Are You Doug Hutchison?

I recently had reason to recall the book Are You Dave Gorman? For those who haven’t read it, it is a delightful true story of a chap (the eponymous Dave) who travels the world in order to track down as many people as possible who share his name.

Over the past few days, I’ve been wondering how easy it would be for interested parties to find this blog via a search engine. As it turns out, very. However, a search for the bare terms ‘Doug’ and ‘Hutchison’ will send you into a maelstrom of publicity for my famous namesake.

The Other Mr H first came to my attention during the closing credits of The Green Mile. As an aside, this is a thoroughly recommendable film, which at first glance plays a little like a poor man’s Shawshank (both were Stephen King / Frank Darabont collaborations, if I remember correctly) but over time I am almost persuaded that Mile is the more interesting, atmospheric film.

Anyway, imagine my consternation to realise that the odious Percy Wetmore was played by none other than Mr Doug Hutchison. Subsequent investigation (courtesy of the IMDB) revealed that The Other Mr H has played a whole raft of TV and film roles, including (what I consider) rather a good one in the otherwise so-so I am Sam. And to go back a little, who remembers that guy Eugene Tooms in the X-Files? He was the one who could squeeze through letterboxes, and such like. The Other Mr H again.

So. There are at least two people who can answer Yes to that eternal question – ‘Are You Doug Hutchison?’ The next order of business is to harangue The Other Mr H into acknowledging my existence. I’ll let you know how I get on.

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