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Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors (Hardcover)

by David Quinlan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Batsford Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (5 Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713470402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713470406
  • Product Dimensions: 26 x 19.7 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,103,700 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a guide to over 1100 character actors and actresses. The people covered include John le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Dora Bryan and Sam Kydd from the British studios; and Elisha Cook, Iris Adrian, Hattie McDaniel and Irving Bacon from Hollywood. There is a portrait to accompany every entry. After a short account of each actor's career and characteristics, all their known film credits are given, including many fleeting appearances never previously recorded, plus shorts and TV movies. David Quinlan is also the author of "The Illustrated Directory of Film Stars", "The Illustrated Directory of Film Directors" and "British Sound Films 1928-1959".

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3.0 out of 5 stars A celebration of film's unsung heroes., 10 Aug 2001
A wonderful concept for a book to appeal to that species known as film buffs - a catalogue of character actors rather than the better known, and frequently transient, stars. Character actors often provide the best performances and most of them have long and varied careers. Of course, one of the big problems with character actors is the tendency to recognise their faces but forget their names. Which makes finding some of them in this alphabetically listed book a tad difficult. And the book is not terribly complete. Some character actors you would expect to find are absent, while others hardly seem to merit being included. A few might even have been more at home in the companion volume of movie stars. But those who did make it into the book are rather well served. Each has a photo - in black and white and not always particularly flattering - along with a brief physical description, biographical details and a film listing. For the more morbidly curious among us, the cause of death is usually included for those character actors who are no longer with us. A useful reference book and also nice to simply flip through. But I wouldn't have minded paying a little more for slightly better production values. And I think that work should begin on a larger, more complete, up to date edition right now.
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