# Distinctive walks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554 "2009-02-19T15:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/1 "2009-02-19T15:50:52Z")
Assume that the face isn’t visible for some reason and yet you can tell from the walk exactly who it is. Whose walks are that distinctive? John Wayne Robert Mitchum Charlie Chaplin Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/2 "2009-02-19T15:55:38Z")
John Cleese. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/3 "2009-02-19T15:59:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > John Cleese. Beautiful!! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/4 "2009-02-19T16:13:35Z")
Mae West. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/5 "2009-02-19T16:18:32Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Mae West. Good. I had tried to think of at least one woman with a distinctive walk and just couldn’t make the image come clear. Mae works. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/6 "2009-02-19T16:20:07Z")
Gary Cooper; he broke a hip in a car accident when he was young and that led to both his walk and the way he rode. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/7 "2009-02-19T16:20:18Z")
Jack Benny? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/8 "2009-02-19T16:27:26Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Jack Benny? Sure. And for that matter, Johnny Carson. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/9 "2009-02-19T16:47:49Z")
Fred Sanford (Red Foxx). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/10 "2009-02-19T17:09:18Z")
Mr. Humphries ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/11 "2009-02-19T17:14:51Z")
Patrick Stewart’s strut ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/12 "2009-02-19T17:19:46Z")
Hunter S Thompson, as demonstrated by Johnny Depp. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/13 "2009-02-19T17:24:45Z")
George Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/14 "2009-02-19T17:28:43Z")
Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/15 "2009-02-19T17:39:25Z")
Carol Burnett as Mrs. Swiggins. For that matter Tim Conway as the Dithering Old Man. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/16 "2009-02-19T17:50:45Z")
James Gandolfini. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/17 "2009-02-19T17:57:24Z")
George Clooney ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/18 "2009-02-19T18:10:56Z")
Bare with me on this one … Ralph Macchio. Anyone else ever notice this? He always looks like he’s shuffling … or tiptoeing. I swear, his heels have never touch the ground. I don’t know why this drives me so crazy, but it does. Why, I think we should develop a grant or something to help him with this affliction. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/19 "2009-02-19T18:12:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Bare with me on this one … Ralph Macchio. > > Anyone else ever notice this? He always looks like he’s shuffling … or tiptoeing. I swear, his heels have never touch the ground. > > I don’t know why this drives me so crazy, but it does. Why, I think we should develop a grant or something to help him with this affliction. Nice one! And I know just what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/20 "2009-02-19T18:21:37Z")
Marilyn Monroe and Julia Roberts. Marilyn for her hips and swagger, and Julia because she clodhops around like she has ten pound wooden shoes on. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554.md?page=2)