John Cleese's character in "A Fish Called Wanda" - Archie Leach, was taken from Cary Grant, whose real name was Archibald Leach.
James Earl Jones - one of the most recognizable voices in America (Darth Vader, "This is CNN", etc) stuttered so severely as a child that he was practically unable to speak.
When Spencer Tracy won the Academy Award for best actor in 1937, the statue was engraved with the name Dick Tracy.
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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
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