# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 412
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8221 "2025-08-10T00:49:23Z")
**People (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks.** 1. Jim Lovell 2. Forrest Gump 3. Captain Richard Phillips 4. Paul Edgecomb 5. Fred Rogers 6. Charlie Wilson 7. Josh Baskin 8. Jimmy Dugan 9. Andrew Beckett 10. Joe Banks 11. Pep Streebek Dragnet ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8222 "2025-08-10T02:12:24Z")
**People (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks.** 1. Jim Lovell 2. Forrest Gump 3. Captain Richard Phillips 4. Paul Edgecomb 5. Fred Rogers 6. Charlie Wilson 7. Josh Baskin 8. Jimmy Dugan 9. Andrew Beckett 10. Joe Banks 11. Pep Streebek 12. Viktor Navorsky The Terminal ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8223 "2025-08-10T02:31:52Z")
**People (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks.** 1. Jim Lovell 2. Forrest Gump 3. Captain Richard Phillips 4. Paul Edgecomb 5. Fred Rogers 6. Charlie Wilson 7. Josh Baskin 8. Jimmy Dugan 9. Andrew Beckett 10. Joe Banks 11. Pep Streebek 12. Viktor Navorsky 13. Chuck Noland In _Cast Away_ - his last name was a pun of sorts. **More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller In _Saving Private Ryan_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8224 "2025-08-10T02:57:09Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty _Catch Me If You Can_ [(he knows one really good joke)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn38I0Y-zqg) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8225 "2025-08-10T03:31:12Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson From _Bosom Buddies_ ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko _Bachelor Party._ ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Scott Turner _Turner and Hooch_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8228 "2025-08-10T03:51:24Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot From his 1980 screen debut, _He Knows You’re Alone_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8229 "2025-08-10T03:52:20Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin _Sleepless In Seattle_ Thanks E\_H! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8230 "2025-08-10T03:53:39Z")
Pep was #11 on the previous list. ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer _Splash_ ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8233 "2025-08-10T12:35:29Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson _A Man Called Otto_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8234 "2025-08-10T15:25:18Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson 10. Geppetto In the live action flop, _Pinocchio_ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8235 "2025-08-10T16:18:39Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson 10. Geppetto 11. David S. Pumpkins _Saturday Night Live_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8236 "2025-08-10T23:52:22Z")
**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson 10. Geppetto 11. David S. Pumpkins 12. “Colonel” Tom Parker _Elvis_ ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson 10. Geppetto 11. David S. Pumpkins 12. Mr White That thing you do (removed Tom Parker duplicate of #8) ---
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**More people (real or fictional) played by Tom Hanks** 1. Capt. John Miller 2. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 3. Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson 4. Rick Gassko 5. Elliot 6. Sam Baldwin 7. Allen Bauer 8. Colonel Tom Parker 9. Otto Anderson 10. Geppetto 11. David S. Pumpkins 12. Amos White 13. Lawrence Whatley Bourne III From _Volunteers_ (“So this is Hell!”). Pass. ---
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**Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor, Role, Movie, Year** 1. Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean, _The Westerner_, 1940 ---
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**Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor, Role, Movie, Year** 1. Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean, _The Westerner_, 1940 2. Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel, _Bridge of Spies_, 2015 Also starred Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=413)