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What to do for actors credited with multiple roles in same film.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbigdaddyhorse
Registered: June 21, 2007
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Just glanced over the rules and didn't see anything about this, so what's the proper method to put these in a profile?

a) List all roles at once with slashes or hypens, entering the actor just once
b) seperate listing for each role
c) biggest role only

I just corrected a profile for 018713-810434 The Funhouse, which has this problem. The existing profile had the guy in question listed once as "The Barker"
In the credits he's there 3 times, as Freak Show Barker, Strip Show Barker, Funhouse Barker.
I left him as is but got a no vote saying I should list all roles. Just want to be sure that is right before withdrawling and correcting if need be.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributornorthbloke
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Depends on what they do in the film credits.
If they list the actor multiple times then we do too. If they list them once then so do we, and if they list all the roles then again so do we (as long as there's room).
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If he's listed on 3 separate lines then credit him 3 separate times.  This wasn't possible in the 2.x version so you'll see older profiles that had to list the actor once and then list all the roles together.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
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I agree.. the only time I separate them when they are all on 1 line is when there is not enough room to list them all on one line in profiler.
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Quoting Addicted2DVD:
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I agree.. the only time I separate them when they are all on 1 line is when there is not enough room to list them all on one line in profiler.


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbigdaddyhorse
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Cool.
Already withdrew and resubmitted, and won't have to ask again.

Thanks everyone.
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