Which actor has the best role names?

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i say its charlie sheen:
Chuck Traynor
Lyle Wilder
Zane Zaminski
Richard 'Ditch' Brodie
Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn
Topper Harley
Hap Felsch

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

KURT RUSSELL - SNAKE PLISKIN

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

also - Macready

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

otm. russell pwns:
Eldon Perry
Sgt. Todd 3465
Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey
Dean Proffitt
Reno Hightower
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
Shan Mullins
Johnny Jesus
Pvt. Willie Prentiss

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Kurt Russell also Tango (or was it Cash -- you win both ways)

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

VIGGO MORTENSEN

Lieutenant at LeBoeuf
Moses Hochleitner
Jerome Stample
Burke/Forsythe Electrocution [??]
Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
Worthless Junkie
Hombre (Man)
Guy Foucard
Caspar Goodwood
Roy Nord
Master Chief John James 'Jack' Urgayle
Walker Jerome
Capitán Diego Alatriste

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

and, of course, aragorn

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

i present steven seagal.

Cock Puncher (wtf?)
Robert Burns
Jonathan Cold
Sasha Petrochivich
Forrest Taft
Casey Ryback
Mason Storm

don't forget he's also a very high lama

― ubermensch, Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget AUSTIN TRAVIS (for Stevie)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

oh, oh, best actual name:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0910846/

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

i was going to say tony danza, as he always seems to play a new york ex boxer named tony, but it looks like he has some versatility:
rocky
orochimaru
sid
joe
norman
barney
sal
moe
louie
mel
vinnie
gus
mickey
pony
duke

― carly (carly), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

i too immediately thought of kurt russell

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Simon Callow:

Eugene Bleuler
Mr. Butler
Mr. Worth
Fat Boy
King of Anatolia
Bob
Sir John Osgood
Charles Dickens
Count Fosco
Major Owens
Grasshopper
Richard Cosway
Captain Fairfax
Zangiacomo
A.N. Official
John Mortimer
Inspector Lestrade
Simon Asquith
Wilkins Micawber
The Reverend Mr. Beebe

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Charlie Sheen also played a character called Chris Martin once so is therefore disqualified. He also seems to play a lot of people called Charlie as well, which is a bit lame (Two and a Half Men, Spin City, erm, OK, not that many).

Anyway, I nominate Samuel L Jackson:

Afro Samurai
Lorenzo Council
Officer Frank Tenpenny
Elmo McElroy
Romulus Ledbetter
Hejira Henry
Zeus Carver
Dale Deveaux
Gator Purify
Mister Senor Love Daddy

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Groucho Marx:

George Schmidlap
Lionel Q. Deveraux
Ronald Kornblow
Wolf J. Flywheel
S. Quentin Quale
J. Cheever Loophole
Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Otis B. Driftwood
Rufus T. Firefly
Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff
Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
God

― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Harry Dean Stanton:

Cosmo Gadabeeti
Henry Wade
Floyd Cage
Felix Perlman
Toot-Toot
Grim
Cotton Harry
Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Shadrach
Ernie Fontenot
Max Cheski
Carl Rodd, Fat Trout Trailer Park Owner
Roland
Johnnie Farragut
Gen. Hackworth
Chancey Bellow
Loomis Gage
Brother Bud Sanders
Rudolph Junkins
Emmett Perkins
Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Moe
Harold 'Brain' Helman
Philo Skinner
Billy Ray
Asa Hawks
C.W. Douglas
Jerry Schue
Lafkezio
Kiser Pease
Homer Van Meter
Jesse Dupre
Whit Dykstra
Randolph Halverson
Sgt. Dan Way
Blind Dick
Dixey Gates
BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) Man
Hysterical Patient in Psychiatric Ward

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

John Wayne:

Rooster Cogburn / Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Det. Lt. Lon McQ
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles
Col. Cord McNally
John Simpson Chisum
Chance Buckman
Taw Jackson
Capt./RAdm. Rockwell Torrey
Centurion at crucifixion
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Tom Doniphon
Townsend Harris
Joe January
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Temujin, later Genghis Khan
Capt. Karl Ehrlich
Hondo Lane
Steve Aloysius Williams
Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford, XO, Thunderfish
Capt. of Cavalry Nathan Cutting Brittles (later Lt. Colonel)
Robert 'Bob'Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Quirt Evans
Duke Hudkins
Ole Olsen
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton
The Ringo Kid
Stony Brooke, aka Ezeckial Saunders
Dare Rudd
Student greeting Phil
Singin' Sandy Saunders

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

Steve Buscemi:

Angelo
McCord
Norther Winslow
Randall Boggs
Crazy Eyes
Martin Kunkle
Tony Blundetto
Doc O' Conner
Bananas the Clown
Reverend Ely
'Hesch' Abramowics
Seymour
Cornell Shaw
Johnny Flynn
A.R. Hosspack
Homeless Guy
Drexel
Rockhound
Happy "Hap" Franks
Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos
Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene
The Father
Map to the Stars Eddie
Mister Shhh
Nick Reve
Beatnik Barman at Ann's 440
Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm
Chet
Mink
Aldolpho Rollo
Mr. Pink
Test Tube

― Roz (Roz), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Steve McQueen:

Chief Michael O'Hallorhan
Henri 'Papillon' Charriere
Carter 'Doc' McCoy
Junior 'JR' Bonner
Boon Hogganbeck
Lt. Frank Bullitt
Thomas Crown
Nevada Smith
Eric Stoner
Rocky Papasano
Sgt. Eustis Clay
Capt. Virgil 'The Cooler King' Hilts
Capt. Buzz Rickson
Vin
Cpl. Bill Ringa

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

"With a name like Nevada Smith, why think of a title for a movie!"

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Muthafuckin' Dern:

Thomas
Nate Hutchinson
Sean McNally
Editor
Begleiter
Harry Volpi
Judge
Harry volpi
McGurdy
Mr. Dudley
Ray Earl Winston
Link Static
Capt. Swaggert
Sheriff Ed Galt
The Chief
RAdm. Yancy Graham
Will Plummer
Patrick Leary
John Walker
George Putnam
Payton McCay
Billy Archer
John Gillon
Junior Stoker
T.L. Barston
Scout Ed Higgins
Uncle Bud
Mark Rumsfield
John Hollander
Cliff
Ethan
Mr. Edwards
Augustine St. Claire
Douglas Osborne
Rob Charters
Stanley Mott
Wes Holman
Harry Tracy
George Sitkowski
Karl Kinsky
Bobby Lee
The Detective
Capt. Bob Hyde
Captain Michael J. Lander
William Brandels
Grayson Potchuck
George Lumley
Big Bob Freelander
Jack Strawhorn
Tom Buchanan
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
Smitty
Jason Staebler
Freeman Lowell
Asa Watts (segment "Long Hair")
Dr. Roger Gerard
Coach Bullion
Deputy Doyle Pickett
J.J. Weston
Kevin Dirkman
James
Keeg
Richie Fowler
Lt. Billy Byron Bix
Joe Danby
Miller, Cooper Hanging Party
Steve Davis
Rafe Quint
Deputy Samuel P. Tippen
John
May
Hammond or Brown
Loser
John Mayhew
Sailor
E.J. Stocker
T Joe Krajac
Jack Roper

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

at some point, we're just going to be listing stock character actors from westerns. What about Jack Elam? or Woody Strode?

― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

There's a Kurt Russell biography on the biography channel tonight at 8:00.

Jamie McPheeters, Whitey, Dexter fucking Reilly...

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

That Bruce Dern list is so not anywhere close to being the best role names ever. I can't spot one name on that list anywhere near as great as Gator Purify.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Can I just say that this is a ridiculously brilliant and truly inspired thread? Thanks.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

uh oh one of bruce dern's character names is the name on my birth certificate! for realz!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Forest Whitaker has played, among others, Balldozer, Cuffey, Ghost Dog, Big Harold, Jack Pismo, Cyrus Cole, and Pfc. Edward Montesque Garlick

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

Beat YUL BRYNNER

King Mongkut of Siam
Rameses
General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Jean Lafitte
Major Surov
Victor Fabian
Nico March
Taras Bulba
Chief Black Eagle
Sgt. Mike Takashima
Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri
Asher Gonen
Baron von Grunen
Pancho Villa
Yvan Vlado
Transvestite cabaret singer
Indio Black
Robot Gunslinger

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

I really hope mookieproof is called Grayson Potchuck.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

if only :(

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

Kirk Douglas...

Ned Land
Cactus Jack
Paris Pittman Jr.
Pierre Narval
Tucker Wedge
Eduardo Provolone
Johnny Hawks
Richard 'Dick' Dudgeon
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Noll 'Dink' Turner
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Gino Borgesa
Dr. Tuttle 'the Maestro'
Hershel Vilnofsky
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Vincent Van Gogh
Ulysses
Spartacus

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

You're missing Chuck Tatum from "Ace In The Hole"

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 October 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

Gary Busey: complete with some of his recent hits.

Crying 4 U (2006) (pre-production) .... Frosty
Souled Out (2005) (filming) .... Gabriel (The Angel)
Descansos (2006) (post-production) .... The Keeper
The Hard Easy (2005) (post-production) .... Vinnie
The Gingerdead Man (2005) .... Millard
Chasing Ghosts (2005) .... Marcos Alfiri
Risen (2005) (V) .... Zombie Janitor
Buckaroo (2005) .... Dr. Brawn
The Hand Job (2005) .... Blind Master
Mesdeg
Viper
Billings
Supreme Regent Onticree
Zeek
Whitey Ferguson
Cortez
Tyler Trout
The Hooded Fang
Otto Mazur
Nelson Keece
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler
Plato Smith
Art Dacy
Drake Sabitch
Book's Dad
Ty Moncrief
Sergeant Vince Banger
Doc Hawkins
Chet Steadman
Eddie Lomax
Ozzy Decker
Lenny
FBI Agent Angelo Pappas
Clint Hornby
The Ballplayer
Karl Westover
Truckie Wheeler
Curly
Jimmy Feedek
David Lee Birdsong
Giblets
Zeb
Basil Crabtree
Hank Allan
Henry

― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 21 October 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Jodie Foster:

Kyle Pratt
Elodie Gordes
Sister Assumpta
Anna Leonowens
Eleanor Arroway
Nell Kellty
Annabelle Bransford
Laurel Sommersby
Dede Tate
Clarice Starling
Frannie Berry
Teresina Fedeli
Isabelle Tristan, AKA Fleur bleue
Rynn
Annabel Andrews
Tallulah
Iris Steensma
Deirdre Striden
Addie Pray
Hildy Haynes
Pugsly Addams
Alethea Patricia Ingram
Anne Chan
Henrietta 'Hank' Bennett
Pip Barker
Suellen McIver

― ☪, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

w.c. fields

― ghost rider, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

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