Not Just a Serial Actor
One of my more geekier favorite things to do while watching a movie, is to spot actors who had appeared in serials. One of my favorites is The Big Sleep (1946). It is chock full of actors who were either stars in serials or regular players. A brief list includes Tom Fadden and Ben Welden as a pair of mismatched thugs, Forbes Murray as a customer of illicit material, Emmett Vogan as a patrolman, James Crehan as a medical examiner, Trevor Bardette as a garage owner and James Flaven as a police official (his scenes were deleted from the original version and have been restored on DVD). Of course the two big appearances are from Regis Toomey as DA investigator Bernie Ohls and Bob Steele as hired gunman Lash Canino. I’m sure others have a favorite film full of sserial stars. What’s yours?
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