All Time great Actors?
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By Consensus or majority thinking, who are considered as the "All time great" actors? I needed the response, to show my esteemed colleague that his knowledge of Movies should be "expanded"
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I agree with most that have been posted but I would like to add (in no particular order): Michael Caine Tom Wilkinson Richard Todd Alistair Sim Humphrey Bogart Alan Rickman James Stewart Stanley Baker Jack Hawkins Nigel Green Michael Horden Kenneth More George Cole Peter O'Toole Claude Rains Sam Rockwell Tom Hanks Henry Fonda Laurence Olivier Spencer Tracy George C. Scott Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Paul Newman Edward Norton Kevin Spacey Robert Duvall Ed Harris Robert Redford Burt Lancaster Max von Sydow Ian McKellan Clint Eastwood Richard Harris Ralph Fiennes Ian Holm Kenneth Branagh Kirk Douglas Robert Mitchum Charlton Heston Anthony Quinn Robert Carlyle Lionel Jeffries Richard Briers Stephen Fry Christopher Reeve Daniel Craig Donald Sutherland Jude Law Peter Ustinov
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Sidney Poitier
He should be at the very top of the "wonderful actors who turned into awful directors" list :-D.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Sidney Poitier
He should be at the very top of the "wonderful actors who turned into awful directors" list :-D.
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I guess I expected him to be a great director, since he was such a good actor. The movies he directed weren't uniformly horrible, but I would have thought a few would really shine. I'm something of a film snob, I'm afraid. It's probably a result of being forced to watch the unadulterated crap classic 'B-movies' my wife likes to watch.
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I guess I expected him to be a great director, since he was such a good actor. The movies he directed weren't uniformly horrible, but I would have thought a few would really shine. I'm something of a film snob, I'm afraid. It's probably a result of being forced to watch the unadulterated crap classic 'B-movies' my wife likes to watch.
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I guess I expected him to be a great director, since he was such a good actor. The movies he directed weren't uniformly horrible, but I would have thought a few would really shine.
I never thought Clint Eastwood was an exceptional actor, but his movies are certainly done well.
Gary Wheeler wrote:
I'm something of a film snob, I'm afraid. It's probably a result of being forced to watch the unadulterated crap classic 'B-movies' my wife likes to watch.
Always keep a box of tissues handy. :)
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
I guess I expected him to be a great director, since he was such a good actor. The movies he directed weren't uniformly horrible, but I would have thought a few would really shine.
I never thought Clint Eastwood was an exceptional actor, but his movies are certainly done well.
Gary Wheeler wrote:
I'm something of a film snob, I'm afraid. It's probably a result of being forced to watch the unadulterated crap classic 'B-movies' my wife likes to watch.
Always keep a box of tissues handy. :)
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
I never thought Clint Eastwood was an exceptional actor, but his movies are certainly done well
Eastwood's sort of a counter-example to Poitier. Clint's a pretty good actor who has turned into an amazing director.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Always keep a box of tissues handy.
Or a bucket.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
I never thought Clint Eastwood was an exceptional actor, but his movies are certainly done well
Eastwood's sort of a counter-example to Poitier. Clint's a pretty good actor who has turned into an amazing director.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Always keep a box of tissues handy.
Or a bucket.
Software Zen:
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We had a zombie film festival last fall X|. You can endure only so many movies in a row about shambling managers.
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By Consensus or majority thinking, who are considered as the "All time great" actors? I needed the response, to show my esteemed colleague that his knowledge of Movies should be "expanded"
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Light moves faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak. List of common misconceptions
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By Consensus or majority thinking, who are considered as the "All time great" actors? I needed the response, to show my esteemed colleague that his knowledge of Movies should be "expanded"
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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