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Favorite "tough guy" actor?

Started by The Burgomaster, March 07, 2007, 04:55:01 PM

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Who is your favorite "tough guy" actor?  (I'm sure I'll take some flack for this if I have left YOUR favorite off the list).

Charles Bronson
Clint Eastwood
Lee Marvin
John Wayne
Steven Segal
Chuck Norris
Robert Mitchum
Richard Roundtree
James Cagney
Jean Claude van Damme
Chow-Yun Fat
Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kirk Douglas
Steve McQueen
Charlton Heston
Humphrey Bogart
Wesley Snipes
Bruce Lee
Burt Reynolds
The Rock
George Raft
Lee van Cleef
Vin Diesel
Jim Brown
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The Burgomaster

March 07, 2007, 04:55:01 PM
Fire away . . .
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Him

#1
March 07, 2007, 05:11:50 PM
I can think of several that I would have liked included in the poll.

Sam L Jackson
Harrison Ford
Bruce Willis

But out of those choices, I'll go with Wesley Snipes or Charlton Heston.

JaseSF

#2
March 07, 2007, 05:19:50 PM
Definitely Heston.
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ulthar

#3
March 07, 2007, 07:21:12 PM
Yeah, I picked Heston, too.  Too many good choices though!!
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#4
March 07, 2007, 07:49:28 PM
I picked Jimmy Cagney.Whatta tuff little SOB he was!!!!

   
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#5
March 07, 2007, 08:11:50 PM
Aw, c'mon -- where is Tom Atkins?
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#6
March 07, 2007, 09:50:55 PM
I think that Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci should be on the list, but I have to admit it's pretty complete as it is. All these guys have had many great on-screen moments, but I had to go with John Wayne.

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Derf

#7
March 07, 2007, 09:54:48 PM
What!? No Joe Don Baker?!?!?!?!?  :teddyr:

*Sigh* I guess I'll have to go with Humphrey Bogart. None of those other guys could have handled Lauren Bacall...
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#8
March 07, 2007, 10:16:49 PM
Had to go with Clint Eastwood but it was tough lots of good choices.
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#9
March 07, 2007, 10:34:09 PM
Quote from: biff_debris on March 07, 2007, 08:11:50 PM
Aw, c'mon -- where is Tom Atkins?
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I second that mention of Tom Atkins.  :thumbup:


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The Burgomaster

#10
March 07, 2007, 10:46:41 PM
Derf:

I thought of Joe Don Baker.  He may deserve to be here on the merit of WALKING TALL alone.  However, his appearance in movies like MITCHELL and WACKO forced me to leave him off the list.
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March 07, 2007, 11:44:37 PM Last Edit: March 07, 2007, 11:48:42 PM by Scott

Lee Van Cleef

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#12
March 08, 2007, 02:44:52 AM
Where's Gregory Peck on the list? He almost took out the anti-Christ, for God's sake! Plus, he got ahold of Audrey Hepburn (yum).
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#13
March 08, 2007, 06:13:08 AM
Lee Marvin, for sure, but I'd have to include lots of runner ups: Bronson, Van Cleef, Mitchum from the list.

Honorable mention to George Raft, he apparently associated with real gangsters and they began to copy his style of dress and mannerisms. It says something when those guys copy you.

Where's:
Burt Lancaster
Danny Trejo
Tex Cobb
Lawrence Tierney
Toshiro Mifune
Jean Reno
Jack Palance
William Holden - He almost took out the Anti-Christ and got ahold of Audrey Hepburn too.
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#14
March 08, 2007, 08:18:49 AM
I voted for Steve McQueen, the guy was tough and real cool, man.  Clint Eastwood and John Wayne would be the next two on my list.



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