In the last few years I have become very interested in spotting bit players in old films and TV. Also spotting players in obscure roles that went on to become huge stars. The latest was catching Ryan O'neal on Dobie Gillis 2 days ago with only a couple of lines of dialog.
Seeing Hugh Beaumont, for example, and actors of his ilk in in B pictures from the 40's is pretty cool, and tonite I caught Miss Kitty in a dud called "Robin Crusoe". I had NEVER seen her in anything exept the Long Branch saloon. Amanda acually had top billing in this dog of a movie!
But I digress. There is an odd little man that was in tons of flicks and some TV that I'm very curious about. He was a very creepy little middled aged knome with a simply horrid, breathy, almost panting speaking voice. I had not seen him for some years when last week he was on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" as a Bishop's assistant.
I could not wait for the ending credits so I could get his name, but they rolled by too fast and the names of the players were listed w/o the names of the roles they played! I can recall only one huge movie that he was in, a movie that everyone has seen 10 times: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
Unfortunately he is not listed in the movie credits on IMB. He was in 2 very brief scenes, the most memorable the one were Butch and Sundance were in the whorehouse, confident that their lookout, the little man, had them covered. But at one point they pushed the curtain aside to look outside and the camera zoomed down to show him with a gun to his head and pointing right at their window.
I know that isn't much, but it's the best I can come up with. If anyone knows who the hell I'm talking about I will be all ears. Of course, I would not be surprised if Metal knows exactly who I'm talking about w/o any research at all!
