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acehit — 16 years ago(April 03, 2010 08:37 AM)

I haven't seen many films with James Tolken, but I think these are his best roles,

  1. His appearances in all three Back to the future films
  2. Masters of the Universe
    He was fun to watch and a pretty good actor.
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Love James Tolkan as a wildly homophobic cop in Serpico. "You were suckin' his cock, weren't cha?"
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

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As 'Stinger', the CAG in Top Gun, hana

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Joe Coffey's gay coach from Hill Street Blues!
I'm watching him in Iceman now and was wracking my brain trying to remember what I knew him from. The HSB thing was hilarious, but I guess some of it was him, and some was just the whole situation.

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Back to the Future
Masters of the Universe
Top Gun
Great character actor

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He played several roles in the Nero Wolfe series. He was great in all of them, displaying a great versatility.

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Tolkan was also great as a slimy district attorney in "Prince of the City."
"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen"

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I also have not seen James Tolkan in too many films but I think he is EXCELLENT as the carrier skipper in "Top Gun". His performance was so good, it made me think of an old boss that I had who was just like that.

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