, Science Fiction Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Climax, The Adventures Of Fu Man Chu, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Conflict, The Ford Television Theatre, Father Knows Best, Lux Video Theater, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show, The Court Of Last Resort, The Texan, U S Marshal, Make Room For Daddy, Perry Mason, Lawman. 21 Beacon Street,,The Chevy Mystery Show, Laramie, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Lassie, Petticoat Junction, and Mr. Ed among others.

Late in his career he played the part of Secretary Drake in the Rocky Jones Space ranger series which ran in the year of 1954.

Mr. Meredith was married three times, his last wife being Marjorie Muse and the marriage lasted from 1932 until his death. The couple had one child.

They had met during local stage productions and she had appeared in many plays directed by him.

Charles Meredith passed away in 1964

I enjoyed Mr. Meredith in the films The Lone Ranger, The Big Trees, Noose For A Gunman, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Illegal, Tokyo Joe, Along The Great Divide, Cattle Town and The Eternal Sea.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character               Character Star

Ron Perlman

                                           Beauty And The Beast (TV)/Vincent
                                           Missing In America/ Red
                                           Star Trek: Nemesis/ Viceroy
                                           Hell Boy/ Hell Boy

Ron Perlman is an American television, film and voice actor.

He was born Ronald N. Perlman at Washington Heights, NY. His father was a jazz drummer and a repairman and his mother was a municipal employee.

Perlman attended George Washington High School and later Lehman College in New York City.

Lehman College did not have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at that time. However after his father saw him in the college production of Guys And Dolls, he gave him permission to be an actor and then Perlman attended the University Of Minnesota whereby he graduated with a master's degree in theater in 1973.

Perlman started his career as a stage actor appearing in various productions. His film career started in 1981 in the film Quest For Fire.

His start in films was quite difficult with small parts and minor supporting roles. He had considered abandoning his career. His big breakthrough came when he played the role of Vincent in the TV series Beauty And The Beast.

Some of the film roles of Ron Perlman were:

Quest For Fire (1981) as Amoukar

The Ice Pirates (1984) as Zeno

The Name Of The Rose (1986) as Salvatore

A Stoning In Fulham County (1988-TV) as Jacob Shuler

Blind Man's Bluff (1992-TV) as Frank Cerrillo

Sleepwalkers (1992) as Captain Soames

The Adventures Of Huck Finn (1993) as Pap Finn

Cronos (1993) as Angel de la Guardia

Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) as Jack's Attorney

Arly Hanks (1993-TV) as Jim Bob Buchanan

The Cisco Kid (1994-TV) as Lt. Col. Delacroix

Double Exposure (1994) as John McClure

When The Bough Breaks (1994) as Dr. Douglas Eben

Police Academy: Mission To Moscow (1994) as Constantine Konali

Sensation (1994) as Detective Pantella

Original Sins (1995-TV) as Chas Bradley

The City Of Lost Children (1995) as One

Fluke (1995) as Sylvester

The Last Supper (1995) as Norman Arbothnot

Mr. Snitch (1995-TV) as Dr. Frederick Texarian

The Island Of Dr. Moreau (1996) as Sayer Of The Law

Prince Valiant (1997) as Boltar

Tinseltown (1997) as Cliff

Alien Resurrection (1997) as Johner

Betty (1997) as Donnie Shank

Frogs For Snakes (1998) as Gascone

The Protector (1998) as Dr. Ramsey Krago

A Town Has Turned To Dust (1998-TV) as Jerry Paul

I Woke Up Early The Day I Died (1998) as Cemetery Caretaker

Houdini (1998-TV) as Booking Agent

Happy, Texas (1999) as Marshal Nailhobber

Supreme Sanction (1999-TV) as The Director

Primal Force (1999-TV) as Frank Brodie

Operation Sandman (2000-TV) as Dr. Harlan Jessup

Price Of Glory (2000) as Nick Everson

The Trial Of Old Drum (2000-TV) as Charles Burden, Sr.

The King's Guard (2000) as Lord Morton

Stroke (2000) as Schumacher

Enemy At The Gates (2001) as Kouilkov

The Shaft (2001) as Mitchell

Night Class (2001) as Morgan

Blade II (2002) as Reinhardt

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) as Viceroy

Rats (2003) as Dr. William Winslow

Absolon ((2003) as Murchison

Boys On The Run (2003) as Captain

Hoodlum & Son (2003) as Ugly Jim McCrea

Hellboy (2004) as Hellboy

Quiet Kill (2004) as Deective. Sgt. Perry

The Second Front (2005) as General Von Binding

Missing In America (2005) as Red

Local Color (2006) as Curtis Sunday

Desperation (2006-TV) as Collie Entragian

How To Go Out On A Date In Queens (2006) as Vito

The Last Winter (2006) as Ed Pollack

5ive Girls (2006) as Father Drake

Afro Samurai (2007-TV Miniseries) as Justice

In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) as Norick

Uncross The Stars (2008) as Bobby

Hellboy II: The Golden Army ( 2008) as Hellboy

Outlander (2008) as Gunnar

Mutant Chronicles (2008) as Brother Samuel

I Sell The Dead (2008) as Father Duffy

The Devil's Tomb (2009) as Wesley

The Job (2009) as Jim

Dark Country (2009) as Deputy Thompson

Killer By Nature (2010) as Dr. Julian

Acts Of Violence (2010) as Priest Bill

Bunraku (2010) as Nicola

Season Of The Witch (2011) as Felson

Drive (2011) as Nino

Conan The Barbarian (2011) as Corin

3,2,1..... Frankie Go Boom (2012) as Phyllis

Bad Ass (2012) as Mayor Williams

Crave (2012) as Pete

Pacific Rim (2013) as Hannibal Chau

13 Sins (2014) as Detective Chilicoat

Before I Disappear (2014) as Bill

Kid Cannabis (2014) as Barry Lerner

Dermaphoria (2014) as Anslinger

Skin Trade (2014) as Viktor

Poker Night (2014) as Calabrese

Moonwalkers ((2015) as Kidman

Stonewall (2015-post production) as Ed Murphy

Mr. Perlman has been active on television appearing in such programs as Ryan's Hope, The Fall Guy, Our Family Honor, The Insiders, Miami Vice, The Legend Of Prince Valiant, Bonkers, Highlander, The Outer Limits (1998), Family Law, The Magnificent Seven, Charmed, Sons Of Anarchy and Hand Of God among others.

He has been a voice over artist for many animated TV series including Prince Valiant, Fantastic Four, Phantom, Mortal Kombat, Defenders Of The Realm, The New Batman Adventures, Superman (1997-1999), What's New Scooby Do?, Teen Titans, Justice League, Danny Phantom, The Batman , Chowder, New Teen Titans and Adventure Time among many others.

Perlman also starred on TV in the role of Vincent on The Beauty And The Beast TV series from 1987 to 1990 with his co star Linda Evans. He won a Golden Globe Award in 1989 for Best Actor In A Television Series.

He has been married from 1981 to Opal Stone and the couple have two children.

I enjoyed Mr. Perlman in The Beauty And The Beast TV series, as well as the films Prince Valiant, The Island Of Dr. Moreau, Sleepwalkers, Season Of The Witch, Star Trek-Nemeses and 3,2,1 Frankie Go Boom.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Characters Character Actors

Frank Kreig

War Of The Worlds/ Tower Ranger & Fiddler
7 Faces Of Dr. Lao/ Peter Ramsey
All Ashore/ Arthur Barnaby
The House On 42ND Street/ Travel Agent

Here is another Familiar Face. One who is seen in many small roles and many times not credited. And the question is always " I wonder who that is?"

The name that is applied to this face is Frank Kreig.

He was an American character actor whose career in films and TV ran from 1945 to 1967 with 77 credits in these two areas..

There is no information on his birth or death in either IMDB or Wikipedia but it is a certainty that the actor as passed on.

The film roles of Frank Krieg were:

The House On 92nd St. (1945) as Travel Agent

All My Sons (1948) as Foreman

No Minor Vices (1948) as Cab Driver

Thieves' Highway (1949) as Clerk

Love That Brute (1950) as Delivery Man

Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) as Cal

Dallas (1950) as Politician

Half Angel (1951) as Wedding Party Caterer

Love Nest (1951) as Rubbish Man

The Fabulous Senorita (1952) as Cab Driver

With A Song In My Heart (1952) as Waiter

The Sniper (1952) as Jailer

Paula (1952) as Cop

Clash By Night (1952) as Art The Projectionist

All Ashore (1953) as Arthur Barnaby

The Blue Gardenia (1953) as Drunken Reporter

Houdini (1953) as Stagehand

The War Of The Worlds (1953) as Ranger At Lookout Tower/ Fiddler Hawkins

Champ For A Day (1953) as Taxi Driver

So Big (1953) as Man At Auction

A Star Is Born (1954) as Man At Funeral

Daddy Long Legs (1955) as French Farmer

The Naked Street (1955) as Ollie

The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955) as Charlie, The Bartender

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) as Bar Patron

This Could Be The Night (1957) as Drunk

Man On Fire (1957) as Drunk At Party

Raintree County (1957) as Spectator

Jailhouse Rock (1957) as Drunk

Count Your Blessings (1959) as Tourist

These Thousand Hills (1959) as Fatty The Bartender

Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) as Party Guest

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) as 2nd Deputy

7 Faces Of Dr. Lao (1964) as Peter Ramsey

3 Nuts In Search Of A Bolt (1964) as Bartender

The Great Race (1965) as Starter

A Very Splendid Favor (1965) as Man With Cigar

Gunn (1967) as Barney

Another specialist in bit parts such as cabbies, bartenders and drunks. Well, somebody has to do these roles.

Most of the roles listed above for Mr.Krieg were not credited. But in today's world they would have been.

He also appeared on television in such programs as Fireside Theater, Racket Squad, Rebound, The Red Skelton Hour, Crown Theater With Gloria Swanson, The Lone Wolf, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Matinee Theater, A Man Called X, Lux Video Theater, Navy Log, Adventures Of Superman, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, Sugarfoot, Oh Susanna, Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Bachelor Father, World Of Giants, Wanted Dead or Alive, Lawman, Route 66, Stagecoach West, The Detectives, Ben Casey, Hazel, The Real McCoy's, Gunsmoke, The Man From UNCLE, Mission Impossible and Green Acres.

As mentioned before very little information is known for this actor except his credits and it is more than likly that he has passed on.

I did enjoy this actor in the films 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao, The War Of The Worlds, The House On 92nd Street , All Ashore and Gunn.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character                       Character Stars

Hugo Weaving

                                                    The Lord Of The Rings Films/ Elrod
The Matrix/ Agent Smith
V For Vendetta/ V
The Wolfman/ Aberline

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Blonde haired, sharp faced, ruthless looking, tall, slim Australian actor ( born in Nigeria) who, despite such distinctive looks has played an amazing variety of roles.

Hugo Wallace Weaving was born in 1960 at Austin Nigeria of English parents.whose father was a seismologist and mother was a teacher and tourguide.

The family spent time traveling between Britain, Nigeria and Australia due to his father's jobs.

While in England he attended the Downs School, Wraxall near Bristol and Queen Elizabeth's Hospital. After his family moved back to Australia he attended Knox Grammar School in Sydney. He graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1981.

During his three year stay in England he showed early promise in theater productions

Weaving's first major role was in 1984 in the Australian television series Bodyline . He also appeared in the Australian miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty in 1988 and the drama Barlow And Chambers: A Long Way From Home.

He also starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the 1989 TV Miniseries Bangkok Hilton.

Weaving won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor award for his role in the film Proof.

His film debut came in 1981 in the film Maybe This Time as a student.

Some of the film roles of Hugo Weaving were:

Maybe This Time (1981) as Student 2

Bodyline (1984-TV Miniseries) Douglas Jardine

For Love Alone (1986) as Jonathan Crow

The Right Hand Man (1987) as Ned Devine

A Log Way From Home: Dadah Is Death (1988-TV) as Geoffrey Chanbers

Bangkok Hilton (1989-TV Miniseries) as Richard Carlisle

...Almost (1990) as Zeke

Proof (1991) as Martin

Seven Deadly Sins (1993-TV Miniseries) as Lust

Reckless Kelly (1993) as Sir John

Frauds (1993) as Jonathan Wheats

The Custodian (1993) as Detective Church

The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (1994) as Tick Belrose/ Mitzi Del Bra

Exile (1994) as Innes

Bordertown (1995-TV Miniseries) as Kenneth Pearson

The Bite (1996-TV Miniseries) as Jack Shannon

True Love And Chaos (1997) as Morris

Frontier (1997-TV Miniseries) as Governor Arthur

Bedrooms And Hallways (1998) as Jeremy

The Interview (1998) as Eddie Rodney Fleming

The Matrix (1999) as Agent Smith

Strange Planet (1999) as Steven

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) as Rubicondo The Dentist

Russian Doll (2001) as Harvey

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) as Elrond

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Elrond

The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Agent Smith

After The Deluge (2003-TV) as Martin Kirby

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as Agent Smith

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) as Elrond

Peaches (2004) as Alan

Little Fish (2005) as Lionel

V For Vendetta (2005) as V

Transformers (2007) as Megatron (voice)

The Tender Hook (2008) as McHeath

Last Ride (2009)m as Kev

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009) as Megatron (voice)

The Wolfman (2010) as Aberline

Oranges And Sunshine (2010) as Jack

The Key Man (2011) as Vincent

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (2011) as Megatron (voice)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) as Jonathan Schmidt/ Red Skull

Cloud Atlas (2012) as Haskell Moore/ Tadeucz Kesselring/ Bill Smoke

The Hobbitt: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Elrond

Mystery Road (2013) as Johnno

The Turning (2013) as Bob Lang

The Mule (2014) as Detective Tom Croft

Healing (2014) as Matt Perry

The Hobbitt: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) as Elrond

Strangerland (2015) as Detective David Rae

The Dressmaker (2015) as Sergeant Farrat

Mr. Weaving appeared on television in such series as Great Performances, Naked:Stories Of Men, Halifax f. p. and Rake.

He has suffered from epilepsy since he was 13 years old. Though he had not had any seizures in years, he refuses to get a drivers liscense.

Weaving has lived with long time girlfriend Katrina Greenwood since 1984 . They live in Sydney and have had two children together.

Two of his sisters, Samara and Morgan, are actresses.

In 2004, Weaving has become an ambassador for Australian animal rights organization Voiceless, an animal protection institute. He attends events, promotes the organization in interviews and assists them in their judging of animal grant recipients.

I have enjoed Mr. Weaving in the Hobbitt and Lord Of The Rings films as well as The Wolfman, V For Vendetta and The Matrix.

Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character Character Actresses

Alice Krige

Sleepwalkers/ Mary Brady
Star Trek: First Contact/ Borg Queen
Silent Hill/ Christabella
Chariots Of Fire/ Sybil Gordon

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Light haired South African actress whose delicate features ( but incisive voice) have taken her all the way from the flirtatious actress of Chariots Of Fire to the Borg Queen in Star Trek First Contact. As if encouraged by success in horror, she has also attempted werecats and vampires.

Alice Krige was born at Upington, South Africa in 1954, the daughter of a physician and a psychologist.

She grew up in Port Elizabeth and attended Rhodes University in Grahamston, South Africa.

Ms. Krige planned to become a clinical psychologist but did not complete her studies.

She moved to London where she turned to acting after taking an acting class at Rhodes. She attended the Central School of Speech And Drama in London for three years.

Her television debut came in 1979 in a small role on British television and her film debut came in 1976 in the film Vergeet My Nie.

Some of the film roles of Alice Krige were:

Vergeet My Nie (1976) as Welma de Villiere

A Tale Of Two Cities (1980-TV) as Lucie Mariette

Chariots Of Fire (1981) asm Sybil Gordon

Ghost Story (1981) as Eva Galli/ Alma Mobley

Arms And The Man (1983-TV) as Raina

Ellis Island (1984-TV) as Bridget O'Donnell

King David (1985) as Bathsheba

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985-TV) as Baroness Lisi Kemeny

Dream West (1986-TV) as Jessie Benton Fremont

Second Serve (1986-TV) as Gwen

Barfly (1987) as Tully

Baja Oklahoma (1988) as Patsy Cline

Haunted Summer (1988) as Mary Wollstoncraft Godwin

See You In The Morning (1989) as Beth Goodwin

Max And Helen (1990-TV) as Helen Weiss

The Strauss Dynasty (1991-TV Miniseries) as Olga

Iran: Days Of Crisis ( 1991-TV) as Parveneth Limbert

Sleepwalkers (1992) as Mary Brady

Lady Killer (1992-TV) as May Packard

Spies, Inc. (1992) as Isabelle

Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993-TV) as Jean Syfert

Double Deception (1993-TV) as Pamela Sparrow

Jack Reed; Badge Of Honor (1993-TV) as Joan Anatole

The Scarlet And The Black (1993-TV Miniseries) as Madame de Renal

Sharpe's Honor (1994-TV) as La marquesa

Joseph In Egypt (1995-TV) as Rachel

Donor Unknown (1995-TV) as Alice Stillman

Devil's Advocate (1995-TV) as Allesandra Locatelli

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) as Borg Queen

Hidden In America (1996-TV) as Dee

Amanda (1996) as Audrey Farnsworth

Habitat (1997) as Clarissa Symes

Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs (1997) as Zephyr/Eccles

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997-TV) as Rebecca Daly

The Commissioner (1998) as Isabelle Morton

Close Relations (1998-TV Miniseries) as Louise

Deep In My Heart (1999-TV) as Annalisa Jurgenson

Molokai (1999) as Mother Marianne Cope

In The Company Of Spies (1999-TV) as Sarah Gold

The Little Vampire (200) as Freda Sackville-Bagg

The Calling (2000) as Elizabeth Plummer

Attila (2001-TV Miniseries) as Placida

Superstitious (2001) as Mirella Cenci

Falling (2001) as Monique

Dinotopia (2002-TV Miniseries) as Rosemary waldo

Reign Of Fire (2002) as Karen Abercromby

Children Of Dune (2003-TV Miniseries) as Lady Jessica Atreides

The Death And Life Of Nancy Eaton (2003-TV) as Snubby Eaton

The Mystery Of Natalie Wood (2004-TV) as Maria Gurdin

Shadow Of Fear (2004) as Margie Henderson

Dynasty: The Making Of A Guilty Pleasure (2005-TV) as Joan Collins

Stay Alive (2006) as The Author

Silent Hill (2006) as Christabella

Lonely Hearts (2006) as janet Long

The Line Of Beauty (2006-TV Miniseries) as Rachel Fadden

The Contact (2006) as Miles

Persuasion (2007-TV) as Lady Russell

Ten Inch Hero (2007) as Zo

Skin (2008) as Sannie Laing

The Betrayed (2008) as Falco

Solomon Kane (2009) as Katherine Crowthorn

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) as Morgana

Page Eight (2011-TV) as Emma Baron

Will (2011) as Sister Carmal

Jail Caesar (2012) as Pirate Captain

Thor: The Dark World (2013) as Eir

She won Best Supporting Actress Award at the Saturn Awards for her role as The Borg Queen in Star Trek - First Contact. She returned to that role on the TV series Star Trek Voyager and her science fiction career has expanded further on television with prominent roles in the miniseries adaptations of Dinotopia and Frank Herbert's Children Of Dune.

Ms. Krige has appeared on television in such series as BBC2 Playhouse, The Hidden Room, Beverly Hills 90210, Welcome To Paradox, Becker, Star Trek Voyager, Six Feet Under, Threat Matrix, Deadwood, Law & Order Criminal Intent, The 4400, Dirty Sexy Money, Midsummer Murders, Waking The Dead, MI-5, NCIS, The Syndicate, Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime and Tyrant.

In April 2004 Ms. Krige was awarded an honorary Litt.D degree from Rhodes University.

She has been married since 1988 to writer and director Paul Schoolman.

I enjoyed Ms. Krige in the films Sleepwalkers, Star Trek First Contact, Silent Hill, Chariots Of Fire, Ghost Story, Haunted Summer and Shadow Of Fear.

Louie The Movie Buff

Per

Leading Ladies           Vera Hruba Ralston

   The Fighting Kentuckian/ Fleurette de Marchand
   Fair Wind To Java/ Kim Kim
   Wyoming/ Karen Alderson
   Timberjack/ Lynne Tilton

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Fair haired (later dark) champion ice skater from Czechoslovakia, with very Slavic looks- thick lips and even thicker accent- who became an actress and might have done well in sinister roles had she not fallen under the influence of Republic chief Herbert J. Yates who was determined to groom her as a leading lady and eventually married her in 1952. Thus she was frequently miscast and the public never took to her.

She was born Vera Helena Hruba at Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1919., the daughter of a wealthy jeweler.

She was a figure skater and represented her country in various European skating championships, placing many times, but placed 7th in 1937 European Skating Championship.

Ms. Ralston emigrated to the United States in the early 1940's and became a naturalized citizen in 1946.

She moved to Hollywood and signed a contract with Republic Pictures in 1943. She usually played an immigrant girl because of her skills in English.

She was groomed by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates to become a leading lady. She starred in 26 films for that studio and retired from acting in 1958.

In 1952 she married Yates who was 40 years her senior. When he died in 1966 he left his eight million dollar estate to her.

Yates used his position to obtain roles for Ralston and was sued at one time by the studio stockholders for using company assets to promote his wife.

The film roles of Vera Ralston were:

The Lady And The Monster (1944) as Janice Farrell

Storm Over Lisbon (1944) as Maria Mazerek aka Maritza

Lake Placid Serenade (1944) as Maria Maischek

Dakota (1945) as Sandy Poli (Devlin)

Murder In The Music Hall (1946) as Lila Laughton

Plainsman And The Lady (1946) as Ann Arneson

Wyoming (1947) as Karen Alderson

The Flame (1947) as Carlotta Duval

A Week In The Quiet House (1947) as Sieglova

I, Jane Doe (1949) as Annette Dubois/Jane Doe

Angel On The Amazon (1948) as Christine Ridgeway

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) as Fleurette De Marchand

Surrender (1950) as Violet Barton

Belle Le Grande (1951) as Daisy Henshaw/ Belle Le Grande

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) as Lt. Helen Landers

Hoodlum Empire (1952) as Marte Dufour

A Perilous Journey (1953) as Frances Landreau

Fair Wind To Java (1953) as Kim Kim

Jubilee Trail (1954) as Florinda Grove aka Julie Latour

Timberjack (1955) as Lynne Tilton

Accused Of Murder (1956)n as Ilona Vance

Spoilers Of The Forest (1957) as Joan Milna

Gunfire At Indian Gap (1957) as Cheel Palmer

The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) as Angela Monks

The Man Who Died Twice (1958) as Lynn Brennon

Ms. Ralston made no appearances on television.

Her first husband was Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates. The marriage lasted from 1952 until his death in1966.

She married a second time to Charles de Alva and the marriage lasted from 1973 until her death.

Her brother was Rudy Ralston who became a film producer in the United States.

The Ralston name came from a popular cereal company.

Vera Ralston passed away in 2003 at age 83 from cancer.

I enjoyed Ms. Ralston in the films Fair Wind To Java, The Fighting Kentuckian, Jubilee Trail, Dakota, Wyoming and Timberjack.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men                      Jim Davis


                                           Dallas (TV)/ Jock Ewing
                                           Alias Jesse James/ Frank James
                                           Jubilee Trail/ Silky
                                           The Caribou Trail/ Miller.

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Husky, slow speaking, black haired, diffident looking six footer was unsuccessful in a role opposite Bette Davis early in his career and was thereafter confined to leading roles in "B" westerns and supporting parts in bigger features. Middle age seemed to suit him, and he gave some good performances in the 1970's. Later still he became familiar to TV audiences as Jock Ewing of the soap opera Dallas.

He was born Marlin Davis in 1909 at Edgerton, Missouri.

Davis attended Baptist-affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.

After becoming an actor he changed his name to James Davis and later on he shortened it to Jim Davis.

His first major role was in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting opposite Bette Davis. The film was a failure and the critics claimed that he was too inexperienced to properly play the part. Afterwards his leading roles were basically in "B" westerns and other "B" movies.

His biggest claim to fame was in the role of Jock Ewing in the TV prime time soap opera Dallas in which he appeared from 1978 to 1981.

Some of the film roles of Jim Davis were:

Cairo (1942) as Sergeant

Northwest Rangers (1942) as Mountie

White Cargo (1942) as Seaplane Pilot

Pilot #5 (1943) as Military Policeman

Salute To The Marines (1943) as Private Saunders

What Next, Corporal Hargrove ? (1945) as Sgt. Hill

Gallant Bess (1946) as Harry

The Beginning Of The End (1947) as Pilot At Tinian

The Romance Of Rosy Ridge (1947) as Badge Desserk

The Fabulous Texas (1947) as Sam Bass

Winter Meeting (1948) as Slick Novak

Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949) as Dave Ryder

Hellfire (1949) as Gyp Stoner

Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949) as Joe

Brimstone (1949) as Nick

The Savage Horde (1950) as Lt. Mike Baker

Hi-Jacked (1950) as Joe Harper

The Caribou Trail (1950) as Miller

The Showdown (1950) as Cochran

California Passage (1950) as Lincoln Corey

Three Desperate Men (1951) as Fred Denton

Oh! Susanna (1951) as Ira Jordan

Cavalry Scout (1951) as Lt. Spaulding

Little Big Horn (1951) as Cpl. Dean Moylan

Silver Canyon (1951) as Wade McQuarrie

The Sea Hornet (1951) as Tony Sullivan

Rose Of Cimarron (1952) as Willie Whitewater

The Big Sky (1952) as Streak

Woman Of The North Country (1952) as Steve Powell

Ride The Man Down (1952) as Red Courteen

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) as Cole Younger

The President's Lady (1953) as Jason Robards

Jubilee Trail (1954) as Silky

The Big Chase (1954) as Brad Bellows

The Outcast (1954) as Major Lincoln Cosgrave

Outlaw's Daughter (1954) as Marshal Dan Porter

Hell's Outpost (1954) as Sam Horne

Timberjack (1955) as Poole

The Last Command (1955) as Ben Evans

Last Of The Desperados (1955) as Chief Deputy John Poe

The Vanishing American (1955) as Glendon

The Bottom Of The Bottle (1955) as George Cady

The Wild Dakotas (1956) as Aaron Baring

Women Without Men (1956) as Nick Randall

Blonde Bait (1956) as Nick Randall

The Maverick Queen (1956) as The Stranger

Frontier Gambler (1956) as Tony Burton

The Quiet Gun (1957) as Ralph Carpenter

Duel At Apache Wells (1957) as Dean Cannary

The Badge Of Marshal Brennan ( 1957) as Jeff Hardin/ The Stranger

The Restless Breed (1957) as Newton

Monster From Green Hell (1957) as Dr. Quint Brady

Apache Warrior (1957) as Ben Ziegler

The Last Stagecoach West (1957) as Bill Cameron

Raiders Of Old California (1957) as Captain Angus Clyde McKane

The Toughest Gun In Tombstone (1958) as Johnny Ringo

Wolf Dog (1958) as Jim Hughes

Flaming Frontier (1958) as Col. Hugh Carver

A Lust To Kill (1958) as Marshal Matt Gordon

Alias Jesse James (1959) as Frank James

Noose For A Gunman (1960) as Case Britton

Frontier Uprising (1961) as Jim Stockton

The Gambler Wore A Gun (1961) as case Silverthorne

Iron Angel (1964) as Sgt. Walsh

Zebra In The Kitchen (1965) as Adam Carlyle

Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) as Marshal MacPhee

El Dorado (1966) as Jim Purvis

Fort Utah (1967) as Scarecrow

The Road Hustlers (1968) as Noah Reedy

They Ran For Their Lives (1968) as Vince Ballard

The Ice House (1969) as Jake

Five Bloody Graves (1969) as Clay Bates

Monte Walsh (1970) as Cal Brennan

Rio Lobo (1970) as Riley

Big Jake (1971) as Head Of Lynching Party

Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971) as Police Sgt. Martin

The Trackers (1971-TV) as Sheriff Naylor

The Honkers (1972) as Sheriff Potter

Bad Company (19720 as Marshal

One Little Indian (1973) as Trail Boss

Deliver Us From Evil (1973-TV) as Dixie

The Parallax View (1974) as George Hammond

Inferno In Paradise (1974) as Rocky Stratton

Satan's Triangle (1975-TV) as Hal Bancroft

The Runaway Barge (1975) as Captain Buckshot Bates

Law Of The Land (1976-TV) as Sheriff Lambrose

The Legend of Frank Woods (1977) as Deputy

Enigma (1977-TV) as Colonel Valentine

Just A Little Inconvenience (1977-TV) as Dave Erickson

Trail Of Danger (1978) as Pop

Killing Stone (1978) as Senator Barry Tyler

Comes A Horseman (1978) as Julie Blocker

The Day Time Ended (1979) as Grant

Don't Look Back: The Story Of Leroy "Satchel" page (1981) as Mr. Wilkerson

In addition to the Dallas TV series, Jim Davis also appeared on television in such programs as Dangerous Assignment, Gang Busters, The Unexpected, Cowboy G-Men, Fireside Theater, Stories Of The Century, The O. Henry Playhouse, The Millionaire, The Silent Service, M Squad, 26 Men, Rescue 8, The Tall Man, General Electric Theater, The Deputy, Coronado 9, Outlaws, Whispering Smith, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Lassie, Have Gun Will Travel, The Donna Reed Show, Alcoa Premiere, Laramie, Wagon Train, Perry Mason, The Lucy Show, Laredo, Rawhide, Branded, The Time Tunnel, Hondo, Cimarron Strip, Bonanza, Death Valley Days, Daniel Boone, The High Chaparral, The Virginian, Night Gallery, The FBI, Cannon, The Sixth Sense, Kung Fu, Gunsmoke, The Streets Of San Francisco, The Cowboys, The Quest, Hunter, Project U F O and Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color among others.

Mr. Davis appeared eleven times on Gunsmoke, four times each on Daniel Boone, Wagon Train and Laramie.

He also appeared twice in the Perry Mason series. The first time he appeared in the episode entitled The Case Of The Fickle Filly as George Tabor in season six and again in season eight in the episode entitled The Case Of A Place Called Midnight as murder victim Joe Farrell.

In 1974 he starred in the short lived TV series The Cowboys as Marshal Bill Winter.

Davis was married to Blanche Hammerer from 1947 until his death.

Jim Davis passed away in 1981 at age 71 from cancer.

I enjoyed Mr. Davis in the films The Fabulous Texan, California Passage, Ride The Man, The Big Sky, Jubilee Trail, The Wild Dakotas, The Last Command, Alias Jesse James, Monte Walsh, The Parallax View, Rio Lobo, Noose For A Gunman and as Jock Ewing in Dallas.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                     Yancy Butler

                                               Drop Zone/ Jessica Crossman
                                               Lake Placid (TV)/ Reba
     Kick Ass/ Angie D'Amico
   Lake Placid Vs Anaconda

Yancy Butler is an American actress of films and television.

She was born at New York City in 1970. She is the daughter of Joe Butler, the drummer for the rock group The Lovin' Spoonfull and Leslie Vega, a theater company manager.

Ms. Butler made her film debut at age 7. She then went on to study at New York's H B Studios. She alternated dance studies with ballet receiving a liberal arts degree in 1991 from Sarah Lawrence College.

Her first major role was in the television series Mann & Machine in 1992. Her first starring film role was in 1993 in the film Hard Target.

Some of the film roles of Yancy Butler were:

Savage Weekend (1979) as Little Girl

The Hit List (1993) as Jordan Manning

Hard Target (1993) as Natasha Binder

Drop Zone (1994) as Jessica Crossman

Let It Be Me (1995) as Corinne

Fast Money (1996) as Francesca Marsh

The Ex (1997) as Diedre Kenyon

Ravenger (1997) as Avedon Hammond

Annie's Garden (1997) as Lisa Miller

The Treat 1998) as Wendy

The Witness Files (1999) as Sandy Dickinson

The New Adventures Of Spin And Marty: Suspect Behavior (2000-TV) as Veronica Hulka

Witchblade (2000-TV) as Detective Sara "Pez" Pezzini

Thin Air (2000-TV) as Lisa St. Clair

Doomsday Man (2000) as Kate

The Last Letter (2004) as Ms. Toney/Alicia Cromwell

Double Cross (2006-TV) as Kathy Swanson

Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006-TV) as Hannah

Striking Range (2006) as Emily Johanson

Vote And Die: Liszt For President (2008) as Ann bakley

Wolvesbayne (2009-TV) as Lilith

Kick-Ass (2010) as Angie D'Amico

Lake Placid 3 (2010-TV) as Reba

Rage Of The Yeti (2011-TV) as Villers

Shark Week (2012) as Elena

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012-TV) as Reba

Hansel & Gretel get baked (2013) as Officer Hart

Kick-Ass 2 (2013) as Mrs. D'Amico

Lake Placid Vs. Anaconda (2015) as Reba

As you can tell from the above filmography, Ms. Butler tends to be associated with action type films.

Ms. Butler starred on the TV series Mann And Machine (1992) as Sgt. Eve Edison.

She has also appeared on such other TV programs as Law & Order, Grapevine, South Beach (Kate Patrick), NYPD Blue, Perversions Of Science, Brooklyn South ( Detective Anne Marie Kersey), The Wild Thornberries, Third Watch, Witchblade (Detective Pez Pezzini), The Lyon's Den, As The World Turns (Ava Jenkins) and The Mentalist.

Her fans usually call her "YB".

I have enjoyed this actrress in the films Lake Placid 3, Lake Placid Vs Anaconda, Drop Zone, Witchblade and Lake Placid: The Final Chapter.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

John Doucette

Rancho Notorious/ Whitey
Patton/ General Truscott
War Paint/ Trooper Charnofsky
The Sons Of Katie Elder/ Hyselman

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Saturnine American supporting actor of receding dark hair and sour and shifty features.

John Doucette was born in 1921 at Brockton, MA.

Per IMDB he was a stocky, balding character actor with a deep rich voice, equally adept as western bad guys and Shakespeare.

He began his career in minor roles, primarily as gangland henchmen and progressed to become widely familiar in a variety of dramas and occasional comedies. Although a stalwart and reliable supporting player he was not of a type to essay leading roles, but remained a well respected actor , whose face, if not name is familiar to a generation of film and television viewers.

His film career began in 1941 in the film Footsteps In The Dark.

Mr. Doucette was also a stalwart in the western genre in both films and television.

He was considered one of Hollywood's top supporting actors.

Some of the films of John Doucette were:

Footsteps In The Dark (1941) as A Reporter

Two Tickets To London (1943) as Larsen

The Burning Cross (1947) as Toby Mason

The Foxes Of Harrow (1947) as Crew Member

Ride The Pink Horse (1947) as Thug

Road To The Big House (1947) as Danny

I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes (1948) as Prisoner

Train To Alcatraz (1948) as McHenry

Canon City (1948) as George Bauer

Station West (1948) as Bartender

In This Corner (1948) as Dunkie

The Fighting O'Flynn (1949) as Jack

Criss Cross (1949) as Walt

Outpost In Morocco (1949) as Card Playing Soldier

The Crooked Way (1949) as Sgt. Barrett

Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949) as Ivan

Batman And Robin (1949-Serial) as Henchman

The Fountainhead (1949) as Gus Webb

Reign Of Terror (1949) as Pierre Blanchard

Bandits Of El Dorado (1949) as Henchman Tucker

The Pilgrimage Play (1949) as Lord Zaduk

Singing Guns (1950) as Miner

The Vicious Years ( 1950) as Giorgio

Johnny One Eye (1950) as Police Detective

Customs Agent (1950) as Hank

Return Of The Frontiersman (1950) as Evans

Sierra (1950) as Jed Coulter

The Iroquois Trail (1950) as Sam Girty

Winchester 73 (1950) as Roan Daley

Broken Arrow (1950) as Mule Driver

Convicted (1950) as Convict Tex

Border Treasure 1950) as Bat

The Breaking Point (1950) as Gotcha Goten

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) as Larry

Up Front (1951) as Walsh

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) as Muscleman

Thunder In God's Country (1951) as Breedon

Only The Valiant (1951) as Sergeant

Tales Of Robin Hood (1951) as Wilfred

Cavalry Scout (1951) as Varney

The Texas Rangers (1951) as Butch Cassidy

Strangers On A Train (1951) as Detective Hammond

Yukon Manhunt (1951) as Charles Benson

Corky Of Gasoline Alley (1951) as Rocky

The Lady Pays Off (1951) as Cab Driver

Fixed Bayonets (1951) as Colonel -18th Infantry

Phone Call From A Stranger (1952) as Arthur

The Treasure Of Lost Canyon (1952) as Gyppo

Rancho Notorious (1952) as Whitey

Bugles In The Afternoon (1952) as Bill

Deadline-USA (1952) as Hal

Carbine Williams (1952) as Garvey

The Pride Of St. Louis (1952) as Benny

The San Francisco Story (1952) as Slade

Desert Pursuit (1952) as Kafan

High Noon (1952) as Trumbull

Toughest Man In Arizona (1952) as Sgt. Wayne

Woman In The Dark (1952) as Dutch Bender

The Silver Whip (1953) as Josh

Perils Of The Jungle (1953) as Gorman

Ambush At Tomahawk Gap (1953) as Bartender Burt

Julius Caesar (1953) as Carpenter- Citizen Of Rome

Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953) as Bailey

War Paint (1953) as Trooper Charnofsky

City Of Bad Men (1953) as Cinch

The Robe (1953) as Ship's Mate

The Big Heat (1953) as Mark Reiner

All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953) as George

Flight To Tangier (1953) as Tirera

The Wild One (1953) as Sage Valley Race Official

Beachhead (1954) as Major Scott

Executive Suite (1954) as Detective

The Forty-Niners (1954) as Ernie Walker

Return From The Sea (1954) as Jimmy The Cab Driver

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) as Campbell

Cry Vengeance (1954) as Red Miller

Destry (1954) as Cowhand

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) as Stage Manager

New York Confidential (1955) as Shorty

An Annapolis Story ( 1955) as The Boxing Coach

The Sea Chase (1955) as Bos'n

House Of Bamboo (1955) as Skipper

Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) as Juan Coronel

Red Sundown (1956) as Billy, Wagon Guard

Ghost Town (1956) as Doc Clawson

Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) as Sgt. Calvin

The Maverick Queen (1956) as Loudmouth

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Ben Buddy

Dakota Incident (1956) as Rick Largo

Thunder Over Arizona (1956) as Deputy Rand

The Burning Hills (1956) as Bartender

The True Story Of Jesse James (1957) as Sheriff Hillstrom

Last Of The Badmen (1957) as Johnson

The Big Land (1957) as Hagan - Livery Stableman

The Phantom Stagecoach (1957) as Harry Farrow

The Lawless Eighties (1957) as Art "Pig" Corbin

The Lonely Man (1957) as Sundown Whipple

The Crooked Circle (1957) as Larry Ellis

Bombers B-52 (1957) as Neilson

Sabu And The Magic Ring (1957) as Kimal

Kiss Them For Me (1957) as Shore Patrol Lieutenant

Peyton Place (1957) as Army Sergeant

Gunfire At Indian Gap (1957) as Loder

The Sword (1957-TV) as Bouclet

Too Much, Too Soon (1958) as Crowley

Gang War (1958) as Maxie Meadows

The Hunters (1958) as Chief Master Sergeant

Here Come The Jets (1959) as Randall

Cleopatra (1963) as Achilles

7 Faces Of Dr. Lao (1964) as Lucas

The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) as Hyselman

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) as Mr. Belden

Nevada Smith (1966) as Uncle Ben McCanles

Winchester 73 (1967-TV) as Jake Starrett

The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) as Max

Journey To Shiloh (1968) as General Bragg

True Grit (1969) as Sheriff

Patton (1970) as General Lucian Truscott

Confessions Of A Top Crime Buster (1971-TV) as Capt. Aaron Williams

One More Train To Rob (1971) as Sheriff Monte

Big Jake (1971) as Buck Duggan

One Little Indian (1973) as Sgt. Waller

Panache (1976-TV) as Treville

Fighting Mad (1976) as Jeff Hunter

Charge Of The Model T's (1977) as Capt. Mundy

Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978-TV) as George Donner

The Time Machine (1978-TV) as Sheriff Finley

Every Girl Should Have One (1978) as Policeman

How The West Was Won (1979-TV Miniseries) as Sheriff Boland

Heart Of Steel (1983-TV) as Clifford

Off The Mark (1987) as Jennell's Man

Mr. Doucette was very active on television appearing in such programs as Dick Tracy, Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok, The Roy Rogers Show,City Detective, The Lone Wolf, Public Defender, Annie Oakley, The Whistler, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, Racket Squad, Dangerous Assignment, Sky Ling, The Unexpected, The Adventures Of Superman, The Range Rider, Family Theater, The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures Of Kit Carson, The Cisco Kid, Waterfront, Mr & Mrs. North, The Lone Ranger, Four Star Playhouse, Steve Donovan Western Marshal, My Friend Flicka, Big Town, Science Fiction Theater, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Ethel Barrymore Theater, Soldiers Of Fortune, Studio 57, The Sheriff Of Cochise, Panic!, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Gunsmoke, The O. Henry Playhouse, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, The Californians, Cheyenne, Mackenzie's Raiders, Zorro, M Squad, The Thin Man, Navy Log, Broken Arrow, Sea Hunt, Goodyear Theater, The Rough Riders, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Have Gun Will Travel, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, Lawman, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Colt 45, The Texan, Union Pacific, Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Lock Up, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Laramie, The Dick Powell Theater, The Fugitive, Rawhide, Wagon Train, The Time Tunnel, The Rat Patrol, The Wild Wild West, Hogan's Heroes, Tarzan, Judd For The Defense, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Get Smart, The Virginian, The Partners, Kung Fu, Ironside, Mannix, Harry O, Kolchak The Night Stalker, and Lucas Tanner among many others.

Doucette has also distinguished himself as a drama teacher at the University Of Portland Oregon.

He was presented Lecturer Of Communications Arts and Loyola And Professional Instructor in Theater Arts for the California Educational Development Corporation at Palo Alto.

John Doucette passed away in 1994 from cancer.

Doucette was married ( his wife passed away before him) and was survived by five daughters, three sons, sixteen grandchildren and three great grand children.

His name, career and filmography has been coming out in more books on film and television. Previously it was hard to find out anything about this fine actor who was not only a great professional but a great family man as well.

I enjoyed Mr. Doucette in the films True Grit, The Sons Of Katie Elder, Nevada Smith, One Little Indian, Fixed Bayonets, Rancho Notorious, Patton, The Lonely Man, Cry Vengeance, Big Jake ,One More Train To Rob Sierra, War Paint and Heart Of Steel.

Louie The Movie Buff

CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA 1940

Charlie Chan In Panama was the fifth Chan movie that Sidney Toler made for 20th Century Fox.

It was a mystery film with the normal humor provided by Charlie's son Jimmy Chan, an aspiring detective.

It is an unaccredited remake of Jacques Deval's novel entitled Marie Galante which was a Fox film produced in 1934.

The film was directed by Norman Foster and produced by Sol Wurtzel.

The cast included:

Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan

Jean Rogers as Kathi Lenesh

Lionel Atwill as Clivedon Compton

Mary Nash as Miss Jennie Finch

Kane Richmond as Richard Cabot

Chris-Pin Martin as Sgt. Montero

Lionel Royce as Dr. Rudolph Grosser

Frank Puglia as Achmed Halide

Don Douglas as Captain Lewis

Jack La Rue as Emile Manolo

Addison Richards as R. J. Godley

Edwin Stanley as Governor Webster

The plot involves a spy plot to destroy the Panama Canal and trapping with the destruction the U. S. Fleet on way to maneuvers in the Pacific.

It seems with this activity Panama City becomes rife with all kind of spies which includes among the suspects novelist Clivedon Compton, school teacher Miss Jennie Finch, scientist Dr. Rudolph Grosser, lounge owner Manolo, singer Kathi Lenesh, cigarette salesman Achmed Halide and government engineer RichardCabot.

The main spy is a person known as Reiner. It is not known at the time whether this person is male or female.

However agent Godley knows the real identity of Reiner and when he goes to disclose this fact to Charlie Chan he falls dead from a poisoned cigarette leaving Chan to expose this crafty villain.

Other suspects are murdered namely Compton and then Manolo.

With the help of the governor, Chan sequesters the remaining suspects at the Panama Canal's locks plant and it is at that time the real Reiner is exposed being the matronly teacher Miss Finch.

Thus another case is solved by the great Oriental detective Charlie Chan.

The IMDB rates this one a 7.8 out of 10 and is one of the best if not the best of the Toler's Fox entries in this series.

There is mystery and intrigue as well as the additional humor provided by Charlie's son Jimmy.

All of the actors are good and are known actors from that time period.

Lionel Atwill, who often plays in horror movies and as villains is a good red herring in this film. But he is not the villain this time as he often is.

Toler, as usual, gives a fine performance and is in his prime in this film as the great Oriental detective.

I have always loved the Chan films all the way from Warner Oland to Roland Winters. All are good, especially Warner Oland, but Toler to me is my favorite. He, like Oland, tended to have oriental features ( though he was of Scottish ancestry) and needed little makeup.

This film is available on DVD for you collectors and is a good choice for a mystery-detective library and a great entry in the Charlie Chan series.

Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character Actresses

Dorothy Green

   The Big Heat/ Lucy Chapman
   Palm Springs Weekend/ Cora Dixon
   Tammy & The Millionaire/ Lavinia Tata
   The Young & The Restless (TV)/ Jennifer Elizabeth Brooks

Dorothy Green was an American actress of films and television.

She was born Dorothy Jeannette Hufford in 1920 at Los Angeles CA..

Her career in films and television ran from 1952 until 1997 with 117 credits for both of these media.

Ms. Green began her career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse before she moved into films and television.

She is best known for her role of Jennifer Brooks in the popular daytime soap opera The Young And The Restless (1973) as well as her role of Lucy Chapman in the film The Big Heat. This was the film she made her movie debut in.

Some of the film roles of Dorothy Green were:

The Big Heat (1953) as Lucy Chapman

Bad For Each Other (1953) as Ada Nicoletti

Them! (1954) as Matron

Trial (1955) as Mrs. Mary Ackerman

Alarm (1956-TV) as Sheila Collins

No Time To Be Young (1957) as Mrs. Doris Dexter

The Helen Morgan Story (1957) as Mrs. Wade

The Restless Years (1958) as Laura Fisher

Face Of A Fugitive ( 1959) as Ellen Bailey

Man Trap (1961) as Vera Snavley

It Happened At The World's Fair ( 1963) as Miss Ettinger

Critic's Choice (1963) as Mrs. Margaret Champlain

Palm Springs Weekend (1963) as Cora Dixon

Zebra In The Kitchen (1965) as Anne Carlyle

Tammy And The Millionaire (1967) as Lavinia Tate

Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came? 1970) as Mrs. Kraft

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-TV) as Mrs. McKay

Help Me - I'm Possessed (1976) as Edith The Castle Dweller

Ms. Green was very active on television appearing in such programs as The Jack Benny Program, Hopalong Cassidy, Mayor Of The Town, Mr & Mrs. North, The Mickey Rooney Show, Adventures Of The Falcon, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, City Detective, The Whistler, Treasury Men In Action, Fireside Theater, Matinee Theater, Four Star Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, State Trooper, Whirlybirds, Studio One In Hollywood, Mike Hammer, Navy Log, Studio 57, The Californians, The Line Up, Casey Jones, The Real McCoys, Sugarfoot, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Panic!, Suspicion, The Lorette Young Show, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Markham, Coronado 9, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, 77 Sunset Strip, Cheyenne, Laramie, Perry Mason, General Electric Theater, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Hawaiian Eye, Checkmate, Alcoa Premiere, Kraft Mystery Theater, Arrest And Trial, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Baileys Of Balboa, The Munsters, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater, Pistols N Petticoats, The Virginian, The FBI, Mannix, Daniel Boone, Nancy, Ironside, My Three Sons, Hawaii Five-O, Adam 12, O'Hara U S Treasury, Marcus Welby MD, Emergency, The Love Boat, Fish, Hello Larry and Benson among others.

She starred as Jennifer Elizabeth Brooks for the 1976 season of The Young And The Restless.

Ms. Green was married twice. She was first married to Dr. Sidney Green from 1941 until 1964 until his death. The couple had three children.

Her second husband was Sidney Miller and the marriage lasted from 1967 to 1984 until the couple divorced.

Dorothy Green passed away in May of 2008 of natural causes at age 88.

I enjoyed Ms. Green in the films The Big Heat, Face Of A Fugitive, The Restless Years, Tammy And The Millionaire, Critic's Choice and Palm Springs Weekend.

Louis The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Gilbert Green

Homicidal/ Lt. Miller
Norma Rae/ Al Landon
Executive Action/ Paulitz
Experiment In Terror/ Special Agent

Gilbert Green was an American character actor in both films and television but mainly in the latter.

He was born Gilbert Stanley Green in 1914 at Brooklyn, NY.

His careen in films and television lasted from 1951 until 1982 with 72 credits for these two media according to IMDB.

He looked similar to actor John Emery with a voice that was similar as well.

Some of the film roles of Gilbert Green were:

Homicidal (1961) as Lt. Miller

By Love Possessed (1961) as Mr. Woolf

Experiment In Terror (1962) as Special Agent

Pressure Point (1962) As Jewish Father

Dark Intruder (1965) as Harvey Misbach

Don't Make Waves (1967) as Newspaperman

Halls Of Anger (1970) as Dr. Cargyll

The Man (1972) as Congressman Hand

Honor Thy Father (1973-TV) as Gaspar di Grigorio

Executive Action (1973) as Paulitz

Norma Rae (1979) as Al Landon

Forty Days Of Musa Dagh (1982) as Dr. Johannes Lepsius

Mr. Green was very active on television appearing in such programs as Crime Photographer, Treasury Men In Action, Deadline, Naked City, The Detectives, Michael Shayne, The New Breed, Gunsmoke, The Beachcomber, Empire, The Eleventh Hour, The Untouchables, Dr. Kildare, The Lieutenant, The Farmer's Daughter, Breaking Point, Arrest And Trial, Mr. Novak, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Rogues, Rawhide, Kentucky Jones, The Munsters, Bewitched, Perry Mason, Please Don't Eat The Daisies, Bonanza, Hogan's Heroes, McHales Navy, Blue Light, My Favorite Martian, Peyton Place, Get Smart, The Virginian, Death Valley Days, The Rat Patrol, Star Trek, Judd For The Defense, The Big Valley, Mannix, Medical Center, The Psychiatrist, The Interns, The FBI, The Partners, Monty Nash, Ironside, Starsky And Hutch, The Rookies, Police Woman, Barney Miller, McCloud, Baretta, The Streets Of San Francisco, Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Quincy ME and Magnum P I.

He appeared four times on the Perry Mason Show, three times on The Rockford Files, four times on The Virginian and five times on Death Valley Days.

Gilbert Green passed away in April of 1984.

I enjoyed Mr. Green in the films Homicidal, Executive Action, Norma Rae and Experiment In Terror as well as his many appearances on television.

Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character           Character Actresses

Ilka Windish

                                          Taras Bulba/ Sofia Bulba
                                          The Magic Face/ Carla Harbach
                                          Boris Karloff's Thriller(TV)/Dark Legacy/ Monika Aspiros
                                          The Scorpio Letters (TV)/ Miss Gunther

Ilka Windish was an Austrian character actress who appeared in films and television.

She was born in 1925 at Vienna, Austria.

Her original name was Gerta Maria Theresa Honka Katarina Windish

When she was 12 years old the German invaded Austria. She was studying to become an actress when Hitler decided that his troops on the Russian front need the sound of Viennese laughter at the front. She was send to the Leningrad sector along with 23 other students. Miss Windish said that this action was like a conscription and they could be shot as deserters if they tried to get away. The group performed for six months and Ms. Windish said that she died a little after the mixture of applause and booming guns.

After this period she was returned to Vienna where she won a contract with the Vieniese Film Company and starred in eight films but with the turn of tide with the Germans the film company was torn down and converted into a factory where all employees were put to work making uniforms and other war apparel.

With the end of the war the Russians came to Vienna. The film company was reestablished but all personnel were under contract with the government.

She then met an American war correspondent named Joseph Israels and they were married in 1946. With this event she moved to New York with her husband, studied English and upon a recommendation from her husband she returned to acting.

Ms. Windish appeared in the play Chamelon and appeared on the Hollywood Screen Test Show. She and her husband then returned to Vienna where she appeared in several Austrian films. The couple then returned to New York and unfortunately her husband died.

Becoming a fashion model, this led to television acting again .and to a performance on Studio One. The producer was Felix Jackson and they soon married.

Most of Ms. Windish's career here in America was on television.

However, the film roles of Ilka Windish were:

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) as Bit Part

The Magic Face (1951) as Carla Harbach

Voices Of Spring (1952) as Mannequin

Knall Und Fall als Hochstapler (1952) as Irene Dahlen

No Time For Flowers (1952) as Woman Drunk

Brutality (1953) as Elizabeth Karoly

Taras Bulba (1962) as Sofia Bulba

The Scorpio Letter (1967-TV) as Miss Gunther

The Smugglers (1968-TV) as Anna

Vanished (1971-TV) as Hester Portinari

All My Darling Daughters (1972-TV) as Mrs. Stephanelli.

Ms. Windish also appeared on television in such programs as Studio One In Hollywood, The Third Man, Playhouse 90, The Untouchables, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Follow The Sun, Target: The Corruptors, Checkmate, Empire, Bonanza, Many Happy Returns, Kraft Suspense Theater, Gunsmoke, It Takes A Thief and The Bold Ones-The New Doctors.

Ms.Windish was married twice. Her first husband was war correspondant Joseph Israels and the marriage lasted from 1946 until his death. Her second husband was producer Felix Jackson and she was married to him from 1955 until his death in 1992. This couple had one child.

Her last performance in films and television was in 1972 as shown by IMDB.

I enjoyed Ms. Windish is the films Taras Bulba, The Magic Face, Voices of Spring and on the Boris Karloff's Thriller TV series episode entitled Dark Legacy.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character               Character Actors

Harry Townes

                                            Heaven With A Gun/ Gus Sampson
                                            The Hawaiians/ Houghton
                                            Strategy Of Terror/ Richard
                                            Boris Karloff's Thriller (TV) Episode - Dark Legacy/ Mario

Harry Townes was a prolific American character in both films and television, but his main work was done in the television genre.

He was born Harry Rhett Townes at Huntsville, AL in 1914.

Townes was a graduate of the University Of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He developed his acting skills by participation with the university drama club.

Prior to World War Two, Mr. Townes performed in several New York and Broadway stage productions as well as in summer stock.

He left the stage to enlist in the U. S. Army Air Corps during the war. After being discharged in 1946 he returned to the stage and then left to perform in Hollywood.

Though he made several films, he was basically a television actor and was a very familiar face on in that medium during the 1950's and 1960's.

The film roles of Harry Townes were:

Operation Manhunt (1954) as Igor Gouzenko

The Mountain (1956) as Joseph

The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Ippoli Kirilov

Screaming Mimi (1958) as Dr. Greenwood/ Bill Green

Cry Tough (1959) as Carlos Mendoza

The Great Impostor (1961) as Ben Stone

Sanctuary (1961) as Iva Bobbitt

The Fugitive (1963-TV) as Sgt. Burden

Fitzwily (1967) as Mr. Nowell

Elizabeth The Queen (1968-TV) as Sir. Robert Cecil

In Enemy Country (1968) as General Marchois

Strategy Of Terror (1969) as Richard

Heaven With A Gun (1969) as Gus Sampson

The Andersonville Trial (1970-TV) as Colonel Chandler

The Hawaiians (1970) as Houghton

They Call It Murder (1971-TV) as Dr. Garrett

Santee (1973) as Sheriff Carter

The First Woman President (1974-TV) as Albert Fall

Planet Of The Apes (1974-TV Miniseries) as Dr. Malthus

The Specialists (1975-TV) as Dr. Burkhart

The Immigrants (1978-TV) as Clancy

Backstairs At The White House (1979-TV Miniseries) as Judge Jesse Smith

The Last Ride Of The Dalton Gang (1979-TV) as Reverend Johnson

Condominium (1980-TV) as David Dow

Angel Of H.E.A.T. (1983) as Pete Shockley

The Warrior And The Sorceress !984) as Bludge The Prelate

The Check Is In The Mail......(1986) as Fred Steinkraus

As stated before Mr. Townes was very active on television appearing in such programs as Martin Kane, Robert Montgomery Presents, Tales Of Tomorrow, Lux Video Theater, Mr. Peepers, Colonel Humphrey Flack, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Suspense, The Man Behind The Badge, Inner Sanctum, Ponds Theater, Navy Log, Matinee Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Father Knows Best, Have Gun Will Travel, Kraft Theater, Climax!, Steve Canyon, Studio One In Hollywood, Whirlybirds, Zane Grey Theater, The Millionaire, Playhouse 90, Troubleshooters, The Rebel, Death Valley Days, Laramie, The Detectives, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond, Stagecoach West, Ripcord, The Islanders, The Law And Mr. Jones, Make Room For Daddy, The Twilight Zone, The Loretta Young Show, Boris Karloff's Thriller, The Defenders, Alcoa Premiere, Target The Corruptors, Outlaws, Route 66, The Tall Man, Armstrong Circle Theater, The Fugitive, The Dupont Show Of The Week, The Dakotas, The Farmer's Daughter, Ben Casey, The Outer Limits, Rawhide, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mr. Novak, The Virginian, 12 O'Clock High, The FBI, Branded, Perry Mason, Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Star Trek, The Invaders, Tarzan, The Big Valley, Mod Squad, Judd For The Defense, Bonanza, Insight, Marcus Welby MD, That Girl, Gunsmoke, O'Hara U S Treasury, Night Gallery, Mannix, Kung Fu, Emergency, Ironside, Cannon, Phyllis, Lou Grant, Charlie's Angels, The Incredible Hulk, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, Falcon Crest, Quincy ME, Voyagers, Magnum PI, Scarecrow And Mrs. King and Simon & Simon among many others.

Townes appeared as a guest five times on the Perry Mason series, three times on Bonanza, five times on The Fugitive and seven times on Gunsmoke.

He gained a cult following for a guest shot on a two part episode of The Incredible Hulk entitled The First whereby he played the part of Dell Fry, a man who has the ability to transform into a Hulk-like creature. This episode is one of the most popular episodes from this series due to Townes performance.

In 1974 towards the end of his career, Mr. Townes was ordained as an Episcopal priest in St. Paul's Cathedral in March, 1974. He served at St Mary Of The Angels Church in Hollywood.

He retired completely from acting in 1989 and returned to his hometown of Huntsville, AL where he remained the rest of his life.

Harry Townes passed away in 2001 at age 86.

I always liked a performance by Mr. Townes. I enjoyed him in the films Heaven With A Gun, The Brothers Karamazov, The Andersonville Trial, Operation Manhunt, Planet Of The Apes TV Miniseries and the Hawaiians.

I also enjoyed him in two episodes from the Boris Karloff Thriller series namely: The Cheaters as Sebastian Grimm and Dark Legacy as Mario Asperos.

Louie The Movie Buff

Boris Karloff's Thriller TV Series

Episode: Dark Legacy

Aired on May 30, 1961

Your host, Boris Karloff introduced this episode this way. He stated that if you received a good book it would be a good legacy but if you received a very evil one it might be a dark legacy which is the title of the episode for tonight.

The cast included:

Harry Townes as Mario Asparos/ Rodan Asparos

Ilka Windish as Monika Asparos

Henry Silva as Toby Wolfe

Alan Napier as Attorney Pinchot

Richard Hale as Lars Eisenhart

Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Edith Pringle

Ned Glass as Vince Fennaday

Milton Parsons as The Butler

The episode opens showing the evil warlock Rodan preparing to die. He must leave his evil book of magic to one of his heirs. He proceeds through black magic to find the appointed heir. He then goes and gets into his coffin and dies.

Mario Asparos and his wife are working as a magician act. Vince who has hired him for his club claims that he need work up new stuff and that he does not even have a second rate act. Mario says that he will do better.

In the meantime Mario is called to come to Rodan's home since the evil warlock has died and there will be a reading of the will. The attorney does not specifically state who the book will go to but it will be determined shortly.

There is a bad storm outside and Mario's wife at home becomes frightened but especially when a large book appears out of nowhere. She calls for Mario to come home immediately.

Mario comes home and along with the couple's friend Toby Wolfe ( who use to date Mario's wife) and they examine the book and come up with nothing.

Monika is terribly afraid of the book and wants Mario to get rid of it. She says that Rodan was the only truly evil person that she knew and that he was run out of many countries in Europe.

After Toby leaves and Monika retires to bed Mario plays around with some of the spells in the book. The couple's dog Peter will not come in the room since he knows that the book is evil.

After setting up his circle according to the book, Mario invokes one of the spells and he conjures up Asteroth, a demon from the underworld. The room becomes smoky and there is a large pair of eyes roaming about which belong to the demon. Unfortunately this action kills Peter the dog and Mario tells Monika that he has run away when she misses him.

With Rodan's magic ,Mario and Monika become very successful with their magic act. Mario then wants to perform the act where he shoots a bullet through glass ( which does not shatter) and lands between Monika's teeth.

Toby warns Mario that this is one of the most dangerous magic acts and not to do it. Mario goes ahead and bullet act works out successfully. He become a top hit in Vince's club. But Mario now tells Vince that he is quitting and is taking his act to Las Vegas. This really hurts Vince since he said that if it were not for him supporting him until his acts got better Mario would not be where he is today.

Toby Wolf visits backstage and Mario tells him to come home with him. He says he has this ability to conjure up demons from the underworld. He states that Toby and Monika never had any faith in him. He also tells Monika that Peter was killed by the demon and did not run away.

While setting up for the spell Toby and Monika beg Mario not to perform it. But Mario claims that neither one of them ever had any faith in him. He sees them together and says that where they belong.

Mario conjures up Asteroth and the room becomes very smoke filled and the large pair of eyes float around the room. Toby realizing what evil Mario has conjured up throws the evil book into the fire where it burns. Asteroth takes out his anger and strikes Mario dead.

Monika is terribly upset with Mario's death. Both agree that they saw something but really could not say for sure what it was or what actually happened.

Thus Mario in the end truly received his "dark legacy".

To me this is one of the top 5 episodes in the Thriller series. The IMDB rates it 7.6 out of 10, which is a very good rating.

The series lasted for two seasons and it was the supernatural episodes that raised it's ratings. Unfortunately not enough to keep it on the air longer.

It was a series ahead of it's time and has become a cult classic. For awhile it was not shown much on TV but now since it has been reissued in it's entirety, you can own it and play it at will. I do!

The Thriller series is available on DVD complete and has been out for some time. Since it first come out the price has dropped quite a bit and many times you can get it on sales from sources on the internet. Amazon.com usually has this series at a reasonable price.

If I were on a desert island and I could have only one TV series, the Boris Karloff Thriller series would be it.

Louie The Movie Buff

KENNETH MCMILLAN

RODOLFO HOYOS , JR

GILBERT ROLAND

DIANE BAKER

JOHN HARMON

CHARLES MEREDITH

RON PERLMAN

FRANK KREIG

HUGO WEAVING

ALICE KRIGE

VERA HRUBA RALSTON

JIM DAVIS

YANCY BUTLER

JOHN DOUCETTE

CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA

DOROTHY GREEN

GILBERT GREEN

ILKA WINDISH

HARRY TOWNES

DARK LEGACY EPISODE - BORIS KARLOFF'S THRILLER TV SERIES