Which is most unforgetable character/actor combo

[Nikepallas]

You know the idea... Can you image anyone but Rosalind Russell as Mame? Can you see any other guy as Indiana Jones? Look at Yul Brenner and The King of Siam.

So if IFC (if they have not done it already.) can we come up with a list of the Perfect actor/perfect role list?

[MnFats]

1. ummm..Sean Connery as Bond, James Bond.

nobody else came close.

[jobycom]

5. Sigh... must be an age thing

He was good, but I liked Moore and Brosnan better. Connery also did that goofy remake, Never Say Never Again. Almost should have disqualified him from any future Bond discussion, with his slobbering kisses and stuff.

[CBGLuthier]

25. not just age

The first Bond movies I saw were with Moore but I still prefer Connery myself.

I liked the first two with Morre but after that the writing went way downhill.

Never Say Never Again does not exist to me. :-)

[immoderate]

28. I thought Timothy Dalton was a good Bond

Second only to Connery

--IMM

[getoffmytrain]

2. A sometimes

overlooked one is Robert Duvall as Gus in Lonesome Dove, out of aprox. 6 billion people, they found the perfect guy to play that role. Robert Duvall will always really be 'Gus' in my eyes.

[fernsibal]

3. how about

Woody Allen as Woody Allen?

Okay, but seriously Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.

[jobycom]

6. Yeah, Duvall as Gus McCrae was perfect. nt

[Warpy]

10. Gotta give the devil his due

Duvall is probably the best character actor out there, even if he is completely wrongheaded about politics.

In the female column, can anbody see Mama Morton being played by anyone but Queen Latifah? Not only can she belt out a song, but she stole every scene she was in.

[henslee]

4. Robert Preston -- the Music Man. Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka.

[Tikki]

7. Sal Mineo....Plato...

..in "Rebel Without a Cause".

[jobycom]

8. Peter Falk as Colombo,

[CaptainCorc]

9. Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski....

but two big thumbs up for Duvall as Gus too.

[KarenS]

11. Newman/Redford ~ Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

[NightTrain]

12. Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.

[NightTrain]

13. Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak.

[immoderate]

29. Darren McGavin as Mike Hammer

You probably missed that one.

--IMM

[robbedvoter]

14. Sian Philips as Livia (I Claudius), and the other Livia in the Sopranos

Nancy Marchand

[CBGLuthier]

26. Livia

The roman one was the mother of all bad mothers. Could not imagine anyone else and for that matter Derek Jacobi as Claudius.

[Rowdyboy]

15. Sissy Spacek WAS Loretta Lynn; Kate Hepburn WAS Eleanor of Aquitaine

Dustin Hoffman WAS Ratso Rizzo; Robert DiNero WAS an anonymous taxi-driver obsessed with jodie Foster.

These are just the first four that come to mind. All great actors.

[Mojambo]

16. Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce n/t

[cavanaghjam]

48. Elliot Gould will always be Hawkeye to me n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector

n/t

[Phillycat]

23. Good one.

[Pepperbelly]

37. Brian Cox was a decent Hannibal as well ... nt

[bigwillq]

39. I agree with your selection (nt)

[Chovexani]

18. Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer on 24

NO ONE else could be Jack except Le Kief. No one.

Also, Christopher Reeve as Superman. Sorry Dean Cain and Tom Welling, you might be a couple of very, very pretty boys but Chris will always be Supes to me. RIP.

[Bridget Burke]

19. Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes...

There've been many Sherlocks, but Jeremy was my favorite.

[Metatron]

20. George C. Scott as Patton

and Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove

[skypilot]

21. Sissy Spacek is and will always be "Carrie".

She owns that role.

[Phillycat]

22. Christopher Reeve as Superman.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch...

The man was made for that role and vice versa.

[CBGLuthier]

27. Tom Baker as Dr. Who

Yeah 8, 9 or 10 other guys played him, depending upon how you count them but Baker was the best.

[Minnesota_Lib]

30. Here's my obvious picks

Henry Fonda as Mr Roberts

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch

Young Kate Hepburn as Tracy Lord (The Philadelphia Story).

Middle-aged Kate as Rose Sayer (The African Queen).

"Mature" Kate as Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Lion in Winter).

Humphrey Bogart as Rick (Casablanca) and Charlie Allnut (The African Queen).

The great William Powell and the incredible Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora
Charles.

Julie Walters as Rita in Educating Rita.

Bette Davis as Margo Channing - "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night." (All About Eve)

George Sanders as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve.

Sterling Hayden as General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove.


And finally.....my favorite actor/character combo....

Claude Raines as Capt. Louis Renault in Casablanca - in my opinion, the very best supporting character part of all time. This completely unethical, amoral opportunist dripped cynicism with every word he uttered--and Raines nailed it so much so that he actually made this crumb totally lovable. "I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man--it's the romantic in me."

They just don't write characters like this any more. ;)

[lumberjack_jeff]

31. Obscure, sorry - Brad Pitt as Jeffery Goines (Twelve Monkeys)

n/t

[southpaw]

38. Plague and madness... psychos everywhere!!!

Pitt ruled in that part!

[lumberjack_jeff]

41. My fave

Jeffrey Goines (Pitt): There's the television. It's all right there - all right there. Look, listen, kneel, pray. Commercials! We're not productive anymore. We don't make things anymore. It's all automated. What are we *for* then? We're consumers, Jim. Yeah. Okay, okay. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally *ill*. Fact, Jim, fact - if you don't buy things - toilet paper, new cars, computerized yo-yos, electrically-operated sexual devices, servo systems with brain-implanted headphones, screwdrivers with miniature built-in radar devices, voice-activated computers...

James Cole (Bruce Willis): Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

43. He made the character funny and disturbing..good one. eom

MKJ

[Dukakis88]

32. Peter Sellers = Inspector Clouseau

They got Alan Arkin to do it once, then they tried Roberto Benigni as Clouseau's son, and now there is one with Steve Martin. Forget it. No chance.

[Dukakis88]

33. Robbie Coltrane = "Fitz"

They tried to do an American version of Cracker and it couldn't work.

[Dukakis88]

34. Guy in a rubber suit = Godzilla

The CGI one sucked donkey dung.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

44. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in Fargo n/t

MKJ

[DrZeeLit]

35. Gable = Rhett Butler ; Jimmy Stewart = George Bailey; as for the ladies..

Vivien Leigh = Scarlet O'Hara
Julie Christie = Lara
Shirley Temple = Heidi
Barbra Streisand = Fannie Brice

Judy Garland = Dorothy

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

45. And Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey eom

MKJ

[kiki]

36. Bruce Campbell

as Elvis in Bubba Ho-Tep. Stunning.

Toshiro Mifune in The Seven Samurai. Best. Acting. Ever.

Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. So odd and unique he seems like he MUST be a real person.

[NYCGirl]

40. Robert Mitchum as Reverend Harry Powell

[ironflange]

42. Tom Hanks as Woody

I say that because Tom is hesitant to sign on for Toy Story 3. Better add

Tim Allen as Buzz
Mike Myers as Shrek
Eddie Murphy as Donkey

[chimpymustgo]

46. Denzel - Malcolm X.

Clark Gable - Rhett Butler
Keanu Reeves - Neo
Vivien Leigh - Scarlet
Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles
Elizabeth Taylor - Maggie the Cat

[jakpalmer]

47. Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone

Obvious !

[Downtown Hound]

49. Robert Shaw as Captain Quint

in Jaws. His USS Indianapolis speech was one of the greatest examples of acting in the history of movies. He partially wrote that speech as well.

Another good one was Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors. He literally became Jim Morrison.

[Mojambo]

50. Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanaza

I dare you to think of another actor that could have pulled that one off.

[cruadin]

51. John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn and...

Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry