I can certainly understand why this Gortner guy didnt become a big star, with his ridiculous voice and sort of bizarre looks. And Roundtree didnt really seem to have had much range as an actor (of course, that also applies to many other actors who did have a sustained high profile career, so I guess it does have something to do with the breaks, as well). Bujold did have a fairly solid time near the very top for about 20 years, though.
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Blacktree? Richard Roundtree perhaps?

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Fyi Bujold was already an established movie star. .. she had starred in 1969 in Anne of the 1000 Days. An academy nominated film.

Oh, and of course Blacktree was the MAJOR black star during the Blaxploitation years. You seem to know nothing.

So you're an idiot. Bujold was in a lot of major motion pictures for awhile, Principal was also in a bunch of major films and many TV shows, Gortner had a massive media career as a televangelist and then a b movie career.
Even major actors sometimes only have 10 year careers, not everyone can be a superstar, they only make so many blockbusters per year.

VP had a bad plastic face job done.
Could be why she didn't get any offers.

Victoria Principal had a nice 8-yr run on Dallas. She was something special to look at in her prime.

dallas was over a quarter of a century ago..she never established herself as a movie actress..by the mid 90s she was doing maeup infomercials

Principal was on Dallas. That was HUGE! Gortner was still working if you check his IMDB, but his fame came from his early childhood. He actually starred in a movie with my ex brother-in-law called the Survivalist.