young fogeys

[davidb]

as a complete spin on actors playing teenagers ,what about actors who have played someone older than they actually are . clive dunn is the most obvious one ,i think hes only now the age he was meant to be in dads army playing corporal jones

[wadsy]

Moore Marriott.

[Chevyman]

Al Pacino

Marlon Brando

Dustin Hoffman

[Harleybloke]

David Jason as 'Blanco' in 'Porridge'?

[batman]

John Laurie in The 39 Steps.

[dpgmel]

Robert Donat in parts of Goodbye Mr Chips

[davidb]

steve delaney being count arthur strong ,a forgetful old showbiz luvvie [ame="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QNfF78jb4"]http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QNfF78jb4[/ame]

[CaptainWaggett]

name='batman']John Laurie in The 39 Steps.

I don't think he's meant to be elderly in that - just older than Peggy Ashcroft who one one assumes is meant to be about 20. He's not greyed-up anyway.



How about Dick Van Dyke's cameo as the ancient banker in Mary Poppins?

[Windthrop]

Miles Malleson through out his career



Laird Cregar - the ultimate example in many ways



Robert Morley



Orson Welles - the old man in Citizen Kane

[dpgmel]

...and Alec Guiness in most of his roles in " Kind Hearts and Coronets "

[Harleybloke]

Didn't Dustin Hoffman play a really old Indian? 'Little Big Man' was it?

[Chevyman]

name='Harleybloke']Didn't Dustin Hoffman play a really old Indian? 'Little Big Man' was it?

Yep. Forgot to say in my post but that's why I mentioned him



Pacino and Brando were for their roles in The Godfather trilogy

[batman]

name='CaptainWaggett']I don't think he's meant to be elderly in that - just older than Peggy Ashcroft who one one assumes is meant to be about 20. He's not greyed-up anyway.

He's meant to be old enough to be mistaken for Peggy's dad and, regardless of whether he's greyed up or not, he looks like an old fogey.

[Dave Homewood]

Roger Livesey in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp



Stephanie Cole in many things, including Waiting For God



Kenneth Waller in Bread

[HelenD]

Estelle Getty (Sophia) is 15½ months younger than Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy), even though Sophia is Dorothy's mother.



Helen

[EHV_Emmetts]

Ronnie Barker in various roles - especially when he played that old Colonel type in all those saucy silent 'what-the-butler-saw' sketches from the Two Ronnies.

[Dandy Forsdyke]

name='HelenD']Estelle Getty (Sophia) is 15½ months younger than Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy), even though Sophia is Dorothy's mother.



Helen

Was, very sadly.

[stuart.scot]

Leslie Howard in Secrets



John Mills in The Wrong Box



Angela Lansbury in The Mirror Cracked

[davidb]

lionel jeffries played dick van dykes dad in chitty chitty bang bang ,even though hes a year younger then dvd !

[Joenoir]

name='batman']He's meant to be old enough to be mistaken for Peggy's dad and, regardless of whether he's greyed up or not, he looks like an old fogey.

The Bat has spoken!