History OneSceneWonder / LiveActionFilms

* Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, a troupe pulled from the dance floors of Harlem, would show up in movies like ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}'' or ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'', go through some jaw-dropping gravity-defying moves, and exit.

* ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'': Erica Albright is more like a three-scene wonder, but instantly, many were captivated by her brief role as Mark Zuckerberg's estranged girlfriend and instantly wanted to learn more about her. It is astounding to think that she isn't even an actual person and was created specifically for the film. Needless to say, there's a reason why this role convinced Creator/DavidFincher to pick Creator/RooneyMara for the lead role in ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', which earned her a Best Actress nomination.

* ''Film/{{Kenau}}'': [[UsefulNotes/FernandoAlvarezDeToledoYPimentel Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, aka the Duke of Alba]], only appears in one scene to berate his SmugSnake of a son Fadrique for not living up to his father's reputation as a FourStarBadass. He makes quite an impression.

* ''Film/{{Kenau}}'': Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, aka the Duke of Alba, only appears in one scene to berate his SmugSnake of a son Fadrique for not living up to his father's reputation as a FourStarBadass. He makes quite an impression.

* Creator/StanLee, one of the masterminds of Marvel comics, makes a {{Cameo}} [[TheCameo/StanLee in just about every single live-action movie adaptation of the heroes he created]] (and even those he didn't, such as ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'') Sometimes he's a plain old man, sometimes he gets a few speaking lines, or sometimes he even does some LeaningOnTheFourthWall by playing himself.
** But the best of them all is animated, in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''.

** All three films featured Creator/BruceCampbell in a different {{Cameo}} role each time, but it wasn't until the third that he became a OneSceneWonder with his [[FunnyForeigner amusing French]] maitre'd.

* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' has a few busloads of well-known comic actors all loudly turned up to eleven...then in one scene, the camera pans past three firemen - ''Film/TheThreeStooges'', standing still in quiet dignity.

** ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' has Mollaka, the freerunner (played by one of the real life inventors of LeParkour) in the amazing chase scene; Mendel, the affable Swiss banker; and the eyepatch-wearing henchman from the fight in Venice.

** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has Creator/AnaDeArmas as Paloma. In a contrast to most minor Bond Girls, she leaves a great impression on the audience by not only [[NavelDeepNeckline looking]] [[SexyBacklessOutfit good]], but spending her ten minutes on screen KickingAssInAllHerFinery.

* Despite her role being only a single scene, Creator/TaylorHickson's portrayal of Meghan Orlovsky in ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'', a girl whom Wade helps with a stalker, [[StarmakingRole became her breakthrough]].

* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Creator/StevenFry as the judge sentencing the girls for releasing a single much less good than their previous ones.

* ''Film/{{Paddington}}'':

* And again from the Coens we have J.K Simmons as the befuddled CIA Director in ''Film/BurnAfterReading'', who only appears in two scenes in the whole film for a screen time of just under five minutes, but easily won the audience's affection due to being the OnlySaneMan AudienceSurrogate. He reacts with baffled exasperation and annoyance at the chaotic, random and increasingly absurd events the film depicts, and memorably sums up the film when he tries to identify a possible lesson from what has happened only to conclude that if there ''is'' one, [[LostAesop it's entirely lost on him]].

* ''Film/Airport'': A number of actors like Maureen Stapleton and George Kennedy dazzled with little screen time. Stapleton earned an Oscar nomination.

* Frederic Forrest as the psychotic neo-Nazi in ''Film/FallingDown'' has one scene, and if it's not the best one in the movie, it's the one that caused the most laughter. Every line he spouts is caustic and vitriolic, and usually loaded with at least [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain one slur]], and five [[ClusterFBomb curses]]. The role could have been played spooky and subtle, but Forrest instead decided that [[ChewingTheScenery no scenery would go unchewed]] in his performance. If anyone quotes the movie, chances are good it'll be from that scene.

* Slightly in the 2003 live action ''Film/PeterPan''. The actor only ever did that film and eight years later put up a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY5hoCz_GaA Youtube video]] expressing his shock at having so many fans for such a small role.

* ''Film/TheFabelmans'' offers two, Creator/JuddHirsch as the protagonist's uncle who encourages him on taking a career in art, and [[spoiler:Creator/DavidLynch as Creator/JohnFord.]]

* Creator/RalphFiennes in ''Film/NannyMcPhee and the Big Bang''. In his only scene, he helps set up the film's climax and in the process patches up things with his children and relatives.

* Carroll Baker as Dorothy Stratten's mother in ''Film/Star80''. She essentially has only one scene, a monologue addressed to the camera-- but that's all she needs. "''I never signed.''"