Performances I never get tired of watching

[voltron]

.Robert Blossums in DERANGED-an Ed Gein kinda guy-he IS Ed Gein!

http://youtu.be/fYhceVkQGUk

Virtual karma RC! Blossum's performance in Deranged is more effective and creepy than any other Ed Gein movie I've seen.  
I REALLY like Jodie Foster in The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane. At such a young age you could tell she was quite talented.

[VenomX73]

Robert Shaw in Jaws and The Sting - Damn, if you can't almost smell the salt water and sweat every time he appears on screen as Quint.  His performance as Doyle Lonnegan doesn't get mentioned enough, probably because Newman and Redford were in the same movie.

Robert Shaw in Jaws



I agree! Awesome role. He played it very well. We'll always remember Quint. 

[Dennis]

I could probably spend hours on this, but here are the first 2 that come to mind.

Captain Kirk in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home                                             
http://youtu.be/b9dEI-Ru1CI

Cyrano De Bergerac, the 1950 film version.
http://youtu.be/YpHwm5EFVbY

[RCMerchant]

Christopher Lee in HORROR OF DRACULA (1957)
yeah-Lugosi was dead-and Lee brought Dracula into the 60's and 70's-even though many of those films-well -sucked.BUT Lee was the only shining light.
Cmon! DRACULA AD 1972 and the SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA-awful!!!

[JaseSF]

Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, and The Omega Man

William Shatner in Star Trek

Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys

Richard Carlson in It Came From Outer Space and The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Bela Lugosi in White Zombie and Dracula

Peter Cushing as Dr. Frankenstein in the Hammer Frankenstein films

Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still

Christopher Lee as Count Dracula

Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life, The Philadelphia Story, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window and Harvey

Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, The Bishop's Wife, North by Northwest

Humphrey Bogart in pretty much everything he did.

Boris Karloff in his Frankenstein monster roles, as the Mummy, and in The Body Snatcher and The Black Cat

Vincent Price in The Abominable Dr. Phibes

[Dr. Whom]

It is all in the reflexes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-pr5iqKb4

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton. Watched it again the other day.

[Javakoala]

Harmon Stevens as Dr. Leland J. Masterson in Mesa Of Lost Women.

He's charming, brainless, funny, and a snappy dresser for a looney bin escapee. I could watch this turkey over and over just to enjoy this guy's performance.

[Rev. Powell]

Most of the cast of MANIAC, but especially this guy...

Maniac (1934) - Best worst transformation ever

"Darts of fire in my brain! Stabbing me! Agony!"

[JaseSF]

George Barrows and John Brown as Ro-Man the Robot Monster and the Great Guidance.

[zelmo73]

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). Even if he were still alive, Ledger would never have been able to top this performance. The stars were aligned perfectly for him in this movie, to the point where he stole the show from every other actor in the film and made Batman look very boring by comparison. This segment is the best of all of The Joker's appearances in the movie because it showcases all of his lunatic emotions as well as the epic battle of wits between The Joker and Batman.

Batman interrogates the Joker

[JaseSF]

Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictactor (and also in his roles as the Tramp)

Charlie Chaplin final speech in The Great Dictator

Buster Keaton in The General

The General A tribute to Buster Keaton

[Mofo Rising]

Ian Holm has been one of my favorite actors for a long while.

He was in a movie called The Sweet Hereafter, which is not an easy movie to watch at all. It is literally the saddest movie I have ever seen.

Ian Holm's character is basically a bottomless well of sadness. It's one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever seen. Here's a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wjy1mpt_Gg

That's not even the worst part of the movie. His performance in that movie should be my never tired of watching, but I can't really watch it. Basically my favorite piece of acting I really don't want to see again.

[Dennis]

Club Paradise with Peter O'Toole and Robin Williams is another one I never get tired of.                             
http://youtu.be/IVuA7qgxo1A?list=PLGg5eSx5RISyjlRLBGaltKNz8it8GziuU

[The Burgomaster]

I did some more thinking and here are a few others:

* Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in The Odd Couple.  Great chemistry.  The movie and play are so much better than the TV series.

* Sissy Spacek in Carrie and Coal Miner's Daughter

* Piper Laurie in Carrie

* Alastair Sim in A Christmas Carol

* Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather, Part II

* George C. Scott in The Hustler and Anatomy of a Murder

[claws]

Nathan Lane / The Birdcage