# H.P. Lovecraft. We need an actor who looks like him. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172 "2013-02-23T16:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/1 "2013-02-23T16:18:34Z")
My best **fiend** has a short film project in mind, to be shot in the last half of July 2013 in the Bellingham, WA area. The key to the project is finding an actor who looks convincingly like [H.P. Lovecraft](http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/llaaksonen/lovecraft-photos1.jpg). The idea is that Lovecraft will appear in some ‘home movies’, so we really need a Doppelgänger. There is pay, but that’s up to my friend who is producing the film. It will depend on the actor’s status (amateur, pro, etc.). Voice isn’t important, as this will be silent footage. If you know anyone who is interested – and who can stand in for the real Lovecraft – please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/2 "2013-02-23T16:40:01Z")
My friend [Donald Adams](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2383646976/nm0010920) is a great actor, Vancouver based, and I think the resemblance could be brought out… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/3 "2013-02-23T17:38:43Z")
Thanks. I’ve emailed my friend. Keep 'em coming! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/4 "2013-02-23T17:41:56Z")
I don’t think [Jeffrey Combs](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001062/) is very busy these days. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/5 "2013-02-23T19:11:11Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > My friend [Donald Adams](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2383646976/nm0010920) is a great actor, Vancouver based, and I think the resemblance could be brought out… Haircut and makeup and I could see it. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/6 "2013-02-23T19:13:49Z")
I think [Ben Cross](http://paper.standartnews.com/images/articles/orig_24711_en.jpg) looks a lot like HPL. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/7 "2013-02-23T21:32:25Z")
Gettting one person to resemble all three of those OP photos will be a trick in itself. I vote with **pinkfreud** unless you can get a hybrid of Kenneth Branagh and Charlton Heston. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/8 "2013-02-23T21:36:55Z")
I know [this guy](http://www.theseagullproject.org/tyler-polumsky/), he lives in Seattle. 30 years old but your photos had a wide age range. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/9 "2013-02-23T22:42:46Z")
One of those heads from Easter Island? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/10 "2013-02-23T23:17:14Z")
I wonder who played Lovecraft in the fake interview included with the movie The Call of Cthulhu? He was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/11 "2013-02-25T21:07:42Z")
I would note that very few people know what Lovecraft looked like, so I can’t see how close physical resemblance would have to be. Get some skinny guy with a long face. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/12 "2013-02-25T21:11:48Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I think [Ben Cross](http://paper.standartnews.com/images/articles/orig_24711_en.jpg) looks a lot like HPL. Yeah, a hybrid of Ben Cross and James Woods would be perfect. But probably out of the OP’s budget range. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/13 "2013-02-25T21:30:01Z")
“resemble all three of those OP photos” I’don’t think the center photo is Lovecraft. (Note in particularl the ears) ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-we-need-an-actor-who-looks-like-him/651172/14 "2013-02-26T12:52:21Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > I would note that very few people know what Lovecraft looked like, so I can’t see how close physical resemblance would have to be. Get some skinny guy with a long face. I love his films! Especially the earlier funnier ones.