# 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:** 199
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3963 "2022-02-01T15:41:12Z")
**Actresses who’ve portrayed the Queen of England** 1. Katherine Hepburn - Eleanor of Aquitaine, _The Lion In Winter_ 2. Helen Mirren - Queen Elizabeth II, _The Queen_ 3. Bette Davis - Queen Elizabeth I, _The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex_ 4. Vanessa Redgrave – voice of The Queen _(inferred to be Elizabeth II), Cars 2_ 5. Dame Judy Dench - Queen Elizabeth I, _Shakespeare in Love_ 6. Emily Blunt - Queen Victoria, _The Young Victoria_ 7. Jeannette Charles - Queen Elizabeth II, _Austin Powers in Goldmember_ 8. Anna Neagle - Queen Victoria, _Victoria the Great_ and the sequel _Queen of Destiny_ 9. Jeannette Charles - Queen Elizabeth II, _The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!_ 10. Cate Blanchett - Queen Elizabeth I, _Elizabeth_ and _Elizabeth: The Golden Age_ Good idea for a list. Next up: **Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ For this list, only real historical English royals count – no King Arthur. ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ 6. Patrick Stewart, Richard I, \* Robin Hood: Men in Tights\* ---
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> [@Skunkdog](#): > > **Actresses who’ve portrayed the Queen of England** > … > 5. Dame Judy Dench - Queen Elizabeth I, _Shakespeare in Love_ Nitpick: it’s “Judi.” In play: **Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ 6. Patrick Stewart - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ 7. Ian McKellen - Richard III, _Richard III_ A chilling but brilliant Thirties British Fascist interpretation of Shakespeare’s play. ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ 6. Patrick Stewart - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ 7. Ian McKellen - Richard III, _Richard III_ 8. Alex Jennings - Prince Charles, _The Queen_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3971 "2022-02-01T18:20:00Z")
**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ 6. Patrick Stewart - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ 7. Ian McKellen - Richard III, _Richard III_ 8. Alex Jennings - Prince Charles, _The Queen_ 9. Mark Lester - Edward VI, _The Prince and the Pauper_ ---
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**Actors who have played a king or prince of England** 1. Sam Neill - Charles II, _Restoration_ 2. Colin Firth - George VI, _The King’s Speech_ 3. Eric Bana - Henry VIII, _The Other Boleyn Girl_ 4. Sean Connery - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ 5. Peter O’Toole - Henry II, _The Lion in Winter_ 6. Patrick Stewart - Richard I, _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ 7. Ian McKellen - Richard III, _Richard III_ 8. Alex Jennings - Prince Charles, _The Queen_ 9. Mark Lester - Edward VI, _The Prince and the Pauper_ 10. Ian Hunter – Richard the Lion-heart (Richard I), _The Adventures of Robin Hood_ (1938) **Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. _The Inspector General_ – Danny Kaye as a vagabond conman thought by corrupt city officials to be the Inspector General of some unnamed European country _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ Everyone believed Chauncey Gardner to be an educated, successful businessman ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ 6. Richard Dreyfus - _Moon Over Parador_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ 6. Richard Dreyfus - _Moon Over Parador_ 7. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short - _Three Amigos_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ 6. Richard Dreyfus - _Moon Over Parador_ 7. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short - _Three Amigos_ 8. Tom Hanks - _The Man With One Red Shoe_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ 6. Richard Dreyfus - _Moon Over Parador_ 7. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short - _Three Amigos_ 8. Tom Hanks - _The Man With One Red Shoe_ 9. Bill Murray - _The Man Who Knew Too Little_ ---
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**Mistaken Identity** _**(Mook Is Believed to be Someone They Aren’t – Hilarity Ensues)**_ 1. Danny Kaye – _The Inspector General_ 2. Peter Sellers - _Being There_ 3. James Corden - _One Man, Two Guvnors_ 4. Kevin Kline - _Dave_ 5. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, et al - _Galaxy Quest_ 6. Richard Dreyfus - _Moon Over Parador_ 7. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short - _Three Amigos_ 8. Tom Hanks - _The Man With One Red Shoe_ 9. Bill Murray - _The Man Who Knew Too Little_ 10. Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, - _Start the Revolution Without Me_ Pass. ---
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