The Korean guy I remember most from M*A*S*H was the big bald-headed guy with the mustache and smarmy smile -- he's the one, for instance, who carves the head of Potter for his birthday. He turned up in around half a dozen eps, usually as a peddler or huckster of some stripe. He's also the one who tries to sell Potter land for the new compound when they are about to "bug out." I don't know his name, but he's a funny dude.
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His name is Richard Lee Sung, Cho was his character. The Epsiode was "Dear Mildred". It was Col. Potter's first anniversary away from his wife while in Korea, replacing Col. Blake.
FYI: Harry Morgan appeared in an early episode of MASH, as a crazy General, before joining the show at the beginning of the fourth season.
During the second year of "Law & Order", Jerry Orbach appeared as a Defense Lawyer named McCoy. Two years later, he became Lenny Briscoe!
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FYI: Harry Morgan appeared in an early episode of MASH, as a crazy General, before joining the show at the beginning of the fourth season.
During the second year of "Law & Order", Jerry Orbach appeared as a Defense Lawyer named McCoy. Two years later, he became Lenny Briscoe!
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I think the champ in re-using character actors in different parts nowadays has to goto the Law & Order shows. Seems like the usual people keep showing up over and over, I would assume this would be from filming in New York City where the majority of them probably live and work as to flying in frrm LA. And it's usually "Hey, I recognize old 'what's his/her face', I haven't seen them in anything in years!"
"I think the champ in re-using character actors in different parts nowadays has to goto the Law & Order shows. Seems like the usual people keep showing up over and over, I would assume this would be from filming in New York City where the majority of them probably live and work as to flying in frrm LA. And it's usually "Hey, I recognize old 'what's his/her face', I haven't seen them in anything in years!' "
I've noticed that there seems to be a pool of New York and East Coast actors who are rarely seen outside of East Coast produced shows. You see a lot of the Sopranos actors on these other shows like Law & Order, and I don't mean just Michael Imperioli. Vincent Curatola - the actor that played Johnny Sack - also played Bosco's father on multiple episodes of Third Watch.
Edie Falco guest starred on the L&O shows at least a couple of times. Deidre Lovejoy plays State Attorney Rhonda Pearlman on The Wire (shot in Baltimore), and also acted in my teenage daughter's favorite movie - Step Up, which was shot in Baltimore.
As you say, this is no doubt due to the obvious practical reasons for choosing local actors for smaller parts, as opposed to flying people in.
I've noticed that there seems to be a pool of New York and East Coast actors who are rarely seen outside of East Coast produced shows. You see a lot of the Sopranos actors on these other shows like Law & Order, and I don't mean just Michael Imperioli. Vincent Curatola - the actor that played Johnny Sack - also played Bosco's father on multiple episodes of Third Watch.
Edie Falco guest starred on the L&O shows at least a couple of times. Deidre Lovejoy plays State Attorney Rhonda Pearlman on The Wire (shot in Baltimore), and also acted in my teenage daughter's favorite movie - Step Up, which was shot in Baltimore.
As you say, this is no doubt due to the obvious practical reasons for choosing local actors for smaller parts, as opposed to flying people in.
Lkeller said:"I think the champ in re-using character actors in different parts nowadays has to goto the Law & Order shows. Seems like the usual people keep showing up over and over, I would assume this would be from filming in New York City where the majority of them probably live and work as to flying in frrm LA. And it's usually "Hey, I recognize old 'what's his/her face', I haven't seen them in anything in years!' "
The available pool of actors in NYC is actually quite small compared to L.A., so even though relatively few shows are filmed there, you get a lot more of this phenomenon of seeing the same faces turning up in multiple roles.
If you watch any of the New York-based soaps
(All My Children, One Life To Live, As The World
Turns, or Guiding Light) you might see a cast
member turn up on Law & Order. I seem to recall
the late Michael Zaslow, back when he was playing
Roger Thorpe on GL, and Ellen Parker (Maureen Bauer
on GL) showing up on L&O.
(All My Children, One Life To Live, As The World
Turns, or Guiding Light) you might see a cast
member turn up on Law & Order. I seem to recall
the late Michael Zaslow, back when he was playing
Roger Thorpe on GL, and Ellen Parker (Maureen Bauer
on GL) showing up on L&O.
"Dragnet" did enough recycling to make Al Gore blush...Virginia Gregg, Anthony Eisley, the guy who played Chet on "Emergency", all popped up numerous times.
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Hawaii Five-O is the all time recycling champ, probably because there were fewer than a
dozen SAG members living on the island. If you got your union card in Oahu back then you
knew that you were going to eat!
dozen SAG members living on the island. If you got your union card in Oahu back then you
knew that you were going to eat!
Corky Marlowe said:"Dragnet"...Virginia Gregg, Anthony Eisley, the guy who played Chet on "Emergency"...
Plus...Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris, Jack Sheldon (with and without trumpet),
Art Gilmore, Malloy and Reed (as "themselves" plus Reed in other roles),
and lest we forget...Olan Soule, as (usually) forensic chemist Ray Murray.
"Check out imdb for the name Charles Lane, he was working well into his 90's. He passed away last year at 101 years.
I think it is the longest resume I have ever seen on imdb"
Thanks for brining up Charles Lane, Stuart. He was a great character actor, and specialized in sarcastic, grumpy old men...especially in TV sitcoms and dramas as far back as the late 50s, when he was still relatively young. He just had the perfect face and attitude for it. His last credit was as a narrator in 2006, probably just before his 101st birthday.
Lane has 341 listings on imdb. Interestingly, James Hong - the Asian American actor I mentioned - has 326, and he's only 79. I brought Hong up because somebody mentioned the recurring "Koreans" in MASH, but according to the db, he never appeared in that show. He played various Asian ethnicities in thousands of shows, though. I recently saw the Seinfeld where he plays the Chinese restaurant owner.
I think it is the longest resume I have ever seen on imdb"
Thanks for brining up Charles Lane, Stuart. He was a great character actor, and specialized in sarcastic, grumpy old men...especially in TV sitcoms and dramas as far back as the late 50s, when he was still relatively young. He just had the perfect face and attitude for it. His last credit was as a narrator in 2006, probably just before his 101st birthday.
Lane has 341 listings on imdb. Interestingly, James Hong - the Asian American actor I mentioned - has 326, and he's only 79. I brought Hong up because somebody mentioned the recurring "Koreans" in MASH, but according to the db, he never appeared in that show. He played various Asian ethnicities in thousands of shows, though. I recently saw the Seinfeld where he plays the Chinese restaurant owner.
Burt Mustin also had a similar career to Charles Lane (who was fantastic BTW).
Burt always played the old man, Gus on Leave it to Beaver, various roles on Andy Griffith and other shows.
He was a favorite of Johnny Carson and appeared frequently.
Burt always played the old man, Gus on Leave it to Beaver, various roles on Andy Griffith and other shows.
He was a favorite of Johnny Carson and appeared frequently.
oldiesfan6479 said:Corky Marlowe said:"Dragnet"...Virginia Gregg, Anthony Eisley, the guy who played Chet on "Emergency"...
Plus...Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris, Jack Sheldon (with and without trumpet),
Art Gilmore, Malloy and Reed (as "themselves" plus Reed in other roles),
and lest we forget...Olan Soule, as (usually) forensic chemist Ray Murray.
Another "Dragnet" Name should be mentioned-Harry Bartell..According to IMdb, he played in at least 13 episodes of the original 1950's "Dragnet" amd 7 episodes of the 1960's revival..He played the priest, Father Rojas, in both TV versions of "Big Little Jesus" (1953 and 1967) and was a regular member of the "Dragnet" Radio Cast
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0058438/filmoseries#tt0061248
Legend City said:Burt Mustin also had a similar career to Charles Lane (who was fantastic BTW).
Burt always played the old man, Gus on Leave it to Beaver, various roles on Andy Griffith and other shows.
He was a favorite of Johnny Carson and appeared frequently.
Also the recurring character of Mr. Quigley on "All in the Family." He had a great way of delivering a line.
ARCHIE: "Oh, come on, Quigley...at your age, sex must be reduced to a handshake."
QUIGLEY: "Yup....before and after."
Funny, when Lane was mentioned, Burt Mustin popped into my head, too. They were similar in that they both played older men for many years, but were different in that Mustin specialized in kindly men who acted younger than they appeared, while Lane tended to play grouchy and temperamental types. They both worked widely in TV from the 50s thru the 70s in Mustin's case, and up into the 90s in Lane's case.
Mustin was born in 1884, which means he was a young adult when Lane was born in 1905
Mustin was born in 1884, which means he was a young adult when Lane was born in 1905
I just saw James Hong (the Asian American character actor I mentioned) last night on a very strange Burger King commercial.
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