Dune: The Linking of Talent (Statistics)

The original list has become so extensive that I think some statistical analysis is in order.

Dune staff.

• Max von Sydow (30) [Arnold Schwarzenegger + Ben Kingsley + Bernie Casey + Bill Murray + Carrie Fisher + Colin Farrell + Dan Aykroyd + Eugene Osment + George Wallace + Harrison Ford + Harris Yulin + James Earl Jones + Kim Basinger + Kurt Fuller + Lee J. Cobb + Leonardo DiCaprio + Linda Blair + Lino Ventura + Peter Masterson + Rick Moranis + Rowan Atkinson + Rudolf Schündler + Sean Connery + Sigourney Weaver + Simon Pegg + Tom Cruise + Yvette Mimieux]
• Richard Jordan (25) [Alec Baldwin + Burt Lancaster + Charles Bronson + Donald Sutherland + Frank Silvera + Hector Elizondo + James Earl Jones + James Whitmore + Jane Fonda + Lee J. Cobb + Michael York + Peter Boyle + Peter Ustinov + Phil Brown + Robert Duvall + Robert Mitchum + Roy Scheider + Sean Connery + Simon Oakland + Tim Curry]
• Brad Dourif (17) [Christopher Lee + Danny DeVito + Don Johnson + Edward James Olmos + Elijah Wood + Hugo Weaving + Ian Holm + Jack Nicholson + John Rhys-Davies + Orlando Bloom + Philip Michael Thomas + Viggo Mortensen + Vincent Schiavelli]
• Silvana Mangano (11) [Gert Fröbe + Julian Beck + Kirk Douglas + Robert Dalban + Romy Schneider + Rossana Podestà]
• Paul L. Smith (10) [Anthony Quinn + Christopher Lee + Claudia Cardinale + Eli Wallach + France Nero + Gene Wilder + Harrison Ford + Vincent Schiavelli]
• Jürgen Prochnow (9) [Chris Rock + Claude-Oliver Rudolph + Eddie Murphy + Demi Moore + Erwin Leder + Heinz Hoenig + Judge Reinhold + Juliette Binoche + Kristin Scott Thomas + Martin Semmelrogge + Michael Biehn + Oliver Stritzel + Otto Sander + Peter Friedman + Ralph Fiennes + Rita Cadillac + Sky du Mont + Uwe Ochsenknecht]
• José Ferrer (7) [Alec Guiness + Anthony Quinn + Claude Rains + I.S. Johar + Jack Hawkins + Omar Sharif + Peter O'Toole]
• Linda Hunt (6) [Arnold Schwarzenegger + Christian Bale + Dustin Hoffman + Maggie Gyllenhaal + Mel Gibson + Will Ferrell]
• Sean Young (6) [Brion James + Edward James Olmos + Harrison Ford + James Hong + Joe Turkel + M. Emmet Walsh + Randall 'Tex' Cobb + Rutger Hauer]
• Sting (6) [Charles McKeown + Jack Purvis + Joe Pesci + Jonathan Pryce + Mel Gibson + Robin Williams + Terry Gilliam]
• Francesca Annis (5) [Alexandra Stewart + Elizabeth Taylor + John Hillerman + Kristin Scott Thomas + Richard Burton + Steven Berkoff + Tom Selleck]
• Everett McGill (4) [Albert Salmi + Clint Eastwood + Desmond Llewelyn + Matt Clark + M. Emmet Walsh + Morgan Freeman + Robert Brown + Robert Redford + Timothy Dalton]
• Kenneth McMillan (4) [F. Murray Abraham + Vincent Schiavelli]
• Dean Stockwell (3) [Eddy Murphy + Judge Reinhold + Chris Rock]
• Virginia Madsen (3) [Andrew McCarthy + Bruce Willis + Christopher Walken + Demi Moore + Eric Stoltz + John Candy + John Cusack + Rob Lowe + Viggo Mortensen]
• Siân Phillips (1) [Alan Bates + Jeremy Irons]
• Freddie Jones (0) [John Hurt]
• Leonardo Cimino (0) [Albert Finney + Demi Moore + Dennis Hopper + Ethan Hawke + Michael Biehn + Nicolas Cage + Peter Friedman + Philip Seymour Hoffman]
  

Dune distributors.

• Christopher Lee (5) [Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Jean Reno, Peter Cushing]
• Danny DeVito (5) [Bill Pullman, Gene Hackman, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Shirley MacLaine]
• Robert Duvall (5) [Colin Kelly, Gregory Peck, Marlon Brando, Michael Douglas, Peter Finch]
• Rudolf Schündler (5) [Georg John, Otto Wernicke, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Theo Lingen]
  
• Gert Fröbe (4) [Hans Albers, Hansjörg Felmy, Leon Askin, Wolfgang Völz]
• Jack Nicholson (3) [Shirley MacLaine, Thomas Hill, Veronica Cartwright]
• James Whitmore (3) [Charlton Heston, Kim Novak, Marilyn Monroe]
• Joe Pesci (3) [Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau]
• Kirk Douglas (3) [James Mason, Peter Lorre, Tony Curtis]
• Peter Boyle (3) [James Mason, Jodie Foster, Robert De Niro] 
• Phil Brown (3) [Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brandon]
• Alec Guiness (2) [Bernard Miles, Peter Cushing]
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (2) [Jamie Lee Curtis, Sharon Stone]
• Bill Murray (2) [Cindy Morgan, Stephen Tobolowsky] 
• Burt Lancaster (2) [Donna Reed, Morris Ankrum]
• Carrie Fisher (2) [Henry Gibson, Peter Cushing]
• Charles Bronson (2) [Henry Fonda, Morris Ankrum]
• Christopher Walken (2) [Drew Barrymore, Matthew Broderick]
• Dustin Hoffman (2) [Bob Hoskins, Robert De Niro]
• F. Murray Abraham (2) [Al Pacino, Paul Shenar]
• Frank Silvera (2) [Marlon Brando, Robert Loggia]
• Harrison Ford (2) [Marlon Brando, Peter Cushing]
• Harris Yulin [Al Pacino, Paul Shenar]
• Jack Hawkins (2) [Charlton Heston, Richard Attenborough]
• James Hong (2) [Kurt Russell, Victor Wong]
• Jeff Goldblum (2) [Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Banks]
• Jonathan Pryce (2) [Bill Nighy, Robert De Niro]
• Lee J. Cobb (2) [Henry Fonda, John Fiedler]
• Leonardo DiCaprio (2) [Gérard Depardieu, Marion Cotillard]
• Linda Blair (2) [Charlton Heston, Myrna Loy]
• Omar Sharif (2) [Peter Cushing, Robert Loggia]
• Peter Ustinov (2) [James Mason, Tony Curtis]
• Ralph Fiennes (2) [Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman] 
• Robert Dalban (2) [Jean Rochefort, Pierre Richard]
  
• Robert Mitchum (2) [Gregory Peck, John Wayne]
• Rowan Atkinson (2) [Burt Reynolds, Patrick Swayze]
• Simon Pegg (2) [Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman]
• Sky du Mont (2) [Christoph Maria Herbst, Raimund Harmstorf]
• Timothy Dalton (2) [Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman]
• Vincent Schiavelli (2) [Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Banks]
• Yvette Mimieux (2) [Rod Taylor, Tom Helmore]
• Albert Salmi (1) [Cindy Morgan] 
• Alec Baldwin (1) [Sacha Baron Cohen] 
• Alexandra Stewart (1) [Thomas Fritsch]
• Bernie Casey (1) [Tommy Lee Jones]
• Charles McKeown (1) [Robert De Niro] 
• Charley Boorman (1) [Meg Foster] 
• Chris Rock (1) [Sacha Baron Cohen]
  
• Christian Bale (1) [Billy Crystal]
• Claude Rains (1) [Peter Lorre] 
• Claudia Cardinale (1) [Henry Fonda]
• Dan Aykroyd (1) [Henry Gibson] 
• Don Johnson (1) [Richard Edson]
• Eddie Murphy (1) [Jonathan Banks]
• Edward James Olmos (1) [Richard Edson]
• Eric Menyuk (1) [Jeff Bridges]
• Gene Wilder (1) [Gene Hackman]
• George Wallace (1) [Leslie Nielsen]
  
• Ian Holm (1) [Robert De Niro]
• Jack Purvis (1) [Robert De Niro] 
• James Earl Jones (1) [Peter Cushing]
• Jeremy Irons (1) [Gérard Depardieu]
• Joe Turkel (1) [Richard Attenborough]
• John Anderson (1) [Jack Lemmon]
• John Candy (1) [Henry Gibson] 
• John de Lancie (1) [Jeff Bridges] 
• Judge Reinhold (1) [Bill Pullman]
• Kristin Scott Thomas (1) [Patrick Swayze]
• Lino Ventura (1) [Horst Frank] 
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (1) [Drew Barrymore]
• Matt Clark (1) [Christopher Lloyd]
• Oliver Reed (1) [Richard Attenborough]
• Orlando Bloom (1) [Bill Nighy]
• Peter O'Toole (1) [Audrey Hepburn]
• Philip Michael Thomas (1) [Richard Edson]
• Richard Burton (1) [Hardy Krüger]
• Rita Cadillac (1) [Alain Delon]
• Robin Williams (1) [Jeff Bridges]
• Romy Schneider (1) [Alain Delon]
• Ron Perlman (1) [Bob Hoskins] 
• Rossana Podestà (1) [Gabriele Tinti]
• Simon Oakland (1) [Alfred Hitchcock]
• Steven Berkoff (1) [Jonathan Banks]
• Terry Gilliam (1) [Robert De Niro] 
• Tim Curry (1) [Mia Sara]
• Tom Cruise (1) [Mia Sara] 
• Tom Selleck (1) [Henry Gibson]
• Alan Bates (0)
• Albert Finney (0)
• Andrew McCarthy (0)
• Anthony Quinn (0)
• Ben Kingsley (0)
• Brent Spiner (0)
• Brion James (0)
  
• Bruce Willis (0)
• Claude-Oliver Rudolph (0)
• Clint Eastwood (0) 
• Colin Farrell (0)
• Demi Moore (0)
• Dennis Hopper (0) 
• Desmond Llewelyn (0)
• Donald Sutherland (0)
• Elijah Wood (0) 
• Eli Wallach (0)
  
• Elizabeth Taylor (0)
• Eric Idle (0)
• Eric Stoltz (0)
• Erwin Leder (0)
• Ethan Hawke (0)
• Eugene Osment (0)
• Franco Nero (0) 
• Hector Elizondo (0)
• Heinz Hoenig (0)
• Hugo Weaving (0)
• I.S. Johar (0)
• James Cromwell (0)
• Jane Fonda (0)
• John Cusack (0)
• John Hillerman (0)
• John Hurt (0)
• John Neville (0) 
• John Rhys-Davies (0)
• Julian Beck (0) 
• Juliette Binoche (0)
• Katrine Boorman (0)
• Kim Basinger (0)
• Kurt Fuller (0)
• Liam Neeson (0)
• Malcolm McDowell (0)
• Mel Gibson (0)
• M. Emmet Walsh (0) 
• Martin Semmelrogge (0)
• Matt Frewer (0)
• Michael Biehn (0)
• Michael York (0)
• Morgan Freeman (0) 
• Nicolas Cage (0) 
• Oliver Stritzel (0)
• Otto Sander (0) 
• Peter Friedman (0)
• Peter Masterson (0)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (0)
• Randall 'Tex' Cobb (0)
• Richard Dreyfuss (0) 
• Rick Moranis (0)
• Robert Brown (0)
• Robert Redford (0)
• Rob Lowe (0)
• Roy Scheider (0)
• Rutger Hauer (0)
• Sean Connery (0)
• Sigourney Weaver (0)
• Uma Thurman (0)
• Uwe Ochsenknecht (0)
• Viggo Mortensen (0)
• Will Ferrell (0)
• William Sanderson (0)

Dune connectors*.

• James Stewart (8)
• Alfred Hitchcock (7)
• Jack Lemmon (4) 
• John Wayne (4)
• Gérard Depardieu (3) 
• Jean Reno (3)
• Jeff Bridges (3)
• Shirley MacLaine (3)
• Al Pacino (2) 
• Bernard Miles (2)
• Charlton Heston (2)
• Christopher Lloyd (2)
• Christoph Maria Herbst (2)
• Henry Fonda (2)
• Horst Frank (2) 
• James Mason (2)
• Marilyn Monroe (2)
• Otto Wernicke (2)
• Peter Lorre (2)
• Pierre Richard (2) 
• Robert De Niro (2) 
• Rod Taylor (2)
• Wolfgang Völz (2)
• Alain Delon (1)
• Audrey Hepburn (1)
• Bill Nighy (1)
• Bill Pullman (1)
  
• Billy Crystal (1)
• Bob Hoskins (1)
• Burt Reynolds (1)
• Christopher Reeve (1)
• Cindy Morgan (1)
• Colin Kenny (1)
• Donna Reed (1)
• Drew Barrymore (1)
• Gabriele Tinti (1) 
• Gary Oldman (1)
• Gene Hackman (1)
• Georg John (1)
• Gregory Peck (1)
• Hans Albers (1)
• Hansjörg Felmy (1)
• Hardy Krüger (1)
• Henry Gibson (1)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (1)
• Jean Rochefort (1) 
• Jodie Foster (1)
• John Fiedler (1)
• Jonathan Banks (1)
• Kathleen Turner (1)
• Kim Novak (1)
• Kurt Russell (1)
• Leon Askin (1)
• Leslie Nielsen (1) 
• Matthew Broderick (1)
• Marlon Brando (1)
• Marion Cotillard (1)
• Martin Freeman (1) 
• Meg Foster (1)
• Mia Sara (1)
• Michael Douglas (1)
• Michael J. Fox (1)
• Morris Ankrum (1)
• Myrna Loy (1)
• Patrick Swayze (1)
• Paul Shenar (1)
• Peter Cushing (1) 
• Peter Finch (1) 
• Raimund Harmstorf (1)
• Richard Attenborough (1)
• Richard Edson (1)
• Robert Loggia (1)
• Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (1)
• Sharon Stone (1)
• Stephen Tobolowsky (1)
• Theo Lingen (1)
• Theodor Loos (1)
• Thomas Fritsch (1)
• Thomas Hill (1)
• Tom Helmore (1)
• Tommy Lee Jones (1)
• Tony Curtis (1)
• Veronica Cartwright (1) 
• Victor Wong (1)
• Walter Matthau (1)

* The connector ranking is of course rather arbitrary.