# Who will they get to play Mitchum?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 21, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476 "2003-06-21T21:09:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476/21 "2010-03-14T14:16:14Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> If you feel up to it, think about these others:
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> Gregory Peck  
> James Stewart  
> Alec Guinness  
> Robert Stack  
> or anybody else (dead or alive) who seems to have a unique style and persona.

For my money, [Mike McGlone](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569458/) who’s been seen mostly in Geico commercials lately, is probably channeling (among others perhaps) Robert Stack.

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476/22 "2010-03-14T15:36:45Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> BTW, in the remake of “Ocean’s Elevel” did you notice that the only Rat Pack member they even tried to reproduce (hint at?) was Sammy Davis, Jr.?
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> Cheadle played him in the movie that had Ray Liotta as Frank and Joe Mantegna as Dino.
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> Cheadle is cool!

I also love Don Cheadle. But I propose an alternative: Elijah Kelley, who was astonishing as Seaweed in the 2007 version of _Hairspray_. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMGzGd4sr0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMGzGd4sr0) Bad-quality fan-shot video, but the kid is dynamic.

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**Author:** ![projectmolcos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@projectmolcos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/projectmolcos)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476/23 "2010-11-25T17:29:03Z")

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NOBODY can play Mitchum. He’s too one-of-a-kind

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476/24 "2010-11-25T18:13:14Z")

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Steve Buscemi as Don Knotts.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-play-mitchum/183476/25 "2010-11-26T00:48:14Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> For my money, [Mike McGlone](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569458/) who’s been seen mostly in Geico commercials lately, is probably channeling (among others perhaps) Robert Stack.

I thought he was channeling Eddie Munster 😛

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