He was considered for the role of Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in Highlander (1986), which went to Sir Sean Connery.

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[on Time After Time (1979)] I got to be the hero in that one. It's a very whimsical part, a wonderful part, H.G. running after Jack the Ripper (David Warner) and meeting this modern woman (Mary Steenburgen). Of course, it's very special to me ...