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The Guinness Book of World Records lists John Wayne as playing the lead in 142 movies. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=50788 Of course, outside of starring roles, many people have *appeared* in more movies, and it's also possible this figure has been beaten in India [which turns out more movies than Hollywood!].
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I read over 10 years ago that Ned Beatty (a character actor), played in more films than anyone else. Don't know if he still holds the record.
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we found that martin sheen has the most rolls ever with 206.
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Roddy McDowall has been in 247 movies.. (he was Cornelius in the origonal 1968 movie: planet of the apes. (source: imdb.com)
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Not possitive but I know Ron Jeremy has starred in 986 movies.
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think christopher lee has done over 250 movies
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Character Actor Charles Lane made 338 movies and John Wayne has made 171 movies, per IMDB.
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Mel Blanc performed in 709 films, not including over 100 TV movies and video productions. He also had 81 uncredited voice parts in films.
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