| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $1200: Roles of this actor include a cousin of James Garner in "Maverick",
Simon Templar &
007 (Roger) Moore |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | CHARACTER/ACTOR $600: Her roles have included Ma Rainey in film & Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder" Viola Davis |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | OBSCURE MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Uh...": this actor here; there's an hour-long YouTube clip of him saying it in various roles, such as Michael in "The Big Chill" Jeff Goldblum |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | HISTORICAL TV ROLES $2000: This actor as Peter III, not the Great on "The Great" (Nicholas) Hoult |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | TV ROLES $800: This actor's roles have included Jesse Pinkman on "Breaking Bad" & Caleb Nichols on "Westworld" (Aaron) Paul |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $600: Folk singer Llewyn Davis was one of this actor's first big roles Oscar Isaac |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | BEER/ME! $1000: Last name of the actor whose film roles included Fagin, Benjamin Disraeli, Jacob Marley's ghost & a certain Jedi Guinness |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | ISLAND PEOPLE $400: John Luther & Macavity the Cat are among the roles of this British actor Idris Elba |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $200: Genie & Hitch, which sounds like its own buddy cop film, doesn't it? Will Smith |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $400: Up for an Oscar in back-to-back years as Sophie & as Karen Silkwood Meryl Streep |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $600: Thor & the Huntsman Chris Hemsworth |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $800: Showing some range! Sharon Tate & Harley Quinn Margot Robbie |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $1000: Jean Grey & Sansa Stark (Queen in the North! Queen in the North!) Sophie Turner |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | DOCTORS & LAWYERS $1200: In 1964 this actor played 3 roles in the same film including the hilarious Dr. Strangelove Peter Sellers |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $400: On "Orphan Black" Tatiana Maslany had multiple roles due to her characters being these--thanks, science clones |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $800: Yael Grobglas plays 2 very different roles on this CW show that's set in Miami Jane the Virgin |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $1200: In a sequel to this comedy, Amy Adams plays Amelia Earhart & later, a modern look-alike who meets Ben Stiller Night at the Museum |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $1600: "Oz the Great and Powerful" finds Michelle Williams playing Annie & this good witch Glinda |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $2000: In "The Deathly Hallows Part 2", Warwick Davis played the goblin Griphook as well as this Charms professor Flitwick |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MOVIE & TV TERMS $600: 11-letter word for selecting an actor based only on appearance or previous roles typecasting |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | MOVIE WORDS $400: An actor playing a role vastly different from other roles he's known for is "cast against" this type |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | RECENT TV ROLES $800: Are you seeing what I'm seeing? It's this actor from "Mr. Robot" (Rami) Malek |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME FILM $2000: This actor played the Winklevoss twins Cameron & Tyler in "The Social Network" Armie Hammer |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $2000: 2016 winner Tatiana Maslany said her multiple roles, looks & accents on this series are "a dream for any actor" Orphan Black |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $1200: For his many roles, silent horror film actor Lon Chaney was "The Man of" these a Thousand Faces |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $600: 2005:
This actor as Truman Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1000: 1983:
This actor as a country singer in "Tender Mercies" Robert Duvall |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $400: Film with Peter Sellers as Group Captain Mandrake, President Muffley & the title man Dr. Strangelove |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $800: Paul Dano played Eli & Paul Sunday opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in this film There Will Be Blood |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $1200: In 3 films Mike Myers was both Austin Powers & this nemesis Dr. Evil |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $1600: In 1988 these 2 actresses played 2 sets of twins in "Big Business" Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $2000: This Brit played 8 victims in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Alec Guinness |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | MERE MEREDITHS $600: This 20th-century actor is seen here in one of his signature roles Burgess Meredith |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | THEY LEFT US IN THE LAST YEAR $200: The lovelorn Scotty in "Boogie Nights" was one of this actor's many memorable roles Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | THE SCREAM ACTORS GUILD $600: To be Frank, he's the actor seen here in one of his greatest roles Boris Karloff |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | ACTOR BY ROLES $400: Richard Kimble,
Han Solo Harrison Ford |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | ACTOR BY ROLES $800: Ellen Ripley,
Dian Fossey Sigourney Weaver |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | ACTOR BY ROLES $1200: Tony Manero,
Edna Turnblad John Travolta |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | ACTOR BY ROLES $1600: Claus von Bulow,
Scar Jeremy Irons |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | ACTOR BY ROLES $2000: Tristan Ludlow,
Tyler Durden Brad Pitt |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $600: The thing is, one of this TV and movie actor's roles was as "The Thing" (Michael) Chiklis |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | BIBLICAL BIG SCREEN $1600: More known for his gangster roles, this actor played the weaselly Dathan in "The Ten Commandments" Edward G. Robinson |
| #5722, aired 2009-06-23 | THE RAZZIES FOR 2008 $1000: For roles in "The Happening" & "Max Payne", this actor scored an acting nomination (Mark) Wahlberg |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | RECENT OBITS $800: 2 iconic roles of this actor who passed in Jan. 2009 were Khan in "Star Trek" & of course, Mr. Roarke, ever our host (Ricardo) Montalban |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | WILL FERRELL ROLES $200: Actor Jack Wyatt who takes on the role of Darrin for the remake of a TV show Bewitched |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | BUSY AS A BEE $200: This actor was busy in "Dr. Strangelove", playing 3 roles Peter Sellers |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a gym in Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.) I'm at the spot where in a 1938 movie this actor, as Whitey Marsh, is elected mayor of Boys Town Mickey Rooney |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $2000: This 3-named actor gave a gritty performance as Sandman in "Spider-Man 3" Thomas Haden Church |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: (Hi, I'm James Denton.) After I appeared with this actor in "Face/Off", he helped me get a role in "Primary Colors" John Travolta |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | I'M HUNGARIAN $800: I'm a Hungarian actor & I was buried in the cape that I wore in one of my most memorable roles Bela Lugosi |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MEMORABLE ROLES $2000: 1941:
Joel Cairo &
1942:
Ugarte Peter Lorre |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $2000: Defense attorney Hans Rolfe Maximilian Schell |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $800: May 9, 1936 gave England Glenda Jackson & this actor whose film roles include Daddy Warbucks & Hercule Poirot Albert Finney |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | WORLD THEATRE $1600: Ichimura Manjiro is a famous Onnagata, a male actor who plays female roles in this form of Japanese drama kabuki |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: This actor began starring on "Combat' in 1962, the year his daughter Jennifer Jason Leigh was born Vic Morrow |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1600: 31 years after McQueen, Steve McQueen, this actor played the lead in the new "Thomas Crown Affair" Pierce Brosnan |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: This actor's standout roles in the German films "Hanussen" & "Mephisto" helped earn both films Oscar nominations Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | FILM NOIR $300: Emma Thompson & this actor each had 2 roles in the 1991 noir thriller "Dead Again" Kenneth Branagh |
| #3107, aired 1998-02-17 | THE CHINESE THEATER $1000: A master of female roles, Mei Lanfang was the most famous actor in this form developed in the capital Peking opera |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: This actor, best known for playing Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show", passed away in 1995 Gale Gordon |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: In 1996 this talk show host turned actor to play a Navy SEAL turned teacher on "Matt Waters" Montel Williams |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In 1949 this "60 Minutes" reporter was an actor; he played Lt. Kidd on "Stand By for Crime" Mike Wallace |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | TELEVISION $100: This actor's TV roles have included the Archer on "Batman", Chief Paul Lanigan & Ed Norton Art Carney |
| #2249, aired 1994-05-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: Movie roles played by this actor include Ratso Rizzo, Carl Bernstein & Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: "I Love You to Death" featured this actor's 3rd wife Joan Plowright, as T. Ullman's Yugoslavian mom Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This actor made his film debut in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", his only outing as James Bond George Lazenby |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: When he appeared in "Blackboard Jungle", this "M*A*S*H" actor was billed as Jameel Farah Jamie Farr |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: G. Depardieu was named best actor at Cannes for playing this swordsman; you might say he won by a nose Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: The great 19th c. actor Edwin Booth was most famous for playing this Shakespearean role Hamlet |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $700 (Daily Double): "Dallas" actor heard here singing in a 1953 movie musical:
"Where is the light that's lit by land? Where is it now?" Howard Keel |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: He was the first actor to win an Oscar & a Tony for the same role, for "Cyrano de Bergerac" Jose Ferrer |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: He won an Oscar playing an actor obsessed with the role of Othello in "A Double Life" Ronald Colman |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | TITLE ROLES $200: As you would expect, this actor also played king of Siam in "Anna & the King", a '72 CBS TV series Yul Brynner |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Folksy actor who's played Andy Thompson, Andy Sawyer & Andy Taylor--as well as Ben Matlock Andy Griffith |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Ads for "Fletch Lives" show this actor holding a Southern belle, Clark Gable style Chevy Chase |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | TELEVISION ODDITIES $400: Todd Waring took over this actor's roles in the TV versions of both "Nothing in Common" & "Splash" Tom Hanks |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Appropriately, this actor's son played little Norman Bates in flashback scenes of "Psycho II" Tony Perkins |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: This actor tried to "Bring 'Em Back Alive", but the series died, & he ended up as a "Scarecrow" Bruce Boxleitner |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Up for Best Actor in 1931 for "Skippy", he was only child ever nominated for best actor Jackie Cooper |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: TV "Defender", he still defends secrecy of his initials by replying "Everybody's Guess" E.G. Marshall |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: After spotting this actor in the sci-fi film "Them!", Disney studios cast him as Davy Crockett Fess Parker |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: From Chachi to Charles, this actor is definitely "in charge" Scott Baio |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Though many play him on & offscreen, Edmund Gwenn was only actor to win an Oscar for the role Santa Claus (Kris Kringle) |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $800 (Daily Double): He reprised his single appearance as James Bond in a "Man from U.N.C.L.E." cameo George Lazenby |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: English actor who educated Rita Michael Caine |
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