X-Files buffs...who was the guy Mulder called with 'X'?

AllyCat

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:01 PM
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X-Files buffs...who was the guy Mulder called with 'X'?

What was the character's name and who was the actor who played him? I thought he was Carl Anderson, the same actor who played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, but I can't find any info.

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DrGonzoLives

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:04 PM
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1. Steven Williams played him

But the character had no name - he was just called "X."

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Guy Fawkes

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:04 PM
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2. Steven Williams played "Mr. X"

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amerikat

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:07 PM
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3. also called "The Smoking Man"(nt)

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bobthedrummer

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:09 PM
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4. No, he was actually Fox Mulder's dad.

Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 08:10 PM by bobthedrummer

X was X.

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AllyCat

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:54 PM
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5. Wait. No. He wasn't his dad...

Mulder would tape an X on the window in tape or something and the guy would show up. Always acted really tense and pissed off that Mulder had called him. He was a black man with a beard and mustache.

Cigarette Smoking Man was a different character completely...Bill Campbell?...was that actor who played him?

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AntiCoup2K4

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Wed Apr-06-05 12:28 AM
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7. No, Bill Campbell was the guy who played the part of Paul McCartney.....

..after Paul was killed in a car crash. :evilgrin:

Cancer Man was played by William B. Davis :smoke:

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AllyCat

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Wed Apr-06-05 09:16 AM
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11. D'oh! William, Bill...same difference

:) William B. Davis...how could I have forgotten. Apparently, the guy is a non-smoker too.

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Borgnine

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Wed Apr-06-05 12:16 AM
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6. The show started going downhill when they killed X.

He was such a great character. My favorite scene was when he got into the fistfight with Skinner in the elevator to Mulder's apartment.

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Tom Kitten

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Wed Apr-06-05 12:36 AM
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8. Ultimately,

that show disappointed me.

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Dukkha

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Wed Apr-06-05 12:38 AM
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9. He was also in Better Off Dead

"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

and as mentioned William B. Davis played Cancer man a.k.a.Cigarette Smoking Man a.k.a. CGB Spender

"X" replaced the character "Deep Throat", played by Jerry Hardin, after he was killed in the Episode "The Erlenmeyer Flask" when he uttered the infamous line "Trust No One"

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livinginphotographs

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Wed Apr-06-05 07:55 AM
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10. Ding ding ding!

Closest answer I've seen here.

The "X" was used to call his "deep throat," an informant that would give him info occasionally. The first season was some old guy (don't remember the name), and when he was killed, he was replaced by the angry black guy, who only talked to Mulder as a favor to the old guy and didn't particularly like him.

It's been a while, but I seem to remember another deep throat character as well...

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Wed Apr-06-05 09:36 AM
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15. The "third deep throat" was

A woman. Worked at the UN. Marita Covarrubias.

And it's not what you're thinking you pervs!

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AllyCat

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Wed Apr-06-05 09:17 AM
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12. Just watched Better Off Dead...that line is hilarious.

Didn't realize that was the same guy!

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adwon

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Wed Apr-06-05 09:31 AM
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13. That line

is from Men at Work, spoken by Keith David.

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myrna minx

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Wed Apr-06-05 09:35 AM
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14. Steven Williams also played Captain Adam Fuller on

21 Jump Street. Ahhh...my high school days, when Johnny Depp was on a TV show. :loveya:

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