Shindig and the Nice Old Man
POSTED BY: EmpireX
UPDATED: Sunday, April 19, 2015 03:43
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Every time I watch Shindig, I always wonder who that nice old man is who comes to Kaylee's aid against those mean girls. You know... the one who looks like an elderly Clark Gable? Surely I can't be the only one who noticed the resemblance? Well curiosity overcame me and I looked him up on imdb.com. His name is Larry Pennell and he has, in fact, played Clark Gable on 3 separate occasions. He's been in movies and tv since the 50s.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd share the info and give a shout out for the Nice Old Man who helped Kaylee. I wonder if Joss would have brought him back for another episode? He does like to recycle his actors...
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Thank you!
I dont think ANYONE could have missed the resemblance, and I seriously doubt it was unintentional.
It's uncanny, really.
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Originally posted by EmpireX:
Every time I watch Shindig, I always wonder who that nice old man is who comes to Kaylee's aid against those mean girls. You know... the one who looks like an elderly Clark Gable?
Ya know the old song about, " If you remember when"...( whatever)..." then darlin, you're MUCH older than I"?
I feel good about me. I thought I was an AULD PHART, but I only have 1 mental image of Gable, as Rhett, and it's not one of my faves.
But I did think the Old Guy looked like Buddy Ebsen, both as Jed Clampett and Barnaby Jones.
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My feeling is that we are not only led to remark on the resemblance to an older Rhett Butler, but to the conclusion that the apparent philanthropist has his own agenda; or am I just a mean old man who dreams of coming to the aid of naive teens?
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Well it show class that he stepped in to Kaylee's rescue. And then had her join him at the party. She actually did better than Mal did at meeting people. Well Mal has a way of meeting people with his fist. There are times it is HI larious.
I have always admired those actors who get small part after small part never making the big time, but continuing to show up here and there. Earning a living doing what the love to do. I am sure he has continued performing and will for some time.
If you ever watch John Wayne movies, he surrounds himself with the same gang of actors in almost every movie. Ward Bond comes to mind. Before he got the lead in "Wagon Train", many of you will have to Google this, but it was a popular TV show in the way back time, anyway he appeared in a lot of John Wayne movies. So some hang in there and finally get their break.
Like the gentleman who played Badger on "Firefly". He showed up on two episodes of "Medium" last year. So we may see alot more of Badger over the years. I hope as Badger.
Traveler
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But I did think the Old Guy looked like Buddy Ebsen, both as Jed Clampett and Barnaby Jones.
OMG! It's funny you said that, because on imdb.com it said that he was in serveral episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies!
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Like the gentleman who played Badger on "Firefly". He showed up on two episodes of "Medium" last year. So we may see alot more of Badger over the years. I hope as Badger.
Don't know if you knew this, traveler, but "Badger" appeared on one of the first episodes of the X-Files, called "Fire". He was great in it, very creepy!
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He was certainly evil in Medium. A sort of Jack The Riper ghost who haunts people until they go nuts. He may show up again. Ghosts never die. But these roles are good for getting in the door. You get to play some interesting people. So you get noticed. I'm sure the fine work he did on Firefly helped.
Traveler
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Murphey! He's brilliant, always one of my favourite characters in Firefly. I really wanted to get together a costume and go as him to a con, but I figured so few would get it.
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It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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The actor your talking about is a vetran of the screen. Him, Sam Elliot, and Tom Seleck are from the Clark Gable mold. If you ever seen the movie Midway he is the marine officier on Midway holding it together when the japs blast em. I believe all 3 are in that star studded cast. These are proffessionals at what they do. They sell their craft and you'll see them over and over through the years because their good. One thing you can't replace certain people. Good example Ron Glass has been on FF and Barney Miller top 5 tv shows of all time. You would be surprised on how many people who played in Star Trek starred in John Wayne movies including Capt. Pike.
I like smacken em.
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