# Characters In Films/Television That Use All Or Parts Of Their Real Names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-in-films-television-that-use-all-or-parts-of-their-real-names/495269>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 4, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-in-films-television-that-use-all-or-parts-of-their-real-names/495269 "2009-05-04T09:58:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-in-films-television-that-use-all-or-parts-of-their-real-names/495269/61 "2009-05-09T17:58:21Z")

</div>

William Shatner played “Bill Shatner” in _Free Enterprise_.

61 posts to get this? What is the Dope coming to?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-in-films-television-that-use-all-or-parts-of-their-real-names/495269.md?page=3)