but Michael Horden....

Been revisiting some old films and he's popped up in a few in succession: The Medusa Touch, Where Eagles Dare, and an (admittedly poor) Hammer horror "Demons of the Mind".

Quite a resume, if you have a look on IMDB.

And Paddington Bear, to boot!

is one of my favourites. He played cold ruthless bastards really well in films like The Hill and The Macintosh Man. In fact The Hill is a great ensemble piece of "unsung" actors with Jack Watson, Ian Hendry (He too playing a "chauffeur" in Get Carter), Harry Andrews and Roy Kinnear also in the mix supporting Sean Connery.

If they'd had Ronald Fraser in it it would have been complete. Although we have The Wild Geese for that appearance alongside another favourite, Kenneth Griffith.

So good in the original Stepford Wives. Haven't seen her in anything for years.

Ian Hendry. In loads and loads of stuff, cut down in his prime. I think his last role might have been in Brookside.

Coral Browne. A wicked smirk hid dark secrets. Great as that aging lesbian in The Killing of Sister George.

And Barry Foster was always a good supporting character.

Any fifties British war film wouldn't have been complete without him as a squaddie/matelot. Then he moved onto supporting roles on TV in The Avengers, The Prisoner and anything else that need an authentic looking bloke to balance out the glamour.

...with Esma Cannon in it.

Kevin Eldon (Big Train, Spaced, Blue Jam, Jaaaaaammmm, Alan Partridge, Fist Of Fun, Nighty Night, Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle, Look Around You etc etc etc)

bit part actors of his generation

always used to appear in 60's crime capers, in Peter Sellers films and Anton Lesser who seemed to be around a lot in the 1980's mostly tv stuff - was superb in Good and bad at games, never seen him since though.

another chap who's in loads of stuff is Mark Heap. It's a fair bet that if he's in a show, it's worth watching (anyone been watching Friday Night Dinners? The scene where he was in the pub, and after with his dog had me in tears of laughter).
Some of his best from 'Big Train'

Always played obsequious, mercurial characters like Stamper in House Of Cards
the snivelling Donald in Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills and undertaker, Mr Shadrack in the TV version of Billy Liar.

I collared him in Charing Cross Road about twenty years ago and told him I was a fan of his work. His eyes glistened with glee, "You actually know my name! How thrilling!"

Jeavons retired in 1993 after the second part of the House Of Cards trilogy, To Play The King. He did make a cameo in a promo of his son's rock band, Reuben in 2007 though.

Always tended to play slightly pompous authority figures in British comedy films in the 50s and 60s:

Although I think he's quite famous for his bit-part-ness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Miller

Great actor. I don't watch much TV or get to the cinema much any more, but it seems to me he's completely and undeservedly obscure these days.

Was in Passport to Pimlico, Went the Day Well and A Canterbury Tale. If he'd done nowt else that'd be enough to warrant a blue plaque on his family home. He also did Z Cars, Jackanory and was apparently in Dr Who as a Cyberman. Thanks IMDb.

Type his name into google images and wait for that 'Oh yeh him' moment.

Stole the show in 'Get Carter', especially the scene at Newcastle racecourse.
One of those actors who even made episodes of Bergerac and Return of the Saint memorable.
Also, Alan Lake (hubby of Diana Dors) was fantastically under-rated.

are a whole bunch of talented writers and cameramen who bring all this stuff to life.

...invariably playing bank manager or civil servant-type roles. John Le Mesurier before his 'Dad's Army' days was everywhere too.

Another is Alfie Bass, who turned up in all sorts of places (including The Lavender Hill Mob).

I watched Death Line again recently, a terrific little British horror film from the early 70s, set in the London Underground (Donald Pleasance does a great turn as the shouty cockney detective).

James Cossins was in it; he always turns up in in 60s and 70s TV and films as a stiff,upper-crust authority figure or bowler-hatted City type.

Adding him to break up the Anglo-centric theme.

A fine, fine actor who Jack Nicholson paid homage to when he won his second Oscar for 'As Good As It Gets'.

And let us not forget the recently departed Michael Gough.

Not only a fine character actor but he was married to the lovely Anneke Wills in the 1960s.

was in the same era as Sam Kydd and Victor Maddern.

Janine Duvitski
Larry Martyn
Dudley Sutton
and, largely offscreen, Charles Collingwood (aka Brian Aldridge), the Bill Roache of British Radio.

Finally, this woman. Started acting in 1959, initially working as a stripper before a long and distinguished career on film, stage and television. She's still working as a drama teacher and a recurring player on one of Britain's most drama serials, but her true face and varied career are probably overshadowed by her time as the iconic face from one of the most popular comedy series of the late 1960's / early 1970's.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Not counting Edwdwdwd, you get four great unsung faces in this clip alone. Apart from Anthony Valentine and the brilliant Russell Hunter I don't know their names, but that's probably because they're unsung.

He had such a wonderfully expressive face but never got the credit he deserved in the Carry Ons.

My favourite scene in all the films is in ...Khyber where the British base is being bombed but the occupants are determined to maintain a stuff upper lip - apart from Wigan missionary Brother Belcher, played by Butterworth

He was also good as a slightly sinister adversary of Dr Who - the Meddling Monk

(By the way, I always thought Michael Ripper was the dad in Metal Mickey)

The greatest character actor of his generation - been in everything.

(His Son Toby's not bad either)

Father of Glynis, but in every Ealing movie pre-comedy. Later Bob Cratchit to Alistair Sim's Scrooge, in Danger Man, The Avengers and finally in Jack Gold's The National Health.

Completely bloody terrifying in this (start at 5:00):

aka Two Ton Ted from Teddington

Whether he was playing Chief Inspector Teal in The Saint or Inspector Large in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), his lugubrious plod more often than not stole the show.