Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club discussion

#126 guess - Joseph Egger?

Yes!! Josef Eggar is the 'coffin-maker' in 'A Fistful of Dollars' and the 'old prophet' in 'For a Few Dollars More'

Excellent guesswork

I never would have gotten that one. WTG, Betsy.

#127 - George Eldredge?

Yes! Super!

De Sales is the DA but Eldridge is the police chief in 'Psycho'.

However the #127 picture you posted is of Francis De Sales not George Eldredge. Just go to to the info on Wikipedia or IMDB and you'll see a clear picture of which man is the correct answer--Francis De Sales.. They were sitting next to each other in the Psycho picture so that could explain the mixup. Please just look up De Sales.

I believe you are correct, Betsy. The picture on the Wiki face page
is of some young blonde headed man but if you go to the images, they are correct. As well as looking at the continuing cast of the Mr. and Mrs.North tv show, he played Weigand and the picture is correct.

Some mix-up on source websites could always emerge. I can't prevent it though; I can only go by what's listed.

I'm not using IMDb or Wikipedia for the most part; so you can take some consolation that I'm not being caught by whatever errors they're fomenting.

In this case the two men are extremely similar but I wasn't fooled by anything on IMDb. I wasn't ever even looking at De Sales on either of those sites.

Eh. No real need for me to delve deeper since its always going to be something beyond my ability to control. There was a cowboy listed falsely Betsy caught somewhere a month or so ago, same circumstance. It's rare but it happens.

Now we have to work on the British #131 who doesn't look particularly familiar but I have to stare at him for a while and then start looking for sources.

I am still reeling about Betsy getting the 7 Dwarf guy!!!

Exemplary skills on display the past 24 hours. Both of you nabbed double wins, I recall...

The clues were good for Josef Egger. But I think it shows Betsy's strong powers of verbal reasoning. I offered 'Spanish production', 'mid-1960s', and 'cultural icons'. I think that must have led her to Sergio Leone's work.

After all, when was the last time any of us really sat down and watched those flicks? Otherwise she must have a photographic memory?

Too true, Feliks. She is a very good researcher!!!

#131 guess - Jack Lambert?

I am going to throw in a guess here as well.

#131 - Morton Lowrey?

no to both

#131 - Jack Buchanan?

nought

#131 guess - John Loder?

sadly no!

He reminds me of a Noel Coward looking guy.

#131 - Robert Powell?

nooooooo

#131 has a one-line appearance in a famous film we all know practically by HEART. Especially you, Jill. For shame! (kiddin')

My favorite film that I know by heart is Casablanca and I thought it was the guy who got turned away at the casino door, Gregory Gaye, but he is Russian.

So close and yet so far!

I hope this is not another case like George Eldredge / Francise De Sale or I will never hear the end of it

#131 was born in Britain; died in USA.

He appears in four huge classic films --in fact (IMdb says) he is only one of two actors in history to appear in a string of *multiple* and *consecutive* Best Picture winners.

He's also in at least four other mammoth, well-known classics of the same era (late 1930s early 1940s).

I'm turning to IMDb for this quizzo challenge to make sure I get the details right.

#131 guess - Willis Clark?

sadly, no! I'm surprised this one is proving so tough.

Should I simply come right out and admit he's in a famous WWII romance movie made in 1942?

#131 - Herbert Evans (He was my next choice. Grr!)

Yes! An after-the-buzzer dunk for the B-Girl! Too late the heroine on that one...

Herbert Evans (according to Imdb) in big hits like the Errol Flynn Robin Hood, etc etc etc and ALSO, four consecutive Oscar winners. Might nice perk to have on one's resume. A director should have paid him just to hang around the set.

In 'Casablanca' he is a patron of Rick's who questions the integrity of Rick's tables.

I passed right over him although I wrote his name on my little yellow pad to search for further pictures but didn't do it for some reason. WTG, Betsy.

That was another one in the list of toughies and it really shouldn't have been.

Aww.

At least whenever you meet other 'so-called' Casablanca fans in future, you will probably be able to flex some muscles knowing what you now know about Herbert Evans.

What a world that was. Imagine working on the set of 'Casablanca' and feeling it was 'just another war pic' but the guy drinking coffee next to you was in 'Mrs Miniver', and 'Robin Hood' and so many other greats...and he's probably not even recognized by anyone else in line

These guys might not have been stars but their list of films is long and they probably made a decent living. And as we have demonstrated, their faces are almost always so familiar.

The sad part about some of the casting in Casablanca is that many of the extras or those who had one or two lines of dialogue had been stars or second leads in Germany but escaped to the US when Hitler came into power and found film work where they could.

Quiz #132, American

Quiz #133, Amurrican

Quiz #134, American

#132, #133 , #134 are all Americans with lengthy filmographies in the classic era. Small supporting roles; but many well-known titles to their credit.

#132 is familiar, but his name eludes me.

These are tough. I will try one.

#132 - Eddie Acuff?

no

#133 appears in a classic movie we're talking about in just the past two days here in this group.

#132 shares a scene with Bogey in a famous Bogey film.

#133 - Edward Fielding?

Yes! A winnah! Good job.

Among many other roles, ('Random Harvest' for example) he plays Frith, the butler in 'Rebecca'. Hitchcock apparently liked him a lot.

I had it narrowed down to three actors and he was my first choice.

#132 - Tom Fadden?