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What is a walk-on?

What is a walk-on? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
  2. An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
  3. Such a part in a play or film. Usually as walk-on role or walk-on part.
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All sorts of politicians and performers and charlatans make walk-on appearances.
In an odd bit of casting, Kris Kristofferson has a walk-on as Karubi, Daena's father, who comes to a somewhat gruesome end.
Norma was an actress and had worked with The Old Vic, but, bored with walk-on parts, she was trying to get a foothold elsewhere.
As the series has developed, the three guests featured in each edition have become little more than walk-on extras.
The story of Helen prompted a similar style treatment in a Robert Wise production, in which the young Brigitte Bardot had a walk-on part.
He plays Andy Millman, a wannabe actor condemned to play walk-on roles or merge into crowd scenes, all the while grumbling about the stars.

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