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January 31

Has a Movie's Credits Ever Wrongly Given Credit to an Altogether Different Actor?

Not just a misspelling typo, but wrongly said the name of a person other than he/she who really played the role. As an example of what I'm asking about, imagine if in the original credits of The Godfather, the credits said "Michael Corleone - Joe Pesci" Where we all know it was of course Al Pacino. 75.75.42.89 (talk) 01:15, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't quite fit your criteria but the credits for the 1972 film Sleuth lists the character of Inspector Doppler as being played by "Alec Cawthorne." He was played by a Michael Caine in heavy makeup. I am sure that other editors will have better answers for you. MarnetteD | Talk 01:31, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seems pretty unlikely that it would slip through, unless it was a really low-budget production where they couldn't afford to correct it. Heck, I doubt if even Ed Wood made such a mistake. A title designer could get fired for such a blunder. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:18, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The only case fitting your query exactly that I've been able to find was in Gone with the Wind (film), where, according to our footnote: "The credits at the start of the film contain an error: George Reeves is listed as Brent Tarleton, but plays Stuart, while Fred Crane (actor) is listed as Stuart Tarleton, but plays Brent".

Spelling errors in movie credits are legion: Here are some, including showing Christopher Walken's surname as Wlaken in Annie Hall. Here are some Western credit goofs. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of George Reeves, several first-season episodes (1951) of The Adventures of Superman fell victim to sloppy work on the credits: leaving some guest players off the list vs. listing actors who weren't actually in the guest cast, and so on. Possibly a common problem on early TV, I just know that series pretty well. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:22, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot about GWTW. Actually there was no "Fred Crane". Reeves played both parts simultaneously using his super speed. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:33, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What's always intrigued me is, if he was "faster than a speeding bullet etc", how come he supposedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I thought that only kryptonite could kill him, anyway. I have grave misgivings and am profoundly disturbed. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:40, 1 February 2014 (UTC) [reply]

It was a Kryptonite bullet. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:10, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any examples other than the one Jack has given above. For deliberate pseudonyms, where an actor or director does not want to be credited for some reason, see George Spelvin, Walter Plinge, Alan Smithee and David Agnew. - Karenjc (talk) 19:54, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If "different" includes "fictional" and writing counts, then I think Donald Kaufman fits the bill, in his credits for writing Adaptation_(film) (a movie which I highly recommend) See e.g. here [1], [2], [3]. Apparently it's rather uncommon for a fictional character to be given writing credits, let alone be nominated for awards. SemanticMantis (talk) 23:43, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Categories about amputations and souls

Would category fictional heartless, headless and soulless be appropriate to add for fictional characters? I also added the category fictional characters who absorb souls which is a relatively common super power; and distinct from being un dead. I would appreciate some opinions; let me know if there is a better place to propose categories than here. CensoredScribe (talk) 05:39, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:ANI#CensoredScribe's categories.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:40, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]