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Identify this actor?

posted 16 years ago by binkym
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Folks:

I just watched this movie, and I recognize one of the actors from somewhere, but I don't know where, and it's driving me batty. Clicking the names in the entry for the movie hasn't helped, and the character didn't have a name in the movie. He's the one who at the start of the bank job went to the guard in the booth and said he wanted to leave a message for someone. While the guard was writing the message down, the character stepped inside the booth and pressed his pistol into the guard's side.

I have a feeling I saw the actor in a show as a kid, but I can't pull the memory out of my brain. Can you help?

Binky
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[–] ecjones1951 16 years ago

It's Addison Powell.

[–] binkym 16 years ago

ecjones1951:

Aha! He's the one: http://sam.mkbmemorial.com/bigwednesday/bigwed_4.jpg

I may be remembering him from "Dark Shadows," but I was so young then, it's hard to tell. Thanks *ever* so much for identifying him for me, and for settling this one once and for all before it drove me out of my mind!

Binky

[–] ecjones1951 16 years ago

You're welcome! I have been playing "Spot the Character Actor" for about 40 years. I still get tripped up sometimes. But I recognized Powell from Three Days of the Condor.

[–] Fourdot 16 years ago

You're going to have to spot this one again. It's Sam Melville. I just watched this movie tonight on TMC and was curious myself about the same guy. There's a picture of him in the credits.