I’ve always wondered what the opposite of a “character actor” is. If you’re not a character actor, what are you playing? Scenery?
Anyway, we lost one of the most identifiable ones recently, Vincent Schiavelli. You may remember him as the creepy teacher in Better Off Dead and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, or as John O’Connor in Buckaroo Banzai or the crazy subway ghost that teaches Patrick Swayze how to move things in Ghost.
Vincent Schiavelli 1948-2005
(The guy on the left)