I always loved this show and would like to see it remade. Assuming someone did so, who do you imagine could portray Prof Kingsfield today?
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Today we discussed the top TV show of all time and the Paper Chase wins
I would pick Malcolm McDowell to play Kingsfield in any new series of The Paper Chase.
well I think remakes, on the whole, suck! But the nearest equivalent to John Houseman, to my mind, would be a guy who has a small part in Season 1 Episode An Act od Desperation as a slightly smarmy tutor named Tully: Charles Ogden Stiers! He has the requisite ability to vocally crush, inspire or terrify, the, er, rotundity... and is able to give the impression, at least, of having a considerable intelligence. Plus he trained at Julliard and was in Houseman's Acting Company.
Besides, if you read Houseman's FANTASTIC trilogy of Autobiographies, you'd want to hire an American; Houseman was so involved in the theatre world of your country, as producer, director and teacher that you shouldn't dive for an Englishman as a first option...
Definitely, DOS. He's the only one that comes close to Houseman. Probably not an accident that he could do that character to perfection in M*A*S*H.
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shareI don't think anyone can replicate John Houseman, but how about the guy who played Mr. Feeney on Boy Meets World? (He has experience as a teacher chastising his students.)
shareIf he's still alive, how about Wilford Brimley?
"Here's a dime. Phone your mother and tell her there's serious doubts
about you becoming a lawyer".
"'Ja hear what I said"?
There's a word for people who think everyone is conspiring against them.
That's right: perceptive!
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Joss Ackland
shareDavid Ogden Stiers (whose performance as Major Winchester in M*A*S*H was itself, I suspect, based somewhat on Houseman's portrayal of Kingsfield).
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