Posted on 03/24/2008 12:33:21 PM PDT by 300magnum
Fred Thompson heads back to Hollywood 21 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is returning to his career as an actor and signed a deal to be represented by the William Morris Agency, the talent group said on Monday.
Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, is best known in the entertainment world for portraying New York District Attorney Arthur Branch on the television crime drama "Law & Order," but has appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years.
The 65-year-old actor and politician was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. president before dropping out of the race in January after garnering little support. Arizona Senator John McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Thompson gained notoriety as minority counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee investigating the scandal that led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1974.
His first movie role was in 1985's "Marie." Thompson has since appeared in many films, including "Die Hard 2" and "In the Line of Fire," frequently as politicians or other authority figures. In 2007 television movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," for instance, he portrayed President Ulysses S. Grant.
Thompson won a seat in the U.S. Senate from Tennessee in 1994 and served until 2003. He began his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2007.
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Fred does not seem interested in the VP Slot.
Best Fred Thompson role?
I gotta go with Admiral Painter from Hunt for Red October.
“Russians don’t take a dump, son, without a plan. “
Forward to the past, Fred!
Fred was a great blocking back for McCain.
You mean he didn't lie and pander like the other candidates?
Good luck Fred in your endeavors.
IMHO, life’s too short to be President of the United States where half the folks are liberally short of brain cells.
“Thompson gained notoriety as minority counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee...”
Notoriety?
Gee, there sure is no bias in that news story...
(sarcasm)
He had better ideas than all of the other candidates put together. He just wasn't a flashy candidate, and even many conservatives here said that they liked his ideas, but they didn't think he was telegenic enough to be President. He couldn't fight that, because he is what he is. If they weren't interested in ideas, there was nothing he could do.
I wonder if he’ll do a cameo on the Clinton sitcom?
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03/24/2008 3:33:21 PM EDT · by 300magnum · 12 replies · 189+ views Reuters ^ Fred Thompson heads back to Hollywood 21 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is returning to his career as an actor and signed a deal to be represented by the William Morris Agency, the talent group said on Monday. Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, is best known in the entertainment world for portraying New York District Attorney Arthur Branch on the television crime drama "Law & Order," but has appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years. The 65-year-old actor and politician was a candidate for the Republican nomination for... |
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03/24/2008 2:16:46 PM EDT · by pissant · 27 replies · 590+ views Access Hollywood ^ | 3.24.08 | staffLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- After a failed run for president, Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief. Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that it has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the former senator from Tennessee. Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt For Red October," "Die Hard II" and "In the Line of Fire." Thompson dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Jan. 22. |
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03/24/2008 10:25:28 AM EDT · by diverteach · 4 replies · 96+ views TMZ.com ^ | 03/24/2008 | TMZFailed GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson says he will be going back to his old day job, playing pols on TV. William Morris announced that they've signed big Fred to do TV and movie roles. Before he tried to make it as an actual president (after being a real Senator from Tennessee), he spent years playing big-shot pols and most recently the District Attorney on "Law & Order." Of course, there's still buzz that could be cast in the role of Veep for John McCain. |
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03/24/2008 7:30:42 AM EDT · by decimon · 40 replies · 790+ views Associated Press ^ | March 24, 2008 | UnknownBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - After a failed run for president, Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief. Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that it has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the former senator from Tennessee. Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt For Red October," "Die Hard II" and "In the Line of Fire." Thompson dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Jan. 22. |
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Fred ushered in McCain. Thanks Fred, the true conservative.
Fred you had no b*lls and helped your buddy, McCain. You also scre*ed your conservative backers .
What a jerk.
Thompson was a sensible man with sensible positions who was not as hungry as we require our politicians to be. He did not seem interested in jumping through hoops, political spin, or selling himself. He was in other words a lousy politician who would have made a better President than any of the remaining three candidates. But the American people may not get a person who makes a better President than Fred but they will get what they crave, a better politician who will spin and lie to them again, again, and again. Fred may not have had what takes to get elected, but the American people may not have what it takes to choose a sensible man with sensible positions over just another conniving political hack. The blame is not on Fred, but on those who passed him over for what we got.
Fred, the non telegenic actor.
The degeneration and circus atmosphere of the election process has turned it from a sober Constitutional right and privilege into a joke that is more of an actuality than any contrived fiction in the movies or on TV.
I'm afraid that in the future our presidential candidates from both parties will be from the bottom of the barrel (like now) because conservative, principled men like Thompson won't run.
Break a leg, Fred.
Leni
FDT is a very honorable man. He does not deserve these disparaging remarks. His campaign floundered at times but his message was clear.
McCain has ascended from the difficulties of the other candidates. The polls showing McCain as the only candidate capable of defeating the rats ultimately doomed the other candidates. I will support McCain given the alternative is unthinkable.
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