allaboutlana Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yes. Your turn. Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Thanks, Lana. When I was fourteen, I started playing the saxophone in the Catskills. I later went to Juilliard School of Music Before becoming an actor. While a musician in the Coast Guard, I started improvising my comedy routines which led to my first screen role in 1946. I was a musician, composer, comedian, and actor, being very active on TV in the fifties. I was in a few movies in the 70s and early 80s including a well-known comedy and a musical.....Who am I ? Edited by: mudskipper on Oct 27, 2010 11:25 PM Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Are you Sid Caesar? Link to post Share on other sites
mudskipper Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Yes. The comedy, of course, was "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and the musical was "Grease". Your thread... Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I was a versatile performer of British stage and screen. I was educated partly at Cambridge and trained for the stage at the Old Vic. On stage from age 13, I made my screen debut in the mid '30s. Although I remained primarily a stage actor, performing in French and German as well as English, I appeared in many films, in both leads and character roles, often cast as a decadent aristocrat. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Hint: I was in a British film which involved a lookalike. Edited by: finance on Oct 30, 2010 10:02 AM Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Another hint: I was in 4 films of a well-known British filmmaking partnership. Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I think you are Marius Goring, but I confess I don't know the lookalike film. Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Correct, Dan. I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE. Your thread. Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Right. I have played a variety of roles in films. These include: In one film, I played a Jewish activist. In another, I was a washed-up, drunken movie actor. I have also played one of the most popular film characters of all time. Who am I? Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Olivier? Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 No, not Sir Laurence Olivier. But you know, I wish that when somebody submits a guess to my questions, they would also submit the REASONS for that guess. But you already knew that. I said that I've played a variety of different roles: a Jewish activist, a washed-up drunk, even one of the most popular film characters ever. New clue: I've also played a German intelligence officer. Who am I? Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 James Mason Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 cujas wrote: James Mason Well, James Mason would certainly fit the character of the "washed-up, drunken movie actor," a role he played skillfully in "A Star is Born" (1954). But I can't seem to find him ever playing a Jewish activist. And did Mason ever play a German intelligence officer? That was another of the clues, remember? I get the feeling that at this point, you guys are just throwing out names of any actor that comes to mind. But I warn you, that plan will not avail you. Back up your guesses with facts. Okay, here is a NEW CLUE for you: I've said that I played a Jewish activist. Actually, I played roles like that in more than one film. And here is the question again: In more than one film, I played a Jewish activist. In another film, I was a washed-up, drunken movie actor. I have also played one of the most popular film characters of all time. I have also played a German intelligence officer. Who am I? Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 FYI-*Boys from Brazil* Monsieur Dan--Vous avez le method d'un professeur de la Sorbonne. Il y avait un professeur comme ca a Paris, il me donnerait une critique comme cela. Mais, monsieur, vous n'etes pas mon professeur et c'est simplement un jeu--Calmez-vous. Ce n'est pas la vie ou la mort. Et les jeux sont faits. Edited by: cujas on Nov 8, 2010 4:12 PM Edited by: cujas on Nov 8, 2010 4:13 PM Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Thanks, cujas, for the compliment. At least I think it was a compliment. (lol) Moi, a professor from the Sorbonne? Not likely. I'm just an ordinary, middle-class movie lover who likes playing these trivia games. Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Well, Dan we do have something in common because I'm just a middle class, Midwesterner who loves movies and likes playing trivia games too. I said James Mason because I thought he fit the criteria. It's what we in the Midwest call an "educated guess". Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Okay, here's a new clue. I've said that I have played one of the most popular film characters of all time. Well, actually I played that character twice. The second film was a sequel to the first. Here is the rest of the question: Do you know me? I've played a Jewish activist. Actually, I played roles like that in more than one film. In another film, I was a washed-up, drunken movie actor. I have also played one of the most popular film characters of all time... twice. The second film was a sequel to the first. I have also played a German intelligence officer. Who am I? Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Well, this question has been up since November 3. Today is Nov. 12 -- or 13, depending on where you live -- so that means the question has been up and unanswered for NINE (9) or TEN (10) days! I admire the thoroughness that most of you film fans display, on other questions. But mine seem to go unanswered, for the most part, although I have continually given you extra hints. So, under the powers vested in me by TCM, I hereby declare this thread OPEN! Cheers, Dan Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 A fine English Actress: *She was a favorite of Edward VII. *She appeared in a Golden Age Classic Film--lauded by critics and public alike. *Her daughter married a reknown English actor. *She appeared in one film with her actor/son-in-law. Who was this lady? Edited by: cujas on Nov 13, 2010 3:54 PM Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Hint Plus!--Her one time son-in-law is considered to be "a prince of players" and an "actor's actor". Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You "prince of players" clue led me to Richard Burton, but that couldn't be right. Link to post Share on other sites
allaboutlana Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yes, your clue led me to Burton also, and Raymond Massey. Link to post Share on other sites
cujas Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Before there was Anthony Hopkins or Richard Burton, there was------- Link to post Share on other sites
allaboutlana Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Are you Eva Moore, mother of Jill Esmond who was the first wife of Laurence Olivier? Link to post Share on other sites
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