Actors Who Were the Role

Guy Williams-Zorro...Clayton Moore-The Lone Ranger...William Shatner-Captain Kirk...Christian Bale-Batman.

 

Margret Hamilton[wicked Witch, The Wizard Of Oz]..Errol Flynn[Robin Hood].

 

Michael Landon-Charles Ingalls.

 

Leonard Nimoy = Mr. Spock

 

Now there's a very fine actor that few people ever mention.

 

Mel Blanc - Bugs Bunny

 

Since voice actors have been mentioned:

Sean Schemmel - Goku in Dragonball Z
Christopher R. Sabat - Vegita, Piccolo, and Yamcha in Dragonball Z
Peter Cullen - Optimus Prime in the Transformers Franchise
Kevin Conroy - Batman in the Animated DC Universe and various DC video games
Mark Hamill - The Joker in the Animated DC Universe and various DC video games
Arthur Q. Bryant - Elmer Fudd
Charles Fleischer - Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Frank Welker - Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise (he's been the only voice actor for the character with the exception of the TV show A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and the recent Scoob! movie)
Steve Blum - Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop
Spike Spencer - Shinji Akari in Neon Genesis Evangelion
Andrea Libman - Pinkie Pie in My Little Pony - Friendship Is Magic
Tara Strong - Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony - Friendship Is Magic

 

John Larroquette - Dan Fielding

Harry Anderson - Harry T. Stone

Markie Post - Christine Sullivan

 

Who else has played Charles Ingalls? Who else has played Dan Fielding? Who else has played Harry T. Stone? Or Christine Sullivan?

Those are all unique characters played by ONE actor. I don't think a lot of people understand the concept of this thread.

Roles played by different actors portraying the same character in different movies or tv shows. Why is that so hard?

 

I guess in that case,it really depends on which one you grew up with and when you were born and which Superman from the comics that was "yours". For kids who grew up in the 40s and 50s and possibly 60s its George Reeves. He was clearly that early paternal Superman. Those who grew up with the late Silver and early bronze age Superman who was a portrayed a little less of a Paternal figure and a bit younger,Chris Reeve is that Superman.

Or more put more simply, George Reeves was the early Joe Shuster/Wayne Boring/early Curt Swan Superman brought to life. Chris Reeve is the Neal Adams/Jose Garcia Lopez/Later Curt Swan Superman brought to life.


So I'd say neither is the wrong answer.

 

I interpret the concept of the thread as "roles you can't imagine being played by any other actor".

So while Zachary Quinto has played Spock, he's still channeling Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy is Spock.

I agree that debating your favorite Joker or Superman doesn't really belong here, since by definition no actor truly owns the role (although Heath Ledger really does).

That said, Mark Hamill's Joker voice work has become so iconic it's now difficult to imagine any other voice actor doing an animated Joker. His work for the Batman video games is simply stellar. Kevin Richardson was great in the 2004 Batman series but he still borrows a little bit from Hamill.

I'd nominate Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Although the McMurphy in the novel was a large redheaded fellow, Jack now owns the role.

 

Like what?

 

But unless there’s been a performance of the character by another actor, how do we know?

 

River's Edge ... Layne ... Crispin Glover

 

Alan Rickman - Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies.
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber in Die Hard

 

Cesar Romero for me.

 

Others will disagree, but I don't like Laurie's American accent - both generally in other roles and specifically for House. It always sounds phony to me. Regarding House, the character - I've always considered House a sociopath. Once you think of the character as such, he becomes much more intelligible. And as for me, the character's gifts of a high intellect and of diagnosing the seemingly indiscernible seemed less like expert deduction, and rather tended towards the magical and the miraculous due to the written script. Only he could diagnose the patient's ailment because the script said so.

I presume you can tell I'm not a big fan of the show.

 

Al Bundy-Ed O'Neill

 

Matt Dillon:


William Conrad





James Arness

 

i think op needed to put that in the title, you know how it is, people just pop on to the last page to comment

 

Yeah, but being that the OP liked my comment and what he said in the first post of the thread, it was pretty clear what he was driving at.

Whatevs, though, it’s not my thread so I’m not going get to any more worked up over it than I already have ... heh.

 

Pal as Lassie
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Albert Finney, IMO.

 

Robert Preston as Harold Hill
Richard Burton as King Arthur
Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster
Edward Hermann as FDR
William Devane as JFK
James Whitmore as Harry S. Truman
David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble
John Astin as Gomez Addams
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams
Tony Randall as Felix Unger
Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison
Van Williams as Britt Reid/ the Green Hornet
Bruce Lee as Kato