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Actor who quoted John Donne "For whom the bells toll. . ."


About 120 minutes into the film a couple of actors are sitting at a table and one of them (heavy set, maybe 40 yrs. old) quotes from John Donne "For whom the bell tolls. . . ." I recognized the actor immediately but couldn't find him in the cast list. I think this was the only time he was in the film. Anybody recognize him?

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That actor is Jeffrey Jones who was uncredited in the movie list, but is on the "others" section of IMDB. His most high profile role was probably as the principal on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

Even a man who is pure of heart...

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also known for playing Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus, the dad in Beetlejuice, and for being a registered sex offender since his felony conviction for possessing child pornography and soliciting a 14 year old boy - a minor - to pose for it/take pictures of himself. Also long associated with the Hollywood pedophilia problem and suspected of having done much worse (just Google him). Would be happy to never see him on screen again if not actually in prison, guy gives me the shudders.

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also known for playing Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus, the dad in Beetlejuice, and for being a registered sex offender since his felony conviction for possessing child pornography and soliciting a 14 year old boy - a minor - to pose for it/take pictures of himself. Also long associated with the Hollywood pedophilia problem and suspected of having done much worse (just Google him). Would be happy to never see him on screen again if not actually in prison, guy gives me the shudders.
Yeah, I was wondering if that's who it was. It looked like Jones, and I had to check IMDb for confirmation.

Actually not a bad actor but a not-so-good human being and for the reasons that bezleminion said.

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