Bargar Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 And...mine are: Peter Lorre, William Demarest, Frank McHugh, Dan Duryea, Sydney Greenstreet, Jack Weston, Rod Steiger, Eric Blore, Lionel Barrymoore, Ward Bond. (could go on & on) Eve Arden, Billie Burke, Mary Wickes(yay St.Louis), Anne Revere, Ethel Barrymoore, Jane Darwell, Lucille Watson, Beulah Bondi, (again, on & on). Looking forward to your replies! Link to post Share on other sites
BlueBonnie Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Are you saying that they are your favorites in musicals? Link to post Share on other sites
Bargar Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Boy, is my face red!! Sorry, I am new to this and I goofed. I am sure none of you EVER heard of THESE musicals. Link to post Share on other sites
rainingviolets21 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Bargar...no problem..my favorite musical characters are Charlotte Greenwood and her famous legs and Harriette Hockter who toe danced while she was bent at the waist backwards and the wonderful Nicholas Brothers... Link to post Share on other sites
Bargar Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Thanks! I wasn't going for character actors in musicals. I was going for fav character actors. However, I do agree about Charlotte G. How about Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore? Link to post Share on other sites
CelluloidKid Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Since this discussion is going on another thread, I will tansfer my answer! My Fav Character Actress: Thelma Ritter!! I love Thlema Ritter! Best Thelma Ritter Films: Move Over, Darling W./Doris Day again! For Love or Money The Second Time Around W./Debbie Reynolds! How the West Was Won Birdman of Alcatraz A Hole in the Head Pillow Talk W./Doris Day Daddy Long Legs Rear Window ....Dircted by Hitchcock W./Stewart and Kelly! Titanic (1953) Pickup on South Street The Mating Season All About Eve W./Bette Davis Perfect Strangers A Letter to Three Wives With a Song in My Heart W./Susan Hayward Miracle on 34th Street The Misfits W./Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe! WOW! Thelma made some damn good films, & acted along side some of the best actors & actresses in the biz and worked with some very talented directors! So sad she never got an Oscar only the nomination Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveRayMilland Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Fav Character actors: Peter Lorre, Thelma Ritter, James Gleason, Spring Byington, Alice Brady, And many others Absolute Favorite Musical Character Actor: Keeyan Wynn Link to post Share on other sites
debro52 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 I love a lot of the character actors from the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Edna Mae Oliver(great), Hattie McDaniel, Harry Davenport, Thomas Mitchel, Jessie Ralph, Dame May Whittey, Marjorie Maine, Edward Evrett Horton, Eric Blore, Alice Brady, Roland Young (great fun), Billie Burke, Helen Brodwick, Spring Byington, Bulah Bondi. I could name a lot more with a little research. Link to post Share on other sites
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