Who's your favorite old school actor?

patch

I can't really pick a favorite, I'd say pacino over deniro- deniro has made a lot of ****e recently whereas pacino makes even ****e watchable!
I've always liked robert duvall and james caan too, their consistently better than good.
Gene hackman seems to get better all the time.

I'd probably go with pacino if pushed.......

mike65

Generation Gap Alert!

When I saw the subject I had James Stewart or Paul Newman in mind! Gene Hackmans great, always good value as are the two I mentioned but I think I'll give my vote to someone whos a better actor than credited and who dominates any movie which is what a star name should do (but he's taken a back seat on occassion too)

Clint Eastwood


Mike.

Tusky

Tom jones prolly

Gordon

pff Tusky you're bonkers!

I too would go for Gene Hackman although I very much like Christopher Walken, he was born to be a baddy! edit- Ah yes Jack Nicholson as AW says is also the dude.

Karl Hungus

Christopher Walken
Paul Newman
Christopher Lee
Ed Harris
Peter Cushing
Jack Nicholson
Vincent Price

Shad0r

Robert De Niro
Also Jack Nicholson

^CwAzY^

Just watching ghostbusters there id have to say bill murray or dan akyrod!

byte

Would have to be Jack Nicholson

Clintons Cat

Al Pachino
Jack Nicholson
Christoper Walken
Donald Sutherland


For my "Out there" nomination i would go with John Cazale

robz150

James Woods
Dennis Hopper
Robert De Niro
Christopher Walken

Goodshape

Would have to be Jack Nicholson.

If were talking properly old school though, it's James Stewart.

shotamoose

Just finished watching a documentary about James Stewart and it brought back to me just how much I love him and his films, so he'd probably be my all-time favourite. He was so funny, so good at mixing darkness and decency.

Then there's Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, and more recently people like Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and of course Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

They're just off the top of my head, I'm sure I'll think up loads more.

pickarooney

Marlon Brando.

daveg

Jack Nicholson
Al Pachino
Robert De Nero
Christopher Walkin
Harrison Ford
Gene Hackman (esp for Crimson Tide... I'm the captain of this boat.. now shut the fvck up !! )

jonno

Humphrey Bogart
James Stewart
Claude Raines
Henry Fonda
Jack Lemmon
Gregory Peck
Paul Newman
Robert De Niro
Al Pachino
Clint Eastwood
Jack Nicholson
Gene Hackman

patch

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For my "Out there" nomination i would go with John Cazale

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Is that fredo? who was also with pacino in Dog Day Afternoon?

shotamoose

Ooops, forgot Orson Welles. *slaps head*

aine

if we are talking old school old school then its gotta be Orson Welles! but if we are talking about the older generation in Hollywood at the minute then I would say....Al Pacino...he's done some great stuff recently, Marlon Brando....will always rate in my books after the Godfather and Apocalypse Now! Robert Redford? Micheal Douglas? I guess they are worth a mention!

Funky

Jack Nicholson most definitely.

Panda

Humphrey Bogart
Jack Lemmon
Paul Newman
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
Faye Dunaway
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Nero
Christopher Walken
Harrison Ford
Gene Hackman
Orson Welles
Marlon Brando

All of those plus:

Cary Grant
Marlyn Monroe
James Dean
Anthony Hopkins
James Coburn
Joe Pesci
Steve McQueen
Charles Bronson
Richard Burton
Bo Derek

Theres probably more too...
You cant just have one favourite.

Mighty_Mouse

Steve McQueen
Marlon Brando
Christopher Walken
De Neiro
Pacino

smoke

Al Pacino
Rob De Niro
Jack Nicholson
Humphrey Bogart
Jimmy Cagney
James Deane

Al Pacino
Steve Mc Queen
Clint Eastwood
Jack Nicholson