What actor/actress comes to mind?

[Dargo]

next: an actor who quit the business early even though he was successfully popular as an actor

Cary Grant

Next: played the judge in a courthouse scene in a comedy

[Sepiatone]

next: an actor who quit the business early even though he was successfully popular as an actor

Next: played the judge in a courthouse scene in a comedy

Fred Gwynne

Next: Quit directing to concentrate on acting


Sepiatone

[Feinberg]

Next: Quit directing to concentrate on acting


Sepiatone

Donald Crisp

Next: Sometimes acted without teeth

[Detective Jim McLeod]

Jeannette Nolan


Nest- Carefree

[Intrepid37]

Next- Carefree

Harpo Marx

next: big man, lotsa weight

[KayFrancis]

Next- Carefree

Harpo Marx

next: big man, lotsa weight

Oliver Hardy

Next: another big man, lotsa weight

[Swithin]

Tor Johnson

Next: Dry skin

[LawrenceA]

Boris Karloff in The Mummy


next: pulchritude

[EP Millstone]

next: pulchritude

Gloria Grahame

Next: Sidekick who was more charismatic than the hero/heroine.

[Dargo]

Next: Sidekick who was more charismatic than the hero/heroine.

Mandy Patinkin as Inigo "You killed my father, now prepare to die" Montoya in "The Princess Bride'.

Next: had a memorable catchphrase

[Intrepid37]

Next: had a memorable catchphrase

Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact - "Go ahead, make my day"

next: almost or completely unrecognizable

[LawrenceA]

Gary Oldman in Hannibal


next: played multiple roles in the same film (not Peter Sellers)

[EP Millstone]

next: played multiple roles in the same film (not Peter Sellers)

Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets

Next: Terminally upbeat

[Dargo]

Next: Terminally upbeat

Robert Donat in 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' (...and when on his deathbed Chippin says, "I thought I heard you say it was a pity—pity I never had any children. But you're wrong. I have! Thousands of them, thousands of them...and all...boys."

Next: had a distinct way of walking

[Detective Jim McLeod]

John Wayne

Next- survived a near death experience