# Who is the actor?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944 "2018-08-21T02:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944/1 "2018-08-21T02:30:24Z")

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I’ve heard a story about an actor who, if you told him that you’d seen a particular film of his, would reach in his wallet and give you a ten spot. Anybody else ever heard this? Who was the actor and what was the film?

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**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944/2 "2018-08-21T02:34:07Z")

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> [@E-DUB](#):
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> I’ve heard a story about an actor who, if you told him that you’d seen a particular film of his, would reach in his wallet and give you a ten spot. Anybody else ever heard this? Who was the actor and what was the film?

This sounds like Bill Murray, but I could be totally wrong.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944/3 "2018-08-21T02:35:19Z")

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I’ve heard it about George Clooney, after he played Batman.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944/4 "2018-08-21T02:58:08Z")

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So the actor was refunding your ticket price, I guess.

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**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:** [August 21, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-actor/819944/5 "2018-08-21T12:41:12Z")

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Harlan Ellison, when anyone handed him one particular book of his for autographing, would ask how much them how much they paid for it and would buy the book back at that rate.