# Movie/TV actors that you'll always see as a particular character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535 "2014-07-31T23:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/82 "2014-08-06T02:14:09Z")
> [@bump](#): > > What’s weird about Katey Sagal is that her voice is always Leela from Futurama, but her look is always Peggy Bundy. > > So unless I’m watching Futurama, I always have some kind of dissonance going on- especially on something like “Sons of Anarchy”, where I hear Leela, and see Peggy Bundy and she’s playing an completely third character. she is a singer as well. so you hear Leela singing looking like Peg Bundy and being like neither. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/83 "2014-08-06T02:55:38Z")
Al Pacino - Michael Corleone Brent Spiner - Data Zach Braff - J.D. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/84 "2014-08-06T03:00:20Z")
Malcolm Reynolds looks silly as a mystery writer. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/85 "2014-08-06T03:15:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > David Ogden Stiers will always be Charles Emerson Winchester. Interestingly Stiers actually does a lot of voice over narration for PBS documentaries and he’s quite good at it. Again, without the Boston accent he’s nearly unrecognizable. > [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > Bill Paxton = Hudson > > We’re in some pretty shit now man! > Game over man! Game over! Years ago I saw him on a morning show doing press for _Twister_. At the end the interviewer said, _“Great to see you, been a fan since Aliens”_ and Paxton just grinned and said, _ **“Game over man!”** _ > [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Alec Guinness is George Smiley, Judith Anderson is Mrs. Danvers and Ian Richardson is the only true Francis Urquhart. I take it you’re British. Cause needless to say to any Gen-X or younger Yank Guinness will forever be, well, you know. Same goes for Hugh Laurie always being House… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/86 "2014-08-06T03:46:21Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Interestingly Stiers actually does a lot of voice over narration for PBS documentaries and he’s quite good at it. Again, without the Boston accent he’s nearly unrecognizable. He’s got some Disney voice work, too–Narrator and Cogsworth the Clock in “Beauty and The Beast.” You can just hear a tiny touch of Winchester every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/87 "2014-08-06T03:47:50Z")
Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. Granted, I’ve seen him\* in precious little since the 70s, but every time I do, I wonder how Romana is and if he’s carrying Jelly Babies. \*IMDB shows his other work, but I haven’t seen hardly a hair ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/88 "2014-08-06T15:07:05Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. > > Granted, I’ve seen him\* in precious little since the 70s, but every time I do, I wonder how Romana is and if he’s carrying Jelly Babies. I saw him as Sherlock Holmes. He scaled back on the eccentricities and was kind of boring. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535/89 "2014-08-06T15:54:44Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. At the time he appeared on an episode of _Remington Steele_, I had never once seen an episode of _Doctor Who_, and even then, I said to my mother, “What’s Doctor Who doing on _Remington Steele_?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535.md?page=4)