Was there ever an actor...
 

more fitted to a role than Robert Newton, arrhhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1538698638.jpg

Maybe George Peppard in the Carpetbaggers?

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My vote would go to Robert Shaw.

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Kevin Kline, Pirates of Penzance. Okay, that was a play.

Probably the most unlikely was Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. Who would have thought such a dorky looking guy could play that role? I think the part was written for Troy Donahue or some blonde surfer looking dude. Hoffman killed in that role. One of the best movies ever.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Win!! I just watched that movie recently, they will never make a movie like that again.


My MIL had a small part in a local community theater, they did Young Frankenstein.

The guy playing Igor (his first ever play) must have watched that movie 100X because he nailed the part, I was dying laughing, he stole the show.

Eli Wallach in most of his movies

Tuco juan maria Ramierez...

007...Sean Connery

Sam Spade, Philiph Marlow....Bogart

The Joker..Keith Ledger

Atticus Finch...Greg Peck

Hud...Paul Newman

Captain Hank Quinnlan...Orson Wells

robin Williams -good morning Vietnam
jim carry- the mask and the Grinch


with that said, movies that were good DESPITE the actor
national treasure- Nicholas cage

Norma Desmond..Gloria Swanson

Crystal Allen ...Joan Crawford

Cody jarret..James Cagney

Ike Clanton...walter Brennen

Chester...Neville Brand

Ensign Pulver..Jack Lemon

Phyillis Dietricks ....Barbara Stanwick

Elwood P Dowd...Jimmy.Stewart

Roger O Thornhill...Cary Grant

Willie Gingrich...walter Matheau

Larry lonesome Rhodes...andy Griffith

My fav. of course.....Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence.....

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What about Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man?

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Salma Hayek - From Dusk Till Dawn :)

Well, I would have to pull up some of the silent era actors and films to answer that question.

When you had actor/directors then the parts were made for the actors, and the actors for the parts. ;)

Peter Sellers in “Being There”

One of my 'all time favorite' movies

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That Barney Rubble, what an actor....

Love Being There. One of my favorite movies too!

It has been years since I watched Lawrence of Arabia. Reading Lawrence in Arabia right now so I should give the movie another viewing.

+1 on Peter Sellers - Being There

How about
George Burns - Hey God!
Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder - The Producers
Topol - Fiddler On The Roof
Gene Hackman - Enemy of the State
Arnold - Terminator

and just for some humor
Pamela Anderson - Baywatch (slow motion running on the beach scenes) :eek:

Keith Mcready in "color of money", playing the role of a money player with the character name of "Grady Seasons". Seasons..mentioned by Paul Newman, saying he was the top mpney player. Thing is, McCready really was a top money player hired for the movie. Handed the script, he read the lines, informed director Scorcese (sp?) that no money player would say that. So, he was asked what he'd say...

Hell, he shoulda-woulda-coulda been a character actor. Would have paid much better than the wild lifestyle he was leading at the time.

Anyway..just a 14 second clip, but he did make it real:

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Ahh, yes, Harold Lloyd certainly comes to mind. Timeless stuff.

Lon Chaney Sr, again in most of his roles

Seriously though, Mr Feldman and Mr Wilder are both pretty strong.

Yup... you beat me to it. Duvall's Augustus McCrae is about as authentic and believable as it gets.

He's also got that going in his role of Boss Spearman in "Open Range," one of my favorite westerns. If you've never seen it, be sure to do so... and be prepared to be knocked over by Annette Bening's performance, too... nothing flashy, just a good, solid, real deal performance that kinda sneaks up on you.

You mean 'Bluebonnet'? :) A great movie!
The final gunfight is one of the most realistic ever.

This got me thinking about what a profound career Dustin Hoffman has had. Two other knockout performances, IMHO, are:

Louis Degas, Papillon 1973

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Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy 1969

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Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile (heck, all the actors were superb)...

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