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At 72 - eld - one-time , King ’s piece of writing pace shows little foretoken of slow down down , as he still print novels and short history on a pretty even cornerstone . This is all despite the fact that the universe almost lose King completely in 1999 , when a distracted driver hit the author while he was walk near his home , and nearly kill him . Thankfully , King pull through , and after a recovery period of time , was able to get back to what he does in effect : entertain his constant reader .
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Since the smash achiever ofITin 2017 , there ’s been a strong revitalization in the amount of King stories localize to become movies and TV show . Thus , there ’s no telling how many more fun cameos devotee might get from the author in years to get . For now , here ’s all the version of his employment that he ’s appear in to escort .
Creepshow
King ’s first role in an adaptation of his own work is actually his swelled part to particular date , extend beyond a simple one scene cameo . In theCreepshowstory " The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill , " based on a King short called " Weeds , " big businessman stars as the titular character , a not very lustrous hinterland man who make the mistake of touching a shooting star that had just landed in his backyard . Before long , Jordy is covered in exotic flora life , and dies by suicide .
Maximum Overdrive
SinceMaximum Overdrivewas King ’s first - and infamously last - time directing a film , an adaptation of his short story " Trucks , " it realise perfect sense that he made a cameo in it . King plays a camber customer looking to take out money from an ATM , only for the machine to curse at him in hilarious way .
Creepshow 2
Creepshow 2adapts two King short tale , and features a third based on an musical theme King had that was almost used for the first picture . King ’s cameo add up in that third story , style " The Hitchhiker , " with him appearing as a truck driver who sees the body of the titular character lying in the route , and stops to cover his breakthrough .
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Pet Sematary
In 1989 ’s first film adaptation ofPet Sematary , King fittingly appears as the minister presiding over the funeral of petty Gage Creed after he ’s head for the hills over by a semi hand truck . consider that King essentially " killed " Gage via the writing of his Word of God , the cast is darkly funny .
Golden Years
One of King ’s more obscure version , Golden Yearswas a 7 - part CBS miniseries that aired in 1991 . It was based on a novel idea King had but never ended up penning , although he did indite several of the tv set episode scripts . King release up in episode 5 as an cantankerous bus driver .
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkersis an odd duck , in that instead of being base on an existing story or story idea , it was the first meter King ever wrote something as a screenplay first . King shows up at a criminal offence scene as an pissed cemetery caretaker , and as can be seen above , in reality cameos alongside fellow revulsion behemoth Clive Barker .
The Stand
The Standis soon to be adapt again for CBS All Access , but in ABC ’s 1994 miniseries , King appeared as Teddy Weizak , a kindhearted grapheme who joins the other good folks align with Mother Abigail . Notably , Teddy does n’t break in the miniseries , but did in the book .
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The Langoliers
In one of King ’s wackier cameo , he appear in 1995 miniseriesThe Langoliersas Tom Holby , an notional version of villain Craig Toomy ’s greedy boss . An fantastically hammy King is placed opposite an incredibly hammy Bronson Pinchot as Toomy , and it ’s a memorable compounding .
Thinner
In 1996’sThinner , an adaptation of one of the novels King wrote under the Richard Bachman pen name , he plays a pharmacist . There ’s really not much else to say about it , fitting , sinceThinneris quite the everyday movie , free-base on one of King ’s lesser stories .
The Shining
It ’s secure to say King ’s 1997 miniseries translation ofThe Shininghas no hazard of ever surpassing Stanley Kubrick ’s movie in the middle of lover , but the author does become up as the Overlook Hotel ’s spiritual bandleader . divertingly , the lineament is credited asGage Creed , a nod toPet Sematary .
Storm of the Century
King ’s highly underrated 1999 miniseriesStorm of the Centurywas his second meter write a screenplay first , and not adapting an live work . King in reality cameos twice in the 3 - part story , first as a lawyer in a commercial message , and second as a television set reporter .
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Rose Red
2002’sRose Red , another 3 - part miniseries , was also written specifically for the sieve by King , but start life as a feature article film sales pitch . It ’s not one of King ’s more beloved plant , to say the least , but features him making an risible cameo as a pizza bringing valet de chambre .
Kingdom Hospital
In a rarity for King , the short - populate ABC TV seriesKingdom Hospitalwas actually an adaptation of someone else ’s piece of work , as it was base on Lars Von Trier ’s Danish seriesThe Kingdom . King shows up in a cameo during the series finale as the hospital ’s head keeper , cheekily list Johnny B. Goode .
Under the Dome
The CBS seriesUnder the Domehas become well - known for being how not to handle a King adaptation on the small screen . Season 1 imbibe positive reviews and immense ratings , then seasons 2 and 3 dove off a cliff into stupidity . world-beater cameos in the season 2 premiere as a diner customer .
Mr. Mercedes
The critically acclaimed but little watched - due to it being on the DirecTV exclusive Audience web -Mr . Mercedesalso get wind King make a cameo as someone corrode at a diner . The difference this fourth dimension is that this person gets savagely prod to expiry .
IT Chapter 2
IT Chapter 2isStephen King ’s most late cameo , and also one of his best ever . He appear as a shopkeeper that also-ran ' Club leader Bill Denborough bribe back his childhood bike Silver from . King takes a job at Bill ’s inability to terminate a report well , a running game gag based on King ’s own issues with endings .
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