Michael Ironside
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
This goo was worth a point in October 2026.
publication date: Friday, October 30, 2026 (part of October 2026)
category: 
Movies
clue: What is it with this character actor's upper limbs? He carved up his arm with a beer bottle in Visiting Hours, had prosthetic metal claws in Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, lost both forearms to a lift in Total Recall, fought on in a war with one arm in Starship Troopers, collected severance pay after an arm severing in The Machinist, lost an arm in the Vietnam War in Guy X, and got a hand stomped to scrap in Transformers: Prime.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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