skimpole Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 And you can't include Woody Allen or Orson Welles. One person who comes to mind is Francois Truffaut in "The Wild Child." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Victor Sjostrom (aka Seastrom) in Ingmar Bergman's *Wild Strawberries*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Does it matter whether the performance was in a film they themselves directed, or if it was directed by someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson_Hawk Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 > {quote:title=skimpole wrote:}{quote} > And you can't include Woody Allen or Orson Welles. One person who comes to mind is Francois Truffaut in "The Wild Child." Woody Allen's presence in his own films makes those films all but unwatchable. This Jewish New Yorker absolutely detests his stale, pretentious and stale nebbishy Jewish New Yorker persona. Welles is certainly great in his own films, with, I think, his Hank Quinlan in TOUCH OF EVIL towering above all his other performances, including CITIZEN KANE. Still, for my money, I really like Cecil B. DeMille in SUNSET BOULEVARD. His conflicted feelings vis-a-vis his obviously delusional old protegee, Norma Desmond, is quite believable and timelessly touching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Otto Preminger in "Stalag 17" is just great and is directed by Billy Wilder as was DeMille in "Sunset Boulevard".. He was playing a role other then himself. C.B. played C.B. Edited by: fredbaetz on Oct 20, 2009 3:01 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyelman Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 John Huston is certainly memorable in Chinatown. He had a perfect voice for an actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriegerg69 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I always enjoyed Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze in the Batman tv series, playing with his eyebrow and exclaiming "Wild!...Ha-HA!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieProfessor Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Orson Welles is my choice, simply because he acted in most of the films he directed. Also, Welles had what was perhaps the greatest acting range of anyone who ever directed and acted in a single movie. Woody Allen might be a good choice, but he stays restricted only to comedy. The same might be said for Jerry Lewis or even the immortal Charile Chaplin. In recent times, certainly Barbra Streisand could get lots of consideration in this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Speaking of SUNSET BLVD., how about von Stroheim in the same movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 > {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > Speaking of SUNSET BLVD., how about von Stroheim in the same movie? He was pretty good, but wasn't he mostly just playing himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Yes, von Stroheim in "Grand Illusion" is an obvious example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tterrace Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 This may not qualify, as he wasn't a director yet, but Richard Quine played a perfect twerp in "My Sister Eileen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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