Sorry if this has been posted many times before, but I was curious as to who everyone's favorite b-movie actors were. Here's mine:
Dolph Lundgren
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Gary Busey
Lance Henriksen
Michael Ironside
Gary Daniels
Ice-T
Soon to be: Sly Stallone
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Mark Dacascos
Sho Kosugi
Rutger Hauer
I know I'm forgetting some, but these are some of the names that I can think of off the top of my head. What about you guys, what are some of your favorites?
Nick
Bruce Campbell
Cary Hiroyuki tagawa
umm....
hmmm.....
thats it fer now :P
JOHN CARRADINE!!!!!!
How can you forget him? The legend of b-movies himself?! He almost created the genre single handedly! Sho Kosugi was pretty rocking in his b-movies too. My favorite? 9 Deaths of the Ninja.
Scottie
Bruce Campbell
Bela Lugosi
Coleman Francis
John Carradine (him singing "Night Train to Mundo Fine" is just priceless)
Joe Don Baker
Miles O'Keeffe
John Saxon
Klaus Kinski (Not including Werner Herzog movies, which aren't really B-grade.)
The later years of Joseph Cotten.
The later years of Orson Welles
Dennis Hopper
Jeffrey Combs
Dwight Frye
Harry Dean Stanton
Jack Nance (Eraserhead, and Pete "There's a fish... In the percolator!" Martell from Twin Peaks)
And, of course, the king of them all... DICK MILLER!!
Jon Hall
Wings Hauser
Michael Madsen
Powers Boothe
Charles McGraw
Bela Lugosi
Peter Lorre
Guy Hamilton
Buster Crabbe
Vincent MOTHER HUMPIN' Price
and that crazy looking guy with the pointy face who always played a mobster in every b-movie in the 70's and 80's(you know the one)
Although he died in 2000 he always seems to make me smile when I see him play his tough odd-job character...
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arnold scwarchenegger
i know his films are generally popular but who else can dodge a bullet, pull a phone booth out of the ground, lift it above his head (with a man inside it and) and throw it a few meters? not me.
"what did you do with sully?"
"i let him go!"
I think I could really get into this guy's films. Just saw FATAL BLADE and BLACK FRIDAY. The former is a good B-movie actioner, and the latter is absurdly entertaining. In fact, BLACK FRIDAY is a pretty fascinating mess. The director is obviously obsessed with showing off every camera trick he knows. Yikes.
Christopher George
John Saxon
Cameron Mitchell
Richard Johnson
Adam Roarke
William Smith
Joseph Cotten
Ray Milland
Russ Tamblyn
Suprised Tim Thomerson hasn't made someone's list
Yeah Todd, the thing about Gary Daniels is that only a very vew movies have capably shown all that he is able to do. He's stuck in the Mark Dacascos syndrome, although Mark has more than one movie that shows off his talents. If you can, try to seek out a movie called Bloodmoon. It has Daniels in it, and it's directed by Tony Leung Siu Hung, a great martial arts choreographer in HK films. Yeah, the movie is extremely cheesy, but it has some cool fight scenes. It proves that Daniels is one of, if not the best white kung fu guy that no one's ever heard of.
And I can't believe I forgot John Saxon. I'm ashamed of myself.
Nick
Thought I remembered seeing "Bloodmoon" but it turns out I was thinking of Cold Harvest (http://www.badmovies.org/bbs/read.php?f=2&i=21882&t=21882)
Bruce Campbell
Timothy Balme (only for one film though)
Rudy Ray Moore
Kurt Russell (been in his fair share of cult/genre films)
And honorary mention of my favourite B-Movie Actress:
Suzanne Snyder (For 'Killer Klowns' and 'Weird Science mostly but I'm even tempted to watch 'Fools Rush In', on fast-forward of course,)
Pete
Oh yeah...forgot about Dick Miller
Good call, Pete. Kurt Russell is a very good actor, in my opinion. He excels at portraying the rage of a common man in very uncommon circumstances, as the film BREAKDOWN superbly demonstrates.
GREAT call, Pete. Kurt Russel is simply THE man. I can't believe I forgot him. A tremendous actor in nearly everything that he's in. Big Trouble in Little China. The Thing. Escape from New York. Tango & Cash. Soldier. Executive Decision. TOMBSTONE! Do I really have to mention any more? It's a shame that his latest movie, Dark Blue, pretty much tanked. I've heard some good things about it, mostly praising Russel's acting. Personally I'd love to see Russel and Carpenter collaborate again, but that's just wishful thinking.
Nick
Pam Grier
Julie Strain
Shannon Tweed
Michelle Bauer
Nikki Fritz
Linnea Quigley
Brinke Stevens
Lorissa McComas
Julie K. Smith
Maria Ford
Adrienne Barbeau
I like the babes
need to redo my list now thatI'm thinking clearly...
Bruce Campbell
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa
Udo Kier
John carradine
Kurt Russel definitley
Ving rhames
Alfred Molina( Dr.OCK!)
Talisa soto
Tia carrere
Jami lee curtis
Alison Hayes
Bruce Campbell
Jeffrey Combs
Brad Dourif
Rutger Hauer
Here's one I didn't see on anyone's list unless I missed it...Michael Moriarty, Larry Cohen's main man.
And Kurt Russell kicks ass, too.
Brother R
Ooh, speaking of "the babes," I forgot one: Mary Woronov!
I forgot the one and only: TIM CURRY!!!
In no particular order:
Bruce Campbell
Clint Howard
Jeffery Combs
Angus Scrimm
Lance Henrickson
Mark Dacoscos(though I think he's on the up-swing now)
etc.,etc.