title: Reel Characters: Great Movie Character Actors
author:  Jordan R. Young 
description: "Reel characters" refers to character actors, a dozen of whom are admiringly profiled. For film buffs, some of the subjects will be familiar (e.g., Beulah Bondi, Elisha Cook, Sam Jaffe), but others such as Anita Garvin and Feld are more obscure. Photographs are copiously spread throughout the text, and the filmography for each actor is very detailed, including unbilled bits and even some appearances as an extra. The body of the book is based on interviews Young had with his subjects, and while it reads easily enough, on the whole the book is shallow. The book isn't bad, but John Kobal's People Will Talk ( LJ 1/86) offers more interviews for the money. Movie Entertainment Book Club main selection. John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.<br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ABOUT
  
  
  THE AUTHOR
  
  
  Formerly a physician, Tess Gerritsen is now an avid gardener,
  
  
  fiddler in a dance band, novelist, screenwriter, wife and exasperated
  
  
  mother of two wild and crazy boys. She loves it all. Tess and her
  
  
  family live in Camaen, Maine. Tess so much loved the character of
  
  
  Jordan that she is now in the process of writing a sequel to In Their
  Footsteps— Jordan's story.
  
  
  Look for it in 1995.
  
  
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  CAST
  
  
  OF CHARACTERS  
    
  
  
  Beryl
  
  
  Tavistock—A blue blood who's asking dangerous questions.
  
  
  Richard
  
  
  Wolf—An old hand at the spying game.
  
  
  Bernard
  
  
  and Madeline Tavistock—Were
  
  
  their deaths a crime of passion or cold-blooded murder?
  
  
  Jordan
  
  
  Tavistock—Espionage ran in his family.
  
  
  Hugh
  
  
  Tavistock—A retiree from British Intelligence, he may need to
  
  
  call in some old favors.
  
  
  Nina
  
  
  Sutherland—A consumate actress, onstage and off.
  
  
  Anthony
  