Hollywood's Six Degrees of Separation

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The objective:
Connect two disparate actors in six steps through film credits.

Examples:

CLARK GABLE------>BARBRA STREISAND

CLARK GABLE appeared in The Misfits with
THELMA RITTER, who appeared in All About Eve with
MARILYN MONROE, who appeared in Some LIke It Hot with
JACK LEMMON, who appeared in The Odd Couple with
WALTER MATTHAU, who appeared in Hello, Dolly! with
BARBRA STREISAND

Next up:

BING CROSBY------>MERYL STREEP
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Bing Crosby was in The Road to Hong Kong with Robert Morley.

Robert Morley was in The Loved One with John Gielgud.

John Gielgud was in Plenty with Meryl Streep.

(And just to complete it:

Meryl Streep was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon.)

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Are you familiar with

The Oracle at Bacon ?

In three links it can connect Rudolph Valentino to Anna Nicole Smith, Biograph girl or Josephine Crowell (who was born in 1849) to Rory Culkin (born in 1989), or Evelyn Nesbit (the “Girl on the Swing” famous for the 1906 murder of her lover by her husband) to Elizabeth McGovern (who portrayed her 75 years later in RAGTIME).

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Are you familiar with

The Oracle at Bacon ?

In three links it can connect Rudolph Valentino to Anna Nicole Smith, Biograph girl or Josephine Crowell (who was born in 1849) to Rory Culkin (born in 1989), or Evelyn Nesbit (the “Girl on the Swing” famous for the 1906 murder of her lover by her husband) to Elizabeth McGovern (who portrayed her 75 years later in RAGTIME).

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Great, Wumpus. My particular “lineage” for
Bing Crosby---->Meryl Steep was:

 BING CROSBY starred in Going My Way with
 BARRY FITZGERALD, who starred in The Catered Affair with
 BETTE DAVIS, who starred in Death on the Nile with
 MIA FARROW, who starred in any number of films with 
 WOODY ALLEN, who starred in Manhattan with...
 MERYL STREEP
 
 Technically, for difficulty's sake, it should take 6 steps.

 Next up:  

 Greta Garbo---->Adam Sandler
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Greta Garbo was in “Ninotchka” with Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi was in “The Invisible Ray” with Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff was in “The Raven” (1963) with Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson was in “Anger Management” with Adam Sandler

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How about connecting:

MR. T --------> BUSTER KEATON

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MR. T appeared in Inspector Gadget with
MATTHEW BRODERICK, who appeared in The Freshman with
MARLON BRANDO, who appeared in Don Juan DeMarco with
FAYE DUNAWAY, who appeared in Network with
WILLIAM HOLDEN who appeared in Sunset Boulevard with
BUSTER KEATON

  Next:

  SHIRLEY TEMPLE-------> LOTTE LENYA
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So, does it have to be exactly six steps, and no less? Because Marilyn Monroe was also in The Misfits, so Thelma Ritter could have been left out of this sequence.

Now…

SHIRLEY TEMPLE was in Fort Apache with
JOHN WAYNE who was in The Longest Day with
SEAN CONNERY who was in From Russia With Love with
LOTTE LENYA

How about…
ERROL FLYNN ----------> CHRIS ROCK

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Good for you, baldwin.

Yes, I did fudge a bit with Thelma, Marilyn and Clark.

I think 6 steps makes it trickier and more challenging.

But, hey, it's only a game......