Bumps in the Road - Group II

Still buried under an avalanche of work, stress, anxiety and who knows what else... Bumpy times indeed. But to get us over the hump, I have another mound of TV & movie bulges. These are from projects I've watched in my rare moments of decompression time over the last several months. Today's cover boy, however, is a person I came across while trying to do research on my prior post. This is one Perry Lopez, seated next to (a displeased-looking) Miss Natalie Wood as Nick Adams hovers nearby. Nat and date-mate Perry never worked with one another, but I'm going to put this picture around 1955, when Nick and Perry worked in two films with the other, I Died a Thousand Times and Mister Roberts. Lopez was also a close pal of one James Dean and all four of them shared many a shindig together prior to Dean's death.

Here we have a scene from The Comancheros (1961), which starred John Wayne and, at far right, Stuart Whitman.

At this point in the movie, we can catch a glimpse of Stu-ie. Ha ha!

There's plenty more of the handsome Mr. Whitman right here. 

Peter Wyngarde was often one to show some bulge. He does so a few times in the British-made thriller Night of the Eagle (1962) - released in the U.S. as Burn, Witch, Burn.

The witch here is his wife Janet Blair, though even with her prominently featured in the foreground, Wyngarde steals the scene...!

Wyngarde was reportedly reluctant to do the movie, but rethought the situation when he came upon a luxury car her wanted to purchase. The cost of that vehicle was what he requested for a salary!

There's always plenty of Bonanza's Little Joe (Michael Landon) to spot.

From the third season on, he practically always wore the same costume and the pants were often revealing.

As one of my loyal readers once pointed out, a little Little Joe sighting often made sitting though an episode of the venerable western series more tolerable.

Another long-running western was The Virginian, which costarred Doug McClure. He often wore the same blue-grey pants, too, and they tended to show him off to good advantage.

Here, McClure waits for guest star Tom Simcox.

And finally, we see McClure exiting a bank with a wad of cash.

That's not the only wad on hand...!

Bernie Casey and Ron O'Neal portray prison cellmates in the 1977 movie Brothers. In a couple of instances, they are stripped down to their briefs for either searches or punishment.

Casey had appeared the year before in The Man Who Fell to Earth, which included a nude swimming scene. Both he an O'Neal had rear nudity in this movie, too.

O'Neal had made quite a splash a few years prior to this in the movie Superfly (1972) and its sequel.

Recognize this hirsute fellow? The one-time model and almost-actor is notorious for having been handed a huge big-screen break which turned into a huge big-screen flop.

Yes, the man above is one Klinton Spilsbury, who was cast (after having essayed two minor TV guest roles) in the title role for The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981.) He had a big hat to fill, a big mask to fill and big pants to fill and he really wasn't able to aptly achieve any of those things.

During one brief sequence however (especially since he doesn't even don the famed costume until very late in the picture), we see that there may be something going on in those powder blue pants...

Spilsbury was reportedly very unpopular on the set, deemed egotistical, and had his voice dubbed for the final print of the film, leading to his virtual banishment from the screen thereafter.

In 1979, Otto Preminger directed the espionage thriller The Human Factor (1979) with British actor Nicol Williamson. (Williamson was to portray Merlin in Excalibur two years later.) In the film, he takes a rather eye-opening stroll with a male acquaintance.

Can you make out Merlin's magic wand? Ha ha!

How 'bout now?

Lastly, I give you Thomas Gibson in the 1993 dark comedy Love & Human Remains. You might recall Gibson from the hit sitcom Dharma & Greg?

Here you get to see what only Dharma laid eyes on...!

BONUS PICS

Not bulges, but the aforementioned strip search sequence from Brothers.

Those with a keen eye could see a bit more of Bernie than usual!

The End!