# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/161 "2013-09-06T17:08:50Z")
He was also General Grant in \*\*\*How the West Was Won _ **and the mayor in** _ Support Your Local Sheriff. \*\*\*Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/162 "2013-09-06T17:12:51Z")
Fisherman Handicapped WW2 veteran Newspaper publisher Sports promoter ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/163 "2013-09-06T22:55:22Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Assassin > Carpenter > Catholic priest/missionary > Knight Max Von Sydow Assassin - **Three Days of the Condor** Carpenter - **The Greatest Story Ever Told** Catholic Priest/Missionary - **The Exorcist** Knight - **The Seventh Seal** Here’s mine: Bank Robber Cop Sheriff FBI Agent ---
**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 7, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/164 "2013-09-07T02:16:02Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Here’s mine: > > Bank Robber > Cop > Sheriff > FBI Agent Is that Burt Reynolds? He was a Bank Robber in _100 Rifles_; a Cop in _Cop and a Half_; a Sheriff in _Best Little Whorehouse in Texas_, and an FBI Agent in _Pups_. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/165 "2013-09-08T03:36:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Is that Burt Reynolds? > > He was a Bank Robber in _100 Rifles_; a Cop in _Cop and a Half_; a Sheriff in _Best Little Whorehouse in Texas_, and an FBI Agent in _Pups_. No, but I guess my hints were a bit too generic. I’ll add a few more (in bold). Bank Robber Cop Sheriff FBI Agent **Lawyer** **President of the USA** **U.S. Senator** **Film Producer** ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/166 "2013-09-15T15:00:14Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:157, topic:667148”] Jack Nicholson? He was a Devil in _The Witches of Eastwick_ He was a real estate entrepeneur (of sorts) in _Mars Attacks_ (and maybe _The King of Marvin Gardens_) No clue on the other two, though.[/Q] -Nope, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/167 "2013-09-15T23:08:17Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > No, but I guess my hints were a bit too generic. I’ll add a few more (in bold). > > Bank Robber > Cop > Sheriff > FBI Agent > **Lawyer** > **President of the USA** > **U.S. Senator** > **Film Producer** G. D. Spradlin? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/168 "2013-09-16T02:48:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Bank Robber > Cop > Sheriff > FBI Agent > Lawyer > President of the USA > U.S. Senator > Film Producer > [@dasmoocher](#): > > G. D. Spradlin? No. This actor is much more well known. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/169 "2013-09-16T04:21:24Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > No, but I guess my hints were a bit too generic. I’ll add a few more (in bold). > > Bank Robber > Cop > Sheriff > FBI Agent > **Lawyer** > **President of the USA** > **U.S. Senator** > **Film Producer** Gene Hackman. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/170 "2013-09-16T05:05:21Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > Gene Hackman. Correct. Bank Robber - **Bonnie and Clyde** Cop -\*\* The French Connection\*\* Sheriff - **Unforgiven** FBI Agent - **Mississippi Burning** Lawyer - **The Firm** President of the USA - **Absolute Power** U.S. Senator - **The Birdcage** Film Producer - **Get Shorty** ---
**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 16, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/171 "2013-09-16T12:35:50Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Fisherman > Handicapped WW2 veteran > Newspaper publisher > Sports promoter Spencer Tracy? Fisherman - _The Old Man and the Sea_ Newspaper publisher - _Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner_ Sports promoter - _Woman of the Year_ Not sure about the vet. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/172 "2013-09-16T12:48:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Spencer Tracy? > > Fisherman - _The Old Man and the Sea_ > Newspaper publisher - _Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner_ > Sports promoter - _Woman of the Year_ > > Not sure about the vet. He was a WW2 vet in “Bad Day at Black Rock” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/173 "2013-09-16T13:06:34Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > He was a WW2 vet in “Bad Day at Black Rock” Yes- he was the one-armed “Mr. McReedy” who exposed the murder of a Japanese farmer in a small town. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A2o3QWwwQLI/hqdefault.jpg "Bad Day At Black Rock scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2o3QWwwQLI) Spencer Tracy is correct. He was actually a fisherman twice- in _ **The Old Man and the Sea** _, but also in his Oscar-winning performance in _ **Captains Courageous.** _ ---
**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 16, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/174 "2013-09-16T13:12:13Z")
New one: The Spirit of Mankind A Prisoner Diplomat/Explorer Dissipated Lawyer ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/175 "2013-09-16T14:25:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > New one: > > The Spirit of Mankind > A Prisoner > Diplomat/Explorer > Dissipated Lawyer Ronald Coleman ---
**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 16, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/176 "2013-09-16T14:29:49Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Ronald Coleman Well, that was quick. Ronald Colman played the Spirit of Man in _The Story of Mankind_ The Prisoner (Major Rudolph) in _The Prisoner of Zenda_ Diplomat/Explorer Robert Conway in _Lost Horizon_ and Dissipated Lawyer Sidney Carton in _Tale of Two Cities_ Good job. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/177 "2013-09-16T15:04:10Z")
Car thief NFL running back Pornographer Stunt man ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/178 "2013-09-16T15:09:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Car thief > NFL running back > Pornographer > Stunt man So is it Burt Reyolds this time? I don’t remember a car thief, but it’s The Longest Yard, Boogie Nights and Hooper for the last three. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/179 "2013-09-16T15:53:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > So is it Burt Reyolds this time? I don’t remember a car thief, but it’s The Longest Yard, Boogie Nights and Hooper for the last three. Yes, I figured Burt was overdue! BUT… Burt was a quarterback in _ **The Longest Yard** _. He was a RUNNING back in _ **Semi-Tough.** _ He was a car thief in the movie version of Elmore Leonard’s _ **Stick.** _ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-that-actor-actress/667148/180 "2013-09-16T16:00:53Z")
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