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The late, great Phil Hartman once summed up the value of character actors: They're the "glue" that holds the story together.

Remembering working with the lovable Ernie, on the set of the indie feature The Kiss of Debt.

Route 66 in Kingman Arizona bears the name Andy Devine Avenue in honor of the town's most famous resident. Kingman also celebrates Andy Devine Days in October each year.

Thomas Mitchell was one of those amazing actors during Hollywood's Golden Age who could take on any role and make audiences believe in his character.

Lionel Herbert Blythe was the eldest child of theatrical performers Maurice Barrymore (original family name Blythe) and Georgie Drew.

Bristol Ren-Faire offers nine weekends of entertainment midway between Chicago and Milwaukee. Queen Elizabeth and Her Majesty's Royale Court visit medieval marketplace.

Biography of Harry Morgan, prolific television actor and star of "M*A*S*H" and "Dragnet"

There are agencies that find work for "real people" models and actors. To tap into this industry, follow the following guidelines.

Character actors are actors who have been typecast; this article will profile the most popular 70's era black actors who fit the character actor description.

Corner Gas is one of Canada's favourite TV shows. CNT Conventions 'N Tours offers popular Sunday tours of the outside and indoor sets until September 14, 2008.

The murderers' chosen craft infused their crimes and brought out the best in the deceptively unsophisticated Detective Columbo.

Christmas is coming! Slip one of these vintage flicks into your DVD player to get in the proper mood for the season.

Guardian TV critic by day, writer of twisted TV shows by night; here Charlie Brooker unleashes more morbid darkness from his mind.

In The Princess Bride, romance represents only part of the fun with action, adventure, and comedy combining to make this film a cult classic.

Awards season is in full swing now that The Golden Globes have been handed out, so just who won, who lost, and what could that possibly mean come Oscar time?

John Musker and Ron Clements are already heroes at Disney for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. The pair reinvigorate hand-drawn animation with The Princess and the Frog.

The 13th film of his career, Ride Clear of Diablo, was released in 1954. Co-starring Dan Duryea, the well-paced western furthered cemented Audie's screen persona.

From costars to family trees, Jeff Bridges and George Clooney, the frontrunning competitors for the 2010 best actor Oscar, have more in common than acting chops.

Al Pacino struggles alongside an equally bumbling cast of talented character actors in Jon Avnet's over bloated concept thriller 88 Minutes

An icon of the dying days of the Studio Era, character actor Alan Arkin, is born again through this year's Academy Awards.

Who was the man behind the cinematic Count Dracula legend? Why did his meteoric rise to stardom end so tragically?

The Ratatouille voice actor talks about his character, working with Pixar, and the possibility of a Finding Nemo sequel.

The multi talented actor, writer, producer and director Frank Oz (The Muppets Take Manhattan & Little Shop of Horrors) has yet again turned his deft hand to directing com

The '76 version, believe it or not, wins over the '33 and the '06

Despite an all-too-familiar plotline, The Visitor is elevated above a stock story by Richard Jenkins' Oscar-nominated performance.

Why Richard Shickel's new bio of the famed director of Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman and On the Waterfront is his best work yet

Actor Bob Hoskins revealed that he will act in a motion capture version of A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Marvel Comics icon The Invincible Iron Man is given the Hollywood treatment in what may be the finest superhero film released in years starring Robert Downey Jr.

The venerable James Stewart was the unlikeliest of movie stars - and yet, one of the most liked

Universal Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment's Flash of Genius, starring Greg Kinnear, is not as bad as it could've been, but not that great either. 5/10

It wanders and weaves like the three drunken husbands in the John Cassavetes film of the same name - but proves just as amiable company

Despite an impressive oscar-calibre performance from lead actress, Melissa Leo, Frozen River suffers from a condescending script and juvenile metaphor.

The Justice League of America gathers the greatest heroes in the DC Universe onto one team. That team has appeared in more than just the static pages of comic books.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have created another top class action/adventure which successfully plays tribute to the previous Indiana Jones films.

Welslyan University's Jeanine Basinger writes about the machine that made the stars - as academic or as fan?

No other twenty year period in Academy Awards history probably had such a wide range of ages among its Oscar nominees. Here they are from Tatum O'Neal to Groucho Marx.

A review of the 1986 film At Close Range, directed by James Foley, based on a true story.

Biography of Barry Fitzgerald, Oscar-winning Irish character actor and star of "Going My Way" and "The Quiet Man".

After a somewhat uneven season 5, the Next Generation returned in season 6 with what is arguably the strongest season of the show's seven season run.

The number of upcoming, contemplated and slated children coming into the life of the actor Brad Pitt reads higher than the number of great roles he is given credit for.

A film noir twisting and turning and presenting Bogart at the top of his game, The Maltese Falcon is a classic Hollywood movie packed with subterfuge and manipulation.

The boss character archetype is the person who wants to run the show. When writing fiction, this is the character who tells everyone else what to do.

One of the great cult films of the 1970s, Harold and Maude blends an outrageous conceit with a biting anti-establishment satire, tender sweetness and irreverent humor.

Pride and Glory is a tale about family values, loyalty and integrity, as seen through the eyes of a family of police officers, through generations of the NYPD

In Barry Levinson's latest film, Oscar Winner DeNiro stars as a power player cursed with a series of failed projects and marriages, in this uneven take on Hollywood. 5/10

Hollywood's favorite duck created classic comedy despite a myriad of personality changes

Take your family spring break vacation in Virginia at the beach, or visit exciting Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg. Better yet, split your time in both locales.

D.O.A. is rightfully regarded as a landmark film because of an intriguing premise: the hero tells us right up front he must solve his own murder - before he drops dead.

Burton's ultra-violent foray into the land of Hollywood musicals leaves Depp deprived while giving viewers vapid singing and blood that will stain their minds for days.

FlashForward lives up to potential as a hype-worthy pilot, but its rocketing pace will have to slacken a bit and let its characters breathe to live up to its Lost envy.