# Which charcter will always come to mind when you see an actor/actress? \*spoilers?\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082 "2003-07-08T20:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [April 26, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/61 "2006-04-26T17:52:45Z")
> [@riker1384](#): > > It’s weird seeing people out of heavy makeup. This goes for Michael Dorn, Andreas Katsulas and a few others. Not Armin Shimmerman, though, as the Mayor from Buffy. Armin Shimmerman was Principal Snyder from Buffy; Harry Groener played Mayor Wilkins. As for me: Michael Madsen = Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs) Samuel L. Jackson = Jules Winfield (Pulp Fiction) Alan Rickman = Hans Gruber (Die Hard) Gary Cole = Bill Lumbergh (Office Space) James Cromwell = Lt. Dudley Smith (L.A. Confidential) – I always want to warn other characters in other Cromwell movies not to turn their backs on him! Bruce Campbell = Ash (Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness) ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/62 "2006-04-26T17:58:09Z")
Sorry, Alan Alda, but to me, you will always be Hawkeye Pierce (M_A_S\*H). You can pretend to be a US senator, but a Korean War doctor you’ll always be. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/63 "2006-04-26T18:02:31Z")
Grace Kelly is and will always be Lisa Carol Fremont from Hitchcock’s _Rear Window_. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/64 "2006-04-26T18:08:04Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > This happens more with older movies for me. Try and watch _Rear Window_ without quoting Perry Mason every time Mr. Thorwald comes on the screen. Mr. Thorwald was played by Raymond Burr. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/65 "2006-04-26T18:19:45Z")
The first time I ever saw **Anthony Anderson** was in his amazing, and apparently convention-defying, role in “The Shield”. To this day, I regularly forget the poor man’s name and refer to him as Antoine Mitchell. With this in mind, it’s now hilarious to watch the many, many films in which he plays his usual loveable, bumbling goofball, and imagine Mackey and the Strike Team bursting in the door and slamming him to the ground at any given moment. Even more amusing was watching him in one of those Celebrity Poker tournaments. When he lost, I kept waiting for him to flip the table over, calmly break Amber Tamblyn’s neck for talking smack, stroll on into the Loser’s Lounge and make Dave Foley do unspeakable things to him on national television. When Antoine goes all-in, if your name ain’t Vic, you damned well better fold, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Cordial\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cordial\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cordial_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/66 "2006-04-26T18:20:59Z")
Heh, no one has mentioned **Tom Selleck** yet. He will always be Dr. Richard Burke. Just kidding, I mean Magnum, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/67 "2006-04-26T18:33:44Z")
> [@Intaglio](#): > > Val Kilmer will always be Iceman from Top Gun. Not to me, although he _was_ deliciously hunky in that role. I always see Chris Knight (_Real Genius_) when I see Val Kilmer. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/68 "2006-04-26T19:16:28Z")
Humphrey Bogart - Charlie Allnut (or Rick) Orson Wells - Harry Lime Charlton Heston - Chrystagon De la Crue John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/69 "2006-04-26T19:21:22Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Mr. Thorwald was played by Raymond Burr. 😕 That’s my point. Raymond Burr was Perry Mason. Aaaand, now that this zombie thread has come back to life, I may as well bring up Ian McDiarmid. It was kinda hard watching him in **Elizabeth I** on HBO without reimagining Lord Burghleyt’s lines in the Palpatine voice. “The bloody and deceitful man shall not live out half his days…Master Jedi.” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/70 "2006-04-26T19:34:46Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > 😕 That’s my point. Raymond Burr was Perry Mason. _Bonks self on head._ D’oh! Yep, I’m a doofus. Same guy played both characters. Dunno why I thought differently. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/71 "2006-04-26T20:26:17Z")
Can anyone see jason alexander as anyone besides George Costanza? Or Michael Richards as anyone but Kramer? ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082/72 "2006-04-26T20:34:39Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Can anyone see jason alexander as anyone besides George Costanza? Or Michael Richards as anyone but Kramer? George Constanza can be Duckman and Michael Richards can be Stanley Spadowski from UHF. Though most of the times, they’re not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charcter-will-always-come-to-mind-when-you-see-an-actor-actress-spoilers/187082.md?page=3)