# A "Hey it's that guy" moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635 "2022-02-16T23:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/41 "2022-02-20T03:48:06Z")
An MST3K sighting. Robert Easton > **[Robert Easton - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247691/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t35)** > > Robert Easton. Actor: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Robert Easton was born on 23 November 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Working Girl (1988) and Red... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/42 "2022-02-20T03:49:40Z")
_ **The Giant Spider Invasion** _? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/43 "2022-02-20T03:54:53Z")
Actually, _The Touch of Satan_, but I think ol’ Bob is in a good 25% of all MST3K productions. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/44 "2022-02-20T03:59:41Z")
^^ Hey, I recognize that (fur covered) VW Beetle, it was in **What’s Up, Doc?** and **Bullitt** and the first Dirty Harry movie (I think it was called **Dirty Harry** ) and those awful Herbie the Love Bug flix and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… . ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/45 "2022-02-20T04:03:58Z")
“We ain’t blood kin. We’s more like kissin’ cousins!” 😗 ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/46 "2022-02-20T20:53:54Z")
I think “looking up an obscure actor only to find they are anything but”…belongs here, but: Oh, hey who’s that cute girl who holds signs with Briiit…Bret in the second episode of Flight of the Conchords? Who the heck is Sutton Foster?..oh she’s only a fucking TWO-TIME Tony award winner. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/47 "2022-02-20T21:24:42Z")
I was watching _ **The Prisoner** _ episode “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling” and thought the guy substituting for Patrick McGoohan looked familiar. Turned out he was Nigel Stock—“Cavendish, the Surveyor” in _ **The Great Escape** _, minus his mustache. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/48 "2022-02-23T13:48:44Z")
Recognize **this guy**? He played losers whom Mary Richards dated on _ **MTM** _. I saw him the other day on the “Gone with the Breeze” episode of _ **That Girl** _. He played the guy in charge at the NYC metro’s lost-and-found office. > **[Richard Schaal - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769445/?ref_=tt_cl_t_5)** > > Richard Schaal. Actor: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Richard Schaal was born on 5 May 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and The Hollywood Knights (1980). He... ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/49 "2022-02-23T13:51:18Z")
I saw an episode of That Girl a few months ago at random - Anne-Marie and her boyfriend crashland in a small airplane. I recognized the voice of the pilot before I even saw him > **[Russell Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Johnson)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor. He played Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island and Marshal Gib Scott in Black Saddle. > Johnson was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1924, to Russell Kennedy Johnson (1901–1932) and Marion Wenonah Smink Johnson (1902–1976). > Johnson was the eldest of seven siblings: Kenneth Walter Johnson (1925–2012), David Reed Johnson (1926–1976), Lois Marion J... ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/50 "2022-02-23T13:54:03Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > James B. Sikking He played a tourist from Texas in a first season episode of “Adam-12” and I barely recognized him. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/51 "2022-02-23T13:54:59Z")
I just realized Father Gabriel from The Walking Dead is the same actor who played Sugar Watkins in Starship Troopers. [![](https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F6%2F2017%2F11%2Fseth-gilliam-as-sugar-watkins-2000.jpg) ](https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F6%2F2017%2F11%2Fseth-gilliam-as-sugar-watkins-2000.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/52 "2022-02-23T13:56:28Z")
It wasn’t until he died that I realized that the actor who played the father in Teen Wolf (the 1980s movie) played Dobbs from “F-Troop” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/53 "2022-02-23T16:58:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He played a tourist from Texas in a first season episode of “Adam-12” and I barely recognized him. It must be his voice, or maybe his posture? He didn’t even get a credit in, “Escape From…,” but there’s no mistaking him. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/54 "2022-02-23T18:56:02Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It must be his voice, He’s dressed like a cowboy and absolutely nails the Texan drawl. I’m like _I’ve seen that face before…_ ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/55 "2022-02-23T19:31:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Well, Pickles showed up in the flesh in today’s episode of _ **DvD** _ . I thought the actress who played her looked familiar, so I did an IMDb search. Turns out she was Joan Shawlee, who played (among other roles) “Bandleader Sweet Sue” in _ **Some Like It Hot** _ . Pickles actually appeared in several episodes, played by two different actresses. Joan Shawlee was the second Pickles. The first one was Barbara Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/56 "2022-02-23T19:53:00Z")
Speaking of “That Guy” the original Mr. Atoz certainly showed up in a lot of places > **[Ian Wolfe - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938052/)** > > Ian Wolfe. Actor: Witness for the Prosecution. Respected character actor whose on-screen work included everything from Shakespeare to Dick Tracy (1990) (his last film). After a long apprenticeship in the theatre, the 38-year-old Wolfe finally debuted... ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/57 "2022-02-23T19:55:43Z")
That guy is Carver from _The Wire._ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/58 "2022-02-23T20:34:47Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I saw an episode of That Girl a few months ago at random - Anne-Marie and her boyfriend crashland in a small airplane. I recognized the voice of the pilot before I even saw him If ever anyone was destined to play The Professor on Gilligan’s Island it was Russell Johnson. He played a scientist in _This Island Earth_, another in _Space Children_, a time-travelling scientist in the original _Twilight Zone_ episode “Execution” and another in the episode “Back There”. He was a technician in _Attack of the Crab Monsters_ and a lineman in _It Came from Outer Space_. He was a doctor in the _Lux Video Theater_ episode “Payment in Kind” and on _The Real McCoys_ and _Ben Casey_ and _The Greatest Show on Earth_. THEN he played Professor Roy Hinckley on Gilligan’s Island. And all the sequels. Then he was pretty much typecast and played a lot of other Doctors and Scientists (and reprised his Hinckley role on _Alf_) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/59 "2022-02-23T20:45:10Z")
Reminds me of what i discovered yesterday. This guy was so familiar, I figured he had to be in a Trek episode, but…nope. It was Electra Woman and Dynagirl I knew him from. But look at his career. Most actors fade away and do stuff you never heard of…but this guy was in EVERYTHING…except Trek. > **[Norman Alden - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017491/)** > > Norman Alden. Actor: Back to the Future. Born Norman Adelberg in 1924, he served in the Army during World War II. At the end of the conflict he had the opportunity to benefit from the GI Bill program meant to help returning soldiers to start or... Re: Russell Johnson…its a pity there arn’t actors like him anymore. He’d be on a shortlist for me to have play Reed Richards. There’s like ten 50’s actors who i’d like to see do that. These days settling for John Krasinski (who is fine, but isnt a steely scientist type) is sad ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635/60 "2022-02-23T20:59:39Z")
You’re right. Barbara was actually the one I saw. Just now, a very young Richard Dreyfuss appeared in a bit part as a waiter in _ **That Girl** _’s “Paper Hats and Everything.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635.md?page=4)