# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/121 "2013-08-31T13:54:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > New one: > > Executioner > College president > Attorney > Horse doctor Gotta be Groucho! ---
**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, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/122 "2013-08-31T14:03:39Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Gotta be Groucho! No flies on you! Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, from _The Mikado_ Prof. Wagstaff, _Horse Feathers_ Attorney J. Cheever Loophole, _At The Circus_ Horse doctor Otis B. Driftwood, _A Day at the Races_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/123 "2013-08-31T19:29:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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 Madeline Kahn? I loved her as the Empress in History of the World:Pt One And she was good in _Young Frankenstein_, although I liked Teri Garr better in that one. _“Do we have a hole this man could fill?”_ But I’m not sure of the music hall singer. In _Blazing Saddles_ she was German. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/124 "2013-08-31T19:35:44Z")
Here’s an easy new one. German doctor Reporter Sea captain Lawyer ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/125 "2013-08-31T19:38:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Madeline Kahn? I loved her as the Empress in History of the World:Pt One And she was good in _Young Frankenstein_, although I liked Teri Garr better in that one. > > _“Do we have a hole this man could fill?”_ > > But I’m not sure of the music hall singer. In _Blazing Saddles_ she was German. Yes, Madeline Kahn! Empress Nympho in _History_, as you said English music hall singer in _Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother_ Scientist’s fiancee in \*What’s Up, Doc? \*as well as _Young Frankenstein_ First daughter in the egregiously execrable _First Family_ ---
**Author:** ![Reebevoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@Reebevoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reebevoli)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/126 "2013-08-31T21:34:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Here’s an easy new one. > > German doctor > Reporter > Sea captain > Lawyer Gregory Peck The Boys From Brazil Roman Holiday Moby Dick To Kill A Mockingbird ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/127 "2013-09-01T01:44:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Commissioner of police > Navy supply ship captain > Songwriter > Weaver and amateur actor James Cagney Commissioner of police - _Ragtime_ (okay, I had to look that one up) Navy supply ship captain - _Mister Roberts_ (“Whoooooooo did it?”) Songwriter - _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ Weaver and amateur actor - _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/128 "2013-09-01T02:15:39Z")
Naval captain (later admiral) Firefighter Special Forces officer Roman centurion ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/129 "2013-09-01T02:22:07Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Naval captain (later admiral) > Firefighter > Special Forces officer > Roman centurion John Wayne Bank robber Playwright Revolutionary Undercover spy ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/130 "2013-09-01T02:29:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > John Wayne And not a cowboy anywhere in sight! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/131 "2013-09-01T02:54:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The only one I posted that’s still unsolved: > > Gallant knight in armor > Ghost > High tech weapon designer > Old West sheriff Oh, wait, that’s John Cleese, isn’t it? I mean, Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first, Harry Potter series for the second, and now he’s Q isn’t he? Don’t recall him being an Old West sheriff, though. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/132 "2013-09-01T04:10:33Z")
He was the sheriff in Silverado, wasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/133 "2013-09-01T04:19:07Z")
Space trucker Prison trustee Union auto worker FBI agent ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/134 "2013-09-01T04:40:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Oh, wait, that’s John Cleese, isn’t it? > I mean, Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first, Harry Potter series for the second, and now he’s Q isn’t he? > Don’t recall him being an Old West sheriff, though. You got it- as Enginerd notes, he was the sheriff of a Western town in _ **Silverado.** _ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/135 "2013-09-01T05:00:31Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > The jewel thief was from _Reservoir Dogs_. > > Oddly, I was thinking _Bad Lieutenant_ and _Thelma & Louise_ for the cop roles. Keitel also played a cleanup/hit man in _ **The Assassin** _, opposite Bridget Fonda (the American version of _ **Nikita** _). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/136 "2013-09-01T12:01:24Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Space trucker > Prison trustee > Union auto worker > FBI agent Dennis Hopper? I’m basing this solely on the “space trucker” role, I saw that movie and thought it was hilarious. Also, there haven’t been too many roles that could be described that way. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/137 "2013-09-01T12:44:37Z")
New one: Prime Minister Fox Whistleblower/Murder Victim Walking Dead ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/138 "2013-09-01T14:06:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > New one: > > Prime Minister > Fox > Whistleblower/Murder Victim > Walking Dead Does that last term mean a zombie? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/139 "2013-09-01T14:24:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Dennis Hopper? I’m basing this solely on the “space trucker” role, I saw that movie and thought it was hilarious. Also, there haven’t been too many roles that could be described that way. Not Dennis Hopper, and “space trucker” is probably a more glib description than the role deserves. Let’s revise that to “crew member on interstellar cargo ship.” Crew member on interstellar cargo ship Prison trustee Union auto worker FBI agent ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/140 "2013-09-01T14:41:10Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Not Dennis Hopper, and “space trucker” is probably a more glib description than the role deserves. Let’s revise that to “crew member on interstellar cargo ship.” > > Crew member on interstellar cargo ship > Prison trustee > Union auto worker > FBI agent Harry Dean Stanton? (Based on Alien and The Green Mile) My submission is still unsolved: Lunatic Musician Rebel leader Arab diplomat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148.md?page=8)