Your Favorite Performance Of These Character Actors & Actresses

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Detective Jim McLeod
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Your Favorite Performance Of These Character Actors & Actresses

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1. RG Armstrong
2. Neville Brand
3. Walter Brennan
4. Cecil Kellaway
5. Burl Ives
6. Gladys Cooper
7. Ellen Corby
8. Aline McMahon
9. Margaret Rutherford
10. Jo Van Fleet

here's mine-
1. RG Armstrong -Ride The High Country (1962)
2. Neville Brand -That Darn Cat (1965)
3. Walter Brennan - My Darling Clementine (1946)
4. Cecil Kellaway- I Married A Witch (1942)
5. Burl Ives- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
6. Gladys Cooper-Song Of Bernadette (1943)
7. Ellen Corby- The Strangler (1964)
8. Aline McMahon-The Search (1948)
9. Margaret Rutherford- Blithe Spirit (1945)
10. Jo Van Fleet- Wild River (1960)

EDIT- I changed the title to favorite performance which is what I originally meant.
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1. RG Armstrong
2. Neville Brand
3. Walter Brennan
4. Cecil Kellaway
5. Burl Ives
6. Gladys Cooper
7. Ellen Corby
8. Aline McMahon
9. Margaret Rutherford
10. Jo Van Fleet

1. I don't know who RG Armstrong is.
2. I don't know enough about Neville Brand.
3. A vile human being, but if I have to pick a favorite role, it would be in Sergeant York (1941)
4. The Mummy's Hand (1941)
5. Station West (1948)
6. Forever and a Day (1943)
7. Caged (1950)
8. One Way Passage (1932)
9. Aunt Clara (1954)
10. East of Eden (1955)
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Swithin wrote: May 12th, 2023, 12:47 pm

1. I don't know who RG Armstrong is.
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Based on the films...

Ride the High Country (1962)
That Darn Cat (1965)
Fury (1936)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
East of Eden (1955)
Now, Voyager (1942)
I Remember Mama (1948)
All the Way Home (1963)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Wild River (1960)
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1. RJ Armstrong, Ride The High Country
2. Neville Brand, D.O.A.
3. Walter Brennan, Pride of The Yankees and Rio Btavo and Red River ( I agree Swithin, he was an awful person)
4. Cecil Kellaway, Portrait of Jennie, The Luck of The Irish
5. Burl Ives, The Big Country
6. Gladys Cooper, Now Voyager and The Bishop's Wife
7. Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
8. Aline McMahon, One Way Passage
9. Margaret Rutherford, Murder at the Gallop and Murder Most Foul
10. Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
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In the biographies I've read about Hawks and Ford, both books said Walter Brennan was a nuisance on set and he simply never shut up!!
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Kingrat, thanks for reminding me of Love Letters for Gladys Cooper, love her performance and the film, Jennifer and Joseph were always great together, beautiful film.
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Gladys Cooper was a MAJOR British actress, not a 'character' actor per se. She had a significant career on the stage and she played complex roles as a matriarch in many films.
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1. RG Armstrong, Stay Hungry (1976)
2. Neville Brand, Riot In Cell Block 11 (1954)
3. Walter Brennan, The Westerner (1940)
4. Cecil Kellaway, Harvey (1950)
5. Burl Ives, The Big Country (1958)
6. Gladys Cooper, Separate Tables (1958)
7. Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama (1948)
8. Aline MacMahon, Life Begins (1932)
9. Margaret Rutherford, Blithe Spirit (1945)
10. Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden (1955)
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Yeah. What FEINBERG said. ;)

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Walter Brennan was outstanding in "The Far Country" with James Stewart. 1954 Directed by Anthony Mann.
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