# Actors who played the same character in two different versions of the same movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252 "2017-01-15T19:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/1 "2017-01-15T19:21:50Z")
Are there any cases where the same actor played the same character in two completely distinct productions of the same movie? Not counting actors who appeared as their real-life person. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/2 "2017-01-15T19:22:52Z")
Meant to post this in CS. Self-reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/3 "2017-01-15T19:28:40Z")
Peter Dinklage apparantly played the same character in 2 versions of “Death at a Funeral” I haven’t seen either, the listed name for his chacacter is different, but I assume it’s the same basic role. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/4 "2017-01-15T19:30:02Z")
Off to Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/5 "2017-01-15T19:31:32Z")
Not quite the same, but Glenda Jackson played Elizabeth I in two different productions. One was the BBC production _Elizabeth R_. Then, in the movie _Mary, Queen of Scots_, Jackson again played Elizabeth I. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/6 "2017-01-15T19:33:14Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Peter Dinklage apparantly played the same character in 2 versions of “Death at a Funeral” I haven’t seen either, the listed name for his chacacter is different, but I assume it’s the same basic role. Yes, it is the same role. The versions are basically the same, but still sorta different and (amazingly) both pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/7 "2017-01-15T19:38:44Z")
Alan Hale Sr. as Little John in 3 different Robin Hoods. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/8 "2017-01-15T19:49:16Z")
Well, Gary Burghoff played **Radar** in both the move and TV versions of **MASH** and they were quite different from each other, different casts, different moods, different theme. Is that sort of what you mean? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/9 "2017-01-15T19:49:30Z")
Penelope Cruz played the same role in _Open Your Eyes_ and the remake _Vanilla Sky_. Ingrid Bergman played the same role in _Intermezzo_ and the remake of the same name. Gérard Depardieu played the same role in _My Father, the Hero_ and the remake of the same name. Clark Gable played in the same role in _Red Dust_ and the remake _Mogambo_: > **[9 Movie Remakes That Feature The Same Actors | Phactual Magazine](https://www.phactual.com/9-movie-remakes-that-feature-the-same-actors/)** > > Movie remakes in Hollywood are commonplace, but sometimes the same actors are cast in the original movie and its remake. Here are 9 movie remakes that feature ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/10 "2017-01-15T19:57:10Z")
The entire Danish cast of _Reptilicus_ when they re-shot it in English. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/11 "2017-01-15T20:55:38Z")
Heck, this whole thread [is a remake with some of the same roles.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750033) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/12 "2017-01-15T21:27:40Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Heck, this whole thread [is a remake with some of the same roles.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750033) 🙂 **Miller** played me in that earlier version, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/13 "2017-01-15T21:40:06Z")
I’m going to define ‘different production’ to mean significantly different production people - I.e. not the same screenwriters, production company, producer or director, so reshoots in a different language, or UK/USA franchise swaps are out. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/14 "2017-01-15T22:21:54Z")
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill played the same roles in _Star Wars: A New Hope_ and _Star Wars: The Force Awakens._ …what? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/15 "2017-01-15T22:40:21Z")
Liz Smith played Mrs. Dilber, Ebenezer Scrooge’s charlady, in both the Patrick Stewart and George C Scott versions of _A Christmas Carol_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/16 "2017-01-15T23:03:47Z")
“Never Say Never Again” was a remake of “Thunderball,” and Sean Connery played James Bond in both. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/17 "2017-01-16T02:57:47Z")
Clark Gable was the male lead in both ‘Red Dust’ (1932) and its remake, Mogambo (1953), although during the remaking process, his character changed from plantation owner Dennis Carson to big game hunter Victor Marswell. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/18 "2017-01-16T03:58:01Z")
How about the entire cast of Exorcist: Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/19 "2017-01-16T04:04:17Z")
Scratch that- not the entire cast, just some of it. Notably, Stellan Skarsgard. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252/20 "2017-01-16T04:36:29Z")
My other example, Sean Connery in Thunderball and Never Say Never Again, was mentioned in the other thread (someone snuck it into this one while I was writing this post, as well), but I actually have one that wasn’t, too… Takako Fuji played Kayako Saeki in the Ju-On series in the first four movies (as well as one of the two shorts that were developed into it), and the first two American Grudge movies - the first of which was mostly a remake of Ju-On: The Grudge (the third movie in the original franchise). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252.md?page=2)