Who in the heck are these people?!!!!

[Ebony]

Robbie53Tele said:

Well i dunno those are but does anyone know where'there's available cast info on the characters that weren't mentioned in the credits

like who played Josephine or young Diana Ross (?)

I don't think these two and some others might've left out for some reason.

was there any other "ghost" cast members in this?

www.imdb.com/title/tt0164292/ This site will tell you all the information you want about the movie. You can also view the trailer there.

Directed by
Allan Arkush

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Johnson (teleplay) and
Kevin Arkadie (teleplay)


Cast (in credits order)
Charles Malik Whitfield .... Otis Williams
D.B. Woodside .... Melvin Franklin
Terron Brooks .... Eddie Kendricks
Christian Payton .... Paul Williams
Leon .... David Ruffin
Alan Rosenberg .... Shelly Berger
Tina Lifford .... Haze
Jenifer Lewis .... Mama Rose
Gina Ravera .... Josephine
Obba Babatundé .... Berry Gordy
Erik Michael Tristan .... Smokey Robinson
J. August Richards .... Richard Street
Harold Surratt .... Edgar
Charles Ley .... Dennis Edwards
Vanessa Bell Calloway .... Johnnie Mae Matthews
Mel Jackson .... Norman Whitfield
Rhonda Ross Kendrick .... Maxine
Vincent A. Ponder .... James 'Pee-Wee' Crawford
Chaz Lamar Shepherd .... Elbridge 'Al' Bryant
Stevland Parks .... Lamont, age 12
Christopher Reid .... Joltin' Joe
Chrystal Bates .... Mrs. Rogers
Bianca Lawson .... Diana Ross
Melissa Mercedes Cardello .... Florence Ballard
Taifa Harris .... Mary Wilson
N'Tasha A. Pierre .... Martha Reeves
Ricky Fante .... Marvin Gaye
Russell Clark .... Cholly Atkins
Adam Lazarre-White .... Flynn
Benjamin J. Cain Jr. .... Glenn Leonard
Peter Anthony
Tommy Lafitte .... Drug Dealer
Lamman Rucker .... Jimmy Ruffin
Nyjah Moore .... Tammi Terrell
Danni Vasser
Jonnie Brown .... Damon Harris
Charles Brown
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Ronnie Beasley .... The Voice Masters
Thomas Martell Brimm .... Barber
Albridge Bryant .... (archive sound) (also as The Temptations)
Ezra S. Coles .... The Voice Masters
Marcel Curges .... The Cadillacs
Anthony Dixon .... The Cadillacs
Dennis Edwards .... (archive sound) (also as The Temptations)
Melvin Franklin .... (archive sound) (also as The Temptations)
Michael Fullmer
Shelly Hall .... Grocery Lady
Shelton Hall .... Allan age 8
Eric Hersh .... Concert Member
Eddie Kendricks .... (archive sound)
Robert Knowles .... The Cadillacs
Mandell Loman .... The Voice Masters
Larry John Meyers .... Dr. Klein
Martha Reeves .... (archive sound)
Smokey Robinson .... Himself
Thomas Ross .... The Cadillacs
David Ruffin .... (archive sound) (also as The Temptations)
Tim Stevens .... Hall of Fame Presenter
Richard Street .... (archive sound) (also as The Temptations)
Maurice Walker .... The Voice Masters
James R. Whittington .... The Cadillacs
Otis Williams .... (archive sound)
Paul Williams .... (archive sound)
Josh M. Nileski .... Extra (uncredited)
Franklin Westbrooks .... Trumpet player (uncredited)

Produced by
Jay Benson .... producer
Shelly Berger .... co-producer
Suzanne Coston .... executive producer
Suzanne De Passe .... executive producer
David V. Picker .... executive producer
Helen Robin .... associate producer
Deborah Edell Underwood .... associate producer
Otis Williams .... co-producer

Original Music by
Eddie Kendricks (songs "The Girl's Alright With Me", "Keep On Truckin'")
Johnnie Mae Matthews (song) (uncredited)

Non-Original Music by
Albridge Bryant (song)
Berry Gordy (songs)
Eddie Holland (songs)
Smokey Robinson (songs) (as William 'Smokey' Robinson)
Ronnie White (songs)
Norman Whitfield (songs)
Otis Williams (songs)

[Robbie53Tele]

hey there

thanks for that, actually i was just gonna post saying i found that cast list and alot of these actors/actresses played on TV sitcoms and still are actively doing things and you'll prolly see them again somewhere

cheers!
Rob

[Aba21]

For someone who was supposed to have so much say in the movie Otis barely made the credits as co-producer. I had been giving him too much credit as executive producer.....what does it all mean? Nothing...... ;D

[Ivory Fair]

actually, the copy I have lists him as executive producer ........ but you know better than most of us what that means, isn't that just an honorary thing?

[kalisa2]

Could somebody refresh my memory as to who the "Mrs. Rogers" played by Chrystal Bates was? Was that Jo's mother?

[Ivory Fair]

Wasn't "Mrs. Rogers" their groomer? The little lady in the hat that tells the story about giving Eddie a manicure? ............. I know it that "Tempts Talk" interview I posted a while back, Blu talks about "back in them Mrs. Rogers days."

I'm gonna go Google "Motown" and "Mrs. Rogers"

[Ivory Fair]

Ok, the only thing Google returns on "Motown" and "Mrs. Rogers" is pages listing the cast of the movie.........

[Aba21]

Ivory said:

actually, the copy I have lists him as executive producer ........ but you know better than most of us what that means, isn't that just an honorary thing?

Mine too.......I mean what the hell does he know about making a movie anyway............... ;D

[kalisa2]

was she portrayed in the movie?

that was Maxine Powell talking about doing the facials on Eddie...but the movie DID mess up one name (Maxine for Mary Williams)...

[Ivory Fair]

no, that character may have ended up on the cutting room floor along with the scene where Josephine was shown being an adultress (as her suit claimed.) You know, maybe it was supposed to be in the Maurice King/Cholly montage.

............. we have seen this movie WAY too much! :laughing

[Ivory Fair]

but then again you may be right on the Josephine's mama thing since I don't see a character listed for that part and I thought if a character had a speaking part they had to get a credit?

[Ivory Fair]

and Maxine Powell was the ettiquitte coach. ........... lemme go back and listen to that interview where Melvin says "Mrs. Rogers."

[Ivory Fair]

Here's where he says "Mrs. Rogers' days" but he didn't say who in the heck Mrs. Rogers was other than it was back in the late 50's and early 60's ............... was she a record lable owner? .............. I'm going to the book........

www.uploadit.org/ivoryfair/Tempts-Talk1.rm

[Ivory Fair]

nope, nothing on the book (that i can find) ............... lemme do some asking around...........

[kalisa2]

Ivory said:

Here's where he says "Mrs. Rogers' days" but he didn't say who in the heck Mrs. Rogers was other than it was back in the late 50's and early 60's ............... was she a record lable owner? .............. I'm going to the book........

www.uploadit.org/ivoryfair/Tempts-Talk1.rm

It could be as simple as 'Melvin had a brain burp' on the name and he meant Maxine Powell...

the clip link is giving me an error message , but I'm not recalling any Mrs. Rogers significant in the Tempts history that I've read so far...