walk-on part

Example Sentences

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Nakadai had a walk-on part in Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" but later effectively replaced Toshiro Mifune as the famed director's go-to leading man after Mifune went his own way.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Higher value donations can lead to a credit on the final film, a set visit, or even a walk-on part.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

“I think I booked one walk-on part as a bouncer on a TV show in 2006,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

It gave popular TikToker Michael Le a walk-on part in the film and enlisted TikTok content creators to share behind-the-scenes footage before the film’s release.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2023

If they are to have anything more than a mere walk-on part, they should very quickly explain themselves.

From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora