# Strange little thing Otto cued me to on the IMDB actors. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187 "2006-12-22T05:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/1 "2006-12-22T05:07:07Z")
In this thread \*\*Otto \*\* noticed Fred Astair is the first person entered in the IMDB names table. Here are the first 25. It is an interesting list with a few surprises. Belushi, Delerue & Goldsmith seem a little out of place with the other 22 legends. This invites conjecture and a small game. The game is below. [Fred Astaire - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000001/) Fred Astaire [Lauren Bacall - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000002/) Lauren Bacall [Brigitte Bardot - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000003/) Brigitte Bardot [John Belushi - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000004/) John Belushi 😃 [Ingmar Bergman - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000005/) Ingmar Bergman [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000006/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000006/) Ingrid Bergman [Humphrey Bogart - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000007/) Humphrey Bogart [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000008/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000008/) Marlon Brando [Richard Burton - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000009/) Richard Burton [James Cagney - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000010/) James Cagney [Gary Cooper - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000011/) Gary Cooper [Bette Davis - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000012/) Bette Davis [Doris Day - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000013/) Doris Day [Olivia de Havilland - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000014/) Olivia de Havilland [James Dean - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000015/) James Dean [Georges Delerue - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000016/) Georges Delerue (I never heard of him?) [Marlene Dietrich - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000017/) Marlene Dietrich [Kirk Douglas - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000018/) Kirk Douglas [Federico Fellini - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000019/) Federico Fellini [Henry Fonda - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000020/) Henry Fonda [Joan Fontaine - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000021/) Joan Fontaine [Clark Gable - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000022/) Clark Gable [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000023/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000023/) Judy Garland [John Gielgud - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000024/) John Gielgud [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000025/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000025/) Jerry Goldsmith (scored Star Trek Movies of course and much else) Find the name that matches your SDMB username number. I am user 53243 which matches the unknown: [Jim Barbarino](http://imdb.com/name/nm0053243/). **Ed Zotti** matches to [Ingrid Bergman](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000006/) \*\*Who is your match? \*\* Enjoy, Jim ---
**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:** [December 22, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/2 "2006-12-22T05:18:31Z")
I didn’t get anyone good. 😕 > **[Gwyneth Hugues | Actress](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0401108/)** > > Known for: An Angel at My Table ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/3 "2006-12-22T05:20:12Z")
where do you get your number? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/4 "2006-12-22T05:21:54Z")
[Olivia Hughes](http://imdb.com/name/nm0400838/) Never heard of her. Funny that the first two responses have the same last name though. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/5 "2006-12-22T05:24:30Z")
Hmm I think I did that wrong. I did the post # instead of member #. [http://imdb.com/name/nm0049038/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0049038/) Eh, like that’s any better. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/6 "2006-12-22T05:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] I didn’t get anyone good. 😕 [http://imdb.com/name/nm0401108/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0401108/) [/QUOTE] Actually your user # is 546. That is Matthew Modine, [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000546/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000546/) Pretty good. **percussion** , I clikc on your username and choose View Public Profile and find in the address bar you are userid=16111. When I unch that into the IMDB link I generate [http://imdb.com/name/nm00\*\*16111\*\*/](http://imdb.com/name/nm00 **16111** /) You get someone boring like mine, Raja Ahmad Alauddin. Jim ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/7 "2006-12-22T05:27:57Z")
I got [John W. Adams](http://imdb.com/name/nm0011088/). Who the heck is he? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/8 "2006-12-22T05:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Actually your user # is 546. That is Matthew Modine, [http://imdb.com/name/nm0000546/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000546/) Pretty good. **percussion** , I click on your user name and choose View Public Profile and find in the address bar you are userid=16111. When I punch that into the IMDB link I generate [http://imdb.com/name/nm00\*\*16111\*\*/](http://imdb.com/name/nm00 **16111** /) You get someone boring like mine, Raja Ahmad Alauddin. [/QUOTE] By Og that stunk, too many typos. Now corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/9 "2006-12-22T05:28:44Z")
I get [Helge Andersson](http://imdb.com/name/nm0027687/), who by a strange coinkidink is Swedish like me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/10 "2006-12-22T05:31:54Z")
My number is the same as [Martine Badgley](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046110/) who made one film, [Dancing on the Moon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125058/). ---
**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:** [December 22, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/11 "2006-12-22T05:36:59Z")
[Mine’s pretty obscure too.](http://imdb.com/name/nm0011544/) ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/12 "2006-12-22T05:40:59Z")
I got [Adrien Brody](http://imdb.com/name/nm0004778/). Do I get to kiss Halle Berry? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/13 "2006-12-22T05:47:47Z")
Optionally you could find your movie: Mine is a forgettable Three Stooges film: [Sappy Bull Fighters (Short 1959) - IMDb](http://imdb.com/title/tt0053243/) or Sappy Bullfighters (1959) It is notable only for being their final short. Any wags on how they assigned actors to there numbers? It obviously was not a completely random entry. **Gadarene** , nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/14 "2006-12-22T05:49:05Z")
[Bor-ring!](http://imdb.com/name/nm0043355/) Ram Avron. One entry. Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/15 "2006-12-22T05:51:20Z")
Ah! But my _movie_ is…[Boniface somnambule?](http://imdb.com/title/tt0043355/) Son of a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/16 "2006-12-22T05:54:47Z")
Oh, I didn’t know we could do movies. Here’s mine: [Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen?](http://imdb.com/title/tt0046110/) ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/17 "2006-12-22T05:55:04Z")
Hm. I got [Martina Alberti](http://imdb.com/name/nm0016661/), who appears to have been a porn actress in one movie. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/18 "2006-12-22T06:10:09Z")
My film is a lost German film from 1919 called _The Blue Boy_ or \*Emerald in Death. My actor is Senor Acuaviva, who starred in only one film in 1929. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/19 "2006-12-22T06:11:02Z")
Damn you [Daniel](http://imdb.com/name/nm0017803/) [Alegi](http://www.nuffglobal.net/competition/Jury/danielalegi.php)! ---
**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:** [December 22, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187/20 "2006-12-22T06:15:05Z")
My movie kicks all kinds of ass. [url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0000546/[Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend. Sweet ass. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-little-thing-otto-cued-me-to-on-the-imdb-actors/385187.md?page=2)