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Post by kijii on Dec 29, 2018 5:49:13 GMT
Gene Barry & Barry Sullivan ----They acted together at least once in Forty Guns (1957) Robert Preston & Preston Foster --- Both were mounties in North West Mounted Police (1940) and they rode beside each other in a couple scenesZachary Scott & Randolph Scott --- Were together in Colt .45 (1950)Robert Montgomery & Montgomery Clift -- I can't say I ever got these two mixed up, but when playing a GG, sometimes I have to think again real fast not to say one when I meant the other.Martha Scott & Lizabeth Scott --- Different types, no?James Stewart & Stewart GrangerBetsy Blair & Linda BlairFlora Robson & May Robson ---Quick, tell me who is which....Jane Wyman & Jane Wyatt Jennifer Tilly & Meg Tilly ---  Others?? Then there is another name game----Names where the first name seems to say the same thing as the last (or at least modify it.) Rip TornGale Storm
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 29, 2018 6:04:27 GMT
And Stewart Granger's actual real name is ... James Stewart.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Dec 29, 2018 14:01:18 GMT
David Keith and Keith David
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 29, 2018 14:51:01 GMT
JT Walsh/M Emmett Walsh
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Post by claudius on Dec 29, 2018 15:04:33 GMT
Christopher Lee and Christopher Reeve. Once upon a time, I thought Superman also played Dracula.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 15:31:32 GMT
Susan Hayward Rita Hayworth
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 29, 2018 15:34:40 GMT
Among Dermot Mulroney, Dylan McDermott and Dylan Walsh, who all came upon the scene pretty much simultaneously, I'm still not sure which is which. I can always tell the three Reginalds apart, but when I see any one of them, I usually have to go through all three last names before settling on the right one:  Gardiner  Denny  Owen |
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Post by politicidal on Dec 29, 2018 15:44:09 GMT
Dick Powell & William Powell
Jack Hawkins & Jack Warden
Dorothy McGuire and Dorothy Malone - I think I mentioned that before.
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Post by kijii on Dec 29, 2018 15:57:02 GMT
Among Dermot Mulroney, Dylan McDermott and Dylan Walsh, who all came upon the scene pretty much simultaneously, I'm still not sure which is which. I can always tell the three Reginalds apart, but when I see any one of them, I usually have to go through all three last names before settling on the right one: Gardiner Denny Owen Doghouse6-- Good point on the three Reginalds---I always have to rethink them ever time I see their names. One played Scrooge : Reginald Owen One played Cary Grant's architect in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse : Reginald Denny One played in The Man Who Came to Dinner : Reginald Gardiner |
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Post by kijii on Dec 29, 2018 16:06:56 GMT
David Keith and Keith David Then there was a Brian Keith and a was (is ) a Keith Carradine not to be confused with John Carradine But, your David Keith and Keith David example falls into that thing where the last name of one actor is the first name of another actor: For example, Gene Barry & Barry Sullivan and Robert Preston & Preston Foster |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 29, 2018 16:11:19 GMT
Among Dermot Mulroney, Dylan McDermott and Dylan Walsh, who all came upon the scene pretty much simultaneously, I'm still not sure which is which. I can always tell the three Reginalds apart, but when I see any one of them, I usually have to go through all three last names before settling on the right one: Gardiner Denny Owen Doghouse6-- Good point on the three Reginalds---I always have to rethink them ever time I see their names. One played Scrooge : Reginald Owen One played Cary Grant's architect in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse : Reginald Denny One played in The Man Who Came to Dinner : Reginald Gardiner Each carved out his own niche within the upper-class English gentleman type: Gardiner if you wanted one on the madcap side; Denny for dignified bemusement; Owen for the stuffier ones. All three are easily pictured in tweeds, one hand clutching a pipe and the other thrust into a jacket pocket, but I couldn't imagine either Gardiner or Denny as a Scrooge; only Owen. |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 29, 2018 22:53:38 GMT
I know they look totally different, but somehowe played the same roles over the years. Fay Bainter and Spring Byington. When I see their faces I know who is who, but hearing their names I'm sometimes confused
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Post by london777 on Dec 30, 2018 6:25:55 GMT
Robert Preston & Preston Foster For many years, yes
JT Walsh & M Emmett Walsh Still do
David Keith & Keith David Same person, with his movies projected backwards
James Stewart & Stewart Granger Now you are just being silly!
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Post by telegonus on Dec 30, 2018 7:17:15 GMT
I used to confuse two British character men, Nigel Patrick and Nigel Green, by name, not face or type. Totally different, but once upon a time when I saw the name of one I'd think of the other.
Was "dancing teacher" Arthur Murray, whose dance studios I remember well from my youth, ever confused with the similarly "profiled" (sic) Arthur Treahcer, ex-character actor, then Merv Griffin's TV co-host? Treacher later went into the fish and chips franchise business. Interestingly, there was a Treacher fish and chips restaurant not too far from the Arthur Murray dance studio in Boston. One was near the Public Gardens, in the Back Bay; the other in Park Square.
Not by name but by looks,mustache and their fondness for cigars, I associated comedians Groucho Marx and Ernie Kovacs.
Amazingly, I can recall being a child and having to think rea hard which Webb was which. Jack or Richard, I mean (and no, Clifton doesn't count; too different from the other two; nor the two Waynes, John and David).
June Haver and June Havoc, for sure. Only by name, though.
Then there were the two Armstrong guys, Robert and R.G. Also by name only.
Actor Harry Morgan (of MASH fame) once went by the name Henry, thus it could be easy to see his early screen name of Henry Morgan in the credits of a movie and think it was the radio comedian and TV game show regular.
Two regulars of old-time television who must have been confused, by name, by some viewers: King Donovan and King Calder.
I used to confuse a few actor-movie people with similar sounding names, and worked in roughly the same period: Donald Woods, Donald Cook and Eddie Woods. Also, Eddie Quillan and Eddie Borden.
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Post by kijii on Dec 30, 2018 15:15:36 GMT
James Stewart & Stewart Granger Now you are just being silly! You are right. A better confusion might be: Stewart Granger & Farley GrangerHow about: James Franciscus & Anthony Franciosa
Geneviève Page & Geraldine PageHow about Geraldine Page & Geraldine Fitzgerald---both were 'Oscared' But then, I often confuse Patty Page with Peggy Lee--they were both singers about the same time. Mildred Natwick & Mildred Dunnock ---I always get those two mixed up in my mind, Natwick tends to be the funnier of the two. For comparison, the two were together in the movie: The Trouble with Harry (1955) |
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 30, 2018 15:28:34 GMT
Two non-related actors both named 'Paul Rudd' --
1) currently portraying 'Ant-Man'
2) 1970s -- played Olivier's son in THE BETSY
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Post by kijii on Dec 30, 2018 15:37:53 GMT
Then there is Spike Jonze and Spike Lee, both current directors, I often think of Spike Jonze as being black because Spike Lee is black.
Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson have even made a comedy sketch about people being confused about which one is which.
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Post by kijii on Dec 30, 2018 15:45:48 GMT
The Gabor sisters--especially Zsa Zsa and Ava
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Post by london777 on Dec 30, 2018 16:37:34 GMT
Geneviève Page & Geraldine Page Yup, me too Geraldine Page & Geraldine Fitzgerald--- both were 'Oscared' Yup, me too James Franciscus & Anthony Franciosa Yup, me too |
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Post by london777 on Feb 24, 2019 22:53:32 GMT
Albert Brooks and James L Brooks. Not related but often involved in the same movies. Incidentally, Albert Brooks was born "Albert Einstein".
To my shame, I still confuse Ewan McGregor and Jude Law. I never remember which of them was in which movie. I think they are both good actors, and handsome, but kind of bland.
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