6 Degrees of William Shatner

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Snowjourner wrote:

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I had to give in and look. Vaughn's only been in like 3 movies his entire career.

Uh, no, kind of more than that. Linky

Oh, all right...

Vaughn Armstrong was in The Philadelphia Experiment with Glenn Morshower
Glenn Morshower was in Star Trek: Generations with William Shatner

Now, don't screw THIS one up:

Peter Cullen

[Greg Cox]

I give up. Who is Peter Cullen?

(And nobody's biting at Steve McQueen?)

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Here you go.

[Greg Cox]

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

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Here you go.

Ah. Guess I need to bone up on my voice actors.

Although I can probably be forgiven for not recognizing him as readily as, say, Bruce Willis or Keanu Reeves . . . or even Harlan Ellison!

[sojourner]

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

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Uh, no, kind of more than that. Linky

No, not really. Lots of TV. Only about 3 movies.

[Gaith]

I, the Gaithmeister, was an extra in Just Like Heaven, sharing a shot or two with Reese Witherspoon, who was in the 1998 Twilight, whose cast included Paul Newman, who appeared in 1964's The Outrage, in which the Shat also appeared.

This gives me a Shatner score of 3.

[Greg Cox]

Gaith wrote:

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I, the Gaithmeister, was an extra in Just Like Heaven, sharing a shot or two with Reese Witherspoon, who was in the 1998 Twilight, whose cast included Paul Newman, who appeared in 1964's The Outrage, in which the Shat also appeared.

This gives me a Shatner score of 3.

Hah! Very good.

Come to think of it, I appear onscreen in the Bonus Features of the WRATH OF KHAN, so does that give me a Shatner score of 1?

[CorporalClegg]

Greg Cox wrote:

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(And nobody's biting at Steve McQueen?)

The only thing I can think of is LeVar was in The Hunter, if memory serves.

[Greg Cox]

CorporalClegg wrote:

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The only thing I can think of is LeVar was in The Hunter, if memory serves.

Okay, here goes:

Shatner and Yul Brynner in The Brothers Karamazov.

Brynner and Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven.

Two degrees.

Next: Elvis Presley. (Two degrees.)

[BennyRussel]

Elvis Presley was in Clambake with Angelique Pettyjohn

Angelique was on TOS (2 degrees)

Next: Cybill Shepherd (3 degrees)

[Kevin W.]

Cybill Shepherd was in The Last Picture Show with Noble Willingham who was in Big Bad Mama with William Shatner.

Alec Baldwin.

[BennyRussel]

Kevin W. wrote:

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Cybill Shepherd was in The Last Picture Show with Noble Willingham who was in Big Bad Mama with William Shatner.

Alec Baldwin.

1. Nice - and totally different from my route
2. Alec Baldwin

A fun way to do it:
Alec Baldwin was in The Departed with Martin Sheen (1)
Martin Sheen was in Cadence with Charlie Sheen (2)
Charlie Sheen was in Platoon with Tony Todd (3)
Tony Todd was on Star Trek TNG with Michael Dorn(4)
Michael Dorn was in TUC with Shat (5)

Jodie Foster

[Kevin W.]

nvm

[T'Girl]

BennyRussel wrote:

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Angelique was on TOS (2 degrees)

I thought it was only movie roles?

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

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Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen was in Gremlins with Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks was in Airplane with Robert Hays
Robert Hays was in Airplane Two with William Shatner.

Three.

John Wayne.

[Trekker4747]

John Wayne ----> Dennis Hopper (True Grit (1969).)
Dennis Hopper ----> Glen Morshowser (24, Season 1.)
Glen Morshowser ----> Patrick Stewart (TNG, Season 2, "Peak Performance.")
Patrick Stewart ----> Leonard Nimoy (TNG, Season 5, "Unification I/II.")
Leonard Nimoy ----> William Shatner (TOS Series and Related Movies.)

EDIT. Movies only?! That strikes me as too limiting, but whatever.

John Wayne ----> Dennis Hopper (True Grit (1969).)
Dennis Hopper ----> Sandra Bullock (Speed.)
Sandra Bullock ----> William Shatner (Miss Congeniality.)

(Which actually got it done quicker, I guess, without having to think along a "Star Trek" connection. Still, Shatner has more TV work than film work, meh. Whatever.)

Bradley Cooper