# Actors you were surprised to recognize

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**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-surprised-to-recognize/791618 "2017-07-19T01:39:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-surprised-to-recognize/791618/21 "2017-07-20T19:25:40Z")

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Recognizing M from the early Bond movies as the sergeant in **The Third Man** when he was much younger was a highlight for me.

Most recently, I recognized [Danny Noonan](http://filmgarb.com/wp-content/uploads/film-caddyshack-1980-danny_noonan-michael_okeefe-accessories-bushwood_country_club_hat.jpg) on **Homeland**.

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-surprised-to-recognize/791618/22 "2017-07-20T22:01:20Z")

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Clark Gregg plays Agent Coulson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One movies and in Agents of SHIELD. I was shocked to go back and realize he also played an FBI agent on The West Wing.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-surprised-to-recognize/791618/23 "2017-07-21T03:35:27Z")

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> [@Hocus\_Pocus](#):
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> Was watching _A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court_, and all of a sudden there’s Alfred, Batman’s butler (Alan Napier).

He was an angel in one episode of _ **Alfred Hitchcock Presents** _.

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