One day, a friend who was directing a student version of "Hamlet" pleaded with him to replace the actor playing Claudius, who had dropped out.

With Hartnell increasingly in poor health and hostile to Wiles, the latter sought a way to replace the actor.

When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor.

Especially when you're replacing the actor who created a role.

His shaky performance led director Joseph Mankiewicz to ask Spiegel several times to replace the actor.

It was reported that Shriya Saran was cast in the film to replace the actor.

Looks like replacing the 46-year-old actor was a smart move.

But for Colombian coffee growers and millions of consumers worldwide is there any replacing the actor or the icon?

They have a formula for a show that allows them to logically replace the main actor(s) at regular intervals.

This trick was worked by stopping the camera and replacing the actor with a dummy, then restarting the camera before the axe falls.