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Did Morgan Woodward get most of his roles because he Looked like a mean son of a bitch?
do actors get roles based on their looks?
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was Terry Thomas cast as a slimy backstabbing conman?
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how about Jack Elam?....
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Charles Lane because he looked like a prune faced asshole?
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key to being a good actor is you can do any look and be anyone,,
put a suit on him , cut his hair and wash his face he could be a completely different person,,
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It depends on the actor. Many are based on good looks, others are based on unique looks. Some are based on pure acting ability. Steve Buscemi isnt pretty.
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William Sanderson and Tracey Walter because they looked like low IQ degenerates?
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Looks and ability to pull off the role. A lady friend from my school days while in her 20's played a 80 something old peasant woman and got good reviews for her performance. It took over an hour of makeup.
He did crazy well also.
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First place I remember ever seeing Dabbs Greer was as the preacher on "Little House on the Prairie", but then my TV watching habits changed and I saw him, mostly in kindly every-man roles but also in a few bad guy roles on Westerns.
But I could never accept him as a bad guy. Versatile character actor.
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First place I remember ever seeing Dabbs Greer was as the preacher on "Little House on the Prairie", but then my TV watching habits changed and I saw him, mostly in kindly every-man roles but also in a few bad guy roles on Westerns.
But I could never accept him as a bad guy. Versatile character actor.
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You'd think it would have been easier to just use a real 80 year-old.Looks and ability to pull off the role. A lady friend from my school days while in her 20's played a 80 something old peasant woman and got good reviews for her performance. It took over an hour of makeup.
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the perfect Caspar Milquetoast.
Saw him in a '40s serial, in the last episode he found out to be the criminal mastermind. Other than that? Clerks, tellers, etc
the perfect Caspar Milquetoast.
Saw him in a '40s serial, in the last episode he found out to be the criminal mastermind. Other than that? Clerks, tellers, etc
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played a bad guy on Adventures of Superman. and the good guy in the same episode. (twins)
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Often that matters a great deal. I have a friend who has had some TV rolls and a lot of commercials and his blessing and curse has always been that he is too wholesome looking. Hurts on the tv/movie side but has made some bank doing commercials.
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I believe he played the man Superman caught in mid air at the beginning of the series.
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No fun auditioning her on the casting couch
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