The shape of Jack Palance to come.

Flangepart · October 08, 2003, 06:00:05 PM

Man....time for this burning question for gang at large.
Who is the most shameless B-actor of all time?
Jack Palance sure is a contender....look at the screen cap on Andrew's review!
What is he wearing, a water jug?
The man was right up there with John Caradine.
"If the check is good, i'll be there, and say my lines. Alimoney, you know?"
Fun flicks, but....it ain't shakespear, guys!
Soooo....
Who it at the top of the "Anything for a paycheck" pile?

AndyC · October 08, 2003, 06:33:00 PM

Hard to top John Carradine. He's the first name that comes to my mind.

I suppose it has to be a good actor to qualify for this list.

Donald Pleasance comes to mind. He wasn't nearly as shameless as Carradine or Palance, but his resume varies from the sublime to quite a bit of the ridiculous.

Ash · October 08, 2003, 06:45:20 PM

Whenever I think of Jack Palance I always remember the old Skin Bracer after shave commercials he used to do.

"MMMMM" AHHHHH Skin Braca!!

Remember those?

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AndyC · October 08, 2003, 10:28:21 PM

For me, he'll always be the host of Ripley's Believe It or Not.

freelancePatsy · October 09, 2003, 10:40:24 PM

AndyC wrote:
> Donald Pleasance comes to mind. He wasn't nearly as shameless
> as Carradine or Palance, but his resume varies from the sublime
> to quite a bit of the ridiculous.
>
Actually, this is because Donald Pleasance accepted any role that he was offered. I read somewhere (wish I could remember where, now) that his experiences in WWII (I believe he spent some time as a POW) made him thankful to be alive and working as an actor, so he'd accept anything.

tralalog · October 11, 2003, 04:42:44 AM

either treat williams or lou diamond phillips are the king of cheesy movies.......

Fearless Freep · October 11, 2003, 04:01:23 PM

Treat and Lou still have a ways to go before they get into Tim Thomerson territory

B-grade · October 11, 2003, 05:34:20 PM

Tim Thomerson and Carradine are good choices. Altough my favorite actor who cross between good and bad films maybe Malcolm McDowell. I'll watch any movie that he appears in even if it is for just 10 minutes

Other good actors that do good work in B films are; Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton

Fearless Freep · October 12, 2003, 08:13:52 AM

Well, don't forget Micheal Caine, then. Accepting an Oscar by video while on location shooting "Jaws:The Revenge"

Andrew · October 12, 2003, 02:15:31 PM

Flangepart wrote:

> Jack Palance sure is a contender....look at the screen cap on Andrew's review!
> What is he wearing, a water jug?

That was my first thought as well. There is also a funny thing that happens during the movie, I think it is when Omus and Jason are fighting. The helmet is tossed aside and you can see a piece breaks off. When you next see the helmet (I think when Jason puts it on), the missing chunk is pretty obvious.

Along the lines of "just making a paycheck," I would cast a vote in here for George Ken... ...Kenne... ...Ke... ...he who shall not be named.

jmc · October 12, 2003, 03:27:01 PM

Klaus Kinski....he'd turn down A-list directors to be in B-movies because the pay was better.

The shape of Jack Palance to come.

tralalog

B-grade