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  • Astonished as I always was by her singing, I was equally amazed, on the occasions when I met her, by her matey manner and her rubber-faced self-deprecation.

    Dame Joan Sutherland: an appreciation Peter Conrad 2010

  • Butera is funny, Ms. Smith is funny, rubber-faced trombonist Lou Sino is funny, yet when Prima is on stage, the best anyone else can be is a straight man.

    Both Leading Man and Comic Relief Will Friedwald 2011

  • Charlie Callas, a rubber-faced funnyman who often appeared on television in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 86 -- or 83.

    Comedian Charlie Callas dies Matt Schudel 2011

  • But the situation was reversed in the script, which had Ms. Garrett making advances on the rubber-faced Skelton.

    Comedienne Betty Garrett, '40s co-star of Frank Sinatra, dies at 91 Emma Brown 2011

  • Callas was a rubber-faced, wiry framed comic whose rapid-fire delivery drew laughs and made him a frequent guest on variety and comedy shows.

    Charlie Callas Dies AP 2011

  • I was hugely amused, as ever, by the toffee-haired eco-hating rubber-faced human scarecrow who is Jeremy Clarkson, and his rabid spittle-flecked ramblings in The Daily Scrotum or whichever godforsaken rag he scribbles for, and once again was thrilled to see Arnold Schwarzenegger's new movie about bent politicians and the corrupt world of bent and dodgy politics.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 2) 2008

  • I was hugely amused, as ever, by the toffee-haired eco-hating rubber-faced human scarecrow who is Jeremy Clarkson, and his rabid spittle-flecked ramblings in The Daily Scrotum or whichever godforsaken rag he scribbles for, and once again was thrilled to see Arnold Schwarzenegger's new movie about bent politicians and the corrupt world of bent and dodgy politics.

    December 2008 2008

  • Excitable, rubber-faced cut-up Roberto Benigni is an Academy Award–winning writer, actor, comedian, and director.

    My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010

  • And Stiller, an actor who usually plays at the rubber-faced end of the subtlety spectrum, is all the better for dialing it down and matching her.

    Greenberg star Greta Gerwig steps from the shadows of mumblecore 2010

  • Lionel Jeffries, British Character Actor, Dies at 83 - Obituary Obit - NYTimes.com: Lionel Jeffries, a mustachioed, bald-pated British character actor who excelled in rubber-faced comedic roles like Grandpa Potts in the musical fantasy adventure “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” and who directed “The Railway Children” and several other family-oriented films, died Friday.

    Archive 2010-02-14 Bill Crider 2010

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