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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

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No television personalities, but my maternal grandfather's grandmother was Abraham Lincoln's mother.

That is really cool! So it sounds like you are distantly related to Lincoln??!!

 

Come here and visit Gettysburg; I am only partly kidding when I say you can sell your story to someone! :D :D Some of the people that show up in July for the reenactments are nuts. When my daughter was 2, we went there to see a local Lincoln re-enactor speak on a steam train. He spoke to my daughter and shook her hand, then moved on. Some woman came up and seriously said, "You are sooo lucky! LINCOLN spoke to your little girl! He loves children you know. . . ." My husband and I were trying not to laugh at her. Lincoln was cool.

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It's a funny thing when it comes to character actors. Most of us don't know them by name but when we see them in something you always say "oh, that guy (or gal)"

 

It seems like a really solid gig if you can land it. There are always parts for them to play but they don't have the success of a TV show or movie riding on their performance usually. They just go in, do their thing, get paid and that's it.

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No television personalities, but my maternal grandfather's grandmother was Abraham Lincoln's mother.

BC, I've never really thanked you personally for freeing the slaves.

 

 

Thanks.

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It's a funny thing when it comes to character actors. Most of us don't know them by name but when we see them in something you always say "oh, that guy (or gal)"

 

It seems like a really solid gig if you can land it. There are always parts for them to play but they don't have the success of a TV show or movie riding on their performance usually. They just go in, do their thing, get paid and that's it.

Yep. Stan has a recording studio in his home and does quite well for himself doing voice overs for commercials. The life of a character actor is much more appealing to me than superstardom.
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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

Ah yes, in Spidey 1, Stan pressured Norman Osborne to speed up his human enhancement formula. So in a sense, your uncle/cousin is partly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin!!!!

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It's a funny thing when it comes to character actors. Most of us don't know them by name but when we see them in something you always say "oh, that guy (or gal)"

 

It seems like a really solid gig if you can land it. There are always parts for them to play but they don't have the success of a TV show or movie riding on their performance usually. They just go in, do their thing, get paid and that's it.

Yep. Stan has a recording studio in his home and does quite well for himself doing voice overs for commercials. The life of a character actor is much more appealing to me than superstardom.

Same here. Actually, I'd love to do nothing but voices for animation. Other than to be paid for traveling the planet, it'd be my dream job.

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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

Ah yes, in Spidey 1, Stan pressured Norman Osborne to speed up his human enhancement formula. So in a sense, your uncle/cousin is partly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin!!!!

As a family we've never forgiven him for that.

 

 

Although, since he was partly behind Bruce Willis' saving of the planet, he's still invited to Thanksgiving.

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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

Ah yes, in Spidey 1, Stan pressured Norman Osborne to speed up his human enhancement formula. So in a sense, your uncle/cousin is partly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin!!!!

As a family we've never forgiven him for that.

 

 

Although, since he was partly behind Bruce Willis' saving of the planet, he's still invited to Thanksgiving.

He reminds me of the villain in Omega Man...actor Anthony Zerbe (had to look that up)

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My uncle and cousin hold the world record for the world's widest tongue!

 

Byron and Emily Schlenker:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/16/12/279F91C100000578-3041537-image-a-13_1429182454653.jpg

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My uncle and cousin hold the world record for the world's widest tongue!

 

Byron and Emily Schlenker:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/16/12/279F91C100000578-3041537-image-a-13_1429182454653.jpg

If you're joking, it's hilarious! If you're serious, it's hilarious!

:LOL:
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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

Ah yes, in Spidey 1, Stan pressured Norman Osborne to speed up his human enhancement formula. So in a sense, your uncle/cousin is partly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin!!!!

As a family we've never forgiven him for that.

 

 

Although, since he was partly behind Bruce Willis' saving of the planet, he's still invited to Thanksgiving.

He reminds me of the villain in Omega Man...actor Anthony Zerbe (had to look that up)

Haven't seen Omega Man in ages. Put it on the list for winter viewing. Edited by goose
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I had a distant relative who was a gold digger in Klondyke. He was one of the first people in Denmark to have a Ford T car. He also traveled a lot to the far east and Africa and my grandmother has his old photo album lying around.

 

Other than that there's not much special about my family ... yet ;)

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When I was a teenager, I once bagged groceries for George Clooney's father, TV anchorman Nick Clooney.

 

:huh: :huh:

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When I was a teenager, I once bagged groceries for George Clooney's father, TV anchorman Nick Clooney.

 

:huh: :huh:

Don't leave us hanging! Details...details! What was his favorite cereal? Coke or Pepsi? Was he a Charmin squeezer?
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Finally, a thread where namedropping is a good thing!

 

So...

 

My uncle left today for California to visit my great uncle, Stan Anderson. Cousin Stan is a character actor that's been working in the Business since 1967. He's one of those guys that you can't name, but might go "Ohhhh..." when you see him. This got me thinking about connections that TRFers might have with the (not so) Rich & Famous. Have at it. I'll start.

 

Here's Stan as Judge Vandalay on Seinfeld...

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmUX2bKruqM/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Stan as General Slocum in Spiderman...

 

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMTU5NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUzMzI2Mw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg

 

Stan as the President in Armageddon...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEtmUdQRWE

Ah yes, in Spidey 1, Stan pressured Norman Osborne to speed up his human enhancement formula. So in a sense, your uncle/cousin is partly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin!!!!

As a family we've never forgiven him for that.

 

 

Although, since he was partly behind Bruce Willis' saving of the planet, he's still invited to Thanksgiving.

He reminds me of the villain in Omega Man...actor Anthony Zerbe (had to look that up)

Haven't seen Omega Man in ages. Put it on the list for winter viewing.

Me neither but I remember him. Zerbe was also the baddie in that GEM of a film: Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park. ;)

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When I was a teenager, I once bagged groceries for George Clooney's father, TV anchorman Nick Clooney.

 

:huh: :huh:

 

Ah, yes, on Channel 12, WKRC-TV in Cincinnati. :)

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My great grandfather, George Walther Sr., developed and patented the first successful steel wheel that was ever used on a truck, in 1914. He had emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1892, and started the Dayton Steel Foundry in 1905.

 

His first customer for the steel truck wheel was the U.S. Army, in 1915, and trucks with Dayton Steel wheels were widely used on military vehicles during World War I.

 

Dayton Steel became the largest manufacturer of cast steel truck wheels in the world.

 

George Sr. ceded operations of the company to his oldest son, my great uncle George (Jr.), who had business and racing in his blood. He (and the company) sponsored cars in the Indianapolis 500 for 25 consecutive years. George Jr's son, David (Salt) Walther, was one of my second cousins. Salt raced in the Indy 500 mainly in the 1970s, starting in 1972. In '73, he was the victim of arguably the worst crash in Indy 500 history that the driver lived through (I have to make that qualification, because later that day, in the nightmare that was the Indy 500 in 1973, another driver, Swede Savage, was killed). Even though parts of his body were severely burned, he was given the last rites twice, and he spent the next eight months in the hospital, Salt came back and raced again the following year. His best finish in the 500 was 9th, in 1976. Salt is still the only person in history to have raced in the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 (in 1977), and compete in unlimited hydroplane (boat racing).

 

Another one of my great uncles, Jacob (nicknamed Jep) Walther, played bass in Stan Kenton's Big Band in the early 1940s.

 

And my grandmother left home at age 16 to work as a traveling burlesque dancer. Some people in my family have told me she was a member of the Rockettes at one point, but I've never been able to verify that. (I do have a couple of scrapbooks full of photos and advertisements and programs from her performing days, but nothing to corroborate the Rockettes assertion).

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I am in some form related to this guy. (According to my uncle who is a big Ancestry guy)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Jermyn,_1st_Baron_Dover

 

The best line is ---He was a noted duelist and a lifelong gambler. AND---he proceeded to give further offence by having an affair with Lady Castlemaine, by then the chief royal mistress, and he was banished from court for six months.

 

Thanks buddy, for keeping our name in bad light since 1636

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My great grandfather, George Walther Sr., developed and patented the first successful steel wheel that was ever used on a truck, in 1914. He had emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1892, and started the Dayton Steel Foundry in 1905.

 

His first customer for the steel truck wheel was the U.S. Army, in 1915, and trucks with Dayton Steel wheels were widely used on military vehicles during World War I.

 

Dayton Steel became the largest manufacturer of cast steel truck wheels in the world.

 

George Sr. ceded operations of the company to his oldest son, my great uncle George (Jr.), who had business and racing in his blood. He (and the company) sponsored cars in the Indianapolis 500 for 25 consecutive years. George Jr's son, David (Salt) Walther, was one of my second cousins. Salt raced in the Indy 500 mainly in the 1970s, starting in 1972. In '73, he was the victim of arguably the worst crash in Indy 500 history that the driver lived through (I have to make that qualification, because later that day, in the nightmare that was the Indy 500 in 1973, another driver, Swede Savage, was killed). Even though parts of his body were severely burned, he was given the last rites twice, and he spent the next eight months in the hospital, Salt came back and raced again the following year. His best finish in the 500 was 9th, in 1976. Salt is still the only person in history to have raced in the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 (in 1977), and compete in unlimited hydroplane (boat racing).

 

Another one of my great uncles, Jacob (nicknamed Jep) Walther, played bass in Stan Kenton's Big Band in the early 1940s.

 

And my grandmother left home at age 16 to work as a traveling burlesque dancer. Some people in my family have told me she was a member of the Rockettes at one point, but I've never been able to verify that. (I do have a couple of scrapbooks full of photos and advertisements and programs from her performing days, but nothing to corroborate the Rockettes assertion).

 

Wow, your family goes way back in Dayton! I remember Salt Walther well. I was starting high school in the mid 70's :codger: and the guy next to me in English, Jim, was totally interested in racing since his dad was a local short track guy. Salt Walther was Jim's idol and he used to give me lots of information about him, including how horrific that Indy 500 crash was and how long he was in the hospital; I felt so bad for Salt and remember those talks still today. It's a small world . . .

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