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Movies before the actors were major stars

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April 10, 2019, 01:33 PM
zoom6zoom
Movies before the actors were major stars
Jeff Goldblum as one of the young punks in Death Wish.



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April 10, 2019, 03:05 PM
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Tim - Mel Gibson.


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April 10, 2019, 03:20 PM
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Would have to second Diner. One of my all time favorite movies. Also stars young Tim Daley, Paul Reiser, Steve Gutenberg, Ellen Barkin and Daniel Stern. Excellent movie.
April 10, 2019, 03:27 PM
Butch 2340
quote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
Jeff Goldblum as one of the young punks in Death Wish.


Also in California Split as a 22 year old.




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April 10, 2019, 05:48 PM
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Jack Nicholson was in a few of the later color episodes of The Andy Griffth Show.

Death Wish was the first movie Jeff Goldblum was in.


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April 10, 2019, 07:20 PM
dewhorse
Return of the Killer Tomatoes

George Clooney

and a pre-boob job Teri Wegel(sp) Wink
April 11, 2019, 03:59 PM
.38supersig
A party at Kitty and Stud's.



April 11, 2019, 04:06 PM
jhe888
James Earl Jones as the bombardier Lt. Lothar Zogg in "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb."

It was his his first movie role.



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April 11, 2019, 04:16 PM
cheesegrits
The Blob (1958) with a young Steve McQueen and with Aneta Corsaut, who later played Helen Crump on the Andy Griffith Show.

After the Thin Man (1936) - early movie role for Jimmy Stewart.
April 11, 2019, 06:21 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by Kuisis:
Jack Nicholson was also in The Wild Ride. I think it was his second movie.


He was also in the Andy Griffith Show. Wink





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April 11, 2019, 06:54 PM
MoreCowbell
Death wish also has Christopher Guest as the young patrolman at the end and Olympia Dukakis as an officer in the precinct.
April 11, 2019, 07:05 PM
Patrick-SP2022
Danny Glover played an inmate in Escape from Alcatraz.

I've seen the movie several times but only noticed it the most recent time around a few months back.



April 11, 2019, 07:20 PM
Sigmund
Cliff Clavin (OK, John Ratzeberger) was a GI in "A Bridge Too Far" and in LOTS of small roles.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001652/

I could swear he played a bad guy in one of the Dirty Harry movies (maybe with some scenes filmed on Alcatraz), but it was not listed in his IMDB bio.
April 12, 2019, 08:55 AM
erj_pilot
Glory (1989)

Notably for Denzel Washington and Andre Braugher (Pvt. Trip and Cpl. Searles, respectively), as the film had notable stars like Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, and Cary Elwes (which I never know how to pronounce). Washington had already been in his acting career for 10 years, but I believe this was his first movie where he was memorable as "yeah...Denzel Washington played that role". Braugher did an amazing job, as this was his first major movie role in his first year of acting. It is my opinion this movie put them both on their individual roadways for a very successful career.

Speaking of Morgan Freeman, the first movie I recall seeing him in (and a very small part) was Brubaker (1980) starring Robert Redford.


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April 12, 2019, 01:39 PM
1gkek
Laurence Fishburne in Apocalypse Now
April 12, 2019, 01:45 PM
matai
My favorite is Chris Hemsworth in Cabin in the Woods
April 12, 2019, 02:43 PM
onegeek
Star Wars. For the younger cast members.
April 12, 2019, 03:30 PM
brecaidra
Amazon Women on the Moon

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...s?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast



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April 12, 2019, 09:17 PM
HRK
American Graffiti

Richard Dreyfuss as Curt Henderson
Ron Howard as Steve Bolander
Paul Le Mat as John Milner
Charles Martin Smith as Terry "The Toad" Fields
Cindy Williams as Laurie Henderson
Candy Clark as Debbie Dunham
Mackenzie Phillips as Carol Morrison
Wolfman Jack as himself
Harrison Ford as Bob Falfa
Suzanne Somers as "The Blonde" in the T-Bird
April 12, 2019, 10:04 PM
CoolRich59
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Originally posted by 1gkek:
Laurence Fishburne in Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now also had Scott Glen in one of his early roles.


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