# Name the actor by surnames of roles played **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005 "2009-03-02T13:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/141 "2009-03-04T19:28:20Z")
I know that I read the OP and answered alot of puzzles but I thought I’d answer anyway… I guess Kimble could be Arnie in The Running Man as well but that one has been used already. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/142 "2009-03-04T19:42:03Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > I know that I read the OP and answered alot of puzzles but I thought I’d answer anyway… > > I guess Kimble could be Arnie in The Running Man as well but that one has been used already. That’s really the point. All you have to do is pick some random surname and use it to look up characters (for example: [Sparky](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=char&q=sparky&x=19&y=9) ) and you’ll get back oodles of actors’ names in oodles of movies or shows. The whole idea here is to pick some character names that may not be all that obvious (as opposed to Corleone or Durden or Bourne or Ocean) but that are indeed played by the same actor. Your guess of John Wayne on the first puzzle was the sort of thing at play here. I have no issue with the idea of the multi-actor approach – in a new thread. But having a mixed bag in the same thread isn’t what I had in mind. Too confusing in an already confusing environment. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/143 "2009-03-04T19:54:48Z")
A little harder: #39 Lucas Terry Mitchell (Unknown) Wills ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/144 "2009-03-04T20:02:56Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Harris - Denzel Washington in Training Day > Dallas - Tom skerrit in Alien > Kimble - Harrison Ford in The Fugitive > Sattler - Laura Dern in Jurassic Park > Ralter - John Morton in Star Wars I was shooting for Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element with Dallas, and Arnold Schwarznegger in _Kindergarten Cop_ with Kimble, but the others are right. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Great! For another thread. This one has a different concept at work. The OP is worth a read. So it is. :smack: Sorry. I’ll go quietly. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/145 "2009-03-04T20:06:29Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > A little harder: > > #39 > > Lucas > Terry > Mitchell > (Unknown) > Wills Whether it’s your answer or not, [Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/)fits the requirements (including quite a few _unknown_ surnames). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/146 "2009-03-04T20:07:34Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Puzzle Number 38 > > Spence > Murphy > Finn > Graham > Teller > Bradley Ed Norton. Were you purposely avoiding Vinyard and Banner? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/147 "2009-03-04T20:08:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So it is. :smack: Sorry. I’ll go quietly. No need to go, as long as you want to try your hand at the idea in the OP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/148 "2009-03-04T20:09:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Whether it’s your answer or not, [Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/)fits the requirements (including quite a few _unknown_ surnames). That was the answer indeed, well done. The “unknown” I was thinking of was The Operative from Serenity, it didn’t occur to me until you said it that he’s played other characters without last names. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/149 "2009-03-04T20:11:18Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Ed Norton. Were you purposely avoiding Vinyard and Banner? 🙂 Yep. And even Rockefeller! I was even leery of Eisenheim since it’s so recent. Decent movie, in fact. And I thought _Narrator_ wasn’t so much a surname as a dead giveaway. (Would Durden have been too easy?) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/150 "2009-03-04T20:23:02Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Yep. And even Rockefeller! I was even leery of Eisenheim since it’s so recent. Decent movie, in fact. And I thought _Narrator_ wasn’t so much a surname as a dead giveaway. (Would Durden have been too easy?) Rockefeller and Eisenheim wouldn’t have clued me in, I haven’t seen either. If you hadn’t thrown me a bone with Graham (or Durden) I’d never have gotten it. #40 Rickenbacker Sloane Dux Walker McCord Archer LeBlanc ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/151 "2009-03-04T20:30:17Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Rockefeller and Eisenheim wouldn’t have clued me in, I haven’t seen either. If you hadn’t thrown me a bone with Graham (or Durden) I’d never have gotten it. > > #40 > > Rickenbacker > Sloane > Dux > Walker > McCord > Archer > LeBlanc _Frida_ is good to excellent. Salma isn’t her usual hot self as in the Banderas things or the snake dance number, but still a fine piece of work. But _The Illusionist_ is some real entertainment. Jessica Biel is fine! Your guy is [Jean-Claude Van Damme](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000241/) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/152 "2009-03-04T20:37:20Z")
Here’s another: Foley Gates Tyne Barnes Gecko ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/153 "2009-03-04T20:41:49Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Here’s another: > > Foley > Gates > Tyne > Barnes > Gecko Michael Douglas. Gecko – too simple. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/154 "2009-03-04T20:42:30Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Here’s another: > > Foley > Gates > Tyne > Barnes > Gecko From the hip, based purely on Gecko: Michael Douglas. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/155 "2009-03-04T20:47:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > From the hip, based purely on Gecko: Michael Douglas. Fortunately, I type faster than you do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/156 "2009-03-04T20:49:11Z")
Puzzle # 42 (perhaps) Elgart Doolin Henry Ryan Hall Walker Bailey ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/157 "2009-03-04T20:50:18Z")
> [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](#): > > Fortunately, I type faster than you do. 😃 So true. I almost edited for simulpost, but figured it was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/158 "2009-03-04T21:03:50Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > _Frida_ is good to excellent. Salma isn’t her usual hot self as in the Banderas things or the snake dance number, but still a fine piece of work. But _The Illusionist_ is some real entertainment. Jessica Biel is fine! > > Your guy is [Jean-Claude Van Damme](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000241/) Yep. Was Dux the tipoff? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/159 "2009-03-04T21:05:52Z")
Puzzle Number 43 Fields Cooper Gaines Forrest Clark Dale Dixon ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/160 "2009-03-04T21:16:14Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yep. Was Dux the tipoff? It was – after Rickenbacker. Dux was my first test on the Van Damme page, and Van Damme was my first try on Rickenbacker. Trial and error and the “find text” feature of Windows have streamlined the searching for me. Gecko is the first one I felt comfortable enough with not even to check before guessing, although Deckard and Kimble pretty well had to have been Ford, but I was too late on that one. If I hadn’t been beaten to the punch (I was away for several hours and didn’t know it was there) I would have shot from the hip for Holden with Sefton (there’s even a Doper with that name and his/her location is Stalag 17). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005.md?page=9)