# Garret Dillahunt on Deadwood

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**Created:** [March 21, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garret-dillahunt-on-deadwood/295509 "2005-03-21T03:09:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garret-dillahunt-on-deadwood/295509/1 "2005-03-21T03:09:46Z")

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So I just finished watching tonight’s _Deadwood_, and I knew I recognized the actor who played Mr. W on this episode. It took me until nearly the end until I realized where I knew him from, and then it came to me: it’s the same actor who played Jack McCall. It was his nose I recognized, being slightly porcine as it is. The eye threw me off, though, I admit.

Does this doubling have any plot significance? (Thematic doubling ala Shakespeare, right?) Or are they doing like Law & Order, where they just recycle actors?

I hope this is not a spoiler, otherwise I’m in trouble.