It would be great if more people would play Sandy. Maybe I should back off a bit ?
Having said that, this guy looks like an older Kevin Spacey, but I don't really think it's him. Just did some searching, and not so sure he's not, now.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 19th of February 2022 11:52:59 PM
watsea said
09:10 AM Feb 20, 2022
His glasses did it for me.
It is Elvis Costello.
sandman55 said
05:29 PM Feb 20, 2022
watsea wrote:
His glasses did it for me.
It is Elvis Costello.
You win watsea, yes it's Elvis Costello. My clue was going to be he shares his first name with another rock star and his last name with a former politician but no need. Over to you for a pic.
Costello began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s.[11][12] His critically acclaimed debut album My Aim Is True was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album This Year's Model was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums from 1967 to 1987. His third album Armed Forces was released in 1979, and features his highest-charting single, "Oliver's Army" (number 2 in the UK). His first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Costello and the Attractions toured and recorded together for the better part of a decade, though differences between them caused a split by 1986. Much of Costello's work since has been as a solo artist, though reunions with members of the Attractions have been credited to the group over the years. Costello's lyrics employ a wide vocabulary and frequent wordplay. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".[13] Since 2002, his touring band (featuring a rotating cast of musicians) has been known as The Imposters.
Yes, Sheba, you are correct. You had said that you might hold back.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for playing the title roles on the sitcoms Blackadder (19831989) and Mr. Bean (19901995), and the film series Johnny English (20032018). Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (19791982), receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979). His other work includes the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983), playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in The Lion King (1994), and playing jewellery salesman Rufus in Love Actually (2003). Atkinson also featured in the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line (19951996). His work in theatre includes the role of Fagin in the 2009 West End revival of the musical Oliver!.
Atkinson was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy in 2007,[3] and among the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.[4] Throughout his career, he has collaborated with screenwriter Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, both of whom he met at the Oxford University Dramatic Society during the 1970s. In addition to his 1981 BAFTA, Atkinson received an Olivier Award for his 1981 West End theatre performance in Rowan Atkinson in Revue. He has had cinematic success with his performances in the Mr. Bean film adaptations Bean (1997) and Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), and also in the Johnny English film series (20032018). He also appeared as the titular character in Maigret (20162017). Atkinson was appointed a CBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.
He also has a lorry driver's licence and an enthusiasm for owning and driving fast cars.
Sheba said
12:20 AM Feb 22, 2022
watsea wrote:
You had said that you might hold back.
Sorry Ted. Will do better next time. Meanwhile, who is this ? [Easy.]
Janos Peter Weissmuller was an American actor, Olympian and swimmer. He was known for portraying Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in Tarzan the Ape Man, five sequels produced by MGM, and six additional films by RKO. Weissmuller was also known for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. Weissmuller set numerous world records alongside winning five gold medals in the Olympics. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m relay team event in 1924 at the Paris Games and again in 1928 at the Amsterdam Games. Weissmuller also won gold in the 400m freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris.
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career.
No not Putin. Wrong nationality, our man is a pilot.
watsea said
11:47 PM Feb 25, 2022
The pilot clue was handy. I believe that he is Lothar von Richthofen.
Sheba said
11:55 PM Feb 25, 2022
You just beat me to it Ted. Brother of the Red Baron.
sandman55 said
11:43 AM Feb 26, 2022
watsea wrote:
The pilot clue was handy. I believe that he is Lothar von Richthofen.
Hi watsea I thought I was posting a pic of the Red Baron but you have corrected me it is his younger brother Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen over to you for a pic.
Following the war, he worked for a while on a farm before taking an industrial position. He married in June 1919 and had two children. Yearning for aviation he accepted a position as a pilot, conveying passengers and postal mail between Berlin and Hamburg.
He died aged 27 on 4 July 1922 in a flying accident at Fuhlsbüttel.
Another easy one Ted, but I'll let others have him.
sandman55 said
07:21 PM Feb 27, 2022
Yes an easy one so I will wait till tomorrow before I reply to see if we can entice someone else into the game. Then it will be a race between Sheba and me.
Sheba said
10:03 PM Feb 28, 2022
Doesn't seem as though many people want to play these days Sandy. Such a shame. I enjoy this game so much. Don't want it to fold. Waiting for you.
sandman55 said
12:09 AM Mar 1, 2022
OK I'm a bit late to the show I was watching that program about the children of the unmarried mothers in Ireland around 1960 (the date one was born) Very sad. OK back to the game Peter O'Toole
watsea said
10:29 AM Mar 1, 2022
Yes, it is Peter O'Toole. Too easy was it. Put another one up and someone might chime in.
A Bio:
Peter Seamus O'Toole (/otul/; 2 August 1932 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.[2]
Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements.[3]
O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).
Sorry Ted. Can't stay out any longer. Jack Nicholson.
sandman55 said
11:56 AM Mar 2, 2022
Well done Sheba, Jack Nicholson it is. Over to you for a pic.
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years.[1] He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes and villains. In many of his films, he played the "eternal outsider, the sardonicdrifter", someone who rebels against the social structure.[2] He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards.
It would be great if more people would play Sandy. Maybe I should back off a bit ?
Having said that, this guy looks like an older Kevin Spacey, but I don't really think it's him. Just did some searching, and not so sure he's not, now.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 19th of February 2022 11:52:59 PM
It is Elvis Costello.
You win watsea, yes it's Elvis Costello. My clue was going to be he shares his first name with another rock star and his last name with a former politician
but no need. Over to you for a pic.
Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954),[6] known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter. He has won multiple awards in his career, including Grammy Awards in 1999 and 2020,[7] and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist.[8] In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[9] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[10]
Costello began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s.[11][12] His critically acclaimed debut album My Aim Is True was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album This Year's Model was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums from 1967 to 1987. His third album Armed Forces was released in 1979, and features his highest-charting single, "Oliver's Army" (number 2 in the UK). His first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Costello and the Attractions toured and recorded together for the better part of a decade, though differences between them caused a split by 1986. Much of Costello's work since has been as a solo artist, though reunions with members of the Attractions have been credited to the group over the years. Costello's lyrics employ a wide vocabulary and frequent wordplay. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".[13] Since 2002, his touring band (featuring a rotating cast of musicians) has been known as The Imposters.
Costello has co-written several original songs for films, including "God Give Me Strength" from Grace of My Heart (1996, with Burt Bacharach) and "The Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain (2003, with T-Bone Burnett). For the latter, Elvis was nominated (along with Burnett) for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello
I used to see music videos of Elvis on late night TV. He is a talented music artist
Here is one from me.
I had to find a photo of this person that is a bit different to most of the photos of him.
I think that he is well known.
-- Edited by watsea on Sunday 20th of February 2022 09:59:26 PM
-- Edited by watsea on Sunday 20th of February 2022 10:00:22 PM
Rowan Atkinson.
Yes, Sheba, you are correct. You had said that you might hold back.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for playing the title roles on the sitcoms Blackadder (19831989) and Mr. Bean (19901995), and the film series Johnny English (20032018). Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (19791982), receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979). His other work includes the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983), playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in The Lion King (1994), and playing jewellery salesman Rufus in Love Actually (2003). Atkinson also featured in the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line (19951996). His work in theatre includes the role of Fagin in the 2009 West End revival of the musical Oliver!.
Atkinson was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy in 2007,[3] and among the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.[4] Throughout his career, he has collaborated with screenwriter Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, both of whom he met at the Oxford University Dramatic Society during the 1970s. In addition to his 1981 BAFTA, Atkinson received an Olivier Award for his 1981 West End theatre performance in Rowan Atkinson in Revue. He has had cinematic success with his performances in the Mr. Bean film adaptations Bean (1997) and Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), and also in the Johnny English film series (20032018). He also appeared as the titular character in Maigret (20162017). Atkinson was appointed a CBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.
He also has a lorry driver's licence and an enthusiasm for owning and driving fast cars.
Is it Tarzan, Johnny Weissmiller
Sure is BG. Who do you have ?
Janos Peter Weissmuller was an American actor, Olympian and swimmer. He was known for portraying Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in Tarzan the Ape Man, five sequels produced by MGM, and six additional films by RKO. Weissmuller was also known for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. Weissmuller set numerous world records alongside winning five gold medals in the Olympics. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m relay team event in 1924 at the Paris Games and again in 1928 at the Amsterdam Games. Weissmuller also won gold in the 400m freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris.
Thank you Sheba. Let's try this one !!
No idea.
That makes 2 of us
An American performer, active in mid 1960s to mid 1980s. Has been in some lesser known movies but mainly a single performer.
Is he Harris Glenn Milstead (Divine)
Sure is Sandy. Over to you.
October 19, 1945
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career.
Thanks BG now who is this fella
Surely not that bastard Putin ?
No not Putin. Wrong nationality, our man is a pilot.
You just beat me to it Ted. Brother of the Red Baron.
Hi watsea I thought I was posting a pic of the Red Baron but you have corrected me it is his younger brother Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen over to you for a pic.
Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen (27 September 1894 4 July 1922) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 40 victories. He was a younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) and a distant cousin of Luftwaffe Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen.
Following the war, he worked for a while on a farm before taking an industrial position. He married in June 1919 and had two children. Yearning for aviation he accepted a position as a pilot, conveying passengers and postal mail between Berlin and Hamburg.
He died aged 27 on 4 July 1922 in a flying accident at Fuhlsbüttel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_von_Richthofen
Ok. Perhaps this person's photo has been posted in this thread before, but I will try with this bloke.
Another easy one Ted, but I'll let others have him.
Yes an easy one so I will wait till tomorrow before I reply to see if we can entice someone else into the game. Then it will be a race between Sheba and me.
Doesn't seem as though many people want to play these days Sandy. Such a shame. I enjoy this game so much. Don't want it to fold. Waiting for you.
OK I'm a bit late to the show I was watching that program about the children of the unmarried mothers in Ireland around 1960 (the date one was born) Very sad. OK back to the game Peter O'Toole
A Bio:
Peter Seamus O'Toole (/otul/; 2 August 1932 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.[2]
Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements.[3]
O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).
Thanks watsea now who is this fella
Sorry Ted. Can't stay out any longer. Jack Nicholson.
Well done Sheba, Jack Nicholson it is. Over to you for a pic.
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years.[1] He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes and villains. In many of his films, he played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", someone who rebels against the social structure.[2] He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards.
His most known and celebrated films include dramas such as the road drama Easy Rider (1969), the drama Five Easy Pieces (1970), and the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); the comedy-dramas Terms of Endearment (1983), As Good as It Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002); the neo-noir mysteries Chinatown (1974) and The Pledge (2001); the horror film The Shining (1980); the superhero film Batman (1989); the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992); the comedy Anger Management (2003); the romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give (2003); and the crime drama The Departed (2006). He has also directed three films, including The Two Jakes (1990), a sequel to Chinatown.
His twelve Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, once for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and once for As Good as It Gets (1997); he also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983). He is one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards, and one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in films made in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. He has won six Golden Globe Awards and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson