R.J. MacReady
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In film, he held supporting roles in The Hospital (1971), Being There (1979), The Thing (1982), Mask (1985), Pale Rider (1985) and Wall Street (1987).
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- Donald Moffat As Garry. Donald Moffat portrayed Garry, a stern station commander and leader of Outpost 31 in The Thing. Like many other characters in the film, his fate was grim, but the actor's future was not.
- Thomas G. Waites As Windows. Thomas G. Waites was one of the youngest members of The Thing's cast, and he played a goofy and short-fused radio operator named Windows.
- David Clennon As Palmer. David Clennon played Palmer in The Thing, an assistant mechanic who delivers many laughs. After this role, he has gone on to work on film projects like 1984's Falling in Love, 2005's Syriana, 2011's J.Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio, and 2014's Gone Girl.
- Richard Dysart As Cooper. The award-winning actor who played the chief physician in The Thing, Richard Dysart, had a successful career afterward. Dysart passed away in 2015 at the age of 86, but before that, he proved his acting chops many times over in the horror genre and beyond.
Actor: The Thing. Richard Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco. He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and a Emmy Award in 1992.
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Shirley MacLaine and Richard Dysart in Being There (1979)- Peter Sellers, Richard Dysart, and Richard Venture in Being There (1979)
- Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas, and Richard Dysart in Being There (1979)
- Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas, and Richard Dysart in Being There (1979)
- Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Donald Moffat, and Joel Polis in The Thing (1982)
- Diana Rigg, George C. Scott, and Richard Dysart in The Hospital (1971)
Jun 25, 1982 · The Thing: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon. A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- John Carpenter
- 1982-06-25
- IT WAS A FLOP WITH AUDIENCES AND IT WAS PARTLY E.T.’ S FAULT. What The Thing lacks in comedy it makes up for tenfold in claustrophobia, paranoia, loneliness, and some of the most incredibly frightening practical effects in film history.
- CRITICS HATED IT, TOO. Critics looked on the film just as unfavorably as fans when it was released in June of 1982. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote
- IT’S NOT A REMAKE. Though it’s often cited as a remake of the 1951 film The Thing from Another World, it’s really not. Though the two films do share the same source material—John W. Campbell Jr.’
- A DOUBLE AMPUTEE WAS USED TO CREATE THE FILM’S QUINTESSENTIAL SPECIAL EFFECT. One of the most memorable scenes in the movie (often referred to as the “chest chomp”) occurs when Dr. Copper (Richard Dysart) attempts to revive Norris (Charles Hallahan) with a defibrillator.
A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one...
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- Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
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The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
