# "Wait, it's a different guy?" moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157 "2022-02-26T16:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/61 "2022-02-27T03:01:05Z")
I think James Coburn is the result of merging Lee Marvin with Steve McQueen. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/62 "2022-02-27T03:02:05Z")
I’ve always thought Steve McQueen was the secret love child of Marvin and Coburn. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/63 "2022-02-27T03:05:36Z")
I think we can safely conclude that Coburn/Lee should be FTW, here, myself included > [@dorvann](#): > > I thought Wilford Brimley was in a few episodes of _Better Call Saul_ but it turns out I was mistaken him for Barry Corbin. That walrus looks lke a few; whenever I have to look at Kansas City Chiefs coach Mike Reid, ole Will immediately comes to mind. Still getting my James Franciscuses and Tony Franciosas mixed up. 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ [Adam Kinzinger](https://www.google.com/search?q=adam+kinzinger&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwif0qHe6Z72AhXJFzQIHdYdC1cQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=adam+kinzinger&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzILCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEyCAgAEIAEELEDMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQ6BwgjEO8DECc6BAgAEBg6BggAEAoQGDoECAAQQzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BwgAELEDEEM6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6BAgAEANQmY0ZWIOkGWCGpRloAHAAeACAAbQBiAGsCZIBBDEzLjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=euAaYp-tK8mv0PEP1rusuAU&bih=571&biw=850&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835) and sports commentator and former TSN sidekick of dingbat Jay Onrait, [Dan O’Toole](https://www.google.com/search?q=dan+otoole&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&hl=en&sxsrf=APq-WBuVWjfs-EAcSj9CL05d---cIH8zeA:1645930840679&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij-NSY8p72AhWQFjQIHTeaD6IQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=850&bih=571&dpr=1.56) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/64 "2022-02-27T03:05:51Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Now here’s the crucial question: have Lee Marvin and James Coburn ever appeared in the same movie? Or seen at the same place? They appeared together in an episode of the 1950s TV series “M Squad.” > **[A Biography by Dwayne Epstein Lee Marvin: Point Blank Biography by Dwayne...](https://academized.com/point-blank-book)** > > Lee Marvin: Point Blank is the first full-length, authoritative and detailed story of the iconic actor’s life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal sheet reporting from earlier books. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/65 "2022-02-27T03:06:53Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > They appeared together in an episode of the 1950s TV series “M Squad.” See! Twins they are! (great find, @kenobi_65!) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/66 "2022-02-27T03:07:52Z")
I recall watching a documentary on Spaghetti Westerns and some dude mentioned that the only reason Terrence Hill had a star career in movies is because some producer thought he looked like Franco Nero. Indeed, from IMDB: “Part of the reason he (Hill) was cast in the westerns was because he looked just like another actor who made hit westerns, Franco Nero. When Nero was not available to do a western, Italian producers cast Hill. Hill then went on to make a name for himself as a western star.” > **[Franco Nero (left) & Terence Hill (right)](https://www.listal.com/viewimage/6967815)** > > Both playing Django in two different movies. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/67 "2022-02-27T03:10:07Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > That walrus looks lke a few; whenever I have to look at Kansas City Chiefs coach Mike Reid, ole Will immediately comes to mind. Perhaps you mean Andy Reid? Who is easily confused for Mike Holmgren. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/68 "2022-02-27T03:13:07Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Here’s another one who never could get their Lee Marvins and James Coburns straight. I know they were two different people, but deep inside I think they were identical. I remember that Lee Marvin was sued in the landmark “palimony” case. Michelle Triola had changed her name legally to Michelle Triola Marvin. She was represented by star attorney Marvin Mitchelson. After the case, the _National Lampoon_ ran a fake news article announcing that she was suing Mitchelson, claiming that he had become famous by representing her. And that she would henceforth go by the name **Michelle Triola Marvin Mitchelson.** ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/69 "2022-02-27T03:14:29Z")
Bill Paxton [![](https://d3m2o2bzrl719s.cloudfront.net/photos/2005/10-OCTOBER05/27/BruceWebber_LA_102705/Selected/gallery_1BPaxton_10270502.JPG) ](https://d3m2o2bzrl719s.cloudfront.net/photos/2005/10-OCTOBER05/27/BruceWebber_LA_102705/Selected/gallery_1BPaxton_10270502.JPG) Bill Pullman [![](https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/why-bill-pullman-doesnt-get-many-movie-offers-anymore/intro-1524751155.jpg) ](https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/why-bill-pullman-doesnt-get-many-movie-offers-anymore/intro-1524751155.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/70 "2022-02-27T03:21:30Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Perhaps you mean Andy Reid? Who is easily confused for Mike Holmgren. Ah yes 🤦‍♂️, (😒Really - I’m the _best_ with names) thanks, for the trifecta, somewhat lesser 'stache bedamned. (heh, at least not as ugly as _Paul_ Holmgren) Ted Cassidy and Richard Kiel, for maybe a millisecond, say. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/71 "2022-02-27T03:22:57Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > They appeared together in an episode of the 1950s TV series “M Squad.” LInk to the picture was broken, so here’s the article I found it in: > **[A Biography by Dwayne Epstein Lee Marvin: Point Blank Biography by Dwayne...](https://academized.com/point-blank-book)** > > Lee Marvin: Point Blank is the first full-length, authoritative and detailed story of the iconic actor’s life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal sheet reporting from earlier books. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/72 "2022-02-27T03:30:13Z")
_Total_ urban legend. It was [Ernie Coombs.](https://www.google.com/search?q=mr+dressup&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=APq-WBuyxAAwDhAfJq2K0kELiBFnXFBppg%3A1645932501132&ei=1O8aYvfKN7Xl9APV4ZmIAQ&ved=0ahUKEwj3hKqw-J72AhW1Mn0KHdVwBhEQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=mr+dressup&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwguELEDEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyCwguEIAEENQCEMkDMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQ6BAgjECc6BAguEEM6BAgAEEM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBEKMCOgsILhCABBCxAxDUAjoLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoKCC4QsQMQ1AIQQzoOCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEQyQM6CAguEIAEELEDOggIABCABBCxAzoOCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQ1AI6CwgAELEDEIMBEMkDOgUILhCABEoECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWKsWYJQbaABwAXgAgAF2iAGkBpIBAzkuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/73 "2022-02-27T03:45:57Z")
In Season 6 of **Criminal Minds** they got rid of actress A.J. Cook and her character JJ. They brought in actress Rachel Nichols as Agent Seavers as a replacement. I missed all that and spent way longer than I should have wondering why JJ changed her name to Ashley Seavers. First is Rachel Nichols; second is AJ Cook > **[Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005– ) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452046/characters/nm0629697)** > > Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005– ) Rachel Nichols as Ashley Seaver > **[Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005– ) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452046/characters/nm0176882?ref_=tt_cl_c_3)** > > Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005– ) A.J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/74 "2022-02-27T03:52:37Z")
TIL they are in fact different guys 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/75 "2022-02-27T04:52:15Z")
[For the last time, I’m not Max Von Sydow](https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/07/for-the-last-time-i-m-not-max-von-sydow/) (Not posting this as if Christopher Plummer really wrote it) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/76 "2022-02-27T06:02:36Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > (Not posting this as if Christopher Plummer really wrote it) Right - Plummer was the guy from Skyrim. Anyway, Elizabeth Banks: [![](https://woodgram.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Elizabeth-Banks.jpg) ](https://woodgram.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Elizabeth-Banks.jpg) Rachel McAdams: [![](https://i.insider.com/6192ae73d672280019246c62?width=700) ](https://i.insider.com/6192ae73d672280019246c62?width=700) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/77 "2022-02-27T12:12:52Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > For the last time, I’m not Max Von Sydow [No, You’re Thinking of David Doyle](https://www.theonion.com/no-youre-thinking-of-david-doyle-1819583544) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/78 "2022-02-27T12:55:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > That made the movie _The Departed_ really confusing for me, since both of them were in it, and I kept getting their characters mixed up. Oh yeah!!! I had to rewatch _The Departed_ because I couldn’t keep Damon and DiCaprio straight. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/79 "2022-02-27T13:45:15Z")
Uncle Leo [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd5kuAYV4AAnV5A.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd5kuAYV4AAnV5A.jpg) Aleksandr Lukashenko [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMG-NgvW6ddHncLCJ70mSEG5O5kVr9u8RDEA&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMG-NgvW6ddHncLCJ70mSEG5O5kVr9u8RDEA&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/80 "2022-02-27T14:33:02Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > (…) > Eddy came back with his tail between his legs, but demanded Jones be removed. Jones went back to his dental practice, but [His son](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTOqpVgL8s) carried on. Thirty minutes ago I knew almost nothing about these people, but the story sounded interesting so I visited WikiP and IMDB. Does “dental practice” just mean “left MGM for Universal and eventually became a minor performer”? If so, darn it! I was hoping to read about a singing dentist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157.md?page=5)