# Can you identify this actor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459 "2006-09-28T02:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/1 "2006-09-28T02:08:28Z")
OK, here are some [very grainy photos](http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/hosmackah/unknown1/) of an actor. Photos #1 and #2 are from one TV program. Photos #3 and #4 are from another. Are two sets of photos the same actor? (This actor is not credited in the program in photos #1 and #2. I know who it is in #3 and #4. Bonus points (whether it’s the same or not) if you can actually name the actor in question–or even some other program that he’s been in. (The other actors in the first photo are gimmes, so they’re not in question. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/2 "2006-09-28T03:21:31Z")
Aren’t #3 and #4 John Saxon? I don’t know what TV show he was on, but he’s played heavies in films for decades (most notably, for the Geek Scene, with Joe Don Baker in _Mitchell_). I can’t really tell if #1 and #2 are him, as well. I’d say no, but the pictures are so bad and distorted that I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/3 "2006-09-28T03:30:31Z")
I don’t know who he is, but he’s definitely not John Saxon. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/4 "2006-09-28T10:20:12Z")
Number 2 looks an awful lot like Eric Braeden. Number 3, 4 kinda resembles Cliff Gorman, but cuter. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/5 "2006-09-28T14:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] OK, here are some [very grainy photos](http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/hosmackah/unknown1/) of an actor. Photos #1 and #2 are from one TV program. Photos #3 and #4 are from another. Are two sets of photos the same actor? (This actor is not credited in the program in photos #1 and #2. I know who it is in #3 and #4. Bonus points (whether it’s the same or not) if you can actually name the actor in question–or even some other program that he’s been in. (The other actors in the first photo are gimmes, so they’re not in question. [/QUOTE] Not sure about the first two, but maybe a younger Richard Bakalyan? VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/6 "2006-09-28T14:39:05Z")
OK, I suspected this might have been a bad choice of photos. Here’s exactly what I’m looking for: I _think_ these two sets are the same person. I _know_ who the second set is. The actor in the first set is not credited, and I’m looking for some opinions on it. Unfortunately, the DVD ROM drive on my home computer doesn’t work, so I couldn’t get real screen caps. So far, it doesn’t seem that anyone’s thinking they’re the same, but (if they are) that could be due to the poor quality of the photos. I’ll bring the disks to work (where I have a working DVD ROM drive) and see if I can get a better quality snapshot. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/7 "2006-09-28T14:49:18Z")
One other reason that I think these are the same actor, aside from the point that on a real TV screen, there’s more of a resemblance, is that both are pretty tall. Mike Connors (first photo) is a legitimate six-footer plus, and this stands well over him. It’s less obvious in the second two because of the way it’s photgraphed. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/8 "2006-09-28T16:11:28Z")
The noses between #2 and #3 look different. #3’s nose is more blunt, while #2 has more a nose tip. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/9 "2006-09-28T16:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] OK, here are some [very grainy photos](http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/hosmackah/unknown1/) of an actor. Photos #1 and #2 are from one TV program. Photos #3 and #4 are from another. Are two sets of photos the same actor? (This actor is not credited in the program in photos #1 and #2. I know who it is in #3 and #4. Bonus points (whether it’s the same or not) if you can actually name the actor in question–or even some other program that he’s been in. (The other actors in the first photo are gimmes, so they’re not in question. [/QUOTE] The actor in 3 & 4 looks like a young [Earl Holliman](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1306/Mptv/1306/0624_0011.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Holliman,%20Earl) to me. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/10 "2006-09-28T22:24:47Z")
I don’t think 1&2 are the same as 3&4. #2 resembles Jeroen Krabbe to me. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-actor/374459/11 "2006-09-28T22:35:38Z")
Earl Holliman was young in the 1950s (e.g., _Forbidden Planet_). By the 1970s, when it looks like these pictures were filmed, Holliman was in his 40s and co-starring on _Police Woman_.