# Name the movie/show villian! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215 "2007-05-08T12:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/1 "2007-05-08T12:14:20Z")
In light of “name that ship” post - my SO and I want you to name where these villians stem from: (spelling could be dodgy!) :smack: All from our video library. Books to follow! V.I.K.I. Lord Farquad Zod Biff Tannen Captain Barbosa Belloch Imhotep Richy Apprille Clarence Bodeger Vic Mackey Brother Justin Jack Napier Toecutter Newman Cancer Man Judge Rico Billy Lumis Silas Greenback Al Sweringen Dr. Claw Simon Gruber Mr. Barlow Daryl Van Horne Bill Sykes Carter Bourke Arliss Loveless Myron Hadley William Cutting Hando Tyler Durden Jack Torrens Scar Annie Wilkes Randall Jerry Dandridge Malachy Victor Maitland Big Boy Caprice Randal Flagg Randolph & Mortimer Duke Diana Beaufort T. Justice Howard Saint Charles Lee Ray Julian Grendell Santino Agent Smith Ace Merill Keyser Soze ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/2 "2007-05-08T12:53:42Z")
Lord Farquad - Shrek Zod - Superman II Biff Tannen - Back to the future Captain Barbosa - POTC Belloch - Raiders of the Lost Ark Imhotep - the Mummy Vic Mackey - The Sheild Newman - Seinfeld Cancer Man - X-Files Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget Simon Gruber - Die Hard (should this be Hans Gruber?) Randolph & Mortimer Duke - Trading Places Beaufort T. Justice - Smokey & the Bandit Agent Smith - Matrix Keyser Soze - Usual Suspects ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/3 "2007-05-08T13:17:14Z")
Simon Gruber was in Die Hard with a Vengeance, not Die Hard. My bad ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/4 "2007-05-08T13:18:46Z")
Scar - The Lion King Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget? Bill Sykes - (as long as he needs me) Oliver I have a couple of villians to add" Mum-Ra Begbie Count Adhemar The Operative ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/5 "2007-05-08T13:24:13Z")
Tyler Durden - Fight Club Al Sweringen - Deadwood Cancer Man - X-files? Judge Rico - Judge Dread? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/6 "2007-05-08T13:27:05Z")
Mum-Ra - Thundercats !! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/7 "2007-05-08T13:32:18Z")
I’ll add: Christian Szell Jane Hudson Dick Jones Rachel Phelps Damon Killian David Lo Pan Alex Forrest Oh, and it’s Clarence _Boddicker_ - Robocop ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/8 "2007-05-08T13:36:11Z")
Din-ding-ding-ding-ding. Mum-Ra is correct. Rachel Phelps - Major League Big guess: Is Newman from Seinfeld? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/9 "2007-05-08T13:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] I’ll add: Christian Szell Jane Hudson Dick Jones Rachel Phelps Damon Killian David Lo Pan Alex Forrest Oh, and it’s Clarence _Boddicker_ - Robocop [/QUOTE] David Lo Pan is from ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ - a fine action comedy martial arts mystic thriller! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/10 "2007-05-08T13:59:46Z")
Jeez…I’m not even a big fan of King,but the ones I know that haven’t been answered yet are: Myron Hadley- The Shawshank Redemption Annie Wilkes-Misery Randall Flagg-The Stand Damon Killian-The Running Man Is Daryl Van Horne Coming to America? Guess I will add one- The Duke ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/11 "2007-05-08T14:32:26Z")
Jack Napier? What a joker! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/12 "2007-05-08T14:51:57Z")
Ace Merrill was the Kiefer Sutherland character in _Stand By Me_. Christian Szell was the sadistic dentist played by Laurence Olivier in _Marathon Man_. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/13 "2007-05-08T15:39:10Z")
Big Boy Caprice - Al Pacino in _Dick Tracy_ Jack Torrens - I’m guessing this is Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence in _The Shining_ Toecutter - _Mad Max_ And from **jali** … Begbie - Robert Carlyle in _Trainspotting_ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/14 "2007-05-08T15:54:19Z")
from **labtrash** ’s list: Alex Forrest - Fatal Attraction ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/15 "2007-05-08T16:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=jali] The Operative [/QUOTE] Serenity. * * * Some from me: Warren The Laughing Man Knives ---
**Author:** ![Potato\_Pancakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Potato\_Pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potato_Pancakes)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/16 "2007-05-08T16:16:26Z")
Charles Lee Ray = Child’s Play Victor Maitland = Beverly Hills Cop ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/17 "2007-05-08T16:55:29Z")
I’m too lazy to see which have already been answered. V.I.K.I. - I, Robot Lord Farquad - Shrek Biff Tannen - Back to the Future trilogy Captain Barbosa - Pirates of the Carribean Imhotep - The Mummy Newman - Seinfeld Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget Simon Gruber - Die Hard 3 Bill Sykes - Oliver Twist Arliss Loveless - Wild Wild West Tyler Durden - Fight Club Scar - The Lion King Randall - Monsters, Inc Agent Smith - The Matrix Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/18 "2007-05-08T17:08:28Z")
Count Adhemar is played by Rufus Sewell in _A Knight’s Tale_. Arliss Loveless is played by Kenneth Branagh in _Wild Wild West_. Baron Silas Greenback is voiced by Edward Kelsey in _Danger Mouse_. William Cutting is played by Daniel Day-Lewis in _Gangs of New York_. How about… Casanova Frankenstein Frau Farbissina The Detainer Sylar Davros Eobard Thawne Leonard Snart Lester Verde Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich Ghatanothoa ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/19 "2007-05-08T17:12:37Z")
Casanova Frankenstein: Mystery Men! Frau Farbissina: Austin Powers Sylar: Heroes!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215/20 "2007-05-08T17:13:16Z")
Casanova Frankenstein - Mystery Men Sylar - Heroes Davros - Dr Who Eobard Thawne & Leonard Snart are both Flash villains, the first Dr Zoom/Reverse Flash and Captain Cold, respectively. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-show-villian/403215.md?page=2)