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Post by drystyx on Jun 18, 2021 7:10:15 GMT
List of movies where a "bad guy" is played by an actor who almost always plays characters on the good side. Nominate more. Maybe we can have a poll when we get 50.
1. John Wayne-RED RIVER (unless enough people decide to make it RED RIVER or THE SEARCHERS)
2. Joel McCrea-FORT MASSACRE
3. Andy Griffith-MURDER IN COWETA COUNTY
4. Gregory Peck-THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
5. Henry Fonda-FORT APACHE
6. Paul Newman-HUD
7. Glen Ford-THE MAN FROM COLORADO
8. Robert Taylor-THE LAST HUNT
9. Arnold Schwarzenegger-THE TERMINATOR
10. James Caan-LADY IN A CAGE
11. James Stewart-AFTER THE THIN MAN
12. James Drury-RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
13. Edmond O'Brien-SHIELD FOR MURDER
14. Audie Murphy-NO NAME ON THE BULLET
15. Dean Jagger-WARPATH
16. Clint Walker-SCREAM OF THE WOLF
17. Yaphet Kotto-LIVE AND LET DIE
18. Richard Basehart-THE SATAN BUG
19. William Shatner-I HATE YOUR GUTS , th20. Tyrone Power-NIGHTMARE ALLEY
As I edit these in, I'm taking my time so I won't overlook something. As for Henry Fonda, I took his more "credible character", the one with motivation. I do tend to take more three dimensional villains that the comic book types that most people here seem to love.
21. Charlton Heston-THE THREE MUSKETEERS (I thought about his hate mongering villain in "Arrowhead", but that is the very hate mongering racist movie that I don't believe in allowing any credit, so 3 Musketeers fits better here, thanks)
22. Harrison Ford-WHAT LIES BENEATH
23. Burl Ives-DAY OF THE OUTLAW
24. Tab Hunter-GUNMAN'S WALK, which leads me to another nominee, the real villain of that film
25. Van Heflin-GUNMAN'S WALK
26. Frank Sinatra-SUDDENLY
27. Tommy Lee Jones-UNDER SIEGE
28. James Garner (voice) in Atlantis: THE LOST EMPIRE
29. Michael Caine-ON DEADLY GROUND
30. Fred MacMurray-DOUBLE INDEMNITY
31. Hugh Beaumont-APOLOGY FOR MURDER
32. Robin Williams-INSOMNIA
33. Going to be too many to list, more than any poll will handle, but if anyone wants to copy and paste more, that would be very good.
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 18, 2021 13:17:52 GMT
21. Charlton Heston - The Three Musketeers (1973) as Cardinal Richelieu
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2021 14:08:08 GMT
Why not Once Upon a Time in the West for Henry Fonda? That's a much more villainous role than his character in Fort Apache.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2021 14:25:28 GMT
22.) Harrison Ford - What Lies Beneath
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 18, 2021 15:18:10 GMT
Burl Ives in Day Of The Outlaw Tab Hunter in Gunman's Walk Frank Sinatra in Suddenly Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege Michael Caine in On Deadly Ground James Garner (voice) in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 18, 2021 15:25:44 GMT
Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity Hugh Beaumont in Apology For Murder (PRC Studio theft of Double Indemnity. Ward Cleaver played the Fred MacMurray role.)
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 18, 2021 15:36:18 GMT
Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity Hugh Beaumont in Apology For Murder (PRC Studio theft of Double Indemnity. Ward Cleaver played the Fred MacMurray role.) MacMurray was great in the role. I grew up watching reruns of My Three Sons and the Disney film Follow Me Boys so this was a huge twist for me.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 18, 2021 16:19:24 GMT
Nearly all, if not all, of Robin Williams’ roles were good guys until he was in One Hour Photo and Insomnia. I think he was also a bad guy in an SVU episode as well.
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Post by Marv on Jun 18, 2021 17:10:47 GMT
Tom Hanks in The Ladykillers…although I haven’t seen that one since it came out so I might be wrong.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 18, 2021 17:32:04 GMT
Keanu Reeves in ‘The Watcher (2000)’ [serial killer] or even ‘The Gift (2000)’ [abusive husband].
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 18, 2021 18:43:32 GMT
Sean Connery in Woman Of Straw Eddie Albert in Attack Albert Brooks in Drive More and more lately “actor” has come to mean women actors, too. So here are a few Good Girls who showed their evil side, esp. in film noir. Jean Simmons in Angel Face Gene Tierney in Leave Her To Heaven Ava Gardner in The Killers Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate Ginger Rogers in Black Widow [It’s a surprise ending]
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2021 18:54:20 GMT
Macaulay Culkin - The Good Son Matthew Broderick - Election Bruce Willis - The Jackal Anthony Michael Hall - Edward Scissorhands
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jun 18, 2021 19:57:18 GMT
After reading the thread title, I thought you meant that the good guy within a movie switches to being a bad guy lol.
Anyways, some here are good guy actors who played bad guys:
Tom Cruise - Collateral Rob Lowe - Bad Influence Patrick Swayze - Point Break Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Chris Pine - Horrible Bosses 2
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Post by phantomparticle on Jun 19, 2021 2:29:09 GMT
Shirley Temple got pretty nasty in The Blue Bird, even if she straightened up at the end.
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Post by jcush on Jun 19, 2021 2:40:33 GMT
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Uncahined
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 19, 2021 13:45:28 GMT
Dick Van Dyke - Night at the Museum
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 19, 2021 18:59:52 GMT
Gregory Peck - Duel in the Sun Chuck Connors - The Big Country
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