# What actors have been in the most non-related films together? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640 "2011-01-06T19:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/21 "2011-01-08T15:25:05Z")
Director John Ford had a “stock company” of actors (including John Wayne). Some probably appeared together in 10+ films. Probably the largest number would be the combination of Harry Carey and John Wayne, though Carey and Francis Ford may have more. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/22 "2011-01-08T20:57:24Z")
Fredric March appeared with his wife Florence Eldridge a number of times on stage and screen, such as “Inherit the Wind”. I don’t know how many. > **[Florence Eldridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Eldridge)** > > Florence Eldridge (born Florence McKechnie, September 5, 1901 – August 1, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1957 for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night. > Eldridge was born Florence McKechnie in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Charles J. McKechnie. She attended public schools, including P.S. 85 and Girls' High School. > Eldridge made her Broadway debut at age 17 as a chorus member of Rock-a-Bye Baby at the Astor T... ---
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Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson have been in at least two together: Die Hard 3 and Unbreakable. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/24 "2011-01-08T21:11:21Z")
Besides the “Road to” pictures, of which there are seven, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby would occasionally have cameos in each other pictures. One example is “The Princess and the Pirate” when at the end Virginia exclaims how happy she is to be reunited with her hero and runs past Hope who thinks it’s him she wants, into the arms of a sailor played by Crosby. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/25 "2011-01-08T21:16:04Z")
Nowhere near the top, but… Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis were in 7 movies together. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/26 "2011-01-09T01:29:20Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson have been in at least two together: Die Hard 3 and Unbreakable. - Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/27 "2011-01-09T05:31:46Z")
What happened to the “3 stars” and “significant roles” parts of the question? > [@YogSosoth](#): > > Has there been multiple movies where 3 or more of the same famous actors had significant roles? Heath Ledger, Mark Addy and Shannyn Sossamon had the three starring roles in both [The Order](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304711/) and [A Knight’s Tale](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/). These were so unrelated they weren’t even set in the same century, though both were written and directed by Brian Helgeland so it wasn’t exactly coincidental. ---
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Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor did 8 films together: Cleopatra The Taming of the Shrew Who’s afraid of Virgina Wolf The Comedians The Sandpiper The V.I.P.s Divorce His - Divorce Hers Boom! ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/29 "2011-01-09T23:54:05Z")
Moe Howard made something like 200 shorts with Larry Fine. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/30 "2011-01-10T01:56:44Z")
Does Helena Bonham Carter do anything without Johnny Depp anymore? ---
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John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis were both in “A Fish Called Wanda” and “Fierce Creatures”. Along with about a dozen other people! Only two movies but a lot of the same people. Much like John Ford’s trusted players. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/32 "2011-01-11T04:42:10Z")
Abbott and Costello were in about 40 movies together, and I think only a couple of them were related to each other. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/33 "2011-01-11T04:56:11Z")
Thought of another three-fer: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny Devito were the three main characters in both [Romancing the Stone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/) and [War of the Roses](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098621/). ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/34 "2011-01-14T04:11:51Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Does Helena Bonham Carter do anything without Johnny Depp anymore? Well, there is the lucrative **Harry Potter** franchise… ---
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> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Does Helena Bonham Carter do anything without Johnny Depp anymore? > [@Krokodil](#): > > Well, there is the lucrative **Harry Potter** franchise… And The King’s Speech. ---
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I think a lot would depend on how you define unrelated plot. You’sd need to consider the Sherlock Holmes movies (Holmes and Watson), Charlie Chan, Bulldog Drummond- that sort of genre. The plot of each may be unrelated to a previous movie but the theme is the same. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640/37 "2012-03-03T19:25:22Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis were both in “A Fish Called Wanda” and “Fierce Creatures”. Forget Cleese and Curtis - those movies also have Cleese and Michael Palin. Their shared filmography includes: _And Now for Something Completely Different Monty Python and the Holy Grail Life of Brian Time Bandits The Meaning of Life Fierce Creatures Absolutely Anything_ Still only seven, though, so small change compared to some of the other suggestions. ---
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Woody Allen & Diane Keaton did six movies together: Sleeper Love and Death Annie Hall Interiors Manhattan Manhattan Murder Mystery Then Woody & Mia Farrow did nine movies together: A Midsummer Sex Comedy Broadway Danny Rose the Purple Rose of Cairo Hannah and Her Sisters New York Stories: Oedipus Wrecks Crimes and Misdemeanors Alice Shadows and Fog (TV movie) Husbands and Wives ---
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Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney… ---
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Clint Eastwood, Sandra Locke, and Geoffrey Lewis were all three in _Bronco Billy_, _Every Which Way But Loose_, and its sequel _Any Which Way You Can_. Locke and Eastwood also starred together in _The Gauntlet_ and _The Outlaw Josey Wales_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-have-been-in-the-most-non-related-films-together/566640.md?page=3)