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Was watching the POTA TV series last night and it occurred to me that whenever I think of Roddy McDowell I always think of Galen :nuts: (yes,I know he played different apes in the movies)
It got me thinking as to what other actors I only associate the one role with.
The only other one I could think of was Arnie as the Terminator.
More I thought of,(with other roles in brackets that failed to include them in my list) where:
Clint Eastwood : Dirty Harry : ("The Man With No Name" )
Sylvester Stallone : Rocky (Rambo)
Anyone else care to add to this with actors they think of mainly as just the one role??
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I see you have a big "lie in" like me!!!!!:p
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Mark Hamill. Even when he's in other stuff it seems to always revolve around Star Wars in some way.
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Charles Bronson: Death Wish
Janet Leigh: Psycho
Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween
Jason Miller: The Exorcist
Roger Moore: James Bond
Macaulay Culkin: Home Alone
Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
Kurt Russell: Escape From New York
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Bruce Campbell as Ash in the Evil Dead series.
Sean William Scott as Stifler.
Corey Feldmen as Wiseguy teen in all his movies.
Mr T as B.A Barrachus.
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George Lazenby
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Originally posted by MrSpeed
whenever I think of Roddy McDowell I always think of Galen
I always think of Roddy McDowell as Peter Vincent (Vampire killer !!!)
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Just thought of another
Anthony Perkins : Norman Bates :)
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Originally posted by MrSpeed
Just thought of another
MrSpeed: Hellraiser: Hellworld (Cop 2) :D
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Peter Falk: Columbo
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Ben Affleck : The Guy From "Fashionable Male"
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Alec Guiness: - Bridge Over Ther River Kwai, Colonel Nicholson.
not really, I associate him with Star Wars :nuts: (I had to look up his role in BOtRK on imdb)
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Linda Blair - The Exorcist
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Originally posted by Tiffany Bradford
MrSpeed: Hellraiser: Hellworld (Cop 2) :D
:lol:
I always think of my homemade films ;) :norty:
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Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Jason Mewes - Jay
Peter Falk - Columbo
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David Hasselhoff - Michael Knight
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Bruce Cambell as ASH in the Evil DEad Trilogy
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Chris o'donnel as ROBIN :D
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Originally posted by The_Evil_Dean
Sean William Scott as Stifler.
Corey Feldmen as Wiseguy teen in all his movies.

He's stifler or a variant of, in every movie he's in. It doesn't matter what the character's name is, he's stifler to me =)
Corey haim, as corey feldman's slightly geekier but still gets the girl, wiseguy teen in all his movies.
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Patrick Stewart - Captain Picard
and
William Shatner - Captain Kirk
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James Gandolfini (SP??) is always Tony Soprano to me , no matter what he is in
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Chris Reeve -Superman
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Bruce Willis - John McClane
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Scott Bakula - Captain Jonathan Archer :dork:
Sam Beckett really. :wave:
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Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi
Patrick Stewart - Captain Picard
and
William Shatner - Captain Kirk
In fact, add in all the ST actors here.
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Christopher Reeve - Superman and The Stephen Hawkins Story :norty:
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Originally posted by Tiffany Bradford
Charles Bronson: Death Wish
Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
Kurt Russell: Escape From New York
hmmm... sure about those ones?
Charles Bronson... Once Upon a Time in the West, the Dirty Dozen, the Magnificent Seven, the Great Escape. I know which I'd rather be remembered for ;)
Orson Welles.. The Third Man.. and er... Transformers ;)
okay lots of minor others but none as memorable as CK and the Third Man... almost got me.
Kurt Russell - The Thing, Breakdown, Stargate etc... Elvis?
and shame on whoever said Alec Guiness.. the poor guy was in a lot more than just Star Wars.. (which he hated but $$$ from).
Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Tinker Tailor and any of about 6 Ealing comedies.
definitely agree with the Peter Falk and William Shatner mentions though.
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Originally posted by MartinC
hmmm... sure about those ones?
Charles Bronson... Once Upon a Time in the West, the Dirty Dozen, the Magnificent Seven, the Great Escape. I know which I'd rather be remembered for ;)
Yes... I'm sure :D
I'm not a big fan of Westerns and War films - give me a vigilante film anyday :thumbs:
Originally posted by MartinC
Kurt Russell - The Thing
I love The Thing, but, Snake Plissken rules... :D
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Bela Lugosi - Dracula
Boris Karloff - Frankenstein's Monster
Fred Williamson - Shaft
Tim Curry - Dr. Frank N Furter
Samuel L Jackson - Jules Winfield
Robert Englund - Freddy Kreuger
Kier Dullea - Dave Bowman
All have played other roles - memorable ones at that, but the first thing you think of when you hear these names are these characters, as they have become ingrained into popular memory/culture together.
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Together with some already mentioned
Jack Nicholson - The Shining (can only really see him as a crazy wacko ;) )
Leslie Neilson - Naked Gun Movies
The entire Red Dwarf cast
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Originally posted by Emiaj
Jason Mewes - Jay
To be fair, has he played anyone else.
His major roles in movies have always been "as Jay"
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Another I just remembered is Tony Todd, who I always think of as Candyman whenever I see him in something.
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Originally posted by jedirobbie
To be fair, has he played anyone else.
His major roles in movies have always been "as Jay"
According to IMDB (excluding those that don't list his role):
R.S.V.P. (2002) .... Terry
High Times Potluck (2001) .... Guy
Vulgar (2000) .... Tuott the Basehead
Blair Clown Project, The (1999) .... Witness #3
Drawing Flies (1996) .... Az
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Originally posted by Mr Nice
In fact, add in all the ST actors here.
With the notably exception of Walter Koenig as his B5 character was very different
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Originally posted by Ridcully
With the notably exception of Walter Koenig as his B5 character was very different Ooh good call. I think he has more lines in B5 then he does in the entire original Star Trek series as well:D.
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MrSpeed - Cop2
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Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
Paul Reubens - Pee Wee Herman
Donald Plescance - Blofeld
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Roy Scheider - Chief Brody (Jaws)
Margot Kidder - lois lane (Superman)
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David Duhovny - Mulder
Gillian Anderson - Scully
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy
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As the last post included T.V stars, I'll add a few :)
Harry H Corbett - Harold Steptoe
Wilfrid Brambell - Albert Steptoe
Reg Varney - Stan Butler
And one person who will ONLY be associated with one role:
William Roach - Ken Barlow
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James Gandolfini - Big Tony Soprano
Joe Pesci - crazy mobster (goodfellas or casino)
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Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
Richard Dean Anderson - Jack O'Neill (Stargate)
All the ST:NG crew in their familiar roles
Russell Crowe - Maximus Decimus Meridius
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Originally posted by Alan. b
Richard Dean Anderson - Jack O'Neill (Stargate)
MacGuyver surely?
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Mark Hamil - Luke Skywalker
oh sorry that was his only role :lol:
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Originally posted by Creamstick
MacGuyver surely?
I did think for a minute about posting MacGuyver instead but seeing as I haven't seen an episode in years and the fact that I have seen every episode of Stargate it was a simple choice in the end.
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Charles Laughton - Batiatus (from Spartacus)
Tom Courtenay - Billy Liar
Keir Dullea - 2001 bloke
Bette Davis - Baby Jane Hudson
Roy Scheider - Chief Brody
Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame
M. Emmet Walsh - Sleazy private detective in Blood Simple
Jonathan Pryce - Sam Lowry (Brazil)
Audrey Hepburn - Holly Golightly
Gene Hackman - Popeye Doyle
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson (The Hustler)
Boris Karloff - Frankenstein
Bruce Dern - Lowell (Silent Running)
Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
Jenny Agutter - Walkabout girl
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Sam Jones as Flash Gordon was the first I thought of when i saw this thread title.
Shame on me for forgetting his memorable role as Fist Sullivan in Fist Of Honor :oh-hum:
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Originally posted by Narshty
Jenny Agutter - Walkabout girl
I associate her only with another role - in American Werewolf.. - one in which you saw everything EXCEPT the bush :norty:
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Originally posted by Alan. b
I did think for a minute about posting MacGuyver instead but seeing as I haven't seen an episode in years and the fact that I have seen every episode of Stargate it was a simple choice in the end.
:suspect: :lol: Surely this means that this actor doesn't meet the criteria in the thread title:p
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Originally posted by Narshty
Gene Hackman - Popeye Doyle
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson (The Hustler)
Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
first Alec Guiness, now Kirk Douglas, Gene Hackman and Paul Newman... scary!
being a bit harsh surely... all 3 of them have done 60-70 films in their time and at least have some diversity and never been typecast like some of the names mentioned.
for example,
Paul Newman - the verdict, butch cassidy, the sting...
Gene Hackman - the conversation, superman, unforgiven, the poseidon adventure...
Kirk Douglas - the vikings, the bad & the beautiful, lust for life, list of adrian messenger..
I rest my case!
do I win by suggesting every Bond girl? :)
thats at least 20-30 actresses for starters.
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Jimmy Doohan - "Scotty"
John Holmes - "Rod"
Lewis Collins - "Doyle"
Asia Carrera - "Lippy"
JAck Wild - "Artful Dodger"
Bob Hope - "Lemon Drop Kid"
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David Jason.......always Delboy whatever he's in.
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Originally posted by jimbo1
David Jason.......always
Delboy whatever he's in.
Actually whenever I see David Janson I still think he is GGGGGGG-Granville rather than DelBoy even to this days.
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Originally posted by Solidstate
George Lazenby
The funny thing is he quit after one movie because he didn't want to be typecast :lol:.
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The vice president in 24 will always be jim robinson from neighbours :nuts:
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Nicholas Lyndhurst - Rodney you plonker!! :nuts:
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John Nettles IS Bergerac :dork:
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Jack Nicholson will always be Bobby Eroica Dupea as far as I'm concerned.
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Lance Henriksen is ALWAYS Bishop out of Aliens to me
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Originally posted by Creamstick
MacGuyver surely?
I was signing up to this thread to say the same.
He's so out of place on Stargate.
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John C McGinley - Doctor Cox (Scrubs)
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Ian McKellen - Gandalf
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Very surprised no one's mentioned this one yet
Keanu Reeves - Ted 'Theodore' Logan
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toshiro mifune - miyamoto musashi
he's absolutely perfect for this role..
this goes for all his samurai roles (:
ben kingsley - gandhi
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Originally posted by agnetha
Very surprised no one's mentioned this one yet
Keanu Reeves - Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Keep expecting "Excellent!" during The Matrix :D.
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Originally posted by Sheryl
Lewis Collins - "Doyle"

Except that he was Bodie. Martin Shaw was Doyle
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Originally posted by kontkommer
ben kingsley - gandhi
You should see Sexy Beast. That might cure you. :D
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Originally posted by bronso
You should see Sexy Beast. That might cure you. :D
:D
Carl Weathers will always be Apollo Creed
Tom Hulce will always be Amadeus
Sigourney Weaver will always be Ripley (she was excellent in Ice Storm and The Year of Living Dangerously, but she IS Ellen Ripley) :)
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Why the weird post count Tiff? :confused:
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Tom Baker = Doctor Who
Leonard Nimoy = Spock
Bruce Boxliner (SP) = Sheridan
I always see Robert Englund as Willie from V mini-series
Chevy Chase = Clark Wilhelm Griswold
Peter Cushing = Van Helsing
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Originally posted by beebul
Why the weird post count Tiff? :confused:
I asked to have it reset - I felt left out :p
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Hullo n00b! :wave:
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Woody Harrelson will always be Woody Boyd out of Cheers, even when he was in Natural Born Killers.
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Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder
Chevy Chase is Fletch
Burt Reynolds is Burt Reynolds
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Craig Charles : Lister
Chris Barrie : Arnold Rimmer
Danny John Jules : The Cat
Robert Llewellyn : Kryten
Cant beleive noone has mentiond the Red Dwarf Posse :D
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Originally posted by Jowy
John Nettles IS Bergerac :dork:
AKA Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby of Midsomer Murders
(a little guilty pleasure of mine:) ) in other words Bergerac
revisited but not on Jersey!
And the voice of many narrations of late
:wave:
Most of the cast of Friends as those characters:gag:
Oh and that ginger guy whose name escapes me from NYPD Blue
and now CSI:Miami starring as a plank:lol:
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Originally posted by Tokhra
Craig Charles : Lister
Chris Barrie : Arnold Rimmer
Danny John Jules : The Cat
Robert Llewellyn : Kryten
Cant beleive noone has mentiond the Red Dwarf Posse :D
What like the post from Scoob yesterday;)
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Originally posted by Ridcully
What like the post from Scoob yesterday;)
Ack, anyone got any new eyes i can buy?
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Matthew Broderick- Ferris.
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Bill Muray - Peter Venkman
Charlton Heston - Taylor (POTA)
Yul Bryner - The Gunslinger (westworld)
Steve McQueen - Captain Hilts
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Patrick Swayze - Dalton
Peter Weller - Robocop
Micheal Ironside - Ham Tyler
David Hasslehoff - Michael Knight
George Peppard - Hannibal Smith
The list could be endless...
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Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi
Another I just remembered is Tony Todd, who I always think of as Candyman whenever I see him in something.
I always think of him as Kurn :dork: :)
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Clancy Brown as the Kurgan :eek:
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Originally posted by Koku
Clancy Brown as the Kurgan :eek:
He's done a lot of stuff since then, a lot of stuff is voice work though, probably on the basis of what he did in Highlander. Loads of TV as well.
All of that and still people will remember him for the Kurgan :D
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Richard E. Grant - Withnail
Audrey Tautou - Amélie Poulain
Al Pacino - Tony Montana
:thumbs:
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Originally posted by DeadKenny
He's done a lot of stuff since then, a lot of stuff is voice work though, probably on the basis of what he did in Highlander. Loads of TV as well.
Yeah, he's in the animated series of Starship Troopers. Shame he's been a typecast from having that voice, a bit like Michael Wincott.