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re: Spin off: Who is the greatest screen actor of all time
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:48 pm to HoboDickCheese
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:48 pm to HoboDickCheese
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Christian Bale
quote:I love these threads
Val Kilmer
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:54 pm to Midget Death Squad
quote:I love... him... in... that oil movie where... he... takes... these strange pauses between... words even... better... than Shat used to do.
1: Daniel Day Lewis
GOAT
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:12 pm to HoboDickCheese
George C Scott
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:52 am to Diseasefreeforall
Mickey Rooney had talent, as did near all the actors of that time.
Mickey's talent was the ability to hear music and being able to play it back 100% correct.
He also could pick up a music instrument and play it, that he had never played before.
Like all stars at the time, he could remember the lines and read them back.
He had charm and some charisma.
His roles are small in Hollywood, due in large part to physical limits, he did not have the looks are height Hollywood was looking for in a leading role.
He could never be a Cooper or Gable, but in did cut out room for his roles he could carry.
Because of his talent level many star did not like him, the same as Shirley Temple.
Shirley could read anything by the age of four and could read back the lines 100% correct word for word. Now just think working with her at 7 years old and she is correcting those in the movie for not knowing their lines.
This is the wall both ran into, Mickey hung on and made room for his roles, Shirley could not.
Actors misused by Hollywood far outnumber the Rooney's and Temple's, prime example if Fredric March.
Fredric was a natural at comedy and got stuck in leading man roles.
Watch Fredric totally fool the cast on What's My Line, and you will get to see the waste of talent.
Mickey's talent was the ability to hear music and being able to play it back 100% correct.
He also could pick up a music instrument and play it, that he had never played before.
Like all stars at the time, he could remember the lines and read them back.
He had charm and some charisma.
His roles are small in Hollywood, due in large part to physical limits, he did not have the looks are height Hollywood was looking for in a leading role.
He could never be a Cooper or Gable, but in did cut out room for his roles he could carry.
Because of his talent level many star did not like him, the same as Shirley Temple.
Shirley could read anything by the age of four and could read back the lines 100% correct word for word. Now just think working with her at 7 years old and she is correcting those in the movie for not knowing their lines.
This is the wall both ran into, Mickey hung on and made room for his roles, Shirley could not.
Actors misused by Hollywood far outnumber the Rooney's and Temple's, prime example if Fredric March.
Fredric was a natural at comedy and got stuck in leading man roles.
Watch Fredric totally fool the cast on What's My Line, and you will get to see the waste of talent.
This post was edited on 5/28/25 at 12:57 am
Posted on 5/28/25 at 7:35 am to tigger1
Fredric March was indeed excellent, and had a range that wasn't often utilized, but I remember one time he did falter. He tried for a streetwise mug (akin to Cagney or early Spencer Tracy) in "Good Dame" (1934), opposite Sylvia Sidney. But it didn't work. he just couldn't quite pull it off. Still too handsome, too much of a prep-school bearing. Pretty rare movie. I don't think it's been on tv anywhere for probably forty years, like a lot of those 1930s Paramount films.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 7:46 am to JackDempsey
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DeNiro?
I never EVER thought I would say this but his political insanity has caused me to no longer like him. He now truly believes that he is the tough guys he plays on camera.
I also laugh at his platform shoes and stupid shirts to try and look taller.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 12:10 pm to nealnan8
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Rober Duvall
Posted on 5/28/25 at 1:06 pm to Shiftyplus1
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Philip Seymour Hoffman. The definition of "range".
This is correct answer. End thread
My top three are Hoffman, Oldman and DDL
DDL is below them due to how selective he is with his roles. His range isnt on display nearly as much as with Hoffman and Oldman
This post was edited on 5/28/25 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 5/28/25 at 1:24 pm to HoboDickCheese
Add Heston to your number 2 spot.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 9:14 am to HoboDickCheese
Ok...maybe not the greatest in everyone's opinion...but this is my list:
1. Christian Bale
2. Peter O'Toole
3. Lawrence Olivier
4. Marlon Brando
5. Philip Seymore Hoffman
6. Denzel Washington
7. Gary Cooper
8. Jimmy Stewart
9. Henry Fonda
10. Anthony Hopkins
1. Christian Bale
2. Peter O'Toole
3. Lawrence Olivier
4. Marlon Brando
5. Philip Seymore Hoffman
6. Denzel Washington
7. Gary Cooper
8. Jimmy Stewart
9. Henry Fonda
10. Anthony Hopkins
Posted on 5/30/25 at 9:18 am to NfamousPanda
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DDL is below them due to how selective he is with his roles. His range isnt on display nearly as much as with Hoffman and Oldman
I can't picture DDL in a comedy
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