# TV or movie characters not known by their character names. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944 "2005-08-07T02:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/101 "2005-08-08T16:30:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Terence Aloysius Mahoney (or Terence Montgomery Mahoney) > > Horace Debussey Jones Slip Mahoney (Leo Gorcey) and Sach (Huntz Hall) from The Bowery Boys movies. Finally! Staying home all those Sunday mornings finally pays off! ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/102 "2005-08-08T16:31:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Eric Stratton > > Daniel Day Otter and D-Day from _Animal House_. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/103 "2005-08-08T16:32:31Z")
> [@Winston Bongo](#): > > James Logan = Wolverine? Nope, this was a bit part in quite a few eps of a 1980s series. However, it was usually just one scene, with no connection to the rest of the story. As a result, these scenes are expendable, and are frequently the target of the syndication cut scissors. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/104 "2005-08-08T16:35:20Z")
> [@Winston Bongo](#): > > James Logan = Wolverine? I don’t think it’s been finally settled what Wolverine’s real name is. He’s gone by the single name “Logan” and by the name “James Hackett.” I don’t remember “James Logan.” ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/105 "2005-08-08T16:43:12Z")
Duncan, Garrett, Munroe, Rogers, and Welles ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/106 "2005-08-08T16:47:39Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Duncan, Garrett, Munroe, Rogers, and Welles Charlie’s Angels ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/107 "2005-08-08T16:47:52Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Duncan, Garrett, Munroe, Rogers, and Welles All of Charlies Angels. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/108 "2005-08-08T20:00:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Daniel Day Isn’t his full name Daniel Simpson Day? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/109 "2005-08-08T20:34:13Z")
No one has answered my last one, but I thought of another one that surely some of y’all know, so here are my two offerings: Richard Stabone Clarence Rutherford ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/110 "2005-08-08T20:39:07Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > No one has answered my last one, but I thought of another one that surely some of y’all know, so here are my two offerings: > > Richard Stabone > > Clarence Rutherford Richard Stabone is “Boner” from _Growing Pains_. And his middle name is Milhous. And Clarence Rutherford is, of course, Lumpy from _Leave It to Beaver_. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/111 "2005-08-08T20:43:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Nah, I think that was Rutger Hauer. Well, forst of all, I had the actor’s last name incorrect. It was Ryan _Reynolds_. But, according to [wikipedia’s entry on Reynolds](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds), the character name WAS Michael Bergen, and he was called “Berg” most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/112 "2005-08-08T21:23:07Z")
Jughead’s full name is Forsythe Percival Jones. Hunter Hearst Helmsley = ?? Eric Lehnsherr = ?? Vic Sage = The Question Shayera Thal = Hawkgirl Greg Saunders = Sandy Mari McCabe = Vixen ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/113 "2005-08-08T21:46:01Z")
Hunter Hearst Helmsley = ?? Triple H. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/114 "2005-08-08T21:51:17Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > I don’t think it’s been finally settled what Wolverine’s real name is. He’s gone by the single name “Logan” and by the name “James Hackett.” I don’t remember “James Logan.” According to _Origin_, his original name was James Howlett. Eric Lensherr is Magneto. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/115 "2005-08-08T21:59:14Z")
Eric Lensherr is Magneto. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/116 "2005-08-10T16:50:27Z")
OK, since I believe this has died: Ramona Smith was “Mama,” Kingfish’s MIL on “Amos ‘n’ Andy” Elister was the real name of Smokey the crackhead on Eddie Murphy’s animated series “The PJs” James Logan was the real name of the “pickpocket” on “Hill Street Blues.” He typically would be in only one scene, with a booking officer who would ask his name. He would usually give a bogus name, like “Eurypides Pantz” or “Curtis Interruptus.” Most of the time he (Nick Savage) was credited simply as “pickpocket.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/117 "2005-08-10T17:05:46Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Greg Saunders = Sandy Right idea, wrong Golden Age superhero. Sandy is Sanderson Hawkins, but Greg Saunders was the masked troubadour of the prairies, the Vigilante. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/118 "2005-08-10T17:20:52Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > George Gates Dr. George Alonzo “Gonzo” Gates from _Trapper John, M.D._. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/119 "2005-08-10T17:29:35Z")
How about Reinhold Elmore? Or Patricia Reichardt? (Not originally from TV but the character has appeared on it.) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/120 "2005-08-10T20:19:42Z")
Okay, this very famous personage was known by _two_ nicknames. When a certain character asked his name, he answered **noonmai**. And also, who were… - “Courteous Cliff”? - “the Dancing Doctor”? - “Jackanapes”? - “Read”? (as in “read a book” - hint: he’s already been mentioned in this thread.) - “Bobby Boogie”? (also already mentioned in this thread) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944.md?page=7)