Everyman

Like a Dickensian Andy Capp, Johnson is an uber-charming rogue, an everyman bluesy belter whose winking humor with a hint of the scoundrel are not entirely unlike Scott’s demeanor, though each man’s vocals, inflection and stage presence are/were clearly their own.

Graham cast himself as Eddie, a working class everyman faced with an unthinkable reality.

One of the smart tweaks Bong has made to Ashton’s book is devolving the character from an everyman into a passive stooge.

Asked why she was attending proceedings that will undoubtedly include sordid and graphic details of abuse, one woman queuing to enter the overflow room told the BBC she wanted to see "this doctor, this Mr Everyman".

Perkins used Cary Grant as another example of the kind of throwback performance that he was looking for: Grant could be an everyman saying funny dialogue but still looked like Cary Grant.