Do You Know This Southpaw? 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

Richard did a great job of portraying the Senator and rival of Andrew Shepherd in "The American President". Dreyfuss' credits include "American Graffitt", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Jaws", "Stand by Me," "Stake Out", and "What about Bob". He was born on October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York.

Answer: Roger E. Mosley

T.C. stood for Theodore Calvin on the 1980 to 1988 hit TV series "Magnum P.I." TC, Larry and Magnum all served in the Vietnam War together. T.C. owned his own helicopter company called "Island Hoppers". Mosley was born on December 18, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA.

He guest starred on TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger" in the episode "Justice Delayed" and portrayed Temple's father on the TV series "The District".

Answer: Fred MacMurray

Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois. MacMurray began his film career in the 1920s and continued to make films through the 1980s. His most remembered movies were Walt Disney productions such as "The Shaggy Dog", "The Absent-Minded Professor", and "The Happiest Millionaire".

He also was in the hit TV series "My Three Sons" that lasted from 1960 to 1972. I guess you could say, I will always remember him as Steve Douglas and his roles in the original Walt Disney movies.

He died November 5, 1991.

Answer: Dan Aykroyd

Aykroyd was one of seven members who made the orginal "Saturday Night Live", and it was this group of unknowns who would became famous and their classic episodes live on. The Blues Brothers' comedy skit became well known in the "Saturday Night Live" episodes and a 1980 movie was also made of the same name. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were a great team and went on to make a few movies together. Aykroyd continued writing, producing, directing and acting in films. Dan was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Answer: Peter Graves

Graves portrayed Jim Phelps. He made a guest appearance in the TV series "House MD" and portrayed "The Colonel" as Steven's father on the TV series "7th Heaven". He was born March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Answer: Gabe Kaplan

(1975) Kaplan portrayed Mr. Kotter. He was the original sweathog who came back to Brooklyn to teach, and was placed with the Sweathogs. The group consisted of Vinnie Barbarino (John Travolta), Arnold Horseshack, "Boom Boom" Washington, and Epstein. Kaplan portrayed "Groucho" Marx in a movie of the same name and was a host for the "2002 World Series of Poker". Gabe was born on March 31, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York.

Answer: Carol Burnett

Burnett hosted "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967). She was famous for her slapstick routines. She also appeared in the TV version of "Once Upon a Mattress". Carol was born on April 26 1933 in San Antonio, Texas.

Answer: Bronson Pinchot

(1984) Pinchot portrayed the part of Serge very well and it was great to see him return in part 3 of the movie trilogy. Bronson also was in "The First Wives Club" and guest starred in "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", "3rd Rock from the Sun" and "Step by Step", "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". He was born on May 20 1959 in New York, New York.

Answer: Andrew McCarthy

McCarthy portrayed Blane in "Pretty in Pink". Many may remember he was commonly referred to as a member of the Brat Pack in the 1980s. Some of his credits include the movies "Mannequin" (1987) and "Weekend at Bernies I& II". He also made guest appearance on various TV series including "Amazing Stories", "Law and Order SVU, and "The Twilight Zone".

In 2003, he co-starred in a TV movie titled "Straight from the Heart". He was born on November 29, 1962 in New York, New York.

Answer: Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas started this catch phrase that was more or less his trade mark, on the hit TV series "Kojak"(1973). In addition, he did a sequence of TV movies during the 1980's based on the series "Kojak". His real name is Aristotelis Savalas and he was born to Greek immigrants on January 21, 1924 in Garden City, Long Island, New York and died the day after his 70th birthday on January 22, 1994 of bladder cancer.