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1) Dean Fay
2) John Chambers (Real-life character in a movie)
3) Goddard Bolt (answered)
4) Inspector Frank Ochoa
More movie characters from Part. 4
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LizBeth
(11,198 posts)macwriter
(242 posts)Don't know about the other, but didn't Mel Brooks play someone named Goddard in Life Stinks? I don't know if Bolts was the last name.
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In "Life Stinks", Mel Brooks' character's name was Goddard Bolt
(Lesley Ann Warren was his co-star)
GReedDiamond
(5,455 posts)red dog 1
(31,166 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 13, 2025, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)
(Huge hint; He was a stuntman)
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(8,127 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)I love that movie!
VGNonly
(8,127 posts)Have you ever watched One, Two, Three?
JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)"Why do you think I wear this outfit, because I'm a barber?"
Billy Wilder was one of the greatest! One, Two, Three sounds familiar. Is that with Jimmy Cagney? I think I remember seeing that years ago, but I don't recall much about it. He was an American businessman in Germany after the war, right?
VGNonly
(8,127 posts)for Best Supporting in this film, very well deserved.
Jimmy Cagney played such a manic comedic role in One, Two, Three that he was exhausted after the film. He retired for 20 years, only to play in one more film (Ragtime) in the 80s. His role in Mister Roberts was masterful!
JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)Cagney was just fantastic. And William Powell was in his finest form. The whole cast was awesome, really, but it was one of Jack Lemmon's very best roles, which is saying a lot. He won Best Supporting Actor for that part. He's one of my all-time favorites, ever. He was great in The Apartment, another fantastic Billy Wilder classic. But him and Walter Matthau together, that's one of the best teams ever on film!
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(8,127 posts)*Spoiler*
greatauntoftriplets
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(31,166 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)Charles Bronson.

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(8,127 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Such a great classic film!
JoseBalow
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(31,166 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(177,735 posts)Harker
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(8,127 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,940 posts)JoseBalow
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(8,127 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)John Carradine was good in that role.
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(8,127 posts)filled the John the Baptist role in the novel and film.
Harker
(16,305 posts)I surely miss a lot of allusions.
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(8,127 posts)of the Jim Casy/John the Baptist story. Ed Ricketts; a marine biologist, ecologist and philosopher was a good friend of John Steinbeck. A mystic of sorts, he had great influence on Steinbeck.
Harker
(16,305 posts)Thanks for bringing him up, VGNonly.
Tikki
(14,834 posts)Tikki
AllaN01Bear
(25,535 posts)jmowreader
(52,398 posts)jmowreader
(52,398 posts)Shame about the windshield.
jmowreader
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(31,166 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)Harker
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PedroXimenez
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FalloutShelter
(13,418 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)Multiglot and origami artist.
FalloutShelter
(13,418 posts)I love Blade Runner.
Harker
(16,305 posts)It's different every time I run it.
FalloutShelter
(13,418 posts)There is always another clue or layer to discover.
Harker
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Harker
(16,305 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)VGNonly
(8,127 posts)Who played Kaspar Gutman?
Harker
(16,305 posts)One of my favorites.
There was a 1930 version with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, and Dwight Frye as Wilmer.
I only saw it once, and it was a treat.
VGNonly
(8,127 posts)made a slew of films together or in various combinations. Ward Bond, the great character actor was in The Maltese Falcon. Bond was in over 200 films including 31 in 1935 and 23 in 1939.
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(31,166 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)JoseBalow
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Harker
(16,305 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)I tried
Harker
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Harker
(16,305 posts)red dog 1
(31,166 posts)portrayed by Denzel Washington.
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Harker
(16,305 posts)JoseBalow
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(8,127 posts)Traildogbob
(11,275 posts)In “Without Limits”
brush
(60,208 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)Got his name scraped off the office door and windows in "The Maltese Falcon."
brush
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It's one of my favorite film genres...the high contrast lighting and character elements — a protagonist, villains, femme fatale etc,. just appeals to my eye and sensibilities.
Harker
(16,305 posts)I grew up loving film noir (and I include a lot of 30s-40s horror) for all the aspects you mentioned.
I borrowed a deluxe edition of "The Maltese Falcon" that included a 1930 version that starred Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, and featured Dwight Frye as Wilmer the gunsel. Well worth watching, brush, if you get the chance.
66 year old male.
brush
(60,208 posts)I watch TCM a lot and have seen Recardo Cortez in other movies. Thanks for the tip.
Harker
(16,305 posts)Brother Buzz
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(31,166 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)She popped up in "Doc Martin", and it took me a bit to recognize her.

One of the other female singers, Maria Doyle (as Natalie Murphy) popped up in the very funny 1997 movie "The Matchmaker" starring Janeane Garofalo and Milo O'Shea.
(btw, Hark, there's another member of The Commitments on the list at the top)
Harker
(16,305 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)The character has no last name in the credits.
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(31,166 posts)JoseBalow
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(31,166 posts)boonecreek
(1,010 posts)"Raise the Titanic" and "Sahara".
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(8,127 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)KTB2025
(16 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)aka The Biscuit
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(31,166 posts)Angleae
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(31,166 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,580 posts)The movie was good but the book was great. It was so rich, it took me a long time to plough through it; quite possibly John Irving‘s best work.
Wolf Frankula
(3,750 posts)Wolf
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(31,166 posts)JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)Such a great film! I just love Burt Lancaster
red dog 1
(31,166 posts)"Dumb-Dumb" is a character from a 2019 movie
Well, at least I was right to rule out Fred Flintstone!
red dog 1
(31,166 posts)John Cusack was in it.
JoseBalow
(7,653 posts)I don't even have a guess.
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(31,166 posts)It's a western.
Harker
(16,305 posts)Harker
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Harker
(16,305 posts)🐕
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(815 posts)Harker
(16,305 posts)James Caan as Brian Piccolo.
Bears.