Why did Gale Harold's career go straight (heh) down the shitter?

Probably got typecast. It happens when you play a gay character on a TV show.

horrifyingly bad actor

We need pics of whoever this person is.

He has the same acting range as Judd Nelson.

That is easy: No talent. No looks.

Who?

He was cast as a lead in a network action series after QAF, but it didn't succeed, unfortunately. When this happens it's hard for a second chance. Similar thing happened to Josh Holloway after LOST.

For those who asked.

He was just starting into more mainstream success with a role on Desperate Housewives when he had to drop out after a motorcycle accident. His career never recovered.

was he linked romantically with any of his QAF co-stars?

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Please redtag R10 and ban him forever. Troll post trying to stir up some shit.

[quote]He was cast as a lead in a network action series after QAF, but it didn't succeed.

He was fired before the show even finished the season.

As mentioned previously: Typecast. He should've branched out more while QAF was on the air.

r10 He was in a long term relationship with the actor who played his MUCH younger bf on QAF

Ha! You didn't watch it , did you?

I love that Gale Harold threads are frau magnets 🤣

R14, and you know this how?

He never had a career. He played an unsympathetic asshole on a niche show for a premium cable network that no one aside from a few gays and fraus watched. The average person had no idea who he was. Thus, when he did get a shot at the big time on DH, his underwhelming looks and acting ability garnered him no fan support.

OP, you are delusional as hell if you think he had the makings of a "huge star"

He wasn't a good actor, and wasn't hot enough to make up for not being a good actor. Most guys didn't want to touch QAF so he grabbed a lead role there, but it is hardly surprising his career didn't go anywhere after the show.

r17 Gale and Randy's relationship was an open secret for a long time. I even saw DL threads about it.

His name was kind of unfortunate... not gonna see my major action movies staring a dude named Gale who played a homo once

Many* major action movies

2020 and I still can’t type and DL still won’t allow edits

His career was over the first episode of QAF... never mind the bad to mediocre acting, a role like Brian Kinney is not a launch pad to stardom.

He didn't seem really as hot as his character was described and referred to by other characters on the show. So he seemed a bit miscast.

Did he at least make money for QAF?

[quote]He was fired before the show even finished the season.

Yeah, most of the posters on this thread who claim that DH was his original shot at the mainstream seem to have forgotten all about Vanished, which was his follow-up to QAF and was supposed to launch him as a mainstream lead. He was supposedly not easy to work with but I think the main reason he was fired was that the show was a ratings disappointment and the producers hoped to salvage it by giving it a new lead. It didn't work, obviously.

R22, it's true. You can't spell either — it's *starring* not...

What an inane thread

Aiden Gillian played the same role and the UK and had a stellar career.

Harold, as R9 correctly noted, had a major role on Desperate Housewives but got into a serious motorcycle accident and was written off the show. His career never recovered from that though he had roles on several CW shows after.

For a long time he was the topic of numerous Chalamet-Hammer like threads on DL manned by your usual stalker frau types.

Looks like a lesbian.

[quote]everyone loved him

I didn't.

How many times is OP going to start a thread about Gale Harold's career? There's been like 10 of them. Jesus...Enough.

Same thing happened to Gale Gordon.