Carey Elwes was in The Princess Bride with Wallace Shawn
Wally was in Toy Story with Annie Potts
and Annie Potts was in Ghostbusters with Bill Murray



Madonna to Cher

Madonna was in Evta with Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas was in The Mask of Zorro with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones was a voice in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas with Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer was in The Witches of Eastwick with Cher

George Reeves to Keanu Reeves.

-J

Ok, this is a really tough one.

George Reeves was in The Blue Gardenia with Richard Conte
Richard Conte was in The Godfather with Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia was in Ocean's Eleven (the boyfriend, right?) with George Clooney
George Clooney was in Three Kings with Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg was in the Italian Job with Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron was in Sweet November with Keanu Reeves.

Cue somebody figuring it out in 2 steps lol.

Edit: And again, I forget to put up one...ok, let's see. Humphrey Bogart to Brad Pitt.

Humphrey Bogart was in The Harder They Fall with Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger was in Mars Attack with Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito was in LA Confidential with Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger was in Cool World with Brad Pitt

I got lucky with this one, and good job on Reeves one, I didn't think it was possible in 6!

Sean Connery to Freddie Prinze Jr.

Sean Connery was in the Hunt for Red October with James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones was in The Lion King with Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson was in Scooby Doo with Freddy Prinze Jr.

GOOD GOD that was a tough one. I must have thought through every movie Sean Connery's even made appearances in until I remembered that JEJ connection. *sigh*



Ok, let's try...ok, this one I'm sure somebody will find a 1 or 2 step connection with, but I can't think of one off the top of my head, so...Nathan Lane to Bruce Willis.

Nathan Lane was in The Lion King with Whoopi Goldberg
and Whoopi was in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I with Bruce Willis


Try Charles Bronson to Bronson Pinchot

Charles Bronson was in Borderline with Ed Harris
Ed Harris was in The Firm with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was in Risky Business with Bronson Pinchot

I knew there was 1 degree betwen Lane and Willis, curse you UTM!!!

Eddie Murphy to Eddie Money

Nuttin' but love, Solar.

Eddie Murphy was in Trading Places with Dan Aykroyd
Aykroyd was in Blues Brothers 2000 with John Goodman
Goodman was in Emperor's New Groove with David Spade
and Spade was in Joe Dirt with the Money Man.


Ron Jeremy to Gene Simmons

It's all good...

Ron Jeremy was in Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck was in Jay & Silent Bob Strikes back with Eliza Dushku
Eliza Dushku was in Wish You Were Dead with the tongue waggin' rock god Gene Simmons

Suzanne Somers to Sharon Stone

Suzanne Sommers was in American Graffiti with Richard Dreyfus
Richard Dreyfus was in The American President with Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas was in Basic Instinct with Sharon Stone

I couldn't think of a shorter route.

River Pheonix to David Hasselhoff

Ok this took a little bit...and there probably is a much shorter route however...

River Phoenix was in Stand by Me with Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell was in Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was in Interview with the Vampire with Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt was in Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Vince Vaughn
and Mr. Vaughn was in Dodgeball with The German Pop Sensation D. Hasselhoff

Michael J. Fox to Kelly LeBrock

Mike J Fox was in Interstate 60 with Gary Oldman
Oldman was in The Fifth Element with Lee Evans
Evans was in Mousehunt with Nathan Lane
Lane was in The Birdcage with Mike Starr
Starr was in Son of the Pink Panther with Robert Davi
Davi was in The Sorcerer's Apprenticewith Kelly LeBrock

Mary Steenburgen to Arnold Shwartzeneger

Mary Steenburgen was in Elf with Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell was in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me with Mike Myers
Mike Myers was in Austin Powers in Goldmember with Danny DeVito
and Danny DeVito was in Twins with the Governator

Jason Priestley to Shannen Doherty

Jason Priestley was in Tombstone with Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob was in Armageddon with Ben Affleck
and Affleck was in Mallrats with Shannen Doherty


Ben Stein to Bob Hope

Man this was really tough!

Ben Stein was in Casper with Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci was in Addams Family Values with Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack was in My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin
Steve Martin was in ¡Three Amigos! with Chevy Chase
and Chevy Chase was in Spies Like Us that had an oh so brief cameo by the legendary Bob Hope

let's do an easy one...

Shaquille O'Neal to Leonard Nimoy

Okay.... Here we go

1. Shaq was in The Wash with Tommy Chong.
2. Tommy Chong was in Ferngully: The Last Rain Forest with Christian Slater.
3. Christian Slater was in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country with Leonard Nemoy.

Albert Lewis (III) to Fred Gwynne
And can you tell me the link?

I gotta give this one to you, it was TOUGH! and if there is an easy way i'm sure some one will post it...

Al Lewis was in Used Cars with Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell was in Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson
and Jack Nicholson was in Ironweed with Fred Gwynne

is there a shorter link? I'm curious now...

Heather Locklear to Orson Welles

-J

EDIT:: does someone need me to post a hit or just start a new one?

Nahh, we'll get to it eventually. Sometimes this thread'll sit unanswered for a few days before someone gets around to replying, but we keep coming back for more (we're just gluttons for punishment like that).


Heather Locklear was in Firestarter with David Keith
Keith was in Daredevil with Ben Affleck
Affleck was in Armageddon with Bruce Willis
Willis was in Hudson Hawk with James Coburn
and Coburn was in The Muppet Movie with Orson Welles


Angela Lansbury to Amy Smart

I know Doogie howser (NPH) was on an episode of Murder she wrote and was in a movie with Amy smart but I'll be honest and say I can't think of any other link between the two in 6 degrees of movies... how bout a hint?

-J

Well, Angela Lansbury has been in a few Disney flicks over the years (and a whole lot more). You could always check her out here and see what you can find. (That's how I do it when I'm stumped.)

HA HA HA! oh yeah

Angela Lansbury was in Anastasia with Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd was in Interstate 60 with Ms. Sexy Smart

WOOHOO! i HATED that one, i was buggin friends, asking around, I had to use what ya sent me cause I couldn't figure it out any other way.. it seems like cheatin ya know?

any who

Casey Kasem to Judd Nelson

-J

S'all good! I only use it if I can't remember any movies they've been in (like Casey Kasem, for example), and even then I just search long enough to find a solid connection (well-known actor) that I can use.

That said,

Casey Kasem was in Ghost Busters with Sigourney Weaver
Weaver was in Alien with John Hurt
and Hurt was in From the Hip with Judd Nelson

(If you ain't seen that last one, I recommend it. Nelson plays an up-and-coming lawyer and John Hurt is the powerful rich guy he's defending. Good stuff from the late eighties.)


How 'bout Rowdy Roddy Piper to the Big Show?

Roddy Piper was in Hard Time with Mia Sara
Mia Sara was in Legend with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was in Austin Powers in Goldmember with Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe was in The Dark Backwards with Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson will be starring in Little Hercules in 3-D with "The Big Show" Paul Wight

Zhang Ziyi to Lindsey Lohan

Zhang Ziyi was in Rush Hour 2 with Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker was in Jackie Brown with Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton was in Herbie: Full Loaded with Lindsay Lohan

Timothy Olyphant to Nathan Fillion

ill try this one out later, but may i just say, Nathan Fillion is one sexy piece of man. and im a straight as they come.

Timothy Olyphant was in A Man Apart with Vin Diesel
and Vin Diesel was in Saving Private Ryan with Nathan Fillian



Gary Busey to Jake Busey

Gary Busey was in Lethal Weapon with Danny Glover
Danny Glover was in Lethal Weapon 4 with Chris Rock
Chris Rock was in Dogma with Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith was in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth was in Tomcats with Jake Busey.


Holy crap I figured it out.
Getting to a movie like Dogma or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is like an instant win because of all the cameo's, but until I remembered that stupid crappy Tomcats movie I couldn't figure it.

Ok, let's try Jason Isaacs to Bill Murray.

Jason Isaacs was in The Tuxedo with Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt was in Garfield with Stephen Tobolowski
Stephen Tobolowski was in Groundhog Day with Bill Murray

I couldn't remember if voices counted...

How about Martin Landau to Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd was in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was in Hollywood Homoicide with Martin Landau

Keri Russell to Russell Thorson

Keri Russell was in We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson
Gibson was in Maverick with James Garner
Garner was in Space Cowboys with Clint Eastwood
and Eastwood was in Hang 'Em High with Russell Thorson


Try Mel Torme to John Stamos

Mel Tormé was in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve with Mamie Van Doren
Mamie Van Doren was in Slackers with Wesley Mann
Wesley Mann was in Race to Space with Annabeth Gish
Annabeth Gish was in Knots with John Stamos

A quad of Quaids
Dennis Quaid to Buddy Quaid

(and no not his half brother Buddy Quaid but his Father Buddy Quaid)
I was originally going to go with his brother Randy Quaid but that would have been to EC

Dennis Quaid was in Dragonheart with David Thewlis
Thewlis was in Timeline with Gerard Butler
Butler was in One More Kiss with James Cosmo
Cosmo was in Braveheart Ian Bannen
Bannen was in Defense of the Realm with Fulton Mackay
Mackay was in Local Hero with Buddy Quaid

Jerry O'Connell to Maggie Emma Thomas

Jerry O'Connell did a voice on Justice League with Maggie Wheeler
Maggie Wheeler was in The Parent Trap with Maggie Emma Thomas

no TV shows mate. try again.

Jerry O'Connell was in Stand By Me with Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman was in Gremlins with Polly Holliday
Polly Holliday was in The Parent Trap with Maggie Emma Thomas

Claire Danes to Shannen Doherty

Birthday Girls:)

nicely done sammy!

Claire Danes was in U Turn with Jennifer Lopez
J-Lo was in Gigli with Ben Affleck
and Affleck was in Mallrats with Shannen Doherty


Kate Winslet to Karen Allen

Kate Winslett was in Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio was in The Aviator with Kate Beckingsale
Kate Beckingsale was in Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck
Ben Affleckwas in Reindeer Games with Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron was in The Italian Job with mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg was in The Perfect Storm with Karen Allen



Bill Goldberg to Whoopi Goldberg

you have to specify which bill goldberg

Sorry

The wrestler

Bill Goldberg was in the remake of The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds
Reynolds was in Striptease with Demi Moore
and Demi was in Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg


Larry the Cable Guy to Jim "The Cable Guy" Carrey

Larry the Cable Guy was in Blue Collar: The Movie with Jeff Foxworthy
Foxworthy was in Racing Stripes with Gary Bullock
Bullock was in Holes with Shia Lebouf
Lebouf was in I, Robot with Will Smith
Smith was in Men in Black with Tommy Lee Jones
Jones was in Batman Forever with Jim "God of the Earth" Carrey


Zac Efron to Sameul L. Jackson

Zac Efron was in The Derby Stallion with Bill Cobbs
Cobbs was in Demolition Man with Sandra Bullock
and Bullock was in A Time to Kill with Sam Jackson


Try Albert Brooks to Mel Brooks

Alvert Brooks Was A Voice In Finding Nemo with Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres was a voice in in Dr. Dolittle with Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy was in Boomerang with Halle Barry
Halle Barry was in Robots with Mel Brooks


Pauly Shore to Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning was in Hansel and Gretel with Taylor Momsen
Momsen was in How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey
Carrey was in Liar Liar with Amanda Donohoe
Donohoe was in Glory Glory with Steven Bauer
Bauer was in Snapdragon with Pamela Anderson
Anderson was in Pauly Shore is Dead with Pauly Shore

All of this in reverse.

Jason David Frank to Keira Knightley

Jason David Frank was in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie with Amy Jo Johnson
Amy Jo Johnson was in Veritas, Prince of Truth with Sean Patrick Flannery
Sean Patrick Flannery was in The Boondock Saints with Williem Dafoe
Williem Dafoe was in Once Upon a Time in Mexico with Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp was in Pirates of the Caribbean with Keira Knightly

Jamie Bamber to Ben Browder

Niiice one, Jaenne. Bamber's only done one stinkin' movie...

Jamie Bamber was in The Devil's Tattoo with Jaason Simmons
Simmons was in The Sea Wolf with Stacy Keach
Keach was in American History X with Ethan Suplee
Suplee was in Butterfly Effect with Eric Stoltz
and Stoltz was in Memphis Belle with Ben Browder

How 'bout Rodney Dangerfield to Rodney Carrington

That was quite impressive Jaenne. And UTM, with such a great follow-up. guys like you are in a league all your own.

Rodney Dangerfield was in Little Nicky with Adam Sandler
Sandler was in he Longest Yard with Rodney Carrington

Nigel Hawthorne to Johnny Depp

(Sorry for the double post. Just wanted to make sure ppl saw twas a solved previous puzzle)

Nigel Hawthorne was in Demolition Man with Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock was in A Time To Kill with Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson was in Star Wars Episode 1 with Keira Knightly
Keira Knightly was in Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp


Ewan McGregor to Bruce Campbell