Way OT: Greatest B Level Actor 70's & 80's
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None other than porn legend and former Pitt Panther Herbert John Striecher aka Deep Throat star Harry Reems
Sure they are.. B list does not mean bad actors it means not usually a headliner of a movie or huge stars. When you have Paul Newman or Robert Redford or Clint Eastwood as A listers Hopper and Paxton not in that class..
Rebecca de mornay
Hopper was an award winning actor...the guy from the Farmers' Insurance commercials, J K Simmons, won an Academy award for best supporting actor (something Hopper never achieved) so I guess he is an A lister also...Hopper was a good actor but not a guy you build a blockbuster around. Example, Hoosiers. Hackman A lister. Hopper B lister.
Twister? Right up there with some of the classics in our time...
Yes but both Hopper and Paxton have been headliners. They may not be "A" list like a Hackman or Pacino, but those are rare.
I am thinking B list as someone like Jan Michael Vincent. Of which I did a Jan Michael Vincent Film Festival this weekend.
John Cazale is #1 in this category. I'm not even sure it's close. Brilliant actor.
Tom Berenger in The Substitute movies lol.
What an a$$ kicker.
What an a$$ kicker.
It’s hard to believe but there was a time when Jan Michael Vincent was a headliner in several movies, and a fairly solid member of the A List Club.
JMV was who came to my mind when I read the title.
Another was longtime Eastwood co-Star Geoffrey Lewis, father of Juliette Lewis.
I know, so was PSH. Sure he had a ton of great supporting roles, but the guy won an Oscar for best actor. He was A-list by the time of his unfortunate death.
This is who came to mind immediately. He almost certainly would have become a major A-lister had he not passed so young.
The thing about him is he was only in 3-4 movies, but among the greatest movies ever, Godfather I & 2 and then Deerhunter, then he died.
yeah, i could be a decade too late with him. Scent of a woman in the earliest i can remember and that was real early 90s.
dog day afternoon as well which was kind of a dumb movie IMO but i think won awards. He played Fredo character in the godfather perfectly.
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