The poor mans actor

Do I really need to say it?

Kevin Federline was the poor man's dog shit.

Jennifer Lawrence is a poor mans Tara Reid.

Joan Davis was the poor man's Lucille Ball

Jayne Mansfield was the poor man's Marilyn.

There were lots of those. All the studios were desperate to discover the new Marilyn.

Oh no R4, Joan died young but she was her own talented self. Jim Backus spoke quite lovingly of her in his old age.

That being said, Sheree North was the poor-man's Monroe.

Yeah, Joan Davis was a successful comedienne long before Lucy turned to comedy. But her TV show was a none too subtle imitation of I Love Lucy.

Deirdre Hall's Electra Woman was the poor man's version of Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman.

Thank you R8, I had not known that about Joan Davis! I based my comment on those long-ago interviews I saw with Jim Backus!

Wikipedia gives a brief history of I Married Joan and says "I Married Joan was aimed at the viewers who watched I Love Lucy, which had debuted the previous year and was already television's top-rated situation comedy. I Love Lucy and I Married Joan even employed the same director in each show's first season, namely Marc Daniels."

So back to the thread, Stephanie Beacham (aka Sable Colby) was a poor mans Joan Collins.

And going back even further, Anna Sten was a poor mans Greta Garbo.

Christian Slater is the poor man's Jack Nicholson.

I've heard it said Keith David is the poor man's James Earl Jones, but that's really unfair. Keith is awesome on his own.

Pia Zadora is the poor man's Rula Lenska.

David Duchovny was the poor man's Richard Gere, (until he got his own successful tv show).

Christopher Norris was the poor man's Ryan O'Neal

Willa Ford was the poor man's Britney Spears

Skid Row was the poor man's Guns n Roses

Danni Minogue was the poor man's Kylie Minogue

Gail McCormick was the poor man's Janis Joplin

Oh actors? Oops sorry. I was branching out into music.

Fankie Grandé is the poor man's Ross Mathews; both are the poor man's Tinkerbell.

If you've never seen Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo you should check out a minute or two of this short clip from Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Petrillo especially does an astonishingly outrageous rip-off of Martin and Lewis. 20 seconds in there is some 50s beefcake. 20 seconds after that Lugosi comes on.

Lewis positively detested Petrillo and I think at one point sued him, although I'm open to correction on that.

Skeet Ulrich for Johnny Depp.

Haley Bennett for Jennifer Lawrence

Brad Rowe for Brad Pitt

Donald Trump for Silvio Berlusconi

Jason Miller was the poor man's Peter Falk

Sandra Bullock is the poor man's Julia Roberts

Susanna Foster was the poor man's Deanna Durbin.

Kathryn Grayson at the beginning was the poor man's Jeannette MacDonald.

Jane Powell was the poor man's Kathryn Grayson.

r15 Gayle was a terrific singer. She was not a poor man's anything or anyone.

Gina Lollobrigida was the poor man's Sophia Loren.

Ruth Roman was the poor man's Ava Gardner

Mary Wickes was no one's poor man's anything! She was the TOPS.

^ I agree.

R14, Christopher Norris is an actress. Did you mean Christopher Connolly? I think he played Ryans brother on Peyton Place.

Scott Wolf was the poor man's Tom Cruise

Vera Hruba Ralston was the poor man's Sonja Henie

Anna Sten was the poor man's Greta Garbo

Sally Ann Howes was the poor man's Julie Andrews

In the 90s, Lara Flynn Boyle was the poor man's Winona Ryder

And Moira Kelly was the poor man's Lara Flynn Boyle

Bette Midler has pretty much been the poor man's Barbra Streisand her entire career.

Who could possibly confuse The Divine Miss M with Julie Budd and Lainie Kazan, r31?

I'm not a fan of either and think they're about equal in talent, but based on what one accepted after the other turned it down, Richard Gere really is the poor man's Travolta.

I always confuse Moira Kelly and Maura Tierney.

Jean Simmons was the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor

Dennis Haysbert is the poor man's Denzel Washington

Agree about Mary Wickes, poor man my ass! First saw her in Now Voyager, through Lucy and Sister Act. Had the honor of meeting her.

r30 I thought Moira was terrific in Fire Walk With Me. She did a fine job filling in for Lara Flynn Boyle.

Daytime soaps are full of these. I've only caught a few minutes of each but there was an obvious supermarket version of Brad Pitt in a couple of them.

[quote]Mary Wickes was the poor mans Margaret Hamilton.

Mary Wickes was not a poor man's ANYTHING!

Thelma Ritter was the poor man's Thelma Ritter.

Gordon Ramsay is like a home-brand version of Alf Garnett. (Nevermind the cooking stuff. We all know the food part of Gordon's show is the irrelevant bit)

Ida Lupino was said to be the poor man's Bette Davis when they were both under contract to Warner Bros. because Ida got roles that Bette turned down. However Ida declined to renew her contract in the late 1940s when Bette was washed up, so that she could have been the new Bette Davis. Ida had her sights on better things, like wanting to direct.

Thelma Ritter was merely a NATIONAL TREASURE. If you can find Cukor's "The Model and The Marriage Broker," take a look. She's really the star of that.

'Tippi' Hedren is the poor man's Grace Kelly.

Joey Heatherton is the poor man's Ann-Margret.

Lori Singer is the poor man's Daryl Hannah.

Susan Anton is the poor man's Farrah Fawcett.

Jayne Mansfield is the poor man's Marilyn Monroe.

Laird Cregar is the poor man's Vincent Price.

Robert Hutton is the poor man's Jimmy Stewart.

Didn't Raymond Burr claim, early on, that he was related to Laird Cregar? Ray did n fact conjure up a fictional dead wife AND son.

I've heard it said that Joan Collins was the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor.

Joan being poor man's Liz, so true. Heard it many times. I think she even said that herself.

Joan and Jean Simmons have both been called that.

Before Fox decided to turn Cleopatra into a big budget epic, it began filming with Joan. I doubt any of her footage survives but here is her screentest.

Lee Meriweather was the Poor Man's Julie Newmar

[quote] Gina Lollobrigida was the poor man's Sophia Loren.

Comparing Sophia to me is like comparing the crow to the peacock.

Just the reverse OP:

Margaret Hamilton was the poor man's Mary Wickes

Mamie Van Doren was the poor man's Jayne Mansfield, who was of course the poor man's Marilyn.

Nora Dunn was the poor man's Joyce DeWitt.

Heather Thomas was the poor man's Farrah. Towards the end of her career she was also the poor man's Heather Locklear.

Marjorie Main was the poor man's Mary Wickes

Troy Donahue was the poor man's, non-gay Tab Hunter

Josh Lucas was the poor man's McBongo

Jean Simmons was hardly the "poor man's Elizabeth Taylor." For one thing, she was classically trained as an actress (she played Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in his film) and she was just better at her craft in general. Taylor only gave a few really fine performances.

Joan Collins, OTOH, most certain was the "poor man's Taylor."

Correction: "most certainly was"

Jim Belushi a poor man's John Belushi (and poor excuse for a human being for his unabashed and arrogant willingness to take over his dead brother's legacy. It would be one thing if he had the same "it" factor his brother had, which he clearly did not.)

[quote]Jim Belushi a poor man's John Belushi (and poor excuse for a human being for his unabashed and arrogant willingness to take over his dead brother's legacy. It would be one thing if he had the same "it" factor his brother had, which he clearly did not.)

A topic like this, sibling poor-man's actor, deserves its own thread. When you can't get Alec Baldwin, call Stephen.

Skeet Ulrich the poor man's Johnny Depp

Gary Busey is the poor mans Nick Nolte and Nick Nolte is the poor mans Gary Busey

Hope Lange was the poor man's Eva Marie Saint.

Lana Wood was the poor man's Natalie Wood.

Neil Connery was the poor man's Sean Connery.

Walter Slezak was the poor man's Sydney Greenstreet. That does not mean that Slezak wasn't an excellent actor.

R28 YES! Sorry. Christopher Norris starred in the MOW Mr and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones.

Mariska Hargitay was the poor man's Sandra Bullock. Until Mariska struck it rich with SVU.

Rena Sofer was the poor man's Demi Moore.

Valerie Mahaffey was the poor man's Julie Hagerty.

Or was it the other way around?

Or were they the same person?

Harve Presnell was the poor man's Howard Keel.

Melabia Trump is the poor man's Michele Duvalier.

Suzanne Somers was the poor mans Farrah Fawcett

Stephen McHattie was the poor mans Lance Henriksen

Frank Stallone was the poor mans Sly Stallone

Hayden Christensen is the poor man's Leonardo DiCaprio.

Tina Louise was the poor man's Ann Margret

Correction: Hayden Christensen is the poor man's Ryan Philippe who is the poor man's Leonardo DiCaprio

Emma Stone WAS the poor mans LiLo. Now it's reversed.

That's provided Lilo even ever gets work again.

Maurice Chevalier is the poor man's Pepe LePew

Sissy Spacek was the poor man's Billy Mumy.

Ryan Reynolds is the poor man's Ryan O'Neal who is the poor man's Robert Redford.

[quote]Pia Zadora is the poor man's Rula Lenska.

Janeane Garofalo is the poor man's Pia Zadora who is the poor man's Rula Lenska.

The Flintstones are the poor man's The Honeymooners

[quote]Scott Wolf was the poor man's Tom Cruise

Mark Wahlberg has since taken over the role of "Poor Man's Tom Cruise."

Julie Andrews was and is the poor man's Angela Lansbury.

Zhang Ziyi is the poor man's Gong Li.

'President' Chump. He's his own poor man's idea of a rich man.

Jennifer Esposito is the poor man's Maria Tomei

I thought Katharine McPhee was gojng to be the poor man's J Lo, but her singing career sort of stalled so I guess not.

They call me the poor man's Gary Coleman, but I got to hang out with the real Michael Jackson instead of just an impersonator, and my parents didn't waste my money from my show, and I'm still alive and don't have a criminal record.

J.Lo is the poor man's Iris Chacon.

Barbara Cook was the poor man's Shirley Jones.

According to her bio, Shirley is still getting good dick. And Barbara, well she's not getting any now.

She may have had a gay son, but I had sons gay men actually wanted.

Corey Feldman was the poor man's Michael Jackson. (circa 1989)

He was also the poor man's Corey Haim.

Corey Haim was the poor man's River Phoenix.

Then Leo DiCaprio became the poor man's River Phoenix.

Then Michael Pitt became the poor man's Leo DiCaprio.

Mariah Carey is the poor man's Whitney Houston.

Meghan Trainor is the poor man's Amy Winehouse.

Twister Sister was the poor man's KISS.

Bryce Dallas Howard is the poor man's Jessica Chastain.

Rooney Mara is the poor man's Noomi Rapace.

[quote]Twister Sister was the poor man's KISS.

KISS was the poor man's Queen.

[quote]Meghan Trainor is the poor man's Amy Winehouse.

Amy was the poor man's Dusty Springfield.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is the poor man's Ricky Schroder.

George Zucco is the poor mans John Carradine

John Carradine is the poor mans Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill is the poor mans Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi is the poor man's Boris Karloff.

Aaron Tveit is the poor man's Neil Patrick Harris

Danny Pintauro is the poor man's Chad Allen

[quote]Aaron Tveit is the poor man's Neil Patrick Harris

And as Danny Zuko in [italic]Grease[/italic], he's the Pat Boone to John Travolta's Elvis.

David Carradine was the poor man's Bruce Lee.

But then Jackie Chan is too.

So was poor Brandon Lee.

Come to think of it, Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Damme and all the rest of it as well.

Drake and Josh were the poor man's Kenan and Kel, who were the poor man's Abbott and Costello, who were the poor man's Laurel and Hardy.

Kirk Cameron was the poor man's Michael J. Fox

Eric and Donald Jr are the poor man's Uday and Qsay.

Ivanka is the poor man's Imelda Marcos who was the poor man's Evita Peron.

Trump is a poor man's Hitler.

The Ritz Brothers were the poor mans Marx Brothers.

Olsen and Johnson were the poor mans Abbott and Costello

Most female sitcom stars of the past 60 years are either the poor man's Lucy, the poor man's Mary Tyler Moore, or the poor man's Bea Arthur.

Tracey Ullman is the poor man's British Carol Burnett.

Jim Carrey is the poor man's Andy Kaufmann.

Scott Eastwood is the poor man's Brad Pitt, alongside oh, so many other pretenders to the Pitt-meister's crown.

Sam Claflin is the poor man's Hugh Grant.

Jonah Hill is what happened when funding ran out for a mad scientist's experiment to cross Mindy Cohn with Curly the Stooge.

Yvonne DeCarlo was the poor man's Ava Gardner. A 2nd to Ruth Roman as well.

Lizbeth Scott and Gloria Graham were the poor man's Barbara Stanwyck.

Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster were each other's poor man.

[quote]Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster were each other's poor man.

That's why they made [italic]Tough Guys[/italic] together at Touchstone, the poor man's Paramount.

Sada Thompson was the poor man's Maureen Stapleton

Elaine Stritch was the poor man's Eileen Brennan

Miriam Margolyes is the poor man's British Margo Martindale

Judy Knaiz was the poor man's Jo Anne Worley

Patti LuPone is the poor man's Ethel Merman (if Ethel had flashed her tits)

Christine Ebersole is the poor man's Mary Martin

[quote] Christine Ebersole is the poor man's Mary Martin (if Mary were a paranoid lunatic).

Fixed.

Stepinfetchit is the poor mans Mantan Moreland.

Donald J. Trump is the poor man.

Audra MacDonald is the poor man's Marian Anderson.

No, Audra MacDonald is the poor man's Viola Davis.

^^^ in terms of clout and acting roles. Not singing.

Connie Stevens is the poor man's Yvette Mimieux, who was the poor man's Sandra Dee.

Amy Schumer is the poor man's Miss Piggy.

I thought Yvette Mimieux was the poor man's Brigitte Bardot.

Was Deana Durbin the poor man's Judy Garland, or the other way round?

They used to say that Deanna Durbin was the poor man's Judy Garland, but that was never true because their styles were very different. Deanna's voice was operatic, Judy's was based in jazz/musical theater.

Fernando Lamas was the poor mans Ricardo Montalbán

John Heard was the poor mans Ryan O'Neal

Judd Hirsch was the poor mans Dustin Hoffman

William Smith was the poor mans Charles Bronson

Lana Cantrell was the second rate, watered down lesbian version of Barbra Streisand.

Vincent Spano is the poor man's Nicolas Cage

Adrienne Shelly was the poor man's Roseanna Arquette

Austin Pendleton is the poor man's Woody Allen

Gladys Kravitz is the poor man's Michelle Obama.

Dick Sargent is the poor man's Dick York.

Francoise Dorleac was the poor man's Catherine Deneuve

Burns and Schreiber. They kept trying to make them happen, together and individually, in the late 60s/early 70s.

Surprise anal is the poor man's dinner and a show.

Catherine Deneuve is the poor man's Francoise Dorleac

Gloria Jean is the poor man s Deanna Durbin

Mitzi Gaynor is the poor man's Betty Grable, who was the poor man's Alice Faye.

Steve Forrest is the poor man's Dana Andrews, and also brother.

Gloria Blondell is the poor man's Joan Blondell.

Hope Lange and Jean Simmons are not the poor man's anything!

Michael Parks is the poor man's James Dean, who was the poor man's Brando.

Peabo Bryson was the poor man's Luther Vandross.

Always get them confused.

Prank Bryson was also the poor man's Donnie Hathaway. Luther might have been too, really.

Stupid autocorrect. That's PEABO not Prank.

May I use "Prank Bryson"? I've been looking for a nom de theatre.

Cornel Wilde was the poor mans Errol Flynn.

Peter Berg was the poor man's Ethan Hawke.

I hope Jerry Lewis sued the pants off that Sammy Petrillo guy. I'm pissed for him.

[quote]May I use "Prank Bryson"? I've been looking for a nom de theatre.

Sorry, it's taken.

Prank Bryson could never be as funny as Jackie On assistance though.

Florence Henderson, a poor man's Shirley Jones

Eddie Fisher, a poor man's Dean Martin

John Mellencamp, poor man's Bruce Springsteen

Dave Clark Five a poor man's early Beatles

Bad Finger a poor man's later Beatles

This thread started well, but then it went way downhill because people started making no sense.

Pia Zadora was a poor man's Bo Derek, I'd say. But neither was a good actress. At least Pia can belt out standards and showtunes.

Brad Pitt poor man's Robert Redford

Monica Bellucci is poor man's Isabelle Adjani

Charlize Theron, a poor man's Sharon Stone

Where's Sharon's Oscar°?

Sleep 'n Eat is the poor mans version of Snowflake.

Didn't Theron showed her cooze too? I was talking about their looks nothing else. I don't find either of them talented.

Donald Trump is the poor man's Ronald McDonald, only with lots more orange makeup.

R154, you saw Monster and were not impressed?

John Holmes, a poor man's Milton Berle

Milton Berle, a poor man's Forrest Tucker.

Telly Savalas is the poor mans Yul Brynner.

Liam Neeson a poor man's Mel Gibson (Gibson was supposed to star in Missing, but he lost the role due to his mouth- and effed up mind)

Holly Hunter is the poor man's Jodie Foster.

R156

for Academy Award, Samantha Morton was by miles better.

for Bafta too Imelda Stanton deservingly won the award.

and for Golden Globes drama, Cate Blanchet was better.

^ All superior actors with better performances.

Helen Hunt is the poor man's Jodie Foster.

Monica Potter is the poor man's Julia Roberts Kyra Sedwiche (don't know how to spell her last name) is the poor man's Julia Roberts.

Michael Schoeffling is the poor man's Matt Dillon.

James Arness is the poor man'sJohn Wayne

Cliff Robertson is the poor man's Jack Lemmon

Inger Stevens is the poor man's Dina Merrill who is the poor man's Grace Kelly

Inger Stevens is the poor man's Ingrid Bergman.

Leonard Frey is the poor man's Austin Pendleton

Mary Frann is the poor man's Suzanne Pleshette

Looks wise, Jay Harrington is the Aldi version of Jon Hamm

I always thought Nancy Dussault was the poor man's version of Bonnie Franklin

Sharon Stone is the poor man's Kim Basinger.

Kim Basinger turned down the iconic role of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, which later went to Sharon Stone

Mary Wickes was the poor man's Brett Somers. And so was Brett Somers.

Margot Robbie is poor man's Jaime Pressly

Anna Maria Alberghetti is the poor man's Gina Lollabrigida.

*Lollobrigida

Giselle McKenzie is the poor man's Carmelita Pope.

Lynn Redgrave was the poor man's Vanessa Redgrave.

[quote]This thread started well, but then it went way downhill because people started making no sense.

Welcome to Datalounge.

Vanessa Redgrave is as poor an excuse for a human being as Anita Bryant.

Stockard Channing is the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor. Tracey Ullman is poor man to no one.

r180 Vanessa pays her bills though.

Tony Randall and Jack Klugman were the poor man's Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

[quote]Stockard Channing is the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor

WFT? How do their names even come up in the same sentence? Stockard Channing is to Liz Taylor as a Darfur orphan is to the Queen of England.

Bill Pullman is the poor man's MIchael Douglas

Ok I'll say it R1. M is the poor man's Vanessa Redgrave.

I don't know if Penelope Cruz is the poor man's Salma Hayek, or if Salma Hayek is the poor man's Penelope Cruz. They're indistinguishable.

[quote] Tony Randall and Jack Klugman were the poor man's Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Right on!

[quote]Holly Hunter is the poor man's Jodie Foster.

I thought that Holly Hunter was more a poor man's Sissy Spacek. Jodie always seemed a bit more aloof than Holly.

Linda Lavin was the poor man's Ellen Burstyn

R188 Seconded!

And Polly Holliday was the poor man's Diane Ladd until Diane actually joined the cast of [italic]Alice[italic] and became the poor man's Polly Holliday, essentially becoming the poor man's version of herself.

[/italic]Matthew Perry is the poor man's Jason Bateman.

Joel Higgins is the heterosexual man's Joel Grey.

Elizabeth Banks is the poor man's Parker Posey or maybe the rich man's Parker Posey?

Persia White was the poor man's Lisa Bonet

Zoe Saldana is a poor man's Thandie Newton

Stephen Dorff was the poor man's Christian Slater who was the poor man's Jack Nicholson

This one's slightly obscure: Rainbow Harvest was the poor man's Winona Ryder

[quote] Dick Sargent is the poor man's Dick York.

Split the difference and throw in some blond hair and you got Dick Christie.

God hep me. The olds have taken over this thread. I'm 45 and about 75% of these references are waaaay before my time.

Like "Mary Pickford was the poor man's Clara Bow".

"Calvin Coolidge was the poor man's Herbert Hoover."

[quote]"Calvin Coolidge was the poor man's Herbert Hoover."

Actually you have it backwards. It was Hoover who was the poor man's Coolidge.

[quote] I always thought Nancy Dussault was the poor man's version of Bonnie Franklin

Bonnie was just a poor man's version of me.

Nena Hagen and Lene Lovich seem like they're probably poor man's versions of each other, but I don't know which way. But both are the poor man's version of Siouxsie Sioux.

[quote] Maurice Chevalier is the poor man's Pepe LePew

Actually Pepe LePew is the poor man's Charles Boyer.

The Darfur Orphan is the poor man's Olsen twins.

The Olsen Twins were the poor man's Buffy and Jody from [italic]Family Affair[/italic].

Leo DiCaprio is the poor man's Alain Delon

It offers James Mason, an actor who couldn't crack a joke if it was a lychee nut, and Susan Hayward, a bargain basement Bette Davis, whose lightest touch as a comedian would stun a horse." -- Time magazine

Marlon Brando was the poor man's James Stewart

James Mason is the poor man's Cary Grant.

George Clooney is the poor man's Clark Gable.

Christopher Jones was the poor man's James Dean

Johnny Depp is the poor mans Jay Silverheels.

Michael Fassbender is the poor mans Christopher Plummer

Michael Nouri is the poor man's Frank Langella

Mr.Ed= poor man's Bea Arthur

Kate Middleton is the poor man's Princess Di.

Lucille Crawford is the poor man's Moi.

[quote] Michael Fassbender is the poor mans Christopher Plummer

Hey, I thought that was me.

Adele is the poor man's Mama Cass.

Iris Chacon is the poor man's Charo.

Naomi Watts is/was? the poor man's Nicole Kidman.

"I'll be the poor man's Jean Shrimpton ."

What Lana Del Rey was mumbling to herself as she was picking her facial features out of a book in the waiting room at the plastic surgeon's office.

R97, I hope you appreciate the wonderful education you are receiving.

Sorry, that was R197

Terence Trent D'Arby was the poor man's Lisa Bonet

R198, Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal" because of his taciturnity. When Dorothy Parker was told that he had died, she said, "How can they tell?"

Rihanna and Beyonce are the poor man's Whitney Houston

Adele is the poor man's Dusty Springfield

G is the poor man's James Woods

Tom Hiddleston is the poor man's Benedict Cumberbatch

Emily Blunt is the poor man's Julie Andrews

Richard Madden is the poor man's Sebastian Stan

Christian Bale is the poor man's Batman

R229: Julie Andrews is the poor man's Julie Andrews.

[quote] Iris Chacon is the poor man's Charo.

Charo is the poor man's Carmen Miranda.

Jane Pauley is the poor man's Barbara Walters; Deborah Norville is poor man's Jane Pauley

Katie Couric is the poor man's Diane Sawyer.

Diane Sawyer is the poor man's Baba Wawa

R234, they're all the poor man's Marlene Sanders, a real pioneer newswoman.

Adele is the poor man's Alison Moyet

J. Jonah Jameson is the poor mans Perry White

Rita Coolidge was the poor man's Cher, cuntry version.

Sonny and Cher were the poor man's Steve and Eydie

Leonardo Dicaprio is the poor man's Nicholson

Robert DeNiro is the poor man's Al Pacino

[quote] Robert DeNiro is the poor man's Al Pacino

They've both descended into poor man's versions of themselves.

[quote]The Flintstones are the poor man's The Honeymooners

Except that Hanna and Barbera got very, very rich off them.

Johnny Depp and Matthew Broderick took turns being the poor man's Gene Wilder, but not after Matthew was both the poor man's Robert Preston and the poor man's Don Adams at Disney's. Don't come crying to me when they make Ferris Bueller half-black and half-Chinese, Matso.

[quote]Comparing Sophia to me is like comparing the crow to the peacock. —La Lollobrigida

The peacock is a male bird.

Agree always thought Loren was the poor man's Lollobrigida

Well, there are male crows too. It's all about the plumage. Crows are MUCH smarter, though.

Eddie Cantor was the poor man's Al Jolson

[quote] Well, there are male crows too. It's all about the plumage. Crows are MUCH smarter, though.

But there are no female peacocks. A female peacock is a peahen.

So, possibly, Lollo should have said

"...comparing a male crow to a peacock..."

The term peacock is properly reserved for the male; the female is known as a peahen, and the immature offspring are sometimes called peachicks.

Patty Duke as Patty Lane is the poor man's Patty Duke as Cathy Lane.

John Goodman is the poor man's Geoffrey Hughes.

[quote]But there are no female peacocks. A female peacock is a peahen.

We're not into labels.

Too bad the Flintstones remake with Seth didn't make it. My friend worked with him for months while he compiled his material.

Irene Cara is the poor man's Donna Summer.

^^^so was Laura Branigan then

[quote]John Goodman is the poor man's Geoffrey Hughes.

I always thought John Goodman was the poor mans Broderick Crawford.

Charles Rocket was the poor mans Bill Pullman.

Actually, R259, I was going to come up with a laundry list of poor man's Donna Summer, but I held back. But, yes, Laura would qualify.

[quote]We're not into labels. —Pat and Kathy, Peafowl image consultants

I am.

Rolonda Watts was the poor mans Oprah

R224, a young woman cornered him at a party and begged him to talk to her, saying she had a bet with a friend that she could get him to say more than three words. "You lose" he replied.

How are Ri and Bey the poor man's Whitney Houston? They are dance divas, while Whitney was mostly known for her ballads

R256, et al.: I thought a female peacock was called a peacunt.

[quote] How are Ri and Bey the poor man's Whitney Houston? They are dance divas, while Whitney was mostly known for her ballads

On what planet is "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" a ballad?

Norma Crane was the poor man's Anne Bancroft.

R206 - Brando the poor man's James Stewart? Brando was more the poor man's John Garfield who was the poor man's James Cagney.

I was never a poor man's nothin'.

r268, can you read? I said she was "mostly" known for ballads. Her best known song is "I Will Always Love You"

Whitney was known as a belter...Rihanna isn't even trying to be that, she has a small voice and knows it.

Disney's 'The Black Hole' was the poor man's 'Star Wars.'

Taylor Dayne was the poor man's Madonna.

[quote] Disney's 'The Black Hole' was the poor man's 'Star Wars.'

Actually it was more like [italic]20000 Leagues Under the Sea[/italic] in space, but instead of a shirtless Kirk Douglas we get Joseph Bottoms' ass in a white jumpsuit.

R272 It's not her song though it's a cover

Tom Hardy is the poor man's Ray Winston

So was "The Greatest Love of All."

JJ Feild is the poor man's Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hardy is the poor man's Oliver Reed

R278 Same for Nobody Loves Me Like You Do and I'm Every Woman

Maybe, but he's a better actor.

I hate to say it, but Dolph Lundgren was the poor man's Arnold Schwarzenegger for a while.

Helen Hunt was the poor man's Laura Dern.

Rebel Wilson is the poor man's Kathy Najimy

[quote] Helen Hunt was the poor man's Laura Dern.

Now it's Bryce Dallas Howard who fills that niche.

Judy Landers is the poor man's Audrey Landers

Hello, Audrey!

Indirectly associating Laura Dern with Lady In The Water offends my delicate sensibilities, R286.

Jodie Foster is the poor man's Julianne Moore

Adele is the poor man's Amy Winehouse.

Adele is more successful than Winehouse ever was

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the poor man's Judge Judy.

Marc Singer (Beastmaster) was also the poor man's Schwarzenegger for awhile, which sucks for him because he was actually a very good classically trained actor, hot bod and all.

Angelina Jolie is the poor man's Asia Argento

Kim K is the poor man's Pia Zadora

Amy Walter is the poor man's Rachel Maddow

Audrey Landers is the poor man's, American Olivia Newton-John

Audry Hepburn was the poor man's Julie Andrews

You mean Audrey Hepburn/Marni Nixon, r299. There's enough blame to share.

Louise Linton is the poor man's Marie Antoinette.

Audrey Hepburn 'couldn't sing and couldn't act', says Emma Thompson

I don't like Audrey Hepburn. I prefer Julie Andrews, who was in the stage version. I mean, Audrey was a pretty girl, but she was a useless actress, poor thing.

-Rupert Everett

David Koresh was the poor man's Jim Jones.

Hell's Lake of Fire is the poor man's grease fire.

The Bible's Fiery Lake of Brimstone is the poor man's Lake of Fire.

By the early 80s, Tina Louise was the poor man's Linda Gray.

Caitlyn is the poor white trash's RuPaul.

John Carroll was the poor man's Clark Gable.

Bonita Granville was the poor man's Virginia Weidler.

Vic Damone was the poor man's Frank Sinatra.

Cecil Kellaway was the poor man's Edmund Gwenn.

James Coburn was the poor man's Lee Marvin.

Joss Stone is the poor man's Adele.

Kirstie Alley was the poor man's Meg Foster

Michael Schoeffling was the poor man's Matt Dillon

Heather Thomas was the poor man's Heather Locklear

Bonnie Bedelia was the poor man's Anne Archer

Jessica Harper was the poor man's Karen Allen

Bess Armstrong was the poor man's Deborah Raffin

Scott Eastwood is the poor man's Mark Whalberg

Danny Devitto is the poor man's Bob Hoskins

Bruno Mars is the poor man's Michael Jackson

Angelina Jolie is the poor man's Steve Buscemi

Julie Kavner is the poor man's Valerie Harper. Valerie Harper is the poor man's Vivian Vance.

Judith Butler is the poor man's Martha Nussbaum.

Meryl Streep is the poor man’s Paul Muni.

R273 Battle Beyond The Stars was the poor mans Star Wars.

[quote]James Coburn was the poor man's Lee Marvin.

I was thinking about posting this same thing R309 but felt bad as I love both actors.

DL fave Patricia Heaton is the poor man's Mary Tyler Moore.

Drea de Matteo is the poor man's Leah Remini.

Brooke Addams is Jessica Harper.

"Something Short of Paradise" is the poor man's "Annie Hall"

Brooke Adams/Karen Allen/Jessica Harper = the poor man's Margot Kidder

Julie Andrews was and is a poor man's Julie Andrews, and her fans are psychotic and delusional.

After making a shitty movie with Madonna, who deprived women who could actually sing of radio airplay, Rupert Everett has no right to criticize her. Neither does a racist neo-Nazi bitch like Emma fucking Thompson.

[quote] Bess Armstrong was the poor man's Deborah Raffin

I think this was probably reversed as Raffin was the one that replaced Bess Armstrong in Lace 2. It's easy to confuse them as they were both part of that 80s interchangable blonde club (along with Faye Grant and Catherine Hicks) where they were always cast as cool, intelligent, attractive, but strangely a-sexual blondes.

^ Was Faye Grant the one who married pedo Stephen Collins?

Donald Trump is the poor man's Adolf Hitler

Brooke Adams/Karen Allen/Jessica Harper = the poor man's Margot Kidder

Nope, I'd say they all, and Amy Irving too, were the poor man's Janet Margolin.

Alfred Ryder is the poor man's Harry Townes.

[quote]A topic like this, sibling poor-man's actor, deserves its own thread. When you can't get Alec Baldwin, call Stephen.

Hell, that's after Billy, Daniel and Harpo never answered their phones.

I know this is about "actors," but I'll still throw in in Dennis Leary is the poor man's Bill Hicks

Margot Kidder is the poor man's Carrie Fisher

Denzel Washington is the poor man's Sidney Poitier

Halle Berry is the poor man's Angela Bassett

Brad Pitt is the poor man's Val Kilmer

Michael Jackson was the poor man's Prince

Viola Davis is the poor man's Sophie Okonedo

Scott Wolf, poor man's Tom Cruise.

[quote] Michael Jackson was the poor man's Prince

No, he was the poor man's James Brown crossed with the poor man's Marvin Gaye crossed with Peter Pan and Willy Wonka.

crossed with Peter Pan and Willy Wonka.

ROFL

Michael Jackson was the poor man's Diana Ross.

R318, right on!

R332, SOMEONE sure knows his/her actors! I think Ryder was married, for a while, to Kim Stanley. Townes, who I think was a tad cuter, became some kind of minister, I think.

Yes I've always found Alfred Ryder to be awful and someone recommended I watch his subdued performance in something. but it turned out to be Harry Townes!

Had a chuckle at the Streep being poor man's Paul Muni. But would also say she is the poor man's Geraldine Page.

Margot Robbie is the poor man's Jaime Pressly

Andy Cohen is a poor man.

Natalie Portman is the poor man's Keira Knightley

Chloë Sevigny is the poor man's Catherine Deneuve

Ben Murphy is the poor man's Lee Majors'

Douglas Barr is the poor man;s Ben Murphy

Lois Nettleton the poor Barbara Bel Geddes

Rod Steiger is the poor man's Marlon Brando.

I love it when my old threads get revived!

Oddly enough I prefer Steiger to Brando.

James Fransiscus was the poor man's Charlton Heston.

For a long time Jim Carey was the poor man's Robin Williams.

Daniel Craig- the poor man's Sid James.

Jason Segel = the poor man's Seth Rogen.

Kelly Preston = the poor man's Kristen Wiig.

Sarah Chalke = poor man's Lecy Goranson.

Chrissy Metz = poor man's Roseanne.

Jude Law = poor man's Christian Bale.

Saugatuck = poor man's Provincetown.

Rehoboth = poor man's Key West.