I'm thinking of a person

[PastaJoe]

3 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

   I like long shots, so I will go with James Mason.

No, not known as a romantic lead.

[Greybeard]

9 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

No, not known as a romantic lead.

        Was he known as a comedic lead?

[PastaJoe]

4 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

        Was he known as a comedic lead?

No, just the opposite. His likeness was even used in a movie after he was dead.

[Greybeard]

1 minute ago, PastaJoe said:

No, just the opposite. His likeness was even used in a movie after he was dead.

   Was he in a series of movies with the same character?

[PastaJoe]

3 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

   Was he in a series of movies with the same character?

Yes, I can think of at least 3 characters.

[Greybeard]

1 minute ago, PastaJoe said:

Yes, I can think of at least 3 characters.

     I had someone in mind but the 3 characters has thrown me off.

     Was he knighted?

[PastaJoe]

5 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

     I had someone in mind but the 3 characters has thrown me off.

     Was he knighted?

No, but he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The characters were in three different movie series, not all in one.

[Greybeard]

1 minute ago, PastaJoe said:

No, but he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The characters were in three different movie series, not all in one.

      I have no idea of that honor.  The first guy I thought of may be in the running yet but I really only think of him has being the primary character in a long running movie series.

So since you started this thread, I have been running a line from a Kinks song through my head.  I am a big Kinks fan.  So if it is not this guy, I think it is someone like him.

Here is the line.

 

"If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style"

[4merper4mer]

Alex Guiness

[PastaJoe]

4 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

      I have no idea of that honor.  The first guy I thought of may be in the running yet but I really only think of him has being the primary character in a long running movie series.

So since you started this thread, I have been running a line from a Kinks song through my head.  I am a big Kinks fan.  So if it is not this guy, I think it is someone like him.

Here is the line.

 

"If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style"

Not George. This person also starred a couple of times as a character who has been on tv since the 60’s until now.

1 minute ago, 4merper4mer said:

Alex Guiness

No, but they appeared in a popular movie together.

[Greybeard]

3 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

Not George. This person also starred a couple of times as a character who has been on tv since the 60’s until now.

     I see a face but can't recall his name.  It may not be him.  Taking a break to let the sub-conscience work on it.

The game is better with more players.

[Greybeard]

23 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

Not George. This person also starred a couple of times as a character who has been on tv since the 60’s until now.

No, but they appeared in a popular movie together.

        Did this guy play a German Nazi in one or more movies?

[SinceThe70s]

31 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

Not George. This person also starred a couple of times as a character who has been on tv since the 60’s until now.

No, but they appeared in a popular movie together.

 

Was the character since the 60's a voice-over part?

[4merper4mer]

If you substitute this guys middle initial into a quadratic equation to solve for the value of x does it result in the first digit of the house number he grew up in ?  If you change four letters of the street of his youth and add 23 more letters can you get the opening line of a movie made in 1962 about the geopolitical underpinnings of Eastern Europe before the war?  Asking for a friend.

[PastaJoe]

22 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

        Did this guy play a German Nazi in one or more movies?

Not sure, but he would have been a fit. Two of his roles he played in multiple movies were German characters.

15 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Was the character since the 60's a voice-over part?

No, live action. The tv character has been played by many actors over the years.

11 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

If you substitute this guys middle initial into a quadratic equation to solve for the value of x does it result in the first digit of the house number he grew up in ?  If you change four letters of the street of his youth and add 23 more letters can you get the opening line of a movie made in 1962 about the geopolitical underpinnings of Eastern Europe before the war?  Asking for a friend.

I can’t say. His role as a doctor could probably bring life to the answers.

[Greybeard]

35 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

Not sure, but he would have been a fit. Two of his roles he played in multiple movies were German characters.

No, live action. The tv character has been played by many actors over the years.

I can’t say. His role as a doctor could probably bring life to the answers.

       I believe I know who it is.  Your clues have been sneakily good. 

 

       So I will ask, I think most don't think of him as an English actor?

[PastaJoe]

11 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

       I believe I know who it is.  Your clues have been sneakily good. 

 

       So I will ask, I think most don't think of him as an English actor?

He’s from England and has an English accent, so I would think most people would say he was an English actor.

[BringBackFlutie]

But he died in the 20th century?

[PastaJoe]

3 minutes ago, BringBackFlutie said:

But he died in the 20th century?

Yes, at age 81.

[Greybeard]

8 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

He’s from England and has an English accent, so I would think most people would say he was an English actor.

    I never thought of him as English.  I thought of him as Not American.   Maybe the parts he played made me think he was not English.

 

   BTW, you give great clues, I really like them.  I had to go back to see if you were the one giving clues for "Girl, dead" about 10 pages back.  When I asked if she was American

you answered North American.  I racked my brain for a half hour thinking Canadian or Mexican.  I did Canadian first and couldn't come up with a single thought. Thought about Mexican for 10 seconds and figured I know no one.  So I started thinking North American could mean before America, and that lead to only two possibilities.  I didn't feel like giving clues so I asked "Native American" to make sure I had it correct.  The subtlety of "North American" was just so good.   Same with this person but maybe a little less subtle.

Edited December 5, 2020 by Greybeard