# Ever confuse one actor for another? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757 "2026-07-18T01:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/101 "2026-07-20T09:43:06Z")
Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel, too. [![](https://hollywoodtwins.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/katy-perry-zooey-deschanel.jpg) ](https://hollywoodtwins.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/katy-perry-zooey-deschanel.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/102 "2026-07-21T01:44:58Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > I think when I was a kid watching Home Alone I mixed up Joe Pesci with Danny DeVito I know someone who thought that the star of Who Framed Roger Rabbit was Danny DeVito instead of Bob Hoskins after she’d finished watching it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/103 "2026-07-21T01:47:25Z")
Samuel Jackson and Larry Fishburne. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/104 "2026-07-21T02:09:06Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Not by appearance (or accent), but I have to pause and remember which is which as far as William Hurt, John Hurt, and John Heard. I’ve always had to do the same for the two Hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/105 "2026-07-21T15:31:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Ever confuse one actor for another? You mean today? My poor old brain does this all the time. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/106 "2026-07-21T16:03:09Z")
Leslie Nielsen and Robert Graves were both in Airplane! but i can never remember which one played which role. If I had to guess Nielsen was the doctor and Graves the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/107 "2026-07-21T16:09:41Z")
You’re correct by last name, but it was Peter Graves. The cast did also include Robert Hays, so I can see where first names got scrambled. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/108 "2026-07-21T16:10:06Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > If I had to guess Not for another two hours. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/109 "2026-07-21T16:21:04Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Today’s famous faces have almost no distinguishing character traits at all. It’s boring as plastic fuck I go the other way: I grew up not noticing such things on our low-res B&W 19in TV, but now, when watching old TV shows, I’m amazed how many people have yellow teeth. Smoking! It’ll ruin your looks, kids! And crooked teeth. I’m one to talk. I came from the generation where orthodontics was expensive. Now everyone has perfect perfect teeth. It’s like some Twilight Zone episode. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Not for another two hours. I can guess again in two hours? Back to the OP, I get Cary Grant and Gregory Peck confused. Side by side, of course, they don’t look at all alike, but they both star in romantic movies with Audrey Hepburn, and they both were in Hitchcock thrillers. So I really have to think on random films. “Which was in _The Enemy Below_?\* Which one is _Spellbound_ and which one is _Suspicion_?” \*See what I mean! 😉 It _should_ be Peck! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/110 "2026-07-21T16:39:47Z")
Matt Damon and whathisface… the one in Saving Private Ryan… ah no that was Matt Damon too, Bourne! ah no Matt Damon too, God dammit. _googles “Matt Damon lookalike actor”_ Mark Whalberg! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/111 "2026-07-21T16:58:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Back to the OP, I get Cary Grant and Gregory Peck confused. Cary Grant, Gregory Peck AND Clark Gable are all the same guy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/112 "2026-07-21T17:09:54Z")
When _2 Broke Girls_ first aired, I assumed Beth Behrs was the actress who played Max and Kat Dennings was the one who played Caroline, because “Beth Behrs” sounded more like a “brunette” name and “Kat Dennings” sounded more like a “blonde” name. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/113 "2026-07-21T22:33:06Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > Back to the OP, I get Cary Grant and Gregory Peck confused. > > Cary Grant, Gregory Peck AND Clark Gable are all the same guy to me. That’s funny. They are all completely different to me. All they share is an era. To me they look nothing alike and have very different acting styles. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/114 "2026-07-21T22:38:20Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Recently, I watched _The Misfits_ featuring Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant both in their final film roles. Sorry: that was Clark Gable. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/115 "2026-07-21T22:39:07Z")
You confused Marilyn Monroe with _Clark Gable_? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/116 "2026-07-21T22:52:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I grew up not noticing such things on our low-res B&W 19in TV, but now, when watching old TV shows, I’m amazed how many people have yellow teeth. Watch the _ **ST:TOS** _ episode “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield,” where the camera zooms in on the mouths of Shatner, Nimoy, and Doohan as they issue the self-destruct order. It’s enough to make a dentist cry and an orthodontist swoon. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/117 "2026-07-21T23:06:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “Which was in _The Enemy Below_?\* Which one is _Spellbound_ and which one is _Suspicion_?” Robert Mitchum was in _ **The Enemy Below** _, Cary Grant was in _ **Suspicion** _ and _ **Destination: Tokyo** _ (another submarine flick), Clark Gable was in _ **Run Silent, Run Deep** _, and Gregory Peck was in _ **Spellbound** _. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/118 "2026-07-21T23:21:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I get Cary Grant and Gregory Peck confused. Well, the former is Clark Kent, and the latter is Bruce Wayne. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/119 "2026-07-21T23:24:00Z")
Clark Kent and Cary Grant look nothing alike. They can’t be the same. And no, it’s not the glasses… ---
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_“Christopher Reeve Based His Superman on This Screwball Comedy Performance … Most obviously, the look of Clark Kent is a perfect recreation of David Huxley. Slick black hair that flops down perfectly in the front, thick black-rim glasses, dapper suits that emphasize the impressive length and height both men had, and a knack for pantomiming discomfort and anxiety. As Clark Kent, Christopher Reeve perfectly mimics how David will raise his hand to make a point, and then immediately lower it in resignation once he’s been cut off by someone else…”_ [https://collider.com/christopher-reeve-superman-cary-grant-bringing-up-baby/](https://collider.com/christopher-reeve-superman-cary-grant-bringing-up-baby/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757.md?page=7)