Good pollywaggums man. Neither Ferrel or Farrel look anything like Gord.

Watchman,I think with a bit of Hollywood's special effects make up,Mike could look like he does now but Laurel did have a point about him being too tall,although they can change that these days too. I still contend tha Will F. could be Gord,with the right make up and a bit of weight loss.

Watch the episode of MASH though,where Winchester refuses to talk and Pierce & BJ try to make him. I think he (Mike) looked like him then.

Thanks for the pics John! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif I appreciate it because I just cannot get the hang of cut & paste or whatever. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif ...and I've had this PC for 5 months now! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif Later!

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

As someone said before, I think A.J. would be the closest match. Just a little work on that accent and toss the hat!
http://www.bertwhite.com/ftmeyersweb...DSCN7321ca.jpg

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"The station is for travelers even you must ride someday"

Yeah, take about a foot off in height...ever see him stand next to Jimmy Buffett? too tall, too tall...

Gord's no dwarf himself! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

dude, he's short. He's not a dwarf in terms of talent etc. But if he stands more than 5'5", I'm not female!! And with age and illness, I bet he's down to like 5'4".

I think Gordon's old LP{ covers just make him "look" tall. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif Listning to "Complete Greatest Hits as I type this,up to "Cotton Jenny". http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Truth be told,when i met GL,I was surprised that I was taller than him (6'0)! I always thought he would be taller too if i met him. Ya never know do you? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

Really! He looks a lot taller. Wow! I'm 5'5" maybe I could do the part. Could you draw me a Gord face and lip-sync the lyrics? lol....

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"The station is for travelers even you must ride someday"

I'm 5'6 1/2". he was standing a bit uphill of me for our pic. He arranged it that way lol.

If I were famous and shorter than women,I'd arrange it that way too. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

For some reason,on the subject of the thread,Gerald Macreany just came to mind! You know (Simon & Simon / Major Dad)?
Or is he too tall too? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif Boy,if this keeps up,we may end up casting Don Knotts! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif (Oh,wait...too old.) http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
For some reason,on the subject of the thread,Gerald Macreany just came to mind!

Hey Walter if you meant
Gerald Mcraney
http://www-utenti.dsc.unibo.it/~mbar...ini/simon9.jpg
Close but don't quite think so
I'll stick with my earlier suggestion Lawrence Of Arabia/Mr Chipping
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/mrchips.jpg
Since you seem to be obsessed with this topic it's about time you made the effort as Laurel did to understand my tutorial for
displaying pics and show your own suggestions!!!



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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

Maybe Gord could play himself as the "older Gord" and I would be happy to play his woman!

I was amazed that Gord was so short and so skinny when I met him. I thought about just picking him up and tucking him under my arm and run like hell! But truth be known, he was a bit taller than me. I am 5' so most anyone is taller than me. I think I weighed more though, wow isn't THAT exciting!

Well John I did try to undertake your tutorial but I just couldn't get the hang of it. Getting the directions straight was a lot like trying to make sense of rap lyrics.

No reflection on you in that statemaent of course. I agree with you and Mr. Chippie! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif With a moustache he just might be passable. I'm not obsessed witht the topic,I just thought of it again when I watched that MASH episode.

Perhaps I am kind of grasping at straws here but I know it would be realy great movie with the right star(s) and people behind it. Well,dreamin' on...been me. Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

I had to pull this thread up after watching "Little Miss Sunshine" on Saturday. Bryan Cranston had a minor role, and IMO he is looking more and more like Gord every time I see him. He's a dead ringer for him 70s era.

BTW...good movie.

Actor Michael Parks...


http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictur...parks89744.jpg

Jack Palance

http://www.amazon.com/Hatfields-Mccoys-Jack-Palanc...

Also, Steven Forrest (Last of the Mohicans, Deerslayer). Sorry, couldn't get a pic.

Holy Cow!! :eek: That Michael Parks picture is incredibly reminiscent of the "Back Here on Earth" LP cover!!

Give hime the job! :cool: Way to go Jess! ;)

Thanks for bringing this back up Lavender,this was one of my first really good topics,if not my first one at all. :)

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Wow, I agree that Michael Parks is a clone of a younger Gordon Lightfoot. :cool:

Thank's B.Stone & D.S.Rose. Im really happy to see that someone else sees the resemblance. I thought for a while that it was just me... :redface:

There is also a B&W photo of a young Gord Lightfoot in the Book, Someday Soon, by: Douglas Fetherling.




http://www.lightfoot.ca/someday.jpg

Photo of Book found on Googles, courtesy of: www.lightfoot.ca/someday.jpg

Click on the photo, to go to lightfoot.ca for more books about, Gordon Lightfoot... :)


He does look like Conan Obrien. I wish I could find this photo on the Internet. Putting one of Conan next to it, youd be amazed. BTW, Conan sometimes play the guitar on his talk show, and when I see him, I always think about that pic from the book... :)

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Hi Borderstone. This is the first time I saw this and it's March 13, again. Must be one of those days. :) 3+13+07

I say in Michael Parks we have the hands down winner for young Gordon. :)

Yeah Patti,03/13,pretty weird huh? ;) Then,I always have felt this topic drifted off and was incomplete,so maybe it was destined to resurface with Mr. Parks now being in the picture.

That Michael Parks does look like him in that picture.

TSwish63,Jack Palance passed away last year. :(

Besides,even if living he'd have been too tall to portray Gordon.

Michael Parks is a dead ringer for Gordon as a younger man!

Sam Elliot comes to mind as an older Gordon. He's a great actor. Plus they've both got lots of hair and a big 'stache! :D


http://www.nndb.com/people/607/00002...m-el-sized.jpg

Alan jackson hands down .. like some one mentioned before it is not just the look but the whole man we would be trying to capture. southern to canadian accent isn't that hard to change .

Yes! Second that! (or third now or fourth), but what about an older Lightfoot?? And who could sing like Gord? They would have to "lip sync". Did
Jaqouin Phoenix (Hope he will forgive me for the misspelling of his name)do his own singing in the Johnny Cash movie??

Good Lord! Forgot about Michael Parks. Have a album of his (a vinyl) and used to watch his series. Where and how is he?????

Shouldn't Michael Parks be quite a bit older now?
I thought his series was on when our kids where young and now we are grandparents.

U-m-m, hasn't Don Knotts passed on?? I think so,
if not my apologies to him. :(

I really wish people would notice the dates of messages before they post. ;)

Louise,I posted that humorous comment about Don Knotts back on August 16th,2004. That was a good 1 year & 1/2 before he passed on in February of 2006.

I was certainly kidding of course.

What about Jack Wagner who plays Nick Marone in "The Bold and the Beautiful?" He's not just a soap star. I've seen him in a couple of movies and he's a pretty good actor. He could easily play a younger Gordon and with makeup, etc., could portray Gordon in later years.

Just a thought.

What about Jack Wagner? He plays Nick Marone on "The Bold and the Beautiful." He's not just a soap star. I've seen him in a couple of movies and he's a pretty good actor. He could easily play the younger Gordon and with the miracle of Hollywood makeup could portray the older Gordon.

Just a thought.

Sorry about the repeat. I have absolutely no idea why that message was printed twice. When I try to delete one, it takes them both away. So please accept my apology.

Cat-Writer your two messages are worded slightly different.
If the system was responsible for the "double posts",they would be worded exactly the same.

What I think is that you tried to post the first one and it went but maybe it took to long so you typed out another.

I'm not nit-picking at you or picking on you,just pointing out that "exact" double posts are usually from hitting "add reply" to many times.

Overall though,no biggie apologies aren't necessary. ;)

Oops!!! :confused: ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] :( :eek: :rolleyes: :(

I still say Billy Bob would be able to pull it off. Tall, lanky, and what a artist.

I think a good young Gordon could be portrayed by an actor named Chris Pratt.. here are some of his pictures..I think he's pretty much a dead ringer

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...=1&sa=N&tab=wi