- Alan Napier, Macbeth, 1947. After Jeannette Nolan won her screen debut as Mac’s Lady, director Orson Welles booked her husband for A Holy Father. However, the English tones of Batman’s TV butler (1966-1968) were more Shakespearean than Mac’s crusty voice just made for all his Westerns.
- Charles Watts, Giant, 1955.
- Dean Jagger, King Creole, 1957. Fretting about the cost of Jagger as Elvis Presley’s father (er…!), producer Hal B Wallis ran the names of two other veterans, Blackmer and John McIntire, up the proverbial flagpole – before deciding to shut up and pay up.
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