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Brian Dennehy. You're welcome.

That would have been a lot funnier had I taken the time to notice that Sir Brian was also one of your suggestions. See, this is why I don't come around anymore.

*stupid, stupid, stupid*

Problem is, CC, it's not Sir Brian. It's a big, hulky character sixtyish actor with a Mount Rushmore chiselled face who also plays tough, uncompromising roles - but never cops. More like judges, stern grandfathers and rightwing nutjobs. But, you know, with integrity. :)

Actually, I think it's more like this guy.

Migs, are you thinking of Fred Thompson?

He's definitely a Hey, It's That Guy.

No, Sam.

My wife keeps doing this - you know, "what's the name of that actor who always looks so sullen who once was in a movie where a lot of people shot each other?" - and I swore I'd never do it. But there you are: here I am, being annoying.

The character actor I'm thinking of does a lot of TV as well as the odd film. He has a long face and a gruff voice; he looks distinguished in a redneck way. He does Southern accents perfectly. His demeanour is always severe and disapproving. If he ever smiled, I missed it. His scenes are always short but the last shot is always of him, scowling.

He's a lot like J.Lee Thompson, but taller and less brutal. I remember him slamming dossiers shut; suspecting whatever's been said to him; kind of regretting he's mixed up in whatever intrigue is extant.

He looks exactly like the gorilla and, yes, I won't sleep well until I have his photograph and name. Sad but true. ;)

Tizzie: you wicked! :)

in a British "Ali G" accent

Hmmm...Fred Thompson seems to fit the bill. (Here's his filmography.)

Joe Don Baker, perhaps?

I just know this is going to be one of the ones that bothers me for a while, too...

Actually, Chico is great at these. Where are ya, Mr. Bangs?

Got it! John Goodman

Except that John Goodman's standard character he always plays is the good-natured working class doofus. (Y'know, "Rosanne", "King Ralph".) Unless of course the Coens are involved, in which case anything goes.

Maury Chaykin, maybe? Or Andre the Giant?

George Dzundza?

My first thought when I opened the page was Dennehy, and then I thought of John Schuck, and then Craig T. Nelson. (Dzundza plays too many cops and he looks like someone's pedophile uncle. Good actor, though.)

I'm leaning Dennehy, but now I wanna figure out the secret actor in Miguel's head.

Patrick Ewing, of course.

It's not James Cromwell, is it?

James Cromwell is skinny and not gorilla-like.

Ken Howard?

Though the look about the eyes *is* very Nick Nolte.

Yeah, tiz, but Cromwell is tall and he can do the stern thing. I'm grasping too. Any more hints, Miguel?

(Uhhh, Claude Akins? Denver Pyle? I know, they both smile too much.

How about Eli Wallach?)

Teehee - these are all very similar but not the guy I mean. This guy has a craggy, distinguished face with a big powerful chin. His face is long and he always looks pissed-off or worried but in a senatorial way. He's tall and heavy, with a big belly...

Sorry, I seem to be driving other people mad...

*gets his coat*

Lawrence Tierney

The dude who plays Adam Schiff on Law & Order. I can just hear the ape twitching portentously and saying "Make A Deal," in a vaguely yiddish voice.

Ken Howard

When I was a boy, I so wanted to play for Coach Reeves at Carver High. Maybe it's because my dad looks (and acts) somewhat like a black irish version of Ken Howard. At any rate I can still name all the players: Coolidge, Thorpe, Reese, Hayward, Gomez, Salami, Goldstein, Jackson, Vitaglia. The last season they added: Rutherford, Coughlin, Franklin, & Stone.

I realize that knowing all this makes me the king of dorkland. But I'm very sad that the only place I can catch reruns of that show is on ESPN classic at like 2am.

Plus it had a boss theme song.

P.H. Moriarty? Altho he's British.

I think we need more clues.

That's clearly Tom Waits.

Rutherford, Coughlin, Franklin, & Stone.

Sounds like a prog-rock group.

Wait a minute ... was that ... dong resin??

I thought he'd joined the traveling circus as a flaming sword swallower!

...flaming sword swallower

Is *that* what they're calling it these days?

It's a carnal carnie thing.

Well, it *is* all about controlling the gag reflex.

Or so I've, uh, heard. Yeah. From a guy who knew a guy who read it on the Internet, that's it.

If you give the secret away, everyone will be able to do it, you dolt.

It's fascinating to me how, contrary to 19th Century racist propaganda and pseudo-anthropology, apes and monkeys are 90% of the time much more similar to Northern European guys than black guys of any provenance.

[This nugget brought to you by my utter failure to identify the actor in question.]

My brains are melting here: But who is it?
Raymond Burr.

"The character actor I'm thinking of does a lot of TV as well as the odd film. He has a long face and a gruff voice; he looks distinguished in a redneck way. He does Southern accents perfectly. His demeanour is always severe and disapproving. If he ever smiled, I missed it. His scenes are always short but the last shot is always of him, scowling."

Sounds like a perfect description of Fred Gwynne as Judge Haller in My Cousin Vinny.

Think crash nailed it.

By george, I think he's got it!

..or the dude who played Luca Brasi in The Godfather.

That was brilliant, Crash - Fred Gwynne looks more like the guy I was thinking of than the guy I was thinking of himself!

But it's not him. I'm going through the character actors sites until I nail the bastard.

Tizzie dear: please promise to watch this trailer for the "Two Brothers" movie in the largest possible size. Unfortunately, there are a few humans too. :)

The kachal monkey!

Babies! Oh, Miguel, what a nice mother's day present.

I had to laugh at Guy Pearce, though. Memento, it's not.

And to all the monkey mamas, hope your day was lovely. I drove to Columbus, Ohio to meet my Mom for lunch. I can most highly recommend Alana's restaurant on N. High St. if you are ever in the Ohio State campus area - it's superb.

By the way, I just found the Best. Mailing List. Ever.

Mig, Lee Marvin maybe.

or maybe John Goodman

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