Possible Clues:

• Can't remember academicians dropping acid
• Unaware of past uprising as some of America is, en masse
• CIA names criminal one forgets
• Staple character in soap operas
• I can't remember names somehow – this could be the first clue?
• 'Who am I?' speaker, perhaps
• "Who am I?" speaker, perhaps
• Liable to forget one's problem
• Gregory Peck's character in 'Spellbound,' for one
• He's likely to forget taking part in 'Courcais en Marche!' uprising