{"id":10582,"date":"2016-07-18T06:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2016-07-17T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T01:16:35","slug":"most-watched-actors-the-early-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/most-watched-actors-the-early-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Watched Actors – The Early 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Movie_Reel_22\"Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime. \u00a0The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I\u2019ve carried on in my database ever since. \u00a0So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at the most prolific\u00a0actors that have starred in the movies that I have seen in the first half of the decade of the 1980s.\u00a0 Given I was born late in 1974, this should be a short-ish list.<\/span><\/p>\n

1981<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

We kick things off with the stars of the 2 movies that I know that I saw in 1981, the pilot to The Greatest American Hero<\/em> and the second feature film starring the Muppets.<\/p>\n

1982<\/strong><\/p>\n

Films Per Actor Per Year<\/b><\/caption>\n
Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Charles Grodin<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Katt<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Kulp<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

We are up to 3 movies for 1982, but still no repeat actors from E.T.<\/em>, Tootise<\/em>, and Annie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong><\/p>\n

Films Per Actor Per Year<\/b><\/caption>\n
Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Albert Finney<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dustin Hoffman<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Lange<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aileen Quinn<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry Thomas<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dee Wallace Stone<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

We fall back down to 2 films in 1983, with the last film of the original Star Wars<\/em> trilogy and a soon-to-be Christmas classic.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong><\/p>\n

Films Per Actor Per Year<\/b><\/caption>\n
Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Peter Billingsley<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison Ford<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Hamill<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darren McGavin<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

As I turned 10 years old, the number of films I saw increased, but still no repeat performances, leading to a loooong list.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong><\/p>\n

Films Per Actor Per Year<\/b><\/caption>\n
Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dan Aykroyd<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Burns<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kate Capshaw<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phoebe Cates<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Duvall<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison Ford<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zach Galligan<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Hanks<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daryl Hannah<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Lithgow<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aubree Miller<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Murray<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Redford<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Scheider<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sylvester Stallone<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. T<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Walker<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ted Wass<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Another long list of singletons stemming out of 1985, drawing this week’s entry to a close.<\/p>\n

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Films Per Actor Per Year<\/b><\/caption>\n
Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Eileen Brennan<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilford Brimley<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raymond Burr<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Coco<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Daily<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara Hale<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Huddleston<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lauren Hutton<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cleavon Little<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dolph Lundgren<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aubree Miller<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dudley Moore<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin Mull<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Reubens<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joan Rivers<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybill Shepherd<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sylvester Stallone<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Willis<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n