#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $400: 1993:
Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a lawyer with AIDS, in this movie Philadelphia |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1200: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) This film about a "Southern fried demagogue and his lurid downfall" featured several miscast actors including Sean Penn "stepping into one of Broderick Crawford's blowhard roles" All the King's Men |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $400: Seth Rogen voiced a mantis & Dustin Hoffman a small red panda in this 2008 movie Kung Fu Panda |
#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 |
#4047, aired 2002-03-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $2000: Ewan McGregor portrayed this aspiring Irish writer in the 2000 movie "Nora" James Joyce |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: (Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer" The Monkees |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $200: Her TV roles include lifeguard C.J. Parker & "V.I.P." Vallery Irons; on film she was Barb Wire Pamela Anderson Lee |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $200: He played a fashion show bartender in the Michael J. Fox film "Bright Lights, Big City" (Would Niles Crane approve?) David Hyde Pierce |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $400: We were "Mad About" his performance as a bad guy named Burke in "Aliens" Paul Reiser |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $600: Christopher Plummer has won wide acclaim for his performance in this role seen here:
"Delivery device for nicotine. Put it in your mouth, light it up, and you're gonna get your face..." Mike Wallace |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $1000: He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out"; now he represents Tennessee in the U.S. Senate Fred (Dalton) Thompson |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $5,000 (Daily Double): The mysterious title character Ralph Fiennes played in this 1996 film was actually Hungarian The English Patient |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: In the 1998 TV movie "Dallas: War of the Ewings", another attempt was made on this Larry Hagman character's life J.R. Ewing |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | ACTORS & ROLES $600 (Daily Double): 2 of the movie roles she's played are Ethel Thayer & Rose Sayer Katharine Hepburn |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In the movie "I.Q." Walter Matthau portrayed this famous scientist Albert Einstein |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: This "Jeopardy!" creator played himself in the 1969 movie comedy "Hello Down There" Merv Griffin |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This comedienne & her daughter Melissa played themselves in the biographical TV movie "Tears and Laughter" Joan Rivers |
#2249, aired 1994-05-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: Movie roles played by this actor include Ratso Rizzo, Carl Bernstein & Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $300: Pippa Hinchley dyed her hair red for a 1992 TV movie about this commoner who became a duchess Sarah Ferguson |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: This Frenchman has acted in about 70 films but "Green Card" was his first American movie GĂ©rard Depardieu |
#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 |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Arnold Schwarzenegger played muscular Mickey Hargitay in the 1980 TV movie about this sex symbol Jayne Mansfield |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: This ventriloquist was the original Grandpa Walton on the TV movie that inspired "The Waltons" Edgar Bergen |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Telly Savalas 1st played this role in a blockbuster 1973 TV movie, "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (Theo) Kojak |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He played Pope John Paul II in a 1984 TV movie, a far cry from his big 1963 role, Tom Jones Albert Finney |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Though as Gonzo Gates he acted for everyone, his most memorable TV movie role was "For Ladies Only" Gregory Harrison |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Character played by both Diana Ross & Judy Garland in separate movie musicals Dorothy |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: The movie is called "Garbo Talks", but she has all the lines Anne Bancroft |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Debbie Reynolds sang as one in a movie, Sally Field flew as one on TV a flying nun |