Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

[BizBuzz]

Kevin Bacon has been in over 65 movies. Maybe that is why playing Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon works so well. I didn't realize, but this game celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

The game requires you to link celebrities to Bacon, in as few steps as possible, via the movies they have in common. The more odd or random the celebrity, the better.

For example, O.J. Simpson was in "The Naked Gun 33⅓" with Olympia Dukakis, who was in "Picture Perfect" with Kevin Bacon.

Here is the Wiki article about the game.

Let's start easy and then, if you want, we can get harder as time goes on (link through only action movies, or only on TV, etc)

So let me start ...

Link Kevin Bacon to Kathy Bates.

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Kathy Bates was in The Bridge of San Luis Rey with Robert DeNiro who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

Link Kevin Bacon to Katharine Hepburn

[yeswedo]

Katharine Hepburn was in The Lion in Winter with Anthony Hopkins who was in Meet Joe Black with Brad Pitt who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: link Kevin Bacon to Kevin Kline

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Kevin Kline was in Sophie's Choice with Meryl Streep who was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next:  link Kevin Bacon to Juliette Binoche

[yeswedo]

Juliette Binoche was in Cosmopolis with Paul Giamatti who was in Saving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon

 

(probably a shorter way to get there!)

 

Next: link Kevin Bacon to Jennifer Lawrence

[Actionmage]

Jennifer Lawrence was Mystique to Kevin Bacon's Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class.

 

Next: Emo Philips

Edited August 8, 2014 by Actionmage

[yeswedo]

Geez, I checked to see if they were in any movies together. How did I miss that one?

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Emo Phillips was in UHF with

Kevin McCarthy who was in The Invasion of The Body Snatchers with

Carolyn Jones who was in How The West Was Won with

Gregory Peck who was in Cape Fear with

Robert Deniro who was in Sleepers with

Kevin Bacon.

 

Link Kevin Bacon to Jon Hamm.

[Actionmage]

Kevin Bacon was on Robot Chicken with Seth Green ("Beastmaster and Commander").

Seth Green was on Robot Chicken with John Hamm ("The Godfather of the Bride").

 

Link Kevin Bacon to Jean Stapleton.

 

( My Emo Philips link was  Emo-> Kyra Sedgewick (Miami Vice, "Phil the Shill")-> John Wesley Shipp (The Closer, "Culture Shock")-> Kevin Bacon (Guiding Light, Eps in 1981). ) 

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( My Emo Philips link was  Emo-> Kyra Sedgewick (Miami Vice, "Phil the Shill")-> John Wesley Shipp (The Closer, "Culture Shock")-> Kevin Bacon (Guiding Light, Eps in 1981). )

 

 

Not according to the rules, copied from above:

 

The game requires you to link celebrities to Bacon, in as few steps as possible, via the movies they have in common. The more odd or random the celebrity, the better.

 

[Actionmage]

Which is why I gave mine as a non-official one, since you made a chain.

[BigDfromLA]

Jean Stapleton was on All In The Family with Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner was on The Woif of Wall Street with Matthew McConaghey

Matthew McConaghey was on Angels In the Outfield with Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders was in JFK with Kevin Bacon

 

Link Kevin Bacon to Jessica Alba

[Actionmage]

Jessica Alba was in Machete, with Robert De Niro, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

 

Next: Link Lassie to Kevin Bacon.

[Actionmage]

Okay, here's two flavors:

 

Lassie [Pal](1943)--> Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor--> Elizabeth Perkins (The Flintstones)

Elizabeth Perkins--> Kevin Bacon (He Said, She Said)

 

Lassie [Mason](2005)--> Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton-->Jennifer Jason Leigh (Synecdoche, New York)

Jennifer Jason Leigh--> Kevin Bacon (The Big Picture)

 

 

Next: Link Kevin Bacon to Joel Edgerton

[Lisin]

Joel Edgerton was in The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio who was in The Departed with Jack Nicholson who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Ben Kingsley

 

ETA My husband just did it faster. Joel Edgerton was in Smoking Aces with Ryan Reynolds who was in R.I.P.D with Kevin Bacon. 

Edited August 30, 2014 by Lisin

[BigDfromLA]

Ben Kingsley was in House of Sand and Fog with Ron Eldard who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Eva Longoria

Edited September 3, 2014 by BigDfromLA

[Jac]

Eva Longoria was in Crazy Kind of Love with Anthony LaPaglia who was in He Said, She Said with Kevin Bacon.

Next: Bebe Neuwirth

Edited September 3, 2014 by JacquelineLHope

[Actionmage]

Bebe Neuwirth was in The Faculty with Robert Patrick, who was in Jayne Mansfield's Car with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Clarice Taylor

[Actionmage]

Clarice Taylor* (Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon)--> James Coco( Only When I Laugh)--> Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Maria Shriver!

 

*a.k.a. Bill Cosby's mom on The Cosby Show

[Lisin]

Maria Shriver was in Last Action Hero with Ian McKellen who was in X-Men: Days of Future Past with Michael Fassbender who was in X-Men: First Class with Kevin Bacon! 

 

Next: Jet Li! 

[BigDfromLA]

Jet Li was in "Lethal Weapon 4" with Joe Pesci, who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Liev Schrieber

[Jac]

Liev Schrieber was in Repo Man with Forest Whitaker who was in The Air I Breathe with Kevin Bacon.

Next: Dana Delany

[Lisin]

Dana Delany was in Tombstone with Michael Rooker who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Vivica A. Fox

[Actionmage]

Vivica A. Fox was in Independence Day with Will Smith, who was in Enemy of the State with Lisa Bonet, who was in Angel Heart with Robert DeNiro, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Donal Logue!

[BigDfromLA]

Donal Logue was in Steal This Movie with Kevin Pollack, who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: O.J. Simpson

[Actionmage]

For example, O.J. Simpson was in "The Naked Gun 33⅓" with Olympia Dukakis, who was in "Picture Perfect" with Kevin Bacon.

 

Or: O.J. Simpson was in Capricorn One with Elliott Gould, who was in Ocean's 11 with Brad Pitt, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Charles Bronson

[BigDfromLA]

Charles Bronson was in Death Wish 2 with Larry Fishburne, who was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Larry Hagman

[Actionmage]

Larry Hagman was in Primary Colors with Billy Bob Thornton, who was in Jayne Mansfield's Car with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Paul Muni

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Paul Muni was in The Life of Emile Zola with

Gale Sondergaard who was in The Return of a Man Called Horse with

Richard Harris who was in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets with

Daniel Radcliffe who was in Kill Your Darlings with

Jennifer Jason Leigh who was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High with

Sean Penn who was in Mystic River with

Kevin Bacon.

 

Next up:

 

Tallulah Bankhead

Edited December 17, 2014 by sugarbaker design

[Constantinople]

Tallulah Bankhead was in Lifeboat with
Hume Cronyn who was in Marvin's Room with
Meryl Streep was in The River Wild with

Kevin Bacon

 

Next up:

 

Thelma Ritter

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Thelma Ritter was in How The West Was Won with

Gregory Peck who was in Cape Fear (1991) with

Robert DeNiro who was in Sleepers with

Kevin Bacon

 

Next up:

 

Academy Award winner Haing S. Ngor

[suedehead]

Haing S. Ngor was in Heaven & Earth with

Tommy Lee Jones who was in JFK with

Kevin Bacon

 

Next Up:

 

Mamie Van Doren

[BigDfromLA]

Mamie Van Doren?  Really?

 

Someone who was in a handful of movies sixty years ago?

 

Not gonna work.

[The Crazed Spruce]

*ahem*

Mamie Van Doren was in Star in the Dust, as was a very young Clint Eastwood

Mr. Eastwood was in The Bridges of Madison County with Meryl Streep

Ms. Streep was in The River Wild with some guy named Kevin Bacon

Canadian acting "legend" Paul Gross

[Actionmage]

Paul Gross was in   Wilby Wonderful with Maury Chaykin.

Maury Chaykin was in Where Truth Lies with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next:  John Saxon

[Lisin]

John Saxon was in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Lawrence Fishburne who was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Clare Higgins 

[suedehead]

Clare Higgins was in The Golden Compass with Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig was in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz was in Murder in the First with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Ida Lupino

[Actionmage]

Ida Lupino was in Deadhead Miles with Charles Durning

Charles Durning was in Starting Over with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Brian Keith

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Brian Keith was in The Parent Trap with 

Hayley Mills who was in That Darn Cat! with

Roddy McDowall who was in The Poseidon Adventure with 

Gene Hackman who was in No Way Out with

Kevin Costner who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next:  Eve Arden

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Eve Arden was in Anatomy of a Murder with Orson Bean who was in Forty Deuce with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Tura Satana

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Tura Satana was in The Doll Squad with

Michael Ansara who was in Day Of The Animals with

Leslie Neilson who was in Creepshow with

Ed Harris who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon

 

Next:  Harpo Marx

[suedehead]

Harpo Marx was in At the Circus wth Eve Arden who was in Anatomy of a Murder with Orson Bean who was in Forty Deuce with Kevin Bacon.

 

I just added on from the previous one for Eve Arden. If that's not cool...

 

Harpo Marx was in The Story of Mankind with Dennis Hopper who was in Basquiat with Sam Rockwell who was in Frost/Nixon with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next:  Guy Madison

[Actionmage]

Guy Madison was in 5 Against the House with Brian Keith

Brian Keith was in Hooper with Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds was in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Charles Durning

Charles Durning was in Starting Over with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: John Fiedler

[BigDfromLA]

John Fiedler was in "I Am the Cheese" with Robert Wagner, who was in "Wild Things" with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Aubrey Plaza

Edited February 15, 2015 by BigDfromLA

[Actionmage]

Aubrey Plaza was in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World with Chris Evans

Chris Evans was in Cellular with William H. Macy

William H. Macy was in Murder in the First with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Hattie McDaniel

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Hattie McDaniel was in Gone With The Wind with

Olivia DeHavilland who was in Airport '77 with

Kathleen Quinlan who was in Apollo 13 with

Kevin Bacon

 

Next:  Ona Munson

[BigDfromLA]

Ona Munson was in The Red House with

Rory Calhoun who was in Avenging Angel with

Betsy Russell who was in Out of Control with

Jim Youngs who was in Footloose with

Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Edward James Olmos

[Actionmage]

Edward James Olmos was in the English dubbed cast of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind with Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman was in Prime with Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Arlene Golonka

[BigDfromLA]

Arlene Golonka was in Airport '77 with

Jack Lemmon who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon.

 

Next: Eliza Dushku

[Lisin]

Eliza Dushku was in True Lies with

Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in End of Days with

Kevin Pollak who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon

 

Next: Joey Lauren Adams