I was watching something with a person named CCH Pounder in it. I mean, what's up with that? Her name is Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder. Wouldn't Carol suffice? I mean, it sucks having a noun for a last name, but CCH Pounder sounds like something you'd buy from a farm implement dealer.
Or that cute girl on Friday the 13th the TV series, her name is listed as "Robey" in the credits. Like Robby the Robot or something. Her first name is Louise; does she hate Louise that much?
Any more you folks can think of?
Rip Torn
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is another one that bugs me. For chrissakes, your last name is 6 syllables long, can we drop the middle name already? You're only two syllables short of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Emilio Estevez a funny name in my book when you consider it's the name of a person that looks 100% caucasion.
CCH Pounder sounds like a male porn star's name. :tongueout:
The guy who plays the caveman in FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE of FREAKS is billed as ...dig this..."Boris Lugosi"...I kid you not! (real name Salvatore Baccaro.)
...not an actor...but Engleberg Humperdink.Wha da fug?
Quote from: Ash on October 24, 2008, 04:42:46 PM
CCH Pounder sounds like a male porn star's name. :tongueout:
And don't get me started with porn stars. Long Dong Silver! :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle :Peter North,Dick Rambo....Cara Lott, Annie Sprinkle,Candy Samples,Little Oral Annie...!!!! :buggedout:
Quote from: ghouck on October 24, 2008, 01:53:46 PM
Emilio Estevez a funny name in my book when you consider it's the name of a person that looks 100% caucasion.
At least
EMILIO kept his father's real surname, unlike that woman-beating turd, his brother,
CHARLIE SHEEN.
Not an actor or anything, but I had a customer the other day whose name was Eduan Naude. :buggedout:
Wacky name if you ask me [I'll let people figure out why...]
Quote from: dean on October 25, 2008, 01:00:08 AM
Not an actor or anything, but I had a customer the other day whose name was Eduan Naude. :buggedout:
Wacky name if you ask me [I'll let people figure out why...]
That chap must have been a South African, Dean ~ that's a fairly common name here.
The actor with the weirdest name I have ever heard is Black Eyed Susan ~ I kid you not. :buggedout:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0085567 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085567)
I'll toss in an easy one: Whoopi Goldberg. The odd thing is that the name does seem to suit her better than Caryn Johnson.
Joaquin Phoenix
There are some actual names that would just look funny beside a movie title, even though they are the names the actors were given at birth, for example:
"The Sands of Iwo Jima" starring Marion Robert Morrison
"To Catch a Thief" starring Archibald Alexander Leach
These two guys are favorites of mine and have been in some of my favorite movies, but putting their real names after the titles always gives me a laugh.
Prunella Scales
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Quote from: Circus_Circus on October 25, 2008, 11:55:05 AM
Prunella Scales
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In addition to her distinctive name she has a very bizarre laugh, the one Basil Fawlty described as sounding like someone machinegunning a seal.
Hmm, I was going to nominate Charles Bronson's credit in "House of Wax", where he played the mute Igor. But IMDB says he was listed as "Charles Buchinsky". I remember a much longer name in the credits. Am I imagining things?
Jareb Dauplaise
Tuesday Knight
Ione Skye
Constance Forslund
Herb Rice
Quote from: Trevor on October 25, 2008, 05:19:29 AM
The actor with the weirdest name I have ever heard is Black Eyed Susan ~ I kid you not. :buggedout:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0085567 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085567)
She must know the aforementioned Charlie Sheen. :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Dennis on October 25, 2008, 11:53:59 AM
There are some actual names that would just look funny beside a movie title, even though they are the names the actors were given at birth, for example:
"The Sands of Iwo Jima" starring Marion Robert Morrison
"To Catch a Thief" starring Archibald Alexander Leach
These two guys are favorites of mine and have been in some of my favorite movies, but putting their real names after the titles always gives me a laugh.
Or that popular sitcom, Barney Miller, starring Hal Lips**tz.
The Shend
Tuesday Weld is another one. A day followed by a type of joint formed by melting metal.
Quote from: Trevor on October 25, 2008, 05:16:05 AM
Quote from: dean on October 25, 2008, 01:00:08 AM
Not an actor or anything, but I had a customer the other day whose name was Eduan Naude. :buggedout:
Wacky name if you ask me [I'll let people figure out why...]
That chap must have been a South African, Dean ~ that's a fairly common name here.
The first name, the last name or both? On their own I'd think nothing of it, but what wierds me out is that you can spell his name backwards and it doesn't change anything! His name backwards is his name forwards!
You crazy South Africans...
I seem to recall an actor calling himself 'Red Buttons' appearing in some big name movies like "The Poseidon Adventure".
Skelton Knaggs: Scrawny, pock-marked 40's character actor who popped up in many of the RKO and the later Universal horror films.
Butterfly McQueen: Screechy-voiced African-American character actress best know as "Miss Prissy" in GONE WITH THE WIND.
Joy Bang: Bubbly blonde actress who had a brief career in the early 70's including roles in PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, NIGHT OF THE COBRA WOMAN, and PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM and guest spots on TV series such as Adam-12, Hawaii Five-0, and Medical Center .
Several African American character actors appeared in many films during the 30's and 40's under what would be considered pretty offensive (but still weird!) stage names like Mantan Moreland, Stepin Fetchit, and Sleep n' Eat.
Quote from: Raffine on October 26, 2008, 03:00:00 PM
Butterfly McQueen: Screechy-voiced African-American character actress best know as "Miss Prissy" in GONE WITH THE WIND.
Oh, lord, I hated her. I grit my teeth till her scenes are over. Hate the voice, and hate the idiotic character, but I guess you weren't going to find too many great A-A parts in 1939.
Wings Hauser - Always sounded like something you'd see on a menu, right after Eggs Benedict.
Quote from: JJ80 on October 26, 2008, 12:05:39 PM
I seem to recall an actor calling himself 'Red Buttons' appearing in some big name movies like "The Poseidon Adventure".
His given name was Aaron Chwatt, he received an Oscar for his role as Joe Kelly in the film "Sayonara". His co-star in the film Miyoshi Umeki also won an Oscar. It's a good movie to watch with your wife or girlfriend.
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Howzabout Deep Roy? He also goes by Roy Deep, but that doesn't really help all that much.
Skeet Ulrich :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Raffine on October 26, 2008, 03:00:00 PM
Several African American character actors appeared in many films during the 30's and 40's under what would be considered pretty offensive (but still weird!) stage names like Mantan Moreland, Stepin Fetchit, and Sleep n' Eat.
Scatman Crothers, Redd Foxx, Slappy White. Not offensive, rather cool, but still weird.
Edward Woodward
Woodrow 'Woody' Harrelson
Woody Allen
Ed Wood
imagine them 4 in a room together watching Woody Woodpecker... noice
Quote from: DCA on October 29, 2008, 07:19:24 AM
Edward Woodward
Definitely gets the prize for being most awkward to say. I remember Benny Hill doing a joke in which he was asked who his favourite actor would be. His response was (and you have to do it with the right accent) "I would say that Edward Woodward would." Sounded like "Edwoodwoodwoodwood." :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: AndyC on October 29, 2008, 07:23:44 AM
Quote from: DCA on October 29, 2008, 07:19:24 AM
Edward Woodward
Definitely gets the prize for being most awkward to say. I remember Benny Hill doing a joke in which he was asked who his favourite actor would be. His response was (and you have to do it with the right accent) "I would say that Edward Woodward would." Sounded like "Edwoodwoodwoodwood." :bouncegiggle:
lol
yeah we pronounce the 'ward' in edward the same as 'wood', but you (I'm assuming you're U.S.) put more of an emphasis on the 'R', am I right? name probably sounds stranger to us than you...maybe
Quote from: AndyC on October 29, 2008, 07:23:44 AM
Quote from: DCA on October 29, 2008, 07:19:24 AM
Edward Woodward
Definitely gets the prize for being most awkward to say. I remember Benny Hill doing a joke in which he was asked who his favourite actor would be. His response was (and you have to do it with the right accent) "I would say that Edward Woodward would." Sounded like "Edwoodwoodwoodwood." :bouncegiggle:
I always say his name without the d's :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: DCA on October 29, 2008, 08:02:40 AM
yeah we pronounce the 'ward' in edward the same as 'wood', but you (I'm assuming you're U.S.) put more of an emphasis on the 'R', am I right? name probably sounds stranger to us than you...maybe
Canada actually, but yeah, we put more emphasis on the 'R' which does make it less funny, but also more awkward to say.
Fairuza Baulk