# IMDb moments, or "Holy Crap - Ardra was Michelle from Magnum PI!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984 "2004-07-26T21:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/1 "2004-07-26T21:28:15Z")
Inspired by me finding out that the [actress](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0239449/) that played Ardra in the TNG episode “Devil’s Due” was also Michelle Hue in Magnum PI… What have been some of your watershed moments revealed by searching the actor’s history on the IMDb? Another one that comes to mind for me was finding out that the 13 year-old daughter of Carmine Depesto from **Animal House** was also Danny’s Irish girlfriend in **Caddyshack** - two movies I’d seen several dozen times each without ever noticing that was the same actress. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/2 "2004-07-26T21:35:33Z")
On Alias, Jennifer Garner’s character’s dad’s actor (got that?) played Jesus in Godspell. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/3 "2004-07-26T23:05:10Z")
Cheryl Ladd was the voice of Melody on the original cartoon Josie and the Pussy cats [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001440/](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001440/) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/4 "2004-07-27T00:47:58Z")
I was watching _Night of the Creeps_ the other night and knew I recognized the guy who played Brad. Turned out to be Allen Kayser, who also played the hot redneck Bubba on _Mama’s Family_. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/5 "2004-07-27T02:28:22Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I was watching _Night of the Creeps_ the other night and knew I recognized the guy who played Brad. Turned out to be Allen Kayser, who also played the hot redneck Bubba on _Mama’s Family_. The child actress who played Mary Two, the “cub” who stole Jessica’s bracelet in _Logan’s Run_ was also the girl in _Airplane!_ who takes her coffee black, “like my men.” ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/6 "2004-07-27T02:56:41Z")
Two Law & Order types (Mariska Hargitay and Carey Lowell) were both in _Leaving Las Vegas_. The former was a hooker and the latter the bank teller. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/7 "2004-07-27T03:14:54Z")
Finding my [grandfather](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873865/) listed was pretty damn cool. He was a stunt man during the 30’s and 40’s, a time when stuntfolk were far from a priority to be included in the credits. Although not listed on the IMDB, there is a scene in [The Adventures of Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/), where he has a full face-shot, a moment when he fills the frame as he (a castle gaurd) is “shot” in the chest with an arrow. He also was the “Robin Hood” who actually cut the rope of the castle gate and let it pull him up over the wall. Errol just jumped off of a soap-box for the close-up. The good folks at IMDB say that they’ll upload a picture of him for me at no charge. I just have to find a good one the next time I’m home for a visit. I never met him. He passed away before I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/8 "2004-07-27T04:25:06Z")
I only recently found out that [Kim Richards](http://www.kimrichards.net), of “Escape to Witch Mountain” fame, is the aunt of Paris and Nicky Hilton. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/9 "2004-07-27T04:33:50Z")
Vincent D’Onofrio, from _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_, was [Pvt. Pyle](http://www.archiviokubrick.it/film/fmj/foto/pyle01.jpg) from _Full Metal Jacket_?!?!? :eek: Yeah, that one came as a bit of a shock to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/10 "2004-07-27T05:42:13Z")
Princess Buttercup was Jenny from _Forrest Gump_. The actress, I mean. She played both parts. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/11 "2004-07-27T05:42:15Z")
[Jeff Goldblum](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/) was in _Deathwish?_ And an episode of _Laverne and Shirley?_ Holy crap, that’s Kiefer Sutherland in _Stand By Me_. [Hide the hacksaw!](http://www.ukmelia.com/gallery/standbyme/Ace14) All time biggest WTF moment that the IMDB has given me to date: Samuel L. Jackson was the stand-in for Bill Cosby on [_The Cosby Show_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086687/fullcredits) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/12 "2004-07-27T05:47:00Z")
That guy from _T.J. Hooker_ was also on 1960’s Starship Enterprise. Holy cow! ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/13 "2004-07-27T06:31:55Z")
I just saw Raiders of the Lost Arc again, and when Indie swims over to the sub one of the pirates points him out. At that point I said, “Holy shit, it’s Chocolate Mousse!” I just confrimed it on IMBD, who remembers where Chocolate Mousse is from? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/14 "2004-07-27T07:03:00Z")
Top Secret ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/15 "2004-07-27T11:57:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > On Alias, Jennifer Garner’s character’s dad’s actor (got that?) played Jesus in Godspell. He was also in _Titanic_. I happened to run across _Godspell_ a couple of years ago on Bravo, couldn’t figure out who Jesus was, and had to run and check IMDB during a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/16 "2004-07-27T13:30:49Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > He also was the “Robin Hood” who actually cut the rope of the castle gate and let it pull him up over the wall. Errol just jumped off of a soap-box for the close-up. :eek: :eek: :eek: That is one of my favorite stunts of _all time!_ Because you know they did it without a net, or a mattress under him, or nothing! That was your grampa getting yanked to the top of the wall? That is so cool! You’re, like, famous or something! ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/17 "2004-07-27T13:41:26Z")
We already had a small thread on this, but the Janitor on **Scrubs** was always screwing with people by pretending to be these not very believable characters. J.D. watches the Harrison Ford movie **The Fugitive** on TV and in the subway scene where a cop get shot, the cop looks alot like the Janitor. JD thinks the Janitor is a frustrated actor forced into his current job. The plot goes on from there. But the funny thing was- the actor playing the Janitor actually _was_ in **The Fugitive** in that role. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/18 "2004-07-27T13:48:45Z")
Saw _Blast From the Past_ on TBS last night and recognized Alicia Silverstone’s ex-boyfriend as the actor who went on to play Captain Malcolm Reynolds on _Firefly_, of which I’ll be presently getting the DVD set. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/19 "2004-07-27T14:37:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Vincent D’Onofrio, from Law & Order: Criminal Intent, was Pvt. Pyle from Full Metal Jacket?!?!?:eek: Vincent D’Onofrio also played Dawson/Thor in _Adventures In Babysitting_. That was my “No Way!!” moment last week. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/20 "2004-07-27T14:55:41Z")
Even before IMDB, I couldn’t believe Christopher Guest played both Count Drogan from _Princess Bride_ and Nigel from _Spinal Tap_. There are a couple of Holy Crap moments I can think of offhand: Discovering that the guest villain on an episode of _Charmed_ is Andrew Vosloo, High Priest Imhotep from the Mummy movies. Somehow realizing that Sebastian Rouché, who played a businessman subject to fits of rage on an episode of _Law and Order_, also played a heavy metal artist accused of rape on another episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984.md?page=2)