#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | PRESIDENTIAL ACTORS? $1600: In between roles her husbands included Eddie Fisher & Senator John Warner Elizabeth Taylor |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $400: Once a desperate shaved-head Frenchwoman, things began to look up once I found out I was the heir to Genovia's throne Anne Hathaway |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $800: Here I am, just a lowly Hobbit from the Shire who finally took the field for Notre Dame; hey! I got a sack Sean Astin |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1200: Despite being brittle-boned Elijah Prince, I'm still firmly in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. Samuel L. Jackson |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1600: Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston Lucy Liu |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $2000: Being half of a legendary Wild West outlaw duo gave me the courage to take the ice for the Charlestown Chiefs Paul Newman |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Sully Sullenberger &
Walt Disney Tom Hanks |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Arnie Grape &
Jay Gatsby Leonardo DiCaprio |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Fantine &
Jane Austen Anne Hathaway |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Groundskeeper
Carl Spackler &
Franklin D.
Roosevelt Bill Murray |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Captain
Hector Barbossa &
the Marquis de Sade Geoffrey Rush |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES $400: Boston lawyer Alan Shore;
Raymond "Red" Reddington James Spader |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES $800: Acting coach Gene Cousineau;
the Fonz (Henry) Winkler |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES $1200: Kara Danvers' boss Cat Grant;
Ally McBeal Calista Flockhart |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES $1600: Darlene Conner's significant other David Healy;
Leonard Hofstadter Johnny Galecki |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | ACTORS & THEIR TV ROLES $2000: Rory Gilmore's boyfriend Dean;
hunter of supernatural beings Sam Winchester Jared Padalecki |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $200: Alright, alright, alright, for 2013, these 2 guys for their roles as Ron & Rayon in "Dallas Buyers Club" Jared Leto & Matthew McConaughey |
#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 |
#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 $800: 1969:
John Wayne as this grumpy U.S. marshal in "True Grit" Rooster Cogburn |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1000: 1983:
This actor as a country singer in "Tender Mercies" Robert Duvall |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | ACTORS' ROLES $400: Bridget Jones,
Dorothy Boyd Renee Zellweger |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | ACTORS' ROLES $800: Captain Billy Tyne,
Michael Clayton George Clooney |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | ACTORS' ROLES $1200: The Waco Kid,
Willy Wonka Gene Wilder |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | ACTORS' ROLES $1600: Detective Alonzo Harris,
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Denzel Washington |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | ACTORS' ROLES $2000: Padme,
Nina Sayers Natalie Portman |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $200: She was the spurned Alex in "Fatal Attraction" Glenn Close |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $400: A role in this film brought Haing Ngor an Oscar The Killing Fields |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $600: This rap group entered the medical field in "Disorderlies" the Fat Boys |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $800: Makeup!
He was
"The Elephant Man" John Hurt |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | '80s ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Jennifer Grey's "Dirty Dancing" dad (Jerry) Orbach |
#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 |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Evelyn Salt &
Lara Croft Angelina Jolie |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Ichabod Crane &
Barnabas Collins Johnny Depp |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Galadriel &
Katharine Hepburn Cate Blanchett |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Les Grossman &
Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Stephanie Plum &
Alison Scott, who got "Knocked Up" Katherine Heigl |
#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 |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Anastasia & Ilsa Lund Laszlo Ingrid Bergman |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Billy Flynn & Clifford Irving Richard Gere |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Lon Chaney & George M. Cohan Jimmy Cagney |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Frances Farmer & Patsy Cline Jessica Lange |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Polly Perkins & Pepper Potts Gwyneth Paltrow |
#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 |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $800: Voiced by John Cleese, King Harold of "Shrek" fame was originally one of these small creatures frog |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $1200: Chemicals turn Lily Tomlin into this title "Woman" in a 1981 Joel Schumacher film The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $1600: The return of two kidnapped fairies played by Emi and Yumi caused this winged creature to stop destroying Tokyo Mothra |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $2000: This 1987 film finds Dennis Quaid as a shrunken test pilot mistakenly injected into Martin Short's body Innerspace |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg & Ron Kovic Tom Cruise |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Tinkerbell & Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1200: Larry Gigli & George Reeves Ben Affleck |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1600: Elizabeth Swann & Elizabeth Bennet Keira Knightley |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $2000: Wyatt Earp & Snake Plissken Kurt Russell |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | FROM SCREEN TO STAGE $200: A handful of actors play more than 100 roles in "The 39 Steps", based on this director's 1935 suspense classic Hitchcock |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: He was in as Danny Ocean in a 2001 film & its 2 sequels George Clooney |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: He got an Oscar nomination for playing Danny Archer, a smuggler interested in a "Blood Diamond" DiCaprio |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1,600 (Daily Double): He was detective Scottie Ferguson, whose vertigo caused him to leave the police force Jimmy Stewart |
#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 $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 |
#5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1200: In the '80s, he starred in movies like "Can't Buy Me Love" & "Loverboy"; now he's TV's Dr. McDreamy Patrick Dempsey |
#5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1600: Richard Gere jazzed things up in Harlem as cornet player Dixie Dwyer in this 1984 drama The Cotton Club |
#5248, aired 2007-06-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $2000: This versatile Aussie's roles include pianist David Helfgott, a pirate captain & the Marquis de Sade Geoffrey Rush |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1200: Don Vito Corleone (2 actors) Marlon Brando & Robert De Niro |
#4620, aired 2004-10-08 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: His many roles have ranged from villain to Jesus Willem Dafoe |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: When Jamie-Lynn Sigler auditioned to play Meadow on this HBO series she "had no idea it was about the mob" The Sopranos |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: On a CBS series, Marg Helgenberger plays a C.S.I., which stands for this type of sleuth a crime scene investigator |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: Concetta Tomei, who isn't really a smoker, lights up herbal cigarettes as Melina Kanakaredes' mom on this series Providence |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $800: Simbi Khali, seen here, played the beleaguered assistant to Dr. Albright & Dr. Solomon on this sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun |
#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 $400: In his third outing as Crocodile Dundee, he left the outback for Los Angeles (Paul) Hogan |
#4047, aired 2002-03-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Played by Brendan Fraser, he's the hapless lawman seen here with his beloved horse, "Horse." Dudley Do-Right |
#4047, aired 2002-03-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1200: He played the lead in the movies "Rob Roy", "Michael Collins" & "Schindler's List" Liam Neeson |
#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 |
#4047, aired 2002-03-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $2000: Ewan McGregor portrayed this aspiring Irish writer in the 2000 movie "Nora" James Joyce |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | YOUNG ACTORS & ROLES $200: A college student in real life, Zhang Ziyi played the daughter of a nobleman in this 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | YOUNG ACTORS & ROLES $400: The Aussie teen film "Blackrock" introduced this young hunk who played Mel Gibson's son in "The Patriot" Heath Ledger |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | YOUNG ACTORS & ROLES $600: The new Broadway musical "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" features Kristen Bell as this young lady Becky Thatcher |
#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 |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | YOUNG ACTORS & ROLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Jena Malone played fledgling astronomer Ellie Arroway in this 1997 film; Jodie Foster played Ellie as an adult Contact |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Dule Hill, seen here, plays the president's personal aide on this series The West Wing |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Thomas Cavanagh finds out that law & bowling are up his alley in this heartwarming NBC series Ed |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: (Hi, I'm Greg Proops.) I once performed my own version of this 1939 film for Radio Scotland; I played all the parts, even the winged monkeys The Wizard of Oz |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: In a 1996 film, Denzel Washington tried to find out if Meg Ryan had this title quality Courage Under Fire |
#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 |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series The West Wing |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" James Brolin |
#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 |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985 The Love Boat |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi Will Ferrell |
#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 |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: In 1996 Elijah Wood played Sandy, a pal to this title dolphin Flipper |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: In "Dragon" Lauren Holly played this martial artist's wife, Linda Bruce Lee |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: (Hi, I'm Kevin Spirtas from Days of Our Lives.) In 1994 I played Hollywood agent Tim Burke in a TV mini-series based on this Jacqueline Susann bestseller Valley of the Dolls |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: He could have played himself in "Man on the Moon", but he played Andy's manager George Shapiro Danny DeVito |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: This Cambodian-born doctor won an Oscar for his portrayal of Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields" Haing S. Ngor |
#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 |
#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 |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1982 this series was retitled "Little House: A New Beginning" & Shannen Doherty joined the cast as Almanzo's niece Little House on the Prairie |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: She was seen as Eileen on the '80s sitcom "Day By Day" before she played Elaine on "Seinfeld" Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: He was playing Rev. Fordwick on "The Waltons" when he was cast as the irreverent Jack Tripper on "Three's Company" John Ritter |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: (Hi, I'm Richard Kind of Spin City.) I played Mark, the ex-husband of Jamie Buchman's friend Fran, on this NBC sitcom Mad About You |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: This hostess of PBS' "Mystery!" series also stars in "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries" Diana Rigg |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: His career wasn't "Titanic" yet when he played the teenaged Garry on the 1990 sitcom "Parenthood" Leonardo DiCaprio |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: His brother George played detective Stavros on his hit TV series "Kojak" Telly Savalas |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Jonathan Winters provided many mirthful moments as Mearth, the enormous child of this title couple Mork & Mindy |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Raymond Massey played Anton the Spymaster in this series with the same title as one starring Cosby & Culp I Spy |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: She played Lola the Cigarette Girl on "The Morey Amsterdam Show" before she wrote "Valley of the Dolls" Jacqueline Susann |
#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 |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: As a child in the early '70s, Jodie Foster played Eddie's pal Joey on this Bill Bixby series The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Lara Flynn Boyle of "The Practice" used to play Laura Palmer's friend Donna on this series Twin Peaks |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Alan Rachins.) When I played legal eagle Douglas Brackman on this hit TV series, I got to date Vanna White L.A. Law |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: Swoosie Kurtz of "Suddenly Susan" starred as Alex Reed Halsey Barker on this NBC sibling series Sisters |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: As this film's title character, Adam Sandler serenades a pair of newlyweds with the song "Love Stinks" The Wedding Singer |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: A Three Stooges short, seen here, featured an early film appearance by this comedienne Lucille Ball |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Nick Nolte's son Brawley played Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in this 1996 film Ransom |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Helen Hunt made her Broadway debut in 1989 as Emily in a revival of this Thornton Wilder play Our Town |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: She's also the voice of Marge Simpson's sisters, Patty & Selma; they sound a lot like Marge Julie Kavner |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $1000: Robert Mitchum & Gregory Peck, the original stars of this '62 thriller, had cameo roles in the '91 remake Cape Fear |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1997 his character, Paul Buchman, became a dad Paul Reiser |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: After he hit the jackpot as Dan Tanna on "Vega$", he became "Spenser: For Hire" Robert Urich |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: He played the debonair Steele...Remington Steele Pierce Brosnan |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $800: He was Karen Arnold's boyfriend on "The Wonder Years" before playing Ross on "Friends" David Schwimmer |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In 1991 Emmys went to Patricia Wettig & Timothy Busfield, who played couple Nancy & Elliot on this show thirtysomething |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: He's come a long way since his Sweathog days as Vinnie Barbarino on "Welcome Back, Kotter" John Travolta |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: In 1997 Johnny Depp went undercover to infiltrate the Mafia in this film based on a true story Donnie Brasco |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $3,000 (Daily Double): [Hi, I'm Rob Schneider. In addition to my TV roles] I've also appeared in 2 Sylvester Stallone films, "Demolition Man" & this futuristic film based on a comic book [that was very popular in Turkey!] Judge Dredd |
#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 |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: "Law & Order"'s Jerry Orbach provided the voice of Lumiere, who lit up the screen in this 1991 Disney film Beauty and the Beast |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Once Nell Carter's neighbor on "Gimme A Break", she's in a league of her own as a talk show host Rosie O'Donnell |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Frasier's TV dad John Mahoney appeared as Clint Eastwood's Secret Service superior in this 1993 thriller In the Line of Fire |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | MISSED ON SHOW NO. 1 $1000: ACTORS & ROLES
Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff" Chuck Yeager |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $1,100 (Daily Double): (I'm Sam Waterston.) I played Nick Carraway in the 1974 film version of this famous novel The Great Gatsby |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1992 she put on a great act in "Sister Act" & in 1996 starred in "The Associate" Whoopi Goldberg |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Andrew's big sister, she earned an Oscar nomination for "Leaving Las Vegas" Elisabeth Shue |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: As newsman Warren Justice, he got "Up Close & Personal" with Michelle Pfeiffer Robert Redford |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: He played the title roles in "Nixon" & "Surviving Picasso" Anthony Hopkins |
#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 |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: During the 1995-96 season, Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl played Kelsey Grammer's boss on this series Frasier |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: This star of "The X-Files" played a cross-dressing detective known as Dennis, or Denise, on "Twin Peaks" David Duchovny |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Maybe Rob Morrow felt "overexposed" as Dr. Joel Fleischman; he left this series in 1994 Northern Exposure |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: He appeared as Tracey Gold's boyfriend on "Growing Pains" before playing Chandler Bing on "Friends" Matthew Perry |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: During "Cheers"' first years, Nicholas Colasanto played Ernie Pantusso, better known by this nickname "Coach" |
#2932, aired 1997-05-06 | COMIC ACTORS $400: His title roles have included "Ace Ventura" & half of "Dumb & Dumber" Jim Carrey |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1996 this funny man played "The Cable Guy" Jim Carrey |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In the movie "I.Q." Walter Matthau portrayed this famous scientist Albert Einstein |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: He played the Joker in 1989's "Batman" & in 1994 turned into a "Wolf" Jack Nicholson |
#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 |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Kimberly Williams, from the "Father of the Bride" movies plays Isabel on this Saturday night TV drama "Relativity" |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: 41 years after "On The Waterfront", he played Johnny Depp's therapist in 1995's "Don Juan DeMarco" Marlon Brando |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: James Cromwell, Farmer Hoggett in this 1995 film, is the son of John Cromwell, who directed "Algiers" in 1938 "Babe" |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Alan Rickman played sensible Col. Brandon in "Sense And Sensibility" & this "mad monk" in an HBO film Rasputin |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: A telekinetic teenager on the TV series "Misfits of Science", she now stars as Monica in "Friends" Courteney Cox |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Joan Allen earned an Oscar nomination for playing this famous woman in a 1995 film Pat Nixon |
#2814, aired 1996-11-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: This "Family Ties" star now has political ties as NYC's deputy mayor on "Spin City" Michael J. Fox |
#2814, aired 1996-11-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Showing his flair for both comedy & drama, he won Emmys for "All in the Family" & "In the Heat of the Night" Carroll O'Connor |
#2814, aired 1996-11-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Once a P.I., in 1996 he cozied up with Courteney Cox on "Friends" Tom Selleck |
#2814, aired 1996-11-21 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Norman Buntz on "Hill Street Blues"; now he's Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue" Dennis Franz |
#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 $100: After 5 years as Dylan McKay, Luke Perry left the cast of this show in 1995 Beverly Hills 90210 |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Before sailing on "The Love Boat", Gavin MacLeod played Murray Slaughter on this sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: His TV roles have included Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days" & Father Dowling Tom Bosley |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Jerry Orbach plays detective Lennie Briscoe on this crime series Law & Order |
#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 |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: This "Jeopardy!" creator played himself in the 1969 movie comedy "Hello Down There" Merv Griffin |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: When Jeff Bridges starred as this "Wild" westerner, Ellen Barkin was his Calamity Jane Bill Hickok |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: "St. Elsewhere" star William Daniels played Dustin Hoffman's father in this 1967 Mike Nichols film The Graduate |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Now a toy company VP Kathy Garver once played Buffy & Jody's sister Cissy on this TV series Family Affair |
#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 |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: One of the Riddlers on "Batman", he's more famous as Gomez on "The Addams Family" John Astin |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: He played the often heard but not seen owner of Charles Townsend Investigations, a detective agency John Forsythe |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: As Jack Tripper, he found "Three's Company" John Ritter |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $800: As Higgins he kept Tom Selleck's Magnum in line (John) Hillerman |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He plays Dr. Frasier Crane's dad John Mahoney |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This star was sexually harrassed by Demi Moore in the 1994 film "Disclosure" Michael Douglas |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: In "A Walk in the Clouds", he's a WWII vet who poses as the husband of an unmarried, pregnant woman Keanu Reeves |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: 1940 film in which John Barrymore parodied himself, or Barrymore's nickname The Great Profile |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: He won the lead in "PT-109" after JFK approved him Cliff Robertson |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Robert Redford led a disreputable group of high-tech computer whizzes in this 1992 film Sneakers |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Nick Nolte visited colonial Williamsburg & Monticello to research this historical role Thomas Jefferson |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Halle Berry played Fred's slinky secretary Rosetta Stone in this film based on a TV cartoon series The Flintstones |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Now George on "Seinfeld", he appeared in the Broadway musical "The Rink" with Liza Minnelli & Chita Rivera Jason Alexander |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: He played Prince Charming in the "Disney on Parade" ice show before he started "Dirty Dancing" Patrick Swayze |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Dennis Quaid lost 43 pounds to play this gaunt gambler in the 1994 film "Wyatt Earp" Doc Holliday |
#2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: On "The Andy Griffith Show", George Lindsey played Goober, this Jim Nabors character's cousin Gomer |
#2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: She appeared as Murray's daughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" before co-starring on "Mad About You" Helen Hunt |
#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 |
#2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $800: Hugh Beaumont played detective Michael Shayne on film but is best remembered for playing Ward on this TV show Leave it to Beaver |
#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 |
#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 $200: In the epic film "Orlando", this Tudor queen is played by a man, Quentin Crisp Elizabeth I |
#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 |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Edward Everett Horton played the Starkeeper in a 1965 revival of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: In the 1930s he played the title roles of "Louis Pasteur", "Emile Zola" & "Scarface" Paul Muni |
#2463, aired 1995-04-26 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: In 1935 Laurence Olivier & John Gielgud alternated in the roles of Mercutio & this title character Romeo |
#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 |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This talk show hostess was praised for her acting in the 1986 film "Native Son" Oprah Winfrey |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Robert Donat & Richard Chamberlain both played Edmond Dantes in film versions of this Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: "Music Man" played by Robert Preston in Meredith Willson's 1957 musical Harold Hill |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: He played Janet Leigh's lover in "Psycho" before he became U.S. Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin |
#2345, aired 1994-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Regis Philbin knows that this co-host used to play Kathie Honey on the musical sitcom "Hee Haw Honeys" Kathie Lee Gifford |
#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 $300: On "Dallas" Barbara Bel Geddes portrayed Eleanor Southworth Ewing, whom most folks called this Miss Ellie |
#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 |
#2345, aired 1994-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: This actress who played Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy" was some 20 yrs. younger than William Frawley who played Fred Vivian Vance |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Pat Morita played Arnold on this Ron Howard sitcom before he coached "The Karate Kid" on film Happy Days |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: She was one of Marcus Welby's nurses, but she's more famous for playing Chris Cagney on "Cagney & Lacey" Sharon Gless |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: He played a man named Tiny on "Cimarron City" before he played a man called Hoss on "Bonanza" Dan Blocker |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Tim Matheson provided the voice of this cartoon adventurer, the son of Dr. Benton Quest Jonny Quest |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: Roseanne's TV mom, she won an Oscar for playing Clyde's sister-in- law in "Bonnie and Clyde" Estelle Parsons |
#2249, aired 1994-05-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: Movie roles played by this actor include Ratso Rizzo, Carl Bernstein & Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: The voice he used as Hannibal Lecter was inspired by Hal the Computer's voice in "2001" Anthony Hopkins |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: In 1989 she played Olivia in "Twelfth Night" onstage & Susie Diamond in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" on film Michelle Pfeiffer |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: "Evening Shade" co-star whose portrayal of Mark Twain was inspired partly by his own grandfather Hal Holbrook |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: In this TV series' last season, Nancy Walker played housekeeper to Uncle Bill, Buffy, and Jody Family Affair |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Rex Harrison ends up as a ghost in this 1945 film based on a Noel Coward comedy Blithe Spirit |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: He played pro baseball with the Chicago Cubs before he became "The Rifleman" Chuck Connors |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: In 1968 she began playing Lucille Ball's daughter on "Here's Lucy" —not much of a stretch Lucie Arnaz |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $600: Cynthia Geary plays a former Miss Northwest Passage on this offbeat series Northern Exposure |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $100: Catherine Oxenberg, a cousin of Prince Charles, played this princess twice Princess Diana |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $200: When Vanessa Redgrave played this Scottish queen, Timothy Dalton played her 2nd husband, Lord Darnley Mary, Queen of Scots |
#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 |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $400: R. Chamberlain, Edward Fox & Anthony Andrews all played this man who gave up a throne for the woman he loved Duke of Windsor |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $500: Helen Hayes played the dowager empress of Russia in this film that won Ingrid Bergman an Oscar Anastasia |
#2047, aired 1993-06-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 |
#2047, aired 1993-06-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: When this singer starred in a revival of "Funny Girl", one critic said, "Pia doesn't fall on her fanny" Pia Zadora |
#2047, aired 1993-06-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Patrick Stewart wrote & starred in a one-man show based on this Dickens Christmas classic A Christmas Carol |
#2047, aired 1993-06-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991 Vanessa Redgrave |
#2047, aired 1993-06-29 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79 Sam Shepard |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: In the '60s Abby Dalton was Joey Bishop's TV wife; in the '80s she was Lorenzo Lamas' mother on this series Falcon Crest |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Paul Scofield played Karenin, the betrayed husband, in a TV version of this novel Anna Karenina |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Butch Patrick played Greg on "The Real McCoys" before playing Eddie on this show about a spookier family The Munsters |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: This star of "Hearts Afire" played Patrick on "Anything But Love" & was one of the show's exec. producers, too John Ritter |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: This Oscar nominee for "The Hustler" & "Carrie" played Catherine on "Twin Peaks" Piper Laurie |
#1919, aired 1992-12-31 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $100: Larry Hagman said, "I only had one mistress I didn't like" on this series, but he didn't name her Dallas |
#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 $300: In 1984 Janet Jackson joined the cast of this series set at the High School for the Performing Arts Fame |
#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 |
#1919, aired 1992-12-31 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: You could say Fred Astaire "stole" the show as Robert Wagner's father on this series It Takes a Thief |
#1830, aired 1992-07-10 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $200: Merle Oberon, Vanessa Redgrave & Genevieve Bujold all played this wife of Henry VIII on film Anne Boleyn |
#1830, aired 1992-07-10 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $400: This swashbuckler played Gentleman Jim Corbett in the 1942 film "Gentleman "Jim" Errol Flynn |
#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 |
#1830, aired 1992-07-10 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $800: Rosalind Russell played this Australian nurse known for her method of treating polio in a 1946 film Sister Kenny |
#1830, aired 1992-07-10 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Christopher Plummer & Jane Alexander starred in a '91 PBS drama about Alfred Stieglitz & this artist, his wife Georgia O'Keeffe |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $100: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $200: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $300: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $400: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $500: = = |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $200: In 1976 Lauren Bacall co-starred with him in his last film, "The Shootist" John Wayne |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $400: He led a wagon train on film in "Wagonmaster" before he starred in the TV series "Wagon Train" Ward Bond |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $600: Tyrone Power, Robert Duvall, James Keach &, surprisingly, Roy Rogers all played this outlaw leader Jesse James |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $800: Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, James Stewart & George Peppard were a few of the many stars in this 1962 epic How the West Was Won |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $1000: Later an Oscar winner, this Irish-Mexican played Chief Crazy Horse in "They Died with their Boots On" in 1941 Anthony Quinn |
#1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $100: In 1940 Raymond Massey played John Brown in "Santa Fe Trail" & this president "in Illinois" Lincoln |
#1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $200: The cast of this "landmark" film included Richard Boone as Sam Houston & Laurence Harvey as William Travis The Alamo |
#1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ACTORS & HISTORIC ROLES $300: The incredible performer portrayed by the incredible Glenda Jackson in "The Incredible Sarah" Sarah Bernhardt |
#1691, aired 1991-12-30 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: This comedian's film roles included Egbert Souse, Eustace McGargle & Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Former TV Academy president Diana Muldaur plays attorney Rosalind Shays on this series L.A. Law |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Harvey Fierstein provided the voice of Homer's sec'y in a 1990 episode of this comedy series The Simpsons |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Her sister Debbie Allen played her aerobics instructor on "The Cosby Show" Phylicia Rashad |
#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 |
#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 |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Robert De Niro wakes up from a catatonic trance in this film about post-encephalitic disorders Awakenings |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Johnny Depp's first line in this 1990 film was "Dont go...I'm not finished" Edward Scissorhands |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Goldie Hawn could tell you this "Tango and Cash" co-star was in Disney films when he was a teenager Kurt Russell |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500 (Daily Double): Glenn Close is only 9 yrs. older than Mel Gibson but she played his mother in this 1990 film Hamlet |
#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 Gérard Depardieu |
#1550, aired 1991-05-03 | JEOPARDY! CATEGORIES $200: This perennial Jeopardy! category could be called THESPIANS & THEIR PARTS ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
#1539, aired 1991-04-18 | ACTORS AS DIRECTORS $400: He worked at directing himself & his brother Charlie Sheen in the title roles in "Men at Work" Emilio Estevez |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Numerical "Force" "from Navarone" that Harrison Ford was part of, or Bo Derek's No. in a 1979 film 10 |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This Nicholson was a Joker Jack |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: If you want to see a butterfly that's prissy, check out this butterfly in "Gone with the Wind" Butterfly McQueen |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: As Cody Allen on TV, this Perry lived on the boat "Riptide" Perry King |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: On the PBS anthology series "Mystery!", Sam Neill played Reilly, who was this "of Spies" Ace |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Katy Jurado played Gary Cooper's ex-love in this "time"ly Western High Noon |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: His common-law wife, Tarita, played his love interest in 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty" Marlon Brando |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Maria Karnilova was a ballerina before playing Tevye's wife in this Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: His father, Harry Stockwell, provided the voice of the prince in Disney's "Snow White" Dean Stockwell |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Jerry Hall & Sean Cassidy co-starred in a 1990 London revival of this William Inge vehicle Bus Stop |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: He's been the Terminator & Conan, but most recently "Kindergarten Cop" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: In this late 1990 hit, Macaulay Culkin played Kevin Home Alone |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: TV "Doctor, Doctor" whose kids were shrunk in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" Matt Frewer |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; you may remember him as Kunta Kinte LeVar Burton |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $700 (Daily Double): The 1 of the "Three Men and a Baby" who was a member of the "Police Academy" Steve Guttenberg |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: He said "Personally, I'm just as sloppy as Columbo, but nowhere near as smart" Peter Falk |
#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 $300: Gary Busey paid $242,000 for an acoustic guitar once owned by this man he played on film Buddy Holly |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: "Well, my little pretty", this ex-kindergarten teacher played the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz" Margaret Hamilton |
#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 |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: After his 1960 Army discharge, this rock star was back in uniform playing a G.I. in "G.I. Blues" Elvis Presley |
#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 |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: This former NFL lineman first appeared onscreen as Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" Alex Karras |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Frank Capra's favorite actress; she appeared in his "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" & "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Jean Arthur |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Susan Hayward was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of this Broadway star in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" Lillian Roth |
#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 |
#1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: He was bitten by a parrot, a dog, a chimp & a duck while filming "Dr. Dolittle" Rex Harrison |
#1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: In this, Gene Wilder's first film, he was abducted by Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway Bonnie and Clyde |
#1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for playing Lord Marchmain in the miniseries based on this Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited |
#1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: On TV he's played F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Count of Monte Cristo & the Man in the Iron Mask Richard Chamberlain |
#1403, aired 1990-10-10 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: Clint Eastwood cop who earned his nickname because he always got the "dirtiest" assignments Dirty Harry |
#1403, aired 1990-10-10 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Sigourney Weaver was the only human survivor of the spacecraft "Nostromo" in this 1979 film Alien |
#1403, aired 1990-10-10 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Elvis Presley played the son of a pineapple executive in this 1961 film Blue Hawaii |
#1403, aired 1990-10-10 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: The star of "Semi-Tough" & "The Longest Yard" was a halfback at Florida State University Burt Reynolds |
#1403, aired 1990-10-10 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: She played Woody Allen's teenage girlfriend in "Manhattan" Mariel Hemingway |
#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 |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Frankie Avalon fell for this "Dynasty" blonde in "Beach Blanket Bingo" Linda Evans |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: In a pilot of "77 Sunset Strip" he played a killer; in the series, a parking attendant & then a detective Edd Byrnes |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: "Gilligan's Island" co-star Jim Backus played James Dean's dad in this 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: In the 1985 TV version of "Alice in Wonderland", Shelley Winters played this extinct bird the dodo bird |
#1376, aired 1990-09-03 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $600: Italian actress Eleonora Duse was famous for her roles in this Norwegian's plays Henrik Ibsen |
#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 |
#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 |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: 2-time Oscar winner who made her feature film debut in “Julia” & played W. Allen's ex in “Manhattan” Meryl Streep |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Errol Flynn's last film with this frequent leading lady was “They Died With Their Boots On” Olivia De Havilland |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: The first film she starred in after her brief marriage to a prince was 1952's “Affair In Trinidad” Rita Hayworth |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves played these title characters who had an "excellent adventure" Bill & Ted |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Chas. Fleischer provided the voice of Benny the Cab & the title character in this 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Her recent roles include an alien named Celeste & a photographer named Vicky Kim Basinger |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: In August 1989 he was in 3 films: "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Parenthood" & "Ghostbusters II" Rick Moranis |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: In the 1989 film it was a sure thing he'd "Say Anything" to get Ione Skye John Cusack |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Olympic ice skater Carol Heiss played Snow White in a 1961 film starring this wacky trio The Three Stooges |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Amy Irving's mom, Priscilla Pointer, played Pam's mom on this prime time TV soap "Dallas" |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: He played a crime king in his last film, 1964's "The Killers" Ronald Reagan |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: He spent some "Happy Days" playing Fiorello LaGuardia, & won a Tony too Tom Bosley |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: In 1989 this Oscar winner starred in HBO's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story" Ben Kingsley (won Oscar for "Gandhi" in 1982) |
#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 $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 |
#1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: He was Ingrid Bergman's leading man in her 1st American film, "Intermezzo" Leslie Howard |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This detective was 1st played by Ricardo Cortez in 1931, but most people remember Bogie's 1941 portrayal Sam Spade |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Dennis Quaid starred as this early rock 'n' roll legend in 1989's "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Larry Parks portrayed this singer in 2 films in the late 1940s Al Jolson |
#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 |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $200: Alec Guinness played Yevgraf, the half brother of the title physician, in this romantic 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $400: Christopher Lee, Edmund Purdom, Gert Frobe & Lionel Barrymore all monkeyed around as this "Mad Monk" Rasputin |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $600: Playing a Russian commissar, this Hungarian was seen in "Ninotchka" without fangs Bela Lugosi |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $800: In 1986 this Austrian Oscar-winner starred in an acclaimed miniseries as "Peter the Great" Maximilian Schell |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $1000: She was married to Mel Ferrer in real life when she romanced him onscreen in "War & Peace" in 1956 Audrey Hepburn |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Fred Dryer spent 13 seasons as a defensive end before starring as this TV detective Hunter |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Audrey Hepburn, not Leslie Caron, was the 1st to play this Colette heroine on Broadway Gigi |
#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 |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman & Geena Davis both played soap opera actresses in this film "Tootsie" |
#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 $100: Zero Mostel became a wild horned beast in this Ionesco play "Rhinoceros" |
#1224, aired 1989-12-21 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: He's played Mozart & The Elephant Man on Broadway & Luke Skywalker on film Mark Hamill |
#1224, aired 1989-12-21 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: Robert Preston & Bernadette Peters starred in this musical as Mack Sennett & Mabel Normand "Mack And Mabel" |
#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 |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | BRITISH ACTORS & ROLES $200: She played the title roles in "Isadora", "Julia" & "Agatha" Vanessa Redgrave |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | BRITISH ACTORS & ROLES $400: This "Police" man starred in the films "Brimstone & Treacle" & "The Bride" Sting |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | BRITISH ACTORS & ROLES $600: He was Logan in "Logan's Run" & D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers" Michael York |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | BRITISH ACTORS & ROLES $800: Leo McKern played this bulky British barrister on PBS Rumpole of the Bailey |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | BRITISH ACTORS & ROLES $1000: She played an opium-smoking madam in Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" Julie Christie |
#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 |
#1191, aired 1989-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: Kathleen Turner played the "passion" in "Crimes of Passion" & he played the psycho Anthony Perkins |
#1191, aired 1989-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: He was Geraldine Page's sweetie in both the Broadway & film versions of "Sweet Bird of Youth" Paul Newman |
#1191, aired 1989-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This polo-playing Harvard grad played Loretta Lynn's husband in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (Tommy Lee) Jones |
#1191, aired 1989-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: He starred in "Doc" on TV & "Da" on Broadway & in the 1988 film Barnard Hughes |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Jester Hairston composed this famous spiritual & plays a church elder on the sitcom of the same name "Amen" |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: Oscar winner Jose Ferrer plays snooty Stephanie's snobby daddy on this sitcom Newhart |
#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 |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $800: Dixie Carter's stepmother-in-law on "Filthy Rich", she's now her sister on "Designing Women" Delta Burke |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He played Mr. Bracken on "Bracken's World" before pulling out his "Naked Gun" Leslie Nielsen |
#1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1931 this platinum blonde played the "Platinum Blonde" Jean Harlow |
#1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: He played a lustful landlord trying to romance Carol Lynley in 1963's "Under the Yum Yum Tree" Jack Lemmon |
#1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Bette Davis has played this monarch in 2 films; 1st in 1939 & again in 1955 Queen Elizabeth I |
#1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: In 1980 Paul LeMat was "Melvin"; he was "Howard" Jason Robards |
#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 |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1988 Maureen Stapleton & Rue McClanahan played the mother of this flamboyant pianist Liberace |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: He acted on radio at age 12, long before he found fame as Perry Mason Raymond Burr |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: This pinup girl was Dan Dailey's leading lady in "Call Me Mister" & "Mother Wore Tights" Betty Grable |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: This black "Dynasty" star was nominated for an Oscar for playing a ghetto mother in "Claudine" Diahann Carroll |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Woody Allen played the title character, a lounge singer's manager, in this 1984 film "Broadway Danny Rose" |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Peter Scolari & Julia Duffy play the cutesy-poo yuppies on this sitcom the Newhart show |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In "The Bride of Frankenstein", Elsa Lanchester played both the bride & this author Mary Shelley |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Activist actress whose daughter Natasha Richardson starred in the 1988 film "Patty Hearst" Vanessa Redgrave |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In a '76 miniseries, both MacKenzie Phillips & Jane Alexander played this first lady at different ages Eleanor Roosevelt |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: When John Gielgud played Hamlet in 1936, this "Birth of a Nation" star was his Ophelia Lillian Gish |
#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 |
#1107, aired 1989-05-30 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: Emmy-winning actress who played Kunta Kinte's mother, M. L. King's wife & Miss Jane Pittman Cicely Tyson |
#1107, aired 1989-05-30 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Her best-known characters are man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens & just-plain-batty Rose Nylund Betty White |
#1107, aired 1989-05-30 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: "Dallas" star who also starred as Mark Harris, "The Man from Atlantis" Patrick Duffy |
#1107, aired 1989-05-30 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: She's played Prymaat, mother of Connie Conehead & Allie, mother of Jennie & Chip Lowell Jane Curtin |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Ads for "Fletch Lives" show this actor holding a Southern belle, Clark Gable style Chevy Chase |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: This may sound "fishy", but he won an Oscar for "A Fish Called Wanda" Kevin Kline |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Ron Perlman said this character is so "poetic...it's like play Hamlet every week" Vincent |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: 1 of the 2 bald black actors who starred in a TV detective series on ABC in 1989 (1 of) Louis Gossett Jr. (Avery Brooks) |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Jamie Lee Curtis played this late Playboy model on TV; Mariel Hemingway played her in "Star 80" Dorothy Stratten |
#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 |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1987 Donna Rice appeared on this Florida-based series as the wife of a murdered cop Miami Vice |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: Of Shadrach, Meshach or Abednego, the one who plays Anthony on "Designing Women" Meshach (Taylor) |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $400: John Goodman has become a new kind of sex symbol playing her hefty husband on TV Roseanne Barr |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: Adrian Zmed played Officer Vince Romano on this Wm. Shatner series before hosting "Dance Fever" T.J. Hooker |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: She played Ronald Reagan's fiancée in her last film, "Hellcats of the Navy" Nancy Davis |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: He usually plays Tony on "Who's the Boss?", but he's also played Tony's grandpa Tony Danza |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: For a brief time, this Oscar winner played Miss Ellie on "Dallas" Donna Reed |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: This dapper Scotsman married Merle Oberon in "Wuthering Heights" David Niven |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In 1988 they went back to their "roots" to play Kunta Kinte & Fiddler in "Roots: The Gift" LeVar Burton & Louis Gossett Jr. |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: He played a "Good Neighbor" named "Sam" Jack Lemmon |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Broadway's "Sweet Charity", she was Magnum's mom on "Magnum, P.I." Gwen Verdon |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Before playing the psychic Tangina in this film, 4' 3" Zelda Rubinstein worked on a shrimp boat Poltergeist |
#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 |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: She gained 25 pounds to play "Madame Sousatzka" Shirley MacLaine |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In the 1987 TV version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", this "Equalizer" turned evil as Simon Legree Edward Woodward |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: This was Steve McQueen's profession in both his 1st TV series & his last film bounty hunter |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: 1 of 2 performers who won Tonys for the musical "Sweeney Todd" Angela Lansbury (or Len Cariou) |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: This beauty saved a beast in "King Kong Lives" & a beast saves her on "Beauty & the Beast" Linda Hamilton |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: She was Theo's math teacher on "The Cosby Show" & the spider woman in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Sonia Braga |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Feodor Chaliapin, son of the famous opera singer, played Cher's granddad in this 1987 film Moonstruck |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: John Lone was the frozen prehistoric man in "Iceman" & the star of this Oscar-winning 1987 film The Last Emperor |
#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 |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He played Lord Byron, on stage, but he's more famous for starring in "I, Claudius" Derek Jacobi |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: You bet your life he played Ko-ko in a 1960 TV version of "The Mikado" Groucho Marx |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: The 2 stars who won Oscars playing the title roles in "Kramer vs. Kramer" Meryl Streep & Dustin Hoffman |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: This rock star played Pontius Pilate in "The Last Temptation of Christ" David Bowie |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Offscreen, this Canadian is a son of a Mountie, on film, he was the deadpan doctor in "Airplane!" Leslie Nielsen |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: This Austrian went to Vienna to play Hamlet after he got "Out of Africa" Klaus Maria Brandauer |
#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 |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Richard Harris, not Mr. Ed, starred in 3 films as "A Man Called" this Horse |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Clifton Webb was "Sitting Pretty" as this baby sitter, so he went "to College" in the sequel Mr. Belvedere |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Geraldine Page played Diane Keaton's repressed mom in this 1978 film, Woody Allen's most serious Interiors |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bette Davis went mad as this famous empress in the 1939 film "Juarez" Carlotta |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He first shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" Telly Savalas |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Evan Kim, a former tae kwon do champion, plays Dirty Harry's new partner in this 1988 film The Dead Pool |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: 10 years after playing "The Greek Tycoon", he turned up in a miniseries as Onassis' dad Anthony Quinn |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: A b-girl in "From Here to Eternity", Mary Carver plays mom to this pair of TV detectives Simon & Simon |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: A hunchback in "The Name of the Rose" & a prehistoric man in "Quest for Fire", he's now a beast on TV Ron Perlman |
#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 $600: This singer made her Broadway debut in 1988 as a sec'y in David Mamet's play "Speed-the-Plow" Madonna |
#976, aired 1988-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Stacy Keach said, "I've always emulated" this writer, & he played him in a 1988 miniseries Hemingway |
#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 |
#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 |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: The Larry, Darryl & Darryl international lard-throwing fight features 3 actors from this sitcom Newhart |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: She played Jimmy Stewart's wife in "Strategic Air command" & "The Glenn Miller Story" June Allyson |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bruce Dern played Bette Davis' murdered lover in this 1965 Southern Gothic horror film Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1,500 (Daily Double): Singer heard here, he played the mayor of Milagro in "The Milagro Beanfield War":
"Wasted days and wasted nights /
I have left for you behind..." Freddy Fender |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Peter Behn was only 4 years old when he began recording the voice of this rabbit in "Bambi" Thumper |
#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 |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: 8 years after co-starring in "Tenspeed & Brown Shoe", he returned as Tenspeed Turner on "J.J. Starbuck" Ben Vereen |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He played Jane Fonda's fiancé in "On Golden Pond" 1 year after bossing her around in "9 to 5" Dabney Coleman |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Kim Novak said this "Vertigo" co-star "was the sexiest man who played opposite me in 30 years" James Stewart |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: This "Honeymooners" star appeared in his 1st commercial ever in 1988--it was for Coke Art Carney |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: On the final "Magnum P.I.", his character, Higgins again denied he was really Robin Masters John Hillerman |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Dave Thomas & Sally Kellerman will play this pair from the Bullwinkle show in a live-action film Boris & Natasha |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Raymond Burr has played this character in 9 TV movies including "The Case of the Lady in the Lake" Perry Mason |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: After a 10-year absence, he returned to the big screen in 1988 with "Shoot to Kill" & "Little Nikita" Sidney Poitier |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1955 Walter Matthau played Nathan Detroit in a revival of this Broadway musical Guys and Dolls |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In '78 he made his directorial debut, directing himself as star of "Paradise Alley" Sylvester Stallone |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: TV Guide quoted this ex-"Dallas" star as saying, "I'd die to do the life story of Miss Piggy!" Victoria Principal |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: She played Coach's daughter on "Cheers", but now she's "Moonlighting" Allyce Beasley |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: This pugilistic Pulitzer Prize winner played architect Stanford White in "Ragtime" Norman Mailer |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: This actress once said, "I know Alexis so well, I know her almost as well as myself" Joan Collins |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 3 1987 films, she played a witch, a widow, & an attorney Cher |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: In 3 1987 films, he played Satan, a newsman, & a bum Jack Nicholson |
#905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In "Reds", Warren Beatty played this Amer. journalist who went to Russia as a Communist sympathizer John Reed |
#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 |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In "Funny Girl", Walter Pidgeon played this father of the "Follies" Ziegfeld |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: "Easy Rider" who called his villain in "Blue Velvet" "1 of the great romantic lead roles of all time!" Dennis Hopper |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: 7 yrs. after they danced down the Yellow Brick Road, he was Judy Garland's co-star in "The Harvey Girls" Ray Bolger |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Son of King Ban of Benwick, he's been played on film by Robert Taylor & Franco Nero Sir Lancelot |
#792, aired 1988-02-02 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $500: Armande Bejart was often 1st to play the ingenue roles created by this 17th C. playwright, her husband Moliere |
#784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Hal Holbrook 1st played this author in a 2-man show with his wife for a hospital suicide ward Mark Twain |
#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 $300: Called "the finest American Hamlet since John Barrymore", he's also hammed it up as Mike Hammer Stacy Keach |
#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 |
#784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Both these stars of "Viva Zapata!" have played Stanley Kowalski on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Marlon Brando & Anthony Quinn |
#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 $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 $300: Living his TV role, this star drops change in parking meters with a note saying "courtesy of the Equalizer" Edward Woodward |
#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 |
#712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Gwen Verdon, the original star of this Broadway musical, coached Debbie Allen for the 1986 revival Sweet Charity |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: According to the title of the '86 film, Redford & Winger were "Legal" these Legal Eagles |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Both Rob Lowe in "Youngblood" & Paul Newman in "Slapshot" played this sport hockey |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Walter Hill cast him as a cop in "48 Hrs." & as a Texas Ranger in "Extreme Prejudice" Nick Nolte |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: J. Carrol Naish played him 39 times, Sidney Toler, 22, & Warner Oland, 17 Charlie Chan |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: In films, Barbra Streisand played "Funny Girl", and this actress played "Funny Face" Audrey Hepburn |
#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 $300: He turned down 6 athletic scholarships but later turned up as tennis champ Kelly Robinson Robert Culp |
#645, aired 1987-05-29 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Born on a day in May, she played the villainous "May Day" in "A View 'to a Kill" Grace Jones |
#645, aired 1987-05-29 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: For her role in "A Man Called Horse", Dame Judith Anderson mastered this Indian language Sioux |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: This comedian made "Easy Money" in 1983 & went "Back to School" in 1986 Rodney Dangerfield |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Of Dick, Jane, or William Powell, the 1 who was in "The Thin Man" William Powell |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: She married Charles Laughton in real life & was "The Bride of Frankenstein" on screen Elsa Lanchester |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: "Pink Panther" regular played by Burt Kwouk Cato |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 recent films from Disney Studios in which Bette Midler played distraught wives named Barbara Ruthless People & Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He played Paul Kersey, a quiet architect turned vigilante when his wife was murdered Charles Bronson |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: He's played hammering Harry Dickens, ghoulish Gomez Addams, & educated Ed LaSalle John Astin |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: She danced with Kelly & Astaire, was Chevalier's "little girl" in "Gigi", & wed meat-packer George Hormel Leslie Caron |
#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 |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: He died during the filming of "Solomon & Sheba" & was replaced by Yul Brynner Tyrone Power |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Accepting her Oscar for "Tootsie", Jessica Lange called this star "my leading lady" Dustin Hoffman |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: This 1985 Best Actress nominee once played comedienne Moms Mabley in an acclaimed 1-woman show Whoopi Goldberg |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: "Gandhi" star whose real name is Krishna Bhanji Ben Kingsley |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He said he fell in love with Rita Hayworth, "so what we did in 'Gilda'" was play truth" Glenn Ford |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: She played Garbo in "Garbo Talks" but is better-known for writing musicals with Adolph Green Betty Comden |
#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 |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Glenn Close cut a fine figure as an attorney in this 1985 thriller Jagged Edge |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Strangers kept offering him drinks after he convincingly portrayed a lush in "The Lost Weekend" Ray Milland |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: "20 Years Later" Jean-Louis Trintignant is still the "Man", & she is still the "Woman" Anouk Aimée |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: 1950's "The Last Angry Man" was the last film for this Academy Award winner Paul Muni |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Scaring fans & critics alike, Vincent Price announced in '86 that he'll retire from this film genre the horror film |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Before spurning Scarlett O'Hara he was scarlet himself, in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" Leslie Howard |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Seeing himself in "A Passage to India", this TV "smiley" lost his smile & left for the men's room Alec Guinness |
#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 |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: 1944's "Cobra Woman" who said, "When I look at myself, I am so beautiful, I scream with joy" Maria Montez |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1967, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown & Charles Bronson were 3 of these 12 The Dirty Dozen |
#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 |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: "Quo Vadis" star, L.B. Mayer said "Her name rhymes with star" Deborah Kerr |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Her roles have included Trixie Delight, Lili von Shtupp, & Empress Nympho Madeline Kahn |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: They played twins in "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" Michael York & Marty Feldman |
#498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He's played a king of Israel & a gigolo of America Richard Gere |
#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 |
#498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: This "Down & Out in Beverly Hills" star put his prints in cement at L.A.'s "Tail o' the Pup" Mike the Dog |
#498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $400 (Daily Double): Mother & daughter who play mother & daughter in "Hannah & Her Sisters" Maureen O'Sullivan & Mia Farrow |
#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 |
#482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: This macadamia nut rancher said, "I don't know where I stop & Gomer begins" Jim Nabors |
#482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Lawrence Olivier was fired from "Queen Christina" because he was "too nervous and scared of" this Swede Greta Garbo |
#482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He escaped the Nazis in "The Sound of Music", but they caught & shot him in "Crossings" Christopher Plummer |
#482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Joan Crawford played this Somerset Maugham trollop before Hayworth, but Rita did it in 3-D Sadie Thompson |
#482, aired 1986-10-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Peter O'Toole has received 2 Oscar nominations for playing King Henry II, 1 for each of these 2 films The Lion in Winter & Beckett |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1983, she & Richard Burton exposed their "Private Lives" on Broadway Elizabeth Taylor |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Don Ameche's 1-word answer when asked if any of his pre-"Cocoon" films should have won an Oscar No |
#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 |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: The 3 Barrymore siblings, they co-starred in "Rasputin & the Empress", their only film together Ethel, John & Lionel |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: As an Indian in 1922's "Last of the Mohicans" he bared his chest, but he gained fame baring his fangs Bela Lugosi |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: His make-up took 5 hours, but Keir Dullea was on screen for only 3 minutes in this "2001" sequel 2010 |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Since he started doing it in 1954, Hal Holbrook has done this over 1200 times on stage portray Mark Twain |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: "Stunt Man" star who did stunts in England under stage names "Arnold Hearthrug" & "Charlie Staircase" Peter O'Toole |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Amazingly, this buxom star disguised herself as a male "Outlaw" in "Son of Paleface" Jane Russell |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: David Lean wanted Charles Laughton for this film, but Alec Guinness got the part & the Oscar The Bridge on the River Kwai |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: "Saturday Night Live" alumni who became "Spies Like Us" in 1985 Dan Aykroyd & Chevy Chase |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Little Stevie Wonder appeared in 2 of the 7 films in this Frankie-Annette series Beach Party movies |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: He starred in both a 1935 & 1963 film called "The Raven" Boris Karloff |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: As their characters fell in love in "Time after Time", so did they & married in real life Mary Steenburgen & Malcolm McDowell |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of the 5 actors of Hispanic heritage who were regulars on "Falcon Crest" in 1985 (3 of) Lorenzo Lamas, Ana Alicia, Apollonia Kotero, Cesar Romero & Julie Carmen |
#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 |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $500 (Daily Double): During her last 2 weeks on "Commando", she was also filming her part as Squeak in "The Color Purple" Rae Dawn Chong |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: He played Jolson again in "Jolson Sings Again" Larry Park |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He made his film debut in "The Chicken Chronicles" but picked up the billing in "Diner" Steve Guttenberg |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: As Virgil Starkwell, he kept trying to "take the money & run" Woody Allen |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: "Bounty"ful seafarer played by Mel Gibson, Marlon Brando, & Clark Gable Fletcher Christian |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Gene Tierney played this classic "face in the misty night" Laura |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In 1961, Paul Newman played Fast Eddie Felson, better known as this The Hustler |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Half the time her character in "Ladyhawke" was a lady hawk Michelle Pfeiffer |
#365, aired 1986-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Though Ron Howard thought this name came from a band-leader Andy Griffith once saw, it didn't Opie |
#365, aired 1986-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: Her "Purple Rain" & "Falcon Crest" characters share this name, her own Apollonia |
#365, aired 1986-01-31 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Picked to play John Lennon, Mark Lindsay was fired when producers found out his real name was this Mark Chapman |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Since the face wasn't shown, a stand-in stood in for John Travolta in famous opening shot of this film Saturday Night Fever |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In his 1st feature film, he played The Scarecrow in “The Wiz” Michael Jackson |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: The queen Glenda Jackson played in “Mary Queen of Scots” & PBS mini-series Queen Elizabeth I |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Both Susan Blakely & Jessica Lange played this tragic Hollywood actress in 1980s films Frances Farmer |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Country bred star of "Carrie" & "Coal Miner's Daughter" Sissy Spacek |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: She's had the title roles as Agatha, Isadora & Julia Vanessa Redgrave |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: The only non-Russian to play a Russian in this comedy was Robin Williams Moscow on the Hudson |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: At the age of 28 he played the teenager trying to warn everybody about the blob Steve McQueen |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: She was Mrs. Charles Laughton as "The Bride of Frankenstein" Elsa Lanchester |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Sandra Dee, Sally Field & Karen Valentine have all played this "girl midget" Gidget |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Cary Grant played the Mock Turtle in this 1933 fantasy film classic Alice in Wonderland |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: He was Lindbergh going to Paris & Mr. Smith going to Washington Jimmy Stewart |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Character played by both Diana Ross & Judy Garland in separate movie musicals Dorothy |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: He played Waldo's Uncle Quincy in cartoons, & James Dean's dad in "Rebel Without a Cause" Jim Backus |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: He's been Rambo twice & Rocky 3 times Sylvester Stallone |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Despite a name that sounds like foul weather, she had 4 years smooth sailing as "Oh! Susanna" Gale Storm |
#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 $800: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, & Ally Sheedy were 3 of the 5 "members" of this Saturday library group The Breakfast Club |
#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 $100: Though he works in California, Lee Horsley's character shares name with this Texas town (Matt) Houston |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In this '76 flick, Olivier "drilled" Dustin Hoffman for information Marathon Man |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: In "The Gods Must Be Crazy", this inanimate object has a "starring" role Coca-Cola bottle |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In 1985, he got "Lost in America" with Julie Hagerty Albert Brooks |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: David Bowie seemed at home portraying an alien in this "76 film The Man Who Fell to Earth |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1942 as "Woman of the Year", she was 1st paired with Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: As Max Dugan, he returned in "Max Dugan Returns" Jason Robards, Jr. |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: He starred as "The Starman" Jeff Bridges |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: As Mrs. Soffel, wife of a prison warden, she helps Mel Gibson escape Diane Keaton |
#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 |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: He said in his next sequel he'd like to play "God, and the devil, and the Virgin Mary" George Burns |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: a.k.a. Otis B. Driftwood, Rufus T. Firefly & Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush Groucho Marx |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Film in which Robert DeNiro & James Woods, of Italian & Irish ancestry, play Jewish gangsters Once Upon a Time in America |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: The movie is called "Garbo Talks", but she has all the lines Anne Bancroft |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Himself a dying man, he played a man who chooses to die in his last film "Soylent Green" Edward G. Robinson |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: He was Max in "Mad Max" & "The Road Warrior" Mel Gibson |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: His last performance was as misfit Jett Rink in "Giant" James Dean |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Title character in classic '22 documentary of Eskimo life Nanook (of the North) |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He was Doris Day's "Teacher's Pet" Clark Gable |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He played the 8 murder victims of Dennis Price in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Alec Guinness |
#118, aired 1985-02-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: While Anthony Perkins was in New York, an unnamed person did this film's shower scene murder Psycho |
#118, aired 1985-02-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: She met Chevy Chase on "Vacation", but now spends her time with Billy Joel Christie Brinkley |
#118, aired 1985-02-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: His roles have included a palm tree pitcher, an out-of-towner & a good neighbor Jack Lemmon |
#118, aired 1985-02-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In film, he was "The Dresser" for Albert Finney's "Sir" Tom Courtenay |
#118, aired 1985-02-20 | ACTORS & ROLES $500 (Daily Double): On film & TV, they played Alice of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Ellen Burstyn and Linda Lavin |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He wasn't just given the role of Prof. Kingsfield, he earned it John Houseman |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 3 different versions of "The 3 Musketeers", Don Ameche, Gene Kelly & Michael York played him D'Artagnan |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: As a lovely psychiatrist, she kept Gregory Peck "Spellbound" Ingrid Bergman |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: What Matthau & Burns were in '75 the Sunshine Boys |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Star who played perfect P.I. Lance White in final season of "Rockford Files" Tom Selleck |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: Oscar-winning British actress who played 2 most famous Southern belles in American fiction Vivien Leigh |
#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 |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Heavyweight who won Oscar for "supporting" Melina Mercouri & Maximilian Schell in "Topkapi" Peter Ustinov |
#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 |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: "The Little Tramp" Charlie Chaplin |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: In '62 film she played Helen Keller; in '71 TV remake she played Annie Sullivan Patty Duke Astin |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: This "1st lady of the theater" stowed away in 1st "Airport" film Helen Hayes |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: 1 of "The Mothers-in-Law" in TV series of same name Eve Arden (or Kaye Ballard) |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | BROADWAY $800: Play in which the actors traded roles; Quinn playing the saint & Olivier, the king Becket |
#86, aired 1985-01-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Richard Roundtree played this Black private detective in 3 films (John) Shaft |
#86, aired 1985-01-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Went from Wonder Woman's sister on TV to Shirley MacLaine's daughter on big screen Debra Winger |
#86, aired 1985-01-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: In 1924 film he was "The Thief of Baghdad" Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
#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 |
#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 |
#42, aired 1984-11-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: As "Indy" he races around the world, not a track Harrison Ford |
#42, aired 1984-11-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: She was a rebel in "Cat Ballou" & real life, too Jane Fonda |
#42, aired 1984-11-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He starred in the Western version of the Japanese classic "Yojimbo" Clint Eastwood |
#24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: As a ballplayer, he's a “Natural” Robert Redford |
#24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Gizmo is a good one, but Stripe is scary Gremlins |
#24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: English actor who educated Rita Michael Caine |
#24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Oscar-winning boyfriend of “The Goodbye Girl” Richard Dreyfuss |
#24, aired 1984-10-11 | ACTORS & ROLES $500 (Daily Double): Spoke to her parents in sign language while picking up her Oscar for “Cuckoo’s Nest” (Louise) Fletcher |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Video in which Michael Jackson plays a werewolf & a zombie "Thriller" |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: 2 "Saturday Night" alumni who tried "Trading Places" Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: He may "Never Say Never Again" when asked to be Bond Sean Connery |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: The blonde preferred in the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Marilyn Monroe |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff" Colonel Chuck Yeager |