# Guess the actor from the films/tv shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 21, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386 "2021-03-21T23:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/1 "2021-03-21T23:38:03Z")
Probably’ll quickly piffle out, but giving it a go anyway - name the actor from a minimum list of three films/tv shows, then come up with a clue batch of your own. - eg. The Last Detail Kingpin Milwaukee, Minnesota - Randy Quaid If any of you smartypants can guess this next one (level 17 difficulty): Father Knows Best The Odd Couple Get a Life Anyway, to kick off… Gilligan’s Island Rebel Without a Cause Mr. Magoo (yes, media can be mixed) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/2 "2021-03-21T23:47:48Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Father Knows Best > The Odd Couple > Get a Life I never heard of Get a Life. If it’s the person I’m thinking of, they were also on The Andy Griffith Show, right? But I can’t remember the performer’s name. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Gilligan’s Island > Rebel Without a Cause > Mr. Magoo Jim Bacchus? Not sure how to spell it without looking it up. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/3 "2021-03-21T23:50:49Z")
Elinor Donahue of course. Easy if you know who she is at all. God’s Little Acre For Those Who Think Young Kentucky Fried Movie Pretty difficult I think. Extra credit if you can point out the coincidence in the one in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/4 "2021-03-21T23:51:39Z")
Indeed, you’re thinkng of the correct person in the first example, and now that you correctly guessed the second, this kinda makes you contractually obligated to fulfill the mandate of coming up with another batch. Well, what my lawyers said. ETA: as **TriPolar** stated. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/5 "2021-03-22T00:00:44Z")
St. Elsewhere Dead Poets Society The Practice ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/6 "2021-03-22T00:06:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > God’s Little Acre > For Those Who Think Young > Kentucky Fried Movie > > Pretty difficult I think. Extra credit if you can point out the coincidence in the one in the middle Ah, I see this was added after the edit in my previous post, so if there’s someone intrepid to answer both these last batches, and go from there… ---
**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:** [March 22, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/7 "2021-03-22T04:36:54Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > St. Elsewhere > Dead Poets Society > The Practice William Daniels? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/8 "2021-03-22T12:43:00Z")
No, sorry. William Daniels was in _St. Elsewhere_, but not the other two. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/9 "2021-03-22T12:46:26Z")
Ed Begley, Jr? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/10 "2021-03-22T12:47:42Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > St. Elsewhere > Dead Poets Society > The Practice No particular name but I’m seeing bowties and glasses. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/11 "2021-03-22T12:57:01Z")
Sorry, no. Ed Begley, Jr., was in _St. Elsewhere_ and I had forgotten that he was in one episode of _The Practice_. He was not in Dead Poets Society. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/12 "2021-03-22T13:02:50Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > God’s Little Acre > For Those Who Think Young > Kentucky Fried Movie > > Pretty difficult I think. Extra credit if you can point out the coincidence in the one in the middle. Heh and meanwhile this one’s still tricky. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/13 "2021-03-22T13:04:50Z")
Yes, don’t hold up the game on that one. Hint: If you know the actor common to the first two then go for it, the third one is about as obscure and trivial as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/14 "2021-03-22T13:32:21Z")
Aaaah speaking of G.I… Tina Louise? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/15 "2021-03-22T13:45:57Z")
Actually out the door to work now - feel free to come up with another batch to continue this. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/16 "2021-03-22T13:46:22Z")
Bingo! She has an uncredited voice over in Kentucky Fried Movie. The coincidence is that Bob Denver also appeared in For Those Who Think Young prior to he and Tina working together on Gilligan’s Island. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/17 "2021-03-22T14:06:21Z")
This one should be in the area of ‘medium-rare’ difficulty. Bananas It’s a Living Taxi ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/18 "2021-03-22T21:34:54Z")
Completely stumped. For me, more difficult than your previous one. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/19 "2021-03-22T22:32:38Z")
Louise Lasser. I think she was in another early Allen film also, she played a waitress for a season on It’s a Living (AKA Making a Living), and played Alex Reiger’s ex-wife in several episodes of Taxi. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386/20 "2021-03-22T22:56:27Z")
Ah I see. Yeah, I’ll say that was definitely tougher than the first, which I needed only the first two titles to figure out. If a poster has to eventually reveal the answer, then that same poster comes up with another batch in the same post that the answer was revealed. (heh - sorry for the late rule) So then…go for another batch! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-actor-from-the-films-tv-shows/938386.md?page=2)