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Roddy MacDowall/Darren McGavin/Gavin
MacLeod/McCloud/Macgyver/...Gavin DeGraw...Of course the
detective (actually writer) Darren MacGavin played who
tailed the NightStalker wasn't either of the
last two names (other TV detectives) though those
names always spring to mind first
since they are so similar. His character was actually
named Carl Kolchak for Pete's sake! I was just starting to get all these old-timer guys sorted out when along comes Gavin DeGraw putting out records and throwing a monkey wrench into this tenuous situation.
Fernando Rey/Aldo Ray/Man Ray/Aldo Nova...I had that 45
(Life is Just a) Fantasy from the 4th guy. Somehow I
have him mixed up with old time character actors and a fashion icon.
Paul Warfield/Paul Winfield/Dave Winfield/Paul
Scofield...The first and 3rd guy were of course
athletes and the 2nd and 4th guys actors. I hope the
2nd guy finally got that slug creature out of his ear
that Khan ('wrathfully') put there. Chekov managed to.
Remember that Star Trek movie? Gross out. I don't even
think I would recognize the character actor 4th guy.
Doesn't help that the Baseball connection actually
continues with the two Dick Schofields (father and
son).
Michael Douglas/Mike Douglas/Merv Griffin/Marv
Grissom...The last guy was a baseball player. You
don't confuse him w/the Mikes really but it's just
Merv screwing everything up. I swear I saw Mike
Douglas the talk show guy in the Burt Reynolds movie Gator playing a governor! I bet it
was his only acting credit ever.
Christopher Lee/Christopher Plummer/Peter
Cushing/Peter Lawford/Charles Laughton...Well,
between all these ubiquitous fellows you have half the
movies ever made in Hollywood. Add in Hackman and
Caine...I challenge you to click thru all your cable
channels at any time and not run into either of those
two!..and you have almost every movie ever made.
David Janssen/William Holden/Robert Mitchum...never
mind the similar type names, all hard boiled world-
weary tough guy types too.
Bill Bixby/Bill Bradley/Bill Bevens/Jim Busby/Jim
Bagby/Bilbo Baggins...The Hulk (David Banner)
The Senator/ex-Hoopster/3 Old time Baseballers...Then
a Hobbit!
Mary Kay Place/MaryBeth Hurt/Mary Ann Mobley...The 1st
one was in The Big Chill so I confuse her with JoBeth
Williams too. The 3rd one was an actress of some
notability early on, appearing in a few Elvis movies
but then became a very annoying "TV personality". Her
husband Gary Collins got on my nerves too and dammit
if they didn't always appear together on shows and at
functions and make me doubly cringe. I wonder if the
2nd one is related to John or William Hurt...who were
on the Part 2 list!
Yul Brynner/David Brenner/David Birney...Of course
Yul was distinctively different looking but because of
the other two you always have to stop and wonder how
to SPELL his name. And should I pronounce his name
just like the 2nd guy? And didn't Yul closely resemble baseballer
Jesus Alou? Remember how often the comedian 2nd guy
subbed for Carson? Remember the 3rd guy way back on
TV's Bridget Loves Birney?...with his hot wife, the mom
from Family Ties?
Dyan Cannon/Julie Christie...then Julie
Christie/Julie Harris/Barbara Harris/Jean
Harris...The first pair since they were both
hot blondes that were linked with Warren Beatty for a
long time...Julie Harris was no hottie but was in the
very serious The Hiding Place. I actually kinda screw
her up with the very famous Julie Andrews-Sound of
Music/Mary Poppins etc. I ran into Barbara Harris when I rented Hitchcock's Family Plot then there she was again when I rented the original Freaky Friday. I imagine we'll cross paths again. Jean Harris though wasn't even an actress
but was the crazy lady who killed Dr. Tarnower.
Amazingly, she was portrayed in A TV movie by Annette
Beining who is married to none other than Warren
Beatty and was in...'Being Julia'(Harris?)!!!
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