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Re: A splendid actor.........a few of my favorite Peck roles:

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In Reply to: A splendid actor.........a few of my favorite Peck roles: posted by danj on June 12, 2003 at 22:37:56:

His first film was with Hitch and Bergman, it was also the first US film for Sir Alfred.It was Spellbound.
Later he played in " The Paradine Case " .
And all the other roles.

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"Spellbound" wasn't Peck's first film, it was his third, but... - danj 00:05:28 06/14/03 (4)
it was certainly his first important one. A classic film, for sure.
You know, I really liked his performance in "The Boys From Brazil" as Joseph Mengele. Talk about evil! It's not a great film but Peck's performance is great and he and Sir Larry were fine adversaries.
The only really bad movie Peck was in was, IMO, "MacArthur." Peck was fine but the movie stinks! A few of his movies weren't too good but, overall, he had more than his share of great roles in good-to-outstanding films.
He was certainly an actor of the first rank.
- Wish he had played more bad guys ... - old geezer 02:05:41 06/14/03 (2)
  ...like the unforgettable sadistic Lewt in "Duel in the Sun" (1946). (Erotic dynamite that makes today's explicit stuff look tame).
  Of his work he said:
  "I have a handful of pictures that still play pretty well and that are worth keeping. I have a lot of pictures that were commercially successful and, you might say, artistically spotty. And then I have a handful of turkeys."
  Though he was not the most brilliant or powerful actor, because of his craftsmanship it's hard to imagine Hollywood's golden era -- and celluloid mythology in general -- without him.
  og
  - Re: Is Mengele bad enough? (Boys From Brazil) (nt) - geoffkait 07:38:05 06/15/03 (1)
    nt
    - You mean the " good Dr. Mengele " ? The - patrickU 09:30:12 06/15/03 (0)
      One that is still loved in his home town near Baden Baden .
      He was particulary fond of twins.
- I read in an bio that it was his... - patrickU 00:18:45 06/14/03 (0)
  first film, an was always wondering from theater to movie first role...as a star, but as this thing has no great matter...thank you anyway for the precision !
  He may have been a little " wooden " but it had a unique presence on the screen.
  He belong to an unique past.
  Movies then, were dreams who could come true.

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