The Outer Limits : Carroll O'Connor's accent

Carroll O'Connor's accent

As a Limey I'd like to say how staggeringly good Carroll O'Connor's clipped BBC accent is in this episode. So understated and plausibly British that I wasn't sure it was him for a good few minutes. Also nice touch having him revert to his usual New York pronunciation when "in character" as a pawnbroker.

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I thought that Carroll was British and had a British accent and then when he was in All In the Family, he began talking with that New York slang: Toilet was pronounced tirlet and first sounded like foist.

When he was interviewed during the show's run, he spoke softly and had more than a hint of a British accent.

But I could be wrong.

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That's interesting. Perhaps the English dialect was closer to his own accent. Or he could have acquired it at acting school.

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O'Connor was NOT British; he was from New York, and his real-life
dialect was much more similar to Archie Bunker (although not nearly
as broad). He was a brilliant actor, but I loathe this talky, dull
episode.

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Yes, many of the stories in "Outer Limits" could have been told better in half an hour like the early Twilight Zones. This one especially.

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One of the reasons why I always preferred TOL to TZ is the hour format. 20-odd minutes is never enough for drama.

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half an hour is usually enough for me but then i have a low attention sp.... hang on, i forgot what i was going to say.

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Fairly ridiculous comment, as the half-hour TZs contain the most brilliant
scripts, while the hour-long eps are mostly terrible. Sometimes an hour-
long show contains waaaaay too much padding.

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I looked up your posts and it looks like you live on the internet. It also sounds like you're in jr high.

suzycreamcheese RIP Heath Ledger 1979-2008

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Meanwhile, back at the OP....

I liked Carroll O'Connor's accent in this episode too.

Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!

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With all this talk about Carroll O'Connor's excellent Brit/New Yawk accent, it's interesting that no one's commented on how good Barry Morse's AMERICAN accent is! The guy was born in England & lived & worked there quite a while before emigrating to Canada & the US.

When the Fugitive was still a new series I saw Morse being interviewed on a talk show - he was bearded, wearing a sweater, looked like a Beatnik poet & talked with a British accent. I had NO CLUE it was "Lt. Gerard" until the host asked him how hard was it to learn a US accent. Without missing a beat he started talking in flawless American, which is when I realized who this 'Beatnik poet' really was!
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