# Actors in two movies with almost the same name? (Sequels don't count.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 18, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950 "2024-10-18T13:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/1 "2024-10-18T13:00:11Z")
Today I saw mention of a movie called _The Man Who Loved UFOs_. While googling for more info on that movie auto-fill suggestions included _The Man Who Loved Women_ (a Burt Reynolds movie I was familar with) and _The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing_. I hoped for something like [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA_cs4WZHM), but that one turns out to be a different Burt Reynolds movie that I wasn’t familiar with. The similarity of the names interested me, and I’m wondering about other examples. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/2 "2024-10-18T13:06:15Z")
A John Wayne triple feature, _Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo_ and _Rio Grande._ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/3 "2024-10-18T13:22:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > A John Wayne triple feature, _Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo_ and _Rio Grande._ Beat me to it. In 1952 Kirk Douglas was in the movies _The Big Trees_ and _The Big Sky_, consecutively. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/4 "2024-10-18T13:36:17Z")
Harvey Keitel was in **Cop Land** and **Copkiller**. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/5 "2024-10-18T13:43:53Z")
Jean Claude van Damme was in _Double Impact_ and _Double Team._ ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/6 "2024-10-18T14:11:34Z")
James Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life and It’s a Wonderful World. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/7 "2024-10-18T14:30:52Z")
Bernard Lee was in _The Spy Who Came In From The Cold_ and _The Spy Who Loved Me_ ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/8 "2024-10-18T14:35:24Z")
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was in _Red Notice_ and the upcoming _Red One_. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/9 "2024-10-18T14:40:16Z")
The British **Carry On [Whatever]** series had 31 films and relied on a regular stable of actors. I’ve never sen any of them, and, while I’m sure no actor was in all of them, there must be an awful lot of overlap between actors and multiple entries in the series. > **[Carry On (franchise)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(franchise))** > > Carry On is a British comedy franchise comprising 31 films, four Christmas specials, a television series and stage shows produced between 1958 and 1992. Produced by Peter Rogers, the Carry On films were directed by Gerald Thomas and starred a regular ensemble that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. The humour of Carry On was in the Britis... > [@](#): > > Produced by [Peter Rogers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rogers), the _Carry On_ films were directed by [Gerald Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Thomas) and starred a [regular ensemble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carry_On_films_cast_members) that included [Sid James](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James), [Kenneth Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams), [Charles Hawtrey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1914)), [Joan Sims](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Sims), [Kenneth Connor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Connor), [Peter Butterworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Butterworth), [Hattie Jacques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques), [Terry Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Scott), [Bernard Bresslaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Bresslaw), [Barbara Windsor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Windsor), [Jack Douglas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Douglas_(actor)), and [Jim Dale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dale). You might say it violates the OP’s criteria, but you can’t really call any of these a sequel. But this definitely was a series. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/10 "2024-10-18T15:53:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > In 1952 Kirk Douglas was in the movies _The Big Trees_ and _The Big Sky_, consecutively. Humphrey Bogart was in _The Big Shot_ and _The Big Sleep_. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/11 "2024-10-18T16:27:05Z")
In 2009, Jesse Eisenberg starred in both _Adventureland_ and _Zombieland_. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/12 "2024-10-19T13:25:11Z")
Steven Seagal is perhaps the king of repetitive movie titles (most of them straight to video). He has been in: - Hard to Kill - Out for a Kill - Driven to Kill - Contract to Kill and - Out for Justice - the aforementioned Out for a Kill - Out of Reach and - the aforementioned Out for Justice - Mercenary for Justice - Urban Justice ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/13 "2024-10-19T17:52:30Z")
I thought Eric Roberts would be an easy target for this thread. He has been in a ton of stuff. IMDb lists 106 projects under “upcoming” alone. (Who knows how many of those will see the light of day?) Scrolling down just thru 2024 and 2023 releases takes a lot of scrolling. So sorting thru to find similar titles … egad. Who has time for this? Moving on. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950/14 "2024-11-23T18:00:27Z")
Paul Newman was in _Hud_ and _The Hudsucker Proxy_.