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Must have actors if you are calling your movie a Western

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May 03, 2023, 09:08 AM
oddball
Must have actors if you are calling your movie a Western
Dream Team cast for a single western film, oh boy...

The three main stars- John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Robert Mitchum. Supporting cast- Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Robert Duvall, Warren Oates, Paul Fix, Sam Elliot


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May 03, 2023, 03:51 PM
rat2306
quote:
Originally posted by sig operator:
Bob Steele


Good one, he was very active in B Westerns (and "F Troop"). Another one from B's (and a few roles in John Wayne films) I like is Tom Tyler.
May 03, 2023, 06:59 PM
k5blazer
Clint Walker
Neville Brand
William Smith
Dennis Weaver
James Drury
May 04, 2023, 06:34 AM
mark123
Sanjay Dutt
May 04, 2023, 10:10 AM
jhe888
It is gonna be tough on you would-be casting directors. Most of those guys are dead.



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May 04, 2023, 03:15 PM
GWbiker
Randolph Scott.

His movies are still aired on GRIT on weekends.


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May 04, 2023, 03:33 PM
12131
Nobody mentioned Terence Hill, yet?


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May 04, 2023, 09:55 PM
bendable
Bruce Dern,
Good one !

One of the top five bad guys.
Ya just love to despise his characters.




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May 04, 2023, 10:29 PM
TMats
quote:
Originally posted by cas:
Don't forget Dub Taylor.

Or son, Buck

Maybe someone like Wes Studi or Will Sampson should be mentioned


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May 05, 2023, 11:23 PM
bendable
For crying out loud,
Paul Fix
He did a bunch of very good work




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May 06, 2023, 06:43 AM
lastmanstanding
Denver Pyle is another one. He had some acting skills. Appeared in many of the early tv westerns. Just seen him this morning on a Wagon Train Episode. He hit the jack pot when landing on Dukes Of Hazard. The camera just likes some people and they don't have to do much after that. He was one of those. Slimp Pickens, Strother Martin and Burgess Meredith fit in that category as well.


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May 07, 2023, 07:15 PM
bendable
And where are we at on this Jack Nicholson guy?

He did very well in the very few westerns that he was in .

And he's among the very best in my opinion.

But a western actor ?
What say you ?




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May 07, 2023, 10:10 PM
TwoRivers
Dennis Hopper
James Best
Burl Ives
DeForest Kelly
May 07, 2023, 10:19 PM
akcopnfbks
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Clint.


This. Clint & Sam Elliot.


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May 07, 2023, 10:22 PM
YooperSigs
Nicholson was good in The Missouri Breaks. His other westerns.... Not so much.


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