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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 8, 2019 20:42:22 GMT
Open to debate of course what exactly makes one the poor man's anything but now and then you see people called the poor man's etc..
Tim Thomerson has been called the poor man's Harrison Ford.
I once said
Kenneth McMillan -- the poor man's Charles Durning.
James Olson -- the poor man's Jon Voight
Any others come to mind? ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 8, 2019 22:43:26 GMT
James Whitmore -- the poor man's Spencer Tracy
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 8, 2019 23:01:47 GMT
James Whitmore -- the poor man's Spencer Tracy I always preferred Whitmore over Tracy. Tom Selleck--the poor man's Burt Reynolds.
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Post by amyghost on Oct 8, 2019 23:18:00 GMT
Silent comedian Harry Langdon has been called the poor man's Charlie Chaplin, but I don't agree with that.
Much as I liked character actor James Gregory, I do kind of agree he was the poor man's Joseph Cotten.
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Post by jervistetch on Oct 8, 2019 23:19:15 GMT
Matt Helm and Derek Flint. The poor man’s James Bond. Buy one, get one free.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Oct 9, 2019 1:01:00 GMT
During the war years, with the genuine article unavailable, James Craig was the poor man's Clark Gable: ![](https://www.cardcow.com/images/set539/card00138_fr.jpg) Jayne Mansfield, the poor man's Marilyn Monroe: ![](https://salvagedstars.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/542-600full-jayne-mansfield.jpg) Mamie Van Doren, the poorer man's Jayne Mansfield: ![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUl2A69oMlI/TguCQBIdMFI/AAAAAAAABNo/6qeU-1fGoT0/w1200-h630-p-k-nu/Mamie+Van+Doren2.jpg)
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Post by politicidal on Oct 9, 2019 1:15:02 GMT
Robert Douglas - the poor man's Basil Rathbone. Followed by Guy Rolfe, the poor man's Robert Douglas.
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 9, 2019 2:39:06 GMT
In Moonshine County Express there is no question John Saxon was being hired as a poor man's Burt Reynolds. But he did not have a mustache so maybe he refused to be that much of a Reynolds' clone.
And in Battle Beyond the Stars I think he was meant to be a poor man's Darth Vader/Tarkin.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Oct 9, 2019 8:30:14 GMT
Leonardo di caprio - a poor man's Marlon Brando.
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Post by sostie on Oct 9, 2019 9:52:45 GMT
Diana Dors the poor man's Marilyn Monroe
DePalma the poor man's Hitchcock
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Post by politicidal on Oct 9, 2019 13:09:26 GMT
James Robertson Justice, the poor man’s Peter Ustinov. Badass name though.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 9, 2019 7:25:18 GMT
lol at the James Robertson Justice.
I have another
Frank Thring, the poor man's Vincent Price
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 9, 2019 17:18:42 GMT
I remember on the old IMDB board somebody calling Ida Lupino the poor man`s Bette Davis
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 9, 2019 20:46:42 GMT
I remember on the old IMDB board somebody calling Ida Lupino the poor man`s Bette Davis That's so unfair. In one film she was a socially dysfunctional hillbilly. Did Bette Davis show that much range?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 9, 2019 20:50:56 GMT
Guess the actor (I forgot) that I ONCE referred to on IMDb back in the day as the poor man's John Wayne? More for his looks than for having similar roles.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 9, 2019 20:52:46 GMT
Leo Gordon?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 9, 2019 20:55:14 GMT
Silent comedian Harry Langdon has been called the poor man's Charlie Chaplin, but I don't agree with that.
Much as I liked character actor James Gregory, I do kind of agree he was the poor man's Joseph Cotten. James Gregory is ALMOST a DEAD-RINGER for one of the actors/characters on the old 'My Favorite Martian' series. NO, NOT either Bill Bixby OR Ray Walston.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 9, 2019 20:56:24 GMT
No, GOOD GUESS. Leo WOULD'VE been my choice for Quint IF Robert Shaw were UNAVAILABLE.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 9, 2019 21:47:50 GMT
I FOUND-OUT who it was. I remembered he was on an episode of either 'The Alfred Hitchcock Hour' OR 'Thriller'. Turned out to be 'Thriller'. His initials are/were (he's now and has been since shortly after the episode) JC. He DIED less than two years and a month afterwards.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 10, 2019 21:46:43 GMT
I remember on the old IMDB board somebody calling Ida Lupino the poor man`s Bette Davis That's so unfair. In one film she was a socially dysfunctional hillbilly. Did Bette Davis show that much range?
Bette Davis had pretty good range.
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