Favorite minor characters

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By the Gods...this is a Grey-esque thread.


When I posted that pic of Burgess Meredith in the other thread, I was reminded of how much I loved that character. I honestly think he made that movie, you could have replaced Harry Hamlin with Hassellhoff and Burgess still would have made it great. Thus, this thread is for all the other awesome small or bit-performances that made a great movie or performance.

So, I'll kick this off with another favorite bit part. Cabbie, played by Ernest Borgnine in Escape from New York.

   
        Hold on, Snake. The Tank is coming.


Fuck, I still cry when Cabbie dies on the bridge.

Post your favorite bit-characters. Please limit yourself to 2 per post so that folks you don't hit refresh every 5 minutes have a chance to chime in. I've got another one (Budr should know who, but I'm showing restraint and you should too).

[Dave]

the gansgter from rocky 1 2 and 3.

also duke, apollo creed's trainer.

[Vandamguy]

immediately i can only think of one.

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in spiderman 1 , 2 , 3

fucking nailed the character every time.

[CaffeinePowered]

In the spirit of SWPM's post

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the gansgter from rocky 1 2 and 3.

Paulie?

[Mission Difficult]

Edward James Olmos as Gaff in Bladerunner.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Marcus Brody from the Indiana Jones movies. He's at his best in The Last Crusade

[Tragic Hero]

Paul Rudd in Wet Hot American Summer (or in any movie that he plays a supporting role)

[Vongore]

[Dave]

[quote author=Dave link=topic=1892.msg52679#msg52679 date=1228262085]
the gansgter from rocky 1 2 and 3.

Paulie?

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nooo the loan shark rocky works for in rocky1, then paulie wanst to work for him but rocky is like nah mate.

[x]

Edward James Olmos as Gaff in Bladerunner.

No fair, I'm telling Rummy.

Drexl Spivey - one of my all-time favourite movie scenes.

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[quote author=Mission Difficult link=topic=1892.msg52691#msg52691 date=1228267035]
Edward James Olmos as Gaff in Bladerunner.

No fair, I'm telling Rummy.

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I actually was thinking of Leon Kowalski.

[x]

I actually was thinking of Leon Kowalski.

Also amazing, although I'm not sure where the line is drawn for a bit-part. I could have named any small character from that film to be honest. M. Emmett Walsh is always great, even Tyrell's I'm-quite-clearly-reading-my-lines-off-a-cue-card style has a certain charm to it. That said, I always cite Gaff as the greatest ever minor character just because it astounds me how his insanely minimal presence has such a massive effect. Simlish aside, he's got maybe two or three lines in the back and forth with Deckard on the roof at the end and that's it. And yet, he somehow comes out as this hugely memorable character who manages to bind the film together.

[Surf314]

I was a fan of the driver in snatch.  I can't think of any others right now. 

Oh wait I got a great one.  The "Your mother's a whore" guy in Welcome to Collinwood.  (fucking hilarious movie)

[fyre]

The Annie Potts character in Ghostbusters.

[Sponson]

[Surf314]

The bullets?

[Vongore]

the Bartender from The Shining

[Geoff]

the Bartender from The Shining

Wrong, the guy in the bear suit in the shining

[Wedge]