Degrees of Separation

[KC]

Real easy, Daisy, Michael Jackson was in Men in Black II with Tommy Lee "Space Cowboys" Jones.

For a new one ... Douglas Fairbanks Jr. again, only this time, find someone who was in a film with Fairbanks and also in a film in which Eastwood starred/co-starred. Not one of his "incunabula"!

[Daisy Abigael]

 

Let me make this absolutely clear:

It was never, never, never my intention to mention or draw attention to Clint's incunabula.  I know he is rightly sensitive about this affliction, has never exposed it in public and doesn't like folks talking about it on the internet.

It was shameful and remiss of me to even refer to it tangentially.

Cut off my hands if you like.  Tape over my keyboard. But...  Please forgive me!


I've been warned many times in the past - but, you know me:  It all goes incunabula and out the other....


 

[Matt]

KC's a professional when it comes to managing incunabula.   Hours and hours spent on it every week...

KC, you're going to that Eastwood Convention right?  I'll be there, and I'll bring along some incunabula of my own for you to file... you know, so you don't miss work too much.  

[KC]

Incunabula ... drool ...

[Daisy Abigael]

To answer the question - again:  Dougie has a walk on - uncredited - in Chase a Crooked Shadow (1957); down the cast list is British actor Alan Tilvern and he played "Air Marshal Kutuzov" in Firefox.

Does that do it?  The fact that Fairbanks' connection is an uncredited walk-on is a little unsatisfying.  It's driving me bonkers!

[Daisy Abigael]

Aha!!!!!



That great player of Nazis Anton Diffring who sneers and menaces through countless war movies - including Where Eagles Dare! - appeared with Dougie in a flick called State Secret in 1950.

I did it!  I finally did it...

[KC]

Good work, Daisy!  

There's another connection via the same two movies ... Olga Lowe played "Lt. Anne-Marie Kernitser" in Where Eagles Dare, and she was also in State Secret with "Dougie." That was the one I had in mind, but yours was just as good, so you're up!  

*I note that Diffring was born in 1918 in my namesake town, Koblenz, Germany (once spelled Coblentz).

[Daisy Abigael]

Susannah York is another one-stepper...

[Red]

Susannah York was in Superman 1 & 2 with Gene Hackman.


Here's another easy one..Zouzou

[Daisy Abigael]

Zouzou was in the execrable S*P*I*E*S which Donald Sutherland should have been ashamed of starring in.

Uncle Don is of course a two time Eastwood co-star - to date!

New one:  Sophia Loren

[Xichado]

Sophia Loren was in "Prêt-à-Porter", which also included Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger was in "The Man Who Loved Women" with Burt Reynolds, who was in "City Heat".

Next one: Gloria Grahame

[KC]

Xichado, you didn't need to go so far with Sophia Loren (though I'm sure you didn't mind!   )

Sophia was in Brass Target (1978) with both George Kennedy (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Eiger Sanction) and  Patrick McGoohan (Escape from Alcatraz).
 

[Daisy Abigael]

Gloria was the dame that got the hot coffee in the kisser from a snarling Lee "Wandrin' Star" Marvin  in Lang's The Big Heat.

A great movie.

New one: Raymond Burr

[KC]

Burr played a character with the irresistible name of "Cash Larsen" in Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956) with William Prince (The Gauntlet, Bronco Billy).

Be back with a new one shortly, I've got a bottom of the ninth, tie game to attend to ...  

[KC]

For a new one ... Gloria Grahame!

[Daisy Abigael]

 

Didn't I just do her, KC?

You want her done again, but differently?

 

[KC]

Oops ... I'm sorry, Daisy, guess I'm not paying attention. I think we've done most of the great old time movie stars by now, and the new ones are just too easy.

How about Sidney Poitier? There are a couple of one steppers for him I found right off the bat. I wonder if anyone will find those, or others?

(And no fair using his daughter ... Sydney Tamiia Poitier ... and her appearance in True Crime as a link. )

[Daisy Abigael]

That's ok, KC - old age catches up with us all, I guess!

The one that springs to mind straight off is Duel at Diablo, that savage spaghetti influenced western starring Sid and Jimmy Garner.  Also featured is Dennis Weaver - coincidently TVs version of Coogan!

The other one needs checking...

[Daisy Abigael]

The other one needs checking...

And I was right!  Andrew Robinson appears in lovely Sid's comeback movie from the late eighties:  Deadly Pursuit.

New one:  Roy Kinnear (very easy!)

[Brendan]

Roy Kinnear was in Juggernaut (1974) with Richard 'English Bob' Harris, who was in Unforgiven (1992).

Next: Monica Bellucci