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Guess the actor!

Earlier this week, a well-known Minnesota blogger posted a movie quiz of his own, asking readers to guess who "this fellow" is from a 1957 movie: "He was in the news again this week-- peer hard at the face and see if you can recognize him." Yes, peer really hard.

Farther down, said blogger identifies this actor as "Charles Nelson Reilly, who died last Friday. That's him in the picture in his first and uncredited movie role. The film was A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith." Later Tuesday, however, the blogger posted an update acknowledging that he might be wrong, but as of Wednesday night, there's been no correction.

(Fact-checking in general seems a chore for him, at least in this entry. He also identifies the sci-fi story "The Roads Must Roll" as being by Ray Bradbury, although directly under his error is a pic of Astounding Science Fiction with the title and correct author, Robert Heinlein.)

Well, I can help him out-- the actor in question (at least for him) is really this fellow:

Star Trek and Walking Tall fans will recognize him as Logan Ramsey, an always-reliable character actor.

But I started thinking how much harder (for you) and fun (for me) the Movie Quiz would be if I did it his way. So here's my own similar, news-oriented "Guess the actor" movie quiz. Good luck!

This multi-talented woman has been making entertainment headlines for leaving the cast of a popular morning TV show. Her feud with Donald Trump got quite ugly, as you'd imagine.

Although a bona fide movie star, this lovable moptop is better known for his music, and has been getting rave reviews for his new CD, Memory Almost Full. A messy divorce almost behind him, he's happy again. And the teenage girls still love him!

This well-known actor worked in movies and TV for almost 30 years before landing the job of a lifetime: playing the President of the United States. Although still dead, he's made news every time the Republicans look at their current potential candidates and shake their heads with nostalgic despair.

(Real movie trivia P.S.-- one of the three above really was in A Face in the Crowd!)

Posted by Steve Monaco at May 30, 2007 10:05 PM

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