# Characters from movies who have played their role in other media. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419 "2013-05-26T18:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/21 "2013-05-28T15:20:43Z")
Timothy Bottoms played George W. Bush in the Parker/Stone Comedy Central spoof “That’s My Bush,” and then did a serious portrayal of him in the made-for-cable movie “D.C. 9/11.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/22 "2013-05-28T17:10:50Z")
**Howard da Silva** , having created the role of Benjamin Franklin on Broadway in _1776_, went on to play him in the movie version. He also did a series of commercials for GE as the character. **Hugo Weaving** is currently playing an unnamed character who is obviously Agent Smith from the _Matrix_ movies on a commercial for GE. (I like the coda, which doesn’t always air, where he offers a kid a pair of lollipops. “Red or Blue?”) **George Lazenby** , having played James Bond only once in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_, went on to play an unnamed British Agent who drives an Aston Martin with “007” plates in the TV movie _The Return of the Man from Uncle_ Similarly, **Roger Moore** seemed to play a version of James Bond in _The Cannonball Run_, driving an Aston Martin with the license plate “6633 PP”, the same as in two Bond films. There are countless examples of actors who have reprised their roles for video games based on their movies, and countless actors who have repeated their Broadway roles for movies (and, occasionally, repeated their movie roles for Broadway, as with Julie Andrews in _Victor, Victoria_) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/23 "2013-05-28T17:17:49Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > …and Robert Patrick […] also had a cameo in Last Action Hero, if I remember correctly. As did Sharon Stone (from _Basic Instinct_), and Bogart (from _Maltese Falcon_, I think - but that was a digital inlay.) (I’ve always hated that they “fixed” the dialogue on Bogart’s scene. In the original, the desk sergeant says, “Jones, you’re with the black-and-white” as the B+W Bogart saunters up. In everything from the DVD release forward, the line is extended to “…you’re with the black-and-white avatar(?) of Humphrey Bogart.” Like, we were too stupid to get the joke or sumpin’.) ---
**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:** [May 28, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/24 "2013-05-28T17:28:23Z")
In reverse, Irene Ryan had a cameo as “Granny,” driving a truck very similar to the Clampetts’ truck in the movie “Don’t Worry, We’ll Think of a Title.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/25 "2013-05-28T17:28:27Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Timothy Bottoms played George W. Bush in the Parker/Stone Comedy Central spoof “That’s My Bush,” and then did a serious portrayal of him in the made-for-cable movie “D.C. 9/11.” He also played W. in _Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course_. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/26 "2013-05-28T17:35:19Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Cliff Clavin from Cheers (played by John Ratzenberger) was the spokesperson for the Dummies series book. He also did some in-character PSAs for the U.S. Postal Service. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/27 "2013-05-28T18:22:51Z")
Connie Britton played the coach’s wife in the decent 2004 film **Friday Night Lights**. She then went on to play the coach’s wife (different character name, different actor playing the coach, who had a different character name) in the brilliant TV series **Friday Night Lights**. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/28 "2013-05-28T18:55:58Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Connie Britton played the coach’s wife in the decent 2004 film **Friday Night Lights**. She then went on to play the coach’s wife (different character name, different actor playing the coach, who had a different character name) in the brilliant TV series **Friday Night Lights**. We have a winner. That’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/29 "2013-05-28T18:59:46Z")
John Houseman played snooty law professor Charles Kingsfield in the movie and TV versions of _ **The Paper Chase.** _ He also made guest appearances as Kingsfield on the sitcoms \*\*\*The Associates \*\*\*and _ **227.** _ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/30 "2013-05-28T19:00:56Z")
Ron Moody played Fagin in the movie version of _ **Oliver** _! in 1968- decades later, he played Fagin in the Broadway revival of the musical. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/31 "2013-05-28T21:02:06Z")
The TV series _Alice_ Was based on the film _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_. The only actor who played the same role was Vic Tayback as Mel. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/32 "2013-05-28T21:32:22Z")
I vaguely remember an episode of some TV show that featured a bunch of cameos in a group therapy session for henchmen. One of them was Richard Kiel ostensibly playing Jaws but I can’t find any such listing on IMDb. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/33 "2013-05-29T00:27:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > John Wayne reprised his role of Rooster Cogburn for a sketch on the Red Skelton Show If we start in on SNL, we could be here a long while. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/34 "2013-05-29T01:11:32Z")
Matthew McConaughey reprised his role as David Wooderson from the movie **Dazed And Confused** for the music video of the song “Synthesizers” by Butch Walker and The Black Widows. ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/35 "2013-05-30T16:41:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > If we start in on SNL, we could be here a long while. One noteworthy episode in which Will Ferrell returned as a guest: while the musical guest (Queens of the Stone Age) was playing, Ferrell joined in with his cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/36 "2013-05-30T17:01:24Z")
Mark Metcalf, who played Doug Niedermeyer in **Animal House** , reprised the role for the Twister Sister video “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/37 "2013-05-30T18:11:44Z")
Not quite what the OP is looking for, but the character John Falstaff has a fairly minor role in Shakespeare’s _Henry IV_ histories. He was so popular, Shakespeare made a comedy (_The Merry Wives of Windsor_) with Falstaff having a major role. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/38 "2013-05-30T18:23:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels made at least one commercial in character. They also appeared in the 1958 Lone Ranger feature film based on the TV series. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Harpo Marx played his silent character while appearing as Sir Isaac Newton in _The History of the World._ Harpo also stayed in character throughout his appearance on I Love Lucy. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419/39 "2013-07-27T05:16:56Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I vaguely remember an episode of some TV show that featured a bunch of cameos in a group therapy session for henchmen. One of them was Richard Kiel ostensibly playing Jaws but I can’t find any such listing on IMDb. Apparently I was thinking of the first _Inspector Gadget_ movie so never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-movies-who-have-played-their-role-in-other-media/659419.md?page=1)