An alumnus of the Yale School of drama, American actor Austin Pendleton was lucky enough to latch onto a starmaking stage role relatively early in life. Pendleton was the first performer to play the part of tailor Motel Kamzoil in the evergreen musical Fiddler on the Roof, in which he had one of the play's best non-Tevye songs, "Miracle of Miracles." Hollywood has been less generous to Pendleton in terms of good roles. He was cast in a supporting role in Skidoo (1968), a smash miss frequently cited as the worst film in the careers of most of its participants (Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, Carol Channing, Otto Preminger, et al.) He was shown to better advantage in What's Up, Doc? (1972), while in The Front Page (1974) he sparkled as a condemned killer plagued by a bad head cold on the eve of his execution. A first-rate character player, Austin Pendleton has never quite scaled the heights of stardom in films, though his theatre work as both actor and director has always been critically lauded.
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Game Change
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2008 | |||
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Lovely By Surprise
Actor |
2007 | |||
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Raising Flagg
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2006 | |||
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Piccadilly Jim
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2005 | |||
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Finding Nemo
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2003 | |||
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Uptown Girls
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2003 | |||
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Manna From Heaven
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2002 | |||
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3 Erotic Tales
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2001 | |||
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A Beautiful Mind
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2001 | |||
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Queenie In Love
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2001 | |||
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Broke Even
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2000 | |||
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Fast Food Fast Women
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2000 | |||
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Homicide: The Movie
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2000 | |||
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Joe the King
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1999 | |||
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The 4th Floor
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1999 | |||
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Men of Means
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1998 | |||
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Sue
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1998 | |||
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Amistad
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1997 | |||
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Frasier: Three Days of the Condo
TV Guest Appearance |
1997 | |||
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Trial and Error
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1997 | |||
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2 Days in the Valley
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1996 | |||
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Sgt. Bilko
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1996 | |||
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The Associate
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1996 | |||
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The Mirror Has Two Faces
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1996 | |||
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The Proprietor
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1996 | |||
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Home for the Holidays
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1995 | |||
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Two Much
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1995 | |||
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Don't Drink the Water
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1994 | |||
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Greedy
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1994 | |||
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Guarding Tess
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1994 | |||
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Four Eyes and Six Guns
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1993 | |||
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Mr. Nanny
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1993 | |||
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My Boyfriend's Back
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1993 | |||
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Rain Without Thunder
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1993 | |||
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Charlie's Ear
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1992 | |||
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My Cousin Vinny
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1992 | |||
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Lethal Innocence
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1991 | |||
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Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
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1990 | |||
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Hello Again
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1987 | |||
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My Man Adam
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1986 | |||
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Off Beat
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1986 | |||
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Short Circuit
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1986 | |||
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Alice in Wonderland
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1983 | |||
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Say Goodnight, Gracie
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1983 | |||
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Talk to Me
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1982 | |||
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First Family
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1980 | |||
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Simon
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1980 | |||
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Starting Over
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1979 | |||
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The Muppet Movie
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1979 | |||
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June Moon
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1974 | |||
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The Front Page
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1974 | |||
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What's Up, Doc?
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1972 | |||
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Catch-22
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1970 | |||
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Petulia
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1968 | |||
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Skidoo
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