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50. The actual winner!

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Thu May 12, 2016, 02:12 AM

May 2016

Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton as Dagwood and Blondie—28 films in total (Plus a Radio show, and Lake did TV version)

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Who's played the same live-action role onscreen the most times? [View all] Orrex May 2016 OP

Many of the Harry Potter actors kay1864 May 2016 #1

Doh! How did I miss that? Orrex May 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author mainer May 2016 #5

Wait, wha?? kay1864 May 2016 #7

Basil Rathbone. Sherlock Holmes 14 times mainer May 2016 #2

I believe you! Orrex May 2016 #4

Which means we have to include the actor who played Watson mainer May 2016 #6

Sorry, I'd have to go with Jeremy Brett... Wounded Bear May 2016 #8

Desmond Llewelyn as Q SwankyXomb May 2016 #9

Ok, I cheated. Orrex May 2016 #10

17 films-he is the winner catnhatnh May 2016 #11

Cheater Orrex May 2016 #12

Yeah but.... catnhatnh May 2016 #13

Well, I only called you cheater after I'd cheated, so... Orrex May 2016 #16

There are some more double digit ones not on that list SwankyXomb May 2016 #15

Honestly I wondered about Charlie Chan Orrex May 2016 #18

Chan and Ma Kettle I knew SwankyXomb May 2016 #31

just looked on Wikipedia and it looks like Sydney Toler played Chan rurallib May 2016 #32

OMG, I'm so embarrassed kay1864 May 2016 #17

Kelsey Grammer played Frasier for 20 years. pressbox69 May 2016 #14

On the big screen? Orrex May 2016 #19

I'm betting it's Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey from the Bowery Boys movies. Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #20

Hall stayed on after Gorcey quit because they dropped his father pressbox69 May 2016 #21

I think Gorcey had some drinking problems, too. Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #25

Shintaro Katsu played Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman in 26 feature films Codeine May 2016 #22

I had no idea of the volume of his work Orrex May 2016 #27

Belzer blogslut May 2016 #23

You're one of those "didn't read the OP" types, aren't you? Orrex May 2016 #26

Don't care. blogslut May 2016 #30

Regardless, it's no good to name him when I explicitly excluded him from the question. Twice! Orrex May 2016 #36

Munch-rule supercedes all rules. blogslut May 2016 #42

Curse you and your iconoclast subversiveness! Orrex May 2016 #43

This is why we hate the Munchkins pinboy3niner May 2016 #45

... blogslut May 2016 #48

Define 'live action'. trof May 2016 #24

John Wayne Kaleva May 2016 #28

Take 'er easy there, pilgrim pinboy3niner May 2016 #29

Michael Madsen, too. Orrex May 2016 #44

Just like his sidekick Mendocino May 2016 #55

William Boyd playing Hopalong Cassidy would be my guess Brother Buzz May 2016 #33

67 or so according to Wikipedia whistler162 May 2016 #52

That should at least qualify him to make the short list Brother Buzz May 2016 #53

Stallone played Rocky in all 27 of the Rocky movies. Dr. Strange May 2016 #34

And Rambo in all 36 of the Rambo movies pinboy3niner May 2016 #35

Ooh, that's right! Dr. Strange May 2016 #38

I saw the one where he punched that guy. Is that the one? Orrex May 2016 #37

You should have watched the movie where he punched the other guy. Dr. Strange May 2016 #39

I always felt sory for the cow pinboy3niner May 2016 #47

He's set to break that record with his "The Indispensables" franchise Kaleva May 2016 #49

Although the character's name changed, Mr.Bill May 2016 #40

See #28....pilgrim. :) pinboy3niner May 2016 #41

I have no idea. So Far From Heaven May 2016 #46

Jury results on your post Kaleva May 2016 #51

The actual winner! Archae May 2016 #50

The Thin Man films Mendocino May 2016 #54