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• Harrison Ford, hands down. - kanesays 11:30:19 05/27/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  I haven't seen him do a different character since his role in the 'The Mosquito Coast.' His everyman role has grown very thin with me. Alec Baldwin even made a better Jack Ryan than Ford for God sake. Great actors take risks....... Take one Harrison....... if your agent will let you.
  
  

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  • Harrison Ford took a risk with... - Some Guy 09:08:09 06/03/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Harrison Ford, hands down. posted by kanesays on May 27, 2003 at 11:30:19:

    What Lies Beneath. That was his first villain role ever and he really did a great job with it. He also took a risk (and more failed than succeeded) with K-19. Apparently he missed Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to get the lesson about doing accents...

    But the thing with Ford is that he's a leading man, not a character actor. About the closest he ever got to doing a character role was in Blade Runner when he says he's a reporter during his investigation of the stripper.
    
    

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• Re: Most type-cast actor. - I.Kill.Hackers 21:37:42 05/16/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  2 of the most typecast actors right now are
  Danny Trejo (driver in Heat, knife guy in Desperado, gangster in Blood in Blood out)

  Luis Guzman (Pachanga in Carlitos Way, Strip Club owner in Boogie Nights)

  I love Luis Guzman, the man is FUNNY. Anyone ever catch him on the shortlived John Leguizamo show on FOX. Damn that show was hilarious.
  
  

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  • Luis Guzman - Some Guy 09:04:01 06/03/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Most type-cast actor. posted by I.Kill.Hackers on May 16, 2003 at 21:37:42:

    Guzman never struck me as overly typecast. He's played the loyal sideman in a ton of movies (Count of Monte Cristo, the Limey, Carlito's Way) but he's also spanned out as the slimey con! Ok... he's typecast. But yes, he's funny as hell. The FOX show was House of Buggin'... it was being marketed as a Latino In Living Color. Too bad it didn't survive longer.

    And Trejo? How can you NOT be typecast with a tattoo like that on your stomach? But he's done the Spy Kids movies as an inventor and not as the heavy (remember Six Days Seven Nights and From Dusk Till Dawn? oh yeah...)
    
    

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• Re: Most type-cast actor. - phatty 13:10:58 05/14/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  The # 1 typecast actor of all time.....

  George Reeves.
  
  

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• Scooby Doo; early days but needs to lose the 'dumb, cowardly but cute' dog image. [nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 17:08:18 05/10/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

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• Re: Most type-cast actor. ............ would be Boris Karloff - CZ 20:32:56 05/07/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

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• Re: Then you've got yer... - geoffkait 01:25:10 05/06/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  William Hurt and Christopher Walken
  
  

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  • Christopher Walken! - Some Guy 08:58:13 06/03/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Then you've got yer... posted by geoffkait on May 06, 2003 at 01:25:10:

    Yes, Walken gets typecast a lot, but he really beat that up by playing the father in Catch Me If You Can. A great role brilliantly played...
    
    

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• Re: Most type-cast actor. - SR 16:34:49 05/02/03 (9)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  Along your Peter Lorre lines...

  Vincent Price
  Boris Karloff
  Bela Legosi

  Others that pretty much always play the same role

  John Wayne
  Marilyn Monroe
  Meg Ryan
  James Coburn
  Clint Eastwood

  In fact few actors really have more than one character in their arsenal. A better question is who has been most diverse ?

  maybe Tom Hanks ? Bosum Buddies, Big, Forest Gump, Apollo 13, Road to Perdition.

  
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  • Meg Ryan? - Some Guy 08:53:26 06/03/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Most type-cast actor. posted by SR on May 02, 2003 at 16:34:49:

    I don't agree with Meg Ryan in most typecast... sure, she has a solid run of "the single cute adult female" with When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, You've Got Mail, and Kate & Leopold. However, she also had some more dramatic roles with Courage Under Fire, Proof of Life, and Restoration... and what about Joe Versus the Volcano? Three roles! THREE!!! And her first of three movies with Tom Hanks...
    
    

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  • Toshiro Mifune, Dennis Hopper, Tom Hanks - ToshiroMeyers 13:31:49 05/03/03 (3)
    In Reply to: Re: Most type-cast actor. posted by SR on May 02, 2003 at 16:34:49:

    Toshiro Mifune (although a very good actor) played the same role in more than a dozen Kurosawa films.

    I also think that Dennis Hopper has played the same "crazy, hippie psycho" in one too many films. Aside from "Hoosiers" where he played the "depressed, drunk, sad" father, he is the same person in every film.

    Tom Hanks has done some decent films (granted, Castaway was crap) but he seems like the same character in most of his films. He plays himself in most films, although I did like him in Apollo 13.

    One actor who showed a greater degree of range than people give him credit for is Lee Marvin. Anyone remember the film who won something for? It sure as hell wasn't the "Dirty Dozen".

    Bruce Willis also plays the same role most of the time.

    Tosh
    
    

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    • Concerning Hopper.............. - AudioHead 12:03:08 05/12/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Toshiro Mifune, Dennis Hopper, Tom Hanks posted by Toshiromeyers on May 03, 2003 at 13:31:49:

      Dennis has certainly has played his good share of looney characters,
      however, examination of his career shows he has played other
      characters as well, e.g., Napoleon Bonaparte in The Story of Mankind-
      1957; PI or Detective Niles Nails in Nails-1992; Detective in The
      Spreading Ground-2000; a Captain in LAPD-2000, Dad of Christain
      Slater´s character in True Romance -1993or4, and so on. - AH
      
      

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      • Hopper... - Some Guy 08:56:19 06/03/03 (0)
        In Reply to: Concerning Hopper.............. posted by AudioHead on May 12, 2003 at 12:03:08:

        And don't leave out The River's Edge... sure, he was a little psycho in that, but not Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) crazy. More of a laid back and calm crazy... the scary crazy where you're really not sure what to expect.

        And True Romance... amazing role for him. That scene with Christopher Walken is one of the best scenes ever put on film...
        
        

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    • Lee Marvin's Oscar was for "Cat Ballou" - danj 23:03:52 05/03/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Toshiro Mifune, Dennis Hopper, Tom Hanks posted by Toshiromeyers on May 03, 2003 at 13:31:49:

      and well-deserved.
      
      

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  • "A better question is who has been most diverse ?" Good one! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:57:16 05/03/03 (3)
    In Reply to: Re: Most type-cast actor. posted by SR on May 02, 2003 at 16:34:49:

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    • Most diverse? ALEC GUINNESS! - Some Guy 09:11:48 06/03/03 (0)
      In Reply to: "A better question is who has been most diverse ?" Good one! nt posted by clarkjohnsen on May 03, 2003 at 08:57:16:

      Bridge on the River Kwai, Kind Hearts and Coronets, the Lavendar Hill Mob, Murder By Death, Lawrence of Arabia, Hitler: the Last Ten Days, Star Wars... With the possible exception of Peter Sellers, he's probably the best character actor out there.
      
      

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    • "most diverse" I'd go with Peter Sellers. -t - The Killer Piglet 12:28:51 05/03/03 (1)
      In Reply to: "A better question is who has been most diverse ?" Good one! nt posted by clarkjohnsen on May 03, 2003 at 08:57:16:

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      • Tony Randall Played Six Roles in "7 Faces of Dr. Lao". nt - AudioHead 11:33:02 05/20/03 (0)
        In Reply to: "most diverse" I'd go with Peter Sellers. -t posted by The Killer Piglet on May 03, 2003 at 12:28:51:

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• Re: Most type-cast actor. - patrickU 13:50:12 05/02/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  And with the drugs he tooks.. He was addict to them.
  
  
  

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• In the same vein - Auricle 09:23:57 05/02/03 (2)
  In Reply to: Most type-cast actor. posted by Dmitry on May 01, 2003 at 19:48:52:

  Sidney Greenstreet

  In a different vein
  Gig Young
  Maurice Chevalier
  
  

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  • Re: In the same vein - patrickU 13:53:19 05/02/03 (1)
    In Reply to: In the same vein posted by Auricle on May 02, 2003 at 09:23:57:

    Syney was not in the same league, he was alway been cast as " supporting role " even if only as a stereotype.
    
    

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    • Well, (sorry I was a bit slow) ... sorta - Auricle 17:39:18 05/05/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: In the same vein posted by patricku on May 02, 2003 at 13:53:19:

      I do not believe Greenstreet ever had a leading role. . . but by the time "Maltese Falcon" came out . . . neither did Peter Lorre.

      But he did have the one, albeit not in a "mainstream film"

      Oy. . . I must remember . . . I own "El Topo".

      Cheers for now!

      
      
      
      

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