Here are ten actors, obviously all from the old school, that I am always interested in looking at. I know there are others, but I went for a right-outta-my-ass list of those that came to mind, all of whom I think are so great they rise above sometimes lousy material:
CLAUDE RAINS
ERROL FLYNN
CLARK GABLE
BARBARA STANWYCK
WILLIAM POWELL
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
JAMES CAGNEY
BETTE DAVIS
VIVIEN LEIGH
JOAN CRAWFORD
Liam Neeson
Tom Atkins
Julianne Moore
Michelle Williams
John Cusack
Famke Janssen
Melissa George
Juno Temple
Ken Foree
Christoph Waltz
Alec Guinness
Shabana Azmi
Toshiro Mifune
Gong Li
Peter Sellers
Anna Magnani
Laurence Olivier
Lillian Gish
Ben Kingsley
Silvia Pinal
Charly Chaplin
Vincent Price
Peter Lorre
Klaus Kinski
Jean Reno
Then it gets difficult:
Gary Oldman
Ewan Mcgregor
Steve Buscemi
Jeff Bridges
Mickey Rourke
Boris Karloff
Jackie Chan
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Linnea Quigley (because I know nudity is coming :smile:)
Barbara Steele
Mamie van Doren
Warren Oates
Orson Welles
John Cleese
Off the top of my head. I could probably come up with ten more who are equally charismatic but this is a decent start.
I could make a good list out of only actors who already appear on others' lists:
Vincent Price
Peter Lorre
Klaus Kinski
Steve Buscemi
Toshiro Mifune
Peter Sellers
John Cusak
Christoph Walz
Bette Davis
Edward G. Robinson
Old-school:
Vincent Price
Joseph Cotton
Bette Davis
Gene Hackman
Sidney Poitier
Current/new school:
Sam Rockwell
Steve Buscemi
Terry Crewes
Michael Fassbender
Christina Ricci
Quote from: ChaosTheory on December 04, 2013, 03:39:17 PM
Old-school:
Vincent Price
Joseph Cotton
Bette Davis
Gene Hackman
Sidney Poitier
Current/new school:
Sam Rockwell
Steve Buscemi
Terry Crewes
Michael Fassbender
Christina Ricci
GENE HACKMAN is old school? :teddyr:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 04, 2013, 08:34:08 AM
Boris Karloff
Jackie Chan
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Linnea Quigley (because I know nudity is coming :smile:)
Barbara Steele
Mamie van Doren
Warren Oates
Orson Welles
John Cleese
Off the top of my head. I could probably come up with ten more who are equally charismatic but this is a decent start.
I could make a good list out of only actors who already appear on others' lists:
Vincent Price
Peter Lorre
Klaus Kinski
Steve Buscemi
Toshiro Mifune
Peter Sellers
John Cusak
Christoph Walz
Bette Davis
Edward G. Robinson
Awesome lists.
old school:
Charlton Heston
Peter Lorre
Béla Lugosi
Clint Eastwood
Morgan Freeman
Robert De Niro
James Stewart
Charlie Chaplin
Harrison Ford
Al Pacino
new school:
Christian Bale
Leonardo DiCaprio
Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Hanks
Christoph Waltz
Daniel Craig
Edward Norton
Kevin Spacey
Javier Bardem
Johnny Depp
Quote from: bob on December 04, 2013, 10:19:36 PM
old school:
Charlton Heston
Peter Lorre
Béla Lugosi
Clint Wastwood
Morgan Freeman
Robert De Niro
James Stewart
Charlie Chaplin
Harrison Ford
Al Pacino
new school:
Christian Bale
Leonardo DiCaprio
Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Hanks
Christoph Waltz
Daniel Craig
Edward Norton
Kevin Spacey
Javier Bardem
Johnny Depp
Clint Wastwood? :drink: :teddyr: :wink: :thumbup:
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 04, 2013, 08:38:58 PM
Quote from: ChaosTheory on December 04, 2013, 03:39:17 PM
Old-school:
Vincent Price
Joseph Cotton
Bette Davis
Gene Hackman
Sidney Poitier
Current/new school:
Sam Rockwell
Steve Buscemi
Terry Crewes
Michael Fassbender
Christina Ricci
GENE HACKMAN is old school? :teddyr:
Well, he is retired.....I'm defining old-school as people who started their careers before I was born (because it all begins & ends with me, don't you know :twirl:)
completely off the top of my heed...
Leslie Nielsen
Joe Pesci
Danny Devito
Steve Buscemi
Christopher Guest
William H Macey
Robert De Niro
Simon Pegg
Jennifer Coolidge
Parker Posey
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 05, 2013, 01:55:20 AM
Clint Wastwood? :drink: :teddyr: :wink: :thumbup:
you know, the guy that played Harry Wallahan.... "do you feel lucky, Wunk?"
Stars:
Cary Grant
James Stewart
Al Pacino
Dustin Hoffman
Myrna Loy
Gene Hackman
Ed Harris
Paul Newman
Kim Novak
Spencer Tracy
Interesting lists, which I almost entirely can relate to. Some actors come across like old friends, or old acquaintances you admire but may not like, or... family.
I'm going to try for 10 more, meaning I'm going to stop and watch if I can and hate it if I can't:
FREDRIC MARCH
KIM NOVAK
STEVE McQUEEN
WALTER MATTHAU
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI
JOHN WAYNE
VICTOR MATURE
FINLAY CURRIE
CLAIRE TREVOR
ALAN MOWBRAY
That was easy!
William Fitchner
Harvey Keitel
Willem Dafoe
Adrien Brody
Hillary Swank
Ellen Page
Charles Bronson
Vincent Gallo
Juliette Lewis
Christopher Walken
10 more:
Alan Arkin
Eva Green
Ben Foster
Christopher Walken
Peter Lorre
Emily Blunt
River Phoenix
Peter Dinklage
Jason Statham
Stanley Tucci
This is a list of actors that will always grab my attention and make me smile...
James Stewart
John Wayne
Cary Grant
Katherine Hepburn
James Cagney
Boris Karloff
Gene Hackman
Vincent Price
Sidney Poitier
Bette Davis
Alec Guiness
Ian McKellen
Hmm. Tough list to come up with.
Gary Oldman
Daniel Day Lewis
Christoph Waltz
Ray Liotta
Christopher Walken
Steve Buscemi
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
John Cusack
Denzel Washington.
I'm both relatively young and bad with names; when I watch a movie, unless I know who the actor is, I just see them as the character they're playing. So I won't know many huge names of today or yesteryear but I do have a small pool of actors and actresses that will always get me to buy a ticket and enjoy the show.
In the order names come to me:
1. Liam Neeson - I'll never know why people, and wolves, keep messing with him, but as long as they do so I'll continue to watch. :thumbup:
2. Ron Pearlman - I like to believe that getting drunk with Ron would be awesome, he's always the highlight of whatever he's in.
3. Christian Bale - I just saw Out of the Furnace. That's about all you need to hear. He takes every role I've seen him in and totally owns it.
4. Creature Actors - Anybody know Doug Jones? Guys like him, they all share this one for me. :cheers:
5. Arron Eckhart - I watched The Core the other day and had forgotten he was in it. Made my day.
6. Sandra Bullock - When your first impression comes from Demolition Man, that sticks with you. :bouncegiggle:
7. Michelle Rodriguez - Much of the roles I've seen her in are the tough military type, which just make her all the more attractive.
8. Sigourney Weaver - If I didn't pay credit to her I would be dishonoring film.
9. Julianne Moore - I don't know what to put here, she's ascended beyond that point.
10. Vin Diesel - He's Vin-Fricking-Diesel.
Samuel L Jackson
Christopher Walken
Steve Buscemi
Chow Yun Fat
Byung-Hun Lee
Kang-Ho Song
Mel Gibson
Karl Urban
Liam Neeson
Ron Perlman
Golly gee whilickers!
BELA LUGOSI
PETER LORRE
HUMPHREY BOGART
JAMES CAGNEY
BETTE DAVIS
BORIS KARLOFF
JIMMY CAGNEY
DWIGHT FRYE-yeah,a bit player=but such a interesting fellow!
BEVERLY GARLAND-shes got such balls! Space monsters dont f**k with Bev! "I'll see you n hell!" IT CONQUERED THE WORLD
BARBRA STEELE
ten more-
CLINT EASTWOOD
DENZEL WASHINGTON
JEFFERY COOMBS
ROBERTS BLOSSUM
DAVID CARRADINE
JOHN CARRADINE
LON CHANEY JR
LON CHANEY SR
HAROLD LLOYD
SHEMP HOWARD-ok-I'm gonna catch hell for this-but Shemp is the man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ozZpPx7bI
Quote from: zombie #1 on December 05, 2013, 07:33:22 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on December 05, 2013, 01:55:20 AM
Clint Wastwood? :drink: :teddyr: :wink: :thumbup:
you know, the guy that played Harry Wallahan.... "do you feel lucky, Wunk?"
Yeah! He was in all them spaghetti Easterns!
Ten years ago my list would've been something like this:
Viggo Mortensen
Bruce Campbell
Angelina Jolie
Christopher Walken
Johnny Depp
Kirsten Dunst
Samuel L. Jackson
Anna Faris
Jennifer Connelly
Reese Witherspoon
Hard to pick just 10, so here's the first 10 off the top of my head;
Jeff Bridges
Ernest Borgnine
John Candy
Jimmy Stewart
Robert Mitchum
Bud Spencer/Terence Hill
Sammo Hung
Spencer Tracey
Audrey Tautou
Walter Matthau
ONLY ten? That's hard....
BORIS KARLOFF
BETTE DAVIS
CLINT EASTWOOD
LAUREN BACALL
HUMPHREY BOGART
MAUREEN O'HARA
JOHN WAYNE
KATHERINE HEPBURN
HENRY FONDA
LUCILLE BALL
I like coming up with 10 I haven't named, and you guys have named some I'd overlooked... here's 10 more:
HUMPHREY BOGART
JOAN CRAWFORD
ALEC GUINNESS
BUSTER KEATON
LON CHANEY JR.
MAGGIE SMITH
BORIS KARLOFF
PETER USTINOV
CHARLES BOYER
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
EDIT: Ha ha! I already put JOAN CRAWFORD in, so I'll substitute WALTER HUSTON. :teddyr:
...and yet 10 more!
1.PETER SELLERS
2.LIONEL ATWILL
3.BASIL RATHBONE
4.HAROLD LLYOD
5.KAREN BLACK
6.MARY WORNOV
8.DAVID CARRADINE
9.WILLIAM SHATNER
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 09, 2014, 02:14:17 PM
...and yet 10 more!
1.PETER SELLERS
2.LIONEL ATWILL
3.BASIL RATHBONE
4.HAROLD LLYOD
5.KAREN BLACK
6.MARY WORNOV
8.DAVID CARRADINE
9.WILLIAM SHATNER
I think you too did a repeat (
DAVID CARRADINE) and only you would come up with my favorite:
MARY WORONOV!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duryvtnopOA
Joan Collins
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Sir Christopher Lee
Charles Bronson
Richard Burton
Steve McQueen
David Niven
Gregory Peck
Anthony Quinn
Jodie Foster
Also, any actor that entertained me as a child.
Jodie Foster
Michael Dougless
Gordon Liu
1. Joseph Gordon Levitt
2. Ryan Gosling
3. Jesse Eisenberg
4. Logan Lerman
5. Ezra Miller
6. Emma Watson
7. Abigail Breslin
8. Rachel McAdams
9. Ellen Page
10. Kirsten Dunst
Crispin Glover.
Actors
1. Charlton Heston
2. William Shatner
3. Humphrey Bogart
4. Vincent Price
5. Peter Cushing
6. Cary Grant
7. James Stewart
8. Boris Karloff
9. Robert Mitchum
10. Claude Rains
Honorable Mentions: Charles Laughton, Roddy McDowall, Sean Connery, Tim Curry, Edward G. Robinson, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, William Powell, Rock Hudson, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Christopher Lee, James Cagney, Basil Rathbone, Abbott & Costello, Tim Robbins, Donald Sutherland, David McCallum, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco
Actresses
1. Maureen O' Sullivan
2. Deborah Kerr
3. Elsa Lanchester
4. Maureen O'Hara
5. Susan Sarandon
6. Karen Black
7. Lauren Bacall
8. Audrey Hepburn
9. Joan Crawford
10. Myrna Loy
Honorable Mentions: Bette Davis, Doris Day, Jean Harlow
I know there's others I'm forgetting. I'm a fan of so many different kinds of movies from so many eras...tough to recall them all. There's even actors and actresses whose films I've discovered myself surprisingly having more of their movies than I expected (Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Christina Ricci, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Jonny Lee Miller, Antonio Banderas, Bruce Willis)
Where is Bela Lugosi on here?
What the f**k is wrong with you people.
Im actually angry right now.
I'm always glad to see Judith Hoag in a film or a TV series. :smile:
lee van cleef
paul naschy
leslie neilson
matt clark
paul kolso
bo hopkins
wings hauser
rutger hauer
peter weller
and of course, charles bronson
Here's 10 more:
BELA LUGOSI
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
JOHN BARRYMORE
LINDA DARNELL
MYRNA LOY
J. CARROL NAISH
LON CHANEY SR.
ETHEL BARRYMORE
LIONEL BARRYMORE
JEANNE CRAIN
Philip Seymour Hoffman was on my shortlist. Unfortunately, he is gone now.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 03, 2014, 02:00:24 PM
Philip Seymour Hoffman was on my shortlist. Unfortunately, he is gone now.
:'(
His performance in Synecdoche, New York was one of my favourites
Chow Yun-Fat
Liam Neeson
William Fichtner
Robert Duvall
Humphrey Bogart
Bruce Campbell
Darren McGavin
M. Emmet Walsh
Treat Williams
Powers Booth
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Vincent Price
Amber Heard
Christopher Walken
Allison Hayes
John Agar
Kate Beckinsale
Anthony Hopkins
Julianne Moore
Charlize Theron