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Post by kijii on Nov 6, 2018 2:02:06 GMT
I'll start with Paul Newman
What a cool actor he was, and in so many types of roles.
From Real Prize fighter to Israeli pioneer.
From Cool Hand Luke to Hud
From pool Hustler to Hombre
From Wining Lawyer to another type of winning lawyer
From a Car to a Butch Cassidy
From Ben Quick to Brick Pollitt
From Capt. Edward Worthington Hall, Jr. to Harper
From a stage manager to Helen Morgan's manager
From a Spy to a Scientist
From a Mobster to Grifter
From a car racer to a Billy The Kid
11 Oscar nominations with one win and two well-deserved Honorary Awards
I even buy his salad dressing ...still
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Post by politicidal on Nov 6, 2018 2:44:11 GMT
That *is* a good choice.
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Post by wmcclain on Nov 6, 2018 3:05:14 GMT
Alan Napier  |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 6, 2018 3:45:51 GMT
My real choice might be that guy in the picture on the left, but picking him would be too obvious for me. So…
How about Cary Grant
Drama
Blonde Venus
Only Angels Have Wings
Mr. Lucky
None But The Lonely Heart
The Pride and the Passion
Penny Serenade
Dramatic Thrillers and Action
Gunga Din
Notorious
Suspicion
Destination Tokyo
Thrillers and Action with comedy
To Catch A Thief
North By Northwest
Charade
Romantic Comedy
The Awful Truth
Holiday
The Philadelphia Story
My Favorite Wife
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
I Was a Male War Bride
That Touch Of Mink
Screwball Comedy
My Girl Friday
Bringing Up Baby
Monkey Business
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 6, 2018 3:52:51 GMT
paulslaugh Yes, he was a Method actor. Just about every actor since the 1950s has trained in some form that goes back to The Method - even if they don't call it that any more. In Newman's final live action film (he did some voice work after), Road to Perdition, he played a mob boss. I, personally, think that this was his finest performance of his last years. He went out like a lion.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 6, 2018 3:57:33 GMT
My real choice might be that guy in the picture on the left  Ah Yes, Jerry Lacy,  Best known for Woody Allen's Play it Again Sam excellent choice !
and Cary Grant : Father Goose - not as well dressed as is his usual and pretty curmudgeonly (in a good way) . and Paul Newman : Nobody's Fool … this one is a not to be missed |
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Post by wanton87 on Nov 6, 2018 5:12:06 GMT
I’m going to nominate J. Carrol Naish.
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 6, 2018 5:32:09 GMT
My real choice might be that guy in the picture on the left, but picking him would be too obvious for me. So… How about Cary Grant It is interesting that you nominate Cary Grant. On the old boards I remember a massive thread that ran for a long time on the topic Cary Grant vs Jimmy Stewart. The main complain against Grant on that thread raised by Stewart fans was that Grant was always your perfect English gentleman. He couldn't appear as a poor man or not a character who was not sophisticated or posh. |
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 6, 2018 5:36:33 GMT
Personally, I prefer Newman, but for I can't go past  |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 6, 2018 6:01:07 GMT
My real choice might be that guy in the picture on the left Ah Yes, Jerry Lacy, Best known for Woody Allen's Play it Again Sam excellent choice !
and Cary Grant : Father Goose - not as well dressed as is his usual and pretty curmudgeonly (in a good way) . and Paul Newman : Nobody's Fool … this one is a not to be missed Well, duh! Of course, Jerry Lacy.  |
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 6, 2018 6:03:22 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 6, 2018 6:12:19 GMT
My real choice might be that guy in the picture on the left, but picking him would be too obvious for me. So… How about Cary Grant It is interesting that you nominate Cary Grant. On the old boards I remember a massive thread that ran for a long time on the topic Cary Grant vs Jimmy Stewart. The main complain against Grant on that thread raised by Stewart fans was that Grant was always your perfect English gentleman. He couldn't appear as a poor man or not a character who was not sophisticated or posh. If you take a look at my list of his credits you will see several films where he is not posh, starting with "Only Angels Have Wings." I don't think that is his "type" at all. Besides, I don't see any reason why Stewart and Grant should be compared. I never saw that thread and would have thought it particularly useless if I had. |
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 6, 2018 6:23:24 GMT
It is interesting that you nominate Cary Grant. On the old boards I remember a massive thread that ran for a long time on the topic Cary Grant vs Jimmy Stewart. The main complain against Grant on that thread raised by Stewart fans was that Grant was always your perfect English gentleman. He couldn't appear as a poor man or not a character who was not sophisticated or posh. If you take a look at my list of his credits you will see several films where he is not posh, starting with "Only Angels Have Wings." I don't think that is his "type" at all. Besides, I don't see any reason why Stewart and Grant should be compared. I never saw that thread and would have thought it particularly useless if I had. Not that I particularly agreed with all the things being said in that thread but such threads usually do not surprise me. Especially given the fact that both Stewart and Grant are universally rated as among the biggest "superstars" of Hollywood and also because they were quite respectful of each other as far as public record indicates. I believe Grant was awesome in comic genre, brilliant in romantic roles and did a decent job even in Hitch movies (that are quite different). His role in The Bishop's Wife was fairly praiseworthy. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 6, 2018 9:23:58 GMT
Vincent Price: "For my dough the greatest actor in Hollywood is Cary Grant. And I vote for him every year whether he's done a picture or not. There is nobody more brilliant than this man. Really, truly. And you could say is he wasting his talent? I don't think so. I don't think so."
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Post by sostie on Nov 6, 2018 14:53:58 GMT
Alec Guinness or Peter Sellers
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Post by sostie on Nov 6, 2018 15:11:08 GMT
Has Anthony Hopkins been around long enough to be called "classical" (not sure what it means in the context of this thread)
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 6, 2018 17:07:21 GMT
Talk about diverse roles, Edmund Gwenn played the adorable Kris Kringle in "Miracle of 34th Street" and a murderous assassin in "Foreign Correspondent"
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