The Hospital (1971)
Arthur Hiller's 1971 medical satire. Scott as suicidal chief of medicine.
Richard Dysart played Doctor Copper in The Thing, whose attempted defibrillation is one of the film’s most famous practical effects sequences.
Being There, The Hospital and Prophecy fill out the film work, and he specialised in doctors and officials.
L.A. Law gave him Leland McKenzie across eight seasons and won him an Emmy. He served in the Army and taught before acting, coming to the profession late.
Barnard HughesArthur Hiller's 1971 medical satire. Scott as suicidal chief of medicine.
Jack WardenFinal film of Sellers' great period. Being There is Hal Ashby's 1979 American satire adapting Jerzy Kosinski's 1971 novella.
Charles HallahanThe Thing earns its 9.5 primarily through Rob Bottin's practical effects work, which remains the gold standard for creature design in horror cinema more than forty years later. Carpenter built something rare: a film where the monster is original, the…
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