Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

Glenn Greenwald
Glenn McDonald
(only because I keep wondering why ILX keeps calling Glenn McD "indefensible")

James Franciscus
Tony Franciosa

^Wow

Gregg Araki
Jon Moritsugu

(may have listed this before)

Coulda sworn I did Franciscus/Franciosa before on this thread but evidently not. One thing that helps me tell them apart is I can easily imagine Tony Franciosa saying “That’s sensational!” but James Franciscus I can’t

Which one was Longstreet, the blind(ed) detective? Believe it is the second one.

Which one was married to Shelley Winters? Less sure of that.

Longstreet = James
Mr Winters = Tony

By the second one I meant James Franciscus. Who did indeed play Longstreet and the other one was married to Shelley Winters, as I suspected but couldn’t be sure of.
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Huh… Franciosa rebounded from Shelley and married the daughter of director William Wellman

Before Tony Franciosa, Shelley Winters was married to Vittorio Gassman for two years!

Huh… Franciosa rebounded from Shelley and married the daughter of director William Wellman

They're nothing alike of course, Franciscus was a bland blond and Franciosa was a scenery chewing NY Italian with a Kirk Douglas chin.

Shelley Winters stayed single for 45 years after the Franciosa thing and then remarried one day before she died

Actually it was James Franciscus who married William Wellman’s daughter! The confusion continues!

Whenever I see a reference to The Thompson Twins, I picture Linda and Richard

Shelley Winters was with Gerry De Ford for 19 years and they married the day before she died. Unmarried /= single.

Josh Brolin
Charles Grodin

G.E. Stinson (ambient zen guitarist)
G.E. Smith (Hall & Oates guitarist)

The Hamburglar
H. R. Puffnstuff

Aargh, Pufnstuf.

Probably already mentioned by Morbius or somebody:

I sure hope so...

Oumou Sangare
Onuma Singsiri

Nothing to do with their names, but I was watching Warning Shot with Stephanie Powers, and I realized I've always mixed her up with Jill St. John--which is not hard to figure out with the connecting thread of Robert Wagner.

ivory and bamboo

How many ounces in a pound.
How many pounds in a stone.

... also I've just found Americans don't use stones at all, only pounds. Something to do with stones being an Imperial measurement and the US being out of the Empire when Imperial measurements were quantified.

I just experienced about 60-90 seconds of Heaven 17/East 17 confusion

Everybody in the house of Temptation

add in some Zapp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J7AOS_7_uk

(to Tom D.’s issue)

There is no doubt a different amount of bounce in a UK/Imperial ounce than a US ounce.

And when in the Southern Hemisphere, remember that the angle of the dangle is directly proportional to the heat of the meat.

I'm another who mixes up Carey Mulligan with Michelle Williams. However, I also get those two confused with Emily Watson, even though she's considerably older.

Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!
Oh! I Always Got Those Two Mixed Up: Future Edition

Otm

I know who paul giamatti is but i always think paul rudd is also paul giamatti.

Lol

Michael Innes
Helen MacInnes

Richard Lester
Richard Donner

...probably because they both directed parts of Superman II - at that point in their careers they converged into one person for me, a super-director who made everything from Beatles cash-in films, segments of the Banana Splits and Lethal Weapon.

And Goonies/Goons!

Rodri
Jorginho

Harry Kane
Prince Harry

The Internet and Reality

George Benson
George Winston

Dom Littlewood
Greg Wallace

Carmine Appice
Vinny Appice

...are somewhat tricky to keep straight, but I really came here to say it has recently come to my attention that in the professional realm, Carmine Appice pronounces his surname a-PIECE, whereas his younger brother Vinny Appice pronounces it APP-a-cee.

I always pronounced it a-PEE-chay, maybe they could compromise on my version? Beck Bogert Appice must have endured some interesting pronounciations in their short-lived time.

apiche?

Stillwater
Sweetwater

I guess I always thought Tcheky Karyo and Elias Koteas were the same actor, for no other reason than they both have Ks in their names