# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/41 "2008-05-10T01:45:05Z")
OK, this one is easy. Theda Bara, Vivien Leigh,and Claudette Colbert (plus quite a few others) ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/42 "2008-05-10T12:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] OK, this one is easy. Theda Bara, Vivien Leigh,and Claudette Colbert (plus quite a few others) [/QUOTE] Cleopatra! Clever leaving out Liz. Howabout Cesar Romero, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Willie Nelson, Adam West ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/43 "2008-05-10T13:32:47Z")
Tom Mix, Louis Hayward, Tom Jones, Richard O’Sullivan ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/44 "2008-05-10T15:35:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Michael Audreson and Robert Hardy? [/QUOTE] Winston Churchill. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/45 "2008-05-10T16:22:26Z")
James Caan, Danny Glover, Elliot Gould James Belushi, Tom Hanks, John Rhys-Davies Tom Berenger, Jackie Earle Haley, Arte Johnson ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/46 "2008-05-10T18:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] James Belushi, Tom Hanks, John Rhys-Davies [/QUOTE] Elvis (I’d have thrown in Val Kilmer instead of Tom Hanks. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/47 "2008-05-10T18:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Elvis (I’d have thrown in Val Kilmer instead of Tom Hanks. ) Interesting answer. But not the one I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/48 "2008-05-10T18:46:28Z")
One more: Mark Harmon, Warren Oates, Martin Sheen ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/49 "2008-05-10T20:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Tom Berenger, Jackie Earle Haley, Arte Johnson [/QUOTE] Einstein? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/50 "2008-05-10T21:00:41Z")
Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw and and Cate Blanchett, among others. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/51 "2008-05-10T21:25:17Z")
Sean Patrick Flanery, Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Corey Carrier, Neal Boulane, George Hall, Boutalat. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/52 "2008-05-10T21:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Very good guess, but no, not Wong Fei Hung. Jackie and Jet have played him (and Sammo Hung, and a bunch of others), but not Bruce. If you’ve seen a lot of Jet Li movies lately, think of one with a very, very similar plot to a Bruce Lee movie. You probably won’t have seen the Jackie Chan one, it was his first starring role, and it got bad reviews and did very poorly. **Czarcasm’s** earlier guess was pretty good too, as it turns out: Jet Li plays the Monkey King in his new movie with Jackie Chan, “The Forbidden Kingdom.” [/QUOTE] Chen Zhen? I’m guessing the movies are _Chinese connection_ and _Fist of Legend_( I had to use IMDB to get the name of the character. They don’t list a Jackie Chan version.) ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/53 "2008-05-10T21:48:20Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw and and Cate Blanchett, among others. [/QUOTE] Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/54 "2008-05-10T22:40:26Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw and and Cate Blanchett, among others. [/QUOTE] Bob Dylan. And all in the same movie! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/55 "2008-05-10T22:52:49Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Sean Patrick Flanery, Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Corey Carrier, Neal Boulane, George Hall, Boutalat. [/QUOTE] Who comes up with these toughies? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/56 "2008-05-10T23:02:07Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Sean Patrick Flanery, Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Corey Carrier, Neal Boulane, George Hall, Boutalat. [/QUOTE] Indiana Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/57 "2008-05-11T03:01:32Z")
Were the last four guys stunt doubles? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/58 "2008-05-11T03:30:18Z")
Corey Carrier played 10 yr old Indy, and George Hall played 90 yr old Indy, in the _Young Indiana Jones_ TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/59 "2008-05-11T03:31:23Z")
No, they played Indy at different ages. Corey Carrier played Indy aged 9 in several TV episodes. George Hall played Indy as an old man, looking back over his life in segments that bookended most TV episodes. The other two were Indy as a very young child. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/60 "2008-05-11T03:45:02Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] James Belushi, Tom Hanks, John Rhys-Davies [/QUOTE] Santa Claus. Here’s mine: Tony Goldwyn, Christopher Lambert, Miles O’Keeffe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446.md?page=4)