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* In one ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode, spliced WWII footage was used. Inevitably: "...and [[Adolf Hitler]], as himself."
* An early episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'', "Captain Tuttle," featured Hawkeye and Trapper inventing a soldier so they could get out of Officer-Of-the-Day duty. They managed to convince everyone in camp that Captain Tuttle really existed, even though [[Invented Individual|no such person existed]]... and in the ending credits, Captain Tuttle was credited as playing himself.
** This particular story may have been influenced by the fact that Kerry Thornley (who would eventually go on to create Discordianism) did something similar as a US Marine - creating a fictional private, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601193710/http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/lord_omar_biography.html Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst], which started as a joke and became a somewhat surreal example of how perception can shape reality. No word, however, on whether or not Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst ever starred as himself - though Kerry Thornley spent most of the rest of his life starring as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst.
* Sean Williamson is credited as "Barry" in ''[[Extras]]'', a play on the fact that in the show, everyone refers to him thus because he is most (only?) famous for playing that character in ''[[Eastenders]]''.
* ''[[Mister Ed]]'' was always billed "as himself", although the horse's actual name was Bamboo Harvester and the uncredited voice was provided by Allan "Rocky" Lane.
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