What actor/actress comes to mind?

[Swithin]

Excuse the sidebar here, I am so frustrated. I watched a film recently and had this same idea. The lead was a character actor and I thought he ought do more leads. I cannot remember. I am in agony. Don't get old, folks.

I repeat the current clue by norfious for convenience :

A character actor you think should have had more starring roles.

Etienne Girardot

Next: Used lotion

[ziggy6708a]

Ted Levine Silence of the Lambs

next: not adept at comedy

[EP Millstone]

next: not adept at comedy

Rondo Hatton

Next: Cornfed

[KayFrancis]

Percy Kilbride - Ma and Pa Kettle

Next : sophisticated actress

[EP Millstone]

Next : sophisticated actress

Margaret Dumont

Next: Aristocratic

[KayFrancis]

Next : Aristocratic

Glades Cooper

Next : often played a butler

[Swithin]

Edgar Norton



Next: Wrote a novel

[EP Millstone]

Next: Wrote a novel

Tom Tryon

Next: Was also a musician

[Dargo]

Next: Was also a musician

Oscar Levant (...and if you hadn't asked this in the past tense, I would've said Steve Martin...okay, so sue me, I LIKE banjo music!) LOL

Next: a facial scar

[laffite]

Kirk Douglas
Was is Sparticus?

Next : Some cute young thing from a 1932 movie

[Detective Jim McLeod]

Lilian Bond


Next- Reptilian

[Swithin]

Jacqueline Pearce



Next: Horsey

[Dargo]

Next: Horsey

Edna May Oliver



(...I'll now resist the temptation to ask "Why the long face?" here...OOPS!...didn't try very hard, did I)

Next: slinky

[laffite]

Dick Van Dyke

next : lighting a candle

[Dargo]

"lighting a candle"

Jane Wyman in 'Miracle in the Rain'

(...JUST slightly less fun a movie than the one about singin' in the stuff...okay, actually, a whole lot less fun)

Next: smart-mouthed kid