Impostors (solution)

by Scott Handelman, Jordan Bennett Louis Smith, and Jit Hin Tan

Each of the fourteen sets consists of television and movie roles. Four of the roles in each set were played by a single US actor or actress. Each of these actors played a leading role in a television series that was remade from a British series, and the fifth role is a role played by the analogous British actor from the original show.

After determining the names of the British actors (which the indices clue as the relevant information), solvers must index into the last name by the position of that actor’s role in the set (for example, if the British role was the fourth role out of five, then take the fourth letter of the last name) to receive the message KEEN EDDIE’S MARK. “Keen Eddie” was a US show about a New York detective who moves to London to solve crimes and stars Mark VALLEY, the solution to this puzzle.

US Actor	UK Actor	Role 1	Role 2	Role 3	Role 4	Role 5
Rainn Wilson	Mackenzie CROOK	Robert Fishman The Rocker	Gallaxhar Monsters vs Aliens	Frank D’Arbo Super	Larry White The Last Mimzy	Ragetti Pirates of the Caribbean
William H. Macy	David THRELFALL	Tick Tock Mclaughlin Seabiscuit	Jerry Lundegaard Fargo	Little Bill Boogie Nights	Martin Blower Hot Fuzz	Gene Wolters Mr. Holland’s Opus
Harvey Keitel	Philip GLENISTER	Matthew Higgins Taxi Driver	Winston Wolf Pulp Fiction	James Mackintosh “Clocking Off”	Hal Slocumb Thelma and Louise	Satan Little Nicky
Marley Shelton	Ashley JENSEN	Judy Hicks Scream 4	Dakota Block Planet Terror	Maggie Jacobs “Extras”	Diane Weston Sugar and Spice	Madeleine Gray (Untitled)
Sam Huntington	Russell TOVEY	Jimmy Olsen Superman Returns	Eric Bottler Fanboys	Mimi-suku Jungle 2 Jungle	Alonso Frame “Doctor Who”	Jam Bruce Detroit Rock City
Jay Harrington	Jack DAVENPORT	Lloyd Simcoe “FlashForward”	Paul Ryan The Inside	Simon O’Keefe “Summerland”	Ted Crisp “Better Off Ted”	Ron McCreadie “Desperate Housewives”
John Stamos	Reece DINSDALE	Carl Howell “Glee”	Tony Gates “ER”	Jake Phillips “Jake in Progress”	Jesse Katsopolis “Full House”	Guildenstern Hamlet
Bill Cosby	Richard WILSON	Fat Albert “Fat Albert”	Gaius “Merlin”	Leonard Parker Leonard Part 6	Cliff Huxtable “The Cosby Show”	Guy Hanks “The Cosby Mysteries”
John Larroquette	John CLEESE	McBride “McBride”	Captain Stillman Stripes	John Hemingway “The John Larroquette Show”	Grim Reaper The Meaning of Life	Dan Fielding “Night Court”
John Ritter	Richard O’SULLIVAN	Ben Healy Problem Child	Simon Harrap “Me and My Girl”	Garry Lejeune Noises Off	Bob Chipeska Bad Santa	Roy Knable Stay Tuned
Hank Azaria	Stephen MANGAN	Sean Lincoln “Episodes”	Apu “The Simpsons”	The Blue Raja Mystery Men	Victor Palotti Godzilla	Agador The Birdcage
Judd Hirsch	Ralph BATES	Alex Rieger “Taxi”	Victor Frankenstein The Horror of Frankenstein	Julius Levinson Independence Day	Alan Epps “Numb3rs”	Count Dracula “The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t”
Maria Bello	Helen MIRREN	Natalie Belisario The Cooler	Alex Sabian Assault on Precinct 13	Grace Bontempo Love Ranch	Edie A History of Violence	Evelyn Carnahan-O’Connell The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
DW Moffett	Stephen TOMPKINSON	Joe McCoy “Friday Night Lights”	Jeff Sheridan Traffic	Bernie Fine “Fine Things”	Elliot “Happily Divorced”	Damien Day “Drop the Dead Donkey”

US Actor	UK Actor	TV Series	Index	Letter
Rainn Wilson	Mackenzie CROOK	The Office	5	K
William H. Macy	David THRELFALL	Shameless	4	E
Harvey Keitel	Philip GLENISTER	Life on Mars	3	E
Marley Shelton	Ashley JENSEN	Eleventh Hour	3	N
Sam Huntington	Russell TOVEY	Being Human	4	E
Jay Harrington	Jack DAVENPORT	Coupling	1	D
John Stamos	Reece DINSDALE	You Again?/Home to Roost	5	D
Bill Cosby	Richard WILSON	One Foot in the Grave/Cosby	2	I
John Larroquette	John CLEESE	Fawlty Towers/Payne	4	E
John Ritter	Richard O’SULLIVAN	Man About the House/Three’s Company	2	S
Hank Azaria	Stephen MANGAN	Free Agents	1	M
Judd Hirsch	Ralph BATES	Dear John	2	A
Maria Bello	Helen MIRREN	Prime Suspect	3	R
DW Moffett	Stephen TOMPKINSON	Life is Wild/Wild at Heart	5	K