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1. Which actor did not survive "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) but did survive "The Dirty Dozen" (1967)? I think he might have had a death wish.

Answer: Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (died 30 Aug 2003 - aged 81) playing Bernardo O'Reilly was shot and killed in "The Magnificent Seven". Bronson, playing Joseph Wladislaw survives the mission in "The Dirty Dozen". Charles Bronson was the only actor to appear in both movies.

Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen (died 7 Nov 1980 - aged 50) and James Coburn (died 18 Nov 2002 - aged 74) were all in "The Magnificent Seven". Charles Bronson and Clint Walker (born 30 May 1927) were in "The Dirty Dozen".

2. Which actor was the star of the original "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (1956) and reprised the role briefly in the remake (1978)?

Answer: Kevin McCarthy

In the original "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" Kevin McCarthy (died 11 Sep 2010 - aged 96) plays Dr. Miles J. Bennell. He runs onto the freeway at the end of the movie, trying to warn people about the invasion, shouting "They're here already, you're next". At the start of the 1978 remake he is seen banging on car windows shouting "Help, help they're coming, they're coming, listen to me listen" and is then knocked down and killed by a car.

Kevin McCarthy and Larry Gates (died 12 Dec 1996 - aged 81) were in the original "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers". Donald Sutherland (born 17 Jul 1935) and Leonard Nimoy (born 26 Mar 1931) were in the remake.

3. After playing "The Thing (From Another World)" (1951), this actor became the marshal of Dodge City in a long running TV western series (1955-1975). Who was that actor?

Answer: James Arness

James Arness (died 4 June 2011 - aged 88) played the alien made of vegetable matter that crash landed somewhere near the South Pole in "The Thing". He then played marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke" in 635 episodes over 20 years.

Hugh O'Brian (born 19 Apr 1925) played Wyatt Earp in the TV series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955-1961).
Richard Boone (died 10 Jan 1981 - aged 63) played Paladin in the TV series "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957-1963).
Clayton Moore (died 28 Dec 1999 - aged 85) played The Lone Ranger in the TV series "The Lone Ranger" (1949-1957).

4. Who is the actor that was in "The Great Escape" (1963) then played a secret agent for U.N.C.L.E. (1964 - 1968). Then did a stint in "Colditz" (1972 - 1974). Became one half of "Sapphire & Steel" (1979 - 1982) and then started work for N.C.I.S. (2003) as the Chief Medical Examiner?

Answer: David McCallum

David McCallum (Born 19 Sep 1933) played agent Illya Kuryakin in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in N.C.I.S. He was married to actress Jill Ireland who later married Charles Bronson.

Peter Graves (died 14 Mar 2010 - aged 83, brother of actor James Arness ) played Jim Phelps in the TV series "Mission Impossible" (1967-1973).
Leo G. Carroll (died 16 Oct 1972 - aged 85) played Alexander Waverly in the TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968).
Joe Spano (born 7 Jul 1946) played Det. Henry Goldblume in the TV series "Hill Street Blues" (1981-1987). He then joined the F.B.I. as agent Tobias Fornell in the TV series N.C.I.S. (2003).

5. Which actor was chased by a big truck in a movie (1971) and then chased crooks around New York on a horse in a TV series (1970-1977)?

Answer: Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver (died 24 Feb 2006 - aged 81) as David Mann was chased across country by an unknown driver in a tanker truck in the movie "Duel". The first feature film directed by Steven Spielberg. He played deputy U.S. marshal Sam McCloud on temporary duty with the N.Y.P.D in "McCloud".

Dennis Quaid (born 9 Apr 1954, brother of actor Randy Quaid born 1 Oct 1950) played Jack Hall in "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004).
Dennis Farina (born 29 Feb 1944, a former Chicago police officer) played Det. Joe Fontana in the TV series "Law & Order" (2004-2006).
Dennis Franz (born 28 Oct 1944) played Sgt. Andy Sipowicz in the TV series "N.Y.P.D. Blue" (1993-2005).

6. Which actor who was the star of the movie "Maverick" (1994) never appeared in any of the original "Maverick" TV series (1957-1962)?

Answer: Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson (born 3 Jan 1956) starred in the movie version of "Maverick" as Bret Maverick. This was the role played by James Garner in the original TV series. Garner appeared in the "Maverick" movie as Mel Gibson's father.

James Garner (born 7 Apr 1928) played Bret Maverick.
Jack Kelly (born 16 Sep 1927) played Bart Maverick (brother of Bret).
Roger Moore (born 14 Oct 1927) played Beau Maverick (cousin of Bret and Bart).

7. Which actor nearly got to follow the yellow brick road but became Davy Crockett's side-kick. Then he was the head of a backwoods family in Beverly Hills, California that is. He ended up as a private detective and his name is _____ .

Answer: Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen (died 6 July 2003 - aged 95) was cast as the Scarecrow in "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) but swapped roles to play the Tin Man. He was hospitalized because it was found that he was allergic to the aluminum paint used in the make up of the Tin Man character and left the movie. He became George Russel, Davy Crockett's side-kick in the movie and TV series "Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier" (1954-1955). After a long career in movies and on TV he took the role of Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962-1971). He became private detective "Barnaby Jones" (1973-1980).

Edgar Buchanan (died 4 Apr 79 - aged 76) played Joseph P. "Uncle Joe" Carson in the TV series "Petticoat Junction" (1963-1973) and the same character in "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Green Acres".
Walter Brennan (died 21 Sep 1974 - aged 80) made many movies and won three Oscars. He played Stumpy in "Rio Bravo" (1959).
Jack Elam (died 20 Oct 2003 - aged 82) peerless villain in many western movies as when he played Chris Boldt in "The Man From Laramie" (1955).

8. Which actor's evidence helped to convict Sir Thomas More in "A Man For All Seasons" (1966) and was the first to have his guts ripped out by an "Alien" (1979)? He also had trouble with an Elephant, Big Brother, a Naked Civil Servant and Hellboy.

Answer: John Hurt

John Hurt (born 22 Jan 1940) played Richard Rich in "A Man For All Seasons". While working for Thomas Cromwell his evidence finally condemned Sir Thomas More. He played Kane who was the first human victim in the first "Alien" movie. He played Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975), John Merrick in "The Elephant Man" (1980), Winston Smith in "1984" (1984) and Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm in "Hellboy" (2004).

William Hurt (born 20 Mar 1950) won the best actor Oscar playing Luis Molina in "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" (1985).
John Heard (born 7 Mar 1945) played Alex Cutter in "Cutter's Way" (1981).
Ian Holm (born 12 Sep 1931) played Dr. Willis in "The Madness Of King George" (1994).

9. Who survived "The War Of The Worlds" (1953), became a police captain then a secret agent in the TV series "Burke's Law/Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (1963-1966). He then appeared in a cameo role as grandfather to the children of Tom Cruise in the remake of "War Of The Worlds" (2005)?

Answer: Gene Barry

Gene Barry (died 9 December 2009 - aged 90) played Dr. Clayton Forrester in "The War Of The Worlds" (1953). Ann Robinson who played Gene Barry's love interest Sylvia Van Buren in the original movie, played his wife in the remake (2005).

Leslie Nielsen (died 28 Nov 2010 - aged 84) played Com. J. J. Adams in the movie "Forbidden Planet" (1956).
Robert Stack (died 14 May 2003 - aged 84) played Eliot Ness in the TV series "The Untouchables" (1959-1963).
Robert Wagner (born 10 Feb 1940) played Jonathan Hart in the TV series "Hart To Hart" (1979-1984).

10. This actor did not survive "The Magnificent Seven" (1960). He also worked for U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) but then got on the wrong side of Lt. Frank "Bullitt" (1968). He joined the cast of the BBC TV series "Hustle" in 2004. Have you got enough clues to name him?

Answer: Robert Vaughn

Robert Vaughn (born 22 Nov 1932) alias Lee ("The Magnificent Seven"), Napoleon Solo ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E."), Sen. Walter Chalmers ("Bullitt") and Albert Stroller ("Hustle").

Tony Curtis (died 29 Sep 2010 - aged 85) made many movies and played Danny Wilde in the UK TV series "The Persuaders" (1971-1972).
Richard Bradford (born 10 Nov 1937) played McGill in the UK TV series "Man In A Suitcase" (1967-1968).
Steve Forrest (born 29 Sep 1924, brother of actor Dana Andrews died 17 Dec 1992 - aged 83) played John Mannering in the UK TV series "The Baron" (1966-1967).

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