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tv star collector
09-30-2006, 08:43 AM
O.K. There's a thread for "Miscast Roles." Here's one for perfect casting:

Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake (the "Blondie" series of films)
Bela Lugosi as Dracula ("Dracula")
Michael Chiklis (as Ben Grimm/The Thing in "The Fantastic Four")
Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump"
Boris Karloff as The Monster in the first three "Frankenstein" films
Peter Palmer (as Abner) and Leslie Parrish (as Daisy Mae) in "Li'l Abner" (1959)
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon"
Julie Andrews as "Mary Poppins"
Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle in "The Miracle on 34th Street" (1947)
Andy Griffith as Will Stockdale in "No Time for Sergeants" (1958)
Jerry Lewis as Prof. Kelp/Buddy Love in "The Nutty Professor" (1963)
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in "Rocky" (1976)
David Huddleston as Santa Claus in "Santa Claus the Movie" (1985)
Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the original "Star Wars" trilogy
Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent in "Superman" (1978)
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan (in a whole bunch of movies)
Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr in "The Wizard of Oz"
Lon Chaney, Jr. in "The Wolfman" (1941)
Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in "Casablanca"
John Goodman as Fred Flintstone in "The Flintstones"
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall in "Popeye"
Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life"
Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus Christ in "King of Kings"
John Wayne as G.W. McLintock in "McLintock!"
Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the "X-Men" trilogy
Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy (in both serials and feature films)

TJL
09-30-2006, 11:49 AM
My favorite example is Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach in "Arthur."

I just can't think of any other actor who could have played that role.

Nighthawk76
09-30-2006, 01:53 PM
Al Pacino as Tony Montana is Scarface.

treky
09-30-2006, 11:38 PM
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES on PBS

Basil Rathbone as SHERLOCK HOLMES in movies in the 30s and 40s (as for the movies themselves;:thumbsdow )

Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1939)
Basil Rathbone as Guy of Gisborne in the same movie
Claude Rains as Prince John in the same movie (can you tell I really like it!)

Donald Sutherland & Elliot Gould as Hawkeye & Trapper in MASH (1970)

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION

Nighthawk76
09-30-2006, 11:46 PM
Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION


I could not agree more. :)

TJL
10-01-2006, 03:23 AM
I could not agree more. :)

You had me at Patrick Stewart...

;)

comedyfreak
10-01-2006, 03:56 AM
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates.
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in Boystown
Wallace Beary(sp) and Jackie Cooper in The Champ
Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias
Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York in Bewitched
Sally Field as Gidget and The Flying Nun
Marlo Thomas in That Girl
The Cast of The Beverly Hillbillies
The Cast of The Munsters
Matt Dillion, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez-The Outsiders
Ralph Macchio The Karate Kid
Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd for Back To The Future
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall for Sixteen Candles
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Ally Sheedy for The Breakfast Club

His Majesty
10-07-2006, 11:28 AM
Dana Carvey as the guy who operates the news camera in Halloween II.

livsforluv
10-12-2006, 06:10 PM
My favorite is Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, he nailed it he was him... and he has this innocent face that was just so convincing. And his narration with his voice was on point the whole time.