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01-16-2013, 08:23 AM
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Grip
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Great actor....ever?
Daniel Day-Lewis seems like a lock to win his third Academy Award for Best Actor. This is unprecedented and provides a news peg for this debate. We can talk about actresses another day.
I'm not quite ready to rank them, but here are some names I think should be considered: Day-Lewis Robert De Niro Humphrey Bogart Marlon Brando Gregory Peck Paul Newman Jimmy Stewart Al Pacino Dustin Hoffman Clint Eastwood Robert Redford Kirk Douglas Cary Grant Jack Nicholson Sidney Poitier Harrison Ford Peter North Clark Gable Gary Cooper Spencer Tracy Lawrence Olivier Sean Penn Robert Duvall |
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01-16-2013, 08:56 AM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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You'd better revise that title - because "Mr Technical" (ME) is gonna nit pick you to death about not narrowing the focus - "great actor EVER" includes every actor back to about 1200 BC.
 Just ask Vader how picky I am with such a wide open category name 
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01-16-2013, 09:19 AM
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Grip
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Well, let's hear those actors and reasons behind why you believe they belong on top. :-D
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01-16-2013, 11:02 AM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Well played
 I have an abundance of free time though - and I will take a look around to try to find some examples  Right off the top of my head though - John Wilkes Booth was considered one of the finest actors of his day. This is under "General Movies" though, come to think of it So we'll use that as a starting point - If it were under "Celebrities" then we could dig back to stage actors
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01-16-2013, 12:57 PM
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Grip
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Unfortunately, I don't have the power to move this thread.
Looking forward to your list. Really am. |
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01-16-2013, 01:00 PM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington Anthony Hopkins Tom Hanks Sean Connery John Wayne Gene Hackman Henry Fonda Charlie Chaplin Steve McQueen Orson Wells James Cagney Peter O'Toole Toshiro Mifune Michael Douglas Michael Caine Kevin Spacey Brad Pitt Anthony Quinn Roy Scheider Jason Robards Warren Beatty Jack Lemmon Burt Lancaster Robert Mitchum George C Scott Peter Sellers William Holden James Dean Edward G Robinson Gene Kelly Richard Burton Buster Keaton Fred Astaire James Mason William Powell Errol Flynn Bruce Willis Charlton Heston Lliam Neeson Christopher Walken Rudolph Valentino Robert Downey jr Jeff Bridges Heath Ledger Donald Sutherland John Malkovich Tommy Lee Jones Steve Bucemi Alec Guinness Ed Harris Ben Kingsley Forest Whitaker Dennis Hopper Mickey Rooney Christopher Lee Martin Sheen Richard Dreyfuss Yul Brynner Christopher Plummer David Niven Lee Van Cleef Ray Milland Rex Harrison William Hurt James Caan Tony Curtis Omar Sharif Rock Hudson Luis Jordan William H Macy Robert Wagner Lee Marvin James Cromwell Charles Bronson John Turturro Danny Glover Mickey Rourke Malcom McDowell John Gielgud Jon Voight Graham Greene James Coburn Jack Palance Ok my fingers are tired - I noticed you have "Peter North" listed - are you including Porn?
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01-16-2013, 02:11 PM
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01-16-2013, 04:22 PM
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Danny Glover??? Bruce Willis???
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01-16-2013, 05:08 PM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Not everyone will agree with everyone els's choices - those two are capable of delivering strong performances in my opinion and have contributed quite a few very successful performances as well - maybe not the best ever, but darn good.
And let's face it - every actor has made a clunker at one time or another - it is unfortunate that those may be their best remembered. I would add Lionel Barrymore as I am fond of his performances (and he is a Barrymore) and for that matter, John Barrymore. I also forgot Lon Chaney - the man of 1000 faces, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre (also some classic performances of quality) I always liked Frank Morgan, Burt Larr, Ray Bolger, and Ray Walston as well
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01-16-2013, 05:44 PM
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Should DDL win it would hardly be unprecedented. Jack Nicholson has 3 Oscars. So does Meryl Streep. Katherine Hepburn also won 3 and Walter Brennan holds the record for most acting Oscar wins with 4, albeit all of them were for Best Supporting Actor.
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01-16-2013, 06:51 PM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Were we just talking about Award winners? I didn't use that as a criteria just as a note
but that's obvious
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01-16-2013, 07:27 PM
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Porn stars should be included in both lists.
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01-16-2013, 11:26 PM
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Executive Producer
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Most of my list is made up of porn stars.
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01-16-2013, 11:48 PM
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01-17-2013, 09:18 AM
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Jack Nicholson is inarguably a great movie actor. But having done little theater or performed not much Shakespeare or Sophocles, it's a jump ball as to whether or not he can be considered a great actor.
Laurence Olivier, on the other hand, is probably the greatest actor ever to appear on film. Maybe a small handful of others, say Alec Guinness and John Gielgud, maybe even Kenneth Branagh. |
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01-17-2013, 12:34 PM
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01-17-2013, 01:29 PM
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Muwahahaha!...Hamster.
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Jack Nicholson was given an apprenticeship at The Players Ring theater, in the mid 50's although I'm not sure how long he was there.
Also, I have been considering adding Groucho Marx because of his consistent performances, but I haven't really seen too many of his non-Marx Brothers appearances - I think I am going to track as many down as I can though - he was definitely one of the greats
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