[iainmerrick]

I've heard that Kevin Bacon isn't actually the Kevin Bacon of the Kevin Bacon game; some researchers a few years back crunched the numbers and determined that the most-connected actor was actually Rod Steiger (having starred in a wide range of highbrow and lowbrow movies over a very long career).

Maybe somebody else has since overtaken Steiger, though. Maybe even Kevin Bacon himself!

Edit to add: ha, I see there's a calculation at The Oracle of Bacon: http://oracleofbacon.org/center_list.php Not sure how frequently this is updated, but the top few names definitely sound plausible.

[jacquesm]

> https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pig-virus-potential-t...

I submit Danny Trejo as a candidate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo_filmography

[martinclayton]

Could have been Steiger at some point - only Trevor Howard (just) above him in the list predeceased him.

[chillydawg]

Interesting to see the first woman on that list is at #21 (Geraldine Chaplin).

[excalibur]

Bacon is actually #565 on that list. Probably not a serious contender :)