Related Clues:

• Unfortunate fellow
• He can't get a break
• #2 or #3, say
• Runner-up in a race
• Willy Loman, classically
• Non-winner
• Failure, also-ran
• Ineffectual person who regularly fails
• Roles for a non-winner
• An also-ran
• Person faking a smile at an awards show
• Roles for the defeated
• A failure, also-ran
• The roles that get 29 down
• There's no W in it for him