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Favorite minor characters in films

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May 18, 2020, 09:29 PM
amals
Favorite minor characters in films
Jose Ferrer in Lawrence of Arabia. Honorable mention to the guard who beat Lawrence, and the guard who held his wrists to keep him stretched out.

https://youtu.be/kLXB55ATiDA
May 18, 2020, 10:26 PM
heathtx
Wilford Brimley - Absence of Malice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqBJJF2yvE
May 18, 2020, 10:48 PM
parabellum
My kinda guy
May 19, 2020, 12:00 AM
sigmonkey


Billy Redden




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May 19, 2020, 01:17 PM
CoolRich59
I love this scene from A Bridge Too Far. The actor is Christopher Good.



Link: https://youtu.be/bvvGSC3zcNs


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May 19, 2020, 02:14 PM
Chance228
I was always partial to the knight from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Particularly the you chose poorly / you chose wisely lines. Use them both as punchlines pretty frequently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubw5N8iVDHI
May 19, 2020, 05:19 PM
TMats
quote:
Originally posted by heathtx:
Wilford Brimley - Absence of Malice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqBJJF2yvE

A favorite scene; it just ended too soon


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May 19, 2020, 06:52 PM
SevenPlusOne


Or, Vicky.




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May 19, 2020, 07:32 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Matt Damon, Rangorok.


Reminded me of Matt Damon in Euro Trip. "Scotty doesn't know!"

Gary Oldman's and Chris Walken's characters in True Romance are only on the screen for a couple of minutes but they are the most memorable scenes of the film.

Billy Bob Thornton's minute or two in Tombstone is fantastic. "It's like I'm playing cards with my brother's kids."

I liked Jason Isaacs as Cpt. Steele in Black Hawk Down.

The Coens really do use a lot of these. Does John Goodman count in Oh Brother Whereart Thou? Jesus in Lebowski? Shep in Fargo?



I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
May 20, 2020, 07:33 AM
hberttmank
Bill Paxton in The Terminator
"Hey I think this guy is a couple of cans short of a six-pack"



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May 20, 2020, 09:09 PM
sigmonkey
If I may, Clint Howard.

While he gets his face in a lot of movies/shows because of Ronnie and is a Major/minor, I still like the "surprise" when he shows up.




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May 21, 2020, 04:09 AM
BansheeOne
I think he actually had four scenes, but with less than ten minutes of screentime, Michael Lonsdale gave "Ronin" its title.


May 21, 2020, 06:46 AM
Ronin1069
Mr. Wolfe from Pulp Fiction will always be my 'go to'...

NSFW - language



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May 21, 2020, 08:40 AM
RichardC
Chuck Norris, as himself, "Dodgeball, A True Underdog Story."

The girl on the Honda Street Scrambler in " Vanishing Point", because my first motorcycle was a red/white 1970 Honda CL175K4.


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May 21, 2020, 09:11 AM
oddball
Dean Stockwell as Ben. Brilliant.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsxxMSZHbI0



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May 21, 2020, 10:18 AM
lyman
quote:
Originally posted by henryaz:
 
I don't think this guy is really a minor character, based solely on his lifetime of acting. He's mostly a supporting actor (with a few exceptions), which makes him a minor character in some sense. My favorite is M. Emmett Walsh.



his role in Bladerunner was awesome,



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May 21, 2020, 05:57 PM
LastCubScout
Oh yeah, Alice Nunn in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.


May 21, 2020, 06:50 PM
Pale Horse
While I hated the movie Captain Marvel, Stan Lee playing himself rehearsing lines to play himself in the movie Mallrats was pretty hilarious.




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May 21, 2020, 10:51 PM
46and2
Gustav Valentine Berglund III, aka Col. Bruce Hampton, Retired, in Slingblade:



Honorable Mention to Dwight Yoakam's Doyle, a fantastically executed piece of shit caught on film.
May 21, 2020, 10:57 PM
46and2
And the creepy old man from Poltergeist: