Many film actors have become box office stars thanks to one character, but while Sean Connery and Christopher Lee managed to break away from 007 and Dracula, Anthony Perkins’ was forever overshadowed by his infamous alter ego Norman Bates. For some actors, one film role was enough to give them lasting cinema immortality; if it hadn’t been for their performances as the Wizard of Oz and Ming the Merciless, Frank Morgan and Charles Middleton would have been long forgotten.
The following ten actors achieved their cult status in the horror and fantasy genre on the strength of one film. Although these working actors appeared in a variety of movies, it is that particular character and their well received performance that has pushed any other notable film work into the background!
Max Schreck (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens – 1922)
Rafaela Ottiano (The Devil-Doll – 1936)
Margaret Hamilton (The Wizard of Oz – 1939)
Stanley Ridges (Black...
The following ten actors achieved their cult status in the horror and fantasy genre on the strength of one film. Although these working actors appeared in a variety of movies, it is that particular character and their well received performance that has pushed any other notable film work into the background!
Max Schreck (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens – 1922)
Rafaela Ottiano (The Devil-Doll – 1936)
Margaret Hamilton (The Wizard of Oz – 1939)
Stanley Ridges (Black...
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