He's one of those guys who you can't name a single thing he's been in, but you know you've seen him in everything.
shareI know what I've seen him in. He played the most obnoxious of MacGyver's friends. Jack Dalton. There were quite a few episodes where Mac had friends who got killed. I was always kind of rooting for them to write out Dalton.
shareAre you saying you don't like his performance or you thought his character was obnoxious?
shareHe was Braxton in Voyager.
shareGreat in TimeCop.
But I do get him mixed up with Lane Smith
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Not a dead ringer but similar age, build etc.
Woah, Lane Smith was Perry White! You can't mix up those two!
shareIn the Timecop movie they seem to look similar and talk similar.
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What do you think?
He's another "that guy". I know him from My Cousin Vinny.
shareDidn't he play a crazy cop in a Miami Vice episode?
shareYeah, he played Hank Weldon in the "Miami Vice" episode 'Out Where the Buses Don't Run' (ha ha, I stay/live there as well, listening to the sounds of the Ocean...Billy Ocean). I actually liked Hank Weldon a little, although the mental illness aspect would probably be executed without any trace of comedy nowadays (I think that would be the correct approach).
shareIt was a memorable episode, though.
shareOh, absolutely: I thought Hank Weldon was funny, uncanny (he was still a good detective), and tragic. Plus, David Strathairn plays his ex-partner, who's both resigned to the way Weldon is but remains protective of him.
shareWoah, I totally forgot Strathairn was in that episode as well. It's been a while since I last saw it. Lots of actors on that show before their big break.
shareNo doubt about it, "Miami Vice" was a proving ground of sorts for up-and-coming talent (Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, the list goes on forever...). In my mind, that show did a great many things right, including having the overlooked factor of storylines that are relevant to this day.
shareHe does that thing where he plays a sound clicking on his throat . Did it in Animal House.
shareI noticed recently that he appears in both the first and last episodes of Quantum Leap, the old TV series with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell that ran from '89 to '93.
Seems like they must have thought highly of him for that to occur. Doubt it was just a random coincidence.
I know i've seen him in a bunch of stuff but i can only recall 2 thing at the moment.Macgyver the Quantum leap series pilot and series finale.
shareHe's been in over 100 movies but he's always D-Day to me. I just saw him in The Insider and thought 'there's D-Day crushing it again.'
shareHe does that thing where he plays a sound clicking on his throat . Did it in Animal House.
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His wife can do it perfectly, too. I saw her do it at a golf tournament he was playing in....
He's been in over 100 movies but he's always D-Day to me. I just saw him in The Insider and thought 'there's D-Day crushing it again.'
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An angry Elvis impersonator in Into the Night.
The sheriff in My Cousin Vinny.
An angry lawyer in The Insider.
The judge in Runaway Jury.
President Lincoln's Secretary of War in Lincoln (for Spielberg.)
The golfing great Walter Hagen in "Bagger Vance." (McGill has been playing celebrity golf tournaments for years dining off this role)
...he's got a million of 'em.