 This is the SF Productions podcast network The face is familiar From the pop culture bunker, I'm Mindy, and I'm Mark you can check out our audio podcast How I got my way to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm There are many roles on TV and the movie. There's the lead roles that get all the attention in the big bucks But you can make a really nice career out of being a character actor Someone who might appear mostly in the background or in a scene or two Character actors can sometimes steal a major moment from right under the lead You may not know their names, but you probably recognize their faces. Oh that guy You've probably never heard for instance of Irving Bacon, but he has no less than 543 acting roles listed on IMDb Including Gone With The Wind Meet John Doe Spellbound and a star is born. I've seen that guy somewhere. His career spanned from 1915 to 1965 Many of his roles are literally listed as uncredited because they didn't used to list everyone in the credits of older movies Right. I mean you had the main cast and then everybody else who yeah And he did a lot of silent short films So Bacon was the go-to guy if you needed someone to be bewildered or frustrated He moved from movies to TV as that developed and he had many guest TV roles With his final performance on the Dick Van Dyke show. Do you know Edward Peel senior? He has 430 IMDb credits a lot of westerns He actually started as a leading man in the silent era, but quickly moved to character parts His career ran from 1930 to 1951 So he missed out on TV his son Edward Junior was a child actor and had the lead in a series of silent comedies playing Edgar Here's someone you I'm sure you'll recognize if you ever watched classic TV or film Charles Lane He was a founding member of the screen actors Guild his career spanned from 1930 to 2006 with his last role which was voice work when he was a hundred and one years old If you needed a crabby or scowling authority figure, he was your guy He was a member of Frank Capra's acting company with roles in it's a wonderful life. He played the rent collector Mr.. Smith goes to Washington and our snick and old lace between 1940 and 1942. He had 67 film roles Other films included Mighty Joe young and it's a mad mad mad mad world He racked up a total of 365 film and TV credits Lane often collaborated with Lucille ball on her various TV series He played the villainous Homer Bedlow on pinnaco junction who was constantly scheming to shut down the beloved cannonball train Lane also had regular or recurring TV roles on Dear Phoebe Dennis the menace the real McCoy's the many loves of Doby Gillis the Phyllis Diller show bewitched Karen and soap In 2005 his 100th birthday was celebrated at the TV land awards from a wheelchair He said if you're interested, I'm still available for work and obviously got a job after that Yeah, and he passed away at age a hundred and two Alicia Cook Jr. Had 217 IMDB credits from 1930 to 1988 known for playing neurotic characters with film roles in love crazy the big sleep the malty spulkin Shane Rosemary's baby and TV shows Gunsmoke, but who wasn't that was like the lawn order of its day Yeah, Batman Manics Beretta and Magnum PI as well as a role as Captain Kirk's attorney on Star Trek John Daner would often play area-dite villains and bosses He started as an animator for Disney and a disc jockey before going in front of the camera He then racked up 287 IMDB credits from 1941 to 1989 with films The Day of the Dolphin the Boys from Brazil and Scaramush and TV shows the Alaskans the Doris Day show the roaring 20s 77 Sunset Strip the Baileys of Balboa In Bear Essence and a lot. I mean a lot of TV westerns John McGiver didn't get into show beds until his 30s He was an English teacher which explained why he often played that type of role But he racked up 111 credits in 20 years with films Love in the Afternoon the Manchurian candidate breakfast at Tiffany's Midnight Cowboy and TV shows McKeever in the Colonel the Patty Duke show many happy returns Mr. Trific and the Jimmy Stewart show among others his son Boris is on Netflix's House of Cards Wicked Bissell would often play scientists and doctors his father was actually a doctor Just some of his 314 IMDB credits from 1940 to 1984 Included sci-fi films Creature from the Black Lagoon Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the Time Machine as well as films the Magnificent 7 and HUD In terms of TV he was all over anthology series as well as Bachelor father the Rifleman Wagon Train Peyton Place and Perry Mason and was a regular on the Time Tuttle His son Brian played the second Chris on the Partridge family Edward Andrews played a number of Efficious characters with his horn rimmed glasses and slicked back hair 182 IMDB credits from 1936 to 1984 Including films Elmer Gantry the absent-minded professor with the late Jerry Lewis Torah Torah Torah 16 candles million-dollar duck gremlins and he had regular TV roles on Broadside and the lamentable super train. He was the conductor. Oh Harold J. Stone often played bad guys and mobsters in his 171 IMDB credits from 1949 to 1986 Including films somebody up there likes me the wrong man and Spartacus and TV shows Grand Jury the Untouchables Gunsmoke the Virginian my world and welcome to it Bridget loves Bernie and Barney Miller I haven't thought about my world and welcome to it for quite some time, but I used to like that job If you're looking for character actors who played Furners Consider Vito Scottie who often played swarthy comedic roles on film and TV He also appeared in The Godfather and Get Shorty But was best known for wacky TV roles on the Adams family Gilligan's Island the Flying Nun and Hogan's heroes He played Mexicans Russians Japanese Indians as well as Italian roles in his 229 IMDB credits He was also an amateur chef or maybe Bernard Fox if you're looking for a blowhard Englishman a Fifth-generation actor whose first film role was at 18 months. He appeared in both the 1958 and 1997 depictions of the Titanic In between he appeared in films one of our spies is missing million-dollar duck The rescuers a voice role herbie goes to Monte Carlo and the 1999 mummy film But most of his roles were on TV Hogan's heroes as Colonel Crittenden the Andy Griffith show as Malcolm Maryweather and his best known role Dr. Bombay on bewitched He just passed away last year after 113 IMDB credits a more modern character actor can be found in Stephen Toblowski Playing doctors teachers and other professional types 225 IMDB credits from 1877 onward include Thelma and Louise Groundhog Day and Memento and TV shows Blue Skies Bird or one CSI Miami Deadwood heroes glee California Cation and Silicon Valley. He's also a podcaster. How's that for modern? Hmm? There's lots more character actors If you see somebody in a not main role in more than you know two or three shows, you know He's a character actor. He's probably making a pretty good living Not as good as you know Some people but yeah, at least he's working right as are we On our audio podcast how I got my wife three comics on iTunes or on our website as a podcast network com From the pop culture bunker. I'm indeed and I'm mark. Thanks for watching