character actor


noun
  1. an actor who specializes in playing odd or eccentric characters

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How to use character actor in a sentence

  • The manager, Mr. John A. Ellsler, was an excellent character-actor as well as a first old man.

    Life on the Stage | Clara Morris
  • I will engage you as ballet master and character actor and offer you a hundred soldi a month.

    Such is Life | Frank Wedekind
  • Not the best character actor unhung could have simulated the owlish ignorance in Cashs face.

  • Mr. DeVere was a clever character actor, and had created a number of parts that had won favor.

    The Moving Picture Girls | Laura Lee Hope
  • "You missed your vocation as a character actor," was his parting shot at McCausland.

    The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy