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* John Houseman started acting in movies (rather than producing them) when he was over sixty years old, and so, his example of this trope in ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' as one of the military coup-plotters was in fact his first appearance on screen. And then twenty years later, he did the same with his last role, as the hilariously unflappable driving instructor in ''[[The Naked Gun]]''. |
* John Houseman started acting in movies (rather than producing them) when he was over sixty years old, and so, his example of this trope in ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' as one of the military coup-plotters was in fact his first appearance on screen. And then twenty years later, he did the same with his last role, as the hilariously unflappable driving instructor in ''[[The Naked Gun]]''. |
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* Crispin Glover again in David Lynch's ''[[Wild at Heart]]''. His role as Christmas-obsessed, sandwich-making cousin Dell, who enjoys putting cockroaches in his underpants and has a terrible fear of black gloves - it lasts for about three minutes and is probably the weirdest damn thing he's ever done, which is saying a ''lot''. |
* Crispin Glover again in David Lynch's ''[[Wild at Heart]]''. His role as Christmas-obsessed, sandwich-making cousin Dell, who enjoys putting cockroaches in his underpants and has a terrible fear of black gloves - it lasts for about three minutes and is probably the weirdest damn thing he's ever done, which is saying a ''lot''. |
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* The [[Harry Potter (film)|''Harry Potter'' film series]] has a few: |
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** [[David Tennant]], while not the best thing about ''[[Harry Potter |
** [[David Tennant]], while not the best thing about ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', certainly puts in a show-stopping performance as Barty Crouch Jr. |
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** Jeff Rawle's tragic scene as Amos Diggory crying over Cedric's body. |
** Jeff Rawle's tragic scene as Amos Diggory crying over Cedric's body. |
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** Julie Christie as Madame Rosmerta in ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Prisoner of Azkaban''. |
** Julie Christie as Madame Rosmerta in ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Prisoner of Azkaban''. |
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** Emma Thompson, as Sybil Trelawny in ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' and ''Order of the Phoenix''. |
** Emma Thompson, as Sybil Trelawny in ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' and ''Order of the Phoenix''. |
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** John Hurt as Ollivander in the first movie. If you'll pardon the pun, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|spellbinding]]. |
** John Hurt as Ollivander in the first movie. If you'll pardon the pun, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|spellbinding]]. |
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** Nick Moran made a short but impressive appearance as the leader of a gang of snatchers in ''Deathly Hallows |
** Nick Moran made a short but impressive appearance as the leader of a gang of snatchers in ''Deathly Hallows - Part 1'' |
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** Also in ''Hallows'', Bill Nighy ''is'' Rufus Scrimgeour, inexplicably Welsh Minister for Magic, symbol of strength, beacon of hope to the Wizarding World! Gets maybe two minutes. |
** Also in ''Hallows'', Bill Nighy ''is'' Rufus Scrimgeour, inexplicably Welsh Minister for Magic, symbol of strength, beacon of hope to the Wizarding World! Gets maybe two minutes. |
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* In ''[[Network]]'', [[Ned Beatty]] as ominous CEO Arthur Jensen. The guy's onscreen probably five minutes, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVqIjKyJh0 his speech] is utterly fantastic. "You have ''meddled with the primal forces of nature'', Mr. Beale, and ''I WON'T HAVE IT! IS THAT CLEAR??''" And then there's Beatrice Straight in the same film, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for what was, at the time, the shortest amount of time an Oscar-winning role had been onscreen. Beatty was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
* In ''[[Network]]'', [[Ned Beatty]] as ominous CEO Arthur Jensen. The guy's onscreen probably five minutes, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVqIjKyJh0 his speech] is utterly fantastic. "You have ''meddled with the primal forces of nature'', Mr. Beale, and ''I WON'T HAVE IT! IS THAT CLEAR??''" And then there's Beatrice Straight in the same film, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for what was, at the time, the shortest amount of time an Oscar-winning role had been onscreen. Beatty was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
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