# Actors Forever Associated With 1 Role **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946 "2001-02-03T00:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/41 "2001-02-06T03:48:03Z")
Michael Biehn is always a marine, or Navy Seal, or special forces of some type. After seeing Aliens, Navy Seals, and The Rock, I can’t see him as anything else. The late Sir Alec Guinness is always Obi-Wan, much to his chagrin. Whats-him-face … you know, the guy with the hair. That one guy in the movie. You know, about the other guy. He’s always that one thing. You know, the thing, where he did that stuff. Yeah, him. He’ll never be anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/42 "2001-02-06T03:53:16Z")
is Sam Spade ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/43 "2001-02-06T04:35:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LNO \* > \*\*Michael Biehn is always a marine, or Navy Seal, or special forces of some type. After seeing Aliens, Navy Seals, and The Rock, I can’t see him as anything else. > > \*\* And let’s not forget Terminator. Aliens is one of my favorite movies (I love it when girls get to kick ass-- The Long Kiss Goodnight is another of my favorites for this reason) but every time Ripley spoke to him I expected him to answer, “Come with me if you want to live.” ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/44 "2001-02-06T04:37:11Z")
Larry Hagman as Major Tony Nelson AND J.R. Ewing. Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge AND Grace Van Owen Alas, all other Brady/Partridge kids=Brady/Partridge Kids Burgess Meredith=Penguin Julie Newmar=Catwoman John Astin=Gomez Adams Thing=Thing Carroll O’Connor=Archie Bunker Here’s a twist/hijack: What ROLE do you always associate with a specific actor e.g. Stanley Kowalski=Marlon Brando ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/45 "2001-02-06T04:45:48Z")
**Carroll O’Connor** will always be Archie Bunker. **Richard Thomas** will always be John Boy Walton. _Everyone_ from _The Brady Bunch_ will be the character the played. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/46 "2001-02-06T04:47:18Z")
Man, I’ve got to stop taking breaks while typing a post, **King Rat** nailed two of mine while I was screwing arond with the dog!! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/47 "2001-02-06T05:17:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by LNO \* > > \*\*Michael Biehn is always a marine, or Navy Seal, or special forces of some type. After seeing Aliens, Navy Seals, and The Rock, I can’t see him as anything else. > > > > \*\* > > And let’s not forget Terminator. Aliens is one of my favorite movies (I love it when girls get to kick ass-- The Long Kiss Goodnight is another of my favorites for this reason) but every time Ripley spoke to him I expected him to answer, “Come with me if you want to live.” \*\* Not to mention **The Abyss** , where he played a deranged - GASP! - _Navy SEAL_. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/48 "2001-02-06T05:26:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tsugumo \* > \*\*Patrick Stewart…No matter how hard I tried while watching X-Men, I just couldn’t think of him as Professor X…He was just Captain Picard visiting a school of mutants for some reason. \*\* Actually, I thought quite the opposite. I think that Patrick Stewart (and I don’t know _ **how he did it** _) got out of the typecast quite well. I think he is an **excellent** actor. However, absolutely everyone else that every starred in ST-TOS and TNG is screwed. **Linda Hamilton** - Always should be in a Terminator flick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/49 "2001-02-06T15:39:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Eric Estrada will always be Ponch. > > Mary-Kate etc. will always be Michelle Tanner. > > Kesley Grammar will always be Frasier Crane (though he rarely plays someone else . . . ). > > Kerry Elwes will always be Wesley. \*\* I can’t hear Kesley Grammar without thinking “Sideshow Bob.” Roseanne will always be…Roseanne. ---
**Author:** ![Double-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Double-P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double-P)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/50 "2001-02-06T15:51:44Z")
Michael Richards – Kramer And although it’s a bit too soon to tell, many other actors from Seinfeld could be lumped in here, too. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/51 "2001-02-06T18:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > **Mark Hamill will never be anything but Luke Skywalker.** Disagree – Mark Hamill’s Joker (from the _Batman_ animated series) outshines his [i}Star Wars\* work. And to go with **John Bredin** and **Persephone,** wouldn’t the _Star Trek_ movies have been more interesting if Christopher Lloyd _was_ Reverend Jim? “You … want the … Genesis device? (pause) Okay.” And Don Adams will be Maxwell Smart _forever._🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rttgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@rttgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rttgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/52 "2001-02-06T18:44:17Z")
Jean Reno will always be Victor the Cleaner, no matter what his character name is… ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/53 "2001-02-06T18:44:47Z")
I think we can agree that the cast of very popular TV shows become identified with the character they played (Happy Days, Brady Bunch, etc.). It’s movie actors being identified with their characters that’s rarer. What do you think about when someone mentions Sigourney Weaver… Alien, of couse. ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/54 "2001-02-06T18:53:29Z")
Sir Anthony Hopkins – Hannibal Lecter. Or what about John Wayne – who, no matter what character he played, played John Wayne. Same goes for Marilyn Monroe. Or Elvis. In other words, people whose image overwhelmed whatever accomplishments they had. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/55 "2001-02-06T19:42:49Z")
Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry _and_ the Stranger. John Astin - Gomez Addams ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/56 "2001-02-06T20:12:03Z")
**rttgirl** I’ll always think of Jean Reno as Leon, since I saw The Professional at first. I just saw La Femme Nikita last week. (Victor = Leon = Guy from Mission Impossible = Guy from Ronin) You’re right, they’re all the same character with a different name. My personal one is that Jenna Elfman will always be Dharma. That’s all I could think about while watching Keeping the Faith. Christopher Walken will always be a calm psychopath. ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/57 "2001-02-06T21:09:54Z")
Christopher Walken is a calm psychopath - no one can act that well. Raymond Burr is Perry Mason, even after Ironsides (sp?) David Jansen is The Fugitive and Harry O Marlo Thomas is That Girl and after years of making movies Robin Williams has left Mork from Ork behind… ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/58 "2001-02-06T21:22:43Z")
Ok I KNOW that this is my 3rd post on this thread but I HAD mention Peter Falk=Columbo ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/59 "2001-02-07T06:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Peter Falk=Columbo Wim Wenders’s _Wings of Desire_ pretty much confirmed that! For that matter, one of the few roles Marlon Brando accepted in later years was to _parody_ Don Vito Corleone in _The Freshman_. ---
**Author:** ![Freedom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freedom)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-forever-associated-with-1-role/52946/60 "2001-02-07T22:36:35Z")
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