# Actors whose most famous line is somebody's name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144 "2009-03-03T15:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/1 "2009-03-03T15:29:46Z")
“Most famous” is just a teaser in the title. Let’s go with “best associated” or “likely to be remembered by” or longer phrases like that. Best example I can think of, and trigger for the thread, is: Brando as Stanley Kowalski in _A Streetcar Named Desire_: “Stella!” Top that, if possible. (With credit for the basic idea to the thread asking for one-line actors’ movies.) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/2 "2009-03-03T15:32:32Z")
Jack Benny’s “Rochester!” Jimmy Durante’s “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!” ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/3 "2009-03-03T15:32:35Z")
> [@](#): > > top that, if possible. Khaaaaaaaannnnnnn!! ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/4 "2009-03-03T15:32:36Z")
Until “Win Ben Stein’s Money”, he’d probably be most remembered for… “Bueller… Bueller… Bueller…” ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/5 "2009-03-03T15:35:59Z")
Stallone for “Yo, Adrian” ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/6 "2009-03-03T15:41:16Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Khaaaaaaaannnnnnn!! And/or “Beam me up, Scotty,” despite that exact line not actually having been said in the show. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/7 "2009-03-03T15:47:14Z")
Bond. James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/8 "2009-03-03T15:52:03Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Brando as Stanley Kowalski in _A Streetcar Named Desire_: “Stella!” > > Top that, if possible. Cary Grant: “Judy, Judy, Judy!” It’s a topper because it’s his most famous line _even though he never actually said it._ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/9 "2009-03-03T15:52:06Z")
Even though he probably never really said it, Cary Grant’s most famous line is undoubtedly, “Judy, Judy, Judy!” ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/10 "2009-03-03T16:05:17Z")
“My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/11 "2009-03-03T16:07:46Z")
Brandon DeWilde: “Shane!” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/12 "2009-03-03T16:07:53Z")
Two that are famous but were never said: “Elementary, my dear Watson.” “Play it again, Sam.” ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/13 "2009-03-03T16:38:17Z")
> [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](#): > > And/or “Beam me up, Scotty,” despite that exact line not actually having been said in the show. Along with: “He’s dead, Jim.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/14 "2009-03-03T16:41:47Z")
Dustin Hoffman: “Mrs. Robinson.” (maybe not MOST famous, but definitely associated with.) And didn’t he scream out Ross’s character’s name at the end? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/15 "2009-03-03T16:51:27Z")
At the church behind the glass: ELAINE. And she shouts back “BEN” and all hell breaks lose. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/16 "2009-03-03T16:58:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > At the church behind the glass: ELAINE. And she shouts back “BEN” and all hell breaks lose. Thanks. I need to see that movie again. It’s been decades. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/17 "2009-03-03T17:03:12Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Bond. James Bond. That’s so sad; they all have to share their most famous line. ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/18 "2009-03-03T17:05:34Z")
Seinfeld: “[Hello] Newman” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/19 "2009-03-03T17:22:43Z")
“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”–Eve Plumb ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144/20 "2009-03-03T17:26:22Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”–Eve Plumb “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” (Wouldn’t have thought of it on a bet, until your post. Thanks?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-most-famous-line-is-somebodys-name/488144.md?page=2)