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Rare image of Olivia de Havilland & Stan Laurel cutting up
add a couple of sighs for me...I still think "The Thornbirds", episode 3jdb1 wrote:Ok -- I admit it: I'm a great big fan of Richard Chamberlain, and always have been. I was just at that pre-adolescent obssessive crush age when Dr. Kildare came to TV, and I never lost my puppy love for him. He was one of the 8X10 glossies who had a lot more to offer than picture-perfect looks.
Over the years I have come to the conclusion that Chamberlain is a much better actor than the confines of his image allowed him to be, and I always enjoy his work, no matter how substandard the goings-on around him. I still get a little residual frisson of excitement when I hear his voice narrating some Discovery Channel, or the like, documentary. And I'm old enough now not to care whether he plays with girls.
[sigh]
jdb1 wrote:Let's give a warm salute to Herb Anderson, one of Hollywood's utility bland guys who had a long and prolific career standing in the background.
He is probably best remembered by those of a certain age as the father of Dennis the Menace on TV, but he was everywhere in films and TV, and if you needed a store clerk, a mild-mannered GI, a geeky school teacher, or just a generally calm, shy and retiring kind of supporting actor, Anderson was your man. He just looked like he was born in horn-rimmed glasses and a tweed jacket with elbow patches, and he smoked many a contemplative pipe in his roles. He was a young contract player at Warner Bros. in the early 40s, and was in the background in quite a few Cagney movies, which is probably why no one noticed him.
Where would Hollywood be without such stalwarts?