# Any Professions NOT Used In Films/TV Shows For Lead Characters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442 "2011-08-20T17:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/201 "2011-08-22T21:30:16Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Ticket scalper Andy Garcia’s charater in [Just the Ticket](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123221/) - I’m actually not sure if this is the movie I remember seeing about a guy who is trying to score tickets to the Pope’s visit to NYC so he can scalp them. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/202 "2011-08-22T23:31:29Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Game warden > Ticket scalper A major character in _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ is a scalper, although I wouldn’t say he’s the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/203 "2011-08-23T02:09:04Z")
Character Performer at a theme park? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/204 "2011-08-23T13:21:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I can’t recall ever seeing my profession in a lead role in either TV or film: stagehand. Not lead role, but in _Wayne’s World_, a big part of the plot includes the world’s best roadie. ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/205 "2011-08-24T03:29:50Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Notary public > Gynecologist Gynecologist- Dr T and the Women with Richard Gere ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/206 "2011-08-24T04:34:40Z")
Tennis umpire? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/207 "2011-08-24T15:41:30Z")
> [@Cryptic\_C62](#): > > Character Performer at a theme park? Ron Livingston would have made a great Goofy in Swingers. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442/208 "2011-08-24T15:55:16Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Snow remover. The movie [_Snow Day_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184907/maindetails) features Chris Elliot as a snow plow driver - he’s the villian trying to get the roads cleared so the kids don’t have a two-day break. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-professions-not-used-in-films-tv-shows-for-lead-characters/593442.md?page=10)