Can anyone identify this actor?

BrianD3 · 03-09-2009 11:24am #1

I am racking my brains and it is driving me mad. Here are some clues. I think I'm correct with all of the below

-New York accent
-craggy features and gruff voice
-short in stature
-has definitely played a helicopter pilot in at least one film
-has been in a few 1980s films. Was probably in his 50s or early 60s then. Not a leading man but a distinctive presence.

Anyone have any ideas who this is?

humanji · 03-09-2009 11:48am

I don't know why I thought of this guy, but could it be Scott Glen?

plissken · 03-09-2009 11:50am

It's not Roy Scheider, is it ?

CLADA · 03-09-2009 11:52am

Vic Morrow?

Dibble · 03-09-2009 11:56am

A bit of a long shot, but is it Ernest Borgnine?

teddy_303 · 03-09-2009 11:58am

Harvey Keitel?

BrianD3 · 03-09-2009 12:03pm

Not any of those, but thanks. I think this person is a smaller name than Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel or Ernest Borgnine but has appeared in some big films.

I am not too familar with Morrow or Glen but looking at thier imdb profiles I don't think he would share much in common with them

faceman · 03-09-2009 12:29pm

What does he look like?

ceannair06 · 03-09-2009 12:32pm

Would it be Richard Cranna ?

Sounds like him and he was in Rambo ?

Simian! · 03-09-2009 12:36pm

Michael Ironside? If he's bald and pock-marked

Rhyme · 03-09-2009 12:36pm

Richard Crenna is a name that spring to mind. Not specifically a helicopter pilot, but was in a lot of them.

Jumpy · 03-09-2009 12:41pm

Sticky Romance wrote: »

Michael Ironside? If he's bald and pock-marked

ROUGHNECKS!

I would have thought it sounds like him too.

L31mr0d · 03-09-2009 12:50pm

Joe Pesci?

BrianD3 · 03-09-2009 1:06pm

I thought about it some more over lunch and now know the actors name

Re: the suggestions, Richard Crenna is way too tall. Joe Pesci is a pretty good suggestion however Pesci is younger and rounder than this person and is just a different type of actor.

He flew a helicopter in one film but I don't think he'd be known as a helicopter pilot so that was probably misleading

Maybe I won't reveal who it is straightaway. Here's a pretty good hint. In a very well known 80s film his character is killed immediately after saying "You can't do that"

ceannair06 · 03-09-2009 1:09pm

Paul Sorvino ?

Karl Hungus · 03-09-2009 1:23pm

BrianD3 wrote: »

Maybe I won't reveal who it is straightaway. Here's a pretty good hint. In a very well known 80s film his character is killed immediately after saying "You can't do that"

Ah, Dick Miller.

BrianD3 · 03-09-2009 1:26pm

Yes

BTW the helicopter flying character was in the film Explorers

03-09-2009 3:25pm

BrianD3 wrote: »

I am racking my brains and it is driving me mad. Here are some clues. I think I'm correct with all of the below

-New York accent
-craggy features and gruff voice
-short in stature
-has definitely played a helicopter pilot in at least one film
-has been in a few 1980s films. Was probably in his 50s or early 60s then. Not a leading man but a distinctive presence.

Anyone have any ideas who this is?

Has to be the great Dick Miller star of two of my favorite films of all time, Tales Fromn the Crypt: Demon Knight and Terminator. I'm fairly certain he was a helicopter pilot in Explorers, watched it the other week for the first time in years and I think I saw him.

Edit: Sorry, just saw that Karl all ready guessed correctly. Still half asleep so forgive me for reading just the first post.

Average-Ro · 03-09-2009 5:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fAHHy7vOiI

Legend scene.

CyberGhost · 04-09-2009 12:06am

wow, you guys amaze me with your movie knowledge.

SirLemonhead · 04-09-2009 12:10am

Yeah "you can't do that" is a BIG giveaway

D-FENS · 04-09-2009 10:06am

Deleted User wrote: »

Has to be the great Dick Miller star of two of my favorite films of all time, Tales Fromn the Crypt: Demon Knight and Terminator. I'm fairly certain he was a helicopter pilot in Explorers, watched it the other week for the first time in years and I think I saw him.

Edit: Sorry, just saw that Karl all ready guessed correctly. Still half asleep so forgive me for reading just the first post.

He was good in Gremlins too, although two things that always annoyed me - 1.) had he run into other gremlins before in Korea or was it just the crazy ramblings of a man affected by war? 2.)

he looked to have suffered a pretty bad death in the 1st movie, only to come back in the sequel 9And a lot saner as well)

I put spoilers just in case some poor individual out there is yet to see Gremlins

faceman · 04-09-2009 12:13pm

Jaysus, would have never got this even though I know who he is! :eek:

Can anyone identify this actor?

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