Who's been in the most bad movies?

[Bossy Monkey]

I always want to say Michael Madsen, but I guess that's unfair. Judge Reinhold once claimed to be the king of direct to video releases, but he may have been kidding. There's always Jack Scalia, '90s patron saint of the USA Network, but I dunno if made for cable really counts.

What do you think? Feel free to range over all of film history, include video, cable, porno, whatever, if and as you see fit. If this goes anywhere, maybe a poll will result one day.

Edit: There are also the related questions, "Who has been in the highest percentage of bad movies?" or "Who has been in ONLY bad movies?"; feel free to answer either of these instead.

[datasuspect]

1. i've been in a few

you'd know which ones if you saw me . . .

[AlCzervik]

2. Steve Guttenburg has plenty of crappy movies to his credit.

[Huckebein the Raven]

7. I second Guttenburg

he would be nothing without the Stonecutters

*shameless Simpsons reference*

:P

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Jean-Claude van Damme?

Or maybe Steven Seagal?

[demosincebirth]

19. I agree. Both of them

[CanuckAmok]

4. Hmmm...Linda Fiorontino? Christopher Walken? are you talking...

...sheer volume? Or Degree of crappitude? I thingk Walken has been in the most bad movies, but that's only because he's so prolific. He never says no to a project, and he's often the guy on the video box, even if he's only in one two-minute scene in the whole film.

[FrankBooth]

5. Donald Pleasance

check out his bio at IMDB.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/

[Left Is Write]

6. Richard Grieco, Kellie Martin or Tori Spelling.

[calico1]

8. Well, for a number of years Demi Moore

was one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses despite never appearing in a really great, critically acclaimed movie. "A Few Good Men" was the best movie I think she appeared in but she had a supporting role.

[punpirate]

9. That's easy...

... if one includes military training films, commercials and political infomercials, it's Ronald Reagan, hands down.

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Arnold Schwartenegger!

He takes the cake for most bad movies.

What's Michael Madsen been in that's been so horrible, and don't say "Kill Me Again" cuz it was great!

david

[FrankBooth]

11. Free Willy 2

sucked big time.

[4_Legs_Good]

16. OMG, he was in Free Willy 2?

I totally forgot about that! He was in Free Willy (#1) too, wasn't he. Gawd awful.

Yeah, that's bad bad bad

david

[FrankBooth]

18. He is still great though, you can't blame an actor for working

I saw him on that IFC show "Dinner For Five," and he talked about how much he liked doing the Free Willy movies because he didn't have to play the heavy.

[ClintonTyree]

14. We have a winner!

AHHHHHHHNOLD, can't act worth a crap. Every movie he's ever made has been complete crap. :hurts: I don't think I've ever watched one to completion. They're SOOOOO unbearable.

[4_Legs_Good]

15. I actually liked Total Recall

Despite Arnold. He was bad, but the movie was quite good, thanks to Paul Verhoven's direction.

If you ever want a real laugh, listen to the Director + Arnold commentary on Total Recall. Arnold never sounded more like a dufus than on that thing.

david

[Telly Savalas]

22. Ahnold used to be good for a few campy action flicks...

Total Recall, Running Man, the Terminator & T2, and Conan are all fun little movies. Sure they aint Fellini, but they weren't trying to be. 'Tis a shame he had to fuck it all up by running for governor of Cali.

[Locut0s]

30. Total Recall?!?!

Granted I saw it on TV but I think it's got to be the worst of his movies! The only ARNOLD movie that I feel is any good is Terminator 2 and that is thanks mostly to James Cameron's direction. That's not to say that T2 is good, but it has good atmosphere and can be entertaining if you're in the mood.

Ok edit that make that the worst of his action flicks. There are some truly unspeakable disasters he made when trying to do "serious" movies, "comedies" and "family friendly" movies. Kindergarten Cop etc ... *shudder*!!

[DS1]

12. Lorenzo Lamas, Daniel Stern, Jackie Chan, Kris Kristofferson

[Maddy McCall]

13. Dolph Lundgren

The muscle guy with the square jaw and bleach blonde crew cut. He was married to Brigette what's her name at one time.

Edit: Adding photo:

[asthmaticeog]

17. Ben Affleck.

I think he may well have surpassed Kostner in the number of wretched flops he's made, yet he still gets work.

[nytemare]

20. Steven "Straight to DVD" Seagal

:)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

21. john travolta

completely blew his post-pulp fiction credibilty comeback with one horrendous flop after another

[peekaloo]

23. Wings Hauser!

[baron j]

28. Harry Dean Stanton

But he's been in many good ones, as well...Perhaps you should phrase it, "who has consistently, and only, been in the most bad movies?"

[lpbk2713]

24. Burt Reynolds

The closest he ever came to being halfway decent was in Deliverance.

[elshiva]

25. Adam Sandler

[Locut0s]

32. Sandler is actually quite good in Punch Drunk Love his other stuff though.

:puke:

[elshiva]

34. Wedding Singer was OK too, but mostly he was in bad movies,

[jdj]

26. Jennifer Tilly, but I lover her anyway.

same with Drew Barrymore.

[Swede]

27. C. Thomas Howell.

I think he's in every second bad movie.

[devilgrrl]

33. Dang! You beat me to it! Fine Christopher Makepeace then!

Marc Singer would be another choice

[CanuckAmok]

29. wow...nobody's mentioned "Pauly Shore" yet?

Are we in Bizarro World?

[CanuckAmok]

31. OH! OH! ......Michael Ironside!

He's in everything.

[Locut0s]

35. So many choices so little time..

It would be a far easier task to name who has been in the most good movies.

[VOX]

36. Michael Caine, as great as he is, has made a TON of crap...

And he freely admits this. He's one of the world's best actors, but for every "Educating Rida," "The Quiet American" and "Tha Man Who Would Be King," he's got several stinkers. A quick list (sorry, no time to edit out the really good films):

Bewitched (2005) (post-production) .... Nigel
Batman Begins (2005) (post-production) .... Alfred Pennyworth
The Weather Man (2005) (completed) .... Robert Spritz
Around the Bend (2004) .... Henry Lair
The Statement (2003) .... Pierre Brossard
Secondhand Lions (2003) .... Garth
The Actors (2003) .... O'Malley
The Quiet American (2002) .... Thomas Fowler
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Nigel Powers
Last Orders (2001) .... Jack Dodds
Quicksand (2001/I) .... Jake Mellows
Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Victor Melling
Get Carter (2000) .... Cliff Brumby
Shiner (2000) .... Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
Quills (2000) .... Dr. Royer-Collard
The Debtors (1999)
The Cider House Rules (1999) .... Dr. Wilbur Larch
Curtain Call (1999) .... Max Gale
Little Voice (1998) .... Ray Say
Shadow Run (1998) .... Haskell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997/II) (TV) .... Captain Nemo
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) (TV) .... F.W. de Klerk
Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996) .... Harry Palmer
Blood and Wine (1996) .... Victor 'Vic' Spansky
Bullet to Beijing (1996) (TV) .... Harry Palmer
On Deadly Ground (1994) .... Michael Jennings
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) .... Scrooge
Blue Ice (1992) .... Harry Anders
Noises Off... (1992) .... Lloyd Fellowes
Bullseye! (1990) .... Sidney Lipton/Doctor Hicklar
Mr. Destiny (1990) .... Mike the Bartender
A Shock to the System (1990) .... Graham Marshall
Jekyll & Hyde (1990) (TV) .... Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) .... Lawrence Jamieson
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV) .... Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline
Without a Clue (1988) .... Sherlock Holmes/Reginald Kincaid
Surrender (1987) .... Sean Stein
Jaws: The Revenge (1987) .... Hoagie Newcombe
The Fourth Protocol (1987) .... John Preston
The Whistle Blower (1986) .... Frank Jones
Half Moon Street (1986) .... Lord Sam Bulbeck
Mona Lisa (1986) .... Mortwell
Sweet Liberty (1986) .... Elliott James
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) .... Elliot
The Holcroft Covenant (1985) .... Noel Holcroft
Water (1985/I) .... Baxter Thwaites
Blame It on Rio (1984) .... Matthew Hollins
The Honorary Consul (1983) .... Charley Fortnum
Educating Rita (1983) .... Dr. Frank Bryant
The Jigsaw Man (1983) .... Philip Kimberly/Sergei Kuzminsky
Deathtrap (1982) .... Sidney Bruhl
Victory (1981/I) .... Capt. John Colby
The Hand (1981) .... Jonathan Lansdale
The Island (1980) .... Blair Maynard
Dressed to Kill (1980) .... Doctor Robert Elliott
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) .... Captain Mike Turner
Ashanti (1979) .... Dr. David Linderby
California Suite (1978) .... Visitors from London - Sidney Cochran
The Swarm (1978) .... Brad Crane
Silver Bears (1978) .... Doc Fletcher
A Bridge Too Far (1977) .... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) .... Col. Kurt Steiner
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) .... Adam Worth
The Man Who Would Be King (1975) .... Peachy Carnehan
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) .... Lewis Fielding
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) .... Jim Keogh
Peeper (1975) .... Leslie C. Tucker
The Destructors (1974) .... John Deray
The Black Windmill (1974) .... Maj. John Tarrant
Sleuth (1972) .... Milo Tindle
Zee and Co. aka X, Y and Zee (USA)(1972) .... Robert Blakeley
Pulp (1972) .... Mickey King
Kidnapped (1971) .... Alan Breck
Get Carter (1971) .... Jack Carter
The Last Valley (1971) .... The Captain
Too Late the Hero (1970) .... Pvt. Tosh Hearne
Battle of Britain (1969) .... Squadron Leader Canfield
The Italian Job (1969) .... Charlie Croker
Saturday-Night Theatre: Cornelius (1969) (TV) .... Cornelius
Male of the Species (1969) (TV) .... Guest
The Magus (1968) .... Nicholas Urfe
Deadfall (1968) .... Henry Clarke
Play Dirty (1968) .... Capt. Douglas
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) .... Harry Palmer
Woman Times Seven (1967) .... Handsome Stranger
Hurry Sundown (1967) .... Henry Warren
Funeral in Berlin (1966) .... Harry Palmer
Gambit (1966) .... Harry Tristan Dean
The Wrong Box (1966) .... Michael Finsbury
Alfie (1966) .... Alfie
The Ipcress File (1965) .... Sergeant Harry Palmer
The Other Man (1964) (TV) .... George Grant
Zulu (1964) .... Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Hamlet (1964/III) (TV) .... Horatio
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Funny Noises with Their Mouths (1963) (TV)
Solo for Sparrow (1962) .... Paddy Mooney
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) (uncredited) .... Policeman
The Ship That Couldnt Stop (1961) (TV) .... Helmsman
"Walk a Crooked Mile" (1961) (mini) TV Series .... Police constable
Foxhole in Cairo (1961) .... Weber
Ring of Truth (1961) (TV)
The Compartment (1961) (TV)
"No Wreath for the General" (1960) TV Series .... Police constable
The Bulldog Breed (1960) (uncredited) .... Sailor in cinema fight
Danger Within (1959) (uncredited) .... Bit part
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) (uncredited) .... Extra
The Key (1958) (uncredited)
Blind Spot (1958) .... Johnny Brent
Passport to Shame (1958) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) .... Gestapo Agent
A Woman of Mystery (1958) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
The Steel Bayonet (1957) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) .... Gilrony
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957) (TV) .... Boxer
A Hill in Korea (1956) .... Pvt. Lockyer
Sailor Beware (1956) (uncredited) .... Bit Part

[KitchenWitch]

37. Not necessarily the most

but Kevin Costner has been in some real dogs. Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, Emilio Estevez, and Andrew McCarthy also come to mind.

[terrya]

38. Sybil Danning has been in some horrifically crappy movies.

That's pretty much been her career. :-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

39. My mom.

:cry:

[MrScorpio]

40. Eric (speech impediment) Roberts

Besides, he can't even act his way out of a paper bag.