# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1591
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31804 "2014-12-09T21:46:25Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31805 "2014-12-09T22:01:39Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction Aside from the one redeeming act of going back to save Marsellus, he is a completely loathsome person throughout the film, yet you generally sympathize with the guy. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31806 "2014-12-09T22:12:46Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen By the end you even feel a little sorry for the unhinged vigilante. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31807 "2014-12-09T22:33:42Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo Motherhood made her reflective but before that she was a stone cold killer for hire, and Bill made her admit she still was at heart. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31808 "2014-12-09T22:38:18Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31809 "2014-12-09T22:52:13Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered 8. Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31810 "2014-12-09T22:55:51Z")
[nit pick] The Cook/Moore film from 1967 is called Bedazzled [np] ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31811 "2014-12-09T22:57:05Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered 8. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone 9. Mark Sheppard as Crowley He’s funny and can be charming, but also eviscerates innocent people without remorse. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31812 "2014-12-09T23:11:21Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered 8. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone 9. Mark Sheppard as Crowley 10. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday The real Doc was notoriously thin-skinned, belligerent and hard to like. Dennis Quaid arguably [did the best job](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERHq3OcxjTw) of bringing him to life. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31813 "2014-12-09T23:25:55Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered 8. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone 9. Mark Sheppard as Crowley 10. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday 11. Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31814 "2014-12-09T23:31:35Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bewildered 8. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone 9. Mark Sheppard as Crowley 10. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday 11. Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner 12. Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High Drug addict, Car Thief, Truant but he is a beloved character. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31815 "2014-12-10T00:59:05Z")
Actors playing a guilty or otherwise disreputable person portrayed favorably. 1. Ray Liotta as Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. 2. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas. 3. Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange 4. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction 5. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen 6. Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo 7. Peter Cook as Satan in Bedazzled 8. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone 9. Mark Sheppard as Crowley 10. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday 11. Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner 12. Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High 13. John Cusack as Martin Blank in Grosse Pointe Blank I’ll pass ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31816 "2014-12-10T01:06:18Z")
NEW: TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31817 "2014-12-10T01:19:58Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31818 "2014-12-10T01:36:03Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31819 "2014-12-10T01:39:20Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke 4. Mark Craig, “St. Elsewhere”, William Daniels ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31820 "2014-12-10T01:52:00Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke 4. Mark Craig, “St. Elsewhere”, William Daniels 5. “Doc” Galen Adams, _ **Gunsmoke** _, Milburn Stone ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31821 "2014-12-10T03:00:40Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke 4. Mark Craig, “St. Elsewhere”, William Daniels 5. “Doc” Galen Adams, Gunsmoke, Milburn Stone 6. Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H, Larry Linville ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31822 "2014-12-10T04:04:24Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke 4. Mark Craig, “St. Elsewhere”, William Daniels 5. “Doc” Galen Adams, Gunsmoke, Milburn Stone 6. Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H, Larry Linville 7. John McIntyre, “Trapper John, M.D.”, Pernell Roberts ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31823 "2014-12-10T04:16:02Z")
TV doctor, name of show, name of actor 1. Joe Gannon, “Medical Center,” Chad Everett 2. David Zorba, “Ben Casey,” Sam Jaffe 3. Mark Sloan, “Diagnosis: Murder,” Dick Van Dyke 4. Mark Craig, “St. Elsewhere”, William Daniels 5. “Doc” Galen Adams, Gunsmoke, Milburn Stone 6. Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H, Larry Linville 7. John McIntyre, “Trapper John, M.D.”, Pernell Roberts 8. Greg House, House MD, Hugh Laurie Wait, Dick Van Dyke’s character was named Dr. Mark Sloan? Really? Like McSteamy? Geezus, Grey’s Anatomy, do you even TV Guide a little bit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1590) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1592)