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Actors are a mercurial bunch, to say the least. They can land a career-making role, only to spend the rest of their lives complaining about it. A few cases in point:
1. The guy who didn’t want to be Mike Brady
Brady Bunch dad Robert Reed had been was a thorn in producer Sherwood Schwartz’s side since Day One. He always maintained that he’d only signed his Brady Bunch contract because the pilot was lame and it wouldn’t get picked up as a series. The show had also been described to him as a serious look at blended families. Instead, the serious dramatic actor who’d trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts found himself “trapped on Gilligan’s Island with kids.”
2. A very reluctant Radar
Gary Burghoff appeared as Corporal Walter “Radar” O’Reilly in every episode of the first three seasons of M*A*S*H. By season four, he was disenchanted with the direction his character was taking. He’d started out as crafty and sneaky, and not averse to helping himself to Colonel Blake’s brandy. But the writers eventually turned him into a naïve farm boy who never sipped anything stronger than a Grape Nehi. Burghoff only appeared in about half the episodes over the next three seasons, and the CBS brass convinced him to stay long enough to play the focus of a two-part send-off during sweeps week in season eight. M*A*S*H writer Ken Levine notes that Burghoff partially expressed his disenchantment during his last appearance by refusing to wear his “Radar hat” during those final episodes, making him look less like the twenty-something company clerk he was playing and more like the balding, middle-aged man he was.
Gilligan’s Island, Good Times and more all after the jump…
3. A Prayer for Mrs. Kotter
Marcia Strassman landed a plum role as Mrs. Kotter on the hit sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but she wasn’t happy about it. “Every day I pray for cancellation,” she moaned in several interviews at the time. While some of us would shrug and think “a paycheck is a paycheck,” Strassman made it clear that smiling indulgently while Gabe Kaplan droned on about his great-uncle Schlomo and saying “Then what happened?” didn’t satisfy her artistic needs. Ironically, series star and co-creator Kaplan left after the third season, making Strassman the de facto star of the show. Such was her drawing power that Kotter was canceled promptly after season four.
4. Bad times on Good Times
When Good Times premiered in 1974 (as a spin-off of Maude), it was the first sitcom to attempt to portray a realistic nuclear African-American family. Despite struggling financially, James and Florida Evans remained wise, loving parents who brought their children up with strong family values. John Amos portrayed the patriarch, a proud man who refused handouts and worked hard to support his family. But shortly after the series premiered, the producers noticed that Jimmie “J.J.” Walker received the biggest audience reaction and the most fan mail. The writers quickly took the focus off the elder Evans and made J.J. the star of the show, and the plots became more outrageous and unbelievable. Amos was unhappy with the new direction of the show, and described Walker’s pop-eyed, grinning character in the press as a “minstrel show.” Not surprisingly, Amos’ contract was not renewed, and his character was killed in an off-camera automobile accident.
5. The castaway who wanted off the Island
When Tina Louise signed on to play Ginger Grant on Gilligan’s Island, she was under the impression that the series was going to be about the trials and tribulations of an actress stranded on a desert island, and that the show would revolve around her character. (I suppose we could pick a nit and wonder if the show’s title didn’t somehow clue her in, but why split hairs?) Louise was known for being difficult on the set, and dismissive of her co-stars. After all, her name and scantily-clad bod had been a staple of society page gossip columns and magazine pictorials for the past 10 years. She was a star, dammit, not an ensemble player. Of all the castaways, Louise has remained the sole holdout in most reunion projects and promotional gigs related to the show.
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I know, I know…I realize these folks are ACTORS and they want to do IMPORTANT work, but I always have to laugh at the David Caruso and Shelley Longs who feel the need to leave a hit television show because they are SOOOO unhappy…most actors would KILL to be on a hit show, and here these folks are in such a rush to get off televsion…Please – if you don’t like your show, take a hike and go do dinner theatre in Podunk USA…you won’t be missed…
posted by donner on 10-31-2007 at 9:20 pm
I used to watch MASH. I remember learning that Burghoff was missing some digits on one of his hands and the show was always very careful to have him holding a clipboard or frame the shot to keep the hand out of sight.
posted by Trevor on 11-1-2007 at 6:38 am
I wonder if in at least some of the cases where the actor is SOOOO unhappy with the show it might not really be about being unhappy with a co-worker.
After all it could be career suicide saying they simply don’t like working with X. Even if they could secure another show right away, 5 years later X could marry a big executive – and the actor’s career would be over.
posted by Elizabeth on 11-1-2007 at 9:09 am
With the possible exception of Amos, who had some legitimate beefs (and is a good actor), these people are a bunch of spoiled prima donnas who didn’t realize how good they had it. It’s *acting*, not nuclear physics — there a MILLIONS of unemployed actors. Be thankful you have a job on a hit show and steady income. Idiots. How are their careers going these days (excepting Robert Reed who has “stopped performing” so to speak…)?
posted by Sid Morrison on 11-1-2007 at 12:01 pm
Leonard Nimoy’s autobiography was titled “I AM NOT SPOCK!” Many people responded by telling him how lucky he was for his career. So he wrote a second book, an amendment autobiography titled “O.K. I Am Spock” (someone can look up info on that)
posted by Tdave on 11-2-2007 at 12:44 am
They’re nice! I saw some of their photos on richmingle.com. really can’t believe!
posted by wrydarling on 11-5-2007 at 9:06 pm
I understand that Guy Williams absolutely hated being on Lost in Space – I can totally sympathize – halfway through the first season it went from serious space drama to “The Dr Smith vs The Robot Show”, with some of the stupidest aliens and storylines ever. Worse than any kiddie show I ever saw.
posted by Greg on 11-6-2007 at 11:18 am
The prima donnas I cannot stand… I can, however, understand an actor´s desire to forgo a steady paycheck for the chance of challenging himself with something different.
posted by GTT on 12-5-2007 at 4:39 pm
I can understand the desire to have something to challenge you. But, on the other hand, a steady paycheck and adoring fans are nice too, and they tend to come with popular shows.
(and yes, for the record, Leonard Nimoy’s original autobiography was “I Am Not Spock” followed a few years later by “I Am Spock”)
posted by Kate on 12-12-2007 at 5:06 pm
Marcia was cute in her day.
posted by Fillup on 12-18-2007 at 7:55 am
Wasn’t James Evans killed in an oil rig accident, not a car accident?
posted by Amberino on 12-26-2007 at 8:04 pm
I can answer as a producer in having worked with actors. First, it’s understandable to want to get off of Gilligan’s Island but less so Cheers. Just like if I offered you 3 times the salary but you had to work in desert injecting camels for three years, would you do it? So, yea, money is important but ultimately, it’s about more than that … but just as importantly, most “leading” type actors/actresses realize their time is short to be a star so they don’t want to stuck on something when they can get a showcase role … of course, sometimes it’s delusion but you never know, look at Sally Field the Flying Nun – ZERO sex appeal and in an idiotic show but she managed to overcome all that … if you have the talent – that what actors are afraid to admit – they might just NOT be all that talented so typecasting is quasi a myth – if you’re actually talented like Tom Hanks, Sally Field or Clint Eastwood – doesn’t matter where you started or what you were in … the smart actors who can’t be everything to everyone figure out their niche and exploit it …
posted by jbelkin on 1-4-2008 at 2:55 pm
Was anyone else a bit disconcerted by the parallel between family comedies Good Times and Family Matters that cast more and more focus on one off-beat character?
posted by Caleb on 2-13-2008 at 3:45 pm
i remember reading that kelsey grammer didn’t want the frasier spin-off of cheers.. he was afraid he would be pegged by fans as just riding the cheers wave to more and more cash.. nbc produced an alternate god-awful pitch, something about him being an injured media tycoon in new york city or something, but luckily a higher-up insisted on the frasier spin-off and thus one of the most brilliant and best-loved [okay, by me] sitcoms was born.
i couldn’t be happier!
posted by sarah on 6-26-2008 at 12:42 pm
I read in an Uncle John’s bathroom Reader that Robert Reid (Mike Brady) only took the part because NBC’s adaptation of Barefoot in the park would only have African-American actors.
posted by Sara on 9-1-2008 at 7:20 pm
Nice blog. One MAJOR beef that nobody picked up on. Gary Burghoff was supposedly dissatisfied, but stayed on for another 5 years? And then participated in AfterMash, and also attempted his own spinoff titled Radar?? Um… something doesn’t wash. Ever see the 30th anniversary special? He looked pretty darn happy there strolling memory lane of a show he didn’t enjoy being on. No kudos for this entry folks.
posted by J on 9-25-2008 at 1:09 am
J, Gary Burghoff wanted off of MASH for some time and appeared in fewer epsidoes per season after season four. He’d actually decided to leave after season seven, but the producers talked him into returning for a handful of episodes in season eight, including “Goodbye Radar.” Burghoff was well known for being difficult on the set and was not particularly well-liked by his co-stars (he was sort of the Shelley Long of the MASH lot).
I’m sure all that was water under the bridge by the time he appeared on the 30th anniversary special, though.
posted by Kara on 9-25-2008 at 10:57 am
I read that Rose McGowan constantly wished for Charmed to be cancelled. When she was hired she thought it would only last another season but then it constantly got renewed each year. Apparently, when she got hired she was on the Shannen Doughtery train.
posted by val on 9-30-2008 at 6:50 am
come on, who gives a crap about an actor being “challenged” ??? they have easy jobs, maybe they should try working in a middle class job busting their butts living paycheck to paycheck, I’m sure they’d GLADLY return to their little show
posted by arod on 10-1-2008 at 11:57 pm
MASH was the worst show in the history of television. Frankly, I find nothing humorous about war.
posted by ivan on 10-15-2008 at 9:49 pm
TO: MASH was the worst show in the history of television. Frankly, I find nothing humorous about war.
posted by ivan
Ivan, you must not have ever watched the show then. The movie was loosely set in Korea to hid the Anti-Vietnam theme of the movie. The whole idea of the show was against any and all wars, not trying to make them funny. As it was written and produced by the peace loving liberals of the far left they were not making light of war.
posted by Kevin in GA on 11-7-2008 at 1:29 pm
Gary Burghoff was not unhappy with his role as Radar on M*A*S*H. To this day, he loves the role of Radar very much and is “very proud to have played Radar.” The fact of the matter was that he was quickly becoming burnt out because of all the things he was doing in addition to M*A*S*H (especially during the first three seasons). He had a wife and little daughter that he felt he was not spending enough time with. Many people do not realize the enormous amount of time and energy it takes to be in a weekly TV show – and how very easy it is to get typecast. It doesn’t matter how good an actor you are. Once you become known as a certain character, unless you have one heck of a lucky break, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to get out of that character. It’s not just because the higher-ups don’t want to cast you differently but because your audience much of the time, doesn’t give you the chance to branch out into anything different. Gary said, “…I wasn’t Radar O’Reilly. I was Gary Burghoff, actor, who had worked almost twenty years to get to that point where I could be given a chance to create good characters. And I didn’t want people to think of me ONLY as Radar, even though I loved him dearly.” Also, from what I’ve learned, the only reason he was “difficult on the set” was because he was such a great actor that he did what he could to get others to be great actors as well. He cared enough about quality acting to sometimes be considered a pain in the butt to get it. Ever notice how once Radar started to appear less and less frequently on the show that not only the quality of the acting deteriorated but also that of the show?
Also, I’m surprised that no one else caught the other flaw – it was at Gary’s encouragment that the writers made Radar into a more naive and innocent farm boy. The writers and Gary felt that Radar, coming from a small Iowa farm, would not be so “crafty and sneaky,” being less familiar with the ways of the world.
Badly done, mental_floss. Very superficial research.
Also, I’ve got a bone to pick with you, arod.
“come on, who gives a crap about an actor being “challenged” ??? they have easy jobs, maybe they should try working in a middle class job busting their butts living paycheck to paycheck, I’m sure they’d GLADLY return to their little show”
posted by arod on 10-1-2008 at 11:57 pm
Maybe you don’t give a crap about an actor be challenged, but we actors certainly do. You call it an easy job? I’d like to see you do it effectively and convincingly enough to be able to survive two weeks on a television show. Also, perhaps you have forgotton that all actors are just people (or at least, most actors) and 99 percent started off in pursuit of their dream “working in a middle class job busting their butts living paycheck to paycheck” and sometimes not even getting that next paycheck. There is the idiom “the starving actor” for a good reason. Our “easy job” does not come easy. Please try to remember that. Thanks.
posted by Hannah on 11-15-2008 at 6:34 pm
Barefoot In The Park would stand to reason. The ABC short series also had African American actors also, Tracey Reed being one of them.
posted by Danny on 11-27-2008 at 2:02 pm
Nicely said, Hannah.
The fact is, acting is really hard work, usually doesn’t pay that well, and producers tend to exploit the good intentions of the artists they hire. When a great paycheck, or a great role, or a great boss comes along, we want to keep that great paycheck, role or boss. But unless the stars align perfectly and we can have all three at once (the rarest of the rarities. rarer even than, say, getting a six-digit television gig), the job sours sooner or later due to the basic exegincies of living.
Actors have the same job in life as everyone else: to balance work and family, integrity and success, art and practicality. It’s unfortunate that these pressures cause some of them to turn into prima donnas, but it’s also unfortunate that so many of the public disallow these artists to be what they really are: human beings with something to say.
posted by Charlie on 11-27-2008 at 2:21 pm
I’m not an actor, and I also don’t care for primadonnas. But think about this: At the end of the day, actors are still regular people, trying to find a good job that they like. Just like most of us job-hop every 1 or 2 years to find that perfect job.
I remember watching Dancing with the Stars one night and Lisa Rinna said that being a dancer had been her childhood dream. And it dawned on me that maybe some people see acting as their day job while deep down they really want to be something else (i.e., a dancer, singer, producer, etc.)
I know a guy who makes great money as a CEO of a creative agency, but all he really wants to do is coach a soccer team to success. People have their own visions of what success means to them.
posted by Kelesis on 11-27-2008 at 3:00 pm
“they have easy jobs, maybe they should try working in a middle class job busting their butts living paycheck to paycheck”
This doesn’t wash for me either. I love acting, truly do. But anyone who says it’s “easy” has never tried to memorize a two-hour stage show and attend rehearsals and do all the movement that goes with it without ruining the effects for the audience. It’s not “easy” unless you’re not doing your job– and I’d like to see a single person who goes into the movies, watches TV, or goes to the theatre, say that they don’t want all the acting and the effort by the actors to be excellent!
posted by LJG on 11-27-2008 at 3:07 pm
i’ve quit reading tell all books, because i want to believe the fantasy. i want to believe that actors love their roles. but i did read this and all i could think of what a huge crush i had on john travolta in the 70’s and how i would have killed to be as lucky as marcia straussman, working with him everyday. acting, i’m sure, is like anything else. those who are good at it make it look easy, leading others to assume it must be. the reality of anything is different when you have to do it yourself. i love tv and movies and feel i just need to say thank you to every actor who has entertained me. i watch for escape from the day to day, so thanks again for the fantasy.
posted by eydie on 11-27-2008 at 4:19 pm
Gary Burghoff isn’t actually missing fingers. He has 3 deformed fingers on his left hand which, as noted, he expertly hid with various props.
posted by JKR on 11-27-2008 at 7:38 pm
Surprising that there is no mention of Gary Burghoff playing Radar in the original film M*A*S*.
posted by MLG on 11-29-2008 at 2:37 pm
d for is the ones that are type cast from previous roles and no one gives them a chance to do something else.Matt LeBlanc character Joey worked well on Friends since they had great writers and he had others to play off of. But starring as the main character in the spinoff JOEY killed him. The rest of that cast didn’t have that chemistry and the writing seemed bad.
posted by Mike Mannix on 12-26-2008 at 10:35 pm
Just wondering if anyone recalls where they were when the last episode of MASH aired. I was in the Air Force,working late in L and D, after four deliveries back to back. After zipping to get everyone subs, we gathered in an empty room to put up our feet and watch the show.
posted by Cynthia on 1-14-2009 at 10:28 am
I do remember watching the Finale, even though I was only 11. Each time I watch that episode, as well as the farewell episodes for Radar and Henry, they still get to me 25 years later.
posted by Monty on 2-4-2009 at 6:45 pm
Typecasting is a danger when you are on a popular TV show, but sometimes some actors are driven by ambition to be more than “mere TV actors”. I think the best case in point would be George Clooney. After acting in some fairly so-so TV shows (”The Facts of Life”, remember that?) and some Razzie-worthy films (”Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!”), he landed the gig at “ER” that catapulted him to fame. Most people would have done like Noah Wyle and stuck to it for almost a decade, but not our George. As soon as he could, he started looking for and getting those coveted film roles, and now look at him, a multiple Oscar winner.
I agree with the other posters: acting is NOT an easy job. The memorization alone will kill you. I wonder how most actors can still remember where they live after all of that cramming :)
posted by jalabi on 2-9-2009 at 4:54 pm
Johnny Depp too.
posted by Cassy on 3-8-2009 at 3:14 am
Typecasting is dangerous (look at Mark Hamill’s post “Star Wars” career), but I have to agree, I don’t understand why people want to leave when they have hoards of fans and a paycheck, unless their co-workers are making life hell for them. Now, when Richard Dean Anderson left “Stargate: SG-1″ because he wanted to spend more time with his daughter…that I can understand. When Torri Higginson left “Stargate: Atlantis” because she wanted to do different things…that, I don’t understand. Of course, I am a dirt-poor college student who knows that her dreams of becoming a Broadway star will never happen, not an actor. But still, a job’s a job, and when you have hoards of people trying to get one job as an actor – ANY job as an actor – it seems pretty insane to give one up.
posted by Kate on 4-15-2009 at 11:28 am
You didn’t mention Adam West with Batman. West hated that he was typecast with such a campy show.
posted by Ken on 5-19-2009 at 10:21 am
The vast majority of actors, even the good ones, make very little money. Meanwhile, the income from a popular TV series can run to millions of dollars even for a minor character.
Mr. Burghoff was a secondary character on MASH and did nothing notable with his career before or since.
posted by Joe S. on 5-20-2009 at 12:49 am
SADLY FOR ROBERT REED – HAD IT ALL TO BE A ROCK HUDSON – NEVER HAD AN AGENT TO GET HIM SOME “BIG SCREEN ” WORK .
posted by tip436 on 7-7-2009 at 11:40 am
Ok John Amos I could understand the idea of a minstrel show being offensive in the 70s. But you end up playing a cop in a movie like THE PLAYER’S CLUB…that’s not exactly a step up!
posted by Yiana on 7-18-2009 at 12:31 am
Why would Adam West have been so mad that he was typecast as Batman? Everything he’s done in the past 15-20 years has been because of the Batman he was, and he’s practically made himself a household name doing it. Ditto William Shatner.
posted by Andy on 8-8-2009 at 12:23 am
Yep, then there’s Pernell Roberts who left Bonanza to be a serious actor and vanished for, what, 15 years till Trapper John MD? Robert Horton who left Wagon Train for the same reason with even less result. My fave is Mclean Stevenson (speaking of MASH) who actually tried to do something after leaving, but all he managed was to become a bad joke. Of course, there’s also that Clint fella who left Rawhide. Whatever happened to him? And Jim Garner, who bounced from TV to movies and back again whenever he damn well felt like it.
posted by Jeff Knokey on 8-9-2009 at 4:51 pm
Actors on TV shows have hard jobs? LMAO
I have to memorize Hazmat Laws, re-certify, know what to do in a REAL emergency i.e. lives are actually at stake with a HazMat spill.
Uhh.. and I’ve seen some of the houses that actors live in. Go cry me a river.. you have to practice lines?? Awww..anyone ever die of exposure because you botched the timing?
Hours and hours of rehearsing? Pooor thing.. You ever watch a person die of radiation poisoning for your $100,000 per episode?
Does your job prep involve sitting in a room for 10 hours a day for four straight weeks watching video of people getting injured, maimed and killed due to improper clean up techniques, unqualified clean up crews or just when we couldn’t get there in time? When I make a mistake, people DIE. When you make a mistake, it goes on a gag reel.
Face it, you pretend to be someone important. PRETEND to be a cop, but don’t have nearly enough guts to face an actual criminal. PRETEND to be a surgeon, even though you never attended pre-med, much less went the distance. PRETEND to be lawyer, PRETEND to be a CSI PRETEND to be a soldier in battle. You are telling me that you are CHALLENGED by the idea of PRETENDING to be someone else? You make me laugh.
Your job is no harder than anyone else’s job, and your pay potential is significantly higher than any other in existence.
Don’t complain, and don’t tell me you want to be challenged by pretending to be a doctor. Balance family and work? Must be rough with the whole summer off and all. Meanwhile, I’m still working on cleaning up a toxic spill before it infects the drinking water in Beverly Hills… now my job is rough, and I love it.
You will never convince me, or my brother who is actually a soldier, or my aunt who is actually a lawyer, or my cousin who is actually a cop that you have a ‘rough life’. Millions of adoring fans, millions of dollars.. oh but my family needs me.
Mine too, and I still have to go to work everyday. I have saved over 100 people from death, and saved millions of acres of wildlife and millions of gallons of drinking water from spills, and nobody knows my name, asks for an autograph or wants to give me a star on Hollywood Blvd., and nobody every will.
I’m not saying you sit at home and get paid to do nothing, but don’t try to convince me that you have it rough. My life is at risk DAILY from chemical spills, etc. for a mere $100,000 a year. You make that in a week and get the summer off, book deals, special events, paid endorsements.
Cut it out, don’t complain, compared to my neighbors husband who died stopping an armed robbery, your life is peaches.
Jess
posted by Jess on 8-10-2009 at 12:36 am
Nicely stated Jess. In case someone hasn’t told you, “Thank You” for being there and caring. You and others like you are worth more than any actor could ever be.
I for one would never get all worked up because of some actor being around me. People seem to tend to consider them heroes. To me they are not. Just overpaid, spoiled, and think the world owes them something.
posted by Wayne on 8-22-2009 at 3:32 am
“And Jim Garner, who bounced from TV to movies and back again whenever he damn well felt like it.” ~ Jeff
LOL funny!
posted by John on 8-31-2009 at 8:01 pm
Jess you chose your job and seem to want to whine about it as much as these \pampered actors\ do.
Most actors are decidely blue collar. Most do not live in Beverly Hills mansions but share flats with three roomates.
If you haven’t worked as a professional actor please don’t blow smoke out of your nether regions by showing your massive ignorance. All work is hard, hence the name. If you’ve never had to repeat a line the same way 30 times on a scafold in the rain or repeat a dance move (while smiling) until your feet bleed then STFU.
Most actors do not do it for the paycheck but to ease and enrich the human condition. Also, Jess, maybe if we did not create those toxic wastes you would be as superfluous as your arguements.
posted by jim on 9-20-2009 at 11:13 am
In total agreement with Jim.
Jess, don’t knock it ’till you’ve tried it.
posted by Ali on 9-22-2009 at 4:07 pm
Don’t you think the actors who left a show successfully like Clooney, did it with class and landed on their feet a little better than say Mike Reid? Does anybody remember him doing an episode of a doctor show like Marcus Welby where he had a sex change? OHMYGAWD! I was just a kid but I was revolted by his appearance as a woman- he was gargantuan. He had some ISSUES apparently. But I digress. I remember when Parnell Roberts left Bonanza – my parents were outraged that he insulted the other actors talents and likened them to the horses if I’m remembering right. David Caruso left his first show under very bad juju as well, and didn’t work for years and years – and so on. I think acting is a lot like any other job – you have to be considerate of your coworkers and well liked to succeed really. You never know ‘who knows what or who’ in LA – everytime you walk into a restaurant you can watch people just watch you too long and the wheels turning in their heads about ‘who’ you might be. It’s a town that works on connections, not filling out applications. When they remember you as a PIA, I doubt they call you again unless they have to. I’ve been promoted several times by people who remembered me from something I did years before – not because I applied for a job I didn’t even know was open. Most actors get called out of the blue by some casting agent who knows somebody who’s brother did the lighting on such and such and really liked working with so and so – ‘Hey! let’s see if he’s available!”
posted by Julie on 9-28-2009 at 3:01 am
David Carradine left the show “Kung Fu” after only 2.5 seasons (season 1 was only a half season) because his body was worn out, hurt and tired as he did all his own stunts. I don’t know if this fits in with this article but I thought I’d throw that out.
posted by Dick Choke on 9-30-2009 at 12:26 am
Stephen Hill who played Jim Phelps in season 1 of “Mission:Impossible” because he was a devout Jew and wouldn’t work on Saturdays the Jewish Sabbath. Of course he was replaced by Peter Graves and the rest is history. Also, Martin Landau who played Rollin Hand and Barbara Bain who played Cinnamon Carter both left after season 3 as they both wanted big raises and were refused.
posted by Dick Choke on 9-30-2009 at 12:30 am
As a techy working with actors I would just like to say a lot of them are prissy pre madonna’s, although the better and more well known they get, the nicer they are.,basically they become professional.
And don’t give me that rubbish about their job being so hard. Of course it’s not all fun and games, but it’s not nearly as difficult as other jobs out there. For a start techys there well before and after they arrive, and we are running around with heavy equipment, with equal stress if we make a mistake, and getting paid a lot less, and getting no recognition…and I would still say I have an easy job compared to most people, if only because I love it
oh and people who have out life in their hands are waaayyyy more important than actors
posted by Kim on 11-4-2009 at 6:36 pm