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Why didn’t Doug Hutchinson (Percy) go on to a bigger career?


He was excellent in this role, creating a truly memorable character. It should have led to more high profile, quality work.

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He was great in his X-Files episodes, too. Last I saw of him he was in the news for marrying a teenager when he was over 50.

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yeah that was weird. she recently posted about her time saying she was too young. ya think??

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He was in X-Files twice! Tooms and Squeeze.

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The dude did super-creepy well!

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Yes as the same character, Tooms.
Memorable.

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He married a 16 y/o girl when he was in his fifties.

Needless to say, it caused a bit of a scandal.

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Have you SEEN him these days? He's 100x creepier than Percy ever was!

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I think that's why he was so good in Green Mile - he's freaking creepy. Makes the degree of difficulty low when you're playing a creepy character when you have a built in foundation.

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Yeah I was thinking this too. It takes a talented actor to make you hate a character the way this film makes you hate Percy.

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He seems to pop up in various big TV shows, looks like he’s had a long and steady career as a character actor.

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