Do You Know Your Actors? 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Doug McClure

Doug McClure (died 5 Feb 1995 - aged 59) came to prominence as the character Trampas working at the Shiloh ranch in the US western TV series "The Virginian" which ran for 249 episodes (1962 - 1971).

James Drury (born 18 Apr 1934) played Billy Hammond in the movie "Ride The High Country" (1962) with Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott, played the "Virginian" who was the Shiloh ranch foreman in the US TV series "The Virginian". His character's real name was never revealed.
Lee J. Cobb (died 11 Feb 1976 - aged 64) played Johnny Friendly in the movie "On The Waterfront" (1954) with Marlon Brando, Juror #3 in the movie "12 Angry Men" (1957) with Henry Fonda and played the Shiloh ranch owner Judge Henry Garth in the US TV series "The Virginian".
Clu Gulager (born 16 Nov 1928) star of "The Killers" (1964) with Lee Marvin, Ronald Reagan and Angie Dickinson, played deputy sheriff Emmett Ryker in the US TV series "The Virginian".

Answer: Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene (died 11 Sep 1987 - aged 72) played the prosecutor in the movie "Peyton Place", ranch owner Ben Cartwright in the US TV series "Bonanza" (1959-1973) and Commander Adama in the US TV series "Battlestar Galactica" (1978-1979). He had a number one hit for one week on the US pop chart with "Ringo" in 1964. It reached number 22 on the UK chart the same year. A native of Canada, he was honoured in 2006 by being featured on a Canadian postage stamp.

Dan Blocker (died 13 May 1972 - aged 43) weighing over 300 pounds played Ben's son Eric "Hoss" Cartwright in "Bonanza"
Michael Landon (died 1 Jul 1991 - aged 54) played Ben's son Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright in "Bonanza" and was the only one of the four not to wear a toupee or hair piece during the series. He went on to star in the US TV series "Little House On The Prairie" (1974-1983) and "Highway To Heaven" (1984-1989).
Pernell Roberts (died 24 Jan 2010 - aged 81) played Ben's eldest son Adam Cartwright in "Bonanza" but he left the show in 1965 to work in the theatre and other TV work such as the US TV series "Trapper John M. D." (1979-1986).

Answer: Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan (born 10 Apr 1915) will always be remembered as Col. Potter from the US TV series "M*A*S*H". He first appeared on "M*A*S*H" in 1974 as Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele, in the episode "The General Flipped At Dawn". He has appeared on radio and TV and made many movies from the '40s onwards. Many of them westerns such as "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943) with Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews, "Where The River Bends" (1952) with James Stewart and Rock Hudson and "The Shootist" (1976) with John Wayne (in his last movie), James Stewart and Lauren Bacall.

Harry Guardino (died 17 Jul 1995 - aged 69) starred as Det. Rocco Bonaro with Richard Widmark in the movie "Madigan" (1968). He made guest appearances in many TV series such as "Ben Casey", "Hawaii Five-0" and "Kojak".
Jack Webb (died 23 Dec 1982 - aged 62) did it all, radio star, actor, producer, director and playwright. He played Artie Green in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) with William Holden, but was best known for his portrayal of L.A.P.D police Sgt. Joe Friday badge number 714, in the US TV series "Dragnet" (1949-1957) on radio, (1951-1959) and (1967-1970) on TV.
Jack Klugman (born 27 Apr 1922) played Juror #5 in the movie "12 Angry Men" (1957) with Henry Fonda. Best known for playing Oscar Madison in the US TV series "The Odd Couple" (1970-1975) and Dr. R. Quincy in the US TV series "Quincy, M. E." (1976-1983). His first name is never mentioned during the series. In 2008 Klugman sued NBC/Universal City Studios seeking 25% of the profits from "Quincy M. E.".

Answer: Sir Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness (died 5 Aug 2000 - aged 86) played eight members of the D'Ascoyne family in the movie "Kind Hearts And Coronets", Jedi Knight Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi in the movie "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope", King Charles I in the movie "Cromwell" and MI6 intelligence officer George Smiley in the UK TV series "Smiley's People". One of his best ever performances was as Fagin in the movie "Oliver Twist" (1948) written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1837.

Sir John Mills (died 23 Apr 2005 aged 97) was a stalwart of many British war movies such as "In Which We Serve"(1942) with Noel Coward. He also starred in "Great Expectations" (1946) with Sir Alec Guinness, "Ice Cold In Alex" (1958) with Sylvia Syms and Anthony Quayle and he won an Oscar for best supporting actor playing Michael in "Ryan's Daughter" (1970).
Sir John Gielgud (died 21 May 2000 aged 96) starred in "Julius Caesar" (1953) with Marlon Brando and Louis Calhern, "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" (1968) with David Hemmings and Harry Andrews and "Arthur" (1981) with Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli.
Sir Laurence Olivier ("Call me Larry", died 11 Jul 1989 aged 82) was probably the world's greatest actor. He won the best actor Oscar playing Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). Starred in "The Entertainer" (1960) with Albert Finney and Alan Bates, "Spartacus" (1960) with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis and "Marathon Man" (1976) with Dustin Hoffman and Roy Scheider.

Answer: Richard Greene

Richard Greene (died 1 Jun 1985 aged 66) was a rising movie star before WWII were he rose to the rank of Captain in the 27th Lancers regiment. His career never recovered post war and although he still appeared in movies UK TV made him a star when he played Robin Hood in the UK TV series "The Adventures Of Robin Hood"

George Zucco (died 27 May 1960 aged 74) played Professor James Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes opposite Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in "The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes" (1939).
Lionel Atwill (died 22 Apr 1946 aged 61) played Professor James Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes opposite Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in "Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon" (1943).
Henry Daniel (died 31 Oct 1963 aged 69) played Professor James Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes opposite Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in "The Woman In Green" (1945).

Answer: William Hartnell

William Hartnell (died 23 Apr 1975 - aged 67) had been in many British movies since 1932 and other TV series before playing the first "Doctor Who" (1963-1966). The movie "Yangtse Incident:The Story Of H.M.S. Amethyst" with Richard Todd (1957), the UK TV series "The Army Game" (5 episodes 1957-1958) and the movie "This Sporting Life" with Richard Harris (1963).

Patrick Troughton (died 28 Mar 1987 aged 67) played the second "Doctor Who" (1966-1969). He played Father Brennan in the movie "The Omen" (1976) with Gregory Peck.
Jon Pertwee (died 20 May 1996 aged 76) played the third "Doctor Who" (1970-1974). He played Worzel Gummidge in the children's UK TV series "Worzel Gummidge" (1979 - 1981) and Chief Petty Officer Pertwee in the long running UK radio show "The Navy Lark" (1959-1977).
Peter Cushing (died 11 Aug 1994 aged 81) played Memnon in "Alexander The Great" (1956) with Richard Burton and Fredric March. He played Doctor Who in two movies "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D." (1966). Probably best known for his Hammer horror movies playing Dr. Van Helsing or Baron Frankenstein.

Answer: Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford (died 26 Apr 1986 aged 74) won the Academy Award for Best Actor (The Oscar) for his performance as politician Willie Stark in the movie "All The Kings Men" with John Ireland and Joanne Dru. After being typecast his career revived when he played Chief Dan Mathews in the US TV series "Highway Patrol" with William Boyet. He acted almost exclusively on TV in his later career but still starred in movies such as "The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover" with James Wainwright and in their final movie appearances Dan Dailey and Jack Cassidy.

Ernest Borgnine (born 24 Jan 1917) won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Marty Pilletti in "Marty" (1955) with Betsy Blair and Joe Mantell.
Jack Warden (died 19 Jul 2006 aged 85) played Juror #7 in "12 Angry Men" (1957) with Henry Fonda. Best known on TV as Harrison Fox in the US TV series "Crazy Like A Fox" (1984-1986) with Penny Peyser and John Rubinstein.
Pat Hingle (died 3 Jan 2009 aged 84) was to play Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster got the part) in the 1960 movie of the same name but fell over 50ft down the elevator shaft in his apartment block in New York. He was near death and took over a year to recover. He played Judge Fenton in "Hang 'Em High" (1968) with Clint Eastwood and played Police Commissioner Gordon in the first four of the new series of "Batman" movies (1989-1997).

Answer: Roger Moore

Roger Moore (born 14 Oct 1927) now a Knight himself appeared in "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1945) with Claude Rains and Vivian Leigh as an extra (roman soldier). He starred in "Ivanhoe" (1958-1959) a sort of heavy metal Robin Hood character. He appeared in his most famous role up to then as Simon Templar in the UK TV series "The Saint" (1960-1969) and the UK TV series "The Persuaders" (1971-1972) with Tony Curtis. He then appeared as James Bond in seven Bond movies (1973-1985).

Sean Connery (born 25 Aug 1930) another Knight, played James Bond in seven movies (1962-1971) and (1983). He played Welder #2 in the UK movie "Time Lock" (1957) with Robert Beatty and Lee Paterson. In between playing Bond he made two of his best movies "The Hill" (1965) with Ian Bannen and Ossie Davies & "The Offence" (1973) with Ian Bannen and Trevor Howard.
George Lazenby (born 5 Sep 1939) played James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), enough said.
Timothy Dalton (born 21 Mar 1946) played James Bond in two movies "The Living Daylights" (1987) and "Licence To Kill" (1989). He played Prince Rupert in "Cromwell" (1970) with Sir Alec Guinness and Richard Harris, Prince Barin in "Flash Gordon" (1980) with Max von Sydow and Brian Blessed and Alexei Volkoff in the US TV series "Chuck" season four (2010).

Answer: Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr. (Hollywood's lightest heavy, died 18 May 1995 - aged 91) appeared in his first movie "Her Unborn Child" (1930) and has been stabbed poisoned or shot to death in countless movies since. Besides "Star Trek" and "Magnum, P. I." he has appeared in other TV series such as "Quincy, M. E.", "The Untouchables", "Gunsmoke" and "Batman" to name but a few.

Anthony Caruso (died 4 Apr 2003 aged 86) played safe cracker Louis Ciavelli in "The Asphalt Jungle" with Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffe (1950).
Barton MacLane (died 1 Jan 69 aged 66) played police Lt. Dundy in "The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart and Ward Bond (1941).
John McIntire (died 30 Jan 1991 aged 83) played Police Commissioner Hardy in "The Asphalt Jungle" with Sterling Hayden and Jean Hagen (1950), he replaced Ward Bond in the US TV western series "Wagon Train" (1957-1965) after Bond's death in 1960 aged 57.

Answer: Don Ameche

Don Ameche (died 6 Dec 1993 - aged 84) had his heyday in the '30s & '40s but unlike a lot of actors from that time he didn't fade away, he just kept going. He was still making popular movies into the '90s and starring with actors that were not even born when he was a matinee idol. His last movie "Corina Corina" was finished just days before his death.

Hume Cronyn (died 15 Jun 2003 aged 91) had been making movies since the '30s. He starred with his wife actress Jessica Tandy (died 11 Sep 1994 aged 85) and Don Ameche in "Cocoon" (1985) and "Cocoon: The Return" (1988). He played Juror #9 in the TV movie "12 Angry Men" (1997).
Ralph Bellamy (died 29 Nov 1991 aged 87) another actor with a long movie career from 1931 to 1990. He stared with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in the movie "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Trading Places" (1983) with Don Ameche and Eddie Murphy and his last movie "Pretty Woman" (1990) with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
Kirk Douglas (born 9 Dec 1916) one of the best actors never to win an Oscar. Starred in the movie "Lust For Life" (1956) with Anthony Quinn (who did win the Oscar), the movie "Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" (1957) with Burt Lancaster and the movie "Oscar" with Don Ameche and Sylvester Stallone (1991).