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Terry Sills
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From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
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posted November 04, 2014 11:33 AM

Acker Bilk.,Skelton Knaggs - who could forget names like that!
Perhaps we should start a topic with other unusual names - Anyone?

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Janice Glesser
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posted November 04, 2014 12:10 PM

How about Rip Torn [Smile]

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Steve Klare
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posted November 04, 2014 12:27 PM

Often the best celebrity names are the ones they don't use.

Cary Grant: Archibald Leach
Judy Garland: Frances Gumm
Albert Brooks: Albert Einstein

I mean: wouldn't you rather be called "Cary Grant"?

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted November 04, 2014 01:46 PM

John Wayne : Marion Morrison
Roy Rogers : Leonard Sly

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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted November 04, 2014 03:03 PM

Sadly Mr Acker Bilk has just passed away. Derann released one of his films Band Of Thiefs

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Trevor Adams
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posted November 04, 2014 03:25 PM

I had a great grandad named "Brock Tarr"-always fancied that!

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Timothy Duncan
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From: Russellville, KY, USA
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posted November 04, 2014 03:39 PM

I feel the name Buster Crabbe did not well represent the good looks of the man.

[ November 05, 2014, 07:55 AM: Message edited by: Timothy Duncan ]

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Paul Mason
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posted November 05, 2014 02:51 AM

Don't forget Spangler Arlington Brugh (Robert Taylor) [Big Grin]

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Luis Caramelo
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posted November 05, 2014 05:57 AM

hello! one of mine favorite ones:

KIRK DOUGLAS .ISSUR DANIELOVITCH

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Paul Spinks
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From: Barking, Essex, UK
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posted November 08, 2014 07:35 PM

Angus Scrimm in "Phantasm" and Kynaston Reeves (there's a great old thespian name) in "Fiend Without a Face".

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Steve Klare
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted November 08, 2014 07:52 PM

Not an actor, but why would anybody ever choose "Engelbert Humperdinck" as a stage name?

Is "Arnold George Dorsey" really that bad? (Could they maybe work with it a little?)

Wikipedia describes "Engelbert Humperdinck" as being a "more arresting" name. I agree, If I woke up one morning and found out that was my real name I'd certainly want somebody to be put under arrest!

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Janice Glesser
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posted November 08, 2014 08:23 PM

I guess Red Skelton's name wasn't too unusual...but I did like the name of his character ... Clem Kadiddlehopper.

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Clyde Miles
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posted November 12, 2014 04:46 PM

don't forget peter lorre, real name lazlo lowenstein!

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Phil Slater
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posted November 13, 2014 10:47 AM

I always thought Edward Woodward was a strange combination.

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Terry Sills
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From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
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posted November 13, 2014 11:35 AM

Yes Phil
Which prompted the joke -
What do you call a man with a wooden 'ead - Edward
What do you call a man with two wooden 'eads - Edward Wood
What do you call a man with three wooden 'eads - Edward Woodward
Stupid, but funny!,, ( well the kids think so)

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Steve Klare
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posted November 21, 2014 09:13 AM

If any celebrity ever born should have had a stage name it's Cloris Leachman.

-it sounds like some kind of industrial laundry detergent! (Even now I'm imagining it stenciled on a 55 gallon drum.)

If she'd married Cary Grant she could have been Cloris Leachman Leach!

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