Arthur 2: On the Rocks Arthur 2: On the Rocks Arthur 2: On the Rocks is a 1988 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1981 film "Arthur". Lead actors Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli reprised their roles. John Gielgud, who won an Academy Award for his role in the original film, reappears briefly in a drunken hallucination on Arthur's part. The film co-stars Kathy Bates as a woman who helps the characters of Arthur and Linda adopt a baby. Stephen Elliott reprises his role from the first film, but his daughter, Jill Eikenberry originally, is now played by Cynthia Sikes. Burt Bacharach returns
Ted Ross moved to New York City in 1968. He starred in "The Wiz" and other Broadway productions, such as "Purlie", "Ain't Misbehavin", and "Raisin in the Sun". His first film was "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings", a baseball movie starring James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Films that followed included "Ragtime", "", "Police Academy", "Stealing Home", and "The Fisher King". One of the roles he is most fondly remembered for is that of Bitterman, Arthur Bach's long suffering chauffeur in the 1981 Dudley Moore hit, "Arthur". In 1990, Ross played Troy Maxson in a Cincinnati production of August