who was papa doc in real life?
President of Haiti President for Life
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 Russ Tamblyn as Doc 

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 The duo eventually settled for William Johnson , who had played the male lead in a touring company of Annie Get Your Gun , which they had produced , to play the role of Doc . 

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 The character Colbert portrays in Report originated as an amplification of his self @-@ important Daily Show correspondent . As they developed the character and the show Colbert and his staff began to look at some more specific models . Bill O 'Reilly , whom the character affectionately nicknames " Papa Bear " , is the most commonly cited point of reference . In a 2006 episode of The Colbert Report , Colbert remarked that , " if it wasn 't for [ O 'Reilly ] , this show wouldn ’ t exist " . In adapting the character for the Report , Colbert has also mentioned Aaron Brown , Anderson Cooper , Sean Hannity , Lou Dobbs and Joe Scarborough as having an influence over his performance . References to the character 's abuse of prescription drugs are believed to be an allusion to Rush Limbaugh 's addiction to painkillers . 

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 According to Jenna Fischer , the series used an unusual casting process which did not involve a script . The producers would ask the actors several questions and they would respond as the characters they were auditioning for . NBC programmer Kevin Reilly originally suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott , but the actor declined . Martin Short , Hank Azaria , and Bob Odenkirk were reported to be interested in the part . In January 2004 , Variety reported that Steve Carell , of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , was in talks to play the role . At the time , he was already committed to another NBC mid @-@ season replacement comedy , Come to Papa , but the series was quickly canceled , allowing his full commitment to The Office . Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned . He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais ' characterizations . Other people who were considered or auditioned for the role included Ben Falcone , Alan Tudyk , Jim Zulevic , and Paul F. Tompkins . Rainn Wilson was cast as power @-@ hungry sycophant Dwight Schrute , and he watched every episode of the series before he auditioned . Wilson had originally auditioned for Michael , a performance that he described as a " terrible Ricky Gervais impersonation " ; however , the casting directors liked his audition as Dwight much more and hired him . Seth Rogen , Matt Besser , Patton Oswalt , and Judah Friedlander also auditioned for the role . 

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 Gabriele Ferzetti as Marc @-@ Ange Draco – Head of the Union Corse , a major crime syndicate and Tracy 's father ( uncredited voice by David de Keyser ) . 
