Actors that were born to play that role

Larry Hagman - J.R. Ewing

 

Good call, although I've often wondered what the movie would have been like with it's rumored first casting of Mick Jagger and David Bowie.

 

Literally born to play the role, Jerrry Seinfeld " Seinfeld"

 

In that case Larry David- Curb your Enthusiasm

 

A cup of tea

 

Any fans of The Wire?


Snoop is certainly one of the strangest and most terrifying characters to ever appear in a television series. The actress who played her was such a perfect fit for this role because she really wasn't acting all that much (prior to being discovered, she actually did time for 2ND DEGREE MURDER).

 

Has anyone mentioned Anthony Perkins in "Psycho"?
No one could have nailed that part the way he did!

 

Edward G Robinson in Little Caesar !!!

 

Clyde Guilty pleasure movies for me.

Also Sam Elliot in any role that he rocks the moustache

 

I've got another one - the cast of Frasier. Of the five main cast members, I have a hard time imagining them as anyone else. It's just one of those perfect casting jobs.

 

Clint Howard true Cha-ka Land of the Lost

 

A prompt for me to change my "quote" (I'm sure someone already uses it: it's too good)

 

Gary Busey - "Buddy Holly"

 

Robert DeNiro in "Raging Bull".

 

Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back

 

Can't believe no-one has mentioned.......Phil Silvers as Bilko!.......

 

Andy Kaufman as Latka Gravas. No one else. It's all Andy.

 

Lucille Ball - Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Desi Arnez - Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Caroll O'Connor - Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Jean Stapleton - Edith Bunker (All in the Family)

Well those are amazing picks. From the "Archie?!?"commercials to the Nick at Night!

 

Born to play that role?

Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson as themselves.

Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork as themselves.

George Reeves as Superman

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins

Ted Knight as Ted Baxter

Alan Hale as the Skipper

David Carradine as Caine

Barbara Eden as Jeannie

Hayden Roarke as Dr. Bellows

Telly Savalas as Kojak

Frank Gorshin as the Riddler

Caesar Romero as the Joker

Ray Walston as Uncle Martin

Joe Flynn as Capt. Binghampton

Dave Madden as Reuben Kincaid

Gale Gordon as Theodore Mooney / Harry Carter

Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle

Frank Sutton as Vince Carter

Larry storch as Randolph Agarn

Too many to list.

 

And you notice, none of these actors ever found another role that wasn't just another version of the same character?

 

Sean Connery - James Bond
Buster Crabbe - Flash Gordon
Phil Silvers - Sgt Bilko

 

David Carradine has had some varied success. Check out the filmography on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine

 

Most of the villans on Batman were great, but Frank Gorshin as The Riddler was the best. Julie Newmar as catwoman and Burgess Meredith as penguin were close seconds.

How about James Colburn as Derek Flint... Lee J Cobb as Ralph Cramden was good, too. (And the cameo many may have missed: Bill Lear as the aircraft service technician who greets Derek Flint as he climbs abord his Learjet.) Let's see, where is that deprogramming tape? I must destroy it before Gila Golan has a chance to hear it. "You are not a pleasure unit..."

 

Jack Lemmon - The Great Race.

"Push the button Max"

 

Clayton Moore - The Lone Ranger
Lucy Lawless - Xena: Warrior Princess