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Sunshine Parker

Actor

Sunshine Parker

Born June 10, 1927 in Lawn, Texas, USADied February 17, 199911 films

Lloyd Olen "Sunshine" Parker (June 10, 1927 – February 17, 1999) was an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Emmet in Road House and Edgar Deems in Tremors. He typically played minor roles as either a "bum" or an "old codger/geezer" stock character.

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Tremors posterFirst watchTremors19906.9as EdgarVal McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Road House poster6.8Road House1989Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster6.5Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985The Sure Thing poster6.5The Sure Thing1985Any Which Way You Can poster5.8Any Which Way You Can1980Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat poster6.1Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat1991

Filmography

11 films as actor
  1. 1991Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatMerle
  2. 1990Love at LargeRanch Foreman
  3. 1990TremorsEdgar
  4. 1989Road HouseEmmet
  5. 1985Pee-wee's Big AdventureHobo
  6. 1985The Sure ThingCowboy Guy
  7. 1982Kiss My GritsOld Geezer
  8. 1982Cannery RowThe Seer
  9. 1982Spittin' ImagePete
  10. 1980Any Which Way You CanOld Codger
  11. 1980Board and CareBriggs