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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
(11,197 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
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(Huge hint; He was a stuntman)
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(8,125 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)I love that movie!
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(8,125 posts)Have you ever watched One, Two, Three?
JoseBalow
(7,648 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
(8,125 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
(7,648 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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(8,125 posts)*Spoiler*
greatauntoftriplets
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(31,157 posts)Harker
(16,301 posts)Charles Bronson.

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(8,125 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Such a great classic film!
JoseBalow
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(9,937 posts)JoseBalow
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(16,301 posts)John Carradine was good in that role.
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(8,125 posts)filled the John the Baptist role in the novel and film.
Harker
(16,301 posts)I surely miss a lot of allusions.
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(8,125 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
(16,301 posts)Thanks for bringing him up, VGNonly.
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AllaN01Bear
(25,511 posts)jmowreader
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(52,393 posts)Shame about the windshield.
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FalloutShelter
(13,410 posts)Harker
(16,301 posts)Multiglot and origami artist.
FalloutShelter
(13,410 posts)I love Blade Runner.
Harker
(16,301 posts)It's different every time I run it.
FalloutShelter
(13,410 posts)There is always another clue or layer to discover.
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(16,301 posts)Harker
(16,301 posts)VGNonly
(8,125 posts)Who played Kaspar Gutman?
Harker
(16,301 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
(8,125 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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(31,157 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)Harker
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Harker
(16,301 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)I tried
Harker
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Harker
(16,301 posts)red dog 1
(31,157 posts)portrayed by Denzel Washington.
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Harker
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(8,125 posts)Traildogbob
(11,267 posts)In Without Limits
brush
(60,191 posts)Harker
(16,301 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
(16,301 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
(60,191 posts)I watch TCM a lot and have seen Recardo Cortez in other movies. Thanks for the tip.
Harker
(16,301 posts)Brother Buzz
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(16,301 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
(16,301 posts)Harker
(16,301 posts)The character has no last name in the credits.
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(31,157 posts)boonecreek
(1,008 posts)"Raise the Titanic" and "Sahara".
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(7,648 posts)KTB2025
(16 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)aka The Biscuit
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(31,157 posts)Angleae
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(31,157 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,572 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 Irvings best work.
Wolf Frankula
(3,750 posts)Wolf
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(31,157 posts)JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)Such a great film! I just love Burt Lancaster
red dog 1
(31,157 posts)"Dumb-Dumb" is a character from a 2019 movie
JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)Well, at least I was right to rule out Fred Flintstone!
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(31,157 posts)John Cusack was in it.
JoseBalow
(7,648 posts)I don't even have a guess.
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(31,157 posts)It's a western.
Harker
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(815 posts)Harker
(16,301 posts)James Caan as Brian Piccolo.
Bears.