Actors that have played same character in at least 3 movies in 2 or more franchises

[LOBO3315a]

I remember reading some time ago that Orlando Bloom had reached a milestone in his career that few actors achieve by playing the same role in 3 movies, in 2 different trilogies, i.e. Legolas in LoTR and Will Turner in PoC.

Since this board seems to have an abundance of brain power, I thought I'd pick your heads about the subject.

So, besides Orlando Bloom and Harrison Ford, do any of you know of an actor that has played a reoccurring role in two or more trilogies or quadrilogies?

 

[misjuevos]

Patrick Stuart, star trek and x-men. Ian mckellan x-men and lotr. Stallone in rocky and Rambo. Jackie chan in police story movies and rush hour.

 

[Figs]

Mel Gibson, Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Clint Eastwood- Harry Callahan and The Man With No Name.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

Matt Damon- Ocean's 11-13 and "The Bourne" movies

an if were counting animated movies...
Mike Myers- Austin Powers, Shrek
Eddie Murphy- Beverly Hills Cop, Shrek
Antonio Banderas- Spy Kids, shrek

 

[C. Lee]

Johnny Weismuller -

12 Tarzan movies
13 Jungle Jim movies

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Johnny Weismuller -

12 Tarzan movies
13 Jungle Jim movies

We have a winner.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Jeesh, I didn't think he had made that many!

 

[C. Lee]

Christopher Lee -

8 as Dracula -
HORROR OF DRACULA
DRACULA:PRINCE OF DARKNESS
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
COUNT DRACULA
TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA
SCARS OF DRACULA
DRACULA AD 1972
COUNT DRACULA AND HIS VAMPIRE BRIDES

3 as Rochefort in The Three Musketeers
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS

5 as Fu Manchu
THE FACE OF FU MANCHU
THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU
THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU
THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU
THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU

3 as Saruman
LOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS
LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING

3 as Sherlock Holmes
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE LEADING LADY*
INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS*

*You may not want to count these two because they were TV movies.

 

[Figs]

Now that's impressive. Christopher Lee has done some crazy work with that alone.

 

[Squidboy]

I know it's a little premature, but Tom Hanks in Toy Story and as Robert Langdon in the 'Da Vinci Code' series. The Lost Symbol is set to be released in 2012, and I wanted to jump the gun in case the world is over by the time I could reply to this thread

 

[LOBO3315a]

Funny to think how successful Tom Hanks is and he is just now adding this to his very long resume.

Wow Christopher Lee is bad ass! I guess he ranks right behind Johnny Weismuller for reoccurring roles!


I was thinking Christopher Walken should be on this list, but his film career is all over the place. I'm not sure the man has ever played a reoccurring part.

 

[Drizzle]

Christopher Lee -

8 as Dracula -
HORROR OF DRACULA
DRACULA:PRINCE OF DARKNESS
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
COUNT DRACULA
TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA
SCARS OF DRACULA
DRACULA AD 1972
COUNT DRACULA AND HIS VAMPIRE BRIDES

3 as Rochefort in The Three Musketeers
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS

5 as Fu Manchu
THE FACE OF FU MANCHU
THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU
THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU
THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU
THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU

3 as Saruman
LOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS
LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING

3 as Sherlock Holmes
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE LEADING LADY*
INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS*

*You may not want to count these two because they were TV movies.

You can also maybe count 3 "Star Wars" movies with him as Count Dooku, although one was animated.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Clone Wars (voice only)

 

[david icke]

How about 2 actors who have played the same roles in movies togther?
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor - Silver Streak; Stir Crazy ; See no Evil, Hear No Evil.....sure there are a couple more, can't recall.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby - they did stacks togther right?
Laurel and Hardy.
Abott and Costello.

 

[bullets]

Christopher Lee is the champion of this apparently.

 

[maenalus]

Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in:

Dracula (1958)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (though it's not in continuity with the other two.)

...and as Dr. Frankenstein in:

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

 

[LOBO3315a]

Wow. Those old skool actors have today's generation beat. Keep up the good work! I'm learning something from this thread!

 

[C. Lee]

George Sanders

5 Times as Simon Templar/The Saint
THE SAINT STRIKES BACK
THE SAINT IN LONDON
THE SAINT'S DOUBLE TROUBLE
THE SAINT TAKES OVER
THE SAINT IN PALM SPRINGS

4 Times as Gay Lawrence/The Falcon
THE GAY FALCON
A DATE WITH THE FALCON
THE FALCON TAKES OVER
THE FALCON'S BROTHER

 

[C. Lee]

William Powell

4 as Philo Vance
THE CANARY MURDER CASE
THE GREENE MURDER CASE
THE BENSON MURDER CASE
THE KENNEL MURDER CASE

6 as Nick Charles
THE THIN MAN
AFTER THE THIN MAN
ANOTHER THIN MAN
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME
SONG OF THE THIN MAN

 

[C. Lee]

Johnny Sheffield

8 as Tarzan's adopted son BOY
TARZAN FINDS A SON
TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE
TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE
TARZAN TRIUMPHS
TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY
TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS
TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMEN
TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS

12 as Bomba
BOMBA, THE JUNGLE BOY
BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND
THE LOST VOLCANO
BOMBA AND THE HIDDEN CITY
THE LION HUNTERS
ELEPHANT STAMPEDE
AFRICAN TREASURES
BOMBA AND THE JUNGLE GIRL
SAFARI DRUMS
THE GOLDEN IDOL
KILLER LEOPARD
LORD OF THE JUNGLE

 

[some guy]

Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in:

Dracula (1958)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (though it's not in continuity with the other two.)

...and as Dr. Frankenstein in:

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Missed a couple:

The Satanic Rites of Dracula/Count Dracula and his Vampire Brides (1973)

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

 

[C. Lee]

Missed a couple:

The Satanic Rites of Dracula/Count Dracula and his Vampire Brides (1973)

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Although he played a man named Van Helsing in several movies...it wasn't always the same one....he played relatives of the original in a couple of movies.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Yeah relatives of characters don't really count. I mean like the 2 I listed in my original post.

 

[C. Lee]

Keye Luke

11 as Lee Chan (#1 son of Charlie Chan)
CHARLIE CHAN IN PARIS
CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAI
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE RACETRACK
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS
CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY
CHARLIE CHAN AT MONTE CARLO
MR. MOTO'S GAMBLE
THE FEATHERED SERPENT
THE SKY DRAGON


6 as Dr. Lee Wong How
DR. GILLESPIE'S NEW ASSITANT
DR. GILLESPIE'S CRIMINAL CASE
ANDY HARDY'S BLONDE TROUBLE
3 MEN IN WHITE
BETWEEN TWO WOMEN
DARK DELUSION

 

[C. Lee]

Warner Oland

3 as Fu Manchu
THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU
THE RETURN OF DR. FU MANCHU
DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON


16 as Charlie Chan
CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
THE BLACK CAMEL
CHARLIE CHAN'S CHANCE
CHARLIE CHAN'S GREATEST CASE
CHARLIE CHAN'S COURAGE
CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON
CHARLIE CHAN IN PARIS
CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT
CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAI
CHARLIE CHAN'S SECRET
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE RACETRACK
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS
CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY
CHARLIE CHAN AT MONTE CARLO