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zincdeclercq t1_j9mcav0 wrote

That’s gotta be the most unfortunate name ever. It sounds like dude’s mom named him after a wacky alien sidekick on a cartoon.

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walltowallgreens t1_j9mvuxv wrote

TIL At the end of Joe Dirt when Christopher Walken's character changes names again, the writers were referencing Goldfinger.

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scopeless t1_j9mvy1b wrote

This is the fake name of Christopher Walken’s character in Joe Dirt.

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Thecna2 t1_j9n2966 wrote

He joined the Nazis when he was 16, but left before the war started at the age of 24, eventually he was drafted. So I'm guessing he matured a bit and realised it was all a bit stupid. And the ban only lasted a few months until the revelation about hiding some Jews came out

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Double_Distribution8 t1_j9n9bh3 wrote

This is just like that guy (Ernie) who ran the morgue in "Return of the Living Dead". Turns out he was very likely an ex-Nazi, carried a Luger and even had the audacity to hang a poster of Eva Braun on his wall. He also listened to German music on his walkman, and even whispered in German as he watched the rain fall outside. And also (obviously) had a crematorium (ugh), and he sure seemed to enjoy his job.

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theartfulcodger t1_j9nkqbv wrote

Some might remember that in The Longest Day, Gert was the fat, mule-riding German soldier fetching water, who was knocked on his ass by the first salvo of the Allies’ naval bombardment at dawn on D-Day.

I worked with him on a children’s tv series, The Little Vampire; delightful man & a skilled vaudeville-style comedian.

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res30stupid t1_j9nzyfu wrote

Replying to DroolingIguana (#1,931,729)

To be fair, the Bond films did a lot of post-production dubbing of all the actors, which can be pretty noticable in the first film Dr No because they used only a handful of actors for the voiced dialog.

All but two women who were important to the plot were voiced by the same woman and a few male voices were reused as well; you'll notice that when Bond and a roadworker are overlooking the crash site from when the Three Blind Mice tried to kill Bond, he's got the same voice as Quarrel.

This actually ended up fucking up a BBC show, actually. They cast Adolfo Celi due to his role in Thunderball, but they didn't know he was dubbed over by a voice-actor because his English was near-incomprehensible.

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Greene_Mr t1_j9o0jya wrote

Replying to res30stupid (#1,935,740)

Actually, Quarrel's actor dubbed himself, since he lived in Europe and was able to -- Peter Hunt, the film's editor, confirmed it (and I've heard John Kitzmiller's voice in other films; it's him). But I'm pretty sure the roadworker was dubbed by Robert Rietty.

Robert Rietty dubbed almost every male side character in Dr. No; Nikki Van Der Zyl dubbed every female side character. Barbara Jeffords voiced Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love; Michael Collins voiced Goldfinger. And, yes, Rietty voiced Celi in Thunderball; he also dubbed Tetsuro Tamba in You Only Live Twice.

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Gargomon251 t1_j9ocn9p wrote

Wait a minute why do I know someone named gertbfrobe or something like that? Like an artist or a YouTuber or something

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Thecna2 t1_j9rfxf8 wrote

Replying to NYstate (#1,945,714)

I mean, we're just guessing, he could have loved being a Nazi but didnt like the annual membership fees. I suspect though that he did have a change of heart, especially once he saw what was building up.

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