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re: William Christopher died
Posted on 1/1/17 at 1:41 am to hsfolk
Posted on 1/1/17 at 1:41 am to hsfolk
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if you have to tell people who he was, is he considered a "star"?
A lot of people like M.A.S.H.
As anyone in their 30s or younger who Marlin Brando was and they'd likely look at you with a blank stare. Does that mean he wasn't a "star"? Guess he wasn't since they don't know who he was.
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Posted on 1/1/17 at 10:10 am to AshLSU
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A lot of people like M.A.S.H.
As anyone in their 30s or younger who Marlin Brando was and they'd likely look at you with a blank stare. Does that mean he wasn't a "star"? Guess he wasn't since they don't know who he was.
Even casual M*A*S*H fans know who Father Mulcahy is. But that's because of the popularity of the series, not the character or the actor. Christopher made a career as a background character on popular series (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes). M*A*S*H was the only series to bring his character towards the front (and that was due to the extreme longevity of the series and their need to come up with new plots for a tired series).
He was a background actor who lucked into a series that was popular enough to have their B team characters recognizable by name.
If he was a TV Star it was in the broadest sense of the term. If he was a star, so are Paul Wilson, J. Alan Thomas, and James Michael Tyler.
This post was edited on 1/1/17 at 10:11 am
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