Jan 26 2009
Wait, who was that Cold Case guy?
Cold Case, the police procedural with a heart that runs every Sunday night at 9/8c on CBS, is known for having interesting guest stars on. Well-known TV and movie actors of the past and character actors from today and yesterday pop up in a range of episodes, playing characters in present day scenes or <i>Cold Case</i>’s trademark flashback sequences. Sometimes it’s a quick recognition for viewers, as with guest star Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City, Law & Order: SVU) in the musical episode.
Other times it nags at the back of the mind, “Who IS that guy? Where have I seen her before?” Those are the times you have to do a frantic Internet search trying to find the cast list for the episode, which isn’t always easy. Or you wake up at 3am when it suddenly hits you what you’ve seen that actor on before. So it was with this week’s episode of Cold Case, “The Brush Man”:
The character in the flashback, brush salesman Roy W. Gunn, had a chiseled jaw and sharp eyes that seemed familiar. I felt like he’d played a cop in some other show. My husband said a cowboy. Turns out we were both right. Brush man Roy Gunn was played by Bailey Chase, the cowboy cop Butch Ada on the quirky Holly Hunter vehicle Saving Grace. If that doesn’t ring any bells, he’s also done 13 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 15 of As the World Turns. Check out his IMDB listing to see what you remember him from.
So now we know who that Cold Case guy was. Phew. Now I just have to figure out who that girl on The Closer was…
