It's almost hard to imagine Mr. Dorfman, something of a social butterfly, identifying with the reclusive character that "Benjamin Smoke" captures.
Mr. Bacon, who died in 1992, left his estate to Mr. Edwards, a reclusive character with whom he had a filial relationship.
Shmuel becomes the companion to Gershom Wald, an ancient and reclusive character who lives in a half-buried house on the western fringe of Jerusalem.
The same theme pops up in a subplot in the oddball comedy-drama "The Station Agent," when it's revealed that the reclusive character played by Patricia Clarkson has lost a son.
Of which Ben, 57, recently diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, was the most reclusive character – no partner, no children, few friends, which is a surprise because he was laconically hilarious.
Vivian Maier was a reclusive character who died in obscurity, leaving behind a vast trove of photographs – some of which are now recognised as masterpieces.
Mr A.C.B. Thomson, son of the proprietor, Alexander Thomson, lived on the property upon his return from the First World War as a somewhat reclusive and eccentric local character.
Kellerman doesn't hesitate to address the intolerance and hostility of the rabbi's "black hat, superreligious" community, and she speaks frankly of the crimes of embezzlement and money laundering that support the characters' reclusive way of life.
At one point a character describes him as "sorta sad, sorta unknowable in the way that you imagine reclusive, rich, eccentric men to be".
He was starring as R.L. Stine, the author of the "Goosebumps" series in real life, but also an eponymous character — more eccentric and reclusive than the real one, both would hasten to note — in the latest meta turn from Hollywood.
