# 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:** 492
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9823 "2023-06-10T16:15:41Z")
**Movies with Doctors as Main Characters** 1. Dead Ringers 2. Patch Adams 3. Doctor Zhivago 4. MASH 5. Gross Anatomy 6. Young Doctors In Love 7. Young Dr. Kildare 8. Extreme Measures ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9824 "2023-06-10T16:48:35Z")
**Movies with Doctors as Main Characters** 1. Dead Ringers 2. Patch Adams 3. Doctor Zhivago 4. MASH 5. Gross Anatomy 6. Young Doctors In Love 7. Young Dr. Kildare 8. Extreme Measures 9. Article 99 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9825 "2023-06-10T20:40:07Z")
**Movies with Doctors as Main Characters** 1. Dead Ringers 2. Patch Adams 3. Doctor Zhivago 4. MASH 5. Gross Anatomy 6. Young Doctors In Love 7. Young Dr. Kildare 8. Extreme Measures 9. Article 99 10. Doctor Doolittle **Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9826 "2023-06-10T20:45:56Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9827 "2023-06-10T20:47:00Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons A reprise from the previous list! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9828 "2023-06-10T21:17:06Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness Guinness plays 8 roles, all members of the same family. Originally offered four parts, he said “I read [the screenplay] on a beach in France, collapsed with laughter on the first page, and didn’t even bother to get to the end of the script. I went straight back to the hotel and sent a telegram saying, 'Why four parts? Why not eight!?” ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9829 "2023-06-10T21:49:27Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin Played the drunken gunslinger Kid Shelleen, as well as the steel-nosed Tim Strawn _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9830 "2023-06-11T01:03:28Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin 6. The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9831 "2023-06-11T01:25:12Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin 6. The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - John Rhys-Davies Played Gimli and did Treebeard’s voice ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9832 "2023-06-11T09:29:10Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin 6. The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - John Rhys-Davies 8. The Family Jewels - Jerry Lewis In seven roles. I was going to post _The Parent Trap_ with Hayley Mills. They’ll do a remake of _any_thing! ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9833 "2023-06-11T10:09:14Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin 6. The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - John Rhys-Davies 8. The Family Jewels - Jerry Lewis 9. Coming to America (Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall) Almost all characters returned for the sequel 30 years later. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9834 "2023-06-11T14:48:49Z")
**Films where an actor played multiple roles** 1. Doctor Strangelove - Peter Sellers 2. Dead Ringers - Jeremy Irons 3. Face/Off - Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness 5. Cat Ballou – Lee Marvin 6. The Parent Trap - Lindsay Lohan 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - John Rhys-Davies 8. The Family Jewels - Jerry Lewis 9. Coming to America - Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall 10. Austin Powers in Goldmember - Mike Myers Myers played both titular characters as well as Dr Evil. pass ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9835 "2023-06-11T14:50:29Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9836 "2023-06-11T15:02:55Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Annie Wilkes - Misery ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9837 "2023-06-11T15:04:28Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith She started as his nurse before becoming his wife. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9838 "2023-06-11T15:53:39Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith 3. Tammy Tyree - Tammy and the Doctor ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9839 "2023-06-11T16:03:48Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Annie Wilkes - Misery 3. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith 4. Tammy Tyree - Tammy and the Doctor 5. MASH - Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan Plus Housekeeping ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9840 "2023-06-11T16:05:38Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Annie Wilkes - Misery 3. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith 4. Tammy Tyree - Tammy and the Doctor 5. MASH - Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan 6. Betty - Nurse Betty ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9841 "2023-06-11T18:00:29Z")
**Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Annie Wilkes - Misery 3. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith 4. Tammy Tyree - Tammy and the Doctor 5. MASH - Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan 6. Betty - Nurse Betty 7. Eleanor Costello - Awakenings ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9842 "2023-06-11T20:10:13Z")
Mike Myers also played Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers movies. **Notable Movie Nurses** 1. Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 2. Annie Wilkes - Misery 3. Leora Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith 4. Tammy Tyree - Tammy and the Doctor 5. MASH - Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan 6. Betty - Nurse Betty 7. Eleanor Costello - Awakenings 8. Greg Focker - Meet the Parents [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=493)