Great Western Character Actors
Great Western Character Actors
[ Paul Fix in a number of John Wayne films, Hank Worden ditto,Harry Carey ( jr ), the same, Ben Johnson, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Royal Dano[ ( an Abe Lincoln lookalike )Francis Ford, John's bearded brother. Fix was at his best in Shenendoah, a Civil War film starring Jimmy Strewart, Hank Worden in The Searchers, though I know many Western fans who dislike this portrayal asa mentally handicapped Indian, Carey( jr) & Johnson in Rio Grande & Wagon Master, Brennan was a very mean Old Man Clanton in Ford's My Darling Clementine, Morgan as Fonda's buddy in The Ox Bow Incident, Dano as a baddie or semi good guy in many films, and Francis Ford likewise in the Ox - Bow Incident as well.
For the females role Claire Trevor played a dance hall girl many times, but many times she was the leading lady, Marjorie Main in Honky Tonk,Una merkel in Desrty Rides Again, Mildred Natwick She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Fort Apache, Irene Rich also in Fort Apache alone with Anna Lee, Jane Darwell Ox - Bow & Clementine.
For the females role Claire Trevor played a dance hall girl many times, but many times she was the leading lady, Marjorie Main in Honky Tonk,Una merkel in Desrty Rides Again, Mildred Natwick She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Fort Apache, Irene Rich also in Fort Apache alone with Anna Lee, Jane Darwell Ox - Bow & Clementine.
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Awwww. You took all the good ones.
Arthut Hunnicutt comes to mind..... and Uncle Joe, I mean Edgar Buchanan. I might also mention Alan Mowbray, whom I love seeing in westerns, because he always plays such grandly out of place characters. I adore him in Wagon Master, and in My Darling Clementine.
Arthut Hunnicutt comes to mind..... and Uncle Joe, I mean Edgar Buchanan. I might also mention Alan Mowbray, whom I love seeing in westerns, because he always plays such grandly out of place characters. I adore him in Wagon Master, and in My Darling Clementine.
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Jack Elam personified nastiness in most of his 1950s appearances. "Rawhide" is of particular note for his being evil.
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Yep, Jacl Elam was great was in Rawhide. This film raised my opinion of director Henry Hathaway. Why ? Cause he actually got a performance from High Marlowe, who is usually akin to watching wet paint dry.movieman1957 wrote:Jack Elam personified nastiness in most of his 1950s appearances. "Rawhide" is of particular note for his being evil.
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Walter Brennan in Rio Bravo and Andy Devine (and his voice) in Stagecoach and Liberty Valance.
Probably more on TV than the movies, John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan.
I wish Clu Gulager had done more seasons on The Virginian because he was wonderful as Emmett Ryker. He was a good actor that never got the roles or acclaim he should have.
Probably more on TV than the movies, John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan.
I wish Clu Gulager had done more seasons on The Virginian because he was wonderful as Emmett Ryker. He was a good actor that never got the roles or acclaim he should have.
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Hoagy Carmichael in CANYON PASSAGE. A one-man Greek Chorus.
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Oh my gosh, how could I forget, Warren Oates, Strother Martin and LQ Jones!
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me too, me too!!!!wish Clu Gulager had done more seasons on The Virginian because he was wonderful as Emmett Ryker. He was a good actor that never got the roles or acclaim he should have.
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Wow, you're the only person I've ever run across who mentioned Hoagy in that movie.ChiO wrote:Hoagy Carmichael in CANYON PASSAGE. A one-man Greek Chorus.
I love the man in anything. He could say so much with just a raised eyebrow and a suspended finger hovering above a keyboard. And then there's his voice like a creaky old gate with a unique sound that means you're home.
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While growing up 45 minutes from Bloomington, Indiana, my father pounded into me that Hoagy was the greatest songwriter in history. But in CANYON PASSAGE, without a piano, he moves the narrative and comments on it, remaining slyly neutral...and sings a swell song.Moira wrote:
Wow, you're the only person I've ever run across who mentioned Hoagy in that movie.
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My absolute favorite Walter Brennan performance (and one of my favorite performances ever, actually) was as Judge Roy Bean in "The Westerner." He absolutely ran away with that movie.
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Oh, he is crazy good in The Westerner..... mean, ornery, cold blooded, yet sad and deluded...even needy at times. it's a great, great performance. I think it's his best.