Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Strange, the latest Marvel superhero to hit the screen. While "Doctor Strange" may be new, there's been no shortage of strange doctors in movies.
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) _ As Dr. Henry Frankenstein, Colin Clive was memorable with his gleeful shouts of "It's alive!" after creating his monster. Clive reprised his most famous role in the excellent 1935 sequel, "Bride of Frankenstein." He died from pneumonia two years later at 37.
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931) _ Several actors have taken on this plum dual role, including John Barrymore, Boris Karloff and Jack Palance. No one did it better than Fredric March, who won an Oscar for his efforts, in this classic, though Spencer Tracy came a close second in the 1941 version.
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933) _ Charles Laughton chewed up the scenery as Dr. Moreau, a madder than mad scientist who has created a race of half-human, half-beast mutants. Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando played the evil doc in two vastly inferior remakes.
MARATHON MAN (1976) _ Laurence Olivier was scarier than a case of gingivitis as Dr. Christian Szell, a deranged dentist and fugitive Nazi war criminal who gives Dustin Hoffman a checkup he won't soon forget.
