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B Actor billing in A pictures
Topic Started: Sep 1 2013, 09:20 AM (153 Views)
JazzGuyy
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Every once in a while you see a primarily B movie actor in an A picture and the billing will be a bit different. The other night I saw The Enforcer with Bogart and Bob Steele played one of the contract murderers in it. Except he was billed as Robert Steele. I don't think I have ever before seen him billed as anyone but Bob Steele. I assume Robert is classier than Bob and so the step up in movie class calls for a step up in billing.

I'm sure there are other cases where this kind of thing occurred. Anyone else have examples.
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Frank Hale
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In that particular case I would guess it was just a front office glitch / decision. You'll recall he was just good old Bob Steele in The Big Sleep, playing a similar and in fact bigger role. Now if they'd said "Introducing the new Robert Steele!", I'd think you might be on to something.

But perhaps people can suggest other examples.
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panzer the great & terrible
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No, I'll go with you, Frank. The Big Sleep has amazing credits and Steele's performance in that picture outranks his others. Obviously some secretary didn't know who Steele was. These things happen.
Edited by panzer the great & terrible, Sep 1 2013, 08:24 PM.
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