# Cast a movie with actors of yesteryear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 27, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457 "2025-01-27T01:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/1 "2025-01-27T01:37:38Z")
You have been give all of the money and resources to make a big-budget movie. The only limitation is, you must cast it with at least three actors who are no longer with us, and therefore you also have been given a handy time machine. Anyone who asks? It’s just CGI. Who do you choose? How does the time machine work? Sorry, that’s classified and you’re under an NDA. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/2 "2025-01-27T02:04:08Z")
The Justice Society of America in WWII! Cary Grant as Clark Kent Gregory Peck as Bruce Wayne Gene Tierney as Diana Prince Jimmy Stewart as Jay Garrick Alan Ladd as Alan Scott James Cagney as Al Pratt Mickey Rooney as Johnny Thunder… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/3 "2025-01-27T10:04:07Z")
No Wildcat? You gotta have that blue-collar guy on the team. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/4 "2025-01-27T15:12:06Z")
Victor McLaglen as Wildcat. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/5 "2025-01-27T15:44:37Z")
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Billy Campbell is still alive, but take the time machine back to about 1990 so he can play Buck Rogers. Erin Gray is still alive, but take the time machine back to about 1980 so she can play Wilma Deering again. Louis Gossett, Jr. as Professor Huer Brian Donlevy as Killer Kane Persis Khambatta as Ardala Lon Chaney, Jr., as Grallo ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/6 "2025-01-27T16:08:16Z")
Tarzan at the Earth’s Core Gregory Peck as Tarzan Erroll Flynn as Jason Gridley Maureen O’Hara as Jana, the Red Flower of Zoram Conrad Veidt as Captain von Horst A Zeppelin, and dinosaurs. Who really cares what actors you cast? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/7 "2025-01-27T20:34:36Z")
Stargate Humphrey Bogart Col. Jack O’neill Peter Lory Dr. Daniel Jackson Sydney Greenstreet Ra Nancy Kulp Kathryn Langford Mickey Rooney Skarra ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/8 "2025-01-27T21:42:57Z")
MGM Proudly presents: Star Wars: Mickey Rooney as Luke Judy Garland as Leia Stan Laurel as C3PO Oliver Hardy as R2D2 Errol Flynn as Obi Wan/Old Ben Basil Rathbone as Darth Vader Clark Gable as Tarkin Fatty Arbuckle as Porkins and Fred Astaire as Han Solo (no word if they all get together and “put on a show!”) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/9 "2025-01-27T21:46:26Z")
Another Aubrey/Maturin movie. Maybe from the volume where they went to Pulo Prabang in southeast Asia - that’s my favorite one. Alan Hale, Jr.: Jack Aubrey Burgess Meredith: Stephen Maturin Elizabeth Taylor: Diana Villiers Kay Kendall: Sophie Williams ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/10 "2025-01-27T21:51:19Z")
I have learned that Doctor Strange was based somewhat on Vincent Pricee. I really doi not care who else is in the movie. I just need very badly to see Vincent Price play Doctor Strange ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/11 "2025-01-27T21:53:38Z")
Alien Humphrey Bogart as Dallas Robert Mitchum as Ash Vivien Leigh as Lambert Sidney Poitier as Parker Peter Lorre as Brett Frank Sinatra as Kane and Audrey Hepburn as Ripley ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/12 "2025-01-27T22:02:21Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I have learned that Doctor Strange was based somewhat on Vincent Pricee. > > I really doi not care who else is in the movie. I just need very badly to see Vincent Price play Doctor Strange Excellent choice. I’m with you on not having a full cast, but I would really enjoy seeing Humphrey Bogart taking on the Nazis as Indiana Jones. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/13 "2025-01-27T22:05:10Z")
Vincent Price as Doctor Strange Keye Luke as the Ancient One Philip Ahn as Wong Edward G Robinson as Baron Mordo Barbara Stanwyck as Clea David Bowie as Elric of Melnibone Ralph Richardson as Moonglum Erroll Flynn as Rackhir Basil Rathbone as Yrkoon James Hong as Theleb Kaarna Vincent Price as Arioch Steve Reeves as Conan the Barbarian Gale Sondergaard as Belit Yul Brynner as Thoth-Amon ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/14 "2025-01-27T22:12:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Audrey Hepburn as Ripley Hmm, too waifish, I’d say. Since you already chose Humphrey Bogart as Dallas, why not Lauren Bacall as Ripley? Fewer time machine stops. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/15 "2025-01-27T22:18:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Hmm, too waifish, I’d say. Since you already chose Humphrey Bogart as Dallas, why not Lauren Bacall as Ripley? Fewer time machine stops… I thought of that. A good choice. I pictured this as Audrey’s big breakthrough role. No one would think her tough enough to survive. (like how no one expected Ripley to be the lone survivor in 1979) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/16 "2025-01-27T22:53:21Z")
Lord of the Rings Cary Grant as Frodo David Niven as Sam Roddy McDowell as Merry Tom Courtenay as Pippin Charleton Heston as Gandalf John Huston as Saruman Gregory Peck as Aragorn Audrey Hepburn as Arwen Basil Rathbone as Elrond Barbara Stanwyck as Galadriel Erroll Flynn as Legolas Victor McLaglen as Gimli Brian Donlevy as Borimir Ronald Coleman as Faramir Michael Rennie as Denethor Ilona Massey as Eowyn Peter Lorre as Gollum Peter Ustinov as Theoden ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/17 "2025-01-27T22:55:56Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > John Huston as Saruman You don’t think he would be a better fit for Gandalf? He did a fantastic job as the voice of Gandalf in Rankin Bass animated Hobbit. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/18 "2025-01-27T22:57:08Z")
In a long beard, Heston looks prettier. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/19 "2025-01-27T23:03:54Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > David Bowie as Elric of Melnibone > Ralph Richardson as Moonglum > Erroll Flynn as Rackhir > Basil Rathbone as Yrkoon > James Hong as Theleb Kaarna > Vincent Price as Arioch Endorse 100% [![](https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExejVuZjlmMG1xZDJ3Y2RoY29iOTl4YXJlcG16aHhtNnRqZWptZWt6byZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3oKIPa2TdahY8LAAxy/giphy.gif) ](https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExejVuZjlmMG1xZDJ3Y2RoY29iOTl4YXJlcG16aHhtNnRqZWptZWt6byZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3oKIPa2TdahY8LAAxy/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457/20 "2025-01-27T23:51:52Z")
An American Werewolf in London Ed Norton as David (the Werewolf) Jack Black as Jack Goodman (the undead friend) Rachel Weisz as Nurse Alex Ewan McGregor as the guy who tells the “Remember the Alamo” joke in the Slaughtered Lamb Griffin Dunne (throwback) as the guy who tells them to “keep off the moors, stay on the path” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-movie-with-actors-of-yesteryear/1013457.md?page=2)