Character actor

This dirty dozen deserves the same recognition as the stars.

Actor. As the character 'Linc Case', he replaced George Maharis's character 'Buz Murdock' as Martin Milner's Route 66 co-star during the television series's fourth and final season (1963 to 1964). Other regular television roles were as 'Wes Macauley' in It's a Man's World (1962-63), 'Zephrem Cochrane' on the original...

My favorite look for James Garner

James Gammon, an exceptional character actor whose gravelly voice and craggy face made...

Everyone has their favorite “stars” but who else here has their favorite character actor ? You know, the familiar face playing the neighborhood gossip or the wise-cracking butler. The mustachioed villian or the town floozy. Character actors are the unsung heroes of the cinema. They do all of the…

“orlando bloom at british independent film awards, 2003”

Actor. Although he had an acting career that began in the 1950s, he is best known for his portrayal of 'Detective Lennie Briscoe' in the NBC Police-Courtroom drama television series Law and Order from 1992 to 2004. He was nominated three times for an Emmy Award in that role. Spending much of his early career acting in...

Actor. Born Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall at Herne Hill, London, England, the son of a merchant marine and an amateur actress. His mother enrolled him in elocution lessons at five and by age ten he had made his uncredited film debut in 1938's Scruffy, then appeared in six more films that same year including...

Actor. He was a popular performer, whose distinctive style brought him leading and supporting roles in over 120 films and TV shows. His first job was on television appearing on Beat the Clock in 1950. He soon was a regular on TV programs such as Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Rifleman, Rawhide, The Virginian, East of Eden,...