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Topic: Michael Caine's brother Stanley who had a short-lived acting career

I was reading about Michael Caine on IMDB this week and I remembered he had worked in TV roles in his early years, including a few parts in Dixon of Dock Green. I also read about his brother Stanley who appeared alongside him in a few films including The Italian Job, for some reason Stanley's acting career came to end after The Italian Job and I am surprised he had difficulty finding roles. His life after seemed like a real contrast to his brother Michael/Maurice and he want back to work in Selfridge's furniture department.

Considering Stanley's famous brother it seems a real shame his own acting career never took on.

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Re: Michael Caine's brother Stanley who had a short-lived acting career

Ah, yes. Until I read your post, Matt79, I'd totally forgotten the fact that Michael's brother Stanley Caine had a brief role at the beginning of Billion Dollar Brain as a postal delivery man. It is indeed a shame his career never took off but he was probably just overshadowed by his much more famous movie star brother.

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Re: Michael Caine's brother Stanley who had a short-lived acting career

I know what you mean about Stanley's career being overshadowed by his brother, but I was still surprise dhe didn't get more acting roles.

I have also noticed that since Michael Caine became famous for film roles he had no more TV work, apart from a Jack The Ripper TV movie in the late 80s (that gave a totally unbeliveable theory). I wonder if film actors such as Michael Caine and Sean Connery were too expensive for TV producers to hire, or whether they just wanted to stay in films

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Re: Michael Caine's brother Stanley who had a short-lived acting career

I read at the time that Sean Connery was offered the part in "Friends" that was eventually played by Tom Selleck but turned it down saying that he didn't do TV.

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Re: Michael Caine's brother Stanley who had a short-lived acting career

That's interesting, I didn't know that. Yeah he was still massive at that time so it's no wonder he didn't do it.