- William Atherton, The Day of the Locust, 1974. On UK director John Schlesinger’s short list for Tod, the story’s polished, civilised narrator, who sees all while job-hunting in 30s’ Hollywood. And, as New York Times critic Vincent Canby, put it: What Tod doesn’t see, Mr Schlesinger doesn’t hesitate to show us.
Birth year: 1951Death year: 2006Other name: Casting Calls: 1