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Charlton Heston as a western / cowboy character
March 26, 2019, 06:18 PM
bendableCharlton Heston as a western / cowboy character
he's made a few and some of them were good,<BR>but would he be in your top ten ?<BR>for a cowboy , western figure?How good is he , in general as a cowboy or new frontier western character?he's the best , hands downhe's very good , in my top tenhe's passable , but not greattotally mis cast as a cowboythere are a dozen that would do a better job in those rollsnever liked him in any thinghe's better as a native americancan't be bothered, working on garbage can solution
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March 26, 2019, 06:37 PM
BisleyblackhawkI voted he is in the top ten...especially in
Will Penny and in
The Mountain Men (which I regard as a "western figure"
).
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March 26, 2019, 07:29 PM
ZSMICHAELNope. Moses or Voice of God.
March 26, 2019, 09:06 PM
amalsWhile 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.
March 26, 2019, 09:47 PM
bald1He's no John Wayne!
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March 26, 2019, 10:00 PM
mikeyspizzaI must be the only one who voted "Passable," and it doesn't even register!
March 27, 2019, 01:42 AM
YooperSigsI think his best western roles were in The Big Country and Will Penny.
I voted passable too.
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March 27, 2019, 08:59 AM
oddballPassable.
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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March 27, 2019, 10:06 AM
TMatsOK, 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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March 27, 2019, 11:42 AM
bendableI'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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March 27, 2019, 01:05 PM
2BobTannerIs “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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March 27, 2019, 01:25 PM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by bendable:
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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March 27, 2019, 04:49 PM
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March 27, 2019, 05:06 PM
Patrick-SP2022quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
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.
March 27, 2019, 08:21 PM
lastmanstandingquote:
Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
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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March 27, 2019, 09:38 PM
TommydoggMy favorite was when he was as travelleling in The Forbidden Zone! A horse, a rifle and a purty girl.
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March 29, 2019, 10:11 PM
bkmooneyI 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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March 31, 2019, 03:43 AM
arfmelAs believeable as Henry Fonda and Dean Martin.
April 02, 2019, 03:23 PM
NK402Will Penny was on this afternoon. What a crappy ending !
April 02, 2019, 05:49 PM
Aquabirdquote:
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"
).
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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