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Offline Cthulhu

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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #915 on: November 17, 2008, 08:58:20 AM »
I've got a feeling you're going to make this one a little tougher due to my Bill Donovan post.
Actually, this should be really easy. Very well known guy.
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #916 on: November 17, 2008, 09:50:50 AM »
I myself will be waiting patiently for more hints. :D
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #917 on: November 17, 2008, 11:39:37 AM »
Jack Lord--Hawaii 5-0

Damn, now I can't shake that song outta my head!!
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #918 on: November 17, 2008, 04:05:36 PM »
Jack Lord--Hawaii 5-0

Damn, now I can't shake that song outta my head!!

And I never even got to "Quién es más macho?"  :D

WTG :aok, Jack Lord

John Joseph Patrick Ryan (Jack Ryan?) (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic feature films earlier in his career, among them Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper and the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962) starring Sean Connery.

He attended New York University on a football scholarship, and earned a degree in Fine Arts. He spent the first year of World War II with the War Department's Corps of Engineers, building bridges in Persia. He then returned to the Merchant Marine as an Able Seaman before enrolling in the deck officer course at Fort Trumbull. While making maritime training films, he took to the idea of acting.

Lord was the first actor to play the character of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, Dr. No. One story alleges that the film producers did not ask Lord to reprise the role in later films, since they felt that having the same actor playing Leiter would upstage the dominance of Sean Connery as the leading man. There is another story that Lord demanded co-star billing, a bigger role and more money to reprise the Felix Leiter role in Goldfinger which resulted in director Guy Hamilton casting the role to an older actor to make Leiter more of an American 'M'.

In 1965, Jack Lord was considered for the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek; the role ultimately went to William Shatner. Because Lord wanted to co-produce and have a percentage in ownership of the series, he was ultimately rejected by both Gene Roddenberry and Desilu Studios.

When I was a kid the opening credits always cracked me up:
with "Kam Fong as Chin Ho" & "Zulu as Kono"  :rofl
How "PC" of me. :D

Wo Fat was a Hell of a bad guy though. :aok
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #919 on: November 18, 2008, 09:05:01 AM »
Here's a gimme:
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #920 on: November 18, 2008, 09:36:14 AM »
The sad thing is I know that uniform I just can't seem to place it.
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #921 on: November 18, 2008, 09:48:32 AM »
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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« Reply #922 on: November 18, 2008, 09:52:33 AM »
The sad thing is I know that uniform I just can't seem to place it.
That could be the uniform of any South American Chief of Police.  :D
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #923 on: November 18, 2008, 09:58:12 AM »
That's funny, need hints.
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #924 on: November 18, 2008, 10:00:13 AM »
That's funny, need hints.
Ok. Don't think he spoke Spanish or Portuguese.  ;)
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #925 on: November 18, 2008, 10:06:00 AM »
Nah, don't need any hints.

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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #926 on: November 18, 2008, 10:11:33 AM »
It sure is ole Winny.  I didn't know he received a commission for being a correspondent.
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #927 on: November 18, 2008, 10:12:06 AM »
Very nice Old Sport, I never would have guessed that it was him.
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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #928 on: November 18, 2008, 10:21:10 AM »
 :aok

His chin did it for me. But I never would have guessed Jack Lord either, even though the eyes looked familiar. I was about to say a Matt Damon HS photo widened about 10 percent.  :lol

So here's one - should be easy for you guys.

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Re: See Anybody Special??
« Reply #929 on: November 18, 2008, 10:26:57 AM »
:aok

His chin did it for me. But I never would have guessed Jack Lord either, even though the eyes looked familiar. I was about to say a Matt Damon HS photo widened about 10 percent.  :lol

So here's one - should be easy for you guys.


Robert Culp.

Btw, read up on Churchill and Gallipoli. Not his finest hour.  :uhoh
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