# Actors cast in the same historical roles in completely unrelated properties

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**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-cast-in-the-same-historical-roles-in-completely-unrelated-properties/832127 "2019-04-06T13:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-cast-in-the-same-historical-roles-in-completely-unrelated-properties/832127/21 "2019-04-06T17:42:32Z")

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Dewey Finn, yeah, I knew that the last two in each case were part of a series. I didn’t know of any fast way to write it though. I didn’t want to have to write a paragraph in each case that explained that the first one was unrelated to the second and third, which were part of a series.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-cast-in-the-same-historical-roles-in-completely-unrelated-properties/832127/22 "2019-04-06T17:43:00Z")

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Timothy Bottoms played George W. Bush in the _That’s My Bush!_ sitcom, and later played the role completely straight in _DC 9/11: Time of Crisis_, and in between he also made sure to hit that same note for the _Crocodile Hunter_ movie.

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