What was the real name of Ish Kabibble?
Ish Kabibble’s real name was Merwyn A. Bogue.
As “Ish,” the man with the Moe Howard haircut, he did comedy with Kay Kyser and appeared in such Kyser vehicles as Carolina Blues (1944).
No, John Davidson who appears in old movie credits has no relation to TV’s John Davidson. The earlier John Davidson (1886-1968) was a character actor who usually played dapper, sinister foreigners in silent and sound films. His movies included The Green Cloak (1915), Romeo and Juliet (1916), Dinner at Eight (1933), A Tale of Two…
Singer Lupe Valez was the “Mexican Spitfire”.
Animal Crackers (1930) featured Groucho singing “Hooray for Captain Spaulding”. Groucho’s character was Captain Jeffrey Spaulding, the African explorer.
Brad Majors and Janet Weiss were the names of the young couple played by Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Steve McQueen in the 1965 movie of the same name was the Cincinnati Kid. John Wayne in Stagecoach (1939) was The Ringo Kid. Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles (1974) was The Waco Kid.
Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki Vale in Batman (1989). She fractured her shoulder in a riding accident two weeks before the start of principal filming. Kim Basinger took over.