TopBilled Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 two hundred eighty-second category Classic movie fathers LIFE WITH FATHER with William Powell FATHER OF THE BRIDE with Spencer Tracy DAD with Jack Lemmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaGirl Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 David Niven--The Impossible Years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 David Niven--The Impossible Years Nice one. I mentioned Spencer Tracy in FATHER OF THE BRIDE earlier..I supposed I can also say Steve Martin, who did the remake. Steve was also the dad in the remake of CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, originally played by Clifton Webb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Cary Grant - Room For One More, Penny Serenade Lewis Stone - The Andy Hardy films Gregory Peck - The Yearling, To Kill A Mockingbird Paul Winfield - Sounder Lionel Barrymore - You Can't Take It With You, The Valley of Decision, Duel In The Sun, Key Largo Donald Crisp - How Green Was My Valley, Daughters Courageous, National Velvet, The Valley of Decision Claude Rains - Four Daughters, Four Wives, Four Mothers, Mr. Skeffington Ronald Colman - The Late George Apley Michael Keaton - Mr. Mom, Jack Frost Melvyn Douglas - Hud, I Never Sang For My Father, The Candidate Charles Winninger - Showboat, Three Smart Girls, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, Babes In Arms, State Fair William Holden - Father Is A Bachelor Thomas Mitchell - Gone With The Wind, The Fighting Sullivans, The Romance of Rosy Ridge Marlon Brando - The Godfather Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIPPER Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Ronald Reagan --- "LOUISA" (1950), "BEDTIME FOR BONZO" "dad" to a chimp (1951) and "father figure" in "HONG KONG" (1952) Claude Rains and Charles Coburn in "KINGS ROW" (1942) --- not exactly "dad" role models. Rains was dad to Betty Field while Coburn was dad to Nancy Coleman. Spencer Tracy --- "FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND" (1951) Paul Ford --- "THE MUSIC MAN" (1962) Glenn Ford --- "THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER" (1963) Christopher Plummer in "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (1965) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starliteyes Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Burl Ives - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Charles Laughton - The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Tuttles of Tahiti, Hobson's Choice, Young Bess James Stewart - Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation, Shenandoah Henry Fonda - Spencer's Mountain, On Golden Pond Paul Scofield, Orson Welles, Brian Blessed, Laurence Olivier - King Lear Films Leon Ames - Meet Me In St. Louis, On Moonlight Bay, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, Little Women (1949) Edward G. Robinson - Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, All My Sons, House of Strangers Ralph Richardson - The Heiress, The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIPPER Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Brian Keith --- "THE PARENT TRAP" (1961) Gary Cole --- "THE BRADY BUNCH" (1995) Christopher McDonald --- "LEAVE TO BEAVER" (1997) Dennis Quaid -- "THE PARENT TRAP" (1998) TV Series: Hugh Beaumont ---"LEAVE IT TO BEAVER" (CBS 1957-58, ABC 1958-63) Robert Reed --- "THE BRADY BUNCH" (ABC 1969-1974) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Burl Ives - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof I like the idea of including slightly non-traditional examples. Gipper mentioned Reagan fathering a chimp...and Marsha said Brando from THE GODFATHER. I thought that was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIPPER Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Eddie Albert --- "BROTHER RAT AND A BABY" (1940) ---Dad of Baby "Commencement" (Peter B. Good) Cary Grant --- "BRINGING UP BABY" (1938) "Baby" (leopard) ---another non-traditional "father" role. TV Series: Andy Griffith --- "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" (CBS 1960-68) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Bob Hope - The Seven Little Foys Spencer Tracy - The Actress, The Sea of Grass, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Edward, My Son, State of the Union, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Power And The Glory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Eddie Albert --- "BROTHER RAT AND A BABY" (1940) ---Dad of Baby "Commencement" (Peter B. Good) I'd forgotten that was the baby's name. Wonder whatever happened to Peter B. Good. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 two hundred eighty-third category No biography or autobiography Nigel Bruce Alexis Smith Eddie Bracken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Since no one else has commented yet on today's category, I want to point to an interesting fact. Nigel Bruce was in many hit movies during the course of several decades. He was an important talent during the golden age of movies in Hollywood and Britain. Yes, he usually played supporting parts and is most known for his second-banana role in the Holmes movies. But he was a household name. How can there not be a book on him? But there's a book on Vivian Vance, who wasn't even a movie star? Don't misunderstand, I love Viv and she deserved to have someone write a book about her (it's called The Other Side of Ethel Mertz) but I think Nigel Bruce does, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Since no one else has commented yet on today's category, I want to point to an interesting fact. Nigel Bruce was in many hit movies during the course of several decades. He was an important talent during the golden age of movies in Hollywood and Britain. Yes, he usually played supporting parts and is most known for his second-banana role in the Holmes movies. But he was a household name. How can there not be a book on him? But there's a book on Vivian Vance, who wasn't even a movie star? Don't misunderstand, I love Viv and she deserved to have someone write a book about her (it's called The Other Side of Ethel Mertz) but I think Nigel Bruce does, too. Vivian Vance was not a movie star and neither was Nigel Bruce. And you don't get me wrong - - I have loved Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in Sherlock Holmes since high school. But this isn't about Sherlock Holmes. I Love Lucy is the most popular television show in the history of Television. I Love Lucy is the first hit sitcom in the world of television. Lucille Ball is the greatest star of television and Ethel Mertz AKA Vivian Vance made it all possible for her, by her great support. The importance of Vivian Vance in the history of television and the sitcom deserves a little perspective here. What we take for granted today on television, didn't exist until Lucy and Desi created it in 1951. We should never forget that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Vivian Vance was not a movie star and neither was Nigel Bruce. And you don't get me wrong - - I have loved Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in Sherlock Holmes since high school. But this isn't about Sherlock Holmes. I Love Lucy is the most popular television show in the history of Television. I Love Lucy is the first hit sitcom in the world of television. Lucille Ball is the greatest star of television and Ethel Mertz AKA Vivian Vance made it all possible for her, by her great support. The importance of Vivian Vance in the history of television and the sitcom deserves a little perspective here. What we take for granted today on television, didn't exist until Lucy and Desi created it in 1951. We should never forget that. Yes, I wasn't knocking Viv, because she rates highly in my opinion. But I do think someone should write a book on Nigel Bruce. There have been lesser film stars who had books written about them. In the same way the author(s) of Viv's book cashed in on Lucy, an author of a Nigel Bruce bio could cash in on Holmes. But probably the Alexis Smith example is more glaring. She was an A-list movie star, had successes on stage and also consistently turned up on TV, especially in her later years. She doesn't even have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She's been completely neglected by history. Someone said on another message board I read it's because she didn't have children and there are no relatives to champion her cause. Not sure about that. But like Nigel Bruce (and Eddie Bracken), I think Alexis Smith deserves some recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 two hundred eighty-fourth category Memorably cast against type Glenn Ford as a killer in 3:10 TO YUMA Barbara Billingsley as the Jive Lady in AIRPLANE! Ellen DeGeneres as a straight woman in LOVE LETTERS (after she had publicly come out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaGirl Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Fred Astaire in On The Beach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Spencer Tracy - Edward, My Son Denzel Washington - Training Day, American Gangster Gary Cooper - Ten North Frederick Gloria Grahame - Oklahoma Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry Donna Reed - From Here To Eternity Cary Grant - None But The Lonely Heart Jennifer Jones - Duel In The Sun Gregory Peck - Duel In The Sun, The Gunfighter Lionel Barrymore - It's A Wonderful Life Diane Keaton - Looking For Mr. Goodbar Dustin Hoffman - Straight Time Olivia De Havilland - Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Ann Sothern - Shadow On The Wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Gloria Grahame - Oklahoma Ann Sothern - Shadow On The Wall Love those performances. Grahame is great all the time, but in OKLAHOMA!, she's even better. Sothern did other shady characters later-- notably in LADY IN A CAGE and THE KILLING KIND. But yes, when she made SHADOW ON THE WALL, that was very much a contrast to the light and fluffy stuff she had been playing for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIPPER Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Ronald Reagan "THE KILLERS" (1964) --- he portrays a mob boss (a part way against type) and during the film, slaps Angie Dickinson (from then on whenever Ronnie and Angie appeared together, he'd always apologized to her and they always laughed about it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Ronald Reagan "THE KILLERS" (1964) --- he portrays a mob boss (a part way against type) and during the film, slaps Angie Dickinson (from then on whenever Ronnie and Angie appeared together, he'd always apologized to her and they always laughed about it). That's a funny anecdote. I still haven't seen that particular version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Another example worth mentioning is Jerry Lewis' excellent dramatic turn during the garment industry arc on the TV series Wiseguy. It really is one of his best performances, and honestly, I think it's a shame he didn't do more serious roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsan404 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall George Sanders in Foreign Correspondent Edmund Gwenn in Foreign Correspondent Bruce Dern in Family Plot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall Yes...a major change of pace for him. I'm glad he had the guts to try that role, and MGM allowed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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