# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/261 "2021-04-11T12:27:38Z")
Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) 6. Erin Brockovich (2000) 7. Major Payne (1995) 8. Stella Dallas (1937) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/262 "2021-04-11T12:45:59Z")
**Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist** 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) 6. Erin Brockovich (2000) 7. Major Payne (1995) 8. Stella Dallas (1937) 9. Superman (1978) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/263 "2021-04-11T12:53:33Z")
**Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist** 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) 6. Erin Brockovich (2000) 7. Major Payne (1995) 8. Stella Dallas (1937) 9. Superman (1978) 10. Batman (1989) Pass ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/264 "2021-04-11T16:23:32Z")
Just curious, but wouldn’t ‘Superman’ _(real name either Kal-El or Clark Kent)_ or ‘Batman’ _(real name Bruce Wayne)_ be titles or nicknames, not actual names? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/265 "2021-04-11T16:52:03Z")
IMO Batman and Superman are alter egos and not just nicknames. I would say those fit the category. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/266 "2021-04-11T17:49:00Z")
Those are the names that everyone knew them by and called them. Very few people knew them by any other name. If we object to those then we must also revisit Major Payne and Doctor Strange, where Major and Doctor are a rank/title/honorific, not a name. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/267 "2021-04-11T18:19:35Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/268 "2021-04-11T18:20:56Z")
By Non-Actor I mean someone who is better known in another field and not generally remembered as an actor. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/269 "2021-04-11T18:32:54Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum _(never made another movie in his life, so I think we can consider him a non-actor)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/270 "2021-04-11T18:37:09Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney He plays himself, the FAA operations center director on 9/11. More than a cameo, he’s prominently featured in several scenes. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/271 "2021-04-11T18:39:10Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison He was, in fact, the lead in the film, in which he played a Confederate spy during the Civil War, who had a bullet-shooting guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/272 "2021-04-11T18:50:37Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor Ngor was a doctor and refugee from Cambodia who survived Khmer Rouge. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/273 "2021-04-11T19:15:19Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor 6. Two-Lane Blacktop - James Taylor Bonus: His co-star was Dennis Wilson, of the Beach Boys. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/274 "2021-04-11T19:16:00Z")
# Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor 6. Two-Lane Blacktop - James Taylor 7. Oh, God - John Denver ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/275 "2021-04-11T20:19:36Z")
**Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role** 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor 6. Two-Lane Blacktop - James Taylor 7. Oh, God - John Denver 8. Finding Forrester - Rob Brown The then-16-year-old only attended the casting call because he [owed his mother $300 for cellphone bills](https://ew.com/article/2000/12/29/high-schooler-rob-brown-has-first-class-debut-finding-forrester/) and hoped he might get a role as an extra that would help him pay her back. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/276 "2021-04-11T23:09:53Z")
**Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role** 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor 6. Two-Lane Blacktop - James Taylor 7. Oh, God - John Denver 8. Finding Forrester - Rob Brown 9. Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/277 "2021-04-12T00:15:58Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Just curious, but wouldn’t ‘Superman’ _(real name either Kal-El or Clark Kent)_ or ‘Batman’ _(real name Bruce Wayne)_ be titles or nicknames, not actual names? > > _ **-“BB”-** _ Yeah, I wouldn’t consider Superman or Batman to be two words, but whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/278 "2021-04-12T00:20:46Z")
Of course, the category was 1 or 2 words… ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/279 "2021-04-12T00:38:20Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > Of course, the category was 1 or 2 words Right you are! My bad. Game on. ---
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**Movies with a Non-Actor in a Prominent Role** 1. True Grit - Glen Campbell 2. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Peter Ostrum 3. United 93 - Ben Sliney 4. The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison 5. The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor 6. Two-Lane Blacktop - James Taylor 7. Oh, God - John Denver 8. Finding Forrester - Rob Brown 9. Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10. The Best Years of Our Lives - Harold Russell NEXT: **Movies that were an actor’s "Big Break"** 1. _Alien_ – Sigourney Weaver [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=15)