Actors spotted in smaller/uncredited roles

[moggymoz]

Steven Spielberg in JAWS.

'You may have guessed it by now, but the voice on the radio is none other than Mr. Spielberg. Besides his audio cameo in Jaws, Spielberg has cameoed in several movies credited to his fellow directors. He may have passed you by in Gremlins when he drove past the camera off focus'.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Grange Hill's brilliant Mr Bronson is in the Empire Strikes Back film at the first scene with Darth Vader - he is killed on the spot by DV with a strangle hold

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Sam Peckinpah in Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

 

[heslops barnet]

Martin Scorsese in the back of Travis Bickles taxi in “Taxi Driver”

 

[Stephen230]

Not quite in line with the title but it reminds me of the story behind the famous motorbike chase scene in “The Great Escape”

Steve McQueen was a big motorbike fan and even convinced them to change the scene to a bike chase. The original idea was for it to be a car chase.

They filmed the scene of the chase in two parts. Firstly McQueen’s character trying to get away. And then the Germans chasing him. He loved filming his part that much that he put on a German uniform and was then filmed as one of the chasers.

So in the film he is actually chasing himself.

 

[PinkFinal]

Ruby Wax in Omen 3 Final Conflict
Secretary at US embassy

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Lance Henriksen. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

 

[manimanc]

Frank Oz was in An American Werewolf In London, he played the goofy American ambassador who came to see David in hospital.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

One for film bores (like me), Ford’s character’s name is Colonel Lucas which is most likely a reference to the film’s original intended director, George Lucas. Ford gets to say, “Terminate. With extreme prejudice” in reference to maverick officer, Kurtz.

Interesting fact about Fords role in Apocalypse Now. He was indeed named after George Lucas as him a Francis Ford Coppola are very good friends.

Lucas recommended him to Coppola after Lucas directed him in American Graffiti. Filming of Apocalypse Now starting in March 1976 and Ford's scene was one of first to be shot. Ford went off to film Star Wars 6 months later. Star Wars was released in 1977 but due to production issues Apocalypse Now wasn't released until 1979.

Audiences was confused to see Ford in such a small role when by then he was a global superstar!!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Steven Spielberg in JAWS.

'You may have guessed it by now, but the voice on the radio is none other than Mr. Spielberg. Besides his audio cameo in Jaws.

Did he do the 'duh duh, duh duh, duh duh' noise?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

You could have a thread on its own just for Game of Thrones.

Plenty of musicians and sports stars too.

And famously, George Bush’s head on a spike.

Sigur Ros was one that I remember.

And then Ed Sheeran, and the producers didn't get why everyone hated it. As if Michael Jackson showing up in Return of the Jedi wouldn't have perhaps taken you out of the story a bit.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Audiences was confused to see Ford in such a small role when by then he was a global superstar!!

The Thin Red Line is the worst for that. All of these megastars desperate to work with Terrence Malick and the studio presumably wanting them in the film, but he just wants some unknown lead. So you end up with weird stuff like George Clooney just showing up for a random scene.

 

[ballbag]

Jason Statham

 

[horlock_was_super]

Samuel L Jackson in Goodfellas.

Just a few weeks back saw an old episode of Heartbeat which featured a very young Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

[roman totale]

Frank Oz was in An American Werewolf In London, he played the goofy American ambassador who came to see David in hospital.

Fun fact; Frank Oz was born in Hereford.

 

[johnnytapia]

Great video clips!! Beansie had a non speaking role in Casino. When Ace placed a bet back home in his younger days he ran outside and made a phone call to get down..

You must be an aficionado of Talking Sopranos ;-)

 

[BlueMoonday]

Christian Bale was the kid in Empire of the Sun.

Daniel Craig was in an episode of Sharpe

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Frank Oz was in An American Werewolf In London, he played the goofy American ambassador who came to see David in hospital.

As was a young Rik Mayall.

M. Night Shayalaman appears in all his films. Cameos I know.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I always wonder if they built Beansie that fuckin ramp.

 

[johnnytapia]

Found fame and fortune in both The Sopranos and Terminator . Robert Patrick