| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | BRITISH ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1600: He played C.S. Lewis in 1993's "Shadowlands"; in his role in "Freud's Last Session", he debates Lewis on the existence of God Anthony Hopkins |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | TITLE ROLE ACTORS $400: "The People vs. Larry Flynt" Woody Harrelson |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | TITLE ROLE ACTORS $800: Since 2011, "Thor" Chris Hemsworth |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | TITLE ROLE ACTORS $1200: "Marty" Ernest Borgnine |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | TITLE ROLE ACTORS $1600: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" Cate Blanchett |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | TITLE ROLE ACTORS $2000: "Barton Fink" John Turturro |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | ACTORS PLAYING PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: In "Shakespeare in Love", Rupert Everett has an uncredited role as this contemporary of Shakespeare Marlowe |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $400: It's a coveted Shakespeare role for older actors, like Christopher Plummer on Broadway at age 74 King Lear |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | ACTORS & ACCENTS $5,000 (Daily Double): Jonathan Groff from Lancaster, Pennsylvania worked up a posh English accent for this Broadway role in "Hamilton" King George III |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS $800: The role of Pale, in "Burn This" by Lanford Wilson, is a showcase for young actors--John Malkovich in 1987 & this man in 2019 (Adam) Driver |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $400: Wade Wilson in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Ryan Reynolds |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $800: Beca, one of the Barden Bellas in "Pitch Perfect" Anna Kendrick |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $1200: The voices of President Business & the man upstairs in "The Lego Movie" Will Ferrell |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $1600: Jonas Taylor, who fights "The Meg" Jason Statham |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $2000: Scene-stealing friend Peik Lin Goh in "Crazy Rich Asians" Awkwafina |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | ACTORS $800: She won a Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in "If Beale Street Could Talk" Regina King |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: This comic actor lost 40 pounds for the role in "Moneyball" that earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination Jonah Hill |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $400: A role in this film brought Haing Ngor an Oscar The Killing Fields |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | CHILD ACTORS $200: Henry Thomas, who played this role in "E.T.", turned 40 in 2011 Elliott |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO $1000: (James Lipton delivers the clue.) He shared with us how the role of Tony Soprano may have driven him, ironically, to the psychiatrist's office James Gandolfini |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: She sunk her teeth into the role of Jane in 2009's "New Moon" Dakota Fanning |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | VERY ANIMATED ACTORS $600: Rip Torn ripped into the role of this supreme Greek god in the Disney film "Hercules" Zeus |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | VERY ANIMATED ACTORS $1000: Sebastian Cabot of "A Family Affair" bagged the role of Bagheera the panther in this 1967 film The Jungle Book |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $400: Det. Mike Lowrey,
Captain James West,
Hancock Will Smith |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $800: Teddy Roosevelt,
Jack Moniker,
Euphegenia Doubtfire Robin Williams |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $1200: Kitty Pryde,
Hayley Stark,
Juno MacGuff Ellen Page |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $1600: Royal Tenenbaum,
Coach Norman Dale,
Lex Luthor Gene Hackman |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $2000: Doomed poet Reynaldo Arenas,
implacable killer Anton Chigurh Javier Bardem |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Daniel Radcliffe's role as this bespectacled wizard made him an international star Harry Potter |
| #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 |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | "B" ACTORS $800: I kid you not! In 1972 he brought his famous role to TV, starring in a sitcom version of "Anna and the King" Yul Brynner |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | "B" ACTORS $1600: For his starring role in "The Pianist", he shed 30 pounds & brushed up on his arpeggios (Adrien) Brody |
| #5052, aired 2006-07-25 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: His first regular role on a TV series was as CTU agent Jack Bauer on "24" Kiefer Sutherland |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $1000: Christopher Plummer is seen here (in profile, of course) in his Tony-winning role as this legend of stage & screen John Barrymore |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $400: Sally Kellerman &
Loretta Swit "Hot Lips" Houlihan |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $800: Buddy Ebsen &
Jim Varney Jed Clampett |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $1200: Goldie Hawn &
Lorna Patterson Private Benjamin |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $1600: Ross Martin &
Kevin Kline Artemus Gordon |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $2000: Jonathan Harris &
Gary Oldman Dr. Smith |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: Lorraine Bracco dared to go bare when she took over the role of Mrs. Robinson in this play based on a film The Graduate |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | SINGING ACTORS $2000: Fans of her "Star Trek" role as Uhura go into orbit when they listen to her "Out of This World" CD Nichelle Nichols |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This TV "Friend" won critical raves for her role as "The Good Girl" in a 2002 film Jennifer Aniston |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $2000: He was best known for his role on "Marcus Welby" before he played Clark Gable in "Gable and Lombard" James Brolin |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: In 2001 she denied reports of a $20 million offer to reprise her role as Ripley for "Alien 5" Sigourney Weaver |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | WHAT'S "D" MATTER? $800: Bela Lugosi & Gary Oldman are counted among the actors who have played this movie role Dracula |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | ACTORS WHO SING $2000: His starring role as Bo Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard" kick-started his recording career John Schneider |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $100: Matt Damon showed off his talent in this "talented" title role in 1999 Mr. Ripley |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | OSCAR'S SUPPORTING ACTORS $800: Kevin Kline "caught" a 1988 supporting Oscar for his role in this comedy A Fish Called Wanda |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | YOUNG ACTORS & ROLES $800: Heather Headley, seen here, won a Tony Award in 2000 for playing the title role in this Elton John musical Aida |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $600: Eileen Brennan reprised her movie role as Captain Lewis in this sitcom based on a Goldie Hawn film Private Benjamin |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: You could say Dan Aykroyd's role as this director in "Chaplin" was the "Keystone" of the film Mack Sennett |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: TV's Sergeant Bilko, he cavorted on film in "Cover Girl" (but not in the title role) Phil Silvers |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | MOVIE ACTORS $200: The 1973 movie musical "Tom Sawyer" featured young Jodie Foster in this role Becky Thatcher |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | MOVIE ACTORS $800: Despite his role as tobacco co. whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in "The Insider", this actor still smokes Russell Crowe |
| #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 |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | FILM ROLES IN COMMON $200: Actors who've played this role include Moore, Roger Moore & Dalton, Timothy Dalton James Bond |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: His role as a suspected killer in the 1999 revival of "Night Must Fall" was a far cry from Ferris Bueller Matthew Broderick |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: Jeremy Kushnier cuts loose in the Kevin Bacon role in the musical based on this 1984 film; "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Footloose |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | TELEVISION $800: Guy Williams won this swashbuckling role because he was one of the few actors tested who could fence Zorro |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: We assume his portrayal of Macbeth in college was a far cry from his current TV role, Andy Sipowicz Dennis Franz |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | THE SCREAM ACTORS GUILD $800: 1972 title role played by William Marshall as a hip, happenin' soul man with a taste for blood Blacula |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: Originally Lisa Kudrow was set to play Roz on this sitcom but the role was recast with Peri Gilpin Frasier |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | FUN WITH DICK & JANE $3,000 (Daily Double): The 2 actors seen here, they both played the same role on TV:
[Darrin Stephens] Dick Sargent & Dick York |
| #3064, aired 1997-12-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Before her "bewitch"ing role as Samantha'a mother Endora, she played Orson Welles' mother in "Citizen Kane" Agnes Moorehead |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | ACTORS & ROLE $200: Mom role shared by Barbara Billingsley & Janine Turner June Cleaver |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: Fess Parker & John Wayne have both played this king of the wild frontier Davy Crockett |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | ACTORS & ROLE $800: In 1994 Rosie O'Donnell was cast in this role in the stage version of "Grease"; in 1997 Lucy Lawless was Rizzo |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | ACTORS & ROLE $1000: In a 1996 Fox TV movie based on a British series, the 2 actors seen here both played this time lord: Doctor Who |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | ACTORS & ROLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Anne Parillaud role that led to the other 2 seen here: La Femme Nikita |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: LeVar Burton was a drama student at USC when this role in "Roots" made him a star overnight Kunta Kinte |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: She played a dual role in the 1991 thriller "Dead Again", directed by her then-husband, Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $500 (Daily Double): Bewitching title role currently played on prime time by the actress seen here:
(Melissa Joan Hart) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $1,000 (Daily Double): Burt Reynolds rejected the astronaut role in this 1983 film; Jack Nicholson took it & won his 2nd Oscar Terms of Endearment |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $400: This future "Phantom of the Opera" played the title role in the 1974 musical "Billy", adapted from "Billy Liar" (Michael) Crawford |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | BLACK ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: He reprised his starring role as a teacher for the 1996 TV movie "To Sir with Love II" Sidney Poitier |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: In 1995 she reprised her role of Victor/Victoria for the Broadway stage (Julie) Andrews |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: You could call Jack Nicholson's role as this playwright in "Reds" a "Strange Interlude" in his career Eugene O'Neill |
| #2706, aired 1996-05-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: He had a role on TV's "Dallas" before starring in films like "Seven" & "A River Runs Through It" Brad Pitt |
| #2706, aired 1996-05-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: He parodied his own role as "The Godfather" in the movie "The Freshman" with Matthew Broderick Marlon Brando |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Her "so-called life" includes the role of Beth in the 1994 film "Little Women" Claire Danes |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Nick Nolte visited colonial Williamsburg & Monticello to research this historical role Thomas Jefferson |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: Dabney Coleman was up for this role on "Gilligan's Island" but Russell Johnson got the part the Professor |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: In 1943 Jose Ferrer was acclaimed for his performance in this role opposite Paul Robeson's Othello Iago |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: At Elsinore in 1937 Vivien Leigh played this role opposite Laurence Olivier's Hamlet Ophelia |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: Jack Palance had "a lean and hungry look" when he played this role in "Julius Caesar" in 1955 Cassius |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Bette Midler, who grew up on Oahu, had a bit role in this film based on a James Michener novel Hawaii |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Beth Henley wrote a leading role in her play "Control Freaks" for this actress who starred in "The Piano" Holly Hunter |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: When this play opened on Broadway in 1980, Jane Seymour played the role of Mozart's wife Amadeus |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $600: In 1934 Jessica Tandy appeared onstage in her native London playing this role opposite John Gielgud's Hamlet Ophelia |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $100: This actor's last Broadway play, "The Immoralist", led to his starring role in the film "East of Eden" James Dean |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $400: Surprisingly, Marlon Brando wasn't nominated for a Tony for playing this role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Stanley Kowalski |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Raquel Welch was considered for the role of Mary Ann on this series but Dawn Wells got the part Gilligan's Island |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: This actress who's married to Clint Black had the title role in "Tabitha", a sequel to "Bewitched" Lisa Hartman |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $600: In 1979 he played the title role in "Coriolanus"; 10 years later he was "Driving Miss Daisy" Morgan Freeman |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: The 1980s Christopher Plummer played this role to James Earl Jones' Othello Iago |
| #2258, aired 1994-06-01 | THE MOVIES $200: Actors who played this "Treasure Island" role include Wallace Beery, Robert Newton & Orson Welles Long John Silver |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | ACTORS PLAYING AUTHORS $200: This was Frank Langella's stage role in "A Cry of Players"; Anne Bancroft played Anne Hathaway Shakespeare |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $100: Frankly, my dear, Pernell Roberts played this role in a musical based on "Gone with the Wind" Rhett Butler |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $300: Christopher Walken & Richard Dreyfuss have played this role opposite Raul Julia's Othello Iago |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $500: In 1980 David Bowie took over the role of the deformed John Merrick in this acclaimed play The Elephant Man |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: This Gatlin brother played Will Rogers on Broadway while a Carradine brother played the role on tour Larry Gatlin |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $500: In 1993 Jim Belushi took over this "Taxi" star's starring role in "Conversations with My Father" Judd Hirsch |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: Frank Langella "vamped" across the stage as this count before he played the role on film Dracula |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $600: This "Star Wars" star became a Broadway star when he took over the role of the Elephant Man in 1981 Mark Hamill |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Scott Bakula leaped into the role of Mary Jo's ex on the pilot of this series about the Sugarbakers Designing Women |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: In the series based on this film, Jodie Foster played the role that won Tatum O'Neal an Oscar Paper Moon |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: Mildred Dunnock was perhaps best known for creating the role of Linda Loman in this play Death of a Salesman |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $600: Helen Hayes played this queen on Broadway in 1935; Julie Harris won an Emmy for the same role in 1962 Queen Victoria |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: For playing the title role in 1941's "Sergeant York", this actor won his first Oscar Gary Cooper |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | IRISH ACTORS $300: You could say this actor has played the field: his role in "The Field" earned him an Oscar nomination Richard Harris |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This publishing heiress had a cameo role as a mom in John Waters' 1990 film "Cry-Baby" Patty Hearst |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $500: Ellen Terry was acclaimed for her 1875 performance in this role in "The Merchant of Venice" Portia |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: "Friends, Romans, countrymen", this Shakespearean role earned Brando an Oscar nomination for 1953 Mark Antony |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: It's said she lost the role of Scarlett O'Hara because she was living out of wedlock with Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Matthew Broderick was the 1st choice for the role of Alex on "Family Ties", but he got the part Michael J. Fox |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Clint Eastwood's role in “White Hunter, Black Heart” was inspired by this director of “The African Queen” John Huston |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This star of "Butterfly" named her daughter Kady, after the role she played in that film Pia Zadora |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Tom Hanks got the starring role in this "huge" film after Robert De Niro turned it down Big |
| #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 $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 $800: Martin Scorsese appears in the 1972 film "Boxcar Bertha" in which she plays the title role Barbara Hershey |
| #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 |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $600: He not only wrote "Torch Song Trilogy", he originated the lead role of Arnold Beckoff as well Harvey Fierstein |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: In 1957 this actor read for the role of Hamilton Burger on "Perry Mason" but won the title role Raymond Burr |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Edward James Olmos gained 40 lbs. for the weighty role of a math teacher in this '88 release "Stand And Deliver" |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Sigourney Weaver made her stage debut at age 6 in this feline role in "Alice In Wonderland" Cheshire Cat |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: In 1960 this Irish-Mexican Oscar-winner originated the role of King Henry II in "Becket" Anthony Quinn |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: When playing a role you "put on" one of these, from Latin for the mask worn by actors in dramas a persona |
| #1191, aired 1989-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: In 1935 young Vincent Price played this royal role on Broadway in "Victoria Regina" (Prince) Albert |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In her film debut this actress recreated her stage role as Rita in 1983's "Educating Rita" Julie Walters |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: Role played by Mickey Rooney in the 1935 all-star version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Puck |
| #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 |
| #1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Gregory Peck said his favorite role was Atticus Finch in this film that won him an Oscar To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | ACTORS & ROLE $200: Basil Rathbone, Raymond Massey & John Barrymore Sherlock Holmes |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: Warner Oland, Sidney Toler & Roland Winters Charlie Chan |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | ACTORS & ROLE $600: Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power & Guy Williams Zorro |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | ACTORS & ROLE $800: Dick Gautier, Sean Connery, & Errol Flynn Robin Hood |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | ACTORS & ROLE $1000: Humphrey Bogart, James Garner & Robert Mitchum Philip Marlowe |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: In 1988 Joan Rivers took over Linda Lavin's role as the mother in this Neil Simon play Broadway Bound |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $500: Before "Roots" LeVar Burton's only sizable role was as Ali Hakim in this musical at USC Oklahoma! |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Of this famous role, Johnny Weissmuller said, "The main thing is not to let go of the vine" Tarzan |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Norma Shearer & Jennifer Jones both played this role in film versions of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In 1952 Gertrude Lawrence made her last stage appearance in this musical, in the role of Anna The King and I |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Meryl Streep learned to speak German & Polish for her role in this 1982 film Sophie's Choice |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | ACTORS $400: K. Kristofferson got the co-starring role in this Barbra Streisand film after Elvis turned it down A Star is Born |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Theda Bara, Vivien Leigh, C. Colbert & Rhonda Fleming all "asp"ired to greatness in this role Cleopatra |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Perhaps her 5 marriages helped prepare this actress for her role as a sexy "Golden Girl" Rue McClanahan |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: He was offered the role of Boy in "Tarzan" movies before he played Wally Cleaver Tony Dow |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: His Oscar was not for his 1958 portrayal of Big Daddy, but for his role in 1958's "The Big Country" Burl Ives |
| #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 |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $300: At age 80, William Gillette was still playing this British detective, his most famous role Sherlock Holmes |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Jeffrey Hunter's most famous role, in "King of Kings" Christ |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Polly Rowles, Gene Autry's leading lady in a 1937 Western, now plays this role in Hanes' TV commercials Inspector 12 |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Christopher Reeve said of this role, "It takes me 3 running steps to take off; I used to be able to do it in 1" Superman |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Living his TV role, this star drops change in parking meters with a note saying "courtesy of the Equalizer" Edward Woodward |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Role played by Elmo Lincoln, Miles O'Keeffe, & Christopher Lambert Tarzan |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: A Miss Sweden, this "Iceberg" entertained troops with Bob Hope & played a key role in "La Dolce Vita" Anita Ekberg |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: For her role in "A Man Called Horse", Dame Judith Anderson mastered this Indian language Sioux |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $200: Errol Flynn, Doug Fairbanks, & Sean Connery have all been this nemesis of the Sheriff of Nottingham Robin Hood |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: Walter Huston, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey & Hal Holbrook all played this Kentucky-born president Abraham Lincoln |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $600: Doctor portrayed on film by Elliott Gould & on TV by Wayne Rogers & Pernell Roberts Trapper John |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $800: C. Laughton, T. Howard & A. Hopkins were all adrift playing this part Captain Bligh |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: This Oscar-winner watched electric shock treatments to prepare for her role in "The Snake Pit" Olivia de Havilland |
| #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 |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: He said of his role in "Deathtrap" that he is now one of few men in the world to have kissed Superman Michael Caine |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $100: British secret agent
played by Barry Nelson, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, & Sean Connery James Bond |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $200: In '35, Clark Gable played this mutineer; in '62, it was Marlon Brando, & in '84, Mel Gibson Mr. (Fletcher) Christian |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $300: Flower girl, played by Wendy Hiller & Audrey Hepburn on film, & Julie Andrews on stage Eliza Dolittle |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: "Bewitched" character played by Dick York from '64-'69 & Dick Sargent from '69-'72 Darrin Stephens |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $500: Pat O'Brien, Ross Russell, & Jack Lemmon all played Hildy Johnson in film versions of this classic play The Front Page |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Charlton Heston thinks this distinctive part of his anatomy helped win him the role of Moses his nose |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In listing nun roles, Leslie Halliwell called this Sally Field role the "weirdest" the Flying Nun |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Of "Santa Claus" role he said, "A bleeding elf! God, it takes courage to play a part you were born to play" Dudley Moore |
| #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) |
| #271, aired 1985-09-23 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: In "The Gods Must Be Crazy", this inanimate object has a "starring" role Coca-Cola bottle |
| #191, aired 1985-06-03 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Robert Morley played the title role in film about this witty 19th c. Irish playwright Oscar Wilde |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He wasn't just given the role of Prof. Kingsfield, he earned it John Houseman |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Film in which Michael Caine had his 1st major role, myopic secret agent Harry Palmer The Ipcress File |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Role played by Bengt Ekerot in "The 7th Seal" & John Cleese in "The Meaning of Life" Death |
