Five Fascinating Film And TV Facts #13

Crispin Glover, who plays Marty McFly's dad George in Back to the Future, did not return for the sequel. Instead, the film combined footage of Glover from the original movie along with that of another actor wearing a false chin, nose and cheekbones, and shot in sunglasses, from behind and upside down.

The cab driver who delivers Will Smith to his new home as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (and to whom Will raps "Yo, Homes, smell you later" as he gets out of the car) is none other than legendary musician Quincy Jones, who was an executive producer on the show.

Clint Eastwood's character in Sergio Leone's classic "Dollars" trilogy of spaghetti westerns is popularly known as The Man with No Name. In fact, he has several. In the first film, A Fistful of Dollars, he is referred to and credited as Joe, while in For a Few Dollars More, he is called Manco, Spanish for one-armed, because he does everything but shoot with his left hand only. In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, bandit Tuco nicknames him "Blondie".

In 1968, before he became the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee - 6ft 3 - was offered the lead role of Captain Mainwaring in Dad’s Army, but was forced to turn it down due to a prior commitment. Producers quickly found an almost identical replacement - Arthur Lowe, 5ft 6...

The terrifying blank-faced mask worn by killer Michael Myers in horror classic Halloween is actually a William Shatner Star Trek mask sprayed white. Who knew Captain Kirk could be so scary...?