61.   Johnson could be the perfect character actor the Murdoch Dodgers need to complete their storyline for splashy drama.

62.   John C. McGinley, the veteran film character actor, will win best supporting actor in a comedy for his role as Dr. Perry Cox.

63.   KEVIN KLINE GOES WILD WILD Kevin Kline thinks of himself as a character actor, but he has the dashing good looks of a leading man.

64.   Lyle Talbot, a veteran character actor in movies and on television, died on Sunday at his home in San Francisco.

65.   Like a washed-up character actor bouncing from one studio to the next, the Academy Awards always seem to be searching for a new home.

66.   Maury Chaykin, a normally reliable character actor, is alternately flat or rudderlessly blustery as Wolfe.

67.   Maybe a star can be difficult, but a character actor with an attitude problem has very limited employment prospects.

68.   Mose becomes a successful character actor, while Rocky . . . nobody seems to know what happens to Rocky.

69.   Ms. McDormand sees herself as a character actor who is able to transform herself no matter the role.

70.   Norman Rossington, a veteran British character actor whose career embraced films, theater and television, died on Friday in a hospital in Manchester, England.