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Greatest Actor...ever - 08-10-2006, 11:03 PM


Who is the greatest actor?

My votes:

John Wayne
Toshiro Mifune
Stewart Grainger
Sir Laurence Oliver

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08-10-2006, 11:19 PM


Al Pacino / Scent of a Woman
Denzel Washington / The Hurricane

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Guy that played Sherlock Holmes? He was awesome. He will always be the mental picture I have when I read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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08-11-2006, 12:15 AM


I highly respect Christopher Lee's acting ability. He has the regal aristocrat character down pat.

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08-11-2006, 07:17 AM


Ahhh yes, Cary Grant.

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08-11-2006, 07:24 AM


In no particular order- Brando, Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Robert Mithcum.... there are so many.

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08-11-2006, 08:51 AM


John Wayne

and in more recent times-

Johnny Depp

and in their own "special niche"

Clint Eastwood
Arnold Schw... the Governator...

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Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey
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08-11-2006, 09:32 AM


Laurence Olivier

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My favs are:

Gene Hackman, Sean Connery and Robert Duvall.

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08-11-2006, 09:50 AM


i can't believe no one mentioned nicholas cage - he's awesome....

and i agree with the christpher lee thing...and he's been around forever!

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Alec Guinness of course - 08-11-2006, 10:03 AM


It has to be Alec Guinness. He could and did it all from comedy with Peter Sellers to Star Wars to The Bridge on the River Kwai.

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