Billy Batson is an incorrect answer, as I'm not sure ANY of them played or voiced Billy Batson. However, I'll accept the other, as it was correct. All these actors played Captain Marvel- aka "Shazam" (the superhero Billy changed into). By now, asking who played "Shazam" can get tricky, since the old wizard Shazam was "Shazam", and Freddy Freeman (CM3, aka Captain Marvel Jr) passed the Trials of Shazam and became "Shazam", and most non-readers think of Captain Marvel as "Shazam." We've had at least one person play the old wizard as Shazam, but nobody played Freddy Freeman as him, AFAIK.
For those who don't know, the superhero "Captain Marvel" said the name of the old wizard- SHAZAM!- and gained the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage [invulnerability] of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury (that's what we were told, and what he was told.) Fawcett Comics outsold DC's Superman comics. That's probably due to the audience. Captain Marvel in his civvies was a small boy. Superman in his civvies was an adult man. The audience was small boys. They were more interested in Captain Marvel. DC responded by burying Fawcett in frivilous lawsuits until they went out of business.
After the copyright ran out on "Captain Marvel", Marvel Comics made a Captain Marvel (Kree Captain Mar- Vell, aka Captain Marvel), and trademarked it. When DC later bought up the Fawcett characters they ran out of business, they wanted to print new "Captain Marvel" comics but couldn't even use the name "Captain Marvel" prominently on the cover UNDER the main title. So, it became "With One Magic Word- SHAZAM!" Those not paying attention to the comic nor the TV show thought he was called "Shazam". (People are unobservant.) Marvel is going out of their way to retain the copyright. When Mar-Vell died, he was replaced with Monica Rambeau, "Captain Marvel", an Avenger. Then there was "Legacy", Genis-Vell, later called "Captain Marvel", then Phyla-Vell, and now the 70s Ms Marvel is known as Captain Marvel. Not a bad choice, but she's had SO many codenames since she was introduced (Ms Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel.)
So, DC seems to have given up, and plans to call their hero "Shazam".
(There were several live CM/Shazams. This is a Golden Age character. There was the movie serial in 1941 with Tom Tyler, the Shazam/Isis show, with Jackson Bostwick and John Davey. Garrett Craig played him in "Legends of the Superheroes", the 2-part parody TV specials. After that, he was all animated until the new movie and Zachary Levi. That's 5 live actors for the Big Red Cheese.)
I didn't say this actor WOULD HAVE BEEN over 100; I said he IS over 100. His son is also a very famous actor. His daughter-in-law is famous, but less so.
I'm not sure about the other roles. I know Galvatron is the big leader of the bad guys in the "Transformers" franchise (he leads the Decepticons, and was Megatron until he was upgraded- at least in the cartoons.) The other names aren't ringing a bell, yet. We saw Transformers in cartoons and in, I think, 3 live-action movies (the human roles, not the robots, of course.) So, he was a voice actor either way, I think.
He was a voice actor in that Transformers movie, live in all of the other selections.
Two of the roles on the list were recurring roles in popular TV shows. (He had one recurring role in a show which all of you would recognize immediately, so I'm saving it.)
He has had guest-starring roles in dozens of TV shows, often different roles on different episodes of the same show. Not a Native American, he often portrayed them (when it wasn't considered inappropriate to do so). Though he has appeared in several movies, most of his work is from television.
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He was looking for it to use as a clue in a game round a few weeks after he was looking for it. Meanwhile, I hope he posts the next one soon.
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Refreshing the page after submitting works, too. George
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Well ... yeah. I was about 15 when it came out. (Saw it a couple of years later, when I was in college.) Fonda DID win the Best Actress Oscar for the performance. George
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I'm required to accept two answers as officially correct for this role.
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Tom Tyler Jackson Bostwick John Davey Garrett Craig
Burr Middleton Jerry O'Connell Zachary Levi Corey Burton
Sean Astin Jeff Bennett Rob Lowe Chad Lowe David Kaye
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Captain Marvel/Shazam and Billy Batson?
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Billy Batson is an incorrect answer, as I'm not sure ANY of them played or voiced Billy Batson. However, I'll accept the other, as it was correct. All these actors played Captain Marvel- aka "Shazam" (the superhero Billy changed into). By now, asking who played "Shazam" can get tricky, since the old wizard Shazam was "Shazam", and Freddy Freeman (CM3, aka Captain Marvel Jr) passed the Trials of Shazam and became "Shazam", and most non-readers think of Captain Marvel as "Shazam." We've had at least one person play the old wizard as Shazam, but nobody played Freddy Freeman as him, AFAIK.
For those who don't know, the superhero "Captain Marvel" said the name of the old wizard- SHAZAM!- and gained the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage [invulnerability] of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury (that's what we were told, and what he was told.) Fawcett Comics outsold DC's Superman comics. That's probably due to the audience. Captain Marvel in his civvies was a small boy. Superman in his civvies was an adult man. The audience was small boys. They were more interested in Captain Marvel. DC responded by burying Fawcett in frivilous lawsuits until they went out of business.
After the copyright ran out on "Captain Marvel", Marvel Comics made a Captain Marvel (Kree Captain Mar- Vell, aka Captain Marvel), and trademarked it. When DC later bought up the Fawcett characters they ran out of business, they wanted to print new "Captain Marvel" comics but couldn't even use the name "Captain Marvel" prominently on the cover UNDER the main title. So, it became "With One Magic Word- SHAZAM!" Those not paying attention to the comic nor the TV show thought he was called "Shazam". (People are unobservant.) Marvel is going out of their way to retain the copyright. When Mar-Vell died, he was replaced with Monica Rambeau, "Captain Marvel", an Avenger. Then there was "Legacy", Genis-Vell, later called "Captain Marvel", then Phyla-Vell, and now the 70s Ms Marvel is known as Captain Marvel. Not a bad choice, but she's had SO many codenames since she was introduced (Ms Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel.)
So, DC seems to have given up, and plans to call their hero "Shazam".
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In case the answer got lost, "Captain Marvel" and "Shazam" were the 2 correct answers, so it's George's turn.
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With all those names, and few CM/Shazam appearances (except, I suspect, cartoon voice-overs), I assumed that some of them had to be Billy. Ah, well.
Name the actor:
Jim O'Connor Jim Deakins Ulysses
Vincent Van Gogh Doc Holliday Ned Land
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(There were several live CM/Shazams. This is a Golden Age character. There was the movie serial in 1941 with Tom Tyler, the Shazam/Isis show, with Jackson Bostwick and John Davey. Garrett Craig played him in "Legends of the Superheroes", the 2-part parody TV specials. After that, he was all animated until the new movie and Zachary Levi. That's 5 live actors for the Big Red Cheese.)
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*wild swing* Val Kilmer?
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No.
Jim O'Connor Jim Deakins Ulysses
Vincent Van Gogh Doc Holliday Ned Land
Gen. George Patton Paris Pittman Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Mike Wayne Cactus Jack Adam (not the first man; just not given a surname)
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Jim O'Connor Jim Deakins Ulysses
Vincent Van Gogh Doc Holliday Ned Land
Gen. George Patton Paris Pittman Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Mike Wayne Cactus Jack Adam (not the first man; just not given a surname)
Carl (Buster) Marzack Spartacus "Handsome" Harry Holland
Archie Long Harry Agensky Jim Kovalski
George
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Um, Spencer Tracy???
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No. Incidentally, this actor is over 100 years old.
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Eh, Rod Steiger????
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Steiger died 17 years ago.
I didn't say this actor WOULD HAVE BEEN over 100; I said he IS over 100. His son is also a very famous actor. His daughter-in-law is famous, but less so.
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Spartacus was as giveaway as giveaways get.
Kirk Douglas.
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That's what I thought, too, which is why I hid it amongst a bunch of other names.
Douglas is 102, even though he had a fairly major stroke over twenty years ago.
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This actor played:
Paul Castellano Detective Landis Gus Molino
Kalman Wertzell Chief of the Waponis Grandpa Ben Rule
And depending on whether you follow me on social media, you might be shocked his name didn't come up years and years ago
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Phil Fish
Sal Tessio
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Abe Vigoda?
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*slaps forehead* The Waponis must be from "Joe Vs the Volcano."
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Correct.
I had a long running gag on social media concerning the astonishing fact that Vigoda was still alive.
This running gag ended in Jan. 2016
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Name the actor
Paul "Monk" Baroni Professor Cole Dr. David Kibner
Galvatron ("The Great") Paris Dr. William Bell
George
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I'm not sure about the other roles. I know Galvatron is the big leader of the bad guys in the "Transformers" franchise (he leads the Decepticons, and was Megatron until he was upgraded- at least in the cartoons.) The other names aren't ringing a bell, yet. We saw Transformers in cartoons and in, I think, 3 live-action movies (the human roles, not the robots, of course.) So, he was a voice actor either way, I think.
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He was a voice actor in that Transformers movie, live in all of the other selections.
Two of the roles on the list were recurring roles in popular TV shows. (He had one recurring role in a show which all of you would recognize immediately, so I'm saving it.)
He has had guest-starring roles in dozens of TV shows, often different roles on different episodes of the same show. Not a Native American, he often portrayed them (when it wasn't considered inappropriate to do so). Though he has appeared in several movies, most of his work is from television.
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