# Guess that actor/actress! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 25, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148 "2013-08-25T19:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/101 "2013-08-30T16:31:04Z")
Cruise ship captain Police detective President of the USA Vampire ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/102 "2013-08-30T16:34:22Z")
Architect (the same one, several times) Hit man Melon farmer Western gunfighter (at least two different ones) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/103 "2013-08-30T18:00:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Architect (the same one, several times) > Hit man > Melon farmer > Western gunfighter (at least two different ones) Matt Dillon? (a shot in the dark, but he was an architect in There’s Something About Mary) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/104 "2013-08-30T18:52:58Z")
Nope, not Matt Dillon (and Dillon was a sleazy private eye in _ **There’s Something About Mary** _) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/105 "2013-08-30T18:54:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Architect (the same one, several times) > Hit man > Melon farmer > Western gunfighter (at least two different ones) Charles Bronson. Oops, forgot to add one… Jewel thief Cleaner Cop (at least twice) Preacher ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/106 "2013-08-30T19:07:39Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Jewel thief > Cleaner > Cop (at least twice) > Preacher Harvey Keitel? Winston “the Wolf” Wolfe in _Pulp Fiction_could be considered a Cleaner. He was the preacher in _From Dusk To Dawn_. Det. Rocco Klein in C_lockers_, Police Commissioner Frank Starkey in _The January Man_ not sure about the jewel thief, though. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/107 "2013-08-30T19:09:02Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Charles Bronson. Right- he was a peace-loving achitect turned vigilante in the **Death Wish** movies, he was a hit man in **The Mechanic** , he was a gunfighter in both\*\* The \*\ ***Magnificent Seven and Once Upon a Time in the West, and he was a watermelon farmer battling the Mob in Mr. Majestyk**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/108 "2013-08-30T19:14:37Z")
Gardener Chinese detective Indian actor Sleazy playwright ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/109 "2013-08-30T19:23:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Gardener > Chinese detective > Indian actor > Sleazy playwright Okay, that’s Peter Sellers. The Gardener’s Chance in _Being There_ The Chinese detective’s Sidney Wang in _Murder By Death_ The Indian actor’s Hrundi V. Bakshi in _The Party_ The Sleazy playwright may be Aldo Vanucci in _After the Fox_, but since that character’s also a film maker and, more imporantly, a master thief, you may have had another role in mind. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/110 "2013-08-30T19:59:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Okay, that’s Peter Sellers. > The Gardener’s Chance in _Being There_ > The Chinese detective’s Sidney Wang in _Murder By Death_ > The Indian actor’s Hrundi V. Bakshi in _The Party_ > The Sleazy playwright may be Aldo Vanucci in _After the Fox_, but since that character’s also a film maker and, more imporantly, a master thief, you may have had another role in mind. You are right about Sellers. Sellers also played the sleazy pedophile playwright Clare Quilty in Stanley Kubrick’s movie version of **Lolita.** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/111 "2013-08-30T20:06:33Z")
Army private High school football coach Hollywood screenwriter Munitions factory worker ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/112 "2013-08-30T20:17:58Z")
Commissioner of police Navy supply ship captain Songwriter Weaver and amateur actor ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/113 "2013-08-30T21:04:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Army private > High school football coach > Hollywood screenwriter > Munitions factory worker Goldie Hawn? ---
**Author:** ![Reebevoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@Reebevoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reebevoli)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/114 "2013-08-30T21:05:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Cruise ship captain > Police detective > President of the USA > Vampire Leslie Nielsen The Poseidon Adventure The Naked Gun Scary Movie 3 Dracula: Dead and Loving It ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/115 "2013-08-30T21:12:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Goldie Hawn? Yes- **Private Benjamin** , **Wildcats,** **Swing Shift and Best Friends.** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/116 "2013-08-30T21:27:55Z")
> [@Reebevoli](#): > > Leslie Nielsen > > The Poseidon Adventure > The Naked Gun > Scary Movie 3 > Dracula: Dead and Loving It You got it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/117 "2013-08-30T21:29:24Z")
The only one I posted that’s still unsolved: Gallant knight in armor Ghost High tech weapon designer Old West sheriff ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/118 "2013-08-30T22:15:21Z")
New one: Executioner College president Attorney Horse doctor ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/119 "2013-08-31T06:59:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Harvey Keitel? > > Winston “the Wolf” Wolfe in _Pulp Fiction_could be considered a Cleaner. > He was the preacher in _From Dusk To Dawn_. > Det. Rocco Klein in C_lockers_, Police Commissioner Frank Starkey in _The January Man_ > not sure about the jewel thief, though. Correct. The jewel thief was from _Reservoir Dogs_. Oddly, I was thinking _Bad Lieutenant_ and _Thelma & Louise_ for the cop roles. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/120 "2013-08-31T13:01:08Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Correct. > > The jewel thief was from _Reservoir Dogs_. > > Oddly, I was thinking _Bad Lieutenant_ and _Thelma & Louise_ for the cop roles. Actually, your username was the clue to the Cleaner. 😉 Another new one: Empress English music-hall singer Scientist’s fiancee (more than one) First daughter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148.md?page=7)