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"Movie Quiz: The Name Game"

A simple game this, below is a list of film characters, just guess who played them and/or which film(s) they are from.
When most have been guessed, please feel free to submit your own favourite character names for other people to guess :)


Major Alan ‘Dutch’ Schaefer
Detective John Kimble
Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
Dr. Peter Venkman
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Austin Millbarge
Captain Ivan Danko
Louis Winthorpe III
Billy Ray Valentine
Chief Martin Brody
Ben Richards
Snake Plissken
Cadet Carey Mahoney
Detective Axel Foley
Captain Virgil Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Jericho Cane
Harry Callahan
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Colonel John Matrix
Travis Bickle
Francisco Scaramanga
Patrick Bateman
'The Dude'
Captain Ivan Danko
Mr. Pink
Chubbs Peterson
Jules Winnfield
John Shaft
Ordell Robbie
Theodore 'Ted' Striker
Detective Lieut. Frank Bullitt
Gordon Gekko
Seymour Goldfarb
Charlie Croker
Philo Beddoe
Lord Dark Helmet

Major Alan ‘Dutch’ Schaefer - Arnie (Predator)
Detective John Kimble - Arnie (Kindergarten Cop)
Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle - Gene Hackman (French Connection 1&2)
Chief Martin Brody - Roy Scheider (Jaws)
Ben Richards - Is it that guy in Jaws? Whose head they find?
Snake Plissken - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York & LA)
Detective Axel Foley - Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop)
Captain Virgil Hilts 'The Cooler King' - Sydney Poitier (In the Heat of the Night? - only because of Virgil)
Harry Callahan - Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry)
Dr. Stanley Goodspeed - Nicholas Cage (The Rock)
Colonel John Matrix - Arnie (Commando)
Travis Bickle - that guy from Cliffhanger?
Francisco Scaramanga - the man with the golden gun
'The Dude' - Jeff Bridges (Big Lebowski)
Mr. Pink - Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs)
Jules Winnfield - Sammy L Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
John Shaft - Jackson and Roundtree (Sahft DUH! :-D)
Ordell Robbie - Samuel L Jackson (Jackie Brown - going by Ordell)
Gordon Gekko - Michael Douglas (Wall Street)
Lord Dark Helmet - Rick Moranis (Space Balls)

I also recognise but don't know the following:

Theodore 'Ted' Striker
Captain Ivan Danko (do you mean Drago?)
Dr. Peter Venkman (I'm seeing Arnie saying it)

Oh in fact, for Venkman could it be that guy in Tomorrow Never Dies? The 'I could shhot you from Stuutgart Mr Bond' man. Venkman seems a fitting name for that guy since they tried to make him sound as foreign as possible, ja?

Just noticed this one.

Dr. Peter Venkman - Dan Akroyd - Ghostbusters 1 and 2

Jericho Cane - Bruce Willis - Last Man Standing
Chubbs Petterson - Carl Weathers - Happy Gilmore
Dr Ellie Sattler - Laura Dern - Jurrasic Park 1 and 3

Marvin--Name from movie

AKA the animal--nickname from movie (I THINK)


Sorry for the one posted below, got a bit messed up.
SR delete it.

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The caracters name Nickname from film
In the Movie (i think)

Tiltawhirl wrote:

> Sydney Prescott--Neve Cambell in the Scream series.

Totoro wrote:

> Gordon Gekko: Charlie Sheen - Wall Street
> Right film, wrong actor...

Michael Douglas then..

Here's a few more

Laurie Strode
Seth Gecko
Sydney Prescott
Conner Mcloud
Dr Ellie Sattler

Ones I think you haven't got yet:

Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
Dr. Peter Venkman
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Austin Millbarge
Chief Martin Brody
Jericho Cane
Harry Callahan
Francisco Scaramanga
Patrick Bateman
Chubbs Peterson
Theodore 'Ted' Striker
Gordon Gekko
Seymour Goldfarb
Philo Beddoe
Lord Dark Helmet

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Theodore 'Ted' Striker: Keanu Reaves - Bill and Ted?
Nope.

> Gordon Gekko: Charlie Sheen - Wall Street
Right film, wrong actor...

Lord H wrote:
> Martin Blank : John Cusack - Grosse Pointe Blank