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he's made a few and some of them were good,
but would he be in your top ten ?
for a cowboy , western figure?

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How good is he , in general as a cowboy or new frontier western character?

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he's the best , hands down
he's very good , in my top ten
he's passable , but not great
totally mis cast as a cowboy
there are a dozen that would do a better job in those rolls
never liked him in any thing
he's better as a native american
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I voted he is in the top ten...especially in Will Penny and in The Mountain Men (which I regard as a "western figure" Smile).


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While I suppose he did fine in some cowboy roles, I would never have thought of him when thinking of my favorites. Certainly not in my top ten.
 
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He's no John Wayne!



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I must be the only one who voted "Passable," and it doesn't even register!
 
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I think his best western roles were in The Big Country and Will Penny.
I voted passable too.


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Passable.

He was good in The Big Country, haven't seen it in years though. He was OK in Tombstone. I think he came off better playing a supporting role in westerns. His talents were elsewhere.



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OK, I voted “passable, but not great.” What do YOU say bendable? You asked but never said why, or what you think about his roles in Westerns.


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I'd have picked a half dozen others , prior to choosing Heston in the roll of a western figure or cow poke.





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Is “Major Dundee” a Western or a war flick (set in 1864-65 in Texas/Arizona-New Mexico territories). Senta Berger was definitely “eye candy”.


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I'd have picked a half dozen others , prior to choosing Heston in the roll of a western figure or cow poke.


I would choose way more than a half dozen. Hell, a dozen TV actors would have been better.



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"Will Penny".


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I'd have picked a half dozen others , prior to choosing Heston in the roll of a western figure or cow poke.

That’s not one of the choices.
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Is “Major Dundee” a Western or a war flick (set in 1864-65 in Texas/Arizona-New Mexico territories). Senta Berger was definitely “eye candy”.

Probably my Heston favorite. Richard Harris was good in it as well.


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My favorite was when he was as travelleling in The Forbidden Zone! A horse, a rifle and a purty girl.


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I really like Will Penny and The Big Country. Watch both of them most every time I see them on, but it would be really hard for me to put Heston in my top ten Western actors.


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As believeable as Henry Fonda and Dean Martin.
 
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Will Penny was on this afternoon. What a crappy ending !
 
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Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
I voted he is in the top ten...especially in Will Penny and in The Mountain Men (which I regard as a "western figure" Smile).


Two of my favorites as well. Will Penny, not your typical western, but greatly played.
Totally different character in Mountain Men.


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