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Post by Isapop on Jul 6, 2021 13:12:17 GMT
Playing more than one person in the same movie in recent decades is not uncommon. But going back to the "Classic Film" era I think it's relatively rare. So, I'm trying to compile a list of such movies. By "classic", I'm drawing the line at Hollywood movies made before 1967. The movies can be where an actor played twins, like Bette Davis in A Stolen Life and Dead Ringer. Or an actor in more than one role, like Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove, or Frank Morgan (and some others) in The Wizard Of Oz. Are there all that many examples? More than, say, two dozen? I don't know. (I can think of a couple more as I write). What others are there to list?
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 6, 2021 13:45:32 GMT
  Fredric March and Maria Montez as twins
Deborah Kerr had 3 roles in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
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Post by marshamae on Jul 6, 2021 13:54:22 GMT
Conrad veidt in Nazi Agent plays German twins , one an American immigrant, the other a Nazi agent.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 6, 2021 13:59:01 GMT
Terry Kilborn portrayed four generations of 'Colleys' in GOODBYE MR. CHIPS in 1939.
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Post by Bella on Jul 6, 2021 13:59:22 GMT
Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964) as Bert and Mr Dawes, Sen. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 6, 2021 13:59:37 GMT
I feel safe in guessing there are well over two dozen. Some come to mind off the top of my head:
George Arliss - The House Of Rothschild
Robert Young - Honolulu
Conrad Veidt - Nazi Agent
Judy Garland - Little Nellie Kelly
Olivia deHavilland - Dark Mirror
John Lund - To Each His Own
And as it happens, I was watching Brian DePalma's Obsession only last night, in which Genevieve Bujold does double duty. EDIT: Forgot about your '67 cutoff date; this one was released in '76.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 6, 2021 14:01:03 GMT
Danny Kaye did this throughout his career. Apparently Sam Goldwyn thought it was a good device to exploit Kaye’s comic Rufus character and still present him as a leading man.
KNOCK ON WOOD - Kaye plays three characters - Jerry MORGAN, Papa MORGAN and CLARence
On thé Riviera - Entertainer jack MORGAN and Look alike flyer Henri Duran
Wonder Man - Edward Dingle, and boxer Buzzy ballou
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Post by Bella on Jul 6, 2021 14:01:17 GMT
Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) as : The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke, The Banker, The Parson, The General, The Admiral, Young Ascoyne, Young Henry, Lady Agatha.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 6, 2021 14:04:32 GMT
The most famous - PRISONER OF ZENDA Rudolph RASSENDYLL , Englishman and his cousin , king of Ruritania
Ronald Colman in 1937
Stewart Granger in 1952
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Post by marshamae on Jul 6, 2021 14:08:21 GMT
Ronald Colman has another double role , reminiscent of DAVE , a politician who needs a double .
THE MASQUERADER - sir JOHN CHILCOTE AND HUS LOOKALIKE COUSIN JOHN LODER
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 6, 2021 14:08:28 GMT
In THE CARDINAL (1963), Carol Lynley plays Father Tom Tryon's troubled and tragic sister 'Mona' as well as her illegitimate though angelic own daughter 'Regina.'
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 6, 2021 14:09:35 GMT
A few more:
Edward G. Robinson - The Whole Town's Talking
Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy - Our Relations*
Alan Young - The Time Machine
*The boys also played their own wives in Twice Two and their own sons in Brats, two of their shorts.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 6, 2021 14:15:45 GMT
And Lee Marvin was Oscared for his double role of 'Kid Shelleen' and 'Tim Shawn' in CAT BALLOU (1965).
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 6, 2021 14:20:18 GMT
The Corsican Brothers / Gregory Ratoff (1941). A fine performance from Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. who plays twin brothers, one a jolly swashbuckler, the other a brooding, moody man who experiences the pains and emotions of his older sibling.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 6, 2021 14:20:51 GMT
Posting 'em as I think of 'em:
Boris Karloff - The Black Room
Haley Mills - The Parent Trap
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 6, 2021 14:23:26 GMT
W.C. Fields - The Big Broadcast Of 1938
Bud Abbott - Little Giant
Keenan Wynn - Royal Wedding
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 6, 2021 14:26:50 GMT
Casa De Areia (House Of Sand) / Andrucha Waddington (2005). Fernanda Montenegro and her real-life daughter, Fernanda Torres, play three generations of mothers and daughters, thusly:
Gen 1: Montenegro is mother and Torres is daughter.
Gen 2: Montenegro is Gen 1 daughter grown old and Torres is Gen 2 daughter.
Gen 3: Montenegro is Gen 2 daughter grown old and Torres is Gen 3 daughter.
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Post by Isapop on Jul 6, 2021 14:27:06 GMT
Adding Jack Lemmon (Professor Fate and the Prince) in The Great Race.
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Post by Isapop on Jul 6, 2021 14:28:06 GMT
W.C. Fields - The Big Broadcast Of 1938 Bud Abbott - Little GiantKeenan Wynn - Royal WeddingAnd Bud Abbott again in The Time Of Their Lives.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 6, 2021 14:28:47 GMT
Outside of QM Isapop's 1967 cutoff year, I know.
But mentioning Jeremy Black as all the little Hitler clones in THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978).
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