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Current Talk '05 I / Re: Post-DS careers
« on: April 08, 2005, 04:41:15 PM »
Grayson could have become a fixture in supporting roles in Seventies H'wood films, but by the time 1971 rolled around and DS was finished, she'd already had it with all the Hollywood bullshit. I think the fate of Night of Dark Shadows was the last straw for her--a film she'd done a couple of years previous to that had had what she regarded as her best scenes left on the cutting-room linoleum.
I think the same thing goes for Frid. He did not have the temperament to deal with the inflated egos and PNP (play-and-party) culture in H'wood. I do think that his roles in Seizure and The Devil's Daughter show he could have done stellar work onscreen--regardless of what one thinks of the films themselves, his work in them is very good.
The actress I think should have done more in film is Nancy Barrett. I think for personal reasons she chose to remain in NYC and do soaps. Thayer David *did* have a very busy career in film and television in his few remaining years, and had he not died when he did, Nero Wolfe could well have been picked up as a regular series with TD in the starring role he so richly deserved. I'm really sorry Clarice Blackburn chose to go more into writing in the Seventies as I think she was so wonderful--really one of the best, most subtle actresses on the series.
As for Karlen, I thought it was very revealing that he recently commented that he often had more to do, as an actor practicing his craft, on a given episode of DS than he did in all his years on Cagney and Lacey. He was not very well treated on the West Coast and I've wondered whether his agent might have been partly to blame for that. who knows.
G.
I think the same thing goes for Frid. He did not have the temperament to deal with the inflated egos and PNP (play-and-party) culture in H'wood. I do think that his roles in Seizure and The Devil's Daughter show he could have done stellar work onscreen--regardless of what one thinks of the films themselves, his work in them is very good.
The actress I think should have done more in film is Nancy Barrett. I think for personal reasons she chose to remain in NYC and do soaps. Thayer David *did* have a very busy career in film and television in his few remaining years, and had he not died when he did, Nero Wolfe could well have been picked up as a regular series with TD in the starring role he so richly deserved. I'm really sorry Clarice Blackburn chose to go more into writing in the Seventies as I think she was so wonderful--really one of the best, most subtle actresses on the series.
As for Karlen, I thought it was very revealing that he recently commented that he often had more to do, as an actor practicing his craft, on a given episode of DS than he did in all his years on Cagney and Lacey. He was not very well treated on the West Coast and I've wondered whether his agent might have been partly to blame for that. who knows.
G.