# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 158
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3143 "2020-01-13T21:53:09Z")
Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie: 1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker) 2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers) 3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights) 4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil) 5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) 6. Gene Hackman (Blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein”) 7. Val Kilmer (At First Sight) 8. Audrey Hepburn (Wait Until Dark) 9. LeVar Burton (Star Trek movies) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3144 "2020-01-13T22:08:15Z")
Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie: 1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker) 2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers) 3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights) 4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil) 5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) 6. Gene Hackman (Blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein”) 7. Val Kilmer (At First Sight) 8. Audrey Hepburn (Wait Until Dark) 9. LeVar Burton (Star Trek movies) 10. Jamie Foxx (Ray) I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3145 "2020-01-13T22:25:24Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3146 "2020-01-13T22:50:30Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3147 "2020-01-13T23:07:37Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3148 "2020-01-13T23:19:39Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3149 "2020-01-13T23:58:42Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3150 "2020-01-14T00:42:58Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3151 "2020-01-14T13:31:11Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye 7. Cary Grant ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3152 "2020-01-14T14:07:11Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye 7. Cary Grant 8. Harvey Fierstein ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3153 "2020-01-14T14:29:44Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 1. Harvey Fierstein Harvey Fierstein is, and always was, openly gay. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3154 "2020-01-14T15:18:41Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye 7. Cary Grant 8. Peter Lorre He was gay, wasn’t he? If not, replace him with Charles Laughton. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3155 "2020-01-14T15:40:25Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye 7. Cary Grant 8. Charles Laughton 9. Tallulah Bankhead I read a bio of Lorre last year. He had drug addictions, three wives, numerous girlfriends, but no mention of his being homosexual. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3156 "2020-01-15T23:23:30Z")
Barely in the closet (obviously gay, but would never say) 1. Paul Lynde 2. Jodie Foster 3. Liberace 4. Charles Nelson Reilly 5. Noel Coward 6. Danny Kaye 7. Cary Grant 8. Charles Laughton 9. Tallulah Bankhead 10. Kevin Spacey The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3157 "2020-01-15T23:24:58Z")
[double post again] ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3158 "2020-01-15T23:34:57Z")
The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) 2. Ghostbusters (Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3159 "2020-01-16T00:23:08Z")
The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) 2. Ghostbusters (Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd) 3. Bananas (Woody Allen) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3160 "2020-01-16T00:32:15Z")
The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) 2. Ghostbusters (Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd) 3. Bananas (Woody Allen) 4. The Room - Tommy Wiseau By all accounts, a crapfest ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3161 "2020-01-16T00:41:25Z")
The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) 2. Ghostbusters (Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd) 3. Bananas (Woody Allen) 4. The Room - Tommy Wiseau 5. Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3162 "2020-01-16T00:55:56Z")
The Actor Also Wrote It 1. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) 2. Ghostbusters (Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd) 3. Bananas (Woody Allen) 4. The Room - Tommy Wiseau 5. Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) 6. Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=159)