# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/21 "2009-02-19T18:55:39Z")
> [@mariposalabrown](#): > > Marilyn Monroe That’s what I was going to say. I heard somewhere once that she developed her distinctive walk by cutting the heel of one high heeled shoe shorter than the other. I can’t remember where I heard it though, and I have no idea if it’s actually true. ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/22 "2009-02-19T19:22:29Z")
John Mahoney Martin Crane on Frasier. It’s weird seeing him not limp when he’s in other roles. ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/23 "2009-02-19T19:31:55Z")
Not a real person (I don’t think) but I keep having the mental image of that old R. Crumb _Keep On Truckin’_ character interfering with the walks of real people in my mind’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/24 "2009-02-19T20:10:05Z")
Festus! I’m commin Marshall Dillon! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/25 "2009-02-19T20:24:53Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Patrick Stewart’s strut That reminds me of a _Next Generation_drinking game I once read the rules of. If memory serves, you were supposed to take a drink each time Riker walked as if he were trying to knock down an imaginary door with his forehead. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/26 "2009-02-19T20:32:10Z")
Meg Ryan has a weird walk - it’s kind of masculine and duck-like. It’s really noticeable in the movie _French Kiss_ where she’s trudging around Paris. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/27 "2009-02-19T20:36:28Z")
William Peterson. In jeans and boots in _To Live and Die In LA_ it was perhaps the most pronounced pidgeon-toeing I’d ever seen. ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/28 "2009-02-19T20:48:10Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > William Peterson. > > In jeans and boots in _To Live and Die In LA_ it was perhaps the most pronounced pidgeon-toeing I’d ever seen. Not to mention bow-legged. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/29 "2009-02-19T20:50:16Z")
John Elway. He walks (Still does) like he’s straddling a sawhorse. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/30 "2009-02-19T20:52:08Z")
Morticia Addams. Mainly because of the dress. ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/31 "2009-02-19T21:03:54Z")
I am the first to mention Hugh Laurie’s _House_.😕 ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/32 "2009-02-19T21:14:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I am the first to mention Hugh Laurie’s _House_.😕 So it would seem. Odd, eh? Wonder if Billy Barty should be mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/33 "2009-02-19T21:22:30Z")
Richard Gere. He sort of… glides. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/34 "2009-02-19T21:47:42Z")
On the subject of gliding, Kathleen Freeman as “The Penguin”, Sister Mary Stigmata. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/35 "2009-02-19T21:56:25Z")
> [@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. Then, don’t watch me walk. I never noticed that Ralph walks on his toes…but I do. Familial trait, it seems; my mother and my niece do it, too. ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/36 "2009-02-19T21:57:34Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > On the subject of gliding, Kathleen Freeman as “The Penguin”, Sister Mary Stigmata. Indeed! For some reason I’m just now thinking of Walter Brennan. Does anybody know for sure if Piper Laurie has/had a limp? The one she had in _The Hustler_ was deliberate, but I think I remember almost every role of hers either involving a limp or their working hard to disguise it. Just curious. Mini Me? The more I think about Julia Roberts, **mariposalabrown** , the heavier that clunking seems. Graceful as a penguin. (Just to bring this post full circle!) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/37 "2009-02-19T22:03:23Z")
Edie Brickell, of New Bohemians fame. When they had their one hit (“What I Am”), I remember seeing the video on MTV, and getting quite the crush on her. When the New Bohemians played on David Letterman, I made sure I watched that night. After they performed, Edie walked over to sit down and talk with Dave. Her gait was…well…un-ladylike. She took these huge strides, and walked like she was wearing hunting boots that were three sizes too big for her feet. ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/38 "2009-02-19T22:03:57Z")
Let’s not forget the Ministry of Silly Walks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/39 "2009-02-19T22:14:14Z")
> [@hobscrk777](#): > > Let’s not forget the Ministry of Silly Walks. We haven’t; see post #2. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554/40 "2009-02-19T22:17:03Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Richard Gere. He sort of… glides. That’s who I thought of right away–I saw Nights in Rodanthe and thirty years later, he still has that little hip swagger thing he had in Breathless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/486554.md?page=3)