# What's the first role you think of for: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529 "2006-02-01T17:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/41 "2006-02-02T05:07:56Z")
1. Gregory Peck: _To Kill A Mockingbird_ 2. Humphrey Bogart: _The Maltese Falcon_ 3. Gary Cooper: _Mr. Deeds Goes to Town_ 4. Clark Gable: _It Happened One Night_ 5. Alan Ladd: _Shane_ 6. Yul Brynner: _The King and I_ 7. Robert Mitchum: none 8. Cary Grant: _The Philadelphia Story_ 9. Marlon Brando: _A Streetcar Named Desire_ 10. Elizabeth Taylor: none 11. Viv **i** en Leigh: _Gone With the Wind_ (of course) 12. Kath **a** rine Hepburn: _The Philadelphia Story_ 13. Audrey Hepburn: _Roman Holiday_ 14. Sophia Loren: none 15. Meryl Streep: _Sophie’s Choice_ 16. Judi Dench: _Shakespeare in Love_ 17. Diane Keaton: _Annie Hall_ 18. Julia Roberts: _Notting Hill_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/42 "2006-02-02T06:57:05Z")
1. Gregory Peck – Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 2. Humphrey Bogart – Rick, _Casablanca_ 3. Gary Cooper – Lou Gehrig, _Pride of the Yankees_ 4. Clark Gable – Rhett Butler, _Gone With the Wind_ 5. Alan Ladd – Shane, _Shane_ 6. Yul Brynner – King of Siam, _The King and I_ 7. Robert Mitchum – Whatever his character’s name was in _Thunder Road_ 8. Cary Grant – C.K. Dexter Haven, _The Philadelphia Story_ 9. Marlon Brando – Terry Malloy, _On the Waterfront_ 10. Elizabeth Taylor – Cleopatra, _Cleopatra_ 11. Viven Leigh – Scarlett O’Hara, _Gone With the Wind_ 12. Katharine Hepburn – Whatever her character’s name was in _The African Queen_ 13. Audrey Hepburn – Holly Golightly, _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ 14. Sophia Loren – I know she was in _Boy on a Dolphin_, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of her films 15. Meryl Streep – Mrs. Kramer, _Kramer vs. Kramer_ 16. Judi Dench – Queen Victoria, _Mrs. Brown_ 17. Diane Keaton – Annie Hall, _Annie Hall_ 18. Julia Roberts – The hooker in _Pretty Woman_ “None” is a fair answer. Don’t look at other replies until you’ve posted your own. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/43 "2006-02-02T07:25:14Z")
1. Gregory Peck - Cap’n Ahab 2. Humphrey Bogart - Rick, the Casablanca Dude 3. Gary Cooper - a cowboy 4. Clark Gable - Rhett Butler 5. Alan Ladd - none 6. Yul Brynner - King of Siam 7. Robert Mitchum - none 8. Cary Grant - none 9. Marlon Brando - Don Corleone 10. Elizabeth Taylor - herself, in commercials for products with her name on them. 11. Viven Leigh - none 12. Katherine Hepburn - none 13. Audrey Hepburn - none 14. Sophia Loren - none 15. Meryl Streep - the lead in _Bridges of Madison County_ 16. Judi Dench - M 17. Diane Keaton - none 18. Julia Roberts - "that skinny whore from _Pretty Woman_ Okay, I’m tired and my old pop-culture trivia engine isn’t running on all cylinders. I recognize the names, but can’t remember what some of them were in. They get filed away in my mind as “X was a movie star from the early days” and pop up from time to time. Just now wasn’t one of those times. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/44 "2006-02-02T07:46:13Z")
1. Gregory Peck - The Big Country 2. Humphrey Bogart - To Have Or Have Not 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - The Misfits (though I’ve never seen it) 5. Alan Ladd - Shane 6. Yul Brynner - The King And I 7. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear 8. Cary Grant - Houseboat (just kidding!) 9. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront 10. Elizabeth Taylor - A Place In The Sun 11. Viven Leigh - Gone With The Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - Bringing Up Baby 13. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany’s 14. Sophia Loren - Houseboat (what a coincidence to scroll down and find her) 15. Meryl Streep - The Deer Hunter 16. Judi Dench - Room With A View 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
**Author:** ![Dervish\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dervish\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervish_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/45 "2006-02-02T09:48:04Z")
I hope the movies they appeared in are okay; it’s late and I can’t think of characters names. 1. Gregory Peck - Atticus Finch 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - I think Gizmo from Gremlins watches a movie with him in it - something about a racecar driver. 5. Alan Ladd - Um, wasn’t he Rebbecca of Sunnybrook Farm’s love interest? I got nothing. 6. Yul Brynner - Nothing 7. Robert Mitchum - Nothing 8. Cary Grant - An Affair to Remember (which is wierd since I’ve never seen it). 9. Marlon Brando - Nothing 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Nothing 11. Viven Leigh - Nothing 12. Katherine Hepburn - The African Queen 13. Audrey Hepburn - Liza Doolittle 14. Sophia Loren - Nothing 15. Meryl Streep - Nothing 16. Judi Dench - She had a small part in Kenneth Brannagh’s Henry V 17. Diane Keaton - Nothing 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/46 "2006-02-02T12:54:29Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird > > 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca > > 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon > > 4. Clark Gable - Rhett Butler - GWTW > > 5. Alan Ladd - None > > 6. Yul Brynner - The King and I > > 7. Robert Mitchum - The one with the doll - Why can’t I think of the name of it??? > > 8. Cary Grant - Nothin’s coming in… > > 9. Marlon Brando - Streetcar > > 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? > > 11. Viven Leigh - GWTW > > 12. Katherine Hepburn - It’s all swirling together > > 13. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany’s > > 14. Sophia Loren - Grumpy Old Men > > 15. Meryl Streep - Sophie’s Choice > > 16. Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown > > 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall > > 18. Julia Roberts - Closer > > “None” is a fair answer. > > Don’t look at other replies until you’ve posted your own. Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird 2) Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3) Gary Cooper - High Noon 4) Clark Gable - Rhett Butler - GWTW 5) Alan Ladd - None 6) Yul Brynner - The King and I 7) Robert Mitchum - The one with the doll - Why can’t I think of the name of it??? 8) Cary Grant - Nothin’s coming in… 9) Marlon Brando - Streetcar 1. Elizabeth Taylor - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? 2. Viven Leigh - GWTW 3. Katherine Hepburn - It’s all swirling together 4. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany’s 5. Sophia Loren - Grumpy Old Men 6. Meryl Streep - Sophie’s Choice 7. Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown 8. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 9. Julia Roberts - Closer ---
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Don’t have character names for all of these 1. **Gregory Peck** - Mengele, Boys from Brazil 2. \*\*Humphrey Bogart \*\*- Rick, casablanca 3. **Gary Cooper** - Sherriff in High Noon (and I’ve never seen it!) 4. **Clark Gable** - Rhett, GWTW 5. **Alan Ladd** - Shane? 6. **Yul Brynner** - Killer Cowboy Android, Westworld 7. **Robert Mitchum** - Cape Fear 8. **Cary Grant** - North by Northwest 9. **Marlon Brando** - The Godfather 10. \*\*Elizabeth Taylor \*\*- National Velvet/Cleopatra arrived simultaneously in my head 11. **Viven Leigh** - GWTW 12. **Katherine Hepburn** - On Golden Pond 13. **Audrey Hepburn** - Holly Golightly, BAT 14. **Sophia Loren** - none 15. **Meryl Streep** - Out of Africa 16. **Judi Dench** - Mrs Brown 17. **Diane Keaton** - Annie Hall 18. J **ulia Roberts** - Notting Hill ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/48 "2006-02-02T14:59:46Z")
1. Gregory Peck - Roman Holiday 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - Ball of Fire 4. Clark Gable - It Happened One Night 5. Alan Ladd - Shane 6. Yul Brynner - The King and I 7. Robert Mitchum - Night of the Hunter 8. Cary Grant - Notorious 9. Marlon Brando - Guys and Dolls 10. Elizabeth Taylor - National Velvet 11. Viven Leigh - Gone with the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - Philadelphia Story 13. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina 14. Sophia Loren - None 15. Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer 16. Judi Dench - None 17. Diane Keaton - None 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/49 "2006-02-02T15:49:02Z")
1. Gregory Peck - Atticus Finch 2. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine 3. Gary Cooper - Lou Gehrig 4. Clark Gable - Rhett Butler (despite having successfully avoided seeing the movie) 5. Alan Ladd - Little John 6. Yul Brynner - The King of Siam 7. Robert Mitchum - None jumps out. 8. Cary Grant - The fellow with the Intercostal Clavicle in Bringing Up Baby 9. Marlon Brando - The Wild One, whatever his name was. 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Cleopatra 11. Viven Leigh - Scarlett O’Hara 12. Katherine Hepburn - Rose ? in The African Queen 13. Audrey Hepburn - Eliza Doolittle 14. Sophia Loren - None jumps out. 15. Meryl Streep - Sophie Whatshername in Sophie’s Choice 16. Judi Dench - None jumps out 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts - None jums out. ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/50 "2006-02-02T15:52:41Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > 1. Alan Ladd - Little John Sorry to answer my own post, but now I lookat some of the others, I realize that was Alan Hale. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/51 "2006-02-02T16:47:02Z")
I didn’t read the other replies before posting. 1. Gregory Peck - To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - Sergeant York 4. Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind 5. Alan Ladd - none 6. Yul Brynner - The King and I 7. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear (1962) 8. Cary Grant - Charade 9. Marlon Brando - Streetcar Named Desire 10. Elizabeth Taylor - A Place in the Sun 11. Viven Leigh - Gone with the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - Bringing Up Baby 13. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina 14. Sophia Loren - none 15. Meryl Streep - Silkwood 16. Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love 17. Diane Keaton - First Wives Club 18. Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich ---
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1. Gregory Peck = some romantic drama 2. Humphrey Bogart = Rick from Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper = something cowboyish 4. Clark Gable = Rhett Butler 5. Alan Ladd = none 6. Yul Brynner = King of Siam 7. Robert Mitchum = battery commercial 8. Cary Grant = a Hitchcock film 9. Marlon Brando = Don Corleone 10. Elizabeth Taylor = Martha (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff?) 11. Viven Leigh = Scarlett O’Hara 12. Katherine Hepburn = Rose (African Queen) 13. Audrey Hepburn = Holly Golightly 14. Sophia Loren = anything Italian 15. Meryl Streep = Sophie’s Choice 16. Judi Dench = Last of the Blonde Bombshells (just watched it again this weekend) 17. Diane Keaton = Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts = Pretty Woman ---
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1. Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty 5. Alan Ladd - ? 6. Yul Brynner - The King and I 7. Robert Mitchum - ? 8. Cary Grant - The Bishops Wife 9. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Cleopatra 11. Viven Leigh - A Streetcar named Desire 12. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion in Wintter 13. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany’s 14. Sophia Loren - Grumpier Old Men 15. Meryl Streep - Out of Africa 16. Judi Dench - Chocolat 17. Diane Keaton - Manhattan 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
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1. Gregory Peck - Moby Dick 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind 5. Alan Ladd - Shane 6. Yul Brynner - King and I 7. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear 8. Cary Grant - North by Northwest 9. Marlon Brando - Streetcar Named Desire 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Cleopatra 11. Viven Leigh - Gone with the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter 13. Audrey Hepburn - My Fair Lady 14. Sophia Loren - none; I may have never actually seen a Sophia Loren movie. 15. Meryl Streep - Angela in America, oddly. 16. Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529/55 "2006-02-02T18:18:04Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > 1. Diane Keaton **…that Woody Allen movie…** (_Manhattan_, I looked it up) Good one…wasn’t she in like 5 Woody Allen movies? That’s like saying John Wayne was in “that John Ford movie”. 🙂 ---
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1. Gregory Peck 2. Humphrey Bogart 3. Gary Cooper 4. Clark Gable 5. Alan Ladd 6. Yul Brynner 7. Robert Mitchum 8. Cary Grant 9. Marlon Brando 10. Elizabeth Taylor 11. Viven Leigh 12. Katherine Hepburn 13. Audrey Hepburn 14. Sophia Loren 15. Meryl Streep 16. Judi Dench 17. Diane Keaton 18. Julia Roberts ---
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Arrgh! Make that: 1. Gregory Peck — Moby Dick 2. Humphrey Bogart — African Queen 3. Gary Cooper – 4. Clark Gable — Gone With the Wind 5. Alan Ladd – 6. Yul Brynner — King and I 7. Robert Mitchum – 8. Cary Grant — North by Northwest 9. Marlon Brando — Godfather 10. Elizabeth Taylor — Giant 11. Viven Leigh — Gone with the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn — On Golden Pond 13. Audrey Hepburn — Breakfast at Tiffany’s 14. Sophia Loren — [with Cary Grant – don’t remember the name] 15. Meryl Streep — Kramer vs. Kramer 16. Judi Dench — Shakespeare in Love 17. Diane Keaton — Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts — Pretty Woman ---
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1. Gregory Peck - Cape Fear 2. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind 5. Alan Ladd - Shane 6. Yul Brynner - The Magnificent Seven 7. Robert Mitchum - Night of the Hunter 8. Cary Grant - North by Northwest 9. Marlon Brando - Streetcar Named Desire 10. Elizabeth Taylor - Cleopatra 11. Viven Leigh - Gone With the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - The African Queen 13. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany’s 14. Sophia Loren - ? 15. Meryl Streep - Sophie’s Choice 16. Judi Dench - The World is Not Enough (Bond flick) 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts - Mystic Pizza (no, really) ---
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1. Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon 3. Gary Cooper - High Noon 4. Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind 5. Alan Ladd - Shane 6. Yul Brynner - The King and I 7. Robert Mitchum - El Dorado 8. Cary Grant - North by Northwest 9. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront 10. Elizabeth Taylor - A Place in the Sun 11. Viven Leigh - Gone with the Wind 12. Katherine Hepburn - Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? 13. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina 14. Sophia Loren - any of her Italian films from the 60’s 15. Meryl Streep - Sophie’s Choice 16. Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love 17. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman ---
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1. Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca 3. Gary Cooper – High Noon 4. Clark Gable – GWTW 5. Alan Ladd – none 6. Yul Brynner – The King and I 7. Robert Mitchum – Thunder Road 8. Cary Grant – An Affair to Remember 9. Marlon Brando – The Godfather 10. Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 11. Viven Leigh – GWTW 12. Katherine Hepburn – Philadelphia Story 13. Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s 14. Sophia Loren – Houseboat 15. Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice 16. Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown 17. Diane Keaton – Annie Hall 18. Julia Roberts – Steel Magnolias [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-role-you-think-of-for/342529.md?page=2)