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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: actor/character names     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 6:45 PM     By:   Jim Cleveland   (Member) Can you think of any movies where the main character's first name is the same as the ACTOR'S first name portraying that character? The only one I can come up with is Jack Torrence(Played by Jack Nicholson) in The Shining. I know there must be a gazillion more, but I sure as shit can't think of 'em! I do seem to remember some actor whose character USUALLY HAD his first name, and I always thought it was because that actor might not remember his character's name, so they changed it to accomodate that actor. Any idea on who THAT is/was?    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 10:17 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) In the TV series "Police Story," actor Tony Lo Bianco played a recurring character, appearing in five episodes as a cop called "Tony Calabrese."    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 10:49 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) For an actor with a common first name, and a long career, it becomes easy. Take John Wayne. He appeared as the following characters: John Drury – RIDE HIM COWBOY (1932) John Steele – THE BIG STAMPEDE (1932) John Mason – HAUNTED GOLD (1932) John Trent – THE TELEGRAPH TRAIL (1933) John Bishop – SOMEWHERE IN SONORA (1933) Captain John Holmes – THE MAN FROM MONTEREY (1933) John Brant – SAGEBRUSH TRAIL (1933) John Carruthers – BLUE STEEL (1934) John Weston – THE MAN FROM UTAH (1934) John Travers – THE STAR PACKER (1934) John Tobin – THE LAWLESS FRONTIER (1934) John Higgins – TEXAS TERROR (1935) John Martin – RAINBOW VALLEY (1935) John Scott (posing as John Jones) – THE DESERT TRAIL (1935) John Mason [again] – THE DAWN RIDER (1935) John Wyatt & John Rogers – PARADISE CANYON (1935) John Wyatt [again] – WESTWARD HO (1935) John – THE NEW FRONTIER (1935) John Middleton – LAWLESS RANGE (1935) Capt. John Delmont – THE OREGON TRAIL (1936) John Tipton – THE LAWLESS NINETIES (1936) John Clayborn – KING OF THE PECOS (1936) Captain John Ashley – THE LONELY TRAIL (1936) John Blair – WINDS OF THE WASTELAND (1936) I suspect that Wayne’s character was named “John” in all of those ‘B’ westerns just so the actors wouldn’t have to learn a new character name every other month when they started a new film. Fewer retakes due to blown lines. But Wayne continued to play “John” characters after he became a star. Johnny Hanson – IDOL OF THE CROWDS (1937) John Phillips – THREE FACES WEST (1940) John Reynolds – LADY FROM LOUISIANA (1941) John Devlin – DAKOTA (1945) Johnny – TYCOON (1947) John Breen – THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN (1949) Sheriff John T. Chance – RIO BRAVO (1959) John Elder – THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965) Colonel John Henry Thomas – THE UNDEFEATED (1969) John Chisum – CHISUM (1970)    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 10:59 PM     By:   Christopher Kinsinger   (Member) Bob DiMucci…YOU ARE AMAZING!    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 11:01 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Without even looking, I'm willing to bet that Humphrey Bogart never played a character named "Humphrey," Dustin Hoffman never played a character named "Dustin," and Rock Hudson never played a character named "Rock."    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 11:07 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) In SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION (1971), Henry Fonda played a character called "Henry Stamper."    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 11:12 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) In THE CHINA SYNDROME, Jack Lemmon's character's name was "Jack Godell."    Posted:   Sep 29, 2015 - 11:14 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) In FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (1977), Jane Fonda played "Jane Harper."    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 12:01 AM     By:   Christopher Kinsinger   (Member) "Without even looking, I'm willing to bet that Humphrey Bogart never played a character named "Humphrey," Dustin Hoffman never played a character named "Dustin," and Rock Hudson never played a character named "Rock." AND Charlton Heston… AND Lon Chaney… AND Glenn Close… AND Cloris Leachman… AND Demi Moore… AND Spencer Tracy… AND DeForest Kelley… AND Cameron Mitchell… AND Cameron Manheim… AND Hope Lange… AND…hundreds of others!    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 12:04 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) in Norman wisdom's comedies, he usually played a character called Norman Pitkin or Norman Puckle.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 2:51 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) "Without even looking, I'm willing to bet that Humphrey Bogart never played a character named "Humphrey," Dustin Hoffman never played a character named "Dustin," and Rock Hudson never played a character named "Rock." AND Charlton Heston… AND Lon Chaney… It's somewhat of a cheat, but Lon Chaney played a character named "Lon" in a number of silent shorts, including: THE TRAP (1913) RED MARGARET, MOONSHINER (1913) DISCORD AND HARMONY (1914) and a character with a last name, "Lon Moore," in the short LON OF LONE MOUNTAIN (1915). But shorts really shouldn't count, such as all of the Laurel and Hardy shorts, where the characters are called "Stan" and "Ollie." The same with television shows that are named after the star, e.g., Lucille Ball as "Lucy Ricardo" in "I Love Lucy."    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:00 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Anthony Quinn played a character named "Tony" in three films.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:04 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Michael Douglas played "Michael Andropolis" in 1979's RUNNING.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:09 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Richard Burton played "Richard Wagner" in the 1983 miniseries WAGNER.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:11 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) James Caan played "Jimmy Kilgannon" in 1969's THE RAIN PEOPLE.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:14 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Michael Caine played "Michael Finsbury" in THE WRONG BOX (1966) and "Michael Jennings" in ON DEADLY GROUND (1994).    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:16 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) George Clooney played a character named "George Burnett" in 17 episodes of the television series THE FACTS OF LIFE (1985-87).    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:18 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) James Coburn's character in 1976's SKY RIDERS was named "Jim McCabe."    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:23 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Richard Dreyfuss played "Richard Nelson" in the 2006 remake POSEIDON.    Posted:   Sep 30, 2015 - 3:25 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Robert Duvall played "Gen. Robert E. Lee" in GODS AND GENERALS (2003).     Non-Film Score Discussion: actor/character names    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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