Bit part players in the Star Wars movies...

[Archae]

I just read an article about the bit part actors in the Star Wars movies, that were famous for other movies too.

Like "Porkins," the fat X-wing pilot who's fighter got shot down over the Death Star:



He was the guy who lied to Indiana Jones about "top men" in "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"



And the crooked cop "Eckhart" in the 1989 "Batman" movie.



And take a look at this still from "The Empire Strikes Back," yes, that is John Ratzenberger, "Cliff Clavin!"



More here:

http://www.dorkly.com/post/69741/awesome-actors-you-didnt-realize-were-in-everything-you-like?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_340377

[NewJeffCT]

1. Not quite Star Wars, but another bit player from Raiders of the Lost Ark

which George Lucas was involved with...

Alfred "Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip" Molina...


Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2...


and a bunch of other roles over the years.

[Aristus]

2. Great actor.

I was astonished when I discovered that Alfred Molina is British.

He was convincing as a Peruvian in ROTLA.

And his American accent is flawless...

[NewJeffCT]

3. He's British

but, I think his father was Italian and his mom was Spanish. I just remember seeing the beginning of Raiders recently, and I looked and said, "holy $h!t! That's Alfred Molina!!" Had seen it a dozen times before and never realized it until recently.

[AwakeAtLast]

8. He was terrific in "An Education"

And "Chocolat"

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Ratzenberger was in a ton of stuff.

Of course, I forgot he was a republican. Dead to me. Ptooey:

Ratzenberger, a Republican, said he considered running for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2012.[27]During the 2008 presidential race, Ratzenberger campaigned for John McCain, appearing with former Cheers co-star Kelsey Grammer at several Republican party events.[28][29] He also has been outspoken in opposition of the 2010 health care reform bill, referring to it as socialism.[30] He endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012.[31]

On January 17, 2010, he appeared and endorsed Scott Brown for the United States Senate at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ratzenberger campaigned for Republican Josh Mandel of Ohio for the State Treasurer position during the 2010 election and on January 10, 2011, served as master of ceremonies for Mandel's swearing into office.

In response to the 2012 Aurora shooting, he said "Hollywood has to, at some point, admit that what they produce does affect the minds of people.... If you just want to shock 'em... society will pay the price for that at some point."[10]

[samsingh]

7. rat-zenberger is a huge disappointment and pathetic. he's nasty when it comes to democrats.

[Beartracks]

12. Repub "entertainment": H'wood = Bad; Talk Radio = Good!

C'mon, when conservatives complain about "Hollywood" they're really talking about the whole of the movie/television/media industry -- which: a) isn't just physically located in California, the Republicans' giant liberal bogeyman; and b) includes RADIO. And who dominates the radio landscape with programming that can "affect the minds of people"? Rightwing talk and corporate-owned entertainment.

Mr. Ratzenberger, you are correct in saying that "society will pay the price for that at some point."

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[marble falls]

5. Way cool. This will be the best fun OP of the day!

[Ron Obvious]

6. I love this sort of thing

My wife and I watch a lot of old movies and TV shows, and we're always trying to outdo each other on spotting people we know from later movies and shows. I'm not actually particularly good at it, as my false positives outnumber my correct ones by a good margin.

IMDB is great for this.

[AwakeAtLast]

9. My mom and I do that, too!

IMDB is one of my bookmarks

[Lars39]

10. Try watching older detective shows like

Rockford Files, Columbo and Magnum PI...they dragged in everybody! Not too many faces escape me, but names are another story.

[Ron Obvious]

11. Those are the exact shows I'm talking about

Just spotted Lt. Gorman (from Aliens) on Midsomer Murders. Credit Mrs. Obvious for that one.

[Lars39]

13. Some of the plots got kinda hokey by the end

of the series, but I really came to appreciate how those shows employed older actors, too. Mighta kept a few from being penniless in their retirement.
Midsomer is one we gave up on, though.
It started bothering me about the head blows being shown in slow-mo so frequently.

[Dr. Strange]

14. Speaking of Raiders of the Lost Ark...

the guy who played Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)--he also played Han Solo in Star Wars.

[gratuitous]

16. In one of the later films

Indiana Jones' father is played by the guy who starred in Darby O'Gill and the Little People. I think he was also in some spy movies.

[Dr. Strange]

17. That is somewhat true...

although that may be pushing it, calling Zardoz a "spy movie".

[cyberswede]

18. Thank you for my new desktop background

[jmondine]

15. Can't believe they left out that Julian Glover was also a freaking Bond villain.

For Your Eyes Only, to be exact.