peasy23 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Watching Band of Brothers again. Every time, I spot a British or Irish star I hadn't spotted before. Simon Pegg, James McAvoy, Stephen Graham, Andrew Scott and loads more. Add Iain Robertson latterly of River City to your list. Michael Fassbender too if you haven't spotted him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The wife is watching a lot of Murder she wrote recently. Loads of folk out of other old tv and film stuff like the dad out of happy days and Evil out of The Time Bandits. One had Bill Maher (who i didn't know was even an actor) as a main character and Brian Cranston as a very minor part. Also features Amity Island out of Jaws as Cabot Cove. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Just spotted Jamie Bamber, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 07/01/2024 at 17:32, coprolite said: The wife is watching a lot of Murder she wrote recently. Loads of folk out of other old tv and film stuff like the dad out of happy days and Evil out of The Time Bandits. One had Bill Maher (who i didn't know was even an actor) as a main character and Brian Cranston as a very minor part. Also features Amity Island out of Jaws as Cabot Cove. No. Jaws was filmed in Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Cabot Cove is actually Mendicino about three hours North of San Francisco. The same place as "The Howling". Almost every episode included somebody you might know. One episode is set in Australia. Obviously nobody you would know in that? Wrong. It included Nick Tate, who previously played regular character Alan Carter in Space 1999. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: No. Jaws was filmed in Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Cabot Cove is actually Mendicino about three hours North of San Francisco. The same place as "The Howling". Almost every episode included somebody you might know. One episode is set in Australia. Obviously nobody you would know in that? Wrong. It included Nick Tate, who previously played regular character Alan Carter in Space 1999. Yes Both were filmed in more than one place, including, in common, the lake at Universal Studios in LA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) More a "where are they now?" post.... I came across an old DVD of Your Cheatin' Heart (1990) written by Paisley's own John Byrne and IMO not far short of Tutti Frutti in quality - it's in the same territory of West Coast eccentrics and losers set to a musical backdrop. Of the five main actors (featured in all 6 episodes) Tilda Swinton & Ken Stott went to have substantial careers while the other three kinda fell by the wayside - Top Billed John Gordon Sinclair, while Katy Murphy and Keviin McMonagle don't even have photos on their IMDB pages. Well worth a watch if like Byrne's work and, I suppose, if you can find it out there on the interweb! Your Cheatin' Heart (TV Mini Series 1990– ) - IMDb Edited January 9 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Somewhat embarrassingly, I've only just realised that P&B favourite Ray Patterson ( @Ray Patterson) is voiced by Steve Martin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 09/01/2024 at 10:45, btb said: More a "where are they now?" post.... I came across an old DVD of Your Cheatin' Heart (1990) written by Paisley's own John Byrne and IMO not far short of Tutti Frutti in quality - it's in the same territory of West Coast eccentrics and losers set to a musical backdrop. Of the five main actors (featured in all 6 episodes) Tilda Swinton & Ken Stott went to have substantial careers while the other three kinda fell by the wayside - Top Billed John Gordon Sinclair, while Katy Murphy and Keviin McMonagle don't even have photos on their IMDB pages. Well worth a watch if like Byrne's work and, I suppose, if you can find it out there on the interweb! Your Cheatin' Heart (TV Mini Series 1990– ) - IMDb Katy Murphy ended up working as a teacher in London... https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/15432142.katy-is-a-lesson-to-all-frustrated-actors/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) After the top TV thread I've started watching The X-Files again. I know there's a bunch of people coming up but: John Connor's stepdad from Terminator 2 is in an episode. It's a rip-off of The Thing so I'm guessing he doesn't make it. Ed - oh! Felicity Huffman's in it too: Ice (The X-Files) - Wikipedia Edited January 12 by Miguel Sanchez 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 12/01/2024 at 19:32, Lurkst said: Katy Murphy ended up working as a teacher in London... https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/15432142.katy-is-a-lesson-to-all-frustrated-actors/ I also felt a touch of nostalgia for the Henry Healy shops which used to be a feature of Glasgow at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Quato('s host) from Total Recall was in The X-Files: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Bebe from Frasier is in the X-Files (cheating slightly I remembered this one) Also in the X-Files is Krycek from... er, the X-Files: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Vondas from The Wire is in The X-Files Apparently you can get signed photos of the part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 14/01/2024 at 14:04, btb said: I also felt a touch of nostalgia for the Henry Healy shops which used to be a feature of Glasgow at the time. There's one in Queen St. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 4 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: There's one in Queen St. Yeah it kept the name but it's a more of a modern Deli with a different shopfront - I read an article in the Evening Times when the shop re-opened post pandemic IIRC it stated another two shops had kept their name when the business folded, there were more than 30 shops in the Glasgow area in the 90s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Janice from Friends was in The X-Files before she was Janice from Friends: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 A few days ago, my maw was watching Law & Order on one of the channels that just repeats them in order on a loop, and they're back at the beginning again. Sometime in Season 2 (I think), one of the defence attorneys was played by Jerry Orbach, best known as Detective Briscoe on...erm...Law & Order. This seems to happen a lot on US TV shows - when they need an actor for a new character, somebody thinks "hey, mind that guy we had on for one episode that we all liked? Let's get him back." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, BFTD said: A few days ago, my maw was watching Law & Order on one of the channels that just repeats them in order on a loop, and they're back at the beginning again. Sometime in Season 2 (I think), one of the defence attorneys was played by Jerry Orbach, best known as Detective Briscoe on...erm...Law & Order. This seems to happen a lot on US TV shows - when they need an actor for a new character, somebody thinks "hey, mind that guy we had on for one episode that we all liked? Let's get him back." In about two months I'm going to post John Locke from Lost in The X-Files, and The X-Files movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: In about two months I'm going to post John Locke from Lost in The X-Files, and The X-Files movie. I'm doing it a day earlier, just because I'm a c**t. Gives me time to actually watch The X-Files first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Rewatching The Sopranos. Forgot that Julianna Margulies was in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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