# I found the only person 10 degrees from Kevin Bacon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506 "2001-06-12T05:20:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![StamperQuartet636](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@StamperQuartet636](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StamperQuartet636)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/61 "2012-09-14T05:14:34Z")
This person is now a 7. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/62 "2012-09-14T17:15:52Z")
The best I found so far is a 4! Curse Eli Wallach - nearly every actor I pick before 1950 seems to come through him to Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/63 "2012-09-15T01:35:09Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > Y’all have missed the concept: These are all people who have appeared in movies with people who have appeared in movies who…with Kevin Bacon. Just knowing people with a connection is not enough. It’s about _actors_. First time I’ve ever heard that… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/64 "2012-09-15T04:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > This person is now a 7. What new movie closed the gap? And as an aside, a friend of mine has both a Bacon number (by virtue of being an uncredited extra) and an Erdös number. I don’t know his Bacon number off the top of my head, but I think his Erdös number is 6. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/65 "2012-09-15T05:28:58Z")
Mmmmm… zombie bacon! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/66 "2012-09-15T06:28:38Z")
I call BS. I just put in the girlfriend’s name. Her Bacon Number is 3, based on a starting point of a project called “It’s a Match,” in which she did background. I know, because I woke her up, and in between snarls at having been woken up, she said, “I did fucking BACKGROUND- you woke me up to ask me THAT?!!?!?” Background is a cop-out. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/67 "2012-09-15T07:28:05Z")
Fun Google Trick: You can put _Bacon number [any name]_ into the search box, and if that person has a Bacon number it will display along with its Bacon-chain. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/68 "2012-09-15T08:53:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What new movie closed the gap? Frost/Nixon (2008) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/69 "2012-09-16T04:12:50Z")
I found several people with Bacon numbers of infinity, but they were all in a documentary. Not sure if that counts. On the other hand, if WRS counts, so do these people … ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/70 "2012-09-16T14:13:34Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society, a forum that did not exist when this zombie last saw the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![epiclab02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@epiclab02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epiclab02)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/71 "2013-04-24T00:30:43Z")
I just figured out who WRS is and he has a bacon number of 7!😕 ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/72 "2013-04-24T13:28:10Z")
For the record, I am listed on the Bacon Hall of Fame from August 1997 for finding someone with a Bacon number of 7. One of my prouder moments. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/73 "2013-04-24T14:06:45Z")
WTF? Have I missed the point of the game? I thought the object was to connect your target to Kevin Bacon in six moves or FEWER. I’m a six, btw. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/74 "2013-04-24T14:21:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > WTF? Have I missed the point of the game? I thought the object was to connect your target to Kevin Bacon in six moves or FEWER. > > I’m a six, btw. Oops. Make that a four (yes I count TV shows, although I only used one). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/75 "2013-04-24T14:35:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > WTF? Have I missed the point of the game? I thought the object was to connect your target to Kevin Bacon in six moves or FEWER. > > I’m a six, btw. You’ve missed the point. The point was that EVERYONE had a Bacon number of 6 or less - and so when people started finding 7s or higher out in the wild, it was a big deal. (At least, it was a big deal back in 2001…) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/76 "2013-04-24T15:08:24Z")
_Pffft._ _THAT_ game doesn’t interest me in the slightest. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/77 "2013-04-24T16:21:24Z")
O. K. I give up what did WRS appear in that gives him a Bacon number of 7 (or 10)? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/78 "2013-04-28T03:11:51Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > O. K. I give up what did WRS appear in that gives him a Bacon number of 7 (or 10)? He has only one credit on IMDb, but when I put in his name just now, I was told he has a Bacon number of infinity, as does William McKinley, who was a “7” back in 2001. Meanwhile, the 2006 flick _Stay Awake_ has reduced Mevlan Shanaj from a 6 to a 3. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/79 "2013-04-28T03:47:44Z")
Do uncredited extra roles count? If so, I’m a three, thanks to a few days work on a TV movie. Too bad Kevin Bacon wasn’t IN it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506/80 "2013-04-28T04:05:58Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > O. K. I give up what did WRS appear in that gives him a Bacon number of 7 (or 10)? 1. William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler appeared in _Surrender of General Toral_. 2. Joseph Wheeler and Russell A. Alger appeared in _General Wheeler and Secretary of War Alger at Camp Wikoff_. 3. Russell A. Alger and William McKinley appeared in _President McKinley’s Inspection of Camp Wikoff_. 4. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt appeared in _President McKinley Inauguration_. 5. Theodore Roosevelt and Walter McGrail appeared in _Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation_. 6. Walter McGrail and Patty McCormack appeared in _Here Comes the Groom_. 7. Patty McCormack and Kevin Bacon appeared in _Frost/Nixon_. Several of these steps appear to be old newsreels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-only-person-10-degrees-from-kevin-bacon/68506.md?page=5)