Your Criminals list looks good, but I haven’t double-checked you yet against the Wiki list to be sure everybody’s accounted for. I think I’ll remove all of them from my copy of the IMDb list as we go so if there’s anybody not on some list when we get the seven (or however many we wind up with) poll lists together, we can have a catch-all “Others” for anybody we don’t include somewhere else.
I’ll get my Docks list in the same format as yours and post it. It may be tomorrow!
Thanks for your interest and work! It’s good to share the fun!
Okay, here’s what I’ve done with the Docks group. I wanted to show how I developed the list.
First I copied the Wiki article and inserted the one for The Greeks. Then I stripped off all but the names.
Then I copied ithe IMDb data to match.
Then I sorted the IMDb data by number-of-episodes (bottom of the set).
I had to do a bit of double-checking on the Little Big Roy, Big Roy and Chess characters to get Wiki and IMDb names to match.
Notice that eight of these folks are below the 5-episodes “cutoff.”
Larger groups may be even more challenging!
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Characters from the docks of The Wire
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1.1 Frank Sobotka
Chris Bauer … Frank Sobotka (12 episodes, 2003)
1.2 Joan Sobotka
Elisabeth Noone … Joan Sobotka (2 episodes, 2003)
1.3 Louis Sobotka
Robert Hogan … Louis Sobotka (4 episodes, 2003)
1.4 Nick Sobotka
Pablo Schreiber … Nickolas ‘Nick’ Sobotka / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008)
1.5 Ziggy Sobotka
James Ransone … Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka (12 episodes, 2003)
2.1 Nat Coxson
Luray Cooper … Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Coxson / … (10 episodes, 2003-2008)
2.2 Vernon “Ott” Motley
Bus Howard … Ott (4 episodes, 2003)
2.3 Little Big Roy
Richard Pelzman … Little Big Roy (3 episodes, 2003-2008)
2.4 Thomas “Horseface” Pakusa
Charley Scalies … Thomas ‘Horseface’ Pakusa (12 episodes, 2003)
2.5 Johnny “Fifty” Spamanto
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon … John ‘Johnny Fifty’ Spamanto / … (12 episodes, 2003-2008)
2.6 Big Roy
Doug Lory … Big Roy / … (3 episodes, 2003)
2.7 Chess
Valenteen Gregg … Chess / … (3 episodes, 2003)
2.8 La La
Kelvin Davis … La La / … (3 episodes, 2003)
2.9 Maui
Lance Irwin … Maui (5 episodes, 2003)
3.1 The Greek
Bill Raymond … The Greek (10 episodes, 2003-2008)
3.2 Spiros “Vondas” Vondopoulos
Paul Ben-Victor … Spiros ‘Vondas’ Vondopoulos (17 episodes, 2003-2008)
3.3 Sergei “Serge” Malatov
Chris Ashworth … Sergei ‘Serge’ Malatov (11 episodes, 2003-2008)
3,4 Eton Ben-Eleazer
Lev Gorn … Eton Ben-Eleazer / … (5 episodes, 2003)
3.5 George “Double G” Glekas
Teddy Cañez … George ‘Double G’ Glekas (5 episodes, 2003)
Paul Ben-Victor … Spiros ‘Vondas’ Vondopoulos (17 episodes, 2003-2008)
Pablo Schreiber … Nickolas ‘Nick’ Sobotka / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chris Bauer … Frank Sobotka (12 episodes, 2003)
James Ransone … Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka (12 episodes, 2003)
Charley Scalies … Thomas ‘Horseface’ Pakusa (12 episodes, 2003)
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon … John ‘Johnny Fifty’ Spamanto / … (12 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chris Ashworth … Sergei ‘Serge’ Malatov (11 episodes, 2003-2008)
Luray Cooper … Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Coxson / … (10 episodes, 2003-2008)
Bill Raymond … The Greek (10 episodes, 2003-2008)
Kristin Proctor … Aimee (6 episodes, 2003)
Lance Irwin … Maui (5 episodes, 2003)
Lev Gorn … Eton Ben-Eleazer / … (5 episodes, 2003)
Teddy Cañez … George ‘Double G’ Glekas (5 episodes, 2003)
Jill Redding … Delores (5 episodes, 2003)
Robert Hogan … Louis Sobotka (4 episodes, 2003)
Bus Howard … Ott (4 episodes, 2003)
Doug Lory … Big Roy / … (3 episodes, 2003)
Valenteen Gregg … Chess / … (3 episodes, 2003)
Kelvin Davis … La La / … (3 episodes, 2003)
Richard Pelzman … Little Big Roy (3 episodes, 2003-2008)
Keith Flippen … Bruce DiBiago / … (3 episodes, 2003)
Elisabeth Noone … Joan Sobotka (2 episodes, 2003)
I took the first list you posted taken off of IMDB, pasted it into Wordpad, and went through and highlighted every name I recognized in a different color for a specific group. Then I went through and looked up the names I didn’t recognize.
I noticed that Namond was missing so I looked him up and when I did that I noticed some other names missing as well, like Randy.
Not sure if Randy or Namond belong in the Street group though, since they’re never really became part of “the game” like Michael did. Same with Dukie. Even though Michael is part of The Street, I’d suggest including him w/ The School since that’s where his storyline really built up from.
Okay, I see the problem – at least this one. That original list I posted is just a subset of the IMDb “total cast” list (over 300 names altogether!). I just posted down through the 15-episodes point.
The other names you mentioned are below that point.
I see your point about the conflict between School and The Street.
What if I take the Wiki-based outline(s) I just posted and fill in all the IMDb data and repost it here and leave it to you to separate out whatever sub-groups of “The Street” you want? That way I can validate the completeness part. I’ll highlight the dupes as I go so you can put them where you want them and kill off the dupes yourself.
Okay, good. While I’m “proofing” The Street, would you want to start another Wiki-based group on School (or whatever Wiki calls it)? That way you can decide where folks go and kill off dupes as you go.
I would hope that when we decide which names to put into which sub-polls that we have made it so no actor/character is in more than one sub-poll.
The Schoolis pretty easy. Here is who I end up with off of the Wiki after deleting the minor student characters that appear in several episodes but are uncredited. Kept some characters that didn’t have a ton of episodes but were memorable (like Zenobia) enough to be included.
I left Bunny and Prez off of this list as I thought they should go w/ Police, but now I’m second guessing myself on Prez. He didn’t really come into his own as a character until he became a teacher, but then he was hardly in the final season. Brief appearances in one or two episodes was all, I think.
Also, I had Donut on the street list. He and Namond all were involved a bit w/ working the corners but I still think they should be on the school list. Same with Michael. So let’s take Donut off of The Street list if you think that’s a good way to go.
Administration
1.2 Marcia Donnelly
1.3 Miss Duquette
1.4 David Parenti
1.6 Grace Sampson
Students
2.1 Namond Brice
2.2 Aaron “Bug” Manigault
2.3 Zenobia Dawson
2.4 Donut
2.6 Michael Lee
2.9 Randy Wagstaff
2.10 Duquan “Dukie” Weems
Tristan Wilds … Michael Lee (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jermaine Crawford … Duquan ‘Dukie’ Weems (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Maestro Harrell … Randy Wagstaff (14 episodes, 2006-2008)
Julito McCullum … Namond Brice (14 episodes, 2006-2008)
Susan Duvall … Assistant Principal Marcia Donnelly (12 episodes, 2006-2008)
Dravon James … Grace Sampson / … (12 episodes, 2004-2006)
Dan DeLuca … Professor David Parenti (11 episodes, 2006)
Keenon Brice … Bug (10 episodes, 2006-2008)
Nathan Corbett … Donut (8 episodes, 2006)
Stacie Davis … Ms. Duquette (7 episodes, 2006)
Taylor King … Zenobia Dawson (5 episodes, 2006)
I’m still getting the blanks filled in on The Street. When I get it to a point where I can turn it back over to you for whatever sub-dividing you want to do, I’ll repost the entire workspace here for you. Shouldn’t be a lot longer.
Okay, Bob Ducca, here are the fruits of my labor as far as The Street goes.
I’m going to make another list of these people in IMDb format and arrange them by number-of-episodes. That way we can have the option of going with the whole group in one stack if we want.
I’ll drop dupes in that process.
Note that some of these actors are not in the IMDb “Full Cast” list. I vote we drop them from consideration since they weren’t present enough to make IMDb’s list. I can go either way, though.
If it matters, I had no idea how much depth Wiki went to on this show! Amazing!
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Bob Ducca
Guest Join Date: Jan 2006
Ok, here’s my list of criminals. Let me know if you notice anything amiss.
Michael K. Williams … Omar Little (51 episodes, 2002-2008)
J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006)
Wood Harris … Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008)
Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
Jamie Hector … Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
Gbenga Akinnagbe … Chris Partlow / … (30 episodes, 2002-2008)
Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
Tray Chaney … Malik ‘Poot’ Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
Felicia Pearson … Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008)
Robert F. Chew … Joseph ‘Proposition Joe’ Stewart (24 episodes, 2002-2008)
Tristan Wilds … Michael Lee (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Hassan Johnson … Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Larry Gilliard Jr. … D’Angelo Barksdale (18 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kwame Patterson … ‘Monk’ Metcalf (16 episodes, 2006-2008)
Thuliso Dingwall … Kenard (16 episodes, 2004-2008)
Richard Burton … Sean ‘Shamrock’ McGinty / … (16 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael B. Jordan … Wallace (13 episodes, 2002)
Method Man … Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008)
Michael Hyatt … Brianna Barksdale (12 episodes, 2002-2006)
Edward Green … Spider (11 episodes, 2004-2008)
S. Robert Morgan … Butchie (10 episodes, 2003-2008)
Brandon Price … Anton ‘Stinkum’ Artis (8 episodes, 2002)
Nathan Corbett … Donut (8 episodes, 2006)
Michael Potts … Brother Mouzone (7 episodes, 2003-2004)
Clayton LeBouef … Wendell ‘Orlando’ Blocker (7 episodes, 2002)
1.1 Avon Barksdale
Wood Harris … Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008)
1.2 Russell “Stringer” Bell
Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
1.3 Shaun “Shamrock” McGinty
Richard Burton … Sean ‘Shamrock’ McGinty / … (16 episodes, 2003-2004)
2 Soldiers
2.1 Season one
2.1.1 Bird
Fredro Starr … Marquis ‘Bird’ Hilton / … (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
2.1.2 Little Man
Micaiah Jones … Wintell ‘Little Man’ Royce (5 episodes, 2002)
2.1.3 Perry
Perry Blackmon … Perry (5 episodes, 2002-2004)
2.1.4 Savino Bratton
Chris Clanton … Savino Bratton (9 episodes, 2002-2008)
2.1.5 Stinkum
Brandon Price … Anton ‘Stinkum’ Artis (8 episodes, 2002)
2.1.6 Wee-Bey
Hassan Johnson … Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
2.2 Season two
2.2.1 Country
Addison Switzer … Country (4 episodes, 2004)
2.2.2 Rico
Rico
Played by: Rico Whelchel
Appears in:
Season two: “Ebb Tide” (uncredited)
Season three: “Time After Time” (uncredited), “Dead Soldiers” (uncredited) and “Back Burners”.
2.2.3 Tank
Tank
Played by: Jonathan D. Wray
Appears in:
Season two: “Ebb Tide” (uncredited).
Season three: “Time After Time” (uncredited); “All Due Respect” (uncredited) and “Dead Soldiers”.
2.3 Season three
2.3.1 Bernard
Melvin Jackson Jr. … Bernard (4 episodes, 2004)
2.3.2 Cutty
Chad Coleman … Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.3.3 Devonne
Tiara Harris … Devonne (2 episodes, 2004)
2.3.4 Gerard
Mayo Best … Gerard (7 episodes, 2004)
2.3.5 Sapper
Brandan T. Tate … Sapper (6 episodes, 2004)
2.3.6 Slim Charles
Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
3 Drug dealers
3.1 D’Angelo Barksdale
Larry Gilliard Jr. … D’Angelo Barksdale (18 episodes, 2002-2003)
3.2 Ronnie Mo
Jarvis W. George … ‘Ronnie Mo’ Watkins / … (3 episodes, 2002)
3.3 Bodie Broadus
J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006)
3.4 Poot Carr
Tray Chaney … Malik ‘Poot’ Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
3.5 Sterling
Curtis Montez … Sterling (4 episodes, 2002)
3.6 Wallace
Michael B. Jordan … Wallace (13 episodes, 2002)
3.7 Puddin
De’Rodd Hearns … Puddin’ (8 episodes, 2002-2004)
4 Front workers
4.1 Maurice Levy
Michael Kostroff … Maurice ‘Maury’ Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
4.2 Wendell “Orlando” Blocker
Clayton LeBouef … Wendell ‘Orlando’ Blocker (7 episodes, 2002)
4.3 Shardene Innes
Wendy Grantham … Shardene Innes (11 episodes, 2002-2008)
2.1 Savino Bratton
@@ Chris Clanton … Savino Bratton (9 episodes, 2002-2008)
2.2 Snoop
Felicia Pearson … Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.3 Michael Lee
Tristan Wilds … Michael Lee (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
2.4 O-Dog
Darrell Britt-Gibson … O-Dog (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
3 Dealers
3.1 Bodie Broadus
@@ J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006)
3.2 Fruit
Brandon Fobbs … Fruit (8 episodes, 2004-2006)
3.3 Jamal
Melvin T. Russell … Jamal (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
3.4 Justin
Justin Burley … Justin (9 episodes, 2004-2006)
3.5 Kenard
Thuliso Dingwall … Kenard (16 episodes, 2004-2008)
3.6 Little Kevin
Tyrell Baker … Little Kevin (3 episodes, 2006)
3.7 Spider
Edward Green … Spider (11 episodes, 2004-2008)
4 Fronts
4.1 Vinson
Norris Davis … Vinson (6 episodes, 2004-2008)
4.2 Old Face Andre
Alfonso Christian Lover … Old Face Andre (6 episodes, 2006)
=== 4 New Day Co-Op
Contents
1 History
2 Members
2.1 Leadership
2.1.1 Stringer Bell
@@ Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
2.1.2 “Proposition Joe” Stewart
Robert F. Chew … Joseph ‘Proposition Joe’ Stewart (24 episodes, 2002-2008)
2.1.3 Marlo Stanfield
@@ Jamie Hector … Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.1.4 Ricardo Hendrix (“Fat Face Rick”)
Troj Strickland … Ricardo ‘Fat Face Rick’ Hendrix / … (7 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.1.5 Slim Charles
@@ Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.2 Other Members
2.2.1 Ghost
Mike D. Anderson … Ghost / … (5 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.2.2 Hungry Man
Duane Chandler Rawlings … Hungry Man (2 episodes, 2008)
2.2.3 Phil Boy
Sho Brown … Phil Boy (5 episodes, 2004-2008)
2.2.4 Calvin “Cheese” Wagstaff
Method Man … Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008)
2.2.5 Kintel Williamson
Kintel Williamson
Played by: unknown
Appears in:
Season three: “Straight and True” (uncredited); “Slapstick” (uncredited)
Season four: “Home Rooms” (uncredited)
2.2.6 Clinton “Shorty” Buise
Clinton “Shorty” Buise
Played by: Clinton “Shorty” Buise
Appears in:
Season five: “-30-”
=== 5 East Side
5.1 Frog
Frog
Played by: Gary “D.Reign”
Appears in season two: “Undertow”; “Backwash” and “Port in a Storm” (uncredited). season five: “-30-”
Just to let you know, I’m biting the bullet and taking on the Wiki grouping of Law enforcement characters of The Wire - Wikipedia and will post the merged IMDb data for you to subdivide into whatever groups you think appropriate. Okay?
Editorial staff
1.1 Rebecca Corbett
1.2 Augustus Haynes
1.3 James Whiting
1.4 Thomas Klebanow
1.5 Tim Phelps
1.6 Steven Luxenberg
1.7 Jay Spry
Reporters
2.1 Alma Gutierrez
2.2 Scott Templeton
2.3 Jeff Price
2.4 Bill Zorzi
2.5 Mike Fletcher
2.6 Roger Twigg
Clark Johnson … City Editor Augustus ‘Gus’ Haynes (10 episodes, 2008)
David Costabile … Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow (10 episodes, 2008)
Thomas McCarthy … Scott Templeton (10 episodes, 2008)
Michelle Paress … Alma Gutierrez (10 episodes, 2008)
Sam Freed … Executive Editor James C. Whiting III (9 episodes, 2008)
William F. Zorzi … Bill Zorzi (9 episodes, 2002-2008)
Brandon Young … Mike Fletcher (9 episodes, 2008)
Robert Poletick … Metro Editor Steven Luxenberg (7 episodes, 2008)
Donald Neal … Rewrite Man Jay Spry (7 episodes, 2008)
Todd Scofield … Jeff Price (7 episodes, 2004-2008)
Thomas J. McCarthy … State Editor Tim Phelps (6 episodes, 2008)
Kara Quick … Regional Affairs Editor Rebecca Corbett (5 episodes, 2008)
Bruce Kirkpatrick … Roger Twigg (4 episodes, 2008)
Several of lower episode ones didn’t do much on the show except fill space. So few people though we may as well include them all.