# Name is familiar, but I can't place the face **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446 "2008-05-07T16:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/1 "2008-05-07T16:43:19Z")
Guess the role played by two or more actors, starting with: Susan Sarandon and Jessica Harper. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/2 "2008-05-07T17:44:11Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Guess the role played by two or more actors, starting with: Susan Sarandon and Jessica Harper. [/QUOTE] Janet Weiss (RHPS & Shock Treatment) Carl Anderson and Rip Torn ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/3 "2008-05-07T20:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Janet Weiss (RHPS & Shock Treatment) Carl Anderson and Rip Torn [/QUOTE] Carl Anderson-Judas-_Jesus Christ Superstar_ Rip Torn-_King of Kings_ And for bonus points: David McCallum-_Greatest Story Ever Told_ Harvey Keitel-_The Last Temptation Of Christ_ Next round: Alain Delon, Matt Damon, Berry Pepper, Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/4 "2008-05-07T20:56:34Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Next round: Alain Delon, Matt Damon, Berry Pepper, Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich. [/QUOTE] (the talented) Tom Ripley? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/5 "2008-05-07T21:00:23Z")
Next round: Colin Firth, Robert Reed and Joseph Fiennes ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/6 "2008-05-08T01:53:05Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Next round: Colin Firth, Robert Reed and Joseph Fiennes [/QUOTE] That one _almost_ threw me. They all played Shakespeare: Robert Reed in an episode of Fantasy Island, Joseph Fiennes in _Shakespeare In Love_, and…Colin Firth in _Blackadder Back And Forth_. Next-Donald Hayne, Morgan Freeman and…Trey Parker. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/7 "2008-05-08T16:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] That one _almost_ threw me. They all played Shakespeare: Robert Reed in an episode of Fantasy Island, Joseph Fiennes in _Shakespeare In Love_, and…Colin Firth in _Blackadder Back And Forth_. Next-Donald Hayne, Morgan Freeman and…Trey Parker. [/QUOTE] I’m guessing here because I don’t know Donald Hayne, but… God? (Morgan Freeman in Bruce/Evan Almighty and Trey in a few episodes of South Park.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/8 "2008-05-08T16:40:57Z")
May I join? William Hartnell, Partick Troughton, Peter Davison, Coiln Baker, Paul McGann… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/9 "2008-05-08T16:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=glee] May I join? William Hartnell, Partick Troughton, Peter Davison, Coiln Baker, Paul McGann… [/QUOTE] I’m sorry-who? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/10 "2008-05-08T16:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=gonzoron] I’m guessing here because I don’t know Donald Hayne, but… God? (Morgan Freeman in Bruce/Evan Almighty and Trey in a few episodes of South Park.) [/QUOTE] Yup. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/11 "2008-05-08T17:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] I’m sorry-who? [/QUOTE] 😃 (I thought of adding Peter Cushing, but he’s a bit out of sequence…) OK, try these guys: Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Patrick Troughton :eek: , Sean Connery, Kevin Costner ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/12 "2008-05-08T17:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=glee] 😃 (I thought of adding Peter Cushing, but he’s a bit out of sequence…) OK, try these guys: Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Patrick Troughton :eek: , Sean Connery, Kevin Costner [/QUOTE] Hood. Robin Hood. (Also John Cleese and Cary Elwes) John Huston, Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Edward Fox, Judi Dench. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/13 "2008-05-08T17:23:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Hood. Robin Hood. (Also John Cleese and Cary Elwes) John Huston, Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Edward Fox, Judi Dench. [/QUOTE] And Richard Greene. 🙂 I think your lot are the eponymous head of MI6, known as M. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/14 "2008-05-08T17:31:27Z")
OK, let’s get serious: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Tom Baker and … Roland Rat :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/15 "2008-05-08T18:03:51Z")
[QUOTE=glee] OK, let’s get serious: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Tom Baker and … Roland Rat :eek: [/QUOTE] Sherlock Holmes. A toughie: Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/16 "2008-05-08T18:22:56Z")
Rene Auberjonois, David Morse, and Barry Bostwick. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/17 "2008-05-08T19:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Rene Auberjonois, David Morse, and Barry Bostwick. [/QUOTE] Without referring to the IMDb, I wanna say … George Washington? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/18 "2008-05-08T19:58:31Z")
[QUOTE=Eutychus] Without referring to the IMDb, I wanna say … George Washington? [/QUOTE] Right! Michael Audreson and Robert Hardy? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/19 "2008-05-08T20:02:45Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] That one _almost_ threw me. They all played Shakespeare: Robert Reed in an episode of Fantasy Island, Joseph Fiennes in _Shakespeare In Love_, and…Colin Firth in _Blackadder Back And Forth_. [/QUOTE] One must make it challenging. Well played, sir, well played. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/20 "2008-05-08T20:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] A toughie: Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan. [/QUOTE] Um, they’ve all played characters named Lee? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446.md?page=2)