Some of the most memorable movie characters of all time

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Fagin. The man who taught us all how to pick a pocket or two.

Eve Harrington. She was given the Sarah Siddons Award and it didn't matter who she stepped on to get it.

Jessica Rabbit. No relation to Eddie Rabbit. At least I don't think so.

Lynn Belvedere. He served a mean bowl of oatmeal.

Mother Bates. Norman's mummy loved her son and knew he would never harm a fly.

Kay Miniver. She overcame adversity and always war such nice hats.

Johnny 5. If you don't remember him, then maybe your brain has started to short circuit.

Leslie Crosbie. Shot her lover dead. What part of "no, I have a headache tonight" didn't he understand?

Catherine Sloper. A hot guy pounding on the door outside, and still she was determined to go up to her bed alone. What a foolish lady!

Rhett Butler. Frankly my dear man, Scarlett can survive without you.

[sagebrush]

19 minutes ago, TopBilled said:

Johnny 5. If you don't remember him, then maybe your brain has started to short circuit.

 

I remember thinking Johnny was kinda cute! He was also the best thing in that film.

He resembles the Mars Rover a bit, doesn't he?

[Yoda1978]

10 Scar---The Lion King Classic Cartoon Movie

09 The Wicked Witch----Wizard Of Oz

08 Ethan Edwards----The Searchers

07 Buford T Justice----Smokey and The Bandit

06 Indiana Jones-----Indiana Jones Trilogy

05 Sean Connery James Bond-----Goldfinger/Dr No and Thunderball

04 Darth Vader------The Star Wars Original Trilogy

03 Moses-----Charleton Heston----The 10 Commandments

02 Aragorn----Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

01 Rocky Balboa--------Rocky1-4

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1 hour ago, sagebrush said:

I remember thinking Johnny was kinda cute! He was also the best thing in that film.

He resembles the Mars Rover a bit, doesn't he?

Yes, he sure does.

49 minutes ago, Yoda1978 said:

10 Scar---The Lion King Classic Cartoon Movie

09 The Wicked Witch----Wizard Of Oz

08 Ethan Edwards----The Searchers

07 Buford T Justice----Smokey and The Bandit

06 Indiana Jones-----Indiana Jones Trilogy

05 Sean Connery James Bond-----Goldfinger/Dr No and Thunderball

04 Darth Vader------The Star Wars Original Trilogy

03 Moses-----Charleton Heston----The 10 Commandments

02 Aragorn----Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

01 Rocky Balboa--------Rocky1-4

Great list. Like the variety of characters you chose.

[Yoda1978]

So many characters to think of Honorable Mentionings

Martin Riggs----Lethal Weapon

Jack Sparrow----POTC---Curse Of The Black Pearl

Obi Wan Kenobi-- A New Hope

Willy Wonka----Gene Wilder-----Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

Han Solo----Empire Strikes Back

John McClane-----Die Hard and Die Hard With A Vengeance.

John T Chance-----Rio Bravo

The Man With  No Name----Good The Bad and The Ugly

Hannibal Lector---Silence Of The Lambs

 

[sagebrush]

I can't think of ten off the top of my head without doing a Google search, but I'd add:

George Bailey- IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

E.T.- E.T.

Atticus Finch- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

(Baby) Jane Hudson- WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE

Cody Jarrett- WHITE HEAT

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SAM SPADE

TERRY MALLOY

TOM JOAD

NICK CHARLES

NORA CHARLES

FRED C. DOBBS

PROF. HENRY HIGGINS (either Howard's or Harrison's)

BLANCHE DUBOIS

SHANE

CHARLES FOSTER KANE

Honorable mention:  VITO CORLEONE

Sepiatone

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1 hour ago, sagebrush said:

I can't think of ten off the top of my head without doing a Google search, but I'd add:

George Bailey- IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

E.T.- E.T.

Atticus Finch- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

(Baby) Jane Hudson- WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE

Cody Jarrett- WHITE HEAT

Cody Jarrett, definitely. Ma Jarrett too.

55 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:

SAM SPADE

TERRY MALLOY

TOM JOAD

NICK CHARLES

NORA CHARLES

FRED C. DOBBS

PROF. HENRY HIGGINS (either Howard's or Harrison's)

BLANCHE DUBOIS

SHANE

CHARLES FOSTER KANE

Honorable mention:  VITO CORLEONE

Sepiatone

Good ones!

[Princess of Tap]

Memorable performances start with memorable performers:

1) Charles Laughton as Quasimoto/Boris Karloff as Frankenstein

2) Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates

3) Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale

4) Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind"/ Marlon Brando as "The Godfather"

5) Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch

6) Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond

7) Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump

😎 James Stewart as Elwood P Dowd with Harvey

9) Bette Davis as "Baby" Jane Hudson

10) Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers/Dustin Hoffman as Ratso

 

Honorable mention

Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle

James Stewart as George Bailey and Mr (Jefferson)Smith

Maria Ouspenskaya as the Gypsy Woman

Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Dooley Wilson as Sam

Jane Darwell as Ma Joad

Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford

& Mel Blanc as ^Bugs Bunny^

[cigarjoe]

A few....

Wallace Beery as Long John Silver in Treasure Island

Charles Laughton as Quasimoto in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Vivian Leigh as Blanche Dubois in Streetcar Named Desire

Ava Gardner as Kitty  in The Killers 

Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

Jean Peters as Candy in Pickup on South Street

Gloria Grahame as Marianna in Naked Alibi

Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar Named Desire

Kim Novak as Polly the Pistol and Dean Martin as Deano in Kiss Me Stupid

Orson Welles as  Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil

Harry Belafonte as Ingram in Odds Against Tomorrow

Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts "The Cooler King in The Great Escape

Eli Wallach as Tuco Ramierez in The Good The Bad And The Ugly

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Jane Fonda as Brabarella in Barbarella

Lee Van Cleef as Col. Douglas Mortimer in For A Few Dollars More

James Garner as Marlowe in Marlowe

Clint Eastwood as Joe-Manco-Blondie in the first three Leone Westerns

Sidney Poitier as Tibbs in In The Heat Of The Night

Helen Mirren as Cora in Age of Consent

GianMaria Volonte as El Indio in For A Few Dollars More

Rod Taylor (with Suzy Kendall) as Travis McGee in Darker Than Amber

Michael Cain as Carter in Get Carter

Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce in Lenny

Richard Roudtree as John Shaft in Shaft

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver 

Warren Oates as Bennie in Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia

Giancarlo Giannini as   Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze in Seven Beauties

Frederic Forrest as Dash Hammett in Hammett

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Um...um...oh, what's that one?...I can't think of her right now.

[Sepiatone]

  And here I thought we were just asked to list the characters! 

Sepiatone

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Re: Cigarjoe's clip of Eli Wallach from THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY-- is it just me, or does Wallach look a lot like Rock Hudson in that clip?

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11 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:

Jane Darwell as Ma Joad

Tom and Ma Joad are kind of the antithesis of Cody and Ma Jarrett. 

[sagebrush]

Robin Of Locksley- THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Gelsomina- LA STRADA

"Reverend" Harry Powell- THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

[Arsan404]

Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca.

Peter O'Toole as T.E.  Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia.

Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[cigarjoe]

I stopped near the beginning of the 1980's here are a few more fro 80's & 90's.

Kathleen Turner as  Matty Walker in Body Heat .

    M. Emmet Walsh  as  Private Detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple.

Isabella Rossellini as Dorothy Vallens in Blue Velvet. 

Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.

Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel in Angel Heart.

Gary Oldman as  Jack Grimaldi in Romeo Is Bleeding.

Lena Olin as Mona Demarkov in Romeo Is Bleeding.

Patricia Arquette in True Romance top and Lost Highway bottom.

 Rosanna Arquette in The Wrong Man.

 Linda Fiorentino as Bridget Gregory in The Last Seduction.

Woody Harrelson  as  Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers.

Rufus Sewell  as  John Murdoch in Dark City.

Jeff Bridges as Lebowski in The Big Lebowski.

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Beulah Bondi in an uncharacteristically nasty, troubled role for her in The Shepherd of the Hills.

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