# Actors always associated with two separate roles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721 "2010-09-14T13:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/81 "2010-09-15T22:52:33Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster and The Mummy. > Mel Gibson in Road Warrior and in Lethal Weapon. > David B. in Buffy/Angel and in Bones. > Christopher Heyerdhal (probably misspelled) as multiple characters (especially John) on Sanctuary and as the demon Alistair on Supernatural. > whatsisname, the guy who was on Quantum Leap and then Stargate. Christopher Heyerdahl is also Todd the Wraith on Stargate: Atlantis and one of the Volturi vampires in the Twilight movies, so you can pick and chose for which one you want to associate him with. Certainly many people in my generation would recognize him as Marcus the fancy vampire, but for me he’s Todd the Wraith. I think you’re mixed up with Quantum Leap and Stargate: the main guy from Quantum Leap was the captain on Enterprise (Scott Bakula), while MacGyver went on to star in Stargate (Richard Dean Anderson). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/82 "2010-09-15T23:19:28Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Alan Rickman: the Sheriff (of Nottingham) and Severus Snape. And Hans in Die Hard. And the Colonel in Sense & Sensibility. Alan Rickman isn’t “known” for any one or two roles in particular. When you see Leonard Nimoy, you think “Spock.” When you see Alan Rickman, you think “Alan Rickman.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/83 "2010-09-15T23:24:25Z")
George Burns (The guy who sponged off Gracie Allen) George Burns (The guy who turned out to actually have talent) ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/84 "2010-09-16T03:00:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > McKellan’s costar Orlando Bloom is famous as a blonde elf Legolas and the short haired occasional pirate Will Turner. He has yet to have a major hit in which he does not swing a sword. **Black Hawk Down**. We always make fun of the elf falling out of the helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/85 "2010-09-16T04:21:28Z")
[quote=“Larry\_Borgia, post:79, topic:553721”] > [@Bearflag70](#): > > George Peppard: Hannibal Smith and Lt. Bruno Stachel (The Blue Max). You realize he starred in **Breakfast at Tiffany’s** , right? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/86 "2010-09-16T04:22:55Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > You realize he starred in **Breakfast at Tiffany’s** , right? You realize I didn’t say that, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/87 "2010-09-16T04:34:24Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight on _Knight Rider_, and Mitch Buchannon on _Baywatch_. [quote=“Krokodil, post:85, topic:553721”] > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > You realize he starred in **Breakfast at Tiffany’s** , right? He will always be _Banacek_ to me… ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/88 "2010-09-16T07:03:52Z")
I came here to mention Scott Bakula as Captain Archer and Murphy Brown’s boyfriend. Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and Chance from \*\*Being There. \*\* Also his three roles in **Dr. Strangelove.** Bill Murray as Carl the assistant groundskeeper from **Caddyshack** and Venkmen from \*\* Ghostbusters.\*\* I had one more, but I forgot it. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/89 "2010-09-16T14:07:29Z")
Patty Duke as Patty Lane or as Cathy Lane ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/90 "2010-09-16T14:51:23Z")
Sally Field as Gidget, Flying Nun, Norma Rae Webster, lots of other stuff or a person with potentially weak bones and one life to live. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/91 "2010-09-16T15:50:04Z")
Patrick McGoohan as John Drake, Number 6, Rafferty ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/92 "2010-09-16T16:13:15Z")
I always kinda thought that the Prisoner _was_ Secret Agent Man. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/93 "2010-09-16T16:28:18Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > I always kinda thought that the Prisoner _was_ Secret Agent Man. it seems an issue of debate. i think Patrick McGoohan claimed they weren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/94 "2010-09-16T16:38:34Z")
Roger Moore, The Saint (T.V.), Bond, James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/95 "2010-09-16T18:57:22Z")
Even though Susan Sarandon’s had a double handful of memorable roles, I’m willing to bet that the main two that people will mention when she dies are Janet Weiss from Rocky Horror and Louise from Thelma &. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/96 "2010-09-16T19:24:14Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Sally Field as Gidget, Flying Nun, Norma Rae Webster, lots of other stuff or a person with potentially weak bones and one life to live. Gump’s mom. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/97 "2010-09-16T20:09:44Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Krokodil](#): > > > > Orson Welles: Charles Foster Kane and Harry Lime. > > I think the two things he’s most often remembered for are _Citizen Kane_ and his _War of the Worlds_ radio broadcast. To me he’ll always be Unicron. (rumors that he died after a few lines and Nimoy did the rest w/pitch adjustment notwithstanding) Speaking of Nimoy, Spock and Galvatron. Yeah, I was a kid in the 80’s, lol ---
**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:** [September 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/98 "2010-09-16T21:32:56Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > George Peppard: Hannibal Smith and Lt. Bruno Stachel (The Blue Max). > > Yeah the last one’s a huge stretch, but I wanted my all A Team post. I think you mean Hannibal and [Banacek](http://lonestarpress.com/lonestarblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/banaceks1.jpg). ---
**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:** [September 16, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/99 "2010-09-16T21:36:39Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Tatum O’Neil as Amanda Whurlitzer and Addie Pray Also Maggie Gavin (“Rescue Me”). ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721/100 "2010-09-16T21:38:55Z")
Interesting how only like 2 actors with 90’s-00’s films were mentioned so far. John Forsythe: Dynasty and Charlie’s Angels Patrick Duffy: Man from Atlantis, Dallas Larry Hagman: Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie Tom Selleck: Magnum, Three Men and a/an X Rick Moranis: Honey I shrunk the X, Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-always-associated-with-two-separate-roles/553721.md?page=6)