Title: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: trekgeezer on March 16, 2006, 12:29:33 PM selected by actors.....
50. James Dean 49. Dennis Hopper 48. Burt Lancaster 47. Sidney Poitier 46. Vivien Leigh 45. Orson Welles 44. Greta Garbo 43. Steve McQueen 42. Alison Steadman 41. Helena Bonham-Carter 40. Denzel Washington 39. Tom Hanks 38. Charlie Chaplin 37. Charles Laughton 36. Gary Oldman 35. Frank Sinatra 34. Rod Steiger 33. John Mills 32. Gena Rowlands 31. Gene Hackman 30. Brad Pitt 29. Kate Winslet 28. Judy Garland 27. Humphrey Bogart 26. Meryl Streep 25. John Gielgud 24. Peter Sellers 23. Cary Grant 22. Albert Finney 21. Dustin Hoffman 20. Maggie Smith 19. Sean Penn 18. Edward Norton 17. Bette Davis 16. Montgomery Clift 15. Daniel Day-Lewis 14. Christoper Walken 13. James Stewart 12. Richard Burton 11. Alec Guinness 10. Spencer Tracy 9. Katharine Hepburn 8. Judi Dench 7. Jack Nicholson 6. Robert De Niro 5. Al Pacino 4. Laurence Olivier 3. Anthony Hopkins 2. Johnny Depp 1. Marlon Brando I think some of the old timers (Poitier, Lancaster, McQueen, etc..) should be further up on the list. I have always thought Brando was way over rated, the guy didn't even like acting and in later years didn't even bother learning his lines (they had to use cue cards). Here's where the site (http://www.channel4.tv/film/newsfeatures/microsites/W/worlds_greatest_actor/index.html) the list came from. Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: raj on March 16, 2006, 01:25:33 PM At least Tom Cruise isn't on the list.
Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: LH-C on March 16, 2006, 01:59:50 PM Sidney Poitier - 47?!? WTF?!? He should rank much higher. (And not because he's black either.)But I am extremely surprised people like John Mills and Maggie Smith even got on the list. Not because they aren't extraordinary actors, but because in the States they are only partly known.
Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: odinn7 on March 16, 2006, 03:06:49 PM Another s**t list...where the **** is Clint Eastwood? Ok, many of his movies were pure entertainment but can you say he shouldn't be on that list for as long as he's been around and as many movies as he's made? The man can act when he has a role that calls for it.
Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: The Burgomaster on March 16, 2006, 04:04:58 PM These actors are not on the list, but should be (in no particular order):
* Paul Newman (who should be WAY up in the top 10) * James Cagney * Kim Novak * George C. Scott * Gregory Peck * Jack Lemmon (you may scoff, but check him out in movies like THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, SAVE THE TIGER, THE APARTMENT, and SOME LIKE IT HOT if you don't believe me) * Lee J. Cobb * Susan Hayward * Frederick March * Grace Kelly (although, she did have a very brief career before she ran off and married the Prince of Monaco) These people should be higher on the list: * Dustin Hoffman * Gene Hackman * Charles Laughton * Sidney Poitier * Meryl Streep These people should be lower on the list: * Johnny Depp (he's excellent, but he hasn't quite reached DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson, etc., status yet) * Richard Burton (he had a lot of strong performances, but he was a hack during the last 10 years of his career - - sort of like Ray Milland) * Judy Garland (I don't think she turned in enough top-notch performances to even be in the top 75 let alone the top 50) Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: Fearless Freep on March 16, 2006, 07:17:36 PM Also Harrison Ford and Peter O'Toole should be there
Title: Re: Another list: 50 greastest actors........ Post by: LH-C on March 16, 2006, 07:39:20 PM <<* Jack Lemmon (you may scoff, but check him out in movies like THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, SAVE THE TIGER, THE APARTMENT, and SOME LIKE IT HOT if you don't believe me) >>
It's really funny that you mention Lemmon, because in a conversation I had with my dad some years ago, he said that he considered him to be a comedic actor, and then I said that I considered him to be more of a dramatic actor that had done comedy. Turns out my dad had only seen Lemmon's (older) comedies. |