I don't think there's a role Jack Elam couldn't play excellently. Good guy, funny guy, evil guy, serious guy, smart, dumb, loyal, conniving... I've seen him do everything and in movies, TV shows, interviews. Behind that pretty face was a very smart man with endless skill.
That's Correct...especially since his son's name is Newly O'Brien the Dodge City gun smith/ part time Doctor/ part time deputy/ all around flunky for Matt..
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Two that should have received at least a mention were Ben Johnson and Victor McLaglen. He aptly represented the Irish that made up so much of the post-Civil War Army. I know he was actually British but he often portrayed Irishmen.
Good point. McLaglen seemingly had a greater role range, due perhaps to a coterie of Hollywood buddies, but Ben Johnson, of Pawnee OK was an astute observer of behaviors - from Mighty Joe Young thru Shane thru The Last Picture Show. Both men added personas that shored up leading characters. I'll always remember the look Ben Johnson gave the two boys as they set off for a weekend in Mexico in The Last Picture Show. That look spoke volumes of emotion. I guess I remember it because I'm an old man. That "look" showed age's experiences and regrets because it was an old man seeing two young men making the mistakes that young men must make to become old men.
@@nomadpi1, almost every movie I see, I like the second actor better than the main star. That second actor is also usually the one that gets killed in the movie.
@@Dixie60 Only one I can come up with off the top of my head where Elam survived was Once Upon A Texas Train. It's quite a fun one, especially if you like aging character actors, since they made up a bunch of the cast.
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I love all these guys! Jack Elam is easily my favorite, but Strother Martin is probably the best actor. I have a Panama hat that I call my 'Strother Martin hat'. No one could play a lazy no-count better than Peter Whitney. Gabby Hayes pretty much defined the side-kick part, and people like Slim Pickens, Hank Worden and Ben Johnson were honest to goodness real cowboys. Denver Pyle was great, too. My favorite psycho villains were Richard Devon and Bruce Dern (who was sort of like a younger version of Devon). I'll stop now, I have way too many favorites!
Yeap, Strother Martin there is a two part Gunsmoke where he plays an old miner. "Island in the Desert" Festus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away. Strother Martin's character has a pet snake which he later uses as a weapon .The year before Martin played a scientist researching snakes and developing a serum .The last scenes martin plays bring tears to your eyes and don't forget the classic line from Cool Hand Luke.... "what we got here is a fail to communicate"
@@kuvasz5252 My wife hates my Panama hat, because ever time I wear it, she knows I'm going to figure out some way to work that line into our conversation 😄
Ernest Borgnine, Eli Wallach, Glenn Strange, Ken Curtis, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Gomez; Morgan Woodward, Royal Dano, John Anderson, Lee Van Cleef, Jane Darwell, Anthony Quinn, Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey, Ben Johnson, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Ward Bond, Patrick Wayne, Noah Beery Jr., Yakima Canutt, John Douchette, Paul Brinegar, George Kennedy, Denver Pyle, Tom London, James Gregory, Hank Worden, John Qualen, Virginia Christen, Sheb Wooley, Charles Bronson, Chubby Johnson, Thelma Ritter, Richard Boone, Chief Dan George, Victor McLaughlin, Robert Wilkie, Francis McDonald, Frank Wilcox,
Walter "Ole Stumpy"Brennan in Rio Bravo! Arthur "Bull" Honeycutt blowing his bugle in El Dorado!! Both the same charactor, and movie, but both my #1&2 (in no particular order) favorite Westerns of them all! now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, remembering all my "friends" who brought so much joy!
Lee Marvin started acting in 1951. His Wikipedia entry says: "Marvin finally became a star for his comic role in the offbeat Western Cat Ballou (1965)".
@@famouspeople63 I checked it out, very good! I guess Bruce was more in the star quality than a character actor, not anything against those guys for sure. My favorite on your list was Jack Elam.
Great selection of actors known best for their supporting roles. As to honorable mentions I would add L.Q. Jones. While Walter Brennen was probably the best actor in this group to me Jack Elam was the best. Not only could he play evil he actually looked evil. As his performance as Tevis in 1951 movie "Rawhide" shows. Same can be said for his comedic talent in "Support Your Local Sheriff".
I haven’t seen the movie in decades but Jack had a small part in ‘Dirty Dingus Magee’ where he was a deadly and feared gunslinger but had someone shoot his hat off his head a few times.
I agree with you about Jack Elam, he and Walter Brennen were pretty much my favorite. My favorite bad guy is Lee Van Cleef. I don't like to think of Walter Brennen as a bad guy but he was in several films and did a great job.
I'll nominate John Dehner, John Anderson, and Noah Beery Jr. Also the truly intimidating Leo Gordon. Perhaps one of the more interesting is John Doucette, who may have been the fastest draw in Hollywood when all those guys - leads and character alike - practiced regularly to help get parts.
I always say "the GREAT John Dehner" when I see him on the screen. My wife is tired of me doing it, but I can't help it. Did you see him as an FAA investigator in Columbo?
A great list! Glad you mentioned Edgar Buchanan and John Barrymore. A tough list to come up with just 10! I think Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Lee Van Cleef, Victor McLaglen, Hank Worden, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., to name a few more could all be strong considerations as well. Definitely all these character actors mentioned in these responses and in your video added a lot to help make a movie great!
I don't know if you know it or not, Ken Curtis was also a great singer. You can hear him on u-tube. He was also an original member of the singing cowboys. He had a great voice. I think a lot of these character actors made more movies then the supposed stars. They were all stars.
@@larryambrose2660 Thanks! Yes I did know that. I believe it was The Sons of the Pioneers that also Roy Rogers sang with. Ken had a great voice and was quite a good looking chap without his Festus characture garb. They do not make them like they used to!
Instead of complaining about who you forgot, I would just like to say "Thank You!!". Makes me want to track down some westerns and see some of these characters again...
Very good list and video. I remember Slim Pickens from Blazing Saddles when they got to the toll booth. "Go back and get a shit load of dimes" was delivered perfectly and we were were laughing uncontrollably. "The Hunt" with Authur Hunnicut is my favorite Twilight Zone episode. My favorite character actor was Frank McHugh because he was a neighbor when I was growing up. Good Luck, Rick
Excellent choices and equally excellent addendum. I noted along the way that Woody Strode and Jack Elm were two of the three gunmen waiting for Charles Bronson at the beginning of Once upon a Time in the West. I grew up in a movie fan household, and my parents especially loved character actors. My father's favorite western actor was Arthur Hunnicutt.
All great baddies mentioned. Dano tended to play eccentrics and Gordon had a scary deep voice. Could I throw in Jeff Corey who was wonderfull in True Grit? ( The John Wayne one )
Great video! One of the greatest pleasures of being a vintage movie and TV fan is continually rediscovering all the wonderful character actors who made many shows so much better by their presence! These guys and gals were unique and special in a way that always improved anything they were in.
My vote for best performance as a supporting actor is Denver Pile in .Rage at Dawn'. It is a short clip where the Reno brothers have just lost their brother in robbery and Denver, the only good Reno, comes in (at about 11:30). Fantastic!
Two of my favorites? Ken Curtis (Gunsmoke) and Smiley "Frog" Burnette (Gene Autry westerns). These are their most famous parts, but they had long and illustrious careers.
Imagine Jack Elam is behind the desk at his hotel and drops his pen so he bends over to pick it up. Then a customer rings the service bell and he pops up out of nowhere. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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More recently, my favourite actor (not just a character actor) was the late great Michael Jeter, & his performance as Percy the livery guy, in Open Range has become my favourite movie character of all time, in my favourite western. He owned every part he ever played!
I have always preferred character actors and have my favorites. Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Walter Brennan, Strother Martin, Bruce Dern, just to name a few. They always made the movies more interesting.
This is a wonderful video , brought back lots of memories of great movies. Nice to know the backgrounds of people and how they started in the acting profession. I will look forward to part two of this list. Thanks again for your effort in putting this together
WOW! At the end, the hair over my body all raised up. I had not forgotten about them however, you brought all the old support actors back to my memory!
Nice video! One can't forget the "John Ford Family" who appeared in so many of his films (and carried on with John Wayne). These included Ben Johnson, another real cowboy turned actor, Harry Carey Jr, , Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, and so many others.
John Anderson, James Gregory & Simon Oakland are three of the all-time best , there are much more, but off the top of my head these great preformers are the one's I just thought of ... 🌟 🌟 🌟 👍👍
You hit on most of my favorites. Loved Jack Elam and Strother, Kathleen Freeman, etc. One you left out was Robert J. Wilke. He played bad guys on just about every TV western I can think of. Another was Dennis Hopper. He did a lot of westerns back in the day.
I will never forget Good Old Andy's Gang. I can't believe that i used to think the show had a live audience. Every time they would show the same footage of the audience cheering and bouncing around in theater seats. i did not figure it out for years.Froggy twang your magic twanger.
Arthur Honeycutt was in a wonderful episode of The Twilight Zone. He was the main character and he was really good in it. He was also in at least one episode of Perry Mason.
Slim Pickens is the man! Totally missed his presence in the greatest western of all, Blazing Saddels! My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.
Theres a story about Andy Devine. At Ward Bond's funeral John Ford went up to view the body and afterwards stopped to talk to Andy. Who was sitting right in front of John Wayne and his son. Ford leaned over and said to Devine "Well Andy, now you are the biggest asshole I know". Or words to that effect. When Slim Pickens was hired for Dr. Stangelove he arrived in London in boots and cowboy hat. The producers thought he was channeling the part. No, that was just Slim.
I'm glad John Carradine got a mention at least. As a kid I was traumatised by The Wizard of Mars but the scene that scared me was only about a minute before that old ham appears on screen. If I'd only waited a few seconds I would not have been tormented by the memory because who could be scared by him? I seem to have a thing for oddball actors with polished voices, him, Joan Greenwood and George Sanders for example. RIP John
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex yes ,but Clint wasn't actually a character actor , 95% of the time he was a front line top star actor , while Bronson and Lee Van Cleef had over 150 television appeances where they gueststarred as character actors , before they became front line star actors .... so in reality Clint Eastwood has got nothing on Bronson & Lee Van Cleef in character acting .... only as a Star is Eastwood over the two , he starred in lots & lots of "movie" classics
Wow! Brings back memories! Most moviegoers didn't know their names, but they sure knew their faces. I think the last hurrah for the great character actors was "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." In his early career, Bruce Dern was one of the creepiest bad guys out there! I also seem to recall a mousy little bald guy who usually played one of the frightened townspeople being menaced by outlaws. Can't remember his name. Those people really brightened up movies in those days.
A very nice list. I don’t know where he would rank on a list of best actors, but it would be nice to hear more about Sheb Wooley. His was the most prolific voice of the westerns since making the famous scream as Private Wilhelm.
It's more about who you missed than who you included. The biggest oversight is Ben Johnson. When I read the title of the video his name was the first that came to mind. Also I would have added Ward Bond, Harry Carey Jr., L.Q. Jones, Hank Worden (sp?) and Victor McLaughlin. It's a good list but could have been better.
Hi, Famous People..., Excellent list to say the least... "Who was the best ?" * My pick is..., the two that go hand-in-hand..., John Wayne and Ward Bond. Excellent video and very informative and "Thank you" for sharing the video... Very impressive list..., plus additional character actors... * This was one of the ( hardest lists ) to choose and pick from... "Semper Fi" Mike in Montana P.S.: Once again, thank you for sharing the excellent video and becoming one of the best Western Channels on TH-cam... :)
An excellent summary review. Professional writing, superb presentation. Sorry you missed Ben Johnson. Otherwise, a fine program. Got any other vid's out there?
A little shout out to an actor who specialized in Native American roles Iron Eyes Cody who was most famous in his role in the commercial as the "Indians'who sheds a year at careless people who thoughtlessly throw trash wherever they happen to be. I'm happy and proud to say, that though I never met Iron Eyes he was close friends & would speak at country western shows with a man that I eventually called dad. That man was Glenn Temple who played music (fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin) wrote & sang his own songs and had a short radio show in Nashville right before Hank Williams Sr. Many times "Dad' would go on air for Hank if Williams couldn't perform
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Thanks so much. I've probably seen most of these movies. I love westerns and all of the actors you showed. I went to the movie theaters to see several movies. I don't go to see movies any more. I don't like what they show. Thanks again. Lots of memories. 😀
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Jack Elam will always be a favorite of mine.
I loved him and James Garner in Support your Local Sheriff and Support your Local Gunfighter.
@@pauljoyner4338 great movies
I don't think there's a role Jack Elam couldn't play excellently. Good guy, funny guy, evil guy, serious guy, smart, dumb, loyal, conniving... I've seen him do everything and in movies, TV shows, interviews. Behind that pretty face was a very smart man with endless skill.
@@PlanetEarth3141 well said
Dub Taylor should deserve at least an honorable mention.
That's Correct...especially since his son's name is Newly O'Brien the Dodge City gun smith/ part time Doctor/ part time deputy/ all around flunky for Matt..
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Two that should have received at least a mention were Ben Johnson and Victor McLaglen. He aptly represented the Irish that made up so much of the post-Civil War Army. I know he was actually British but he often portrayed Irishmen.
Good point. McLaglen seemingly had a greater role range, due perhaps to a coterie of Hollywood buddies, but Ben Johnson, of Pawnee OK was an astute observer of behaviors - from Mighty Joe Young thru Shane thru The Last Picture Show. Both men added personas that shored up leading characters. I'll always remember the look Ben Johnson gave the two boys as they set off for a weekend in Mexico in The Last Picture Show. That look spoke volumes of emotion. I guess I remember it because I'm an old man. That "look" showed age's experiences and regrets because it was an old man seeing two young men making the mistakes that young men must make to become old men.
@@nomadpi1, almost every movie I see, I like the second actor better than the main star. That second actor is also usually the one that gets killed in the movie.
I have to agree with Ben Johnson 100% He had a prolific movie and television career making appearances on shows like Bonanza and Laramie.
@@Dixie60 Only one I can come up with off the top of my head where Elam survived was Once Upon A Texas Train. It's quite a fun one, especially if you like aging character actors, since they made up a bunch of the cast.
@@nomadpi1 Sugarland Express????
Ward Bond, John Qualen, Matt Clark, L.Q. Jones. The list could go on and on, but to forget Ward Bond is inexcusable!
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All great actors. My extended list would include Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Ward Bond, Buddy Ebsen, Alan Hale (Snr and Jnr), Eli Walach, Lee Van Cleef.
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Claude Atkins was in so many westerns I can't count them all.
I loved him as Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes and as Sheriff Lobo. Amongst a pile of other stuff he did.
I love all these guys! Jack Elam is easily my favorite, but Strother Martin is probably the best actor. I have a Panama hat that I call my 'Strother Martin hat'. No one could play a lazy no-count better than Peter Whitney. Gabby Hayes pretty much defined the side-kick part, and people like Slim Pickens, Hank Worden and Ben Johnson were honest to goodness real cowboys. Denver Pyle was great, too. My favorite psycho villains were Richard Devon and Bruce Dern (who was sort of like a younger version of Devon). I'll stop now, I have way too many favorites!
Yeap, Strother Martin there is a two part Gunsmoke where he plays an old miner. "Island in the Desert" Festus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away. Strother Martin's character has a pet snake which he later uses as a weapon .The year before Martin played a scientist researching snakes and developing a serum .The last scenes martin plays bring tears to your eyes
and don't forget the classic line from Cool Hand Luke.... "what we got here is a fail to communicate"
Jack's my favorite as well, I'm 71 and must have seen him in over a 100 movies
Richard Boone as Paladin.
Bruce Dern complained his career was ruined for a tad after killing John Wayne in The Cowboys. Nobody would hire The Duke's killer.
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Ernest Borgnine, Eli Wallach, Glenn Strange, Ken Curtis, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Gomez; Morgan Woodward, Royal Dano, John Anderson, Lee Van Cleef, Jane Darwell, Anthony Quinn, Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey, Ben Johnson, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Ward Bond, Patrick Wayne, Noah Beery Jr., Yakima Canutt, John Douchette, Paul Brinegar, George Kennedy, Denver Pyle, Tom London, James Gregory, Hank Worden, John Qualen, Virginia Christen, Sheb Wooley, Charles Bronson, Chubby Johnson, Thelma Ritter, Richard Boone, Chief Dan George, Victor McLaughlin, Robert Wilkie, Francis McDonald, Frank Wilcox,
Great list. I think Yakima Canutt is a great call. I always thought of him more of a stunt man/coordinator but I'm glad you included him.
Quite the list
How could Claude Akins not be on this list?
Next video :)
Absolutely!
I agree and what about Eli Wallach?
@@colintapp4876 Bang on mate !
@@colintapp4876 Eli Wallach was not really a character actor but was an “A Lister” that shared top billing with other well known actors.
Walter "Ole Stumpy"Brennan in Rio Bravo! Arthur "Bull" Honeycutt blowing his bugle in El Dorado!! Both the same charactor, and movie, but both my #1&2 (in no particular order) favorite Westerns of them all! now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, remembering all my "friends" who brought so much joy!
Lee Marvin was a STAR, not a character actor. The best of them all was the incredible Strother Martin!
Martin was great.
Couldn't agree more on both counts.
I thought Marvin's inclusion here was leaning more to the leading man. Strother Martin was great indeed!
The narrator does say that Lee Marvin started as a supporting character, then turned into a star.
Lee Marvin started acting in 1951. His Wikipedia entry says: "Marvin finally became a star for his comic role in the offbeat Western Cat Ballou (1965)".
Have to mention Chill Wills in this list.
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I met him and his wife many years ago in Baja California Husong or some name like that Ensenada I think this was the’70s
I always loved Bruce Dern in these kind of roles.
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Did you see Dern in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Great !
Yep, Bruce Dern was outstanding in 'The Cowboys', and most all roles he ever played.
@@famouspeople63 I checked it out, very good! I guess Bruce was more in the star quality than a character actor, not anything against those guys for sure. My favorite on your list was Jack Elam.
Will Penny, The Cowboys.
Great selection of actors known best for their supporting roles. As to honorable mentions I would add L.Q. Jones. While Walter Brennen was probably the best actor in this group to me Jack Elam was the best. Not only could he play evil he actually looked evil. As his performance as Tevis in 1951 movie "Rawhide" shows. Same can be said for his comedic talent in "Support Your Local Sheriff".
Jack Palance in "Shane".
Thanks for the feedback.
I haven’t seen the movie in decades but Jack had a small part in ‘Dirty Dingus Magee’ where he was a deadly and feared gunslinger but had someone shoot his hat off his head a few times.
I agree with you about Jack Elam, he and Walter Brennen were pretty much my favorite. My favorite bad guy is Lee Van Cleef. I don't like to think of Walter Brennen as a bad guy but he was in several films and did a great job.
Agree about L.Q. Jones, and Brennan was the best actor in any group.
Jim Davis was always one of my personal favorites.
Thank you for posting. Loved Dan Dureya in Winchester 73, Author Hunnicutt in El Dorado, and Jack Elam in anything he played in. Thank you.
My pleasure
That was a good list of all my childhood character actors that I loved seeing. I’m 70 so thanks for the memories. !!
My pleasure
I'll nominate John Dehner, John Anderson, and Noah Beery Jr. Also the truly intimidating Leo Gordon. Perhaps one of the more interesting is John Doucette, who may have been the fastest draw in Hollywood when all those guys - leads and character alike - practiced regularly to help get parts.
All good notes for more videos, thanks
John Dehner must have done 100 Gunsmokes playing different characters.
never knew that about John Doucette, interesting.
I always say "the GREAT John Dehner" when I see him on the screen. My wife is tired of me doing it, but I can't help it. Did you see him as an FAA investigator in Columbo?
@@psiclops521 I saw that. He also played a Commodore who waS killed on a yacht in Columbo. Saw him on the Rockford Files. Great actor.
A great list! Glad you mentioned Edgar Buchanan and John Barrymore. A tough list to come up with just 10! I think Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Lee Van Cleef, Victor McLaglen, Hank Worden, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., to name a few more could all be strong considerations as well. Definitely all these character actors mentioned in these responses and in your video added a lot to help make a movie great!
I don't know if you know it or not, Ken Curtis was also a great singer. You can hear him on u-tube. He was also an original member of the singing cowboys. He had a great voice. I think a lot of these character actors made more movies then the supposed stars. They were all stars.
@@larryambrose2660 Thanks! Yes I did know that. I believe it was The Sons of the Pioneers that also Roy Rogers sang with. Ken had a great voice and was quite a good looking chap without his Festus characture garb. They do not make them like they used to!
Well Lee van Cleef was a star in my eyes .But yeah how Victor McLaglen isnt in this is a mystery…
@@larryambrose2660 Thanks for the additions to the list as I 100% agree with your choices.
I was one of Andy's kids. I had a big silver gun and leather holster. I LOVED Andy!!!😀
Lee Van Cleef was my Dad’s fav character actor
You forgot Eli Wallach
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Nah Eli was a Star Actor.
My dad (who sadly died yesterday) was a big fan of Westerns and he named Jack Elam everytime a "Gallow Face"...
Sorry about Dad 🙁 reMember Jack Elam in " Kansas City Confidential " as ill faded chain smoking Pete 👍
R.I.P. Elam and your dad
In my family, he was called (sorry) “Ol’ Ugly,” and we all watched him in everything we could find. Somehow, he was just special.
Instead of complaining about who you forgot, I would just like to say "Thank You!!". Makes me want to track down some westerns and see some of these characters again...
Very good list and video. I remember Slim Pickens from Blazing Saddles when they got to the toll booth. "Go back and get a shit load of dimes" was delivered perfectly and we were were laughing uncontrollably. "The Hunt" with Authur Hunnicut is my favorite Twilight Zone episode. My favorite character actor was Frank McHugh because he was a neighbor when I was growing up. Good Luck, Rick
There's a chicken shop called "slim chickens", always makes me laugh
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The Hunt was my favorite Twilight Zone also. Always makes me cry at the end.
"The Hunt" with Authur Hunnicut is my favorite Twilight Zone episode.
+1
His part in 1941 is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Ward Bond was a wonderful actor in movies like Gone with the Wind, The grapes of wrath,and It's a wonderful Life, just to mention a few.
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Excellent choices and equally excellent addendum. I noted along the way that Woody Strode and Jack Elm were two of the three gunmen waiting for Charles Bronson at the beginning of Once upon a Time in the West. I grew up in a movie fan household, and my parents especially loved character actors. My father's favorite western actor was Arthur Hunnicutt.
I loved Arthur Hunnicutt. He played the same character and even wore the same outfit with the coonskin hat in almost all of his appearances.
Yes, I also look for who is in the background in westerns, a lot of regulars pop up regularly
I love strother Martin, but don’t think he was the greatest. I’d say Walter Brennan was the greatest.
Jack Elam and Slim Pickens are my faves but this is a great list of the actors I grew up with...Thanks!
Glad you liked it, thanks
Robert Wilke was in dozens of westerns playing mostly bad guys. He was Frank Miller in "High Noon".
A good one. He also appeared a lot in "Gunsmoke". Also, tossed in Royal Dano, Morgan Woodward, Leo Gordon, and Neville Brand.
All great baddies mentioned. Dano tended to play eccentrics and Gordon had a scary deep voice. Could I throw in Jeff Corey who was wonderfull in True Grit? ( The John Wayne one )
Not correct, he was Pearce
Great video! One of the greatest pleasures of being a vintage movie and TV fan is continually rediscovering all the wonderful character actors who made many shows so much better by their presence! These guys and gals were unique and special in a way that always improved anything they were in.
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My vote for best performance as a supporting actor is Denver Pile in .Rage at Dawn'. It is a short clip where the Reno brothers have just lost their brother in robbery and Denver, the only good Reno, comes in (at about 11:30). Fantastic!
Two of my favorites? Ken Curtis (Gunsmoke) and Smiley "Frog" Burnette (Gene Autry westerns). These are their most famous parts, but they had long and illustrious careers.
Yes some of the best
Imagine Jack Elam is behind the desk at his hotel and drops his pen so he bends over to pick it up. Then a customer rings the service bell and he pops up out of nowhere. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
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All these were good and some great I can think of many more such as Dub Taylor
Yes I know, I could keep going. I see another video in the pipeline
His son Buck, of Gunsmoke is still alive.
I never knew Buck was his son thanks for the info
@@rufust.firefly4890 never knew that thanks
Dub Taylor always wore his bowler hat in whatever role he played.
More recently, my favourite actor (not just a character actor) was the late great Michael Jeter, & his performance as Percy the livery guy, in Open Range has become my favourite movie character of all time, in my favourite western.
He owned every part he ever played!
Yes quite the character
Arthur Hunnicutt starred in the Twilight Zone episode "The Hunt" one of Rod Serling's best.
An amazing short list of a long line of actors who have made cinema so enjoyable. Thank you for your work in putting it all together.
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I have always preferred character actors and have my favorites. Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Walter Brennan, Strother Martin, Bruce Dern, just to name a few. They always made the movies more interesting.
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This is a wonderful video , brought back lots of memories of great movies. Nice to know the backgrounds of people and how they started in the acting profession. I will look forward to part two of this list. Thanks again for your effort in putting this together
Glad you enjoyed it
Great to see Andy Devine. What a voice as well.
Very unique
WOW! At the end, the hair over my body all raised up. I had not forgotten about them however, you brought all the old support actors back to my memory!
Honored
Wonderful video. Thank you for all you’re hard work.😊
So nice of you
Nice video! One can't forget the "John Ford Family" who appeared in so many of his films (and carried on with John Wayne). These included Ben Johnson, another real cowboy turned actor, Harry Carey Jr, , Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, and so many others.
Yes and they really were a tight group, a family as you say
Very true. I saw Ben Johnson in a rodeo deal in Houston Texas. A real cowboy.
John Anderson, James Gregory & Simon Oakland are three of the all-time best , there are much more, but off the top of my head these great preformers are the one's I just thought of ... 🌟 🌟 🌟 👍👍
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I personally saw Jack Elam and Dub Taylor in 1976. They were shooting a location scene in a B monster movie in my hometown in Louisiana.
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There are so many great western character actors that should be mentioned. I would just type a couple of them, Pedro Armendariz and Jane Darwell.
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You hit on most of my favorites. Loved Jack Elam and Strother, Kathleen Freeman, etc. One you left out was Robert J. Wilke. He played bad guys on just about every TV western I can think of. Another was Dennis Hopper. He did a lot of westerns back in the day.
Yes, definitely Ben Johnson and Strother Martins' best friend L.Q. Jones.
Thank you so much awesome tribute to these great actors also great choice in background music.
Your welcome
Fantastic list. Wish they were more popular and available for everyone to enjoy.
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Very interesting, thanks. Brings back a lot of good memories.
Some of the best
Fascinating facts & video❗well done grasshopper 🦗🤗. I love me my westerns 🐎. Nifty info and trivia about these characters 💓
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Great choices, thank you for sharing them. Chill Wills would be another good choice. All the best to you. 🤗
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I will never forget Good Old Andy's Gang. I can't believe that i used to think the show had a live audience. Every time they would show the same footage of the audience cheering and bouncing around in theater seats. i did not figure it out for years.Froggy twang your magic twanger.
I loved your selection of supporting actors. I remember many of the actors but not their names, your video filled in the blanks, a top notch video.
Thanks so much
The one crime was to leave out none other than Lee Van Cleef, no list is complete without him.
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Arthur Honeycutt was in a wonderful episode of The Twilight Zone. He was the main character and he was really good in it. He was also in at least one episode of Perry Mason.
Great selection, brings back good memories.
Happy you enjoyed it
One of my favorite Western bad guys was Roy Barcroft. He was in a lot of Alan "Rocky" Lane movies
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Loved it! Great job of honoring these great artists
Thanks so much
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Thank you so much for this. It is a trip down memory lane of the character actors I used to see late at night on weekends on TV.
Glad you liked it
Great was hoping to see Strother Martin & Jack Elam, thank you
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Slim Pickens is the man! Totally missed his presence in the greatest western of all, Blazing Saddels! My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.
Theres a story about Andy Devine. At Ward Bond's funeral John Ford went up to view the body and afterwards stopped to talk to Andy. Who was sitting right in front of John Wayne and his son. Ford leaned over and said to Devine "Well Andy, now you are the biggest asshole I know". Or words to that effect.
When Slim Pickens was hired for Dr. Stangelove he arrived in London in boots and cowboy hat. The producers thought he was channeling the part. No, that was just Slim.
Thanks both good stories
John Ford's insults were spoken of as jokingly. They weren't. If John Ford was looking for an asshole, he merely should have looked into a mirror.
Ford was THE BIGGEST asshole. A bully.
There are others, of course, But, this is an excellent list.
Thanks so much. A good start
What a line up thru & thru! Thank you!
Thanks
I'm glad John Carradine got a mention at least. As a kid I was traumatised by The Wizard of Mars but the scene that scared me was only about a minute before that old ham appears on screen. If I'd only waited a few seconds I would not have been tormented by the memory because who could be scared by him? I seem to have a thing for oddball actors with polished voices, him, Joan Greenwood and George Sanders for example. RIP John
Enjoyed this, fine choices. I personally like Royal Dano.
Everyone you named was a fave of mine. Jack Elam was among my beiggest faves.
Yes I hear that quite a bit
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dan duryea. i thought of him as a star but yes he played a lot of supporting parts too such as the good bad outlaw in winchester 73. wonderful actor.
Winchester was a pivotal role for him, I think
Hank Worden, Ben Johnson, Clint Ritchie.
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Hank Worden acted into his 90's. He played a big role in the 1980's hit "Twin Peaks".
Thank you very much. It was great to see them again.
Glad you enjoyed it
Terrific list of character actors!
Would be interested in seeing a similar list composed of actresses.
Will think about that one, generally dont get much interest in the vids I do on women, don't know why?
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Clint Eastwood played the same character in every movie he made and he did it quite well.
Just like Nicolas Cage and Keanu Reeves.
Interesting comparison
Charles Bronson and Lee Van Cleef outclassed Clint in the Character actor department 👍👍
@@rafaelramirez1507 Yes but they actually played completely different characters in different movies.
Clint is Clint in every movie.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex yes ,but Clint wasn't actually a character actor , 95% of the time he was a front line top star actor , while Bronson and Lee Van Cleef had over 150 television appeances where they gueststarred as character actors , before they became front line star actors .... so in reality Clint Eastwood has got nothing on Bronson & Lee Van Cleef in character acting .... only as a Star is Eastwood over the two , he starred in lots & lots of "movie" classics
Wow! Brings back memories! Most moviegoers didn't know their names, but they sure knew their faces. I think the last hurrah for the great character actors was "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." In his early career, Bruce Dern was one of the creepiest bad guys out there! I also seem to recall a mousy little bald guy who usually played one of the frightened townspeople being menaced by outlaws. Can't remember his name. Those people really brightened up movies in those days.
These characters really made these movies. Without them would be void of life and texture
Probably referring to Percy Helton .The little man with a squeaky voice who gave up Butch and Sundance Kid to the posse.Great little actor.
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Yes some chsracter and support actors broke through and made names for themselves
A very nice list. I don’t know where he would rank on a list of best actors, but it would be nice to hear more about Sheb Wooley. His was the most prolific voice of the westerns since making the famous scream as Private Wilhelm.
Also an excellent singer.
Expertly crafted. Enjoyed very much!
Thank you very much!
It's more about who you missed than who you included. The biggest oversight is Ben Johnson. When I read the title of the video his name was the first that came to mind. Also I would have added Ward Bond, Harry Carey Jr., L.Q. Jones, Hank Worden (sp?) and Victor McLaughlin. It's a good list but could have been better.
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Would love to have seen Andy Prine on your list and Ben Johnson, too. I did like the feature, really enjoyed it.
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Hi, Famous People..., Excellent list to say the least... "Who was the best ?" * My pick is..., the two that go hand-in-hand..., John Wayne and Ward Bond. Excellent video and very informative and "Thank you" for sharing the video... Very impressive list..., plus additional character actors... * This was one of the ( hardest lists ) to choose and pick from... "Semper Fi" Mike in Montana P.S.: Once again, thank you for sharing the excellent video and becoming one of the best Western Channels on TH-cam... :)
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Looks is everything!
Great job. You picked some great ones but you and the rest of us know that the list could be 50 names long with ease.
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An excellent summary review. Professional writing, superb presentation. Sorry you missed Ben Johnson. Otherwise, a fine program. Got any other vid's out there?
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Good Job & Plenty of Good Actors, You Done Well, Thanks
Thank you too!
EXcellent list, and fun to watch. I too think Ben Johnson deserves a spot here; a true cowboy who didn't need a stunt man.
The real deal
It was good. The stills were stunning!
Thank you very much
One of my favorites while growing up was Gene Autry's side kick, Smiley "Frog" Burnette.
Give me a good character over a movie star any day.
Some became stars:)
MISS THEM ALL … NO CHARACTER ACTORS NOW … THEY ARE ALL GREAT !!!!
R.I.P.
A little shout out to an actor who specialized in Native American roles
Iron Eyes Cody who was most famous in his role in the commercial as the "Indians'who sheds a year at careless people who thoughtlessly throw trash wherever they happen to be. I'm happy and proud to say, that though I never met Iron Eyes he was close friends & would speak at country western shows with a man that I eventually called dad. That man was Glenn Temple who played music (fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin) wrote & sang his own songs and had a short radio show in Nashville right before Hank Williams Sr. Many times "Dad' would go on air for Hank if Williams couldn't perform
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Great list and great memories.
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Yes, I am usually much more interested in the 'unseen' characters that are so much needed to add colour to the 'star'.
I totally agree!
Slim Pickens was a real cowboy and stuntman and if was one of the few people who could drive a six horse hitch.
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So was Ben Johnson.
Thanks so much. I've probably seen most of these movies. I love westerns and all of the actors you showed. I went to the movie theaters to see several movies. I don't go to see movies any more. I don't like what they show. Thanks again. Lots of memories. 😀
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All of them were great actors.