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1. June Lockhart and Dorothy McGuire.
2. Patrick McGoohan and Jonathan Frakes.
3. James Stewart and Kyle McLachlan.
4. Carl Betz and Robert Foxworth.
5. James Stewart and Danny Kaye.
6. Richard Anderson and Nancy Walker (this one could be tough).
7. Time Tunnel and the Batman TV series (an easy one!).
8. George Peppard and Helen Hayes.
9. Jack Lemmon and Rosalind Russell.
10. Greta Garbo and Anne Bancroft.
11. Alec Guinness and Clifton Webb
12. Peter O'Toole and Robin Williams
13. Paul Newman and James Earl Jones.
14. Jack Lemmon and Dean Martin.
15. Bob Hope and Laurence Olivier.
6. Played same role on two series at same time. Mary/Rhoda. Bionic man/Woman.
ReplyDeleteGood start to the game and congrats on answering one of the harder questions!
Delete7. Do you prefer your Lee Meriwether in a lab coat or her Catwoman outfit?
ReplyDelete9. Both played Hildy Johnson in The Front Page and His Girl Friday.
11. Both played bigamists in The Captain's Paradise and The Incredible Mr. Pennypacker.
I remember Lee best from TIME TUNNEL! Alec and Clifton were at least nice bigamists...,
Delete4. Attorney TV series - Betz in Judd for the Defense -- Foxworth in Men At Law
ReplyDeleteOoh, very good with MEN AT LAW (aka THE STOREFRONT LAWYERS).
Delete1. Famous dogs -- McGuire in the film Old Yeller and Lockhart on the TV series Lassie.
ReplyDeleteWell done! There’s actually another connection, too.
Delete8. NBC 'wheel' TV series - Peppard on Banacek -- Hayes on The Snoop Sisters.
ReplyDeleteYes, the NBC MYSTERY MOVIE!
Delete9. Roz Russell and Jack Lemmon. Both were in different versions of My Sister Eileen. Roz in 1942 version and Jack in 1955 version.
ReplyDelete10. Anne Bancroft starred in the 1984 movie "Garbo Talks."
Wow, both of those answers are right and I didn’t even think of them! There’s a second answer to #10.
Delete2. Both directed episodes of series they were also appearing in - McGoohan in The Prisoner and Frakes in Star Trek TNG.
ReplyDeleteThis is true, but there’s another more interesting connection.
Delete1. Both women were matriarchs of pioneering clans named Robinson, McGuire in Disney's 1960 "Swiss Family Robinson" and Lockhart in TV's "Lost in Space" (which at one time had the working title "Space Family Robinson").
ReplyDeleteHey, it's me again. I forgot to take a crack at #5. Both men starred in biopics of noted bandleaders, Stewart in the eponymous 1954 "The Glenn Miller Story" and Kaye as Red Nichols in 1959's "The Five Pennies." Love these games.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Delete2. Number 6, Number one.
ReplyDeleteBill, how did you get hold of my answer sheet?
Delete1. An alternative response for this would be McGuire in Swiss Family Robinson film and Lockhart in Lost In Space TV series that was based on the novel Swiss Family Robinson.
ReplyDeleteAlec Guinness and Clifton Webb were both in movies that had the Titanic as a major element in the films.
ReplyDeleteI forgot that Sir Alec was in RAISE THE TITANTIC!
Delete14. Airport films/pilots -- Martin in Airport 1970 -- Lemmon in Airport '77.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true! As a bonus, there's another connection.
DeleteAlternative answer for 10 -- ballerinas -- Garbo in Grand Hotel; Bancroft in The Turning Point.
ReplyDeleteI think I have #15. Both men played dentists on the big screen: Hope as "Painless" Potter in 1948's "The Paleface" and Olivier as the less-painless Dr. Szell in 1976's "Marathon Man."
ReplyDeleteYou are right! Two very different dentists, by the way!
DeleteQuestions remaining to be answered (or with additional answers): 3, 12, 13, and 14.
ReplyDelete3. FBI
ReplyDelete13. Played real boxers.
Right on both, of course.
Delete12. Teachers: Goodbye Mr. Chips and Dead Poets Society
ReplyDeleteVery well done!
DeleteAlternative response for 14 -- Felicia Farr -- married to Jack Lemmon & co-starred with Martin in Kiss Me Stupid.
ReplyDeleteIn addition - I think above you said there is another 'more interesting' connection in regard to #2. So we still need to come up with that one.
DeleteBill O got it and it was that their characters were labeled as numbers. No. 6 for McGoohan and No. 2 for Frakes.
DeleteWow, Jack and Dean are very connected!
DeleteAlso both played comic artists. How to Kill Your Wife, Artists and Models.
DeleteThanks everyone who played! That wraps up this month’s game.
ReplyDeleteA teensy-weensy quibble on the premise of question #13: although unquestionably based on the life of Jack Johnson, James Earl Jones' character in The Great White Hope is named "Jack Jefferson." I don't know if that was a permissions issue, or if Howard Sackler was a stickler about using real names given that there was necessarily a certain amount of fictionalization for dramatic purposes, or what.
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