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1970s Celebrities by Picture #2

Guess the names of these mostly-American celebrities from the 1970s.
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Last updated: June 22, 2022
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First submittedNovember 8, 2016
Times taken30,520
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Level 84
Nov 8, 2016
What is "The guy who pretended to be Paul after Paul died", Alex?
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Level 90
Nov 10, 2016
Who is Billy Shears?
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Level 88
Jan 20, 2020
Who is Charles Hawtrey of Deaf Aids fame?
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Level 87
Dec 28, 2016
Ugh...I did better on the 60's version.
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Level 79
May 6, 2017
Too celebrity-centric.
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Level 83
Nov 7, 2018
I knew as soon as I clicked give up and saw Rod Stewart's name I was going to go "ooooohhhhh!!!" ... and that's what I did.
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2018
Only 46% got Rodney? He still doesn't get any respect!
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Level 85
Jun 24, 2022
I kept wondering why "Henny Youngman" wasn't working.
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Level 71
Jul 8, 2022
No, it was Don Rickles you were thinking of.
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2022
I knew exactly who he was, could have named a dozen songs he made, but I couldn't hit on his name :(
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Level 84
Sep 6, 2022
I didn't know he was known for ANY songs, much less dozens!
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Level 23
Nov 7, 2018
Surprised that Mark Hamill is the least guessed person, since he seems the most obvious to me. Then again I wasn't alive in the 70s, so I found most of this quiz challenging.
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Level 66
Nov 7, 2018
Even knowing that it's him, it doesn't look like him to me. The cowboy hat plus being before his accident that changed his features really threw me off.
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Level 88
Jan 20, 2020
The accident was after he filmed Star Wars and he looked the exact same in interviews when the movie was released 4 months later. The damaged face is a myth based on his scars as part of the plot in The Empire Strikes Back.
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Level 69
Nov 7, 2018
That photo of Mark Hamill is throwing a lot people.
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Level 88
Nov 7, 2018
Probably a publicity photo from Eight is Enough. Dick Van Patton would have been the perfect Darth Vader.
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Level 78
Jul 1, 2022
I tried Luke Skywalker, no dice
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Level 66
Jul 12, 2022
I tried Skywalker also I was drawing a blank for a minute and it finally came to me.
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Level 58
Nov 9, 2018
Rod Stewart sure looks like Steve Perry. I guess it was the wrong decade.
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Level 36
Nov 12, 2018
I thought it was Ron Wood. Kept trying to spell it differently--but not a lot of choice there. Then, I tried Rod Stewart...
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Level 66
Sep 11, 2022
No. Steve Perry of Journey was famous at the end of the 70s, too. Perry joined Journey as their lead singer at the end of '77. He was the lead singer on the "Infinity" (Jan '78) and "Evolution" (Mar '79) albums and would certainly been considered a celebrity by the close of the decade.
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Level 70
Apr 24, 2021
Rodney Dangerfield was easy money on this quiz.
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Level 65
Jun 24, 2022
No, he was one of the hardest. I took a punt that it might be him. Nor did I recognise Carson. They were not well known outside the US in the 70s, although Dangerfield did achieve international fame later.
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Level 72
Jul 25, 2021
Carson looks like George W Bush
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Level 70
Aug 9, 2022
I actually even tried that despite knowing that it must be wrong. No idea what Johnny Carson looked like. And no idea who Bob Newhart is
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2022
Same here, I didn't really believe it, but I tried it anyways since they look somewhat similar.

Not the only similarity in this quiz...

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Level 64
Aug 18, 2021
Here's Johnny
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Level 85
Jun 22, 2022
Two Fords? Really?
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Level 76
Jul 2, 2022
Thought that was odd, too. So many celebrities you could choose and you're gonna double up on a last name and give everyone a twofer??
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2022
Yes... laziness gets rewarded!

It's apity that Henry Ford died about 25 years too early for this quiz.

What about making a quiz where one last name gets you all the answers at once? Is there a name that qualifies for this?

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Level 91
Jun 23, 2022
Maybe Nixon’s VP who became President could be replaced by the other president of the 1970s so that quizzers don’t get two answers right with one guess.
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Level 85
Jun 23, 2022
Only 39% know Newhart? That man is a treasure.
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Level 71
Jul 6, 2022
I thought more these days would know him from his recurring role on "The Big Bang Theory."
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Level 86
Jun 24, 2022
>two people named Ford

Very silly

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Level 65
Sep 5, 2022
How about you contribute a quiz.

Very lazy.

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Level 85
Jun 24, 2022
Why doesn't "Dwight" work for Elton John? That's his ACTUAL last name.
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Level 76
Jul 2, 2022
People have to stop making ridiculous comments like this, I swear. If you know Elton John's birth name, then how would you not figure out the answer? You recognize his picture and say "That's Reginald Dwight. Oh, no THAT'S not working, what do I do now?!!" lol Do you get how dumb that sounds?

His known, famous name is Elton John. The character in that picture IS ELTON JOHN.

Be honest with yourself. What do you get out of nitpicking like this on Jetpunk? If you think it makes you sound smart, boy are you mistaken!

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Level 71
Jul 6, 2022
Was just being funny, I'm guessing.
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Level 68
Sep 5, 2022
Agreed--and that's not a crime, even if the joke misfires. On a related topic, that photo of Stevland Morris must predate the 70s, before cornrows and all that.
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Level 66
Sep 11, 2022
That is NOT his ACTUAL name!!! It is his birth name. He legally changed his name in Jan '72. While his first hit single, "Your Song" was released in '70, it was released on his eponymous "Elton John" album as he was already using that name. I, therefore, submit that Reginald Dwight was never a celebrity in the 1970s... or any succeeding decade. Elton John was... and is.
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Level 73
Jun 27, 2022
Genuinely thought Mark hamill was malcolm mcdowell
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Level 74
Sep 5, 2022
Dangerfield, Hamill, Carson, Alda, Newheart? Never heard :D (and I'm almost 60 but not American).
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2022
I agree with all but Hamill. How can you even know Harrison Ford but not Mark Hamill?
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Level 88
Sep 5, 2022
Hamill's not very well known outside of Star Wars and voice acting. Ford's been one of the highest grossing movie stars for quite some time.
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Level 72
Oct 13, 2022
Indiana Jones
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Level 60
Sep 5, 2022
It seems odd that you have Luke and Han but no Lei. She was at least as well known as the other two, especially if you were a teenage male, which is arguably the target audience.
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Level 83
Sep 5, 2022
Particularly given that this is a "1970s celebrities" quiz, so before Harrison Ford became very famous for things other than Star Wars. On the other hand, having 3 people from the same movie might be a bit much. Perhaps Ford could simply be removed in favor of Fisher given that Gerald Ford is also on here.
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Level 57
Sep 5, 2022
I was sure to see Pierre Richard and didn't understand how I may have misspelled the name. It actually was Gene Wilder, but they looked very much alike.
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Level 49
Sep 11, 2022
Easy, got them all in 30 seconds.
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Level 37
Sep 13, 2022
Streep, Dangerfield,Marley and were more popular in the 80s. Bob Marley 's music took off after he died in the early 80s.
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Level 37
Sep 13, 2022
*and ford.
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Level 69
Oct 9, 2022
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'".

- Bob Newhart.