OT - Who are your Favorite Western Actors

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:48 pm

Besides the obvious ones.....John Wayne and Clint
I watched Tall in the Saddle today and George "Gabby" Hayse
has always been a favorite of mine....
Another is Jack Elam...He was the crooked eyed old man
in Rio Lobo...
Others are Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr.
and of course James Stewart!

Comal Forge · Post by **Comal Forge** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:06 pm

Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:22 pm

Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Jimmy Stewart.

Bearhands · Post by **Bearhands** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:32 pm

Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Clint Walker and many others ooops.. forgot Jeff Chandler as "Cochise"

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:37 pm

Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, were good in "Lonsome Dove" and Kevin Costner did a great job in "Open Range". Jasson Robards, Charles Bronson, and Henry Fonda were great in "Once Upon a Time in the West".

And then there was "The Wild Bunch" with William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jamie Sanchez, Ben Johnson and other great Western Actors.

Ward Bond, James Arness, Gary Cooper, come to mind too.

sureshot · Post by **sureshot** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:42 pm

Slim Pickens. Anybody can ride a horse .

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:57 pm

I always figured Ben Johnson was most likely a good ol' boy in real life, that's why his parts in movies seemed so good, and Selleck seems that way to me also. Ben Johnson, Tom Selleck, and DuVall, they would have made quite a trio in a great western.

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:01 pm

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Colin Ferrell did good in "American Outlaws" too. Those born to wear gun leather, cowboy boots, and a Stetson are as follows in no particular order: Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Emilo Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, and Tom Selleck.

cas · Post by **cas** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:54 pm

shawn_c992001 wrote:Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Colin Ferrell did good in "American Outlaws" too. Those born to wear gun leather, cowboy boots, and a Stetson are as follows in no particular order: Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Emilo Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, and Tom Selleck.

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:08 pm

Alan Ladd as Shane
Robert Mitchum
Kirk Douglas "Man from Snowy River" was excellent
Gary Cooper "High Noon"
Roy Rodgers
James Garner "Maverick"
Ward Bond "Wagon Train" to many movies to list
Steward Granger

Gregory Peck, Charelton Heston, Chuck Connors, Burl Ives in "The Big Country"

Rock Hudson. "Winchester 73" He was the Indian chief with a fake nose. Tonu Curtis also had a bit part as a Calvary soldier. One of the best westerns ever.

Ya'll mentioned Harry Carey Jr. How about his dad Harry Carey? He was the Marshal in Angel and the Badman.

More if I think about it. Lots of oldies. How about Tom Mix?

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:05 pm

Robert Duval, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot, John Wayne and Ben Johnson, Clint...all the stock favorites.

For offbeat movies:

I think I'm one of the only ones who liked Thomas Hayden Church in the Broken Trail. I thought he did he great job in the shadow of Duval. Not the best movie though.

Toby McGuire in Ride with the Devil was excellent.

Always like the Cowboy movies that tie in with a Mexican theme:
Gary Busey and Willie Nelson in Barbarossa

Richard Farnsworth in the Grey Fox

David Carradine as Cole Younger in The Long Riders

That's all I can think of right now.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:05 pm

John Wayne, Tom Selleck, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Steward, Alan Ladd, Audie Murphy...

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:58 pm

Alan Ladd was superb as Shane! Kind of like THE FONZ in Buckskins

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:03 pm

Comal Forge wrote:Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot.

+1

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:34 am

Of course, John Wayne.

I loved Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones in Lonesome Dove. It's my all time favorite movie.

Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are two of my regular favorites.

I don't generally care for Clint Eastwood, although I liked High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Unforgiven.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:28 am

Most of my favorites have been mentioned, but Ward Bond needs recognition too.

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:34 am

Just to add-

Randolf Scott

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:44 am

As well as most of those already named I liked most of the westerns that Hank Wordon was in. In his day he was quite a horseman!

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:46 am

I forgot Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and James Coburn in the Magnificient Seven.

Buckeye · Post by **Buckeye** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:47 am

Tom Selleck,Robert Duvall,Alan Ladd.

dsmith512 · Post by **dsmith512** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:48 am

C. Cash wrote:Alan Ladd was superb as Shane! Kind of like THE FONZ in Buckskins

I especially love the talk Shane had with the little boy about how guns are just a tool.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:52 am

Lee Van Cleef & Jimmy Stewart.

4t5 · Post by **4t5** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:55 am

LET'S NOT FORGET... CLINT WALKER, JAMES ARNESS,& KEN CURTIS

Buck Dane · Post by **Buck Dane** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:08 am

Glenn Ford in "A Violent land" and alot of other westerns

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:16 am

dsmith512 wrote:
C. Cash wrote:Alan Ladd was superb as Shane! Kind of like THE FONZ in Buckskins
I especially love the talk Shane had with the little boy about how guns are just a tool.

Great line indeed....made more sense to folks back then I guess, before mass brainwashing had begun in our schools. As mentioned, Steve McQueen in Tom Horn was one of the greats too....too bad we lost him early. He's one of those guys that you can't stop watching.

MtnGun · Post by **MtnGun** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:52 am

GLENN FORD

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:58 am

Toshiro Mifune...

What?

Hairy Clipper · Post by **Hairy Clipper** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:25 am

Walter Brennen as Judge Roy Bean

Hairy

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:06 pm

here's two more...Chuck Conners...The Rifleman
Paul Fix and Denver Pyle....these two guys have been in so many westerns...
I wonder who holds the record for being in westerns...
Just thought of another Lee Marvin!

Ridgerunner · Post by **Ridgerunner** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:03 pm

For what it's worth, Paul Fix was John Wayne's most frequent co-star AND taught him to do "the walk"....

Wes · Post by **Wes** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:27 pm

Ben Johnson, Tom Selleck, Lee Marvin (I can't believe nobody named him yet). Ben Johnson was a real cowboy. I knew that all along as he is one of the few that could ride and usually rode good looking well broke horses.

JP_TX · Post by **JP_TX** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:00 am

John Wayne as "Eathan" in The Searchers. My favorite western. I watched it again just a couple of weeks ago.

Ward Bond as "The Reverend/Texas Ranger..."The war's over Eathan." Wayne as Eathan..."Maybe for you, Reverend, but I've still got my sword!"

And my all time favorite line from a Western...

Eathan answering Marty when they turned back after their first year. "Oh, we'll find them. We'll find them... Just as certain as the turning of the Earth."

Wayne in Fort Apache and She wore a yellow ribbon, with Victor McGloghlin and Ben Johnson. I had heard that John Ford added Ben Johnson to his western ensemble cast becaused he loved the way that Ben rode a horse.

Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot in their series of made for TV Westerns The Hacketts. Selleck for Monte Walsh. Good stuff.

The original Monte Walsh with Lee Marvin. In some ways a better movie.

The whole cast of the Magnificent 7 (except Robert Vaughn) Second Favorite western.

Jimmy Stewart in Winchester 73 and The Naked Spur.

It seems I can't separate the best Western Actors from the best western movies they did. I do love a good western movie.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:24 am

So many favorites already posted.Liked Charles Bronson as "Harmonica",Henry Fonda as "Frank"in "Once upon a time in the West".

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:07 am

NEW FAVORITE: RAQUEL WELCH!

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:47 am

Thank you gangiro.
I was starting to wonder whether these blokes on here were normal.
Penelope Cruz
Salma Hayak
Sharon Stone
Maureen OHara
Jill Ireland
Lauren Bacall
Strother Martin

That should return a little balance

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:07 am

Jack Elam, thought he was just great in "The Dakotas" a 60's TV series.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:34 am

GANJIRO wrote:NEW FAVORITE: RAQUEL WELCH!

WHAT A FOX!
still is too!

.45 · Post by **.45** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:12 am

How about Eli Wallach as Tuco in The good, the bad, and the ugly.

He made that movie great.

Bluehawk · Post by **Bluehawk** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:39 am

Well OF COURSE John Wayne is Numero UNO
then it looks like to me that Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot are next in line My favorite all time western is WInchester 73 with Jimmy Stewart so I cant let him out . Some one mentioned one of his other I like Naked Spur to ( he used a Marlin 94 in that one )
Glen Ford in "The Fastest Gun Alive " was also a great old flick .
Arthur Hunnicut is the greatest character actor in westerns IMHO! when he says "Krotin OIL? Well I'll be a suck egg Mule " In Rio LOBO its classic .
Alan Ladd was fine in Shane but unfortunatley for me I had read the book several times prior to ever seeing and movie and when he "FANNED " the gun I lost it and lost my respect for the Movie .
Tommy Lee Jones could not be topped in Lonesome DOve and did a great job in a recent one called the MISSING ( I beleive ) .
I LOVED TOMBSTONE and cant say enough about how well Val Kilmer and Kurt Russel did in that one .
Loved the acting in TOM HORN with Steve Mcqueen but the story line left a lot to be desired .

.45 · Post by **.45** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:50 am

Bluehawk wrote: Arthur Hunnicut is the greatest character actor in westerns IMHO! when he says "Krotin OIL? Well I'll be a suck egg Mule " In Rio LOBO its classic .

Don't those two great lines come from Eldorado....Another great classic.

ozymandias · Post by **ozymandias** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:20 am

Randolf Scott, Joel McRae, Ben Johnson, William Boyd.

Bluehawk · Post by **Bluehawk** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:14 am

YUP your right it IS ELDORADO not RIO LOBO MY MISTAKE

I was typing way too fast as my usual thanks for the correction

cowboykell · Post by **cowboykell** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:53 pm

Chill Wills was always a favorite sidekick.

Gryphon Black · Post by **Gryphon Black** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:41 am

In no particular order...

Tom Selleck as Mathew Quigley
Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales
Chief Dan George as Lone Watie
Richard Boone as Paladin
Jimmy Stewart in Winchester '73
The entire cast of Silverado, including Linda Hunt as Stella
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
Sam Elliott in pretty much anything with a hat
Clevon Little as the Sheriff in Blazing Saddles

don't know if space westerns count, but the crew of Serenity, on Firefly,
Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Zoe
Jayne Cobb

[that oughta stir 'em up a little]

Gryphon

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:49 am

gundownunder wrote:Thank you gangiro.
I was starting to wonder whether these blokes on here were normal.
Penelope Cruz
Salma Hayak
Sharon Stone
Maureen OHara
Jill Ireland
Lauren Bacall
Strother Martin

That should return a little balance

Good to know at least you, me, and RIHMFIRE are normal.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:31 am

Jane Russell from "The outlaw"

And Jessica Alba

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:42 am

I thought Paul Newman played the Judge Roy Bean?

Glen Ford and Henry Fonda in The Cheyenne Social Club.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:54 am

Paul Newman played Judge Roy Bean in " The life and times of Judge Roy Bean" which is the only version I've seen but I think there are several movies about the judge.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:33 am

Don't forget Angie Dickinson in Rio Bravo!

winchester1886 · Post by **winchester1886** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:00 am

Ganjiro what the hell you doin man trying to give all us old guys a heart attack

OT - Who are your Favorite Western Actors

OT - Who are your Favorite Western Actors

can't forget one of the most natural actors