Re: Same actors - Different roles!?

Posted by Indiana Joe from dialup68.multilinkws.com on November 06, 1999 at 21:44:49:

In Reply to: Same actors - Different roles!? posted by Moribundman on November 06, 1999 at 16:41:16:

: Coming from England, I get to play the "Spot the B-List English Actor that is used because nobody recognises them in the USA" game in all of George Lucas' productions - such as Mr Bronson from "Grange Hill" as Admiral Ozzel (ESB)/Hitler (LC) and Jonny Briggs' dad as Chief Bast (ANH)... Which will mean nothing to 99.9% of people on this board(!)

: Anyway, whilst identifying the commercial actors and sit com stars in the Young Indy videos (of which there are many) I discovered that a lot of actors from the series are recycled as different characters - particularly noticable when you're watching the videos all the way through... For example, the English bird watching commander from Daredevils of the Desert is played by the same guy as the doctor in the POW camp in Trenches of Hell... And the French commander who lets Indy and Remy into the French army is played by the same guy who gives Indy his parachuting mission (both in attack of the Hawkmen). Most weirdly - one of the advisors from the Palace in TOD also plays the Sheikh in Tales of Innocence...

: Can George Lucas not afford separate actors or is there some bizzarre reason for using the same ones in different roles? It gets annoying after a while!!

Annoying? Hm, I hadn’t thought so... and at any rate, it’s certainly not uncommon; you should see how many people have played multiple characters in Star Trek - now, THERE’s actor recycling.

Actors have played multiple roles in Indiana Jones since Raiders first came out - Pat Roach plays two roles in just this one film, to say nothing of his later appearances.

For that matter, some actors have had multiple roles in George Lucas other big fantasy series, and Star Wars and Indiana Jones have also shared a lot of performers between each other.

- IJ

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: : Coming from England, I get to play the "Spot the B-List English Actor that is used because nobody recognises them in the USA" game in all of George Lucas' productions - such as Mr Bronson from "Grange Hill" as Admiral Ozzel (ESB)/Hitler (LC) and Jonny Briggs' dad as Chief Bast (ANH)... Which will mean nothing to 99.9% of people on this board(!)

: : Anyway, whilst identifying the commercial actors and sit com stars in the Young Indy videos (of which there are many) I discovered that a lot of actors from the series are recycled as different characters - particularly noticable when you're watching the videos all the way through... For example, the English bird watching commander from Daredevils of the Desert is played by the same guy as the doctor in the POW camp in Trenches of Hell... And the French commander who lets Indy and Remy into the French army is played by the same guy who gives Indy his parachuting mission (both in attack of the Hawkmen). Most weirdly - one of the advisors from the Palace in TOD also plays the Sheikh in Tales of Innocence...

: : Can George Lucas not afford separate actors or is there some bizzarre reason for using the same ones in different roles? It gets annoying after a while!!

: Annoying? Hm, I hadn’t thought so... and at any rate, it’s certainly not uncommon; you should see how many people have played multiple characters in Star Trek - now, THERE’s actor recycling.

: Actors have played multiple roles in Indiana Jones since Raiders first came out - Pat Roach plays two roles in just this one film, to say nothing of his later appearances.

: For that matter, some actors have had multiple roles in George Lucas other big fantasy series, and Star Wars and Indiana Jones have also shared a lot of performers between each other.

: - IJ

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