Top 10 of Norman Lloyd's Scene Stealing Performances
by themagicalmysterytour | created - 31 Aug 2014 | updated - 31 Aug 2014 | PublicThis incredibly underrated, and scene stealing actor happens to be my favorite.... here are his ten greatest performances!
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1. Scene of the Crime (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,366
He plays the small role of Sleeper.... but steals every scene he's in! This is probably the only movie where Norman uses his real voice in. He originally had a New Jersey accent, but was trained to speak more proper.
2. Saboteur (1942)
Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Votes: 27,971
With his performance, I was rooting for the bad guy.
3. Young Widow (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A grieving war widow meets a young Lieutenant but spurns him for trying too hard to gain her affection. Will she give him a second chance when they meet again?
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Marie Wilson
Votes: 340
Appears in only about three scenes.... but his line delivery is beautifully executed.
4. Reign of Terror (1949)
Approved | 89 min | History, Romance, Thriller
Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl
Votes: 2,119
"Don't just sit there, order something!" A very interesting film.... it is pretty much cat and mouse looking for Norman. But when he is in a scene, he once again steals it.
5. M (1951)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler
Votes: 2,365
During one deep scene, you can see Norman in the back, weighing himself.....
6. In Her Shoes (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount
Votes: 65,066 | Gross: $32.88M
Spending his scenes in the movie bedridden, Norman still gives a beautiful performance. Still the same scene stealing that he started over 60 years before!
7. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
Approved | 86 min | Western
Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker
Votes: 447
The one character caught between the two quarreling sides.... his eyes tell the story, his walk steals the scenes.
8. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 545,752 | Gross: $95.86M
It's not easy acting against Robin Williams.... but Norman, against type, does it. He masterfully attempts to underrate his performance.
9. The Age of Innocence (1993)
PG | 139 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas
Votes: 67,766 | Gross: $32.20M
The one movie where he has a beard.......
10.
Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode:
Manny Get Your Gun
(2010)
TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A birthday dinner for Manny at a family restaurant turns into a race for Phil and Claire and a chance for Cameron to socialize at a shopping mall while looking for a gift.
Director: Michael Spiller | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell
Votes: 2,940
The.... best..... performance.....ever
11. Who Is Norman Lloyd? (2007)
67 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Matthew Sussman | Stars: Ray Bradbury, Charles Chaplin, Roy Christopher, Cameron Diaz
Votes: 23
And if you managed through this list.... you must like Mr. Lloyd.... this beautiful documentary is a holy grail.
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