[SoCal Pubbie]

A key distinction of your post is that Ford and Stallone played two different iconic characters in two different series of films. There are VERY few that can claim that. For example Sean Connery of course claims James Bond, but while he played many great roles I don't think others were in a series.

I can think of two other actors. Buster Crabbe played both Buck Rodgers and Flash Gordon, and Yul Brenner played Chris in two Magnificent Seven films and The Gunslinger in two Westworld movies. In both actors’ cases the different roles are really the same character.

[LS]

Yeah, that's what I was getting at. I don't think either Charleton Heston or Jimmy Stewart qualify. Maybe Eastwood with "Man with No Name" and "Dirty Harry."

Jimmy Stewart's and Charleton Heston's were "one offs." Really "Sherlock Holmes" was hardly a household name series, though certainly Iron Man is.

And Yul Brenner's Chris was really ONLY known in the first movie. No one thinks of "Chris" in "Magnificent Seven" as the kind of iconic character as they do Rocky or Indiana Jones.

Stallone has now done this same character over a 40 year span. That's pretty incredible. But with Ford coming back the new "Star Wars" movie, he has too.

[gogeo]

Unless I’m mistaken Stallone created those characters.