The Big List of Dubious Stars

[zombie no.one]

Valerie Bertinelli

[Allhallowsday]

Hmm just looking at my VHS copy of Amazon Women (AKA: Gold of the Amazon Women (1979) gives me the following names of interest: Bo Svenson, Donald Pleasance and Anita Ekberg.

Rutger Hauer probably deserves a mention in this thread too.

RUTGER HAUER...?  Nah. 

How 'bout MICHAEL PARE?  I remember reading his face had been insured for... a million dollars? 

[Raffine]

1. Persis Khambatta, whose name probably never appeared prominently in a movie ad without the title Star Trek: The Motion Picture somewhere near it.

She always looked funny with hair to me. 

THIS is the Persis I knew and loved:
 

[AndyC]

1. Persis Khambatta, whose name probably never appeared prominently in a movie ad without the title Star Trek: The Motion Picture somewhere near it.

She always looked funny with hair to me.  

THIS is the Persis I knew and loved:
 

Strangely enough, she did actually look better that way.

[retrorussell]

What about Susan Tyrell?  I didn't know if she actually qualified because I think she is a good actress, and she's been in a buttload of movies, was nominated for a major award, but I wouldn't call her a big star.  I think the biggest role I know her from was the queen in Forbidden Zone, but I haven't seen all her movies.  It looks like she mostly plays prostitutes or someone's dirty mom.  I was watching From a Whisper to a Scream the other day and I swore I'd seen her other times and was pretty sure she was Pat Benatar and then I looked her up ..she's not Pat Benatar.

She was also the psycho aunt in Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker aka Night Warning.

[Flick James]

All the Baldwins except for Alec. All of 'em.

[Ozzymandias]

Ozzymandias speaks: ARTHUR GODFREY! I know he was a pioneer in radio and TV, being a sort of Don Imus/Simon Cowell forerunner, but the only reason he was in most movies was because he was Arthur Godfrey. He crops in several B-movies for no apparent reason other than they wanted a famous person in the movie or as somebody's uncle.

The guy had no real talent except convincing America that he was a nice, easygoing country boy. His career hit the skids when people found out he was an egomaniacs jerk who fired people who got more attention than him.



Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

[Rev. Powell]

Ozzymandias speaks: ARTHUR GODFREY! I know he was a pioneer in radio and TV, being a sort of Don Imus/Simon Cowell forerunner, but the only reason he was in most movies was because he was Arthur Godfrey. He crops in several B-movies for no apparent reason other than they wanted a famous person in the movie or as somebody's uncle.

The guy had no real talent except convincing America that he was a nice, easygoing country boy. His career hit the skids when people found out he was an egomaniacs jerk who fired people who got more attention than him.



Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

Just saw Godfery last night in ANGEL'S REVENGE, playing himself.  They announced his presence in the audience at a Vegas gig as if he were a big star.  Other notbale has-beens in the cast were past-their-peaks Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Pat Buttram, Peter Lawford and Jack Palance.  They all get higher billing than the 7 females that are the actual stars!

[zombie no.one]

Lindsay Wagner

everyone knows/knew her from her big break as the Bionic Woman, and every movie she made after that, she is 'the star'...but is she really a star?

answers on a postcard

[Ozzymandias]

Ozzymandias speaks: ARTHUR GODFREY! I know he was a pioneer in radio and TV, being a sort of Don Imus/Simon Cowell forerunner, but the only reason he was in most movies was because he was Arthur Godfrey. He crops in several B-movies for no apparent reason other than they wanted a famous person in the movie or as somebody's uncle.

The guy had no real talent except convincing America that he was a nice, easygoing country boy. His career hit the skids when people found out he was an egomaniacs jerk who fired people who got more attention than him.



Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

Just saw Godfery last night in ANGEL'S REVENGE, playing himself.  They announced his presence in the audience at a Vegas gig as if he were a big star.  Other notbale has-beens in the cast were past-their-peaks Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Pat Buttram, Peter Lawford and Jack Palance.  They all get higher billing than the 7 females that are the actual stars!

Ozzymandias speaks: Angel's Revenge and Glass Bottom Boat are perfect examples of this.
Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

[AndyC]

Looking at that picture, he's like the illegitimate son of W.C. Fields and Rick Astley.

[Ozzymandias]

Looking at that picture, he's like the illegitimate son of W.C. Fields and Rick Astley.

Ozzymandias speaks: True. Never thought of that. Godfrey didn't have anything as good as "Never Gonna Give You Up."  His jems were "Slap Her Down Again, Pa" and "She's Too Fat For Me."

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

[retrorussell]

Just saw Godfery last night in ANGEL'S REVENGE, playing himself.  They announced his presence in the audience at a Vegas gig as if he were a big star.  Other notbale has-beens in the cast were past-their-peaks Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Pat Buttram, Peter Lawford and Jack Palance.  They all get higher billing than the 7 females that are the actual stars!

That's the first movie I thought of when I read about Mr. Godfrey.  The MST3K version is gold.  I love when Mr. Godfrey blows a kiss at the gal singing an inane disco song and Crow says, "burrrrrrrp!" 

[Raffine]

Supposedly Godfrey's "ah, shucks/egotistical bastard" persona was a major inspiration for Andy Griffith's Lonesome Rhoads in Elia Kazan's A FACE IN THE CROWD.

If you think Griffith is just good ol' Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry and Opie's daddy, give this one a look.

[Ozzymandias]

Supposedly Godfrey's "ah, shucks/egotistical bastard" persona was a major inspiration for Andy Griffith's Lonesome Rhoads in Elia Kazan's A FACE IN THE CROWD.

If you think Griffith is just good ol' Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry and Opie's daddy, give this one a look.

Ozzymandias speaks: I read that on IMDB too. Doesn't surprise me. Yes, FACE IN THE CROWD is one of the great films of the 50's. It holds up because of great writing and it's zings at the media. Sort of  prophetic view of media with the talk radio pundit's power and also "male enhancment" pharmacuticles.

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!