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1. Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)

Francis Carpenter plays dual role
1. Francis
2. Jack

Virginia Lee Corbin plays dual role
1. Virginia
2. Princess Regina

7.8

2. The Play House (1921)

Buster Keaton virtually every role
1. Audience
2. Mr. Brown
3. Stagehand,
4. Orchestra
5. Dance Troupe
..Every Member in the Audience
..All nine members of a minstrel

C!pH3r's rating:

350

8.1

3. The Circus (1928)

Harry Crocker plays three roles
1. Rex (a tightrope walker)
2. A disgruntled property man
3. A clown

C!pH3r's rating:

7.7

7.4

4. The Iron Mask (1929)

William Bakewell plays dual role
1. Louis XIV
2. His twin brother

8.3

6.7

5. Smilin' Through (1932)

Fredric March plays dual role
1. Kenneth Wayne
2. Jeremy Wayne

Norma Shearer plays dual role
1. Kathleen
2. Moonyeen

526

7.7

7.9

6. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Elsa Lanchester plays dual role
1. Mary Shelly
2. The Monster's Mate

C!pH3r's rating:

7.8

7.3

7. Our Relations (1936)

Stan Laurel plays dual role
1. Stan
2. Alf Laure

Oliver Hardy plays dual role
1. Ollie
2. Bert Hardy

3016

7.6

8.2

8. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Frank Morgan has five roles
1. Professor Marvel,
2. The Gatekeeper,
3. The Carriage Driver,
4. The Guard
5. The Wizard of Oz

C!pH3r's rating:

6.7

7.1

9. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Louis Hayward plays dual role
1. Louis XIV
2. Philippe of Gascony

1096

8.3

8.5

10. The Great Dictator (1940)

Charlie Chaplin plays dual role
1. Adenoid Hynkel
2. A Jewish barbe

C!pH3r's rating:

6.5

11. Smilin' Through (1941)

Gene Raymond plays dual role
1. Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne
2. Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne

Jeanette MacDonald plays dual role
1. Kathleen
2. Moonyeen Clare

6.9

6.2

12. Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Red Skelton plays dual role
1. Louis Blore
2. King Louis XV

6.5

7.1

13. Wonder Man (1945)

Danny Kaye plays dual role
1. Edwin Dingle
2. Buzzy Bellew

6.9

7.1

14. A Stolen Life (1946)

Bette Davis plays dual role
1. Kate Bosworth
2. Patricia Bosworth

8.1

7.7

15. The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Bud Abbott plays dual role
1. Cuthbert Greenway
2. Ralph Greenway

261

8.2

16. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Alec Guinness eight plays roles
1. Duke Etherel
2. The Banker
3. Reverend Lord Henry d'Ascoyne
4. General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne
5. Admiral Horatio d'Ascoyne
6. Young Henry d'Ascoyne
7. Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne
8. Lord Ascoyne d'Ascoyne

C!pH3r's rating:

6.6

17. Watch the Birdie (1950)

Red Skelton plays three roles
1. Rusty Cammeron
2. Pop Cammeron
3. Grandpop Cammeron

6.1

6.5

18. My Favorite Spy (1951)

Bob Hope plays dual role
1. Peanuts White
2. Eric Augustine

6.5

5.7

19. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Bud Abbott plays dual role
1. Mr. Dinkel
2. Mr. Dinklepuss

Buddy Baer plays dual role
1. Sgt. Riley
2. The Giant i

5.6

20. The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)

Moira Shearer plays four roles
1. Sylvia
2. Daphne
3. Olga
4. Colette

2094

8.3

8.5

21. Vertigo (1958)

Kim Novak plays dual role
1. Madeline Elster
2. Judy Barton

C!pH3r's rating:

6.8

22. The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Peter Sellers plays three roles
1. Grand Duchess Gloriana XII
2. Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy,
3. Tully Bascombe

5.3

6.8

23. The Scapegoat (1959)

Alec Guinness plays dual role
1. John Barratt
2. Jacques De Gue

290

7.4

7.5

24. The Time Machine (1960)

Alan Young plays dual role
1. David Filby
2. James Filby

370

6.4

6.9

25. The Parent Trap (1961)

Hayley Mills plays dual role
1. Sharon McKendrick
2. Susan Evers

26. The Iron Mask (1962)

Jean-François Poron plays dual role
1. Jean-François Poron
2. Henri / Louis XIV

220

6.6

27. The Nutty Professor (1963)

Jerry Lewis plays three roles
1. Professor Julius Kelp
2. Buddy Love
3. Baby Kelp

6.4

5.3

28. The Old Dark House (1963)

Peter Bull plays dual role
1. Caspar Femm
2. Jasper Femm

2306

8.3

8.6

29. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Wo... (1964)

Peter Sellers plays three roles
1. Group Captain Lionel Mandrake
2. President Merkin Muffley
3. Dr. Strangelove

C!pH3r's rating:

6.9

6.5

30. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Elizabeth Shepherd plays dual role
1. The Lady Rowena Trevanion
2. The Lady Ligeia

2078

7.3

7.7

31. Mary Poppins (1964)

Dick Van Dyke plays dual role
1. Bert
2. Mr. Dawes Sr.

7.5

32. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

Tony Randall plays seven sideshow roles
1. Dr. Lao
2. The Abominable Snowman
3. Merlin the Magi

7.1

4.9

33. Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Elvis Presley plays dual roles
1. Josh Morgan
2. Jodie Tatum

7.2

7.1

34. The Great Race (1965)

Jack Lemmon plays dual role
1. Professor Fate
2. Prince Hapnik

117

6.7

6.8

35. Cat Ballou (1965)

Lee Marvin plays dual role
1. Tim Strawn
2. Kid Shelleen

36. White Comanche (1968)

William Shatner plays dual role
1. Johnny Moon
2. Notah

115

7.7

7.4

37. The Color of Pomegranates (1968)

Sofiko Chiaureli plays four roles
1. Poet as a Youth
2. Poet's Love
3. Poet's Muse
4. Mime

6.3

6.4

38. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

Gene Wilder plays dual role
1. Claude
2. Philippe

Donald Sutherland plays dual role
1. Charles
2. Pierre

6.8

6.9

39. Female Trouble (1974)

Divine plays dual role
1. Dawn Davenport
2. Earl Peterson

834

7.3

7.7

40. Blazing Saddles (1974)

Mel Brooks plays dual role
1. Gov. William J. LePetomaine
2. A Yiddish Indian chief

C!pH3r's rating:

3099

8.1

8.4

41. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

John Cleese plays six roles
1. Sir Lancelot the Brave
2. The Black Knight
3. Tim the Enchanter
4. Second Swallow-Savvy Guard
5. Peasant #3
6. Taunting French Guard

Eric Idle plays seven roles
1. Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot
2. Corpse Collector
3. Roger the Shrubber
4. Peasant #1
5. the First Swamp Castle Guard
6. Concorde
7. Brother Maynar

Terry Jones plays three roles
1. Sir Bedevere
2. Dennis's Mother
3. Prince Herbert

Michael Palin plays seven roles
1. Sir Galahad the Pure
2. First Swallow-Savvy Guard
3. Dennis
4. Peasant #2
5. The King of Swamp Castle
6. Brother Maynard's Brother
7. The Leader of The Knights who say NI!

C!pH3r's rating:

5.9

42. Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Richard Pryor plays three roles
1. Leroy Jones
2. Rufus Jones
3. Reverend Lenox Thomas

6.6

43. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)

Richard Chamberlain plays dual role
1. King Louis XIV
2. Philippe

6.8

5.6

44. Circle of Iron (1978)

David Carradine plays four roles
1. The Blind Man
2. Monkeyman
3. Death
4. Changsha

2052

7.8

8.1

45. Life of Brian (1979)

Graham Chapman plays three roles
1. Brian
2. Biggus Dickus
3. Wise Man #2

John Cleese plays six roles
1. Reg
2. Wise Man #1
3. A Jewish Official
4. A Centurion
5. Deadly Dirk
6. Arthur

C!pH3r's rating:

5.2

46. The 5th Musketeer (1979)

Beau Bridges plays dual role
1. Louis XIV
2. Philippe of Gascony

5.6

6.6

47. Used Cars (1980)

Jack Warden plays dual role
1. Roy L. Fuchs
2. Luke Fuchs

5.7

48. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

Cheech Marin plays dual role
1. Cheech
2. Dwayne 'Red' Mendoza

5.1

49. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Lily Tomlin plays three roles
1. Pat Kramer
2. Judith Beasley
3. Ernestine i

5.6

50. Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)

George Hamilton plays dual role
1. Don Diego Vega
2. Bunny Wigglesworth

This is a list about movies where a single actor has played multiple roles in the same film.

This does NOT include
# Actors who play a character with multiple names and/or a secret identity (e.g. superheroes);
# Actors who play a single character that displays multiple personalities, either as a result of spiritual possession or dissociative identity disorder, or because the character is acting;
# Actors who play multiple copies of a single character(e.g. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix series);
# Non-speaking extras, or stock characters (e.g. Redshirts);
# Voice actors who do not physically appear on screen in multiple roles (e.g. John Rhys Davies as Gimli and Treebeard in the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy - Gimli is on screen, but Treebeard is a voice-only role);
# Compilation films (e.g. Charlie Chaplin Festival), or anthology films with separate, unconnected stories (e.g. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)).

Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers , Peter Sellers, Cheech Marin and Jean-Claude Van Damme are having many multi-role movies while John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Alec Guinness are in few movies with multi-roles but more than four roles

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Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 2:42

Replicant also has Van Damme playing two roles. ;)

SJMJ91

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 4:13

Would you include Sam Rockwell in Moon? He plays one character but there are two of him..

C!pH3r

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 4:19

@SJMJ91
I think he is different than Sam Rockwell.
http://www.listal.com/person/robin-chalk

So its two separate persons.

Shaun

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 5:19

In Start the Revolution Without Me both Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland play dual roles.

C!pH3r

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 5:25

@Shaun,
Thanks for correcting me. Its done :)

Larri

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 5:57

Peter Jackson played a dual role in Bad Taste as Robert the Alien and Derek.

C!pH3r

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 6 6:38

@Larri,
Bad Taste is added to list. Thanks for suggestion

discordany

Posted: 2 years, 4 months ago at Dec 28 22:37

If you're including Bollywood, Don (1978)(Amitabh Bachchan as both Don and Vijay, Don (2006) (Shahrukh Khan as both Don and Vijay), and Om Shanti Om (2007)(Shahrukh Khan as both Om Prakash Makhija and Om Kapoor, and Deepika Padukone as both Shantipriya and Sandy) all have double roles.

KingStefou

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 24 21:37

Youth and Revolt - Michael Cera as Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger

AdamLundy

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 2 15:14

Mulholland Drive has several actors playing dual roles.

brazilfashion

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 25 13:14

Lena Olin plays two roles in "The Reader": Rose Mather / Ilana Mather

There is also that new Adam Sandler movie "Jack and Jill"

Happy Vader

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 26 5:53

Mel Brooks, in Blazing Saddles, also plays another role: A tough, grunting town person!

If you've seen the film, you will know!

amanda

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 26 17:16

Seth Rogen plays multiple roles in Fanboys, and Armie Hammer plays both Winklevoss twins in The Social Network. :)

SJMJ91

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 27 7:40

Just saw this list and it's brilliant. Think I ought to point out that Mike Myers portrays four characters in Austin Powers: Goldmember: Austin, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard and Goldmember.

Film Ninja

Posted: 10 months ago at Jul 25 13:53

Interesting. You'd think there would be even more, since its so convenient (and cheap) to have someone act in multiple roles, especially in super low budget films.

By the way is it in Jean-Claude Van Damme's contract that he MUST play multiple characters in EVERY movie? Sheesh.

JPHOLT

Posted: 7 months ago at Oct 22 2:18

Great list!