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Title: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Johnny Z on October 11, 2003, 05:49:28 PM
Ok, my co-worker and I have had this discussion about Bill Paxson, who seems to turn up in really bad movies. Who else is almost sure to show up in the credits of a bad movie? I am new here, so please forgive me if this has been discussed before.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Ash on October 11, 2003, 08:08:00 PM
Lance Henrickson
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: sufferbus on October 11, 2003, 10:34:57 PM
nick mancuso
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Mofo Rising on October 11, 2003, 11:33:01 PM
Well, Bill Paxton also shows up in some very good movies.  NEAR DARK, for one.  He also directed what I consider a very good movie, FRAILTY.

Udo Kier, ubiquitous creepy German guy, shows up in more than his fair share of bad movies.
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Ash on October 11, 2003, 11:54:54 PM
Udo Kier is the feminine guy who got slashed in half by Shinji's thumb laser string in "Johnny Mneumonic" right?

Wasn't he also in Korn's "Make Me Bad" video?
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Mofo Rising on October 12, 2003, 01:00:34 AM
Udo Kier (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001424/)

Man, that IMDb biography is crazy.

Casper Van Dien is a name that deserves mention too.

I'm wondering about the question.  Is it that if the movie is bad, a certain actor is bound to show up?  Or is that a certain actors name guarantees a bad movie?

I think the latter is the more interesting question.  Are there any actors that guarantee a bad movie bar none?

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Fearless Freep on October 12, 2003, 01:56:06 AM
Tim Thomerson
Brion James
John Carradine
Rutger Hauer
Christophoer Lambert
Richard Moll

To name just a very few

Title: Bill Paxson
Post by: Johnny Z on October 12, 2003, 08:24:11 AM
It is true he has had his share of good movies too. When she brought it up, I could only think of bad ones also.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: freelancePatsy on October 12, 2003, 11:30:55 AM
John Phillip Law
Wings Hauser
Cameron Mitchel
Adam West
Hulk Hogan
Richard Keil

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: JohnL on October 12, 2003, 08:59:53 PM
Brad Dourif
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: fritz21 on October 12, 2003, 11:00:45 PM
Paul Newman. Why the heck did he take WHEN TIME RAN OUT?
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Conrad on October 13, 2003, 07:50:02 AM
Lou Diamond Phillips
Eddie Izzard

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: The Burgomaster on October 13, 2003, 04:09:09 PM
Some actors and directors:

John Saxon
Richard Lynch
Cirio Santiago
Fred Olen Ray
Anthony M. Dawson (aka Antonio Margheriti)
Linda Blair

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: yaddo42 on October 13, 2003, 06:07:21 PM
Yet "Near Dark" had Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen.

I recent saw Udo Kier a decent Werner Herzog film "Invincible", but it was a small supporting role.

Some of these actors its more like they had a "use by" date. If its after a certain year, then it's certain that the film is bad.

Cameron Mitchell was in great films like "Hombre" (with Paul Newman) and "My Favorite Year".

Paul Newman probably did WTRO for the paycheck, but he did mix some poor film choices in with some good work in the 70s and 80s when he was really caught up in his auto racing career/hobby.

Rutger Hauer was in lots of good stuff until the early 90s. Recent he was in "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind", but that's probably the first decent film I've seen him in for about the past eight years.

John Phillip Law was in one of the Ray Harryhausen/Sinbad movies, and recently was in a fun little overlooked movie called "CQ" about the kind of "groovy spy movies" that the Austin powers films were making fun of. Anyone who loved or loathed "Danger: Diabolik" should seek it out. The "movie within a movie" that's part of the plot has a feel like that flick, intentionally.

Since John Carradine was in damn near everything it's a little hard to lump him in, even if the majority of his career was made of the kind of movies we love to hate, and bless him for it. The man made "The Shootist" and "Satan's Cheerleaders" around the same time.

But I agree with Richard Moll and Adam West.

I'll add, just off the top of my head:

Freddie Prinze Jr.
Robert Davi
Billy Drago
Dean Cain
Robert Carradine (after about 1982)
Yahoo Serious
Fred Williamson (with a few exceptions)
Joe Estevez
David Heavener
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: AndyC on October 13, 2003, 08:45:22 PM
Clint Howard. He's especially  interesting in that the degree of badness is proportional to his placement in the credits. The higher Clint's name appears, the worse the movie is. Clint, however, is always great.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: Neon Noodle on October 15, 2003, 10:30:29 AM
Henry Silva - run like the wind if his name is in there....
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: yaddo42 on October 15, 2003, 10:49:34 PM
Mostly agree on Henry Silva but he was in "Ghost Dog", "The Manchurian Candidate" and the original "Ocean's 11".
Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: AndyC on October 16, 2003, 07:18:33 AM
yaddo42 wrote:

> Mostly agree on Henry Silva but he was in "Ghost Dog", "The
> Manchurian Candidate" and the original "Ocean's 11".


Megaforce alone should be enough to cancel those out.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: TheFeen on October 16, 2003, 08:23:00 AM
Adrian Pasdar was in a few decent movies but mainly made for TV crap, and that one about the bears.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: TheFeen on October 16, 2003, 08:28:12 AM
Steve Guttenberg, William Shatner and Dean Cain. Enough said. Also that fireman from third watch who is the poor mans Dean Cain, thats really pathetic isnt it.

Title: Re: If so and so is listed in the credits
Post by: yaddo42 on October 16, 2003, 03:40:19 PM
I have to admit, AndyC, I had to wade through a lot of bad stuff on Henry Silva's IMDB listing to find the few quality movies he has made.