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[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

a little too way out

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

#135 has been in so many acclaimed pics I almost don't know where to find a clue which wouldnt give him away.

He's Irish; often plays cops, motorcycle cops, bartenders, guards.
Appearances in 1930s screwball comedies; one Marx Bros film. Two big Cooper hits. One Hitchcock flick. A big Judy Garland movie. A huge John Ford movie. A huge George Stevens movie.

no score on Verdon or Lansbury

[Jill]

#135 - Ralph Dunn?

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

zed

[Jill]

Darn,I thought sure it was him. Further investigation ongoing.

[Betsy]

Could be. I'll guess Jack Mower, just in case for #135.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Nope. #135 is another workhorse like we saw earlier in this quizzo. Upwards of 200 film credits. His last listed role was in '55.

[Jill]

#135 - Pat Flaherty?

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Yes, a winnah! #135 is Pat Flaherty! Jill your streak continues

Lookit all the juicy credits that guy has to his name. Like, every acclaimed film over a 15 yr span.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Flaherty was in 'Grapes of Wrath', 'A Day at the Races', 'The Thin Man', 'A Star is Born', 'Treasure of Sierra Madre', 'Best Years of Our Lives', 'Saboteur', 'Meet John Doe', 'Sgt York', 'My Man Godfrey' and everything else under the sun

[Betsy]

Way to go, Jill. Now the pesky #137.

[Jill]

I got him from A Day at the Races but he was a face that was everywhere.

I can't figure out #137....have gone through the Tony winners and she doesn't seem to fit any of them but I am obviously missing something. She doesn't look familiar at all.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Learned a lot during this quizzo so far and its also a good way to keep these classic titles fresh on one's mind.

Re: #137 let's hear from Betsy once more and then maybe start a fresh round.

[Jill]

Don't give us the answer yet.....I am taking another direction in my search for this mystery woman and I am sure that Betsy is also searching as well.

But you could put up some pictures of new quizzo people.

[Betsy]

I'm with Jill about not giving up on #137, but my kindle is not cooperating so am not sure about my contribution. Am hoping for the new one this weekend.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

You didn't order overnight shipping for so vital a need? That's what I woulda done

Anyway alright. But in the meantime I reckon I will add two more new faces.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Quiz #138, British

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Quiz #139 American

[Jill]

#139....I know him. Dwight Frye in his role as Renfield in Dracula

#138 came with the dreaded message "no image"

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

A Winnah! #139. Score for Jill.

Yep. Dwight Frye, a name well-known to horror aficionados.

The madman 'Renfield' ...in one of the very very early 'Dracula' flicks.

And also the 'gunsel' 'Wilmer' in the pre-Huston 'Maltese Falcon'

...among many others! Intense performer!

[Betsy]

Yo, Jlll, for #139.

[Jill]

ooh, #138 is now up there and altho' he looks a bit familiar, he may be a toughie. And we still have to get that mystery woman who looks like a guy in a wig.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Okay so #138 is the heavyset English fellow ...#139 was 'Renfield' ...

Here is #140.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

p.s. I see 206 credits listed for the swarthy gent #140

[Betsy]

#140 - Gilbert Roland?

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

nooooes

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

clue for #138: he was a Roger Corman regular

[Jill]

#138 - Alan Tilvern?

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

splat

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

"I say, Jenkins. You awake?"
"What ya want. Go to sleep."
"Mighty quiet out there."
"Captain knows what he's doing. Now belt up."

[Betsy]

Am trying to set up my new kindle.

[Jill]

Good.....I would just mess it up totally!

[Jill]

How about another picture of #137?

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

No further clues, and no further pictures for Quiz #137. Sollie!

[Jill]

This is one of the toughest of all the quizzos.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Indeed. But afterwards you will all have gained some new knowledge to reward your efforts!

I'm holding out on you because I think it will be worth it...

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

I think I will give Betsy one more full evening (using her new device) to come up with something. Agreed?

[Betsy]

Here I am! I finally got on. As I mentioned, I am so inept at this. My sister has been helping me. Please don't shut down #137 for at least one more night so I have time to look one more time. Thanks.

[Jill]

Hooray!!! I think I have run out of guesses for #137, so see what you can do.

[Betsy]

Unhappily, I have gone over EVERYTHING I could think of for #137, but have had no luck.

[Jill]

We may have to give up on #137.........she doesn't even look slightly familiar to me and I have also gone over everything I can think of.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

I don't think you will recriminate yourselves over missing #137 but I think you might laugh aloud, or groan, or shriek (in Liza Doolittle - fashion). But it's no shame to occasionally miss one. Also, I did play this card rather close-to-the-vest.

Ready? Alright, its time for the big reveal. Jill, at several points you actually came mighty close to solving it. I was certainly nervous.

This famous star really is a "household name" and really does have two Tony Awards but also (something I deigned not to mention) ...also has an Oscar. An Oscar from the year 1956.

One of the Tony Awards they possess is an honorary Tony for a long-running play on Broadway. They spearheaded a rousing musical in which they appeared almost 5,000 performances.

Is light starting to dawn?

The wacky-looking "chanteuse" in the photo above is taken from a 1969 English 'black comedy' starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, and some Monty Pythons. It's "The Magic Christian" and was a bomb that year. But the movie has all sorts of interesting 'star cameos'. Friends and acquaintances of Ringo Star and Peter Sellers.

Mystery actress #137 is not an actress at all, not even a woman at all. He's an actor.

You'll wail at me ...but it's YUL

That's right.

Yul ....B-R-Y-N-N-E-R, born 1920, star of Rogers' & Hammerstein's 'The King and I'.

Can you stand it? Isn't it a scream? Yul Brynner in DRAG!! lulz

bwaha aha aha aha aha. Look it up on IMdb yourself! Famous macho man Yul Brynner, cross-dressing on screen! lol lol lol lol

[Betsy]

So Jill was right all along, and that's why you never referred to 'her' as an American! All those wasted hours in research!

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

bhahaha aha

Yep I had to toss some red-herrings at Jill to get her to stop thinking about the singer's manliness. I didn't want her to get you on that track.

And no, I never called her by feminine pronouns like 'she' or 'her'. I was careful about that! Fair play was observed.

Yul was born on the other side of the globe. Therefore I didn't make his birthplace explicit, nor did I even say 'European'. I simply mentioned he has been in both US / UK movies, which he has.

Like I said, the payoff here is in wisdom. Now we all know a little more about Tony Award winners.

[Jill]

I am not going to say "you are kidding?" since you aren't. I didn't pick up on the lack of a pronoun. I think that is two we had to give up on.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

Just two out of 140 total. Not bad at all. The other was ...Zachary Scott, I believe.

Anyway nope didn't make it up; no idea why Yul accepted that strange cameo but I guess he had unexpectedly quirky depths to his sense of humor.

[Jill]

That was without a doubt the most difficult quizzo of all time!!! I don't think we would ever had guessed it. I guess Brynner was just having a good time in that short little appearance..

Now, on to #138 (who looks familiar) and #140 who does look a bit like Gilbert Roland that Betsy guessed. but was incorrect.

[Feliks, Co-Moderator]

You girls took a beating on that one

hoot! challenge builds fortitude!

[Betsy]

#138 looks somewhat like Bruno VeSota, but he's American.

[Jill]

I already thought of him too, Betsy.