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He turned down the role as Marlo Thomas's boyfriend in the successful That Girl and starred in two failed pilots.
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`` We've been looking for work, but all the ranchers have turned us down ''.
They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.
Then she turned the station wagon around and headed it back down the hill, with the village as her ostensible destination.
Now, the next morning, they were anchored at The Elbow and the boat was riding directly over the underwater ledge where the green water turned to deepest blue and the cliff dropped straight down 600 fathoms, with the weighted line beside it ; ;
hollyhock blossoms that, turned upside down, make pink-petticoated ladies ; ;
At last her lawyer, Arthur D. Cloud, gave up the case because she turned down three successive settlements he arranged.
But every time I suggested this to her, Mrs. Wright turned it down and demanded that I go out and punish Mr. Wright.
On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.
Well, the Theatre Guild kept that play, and kept it, and finally in December they turned it down.
Smiling at his quixotic thoughts, Warren turned back from the opening and lit a cigarette before sitting down.
Afraid at one and the same time that his work might be turned down -- which would be a blow to his pride even though no one knew he was the author -- and that the work would be accepted, and then that his violent feelings in the matter would certainly betray how deeply concerned he was in spite of himself.
Plunking themselves down on the front bench, they turned to smirk at those around them.
The covers slid down his skinny neck so I saw his head, fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed, but his face was turned to the wall -- there was the pale shadow of his nose on the plaster -- and I thought, Well you don't look much like a pig-drunk bully now.
The doctor shot down to the lavatory and turned the doorknob, but to no effect: the lavatory was occupied.
In the military field, incoming orders turned down early in the year, and remained rather slow until late fall when the upturn in procurement of equipment began to make itself felt in rising orders for components.
Whenever artists, indeed, turned to actual representations or molded three-dimensional figures, which were rare down to 800 B.C., they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a, 9b ) ; ;
And Jarrodsville was more than three miles away, down an old dirt road that the rain had turned into a quagmire.
Muller, nakedly exposed at the bright window like a deer pinned in a car's headlights, threw down the rifle and turned to jump from the table ; ;
Only an occasional tip turned out to be a phony, and, like the police, Casey had made a point of running down all such suggestions and he did not hesitate this time.
Pittsburgh turned him down, just as Pittsburgh society had been snubbing him for years.
He threw a smart salute at the gangway, went up the dock, and turned down the wide street in front of the Petty Officers' Club.
I turned and watched him stride down the center of the road.
I had turned at the corner of the field and I had to look back to raise the plow and then to drop it again into the earth, and I was thinking of the boy and the water anyway, and when I looked again down the furrow, the snake was there.
They had all turned down his son.
Charles Burke got turned down by Dartmouth and he is a straight-A student ''.
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Gauntlett turned down the role of a KGB colonel in the film, however: " I would have loved to have done it but really could not afford the time.
Laurents had wanted Barbra Streisand for the role of Fay, but she turned it down to star in Funny Girl.
The show's creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus, but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage without his glasses, and his vision was so poor that he feared tripping into the orchestra pit.
He serves the role of " straight-man " and sets up situations that can be turned funny.
One of the roles she turned down was that of " Mrs. Robinson " in The Graduate, a role that eventually went to Anne Bancroft.
Denis Leary was offered the role of Dignam in the 2006 film The Departed but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with his television show, Rescue Me.
To spare Sinatra embarrassment, Wallach says he turned down the role to appear in a Tennessee Williams play: " Whenever Sinatra saw me, he ’ d say, ' Hello, you crazy actor!
She was approached by James Cameron to play the part of " Rose Dawson Calvert " for his 1997 blockbuster Titanic with Kate Winslet to play her younger self, but she turned down the role and the part of Rose was given to Gloria Stuart.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, his role was turned over to full-time director of OCD, James M. Landis.
This selection of the King of Spain turned out to play an important role in European and world history, since France opposed a German prince's candidacy to the Spanish throne, and this served as the immediate motive for the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 1871 ).
were Jennifer Connelly, who turned down the role, and Brad Pitt.
Both Paul Muni and George Raft turned down the lead role, giving Bogart the opportunity to play a character of some depth, although legendary director Walsh initially fought the casting of supporting player Bogart as a leading man, much preferring Raft for the part.
Paul Newman was grateful to Lemmon for his support and offered him the role of the Sundance Kid, later played by Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Lemmon turned it down.
Cotten's career cooled in the 1950s with a string of less high-profile roles in films such as the dark Civil War Two Flags West ( 1950 ), the Joan Fontaine romance September Affair ( also 1950 ), and the Marilyn Monroe vehicle Niagara ( 1953 ), after James Mason turned down the role.
Voight was Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Matt Hooper in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, but he turned down the role, which was ultimately played by Richard Dreyfuss.
Dunst was offered the role of Angela in the 1999 drama film American Beauty, but turned it down because she did not want to appear in the film's suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey.
Moore modeled anonymously on the covers of a number of record albums and auditioned for the role of the older daughter of Danny Thomas for his long-running TV show, but was turned down.
The film turned out to be Falk's breakout role.
Wright was offered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but turned it down because she was pregnant.
Nimoy turned down the chance to direct the feature as well as reprise the role of Spock.
Bullock had initially turned down the role three times due to a discomfort with portraying a devout Christian.
Marshall privately turned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring given its limited role.
'" Smith was given the role of Lisa instead, although she almost turned it down.
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