Actors and shared roles
posted 5 years ago
Name the role shared by the pair of actors. Feel free to add more pairs too!
Jack Lemmon, Tony Randall Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson Yul Brynner, Chow Yun-fat Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher Peter Ustinov, David Suchet Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Montgomery Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn Mary Martin, Julie Andrews
posted 5 years ago
Without googling, here's what I could get:
Jack Lemmon, Tony Randall Felix Unger
Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson Yul Brynner, Chow Yun-fat The King of Siam
Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher Lois Lane
Peter Ustinov, David Suchet Hercule Poirot*
Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Montgomery Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn Mary Martin, Julie Andrews
* Ustinov as Poirot was a travesty.
* Ustinov as Poirot was a travesty.
posted 5 years ago
Very good! You got all but four. Five counting Ulf's, but I can't get that one either.
Hints:
Elizabeth Montgomery is really only famous for one role.
Mary Martin -- Julie Andrews -- Audrey Hepburn: you'll have to know something about Broadway shows.
Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson: sailing, sailing!
Hints:
Elizabeth Montgomery is really only famous for one role.
Mary Martin -- Julie Andrews -- Audrey Hepburn: you'll have to know something about Broadway shows.
Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson: sailing, sailing!
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posted 5 years ago
Cate Blanchett & Miranda Richardson
Linda Hamilton & Lena Headey
Frank Langella & Anthony Hopkins
Captain Bligh? [Edit...so close!]Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson
Ah, they'll be a pair of Doolittles.
Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn
Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy
And that's a bit of a trick question, if the answer is what I thinkBrad Pitt, Edward Norton
Cate Blanchett & Miranda Richardson
Linda Hamilton & Lena Headey
Frank Langella & Anthony Hopkins
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posted 5 years ago
Pamela Anderson Lee with anyone.? Show some mercy on actresses as well
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posted 5 years ago
Maybe I was going for obvious
I'm curious, is there any movie role that more actors have portrayed?
Matthew Brown wrote:Joe Ess wrote:How about Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig (and in some universes, David Niven)
Slightly less obvious would have been Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and Judi Dench.
Maybe I was going for obvious
I'm curious, is there any movie role that more actors have portrayed?
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posted 5 years ago
No movie role, but I can think of a TV role:
William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Richard Hurndall, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith. There were actually multiple others playing pieces of this role, but these are regarded as the actual 11.
Joe Ess wrote:Matthew Brown wrote:Joe Ess wrote:How about Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig (and in some universes, David Niven)
Slightly less obvious would have been Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and Judi Dench.
Maybe I was going for obvious
I'm curious, is there any movie role that more actors have portrayed?
No movie role, but I can think of a TV role:
William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Richard Hurndall, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith. There were actually multiple others playing pieces of this role, but these are regarded as the actual 11.
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posted 5 years ago
Well, Sherlock Holmes is supposed to be the most often portrayed character, but I don't know how many separate actors have done it. A quick glance at http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0026631/ suggests quite a few, though!
Joe Ess wrote:I'm curious, is there any movie role that more actors have portrayed?
Well, Sherlock Holmes is supposed to be the most often portrayed character, but I don't know how many separate actors have done it. A quick glance at http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0026631/ suggests quite a few, though!
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posted 5 years ago
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Willy Wonka
Danny Ocean
fred rosenberger wrote:Arnold Schwarzenegger and Colin Farrell
Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp
Frank Sinatra and George Clooney
Douglas Quaid
Willy Wonka
Danny Ocean
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posted 5 years ago
That's right. Harrison and Murphy both played Dr. Doolittle in movies. Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle on stage in My Fair Lady, but was replaced for the movie by Audrey Hepburn, who was a bigger star at the time. In both stage and screen though, the male lead, Henry Higgins was played by whom? Rex Harrison! Weird coincidence there.
What goes around comes around though. Mary Martin played the role of Maria to great acclaim in the stage production of The Sound of Music, but was replaced for the movie by Julie Andrews.
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Matthew Brown wrote:Greg Charles wrote:
Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn
Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy
Ah, they'll be a pair of Doolittles.
That's right. Harrison and Murphy both played Dr. Doolittle in movies. Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle on stage in My Fair Lady, but was replaced for the movie by Audrey Hepburn, who was a bigger star at the time. In both stage and screen though, the male lead, Henry Higgins was played by whom? Rex Harrison! Weird coincidence there.
What goes around comes around though. Mary Martin played the role of Maria to great acclaim in the stage production of The Sound of Music, but was replaced for the movie by Julie Andrews.
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Frank Langella & Anthony Hopkins
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posted 5 years ago
Right! Although, I gave that away a few posts up.
After making a quick scan, I think these are the ones that remain unanswered:
Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson
Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Amitab, Rajini, Sharukh, Ajith (we may need a hint here)
Edward Norton, Eric Bana
(I'm not counting the ones where the answer was implied to be too obvious to merit posting: Superman, Batman, and Dr. Who.)
Frank Silbermann wrote:Mary Martin, Julie Andrews
-- Maria von Trapp???
Right! Although, I gave that away a few posts up.
After making a quick scan, I think these are the ones that remain unanswered:
Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson
Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Amitab, Rajini, Sharukh, Ajith (we may need a hint here)
Edward Norton, Eric Bana
(I'm not counting the ones where the answer was implied to be too obvious to merit posting: Superman, Batman, and Dr. Who.)
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posted 5 years ago
Hamlet, answered above.
Sarah Connor, The Terminator etc
This left off Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, and (now) Mark Ruffalo.
Greg Charles wrote:After making a quick scan, I think these are the ones that remain unanswered:
Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson
Hamlet, answered above.
Greg Charles wrote:Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Sarah Connor, The Terminator etc
Greg Charles wrote:Edward Norton, Eric Bana
This left off Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, and (now) Mark Ruffalo.
posted 5 years ago
Not hard to find out if you eyeball their Wikipedia articles (which I'm assuming is not kosher in this thread), but it would be a lot easier if they ever got that Semantic Web idea off the ground.
Greg Charles wrote:Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Not hard to find out if you eyeball their Wikipedia articles (which I'm assuming is not kosher in this thread), but it would be a lot easier if they ever got that Semantic Web idea off the ground.
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posted 5 years ago
Wait, really? Who would need to look at Wikipedia for that? What kind of geeks are you?
Paul Clapham wrote:Greg Charles wrote:Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Not hard to find out if you eyeball their Wikipedia articles (which I'm assuming is not kosher in this thread), but it would be a lot easier if they ever got that Semantic Web idea off the ground.
Wait, really? Who would need to look at Wikipedia for that? What kind of geeks are you?
posted 5 years ago
Ah, right you are. I meant:
Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson (and could throw in Clark Gable)
Who's Lena Headey? It seems to me there was a TV series, right? Was she on that?
Answer: Bruce Banner. Bill Bixby is sort of iffy, since he played David Banner, though really the same character. Actors that played the Hulk get really iffy. I'd consider that a different role, but I could see it being argued either way.
Mike Simmons wrote:Greg Charles wrote:After making a quick scan, I think these are the ones that remain unanswered:
Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson
Hamlet, answered above.
Ah, right you are. I meant:
Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson (and could throw in Clark Gable)
Mike Simmons wrote:
Greg Charles wrote:Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey
Sarah Connor, The Terminator etc
Who's Lena Headey? It seems to me there was a TV series, right? Was she on that?
Mike Simmons wrote:
Greg Charles wrote:Edward Norton, Eric Bana
This left off Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, and (now) Mark Ruffalo.
Answer: Bruce Banner. Bill Bixby is sort of iffy, since he played David Banner, though really the same character. Actors that played the Hulk get really iffy. I'd consider that a different role, but I could see it being argued either way.
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