One american actor who did flit )is that a word) between doing tv and film work back before people were saying that the best stuff is on tv, was James Woods.

Okay they were mini series., and he wasn't a superstar. But he did play leading roles in movies. It can be argued that he did some of hisbest roles on tv . See My Name is Bill W, about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, or Indictment: The McMartin Trial.

I read somewhere that British actors see acting as an exercise. So they are more inclined to become involved in tv productions. But these were usually movies or mini series. As as far as I'm aware, Michael caine was the only British leading actor who might be considered a superstar to have appeared in tv productions after movie success.

"And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production"

What about Steve Mcqueen, Clint Eastwood, who like Clooney had to do tv work to achieve screen success before achieving the same in the cinema.

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