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TMC · 07-03-2017, 01:14 AM

Who are some actors/actresses from the past who were once popular or did a few big movies who have now just seemingly vanished?

jimpickens · 07-03-2017, 01:44 AM

Shawn Cassidy teen heartthrob of the late 70s now nowhere to be found.

MA · 07-03-2017, 08:16 AM

Terri Garr

Babalu · 07-03-2017, 05:00 PM

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Terri Garr

Teri Garr has advanced MS.

MA · 07-04-2017, 09:48 AM

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Teri Garr has advanced MS.

I forgot she had that disease.

Torgo · 07-04-2017, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jimpickens

Shawn Cassidy teen heartthrob of the late 70s now nowhere to be found.

Shaun has been writing and producing for TV since the 90's. Created one of the best TV shows of the 90's American Gothic. Most recent is producing Emerald City.

Retro4Life · 07-04-2017, 12:19 PM

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer

Tubehead · 07-04-2017, 10:40 PM

i always wonted to know what happened to higgens on magnum pi!! you never seen him in any thing!! i watched one day at time he was on that show!! is he still living? you never saw him in any thing after Magnum PI!!

Edward216 · 07-04-2017, 11:08 PM

No, I believe John Hillerman (who played Jonathan Higgins on Magnum P.I.) is dead.

Ed.

Edward216 · 07-04-2017, 11:11 PM

Jimmy Smits. He was on L.A. Law and then NYPD Blue (Must've had a thing for shows with initials LOL) and then in demand in movies for a while. And he was in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith as Bail Organa who was Princess Leia's adoptive father. But I haven't heard about him being in any movies or seen him on TV anywhere in quite a while.

Ed.

JamesG · 07-05-2017, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward216

Jimmy Smits. He was on L.A. Law and then NYPD Blue (Must've had a thing for shows with initials LOL) and then in demand in movies for a while. And he was in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith as Bail Organa who was Princess Leia's adoptive father. But I haven't heard about him being in any movies or seen him on TV anywhere in quite a while.

Ed.

He appeared on FX's "Sons of Anarchy" from 2012-14 and was recently on Fox's short-lived "24: Legacy".

He also reprised Bail Organa in Rogue One.

icecream · 07-05-2017, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer

Forrest Whitaker was the star of 2011 spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, but that was cancelled after one season. Molly Ringwald was recently in the Secret Life of the American Teenager, which lasted 5 seasons and 121 episodes on ABCFamily.

JamesG · 07-05-2017, 08:04 PM

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Forrest Whitaker was the star of 2011 spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, but that was cancelled after one season.

He was in the Roots tv-remake and Rogue One more recently.

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Molly Ringwald was recently in the Secret Life of the American Teenager, which lasted 5 seasons and 121 episodes on ABCFamily.

She's currently on The CW's "Riverdale".

Torgo · 07-05-2017, 08:06 PM

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Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer

Chris is on NCIS: LA.

Retro4Life · 07-05-2017, 10:14 PM

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Chris is on NCIS: LA.

Yeah...I don't watch much TV these days, obviously.

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,391	Shawn Cassidy teen heartthrob of the late 70s now nowhere to be found.

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Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	i always wonted to know what happened to higgens on magnum pi!! you never seen him in any thing!! i watched one day at time he was on that show!! is he still living? you never saw him in any thing after Magnum PI!!

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Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	No, I believe John Hillerman (who played Jonathan Higgins on Magnum P.I.) is dead. Ed.

07-04-2017, 11:11 PM	#10
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Jimmy Smits. He was on L.A. Law and then NYPD Blue (Must've had a thing for shows with initials LOL) and then in demand in movies for a while. And he was in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith as Bail Organa who was Princess Leia's adoptive father. But I haven't heard about him being in any movies or seen him on TV anywhere in quite a while. Ed.