Movie Cameos by the Original Author

Don’t you love it when you’ve seen a movie 100 times and didn’t know there was a great cameo by someone famous in it? Usually it’s the director, or maybe someone from the original film in a remake. But here’s a list of cameos we didnt know about– appearances in film by the original author of the book the movie was based on. How many of these have you spotted?

Thanks to mentalfloss.com for putting together this great list. We’re including our five favorites here, but click the link to see the entire list, and explanations.

1. Steven King in Pet Sematary (priest)

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2. S.E. Hinton in The Outsiders (nurse)

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3. John Irving in The World According to Garp (referee)

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4. Katheryn Stockett in The Help

5. John le Carré in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

He plays a guest at the MI6 Christmas party and apparently even does a little singing

Also on their list:  Stephanie Meyer, Michael Morpurgo, Louis Sachar, Sara Gruen, Peter Benchley, William Peter Blatty, VC Andrews, Fannie Flagg, Sapphire.