An ol=
der gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery an=
d he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the opera=
tion.
As he was about to get the anesthesia, h=
e asked to speak to his son. "Yes, Dad, what is it?"
"Don’t be nervous, son; do your best, and just r=
emember if it doesn’t go well, if something happens to me and I d=
on’t make it, know that your mother is going to come and&nb=
sp;live with you and your wife for the rest of her life."
~~ANSWERS to Actors’ Starring Roles Quiz=
~~
T.E. Lawrence =3D Peter O’Toole=
(Lawrence of Arabia, 1962)
1. Tom Joad =
=3D Henry Fonda (Grap=
es of Wrath, 1940)
2. Sam Spade =3D Humphrey Bogart (Maltese Falcon, 1941)
3. George M. Cohan =3D James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942)
4. George B=
ailey =3D James Stewa=
rt (It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946)
5. Terry Malloy =3D Marlon Brando (On the W=
aterfront, 1954)=
 =
; &n=
bsp;  =
;
6. Jim Stark =3D James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause, 1955)
7=
=2E Ethan Edwards =3D John Wayne (The Searchers 1956)
=
8. Henry Drummond =3D Spencer Tracy (Inherit the =
Wind, 1960)
9. Virgil Tibbs =3D Sidney Poitier (In the Heat of the Night, 1967)
&nbs=
p;
10. Ratso Rizzo =3D Dustin Hoffman (Midnight Cowboy, 1969)
11. Harry C=
alahan =3D Clint East=
wood (Dirty Harry, 1971)
12. Randle Patrick “R.P.”=
; McMurphy =3D Jack N=
icholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975)
13. So=
nny Wortzik =3D Al Pa=
cino (Dog Day Afternoon, 1975)
14. Tony Manero =3D John Travolta (Saturday Night F=
ever, 1977)
15. Jake La Motta =3D Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, 1980)
16. Hannibal Lecter =3D Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
17. Phil Con=
nors =3D Bill Murray =
(Groundhog Day, 1993)=
18. Chuck Noland =3D Tom Hanks (Cast Awar, 2000)
19. Bill Cutting =3D Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York, 2002)
20. Jack Sparro=
w =3D Johnny Depp (Pi=
rates of the Caribbean, 2003)
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Lo=
ve!"