# Spotting a Familiar Actor in a Surprising Place - Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931 "2017-06-26T19:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/181 "2017-07-19T05:21:18Z")
One of my favorites is Jay Silverheels (Tonto) as a Seminole Indian in the Humphrey Bogart/Edward G. Robinson film _Key Largo_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/182 "2017-07-19T06:00:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One of my favorites is Jay Silverheels (Tonto) as a Seminole Indian in the Humphrey Bogart/Edward G. Robinson film _Key Largo_. Or an Aztec in _ **Captain from Castille** _, opposite Tyrone Powers and Cesar Romero (as Hernando Cortez). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/183 "2017-07-19T10:46:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Are you referring to the TV series with Steve McQueen, or the '80s movie with Rutger Hauer? 😕 McQueen. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/184 "2017-07-19T15:05:45Z")
[Betty White on Community](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6W-nE_U_IQ) She was in a few episodes as a crazy anthropology teacher. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/185 "2017-07-19T15:11:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She just won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a play for her performance in _A Doll’s House, Part 2_ Good on her! Always liked her. You can spot a young Jim Broadbent (later famous for _Brazil, Harry Potter, Topsy-Turvy, Iris, Cloud Atlas_ and now on _Game of Thrones_) as a smarmy minion in _Time Bandits_: [http://1125996089.rsc.cdn77.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Time-Bandits-4.jpg](http://1125996089.rsc.cdn77.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Time-Bandits-4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/186 "2017-07-21T01:39:24Z")
Mary Tyler Moore playing a saloon girl in \*Wanted Dead or Alive. \* ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/187 "2017-07-21T02:45:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Mary Tyler Moore playing a saloon girl in _Wanted Dead or Alive._ MTM as “Second Spanish Girl” (on Puerto Rico) at the very end of “Strike Force” (1959), episode no. 28 of _ **Steve Canyon** _. A five-second silent walk-on; blink and you’ll miss her. On the other hand, she’s instantly recognizable! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/188 "2017-07-21T02:48:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > At one point, the only black actor in the film sits down at a table with the two male stars; he really looks familiar and when he speaks–YES! It’s Percy Rodrigues! Commodore Stone?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/189 "2017-07-21T03:44:37Z")
Georgia Engel, aka “Georgette Franklin Baxter” on \*\*\*MTM \*\*\*, as the mother of Lyndsey, Alan’s hot girlfriend, on _ **Two and a Half Men** _. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/190 "2017-07-21T15:56:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Commodore Stone?!? :eek: That’s as far as you go, sir! The star of that short film played John Smith’s father, Herb, in Cronenberg’s, “The Dead Zone,” but I had to look that up, as I didn’t recognize him. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/191 "2017-07-21T17:49:58Z")
In Amedeus, Salieri hires a young woman to be a servant for Mozart and a spy for him. It’s Cynthia Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/192 "2017-07-21T20:03:34Z")
Jon Pertwee has a small role in \*A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum \*a few years before he became the third Doctor. I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard his voice the first time I saw that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/193 "2017-07-23T11:48:34Z")
[quote=“Knowed\_Out, post:91, topic:789931”] I was blown away when I realized Christopher Guest was both Nigel Tufnel in _This Is Spinal Tap_ and Count Drogan (the six fingered man) in _Princess Bride_. QUOTE] Throw in the Doctor testifying in A Few Good Men , and you really see his ability to become the character. He is one you can see in several roles, and never see the actor. That’s why he is my favorite, and I consider him the best around. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/194 "2017-07-23T12:09:28Z")
the actor who played Vito on the Sopranos also was in an earlier episode where he played a customer in a store as a different character. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/195 "2017-07-23T13:06:01Z")
Bob Hastings, aka “Lt. Elroy Carpenter” in _ **McHale’s Navy** _, was an office drone in “I Dream of Genie” on _ **Twilight Zone** _ the other night. He also played a downed Russian pilot in an episode of _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/196 "2017-07-23T14:34:51Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Bob Hastings, aka “Lt. Elroy Carpenter” in _ **McHale’s Navy** _, was an office drone in “I Dream of Genie” on _ **Twilight Zone** _ the other night. > > He also played a downed Russian pilot in an episode of _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _. Also in, “Poseidon Adventure,” as the NYE party MC. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/197 "2017-07-23T23:37:42Z")
The one, true Superman - George Reeves - showed up in Gone With the Wind. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/198 "2017-07-24T00:38:39Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > The one, true Superman - George Reeves - showed up in Gone With the Wind. Yes, one of the Tarlton twins who courted Scarlet. Apparently both were shot with kryptonite bullets. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/199 "2017-07-25T01:44:35Z")
Forgive my digression, but science fiction author William F. Nolan wrote an episode of _Wanted Dead or Alive_ that I just watched, _Mental Lapse_. I recall that Gene Roddenberry wrote an episode of the TV series, _Alias Smith and Jones_, _the Girl in Boxcar_ something. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931/200 "2017-07-26T13:33:41Z")
Julie “Catwoman” Newmar as The Devil in “Of Late I Think of Cliffordville,” last night’s _ **Twilight Zone** _. Other actors included Guy Raymond, John Harmon, and John Anderson, all of whom appeared in episodes of _ **Star Trek** _ (_ **TOS** _ and _ **TNG** _). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-a-familiar-actor-in-a-surprising-place-part-deux/789931.md?page=11)