Actors and their Characters: Part 1 Quiz

Answer: Peter Warne

Clark Gable (1901-1960) was an American film actor who appeared in over 60 movies in a career that lasted over 40 years. He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. However, it was for his role as Peter Warne opposite Claudette Colbert in the 1934 film "It Happened One Night" that he won his only Oscar.

He portrayed Dennis Carson opposite Jean Harlow in the 1932 romantic drama "Red Dust". Clark Gable received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles as Fletcher Christian in the 1935 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" and as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic "Gone with the Wind".

Answer: Vito Corleone ("The Godfather Part II")

Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 sports drama "Raging Bull". It was for his role as the young Vito Corleone in the 1974 crime epic "The Godfather Part II" that he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in "Taxi Driver" and "The Deer Hunter" and Best Supporting Actor in "Silver Linings Playbook".

Answer: Roger Adams ("Penny Serenade")

Cary Grant (1904-1986) was an English born American actor who had a light-hearted approach to acting. It was his role as Roger Adams in the 1941 American melodrama film "Penny Serenade" that he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, losing out to Gary Cooper in "Sergeant York".

His other nomination for Best Actor was as Ernie Mott in the 1944 romance film "None but the Lonely Heart". For the other three roles mentioned, as Roger Thornhill, Mortimer Brewster and C. K. Dexter Haven, he received no nominations.

Answer: Frankie Dunn ("Million Dollar Baby")

Clint Eastwood has come a long way since his days as Rowdy Yates in the television western series "Rawhide" (1959-1966). He has received Best Actor nominations for portraying Frankie Dunn in "Million Dollar Baby", losing out to Jamie Foxx in "Ray", and as William "Will" Munny in "Unforgiven", losing out to Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman". For his movies "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby" he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.

Answer: Charlie Allnut ("The African Queen")

Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) was an American actor of stage and film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in three movies: "Casablanca" (1943), "The African Queen" (1951) and "The Caine Mutiny" (1954). He portrayed Rick Blaine in "Casablanca" and Charlie Allnut in "The African Queen", for which he won his only Oscar.

He portrayed the unstable Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg in the fictional Navy WWII drama "The Caine Mutiny". He portrayed Philip Marlowe in the 1946 movie "The Big Sleep" opposite Lauren Bacall (their second film together), who he married shortly after the movie.

Answer: Manuel Fidello

It was for his role as the Portuguese-American fisherman Manuel Fidello in the 1937 movie "Captains Courageous" that he won his first Oscar. The story is based on a 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling about schooners fishing in the Atlantic for months on end.

In the 1967 comedy drama "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Spencer portrayed Matt Drayton and Katharine Hepburn portrayed his wife, Christina Drayton. Both received Best Actor/Actress nominations with Hepburn winning the Oscar. Tracy was nominated posthumously. "Adam's Rib" was a 1949 romantic comedy film with Spencer Tracy playing the role of lawyer Adam Bonner and his wife Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn) was also a lawyer.

The two Bonners oppose each other in the courtroom. His second Oscar was won for his portrayal of Father Edward J. Flanagan in the 1938 drama "Boys Town".

The story is based on Father Flanagan working with a group of delinquent and underprivileged boys in his an establishment called Boys Town.

Answer: Rocky Sullivan ("Angels with Dirty Faces")

"Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938) had James Cagney as Rocky Sullivan who was a gangster trying to corrupt a group of street kids who idolised him. A priest, Father Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien), tries to stop Rocky from corrupting the kids. Humphrey Bogart plays the part of James Frazier, a mob lawyer. Cagney was nominated for Best Actor but lost out to Spencer Tracy in "Boys Town".

In the 1949 film noir "White Heat", Cagney portrayed Arthur "Cody" Jarrett, a ruthless and psychotic leader of a gang. "The Public Enemy" (1931) has James Cagney playing the role of Tom Powers. "The Roaring Twenties" (1939) is a crime thriller with James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett, together with two buddies, George Haley (Humphrey Bogart) and Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn), trying to make a living during the Prohibition era.

The three buddies met during WWI and become involved in bootlegging.

Answer: Lou Gehrig

Gary Cooper plays the role of the New York Yankees baseball legend Lou Gehrig in the 1942 film "The Pride of the Yankees". Lou Gehrig died in 1941 at age 37 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which has become known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar but lost out to James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943) depicts Gary Cooper as Robert Jordan fighting in the International Brigades against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Gary Cooper won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal as Alvin C. York in the 1941 biographical film "Sergeant York". Alvin C. York was one of the most decorated American soldiers during WWI. Cooper won his second Best Actor Oscar for his role as role as Marshal Will Kane in the classic western movie "High Noon" opposite Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges and Katy Jurado.

Answer: Garrett Breedlove

The 1983 comedy drama "Terms of Endearment" covered the 30 years of the relationship between a widowed mother (Shirley MacLaine) and daughter (Debra Winger). Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) starts a relationship with her next door neighbour, Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nickolson), a retired astronaut.

The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning five including Best Picture, Best Actress (Shirley MacLaine) and Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson). Jack won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Melvin Udall in the 1997 romantic comedy "As Good as It Gets", opposite Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding Jr. Jack received nominations for Best Supporting Actor for George Hanson in the 1969 road drama film "Easy Rider" and as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup in the 1992 legal drama "A Few Good Men".

Answer: Macaulay "Mike" Connor

It was for his role as Macaulay "Mike" Connor in the 1940 romantic comedy "The Philadelphia Story" that James Stewart won his only Oscar. He starred opposite Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. James Stewart played the role of John "Scottie" Ferguson, a retired police detective, in the 1958 psychological thriller "Vertigo", also starring Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.

In the 1956 suspense thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much", he played the role of Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna travelling on vacation in French Morocco with his wife Josephine "Jo" Conway McKenna (Doris Day) and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen).

In the 1954 mystery thriller "Rear Window", James Stewart plays the role L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries. His girfriend is played by Grace Kelly and his friend, a New York City Police detective, is played by Wendell Corey.