Who am I?

Boid Brain · **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2010, 11:32:26 AM

OK...I guess more clues are in order: I played in a very few comedies, and in those flicks I had a strait part as I have NO comedy skills. One of my last roles in a big flick paired me with a famous non-actress. Big mistake on my part as the film was pure shit.

Boid Brain · **Reply #26 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:28:47 AM

OK.... I guess a big clue is in order...the blockbuster movie I made was filmed by a TV crew...that's right..it was a made for theaters TV movie! And the director was one of the tip top directors of all time.

Who am I?

Boid Brain · **Reply #27 on:** December 11, 2010, 12:42:07 AM

My God! You smartfolks don't know who I am?? I am a creepy actor....handsome but creepy....I'm skinney and tall, and my 1st big movie was with Jane Fonda.

Who am I?

Boid Brain · **Reply #28 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:54:44 AM

The sports movies I did had me as a basketball player and an outfielder....I can't dribble and I throw like a girl.

Who can I be, for Christsakes!!??

Boid Brain · **Reply #29 on:** December 13, 2010, 02:54:00 PM

Last clue: I died of complications from AIDS.

cpp · **Reply #30 on:** December 13, 2010, 04:29:58 PM

Anthony Perkins

Boid Brain · **Reply #31 on:** December 13, 2010, 09:40:35 PM

Quote from: cpp on December 13, 2010, 04:29:58 PM

Anthony Perkins

Of course I am! The basketball movie was "Tall Story" with Jane Fonda, Ray Walston and a very young Tom Laughlin of Billy Jack fame.

I'm sure you all know the baseball movie.

cpp · **Reply #32 on:** December 13, 2010, 10:58:13 PM

If baseball great Jim Piersall's reported issues with the way the movie, 'Fear Strikes Out', was changed from his autobiography are accurate, Perkins may've gotten decent performance reviews from a lot of people, but unfortunately, Piersall apparently wasn't one of them.

Boid Brain · **Reply #33 on:** December 14, 2010, 12:51:17 AM

Quote from: cpp on December 13, 2010, 10:58:13 PM

If baseball great Jim Piersall's reported issues with the way the movie, 'Fear Strikes Out', was changed from his autobiography are accurate, Perkins may've gotten decent performance reviews from a lot of people, but unfortunately, Piersall apparently wasn't one of them.

The screneplay was a typical Hollywood hatchet job. Piersall WAS pissed! It was a lousy movie, I don't recommend it.

Boid Brain · **Reply #34 on:** December 14, 2010, 10:48:24 PM

Who am I? I'm a lady actor...I never made it real big but I was sensational in 2 movies....I'm pretty and have an overbite....one of the movies was a film noir second only to the Maltese Falcon....this flick was an awesome hit!

I died in a fucked up way. Way too young....One more hint: I can't tell you of the stars in those 2 big hits, but I will tell you one of the stars: Vincent Price.

One more clue: Like Kevin Kosner in the 'Big Chill' I was a dead character...the focus of the film..Who am I?

Rich Finegan · **Reply #35 on:** December 15, 2010, 01:42:04 AM

Gene Tierney?

Boid Brain · **Reply #36 on:** December 16, 2010, 01:07:49 AM

Quote from: Rich Finegan on December 15, 2010, 01:42:04 AM

Gene Tierney?

Of course! The other big hit was 'Tobacco Road' where I played the ridiculously sexy hillbilly vixen daughter of Jeeter.

Ed. note: I know that there was a sequel to "Laura", but I never saw it...has anyone?

Boid Brain · **Reply #37 on:** December 18, 2010, 11:53:42 PM

Bump because I refuse to believe that nobody saw that sequel! Gimme the dap!

Boid Brain · **Reply #38 on:** December 19, 2010, 02:56:56 AM

I started out weak in movies, but I got stronger later.....I'm a leading man who played opposite some real iconoc ladies...but I can't tell you who.

My dick was so big that producers did not want me to play opposite of the starletes they were fucking...no, I'm not Milton Berle.

One more clue: Howard Hughs was one of those producers, and I dam near split little Terry Moore in half! (No, I'm not Mighty Joe Young)

But then who am I?

Rich Finegan · **Reply #39 on:** December 19, 2010, 03:28:03 AM

Quote from: Boid Brain on December 18, 2010, 11:53:42 PM

Bump because I refuse to believe that nobody saw that sequel! Gimme the dap!

I'm not aware of any "official" remake of LAURA.
There were some TV adaptations later and a 2005 movie made in India that had a similar story. Are you considering any of those to be real remakes?

This IMDb link lists the films that come close to being remakes:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/movieconnections

Boid Brain · **Reply #40 on:** December 19, 2010, 04:20:21 AM

Quote from: Rich Finegan on December 19, 2010, 03:28:03 AM

I'm not aware of any "official" remake of LAURA.
There were some TV adaptations later and a 2005 movie made in India that had a similar story. Are you considering any of those to be real remakes?

This IMDb link lists the films that come close to being remakes:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/movieconnections

iM 100 % SURE THAT THERE WAS A SEQUEL...MY SOURSE SAYS THAt Dana Andrews turned out bad,,,a crooked cop for Laura...but I ain't seen it!

Rich Finegan · **Reply #41 on:** December 19, 2010, 07:57:17 AM

Quote from: Boid Brain on December 19, 2010, 04:20:21 AM

iM 100 % SURE THAT THERE WAS A SEQUEL...MY SOURSE SAYS THAt Dana Andrews turned out bad,,,a crooked cop for Laura...but I ain't seen it!

Sorry, I was lising remakes, but I notice that you said sequel.
Still, I don't think there was one.
If from what you said, you mean that both Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney were in this sequel, it would have to have been one of these, the only two movies they both appeared in that were made after LAURA:
THE IRON CURTAIN (1948)
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
While the latter has a few very minor connections to LAURA, neither can be considered a sequel to LAURA.

Boid Brain · **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:18:22 AM

Quote from: Rich Finegan on December 19, 2010, 07:57:17 AM

Sorry, I was lising remakes, but I notice that you said sequel.
Still, I don't think there was one.
If from what you said, you mean that both Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney were in this sequel, it would have to have been one of these, the only two movies they both appeared in that were made after LAURA:
THE IRON CURTAIN (1948)
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
While the latter has a few very minor connections to LAURA, neither can be considered a sequel to LAURA.

After exhaustive research I find that you are correct: there was a "sequel", but not a true one...just the re-pairing of them in a similar movie.

Boid Brain · **Reply #43 on:** December 22, 2010, 03:50:03 AM

Quote from: Boid Brain on December 19, 2010, 02:56:56 AM

I started out weak in movies, but I got stronger later.....I'm a leading man who played opposite some real iconic ladies...but I can't tell you who.

My dick was so big that producers did not want me to play opposite of the starlets they were fucking...no, I'm not Milton Berle.

One more clue: Howard Hughs was one of those producers, and I dam near split little Terry Moore in half! (No, I'm not Mighty Joe Young)

But then who am I?

More clues are in order: I was insanely misscast in a movie (big movie) where at a strapping 220 lbs I portrayed an historic character that was really a shriveled 135lbs....not as bad as little Richard Widmark playing the 6'6" Jim Bowie, but you get the drift....I was considered to have "dreamy eyes" by the ladies, but I was in fact colorblind. Have you got me?

Rich Finegan · **Reply #44 on:** December 22, 2010, 04:28:04 AM

Robert Mitchum.

Boid Brain · **Reply #45 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:58:55 AM

Quote from: Rich Finegan on December 22, 2010, 04:28:04 AM

Robert Mitchum.

No, but you are VERY close. He's a big, dark hunk like me with beadroom eyes and screwed as many starlet's as me, but I played in WAY more Period and Costume films than he...'tho I did appear in a few Film Noir's like him....another clue: Jack Nicholson and I have something in common via a connection with a 3rd party in a 60's movie that flopped at the time, but has a bit of a cult following now.....you should be getting warmer now

Rich Finegan · **Reply #46 on:** December 23, 2010, 04:22:52 AM

Burt Lancaster?
Tony Curtis?
Victor Mature?
Clint Eastwood?

Some of your clues aren't much help, as I have to admit I've never been one to pay much attention to stuff like reports of actors' pursuits of the starlets (and related activities).

Dunrobin · **Reply #47 on:** December 23, 2010, 08:00:52 AM

Quote from: Boid Brain on December 23, 2010, 12:58:55 AM

No, but you are VERY close. He's a big, dark hunk like me with beadroom eyes and screwed as many starlet's as me, but I played in WAY more Period and Costume films than he...'tho I did appear in a few Film Noir's like him....another clue: Jack Nicholson and I have something in common via a connection with a 3rd party in a 60's movie that flopped at the time, but has a bit of a cult following now.....you should be getting warmer now

Based on that clue I am going to guess Victor ~~Manure~~ Mature.

OldFred · **Reply #48 on:** December 23, 2010, 08:53:13 AM

Victor Mature who co-starred in the Monkees movie 'Head', the script which was co-written by Jack Nicholson. Frank Zappa is in the movie too and the movie was filmed on the same Columbia Pictures studio lot that the Three Stooges comedies were made.

Rich Finegan · **Reply #49 on:** December 23, 2010, 09:41:55 AM

Yes, it looks like Mr. Mature could be it.
But one of the clues was confusing. He said something like "this actor started out weak in movies but got strong later". Okay I see that now as a reference to the movie "Samson and Delilah" (1949) but the way he put it, it sounded like the actor's career started out slow and he became a bigger star later. That was confusing because Mature started out in leading roles right away, and never needed to work his way up from bit parts or small roles.

And I still have no idea what was meant by that rather frightening statement about Terry Moore! (And not sure I want to know!)