Author Topic: So who's your favorite western actor? (Read 13481 times)

Capt Hamp Cox · « **Reply #30 on:** December 14, 2003, 10:56:03 AM »

Wouldn't be Tex Ritter, would it?

savageT · « **Reply #31 on:** December 14, 2003, 11:28:28 AM »

Captain,
You win the Coupee Doll.....Correct-a-moundo....First Prize!

Tex Ritter it was, and my childhood hero.

Jim

williamlayton · « **Reply #32 on:** December 14, 2003, 12:07:15 PM »

from Van, Texas by god. Saw him a bunch at VFW halls in E. Texas.
blessings

Capt Hamp Cox · « **Reply #33 on:** December 14, 2003, 12:34:53 PM »

I can hear him now. "There was blood on the saddle..." and "Do not forsake me oh my darlin'..."

williamlayton · « **Reply #34 on:** December 14, 2003, 01:48:09 PM »

ya aught ta hear him when ya got a couple of six packs of lone star in ya--he's real good.
Lord boys, we used to make the rounds of them VFW halls ever sattity night, Jasper to Navasota-Lufkin to Beaumont. Wherever they was. Tex, ol waltz across texas, all them boys.
I took an ol german girl over to Navasota one night to hear Tex-That ol gal drank a case of my money an was tha only one who could drive, an I, well, er i slept.
TURN OUT THA LIGHTS THA PARTY"S OVER
blessings

kid buckskin · « **Reply #35 on:** September 14, 2009, 07:41:29 PM »

I just have to say I hate that guy that plays doc holaday in tombstone but I love what he did with his carter allmost all holiwood films of the old west are not corect and the olny fact that I can see thatholds true is the fact that the mode of trasperaition is an horse

Hodr · « **Reply #36 on:** September 14, 2009, 08:23:32 PM »

I am not sure but did Chill Wills, Andy Devine, Jack Elam, Victor Mclaglen, Maureen OHara and Audie Murphy get listed? On the basis of famous western actor Trigger and Rin Tin Tin.

blindhari

Almost forgot Yakima Canutt (?)

Casull · « **Reply #37 on:** September 14, 2009, 08:24:13 PM »

Old thread, but I couldn't resist.

John Wayne (of course)
Robert Duvall (probably best actor out there)
Tom Selleck
Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman (great actor and was in at least two westerns - excellent in unforgiven)
Ben Johnson
Tommy Lee Jones
Sam Elliot (although I don't recall him being in Lonesome Dove, guy is the definition of cool)
And a bunch of others.

kynardsj · « **Reply #38 on:** September 14, 2009, 11:17:34 PM »

The Duke would be number 1. Then there's Eastwood, Selleck, Elliot, Duvall, Costner, Ben Johnson, Jimmy Stewart, Redford and Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone stole the show and while they weren't really westerns I'll mention Redford again as Jerimiah Johnson and Charlton Heston and Brian Keith in the Mountain Men. Sure there's lots more that will come to me later.

AtlLaw · « **Reply #39 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:22:46 AM »

Why, Uncle Wild Bill Elliott and Cousin Sam Elliott of course!

billy_56081 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:27:39 AM »

John Wayne and Robert Duvall.

dave hall · « **Reply #41 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:30:24 PM »

Mine are Steve McQueen
John Wayne
Tom Selleck
Clint Eastwood
Kurt Russell (in Tombstone)best Wyatt Earp I've seen.

Empty Quiver · « **Reply #42 on:** September 15, 2009, 02:13:14 PM »

Sam Elliot is #1, John Wayne and Robert Duvall are neck and neck in 2nd giving a nod to The Duke if forced into a decision. Val Kilmer gets award for one hit wonder as Doc Holiday, no one will ever be able to fill that role again as far as I'm concerned. Is there anyone more hated than Bruce Dern in a western, had he managed to kill Ol' Yeller there woulda been a hit on him for sure. It was years before I could appreciate that he was an actor playing a part, gave me the same feeling as coming up on a snake, hate and fear all rolled into one emotion. Clint Eastwood is a given I know I'm gonna like the movie and the actor but the afore mentioned are favorites.

44 Man · « **Reply #43 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:06:30 AM »

Got to be 'Buck Jones'! (one of my favorite) 44 Man

Cuts Crooked · « **Reply #44 on:** September 16, 2009, 10:05:06 AM »

Amanda Blake & Raquel Welsh!!!!!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HannieCaulder.jpg

Skunk · « **Reply #45 on:** September 16, 2009, 10:15:30 AM »

Quote from: Casull on September 14, 2009, 08:24:13 PM

Old thread, but I couldn't resist.

John Wayne (of course)
Robert Duvall (probably best actor out there)
Tom Selleck
Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman (great actor and was in at least two westerns - excellent in unforgiven)
Ben Johnson
Tommy Lee Jones
Sam Elliot (although I don't recall him being in Lonesome Dove, guy is the definition of cool)

And a bunch of others.

Good list Casull with special mention going to Gene Hackman. At one time, I wouldn't watch a movie with Gene Hackman in the cast. But after seeing how great of an actor he really is, I changed my tune about him. He is awesome in everything. In Westerns, he plays a top notch bad guy. As Casull mentioned, he was fantastic as "Little Bill" in Unforgiven.

Skunk · « **Reply #46 on:** September 16, 2009, 10:29:47 AM »

Quote from: Lady Graybeard on December 13, 2003, 08:23:16 AM

Listed below is TV westerns that I enjoyed watching while growing up in the 50's and 60's.

Hopalong Cassidy
The Lone Ranger
Gene Autry
The Cisco Kid
Wild Bill Hickok
Kit Carson
The Range Rider
Roy Rogers
Annie Oakley
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
Cheyenne
Sugarfoot
Bronco
Tales of Wells Fargo
Have Gun Will Travel
Wagon Train
Maverick
The Restless Gun
Colt .45
Tombstone Territory
Wanted Dead or Alive
The Texan
The Rifleman
Lawman
Death Valley Days
Rawhide
Bonanza
The Deputy
Laramie
Law of the Plainsman
The Rebel
Bat Masterson
The Gunslingers
The Westerners
The Virginian
Big Valley
The Dakotas
Branded
The Loner
Laredo
Wild, Wild West
Hondo
High Chaparral

Mrs. Graybeard,

You have exquisite taste in old westerns. Of those on your list, my all time favorites were: Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, The Rifleman, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, The Virginian, Big Valley, and High Chaparral. Really enjoyed it when they started making the Westerns in color. My favorite weekly series Actor goes hands down to James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke.

T/Chmr · « **Reply #47 on:** September 16, 2009, 11:24:45 AM »

I may have missed it, but I don't believe anyone has mentioned Joel McRea. The man could ride a horse, stepped off smooth as glass.

Casull · « **Reply #48 on:** September 16, 2009, 12:59:21 PM »

Skunk and Mrs. G just reminded me of Have Gun Will Travel. Can't forget Richard Boone. Great bad guy in Little Jake.

rio grande · « **Reply #49 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:36:36 PM »

The 'Man with No Name'.

1marty · « **Reply #50 on:** September 16, 2009, 02:25:18 PM »

Roy Rogers. I was amazed how he could shoot with his colt the bad guys gun out of his hand at 100 yards without aiming. Most of these western actors never grew up or saw a ranch until they were in the movies. The only one who was a "true cowboy" was Tom Mix who could ride and shoot- for real.

WFN · « **Reply #51 on:** October 07, 2009, 07:36:23 AM »

Without a doubt my favorite is Clint Eastwood.

Other greats not yet mentioned:

Maureen O'Hara - with the Duke in Mr. McClintock and others
Lee Van Cleef - a villian, but a great one!
Gordon Macrae
Slim Pickins

And who could forget one of the great performances in a western - Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles!

zacharoo · « **Reply #52 on:** October 07, 2009, 08:05:01 AM »

THE DUKE

Zacharoo

Hodr · « **Reply #53 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:16:06 AM »

Quote from: Skunk on September 16, 2009, 10:29:47 AM

Quote from: Lady Graybeard on December 13, 2003, 08:23:16 AM
Listed below is TV westerns that I enjoyed watching while growing up in the 50's and 60's.

Hopalong Cassidy
The Lone Ranger
Gene Autry
The Cisco Kid
Wild Bill Hickok
Kit Carson
The Range Rider
Roy Rogers
Annie Oakley
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
Cheyenne
Sugarfoot
Bronco
Tales of Wells Fargo
Have Gun Will Travel
Wagon Train
Maverick
The Restless Gun
Colt .45
Tombstone Territory
Wanted Dead or Alive
The Texan
The Rifleman
Lawman
Death Valley Days
Rawhide
Bonanza
The Deputy
Laramie
Law of the Plainsman
The Rebel
Bat Masterson
The Gunslingers
The Westerners
The Virginian
Big Valley
The Dakotas
Branded
The Loner
Laredo
Wild, Wild West
Hondo
High Chaparral

Mrs. Graybeard,

You have exquisite taste in old westerns. Of those on your list, my all time favorites were: Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Wagon Train, The Rifleman, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, The Virginian, Big Valley, and High Chaparral. Really enjoyed it when they started making the Westerns in color. My favorite weekly series Actor goes hands down to James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke.

Any one else remember Walter Brennan in "The Guns of Will Sonnett"

blindhari

Oldshooter · « **Reply #54 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:29:10 AM »

I like most all of the before mentioned especially, Jimmy Stewart, Ben Johnson and The Duke! ya gotta mention Robert Duvall, a consummate actor!

I like Selleck too especially after he walked out on the lesbian's show!

mechanic · « **Reply #55 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:34:13 AM »

I like all the ones mentioned plus some I can't remembe the name of. My daughters got me a package of DVD westerns last year for Christmas. 1000 westerns, many of them black and white. They will last me a while yet before I get through them. I'm amazed at how many I recognize once I start watching.

Quigley Down Under, Lonesome Dove....as good as they get.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #56 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:46:37 AM »

Quote from: 44 Man on December 11, 2003, 08:33:37 AM

John Wayne was not only the best western actor, but was the untimate American patriot. It was hard to separate them. He played himself. But what about Clayton Moore? Maybe not the best actor, but I rushed home every afternoon from school to see him beat the bad guys! I ate, slept, and breathed "Lone Ranger"! I saw that his guns were up for sale last year, last bid I saw was $15000. I tried to get my wife to hock her car, but she resisted-a foolish, shortsighted move. I can see myself now, showing up at a match, shooting the originals. Probably would not go home. After the match, I would probably be riding a stick horse into the sunset. Nowdays, I will see every Tom Selleck western I can find. 44 Man

I had a Teacher in High School Lt Col Stewart that had nothing good to say about the Duke.
He would say while John Wayne was making a movie about WWII people like Gen. Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, and David Niven were actually fighting.
He would then list a whole group of people that were in Hollywood after the war that had fought like Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin.
BTW Lt. Col Stewart was a B-17 Pilot in WWII and few out of England made his 50 Missions and was made a Captain and sent home to teach other pilots to fly. The Lt Col was a rank that Valley Forge military Academy gave him based on his age and experience.
One of my favorite westerns is The Professionals with Lee Marvin

Skunk · « **Reply #57 on:** October 07, 2009, 12:15:48 PM »

Quote from: mcwoodduck on October 07, 2009, 11:46:37 AM

I had a Teacher in High School Lt Col Stewart that had nothing good to say about the Duke. He would say while John Wayne was making a movie about WWII people like Gen. Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, and David Niven were actually fighting. He would then list a whole group of people that were in Hollywood after the war that had fought like Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin. BTW Lt. Col Stewart was a B-17 Pilot in WWII and few out of England made his 50 Missions and was made a Captain and sent home to teach other pilots to fly.

That's one of the things I've always appreciated and respected about James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon). He served in WWII and participated in Operation Shingle, at Anzio, Italy. If you've ever watched Gunsmoke, you can see that Arness often shows a little limp when he's walking or running which was caused by taking bullets in the leg during his service.

Here's a clip from Wikipedia that better describes his service record:

Arness served as a rifleman in the United States Army during World War II with the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, and was severely wounded during Operation Shingle, at Anzio, Italy.

According to his 2001 autobiography, James Arness – An Autobiography, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 21, 1944 while serving as a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Due to his height (6' 7"), acting as “a depth finder”, he was first ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water (it came up to his waist).

On January 29, 1945, having received numerous surgeries, Arness received an honorable discharge. His wounds would affect him for the rest of his life. In later years Arness has suffered from acute leg pain (which prevented him from mounting a horse) and has undergone a series of operations to remove bullet fragments that had infused into the bone.

His military awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal; the Purple Heart; the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars; the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness

Swampman · « **Reply #58 on:** October 07, 2009, 12:30:52 PM »

Robert Duvall

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #59 on:** October 07, 2009, 12:37:55 PM »

Does Blazing Saddles count as a Western?