I think one of my favorite roles for Dern was as Joe Danby in Support Your Local Sheriff. It is so funny to see the guy that most often plays tough guys as comic relief type.
IT'S BECAUSE OF 'SILENT RUNNING' (starring Bruce Dern, director Douglas Trumbull - 1971) ... that I became a filmmaker. Thanks, Mr. Dern. You've made a difference in many lives, in particular, yours truly. D.A.
Bruce Dern is one of my favorite actors. He is just so singular. Nobody else to compare him to. If he'd come up at any other time in movie history, he probably wouldn't have had the same level of success. But the 70s was such a great decade for movies. I think my favorite role of Bruce's is King of Marvin Gardens. 2nd favorite is the Cowboys. He scared the bejeesus out of those kids!
One guy today that I think has some small similarities to Bruce is Walton Goggins and it was so awesome to see them share a screen together in the hateful eight. Bruce did the unhinged bad guy so well in those old Westerns.
Indeed. And although he had a lot of bad guy roles, it seems to me they were always slightly different. In Hang 'Em High he was kind of a smarmy, conniving murderous horse thief villain. In others he might be more ruthless or cocky or psychopathic or... David Duchovny is similar. He always has the same kinda nasal monotone slow-talking demeanor for his characters, yet with subtle differences between his Fox Mulder/X-Files, Hank Moody/Californication, Sam Hodiak/Aquarius roles, etc. In both Dern and Duchovny, although they played very similar roles in their respective careers, while watching either of them you never thought about their other roles. Both are so good that they just draw you in and you get lost in their current role completely.
I love Dern...and it is so great to listen to somebody interview him that actually lets him answer the questions without interrupting him! (Mark Maron) The guy is sharp as a tack, probably due to him running actual marathons most of his life, and he knew and worked with absolutely everyone. Hang in there Bruce! Stay active!
Bruce Dern is a great actor.A lot of great roles. He is right about not making Black Sunday again. The Duke did have a sense of humor that was genuine.
Great clip, that’s a lot of names and stories in under 9 minutes! Dude is still as lucid as ever, and his work as compelling, was great in OUATIH with Tarantino lately.
I wasn’t around for his early career but I’ve liked his roles for a while now. The one role that comes to mind more than any other though, for one reason or another, is Diggstown.
My Mom's favorite bad guy when I was a kid growing up. Yeah, he could be frighteningly ruthless. Special place in my heart for anyone that's my Mom's favorite anything.
There are actually 13 movies in which John Wayne died... of course, some are more iconic than others, but a mere fraction of the total number of movies he acted in, from as early as 1928 to 1976. 48 years, still very much influencing actors such as Dern himself up until the time of his death.
Talk about right place, right time. Bruce was so fortunate to enter the actors studio in the beginning of the golden age of film making between actors, writers and directors. Wow...just imagine who else was around him in that school that also became famous or even iconic...and how many stories he can tell.
Not a teen as yet, when I saw John Wayne and the Cowboys(1972) and saw Bruce Dern did what he did, I hated him as well after that. Once I got older, I got over it, and admired him a lot as an actor. Listening to him here, his memory is remarkable at 86 at the time.
Anyone who enjoys the acting of Bruce Dern should read his wonderful autobiography. Also, it is worth remembering that, in The War Wagon, he and another 'villain' is shot by the duo of John Wayne and Kirk Douglas (you decide who shot who - Wayne's line is 'Mine was taller!' and that suggests Bruce) so maybe The Cowboys was just evening up the score.
Wow,...I hope they give Bruce an ~Honary~ Oscar before he goes to "Boot-Hill",....i was about 8 years old when "The Cowboys" made it to TV after 1972/release,...and ...I got teary-eyed when the Duke was killed....*Dam YOU Bruce Dern*....sigh/sniffl.
He was a marathon runner. I think having an athletic life is probably good for memory. Good blood circulation including to the brain maybe. That and staying active mentally, which he does 'cuz I think he's still acting, working.
Even at an advanced age, Dern was so creepy but with a great comedic edge in Big Love. Paraphrasing here, " If I wanted an old caboose, I would get in touch with Union Pacific."
I see Bruce is following that "I just crawled out of a dumpster" look that's all the rage in Hollywood now...but still fondly recall him as a great character actor
Dern really explained how actors like Brando and Dean in that famous actors studio in NY changed acting in the 50s. Originally actors had a standout role and then were used to mainly play that one character again and again. Wayne, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Holden, Tyrone Power and Gable all were like that playing the same role over and over. Then you start to get guys like Nicholson and De Niro in the 70s who are literal chameleons!
Why do people say that this was the first time John Wayne was killed in a movie? It simply isn't true. He was killed 5 times in movies. The Cowboys was the first time he was killed by villain with a face though.
"Reap the Wild Wind" "The Fighting Seabees" "Wake of the Red Witch" "The Sands of Iwo Jima" "The Alamo" "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" "The Cowboys " "The Shootist"
Geez!! How old are the John Wayne fans that still hold a movie against old man Bruce, Sheesh!! As a youngster, Bruce scared the Hell out of me me in "The Cowboys" As an adult Rich, Just comes across as a poor excuse, as a show host to me!!
Dern is an actor's actor. Onscreen, his unpredictability is his trademark. Kazan recognized his genius in the early days, rightfully so.
Bruce is one of the great ones. Love his work and career. One of my favorites.
I think one of my favorite roles for Dern was as Joe Danby in Support Your Local Sheriff. It is so funny to see the guy that most often plays tough guys as comic relief type.
Was thinking the same thing.
Also "the burbs." A great cast.
IT'S BECAUSE OF 'SILENT RUNNING' (starring Bruce Dern, director Douglas Trumbull - 1971) ... that I became a filmmaker. Thanks, Mr. Dern. You've made a difference in many lives, in particular, yours truly.
D.A.
Bruce Dern is one of my favorite actors. He is just so singular. Nobody else to compare him to. If he'd come up at any other time in movie history, he probably wouldn't have had the same level of success. But the 70s was such a great decade for movies. I think my favorite role of Bruce's is King of Marvin Gardens. 2nd favorite is the Cowboys. He scared the bejeesus out of those kids!
Bruce dern was in movies in the sixties,he was already in his 30s when 1970 rolled around
@@jeffreyprezalar220 yeah, I know. But he didn't become a name until the 70s
One guy today that I think has some small similarities to Bruce is Walton Goggins and it was so awesome to see them share a screen together in the hateful eight. Bruce did the unhinged bad guy so well in those old Westerns.
Dern was so good at playing the villain. Hang 'Em High might be my favorite example.
Indeed. And although he had a lot of bad guy roles, it seems to me they were always slightly different. In Hang 'Em High he was kind of a smarmy, conniving murderous horse thief villain. In others he might be more ruthless or cocky or psychopathic or...
David Duchovny is similar. He always has the same kinda nasal monotone slow-talking demeanor for his characters, yet with subtle differences between his Fox Mulder/X-Files, Hank Moody/Californication, Sam Hodiak/Aquarius roles, etc. In both Dern and Duchovny, although they played very similar roles in their respective careers, while watching either of them you never thought about their other roles. Both are so good that they just draw you in and you get lost in their current role completely.
I love Dern...and it is so great to listen to somebody interview him that actually lets him answer the questions without interrupting him! (Mark Maron)
The guy is sharp as a tack, probably due to him running actual marathons most of his life, and he knew and worked with absolutely everyone.
Hang in there Bruce! Stay active!
Such a great actor. His “Cowboys “ character is one of the most despised ever.
Bruce Dern is a great actor.A lot of great roles. He is right about not making Black Sunday again. The Duke did have a sense of humor that was genuine.
Great clip, that’s a lot of names and stories in under 9 minutes! Dude is still as lucid as ever, and his work as compelling, was great in OUATIH with Tarantino lately.
hilarious in 'The Burbs'
Smells like their cooking a god dam cat over there!
They've got a god damn horse in the basement.
Big John Wayne fan -- The Quiet Man is a good movie
John Wayne was also shot in the back in his final film, The Shootist.
"There go the goddamn brownies!"
Rumsfield
My introduction to Bruce Dern
Were not all here. Walter, the old man next door, we don't know where the hell he is.
masterpiece
Always loved Bruce.....great actor. I love his daughter Laura too.
Great conversation with a legend.
Dern was the BEST bad guy...what an actor just Great
Remember him from the TV show Stony Burke; a rodeo show starring Jack Lord, along with Dern and Warren Oates.
With Bruce Dern as the subject, it should be 1000 questions, for all the great history he knows and can bring to the table.
I wasn’t around for his early career but I’ve liked his roles for a while now. The one role that comes to mind more than any other though, for one reason or another, is Diggstown.
Bruce Dern - awesome show.
My FAVORITE actor!!!!! Black Sunday, The Driver, The Burb's just to name a few.
Bruce is a legend
My Mom's favorite bad guy when I was a kid growing up. Yeah, he could be frighteningly ruthless. Special place in my heart for anyone that's my Mom's favorite anything.
Black Sunday really should be remade and updated today. As big as the Superbowl is right now, a LOT of people would watch it imho.
There are actually 13 movies in which John Wayne died... of course, some are more iconic than others, but a mere fraction of the total number of movies he acted in, from as early as 1928 to 1976. 48 years, still very much influencing actors such as Dern himself up until the time of his death.
I remember John Wayne getting blown up in "The Fighting Seabees".
Younger Duke fan than most nowadays, perhaps, I’m 40. But he’s such a gifted performer.
Sands of iwo jima
Curse of the red witch
Duke died several times before the cowboys
My favorite is "Diggstown". Bruce played a great protagonist.
Talk about right place, right time. Bruce was so fortunate to enter the actors studio in the beginning of the golden age of film making between actors, writers and directors. Wow...just imagine who else was around him in that school that also became famous or even iconic...and how many stories he can tell.
Not a teen as yet, when I saw John Wayne and the Cowboys(1972) and saw Bruce Dern did what he did, I hated him as well after that. Once I got older, I got over it, and admired him a lot as an actor. Listening to him here, his memory is remarkable at 86 at the time.
Anyone who enjoys the acting of Bruce Dern should read his wonderful autobiography. Also, it is worth remembering that, in The War Wagon, he and another 'villain' is shot by the duo of John Wayne and Kirk Douglas (you decide who shot who - Wayne's line is 'Mine was taller!' and that suggests Bruce) so maybe The Cowboys was just evening up the score.
Great job listening Rich. Dern was so good in Silent Running
Wow,...I hope they give Bruce an ~Honary~ Oscar before he goes to "Boot-Hill",....i was about 8 years old when "The Cowboys" made it to TV after 1972/release,...and ...I got teary-eyed when the Duke was killed....*Dam YOU Bruce Dern*....sigh/sniffl.
Great interview!
He is awesome. Thank you for doing and sharing this 🧡🙏
I love the encyclopedic knowledge! He's a great storyteller.
I was his waiter at the buffet at the Sahara Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe when I worked there in 1975.
Love Bruce Dern 🤩💖 Nebraska 🧸🌷
Wonderful movie
It's amazing he can remember of all this, in such detail. I can barely remember what I did a month ago!
He was a marathon runner. I think having an athletic life is probably good for memory. Good blood circulation including to the brain maybe. That and staying active mentally, which he does 'cuz I think he's still acting, working.
Even at an advanced age, Dern was so creepy but with a great comedic edge in Big Love. Paraphrasing here, " If I wanted an old caboose, I would get in touch with Union Pacific."
Bruce"s scruffy grimy look is legendary
Saw him once at the airport. Along with 3 million others over the years.
What a legend
No “Up Periscope”questions ? Shocking !!
He was in Down Periscope.
This is incredible information from an icon!
One of my favorites.
I always liked Bruce Dern and enjoyed watching him work it’s unfortunate that we didn’t get to see him in more hero roles,
I see Bruce is following that "I just crawled out of a dumpster" look that's all the rage in Hollywood now...but still fondly recall him as a great character actor
My favourite Bruce Dern movie is Silent Running because I like Mr. Dern and i am a big sci-fi fan.
Just saw Bruce in 2 movies last night, the war wagon (with John wayne) & support your local sheriff (with James garner).
Dern really explained how actors like Brando and Dean in that famous actors studio in NY changed acting in the 50s. Originally actors had a standout role and then were used to mainly play that one character again and again. Wayne, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Holden, Tyrone Power and Gable all were like that playing the same role over and over. Then you start to get guys like Nicholson and De Niro in the 70s who are literal chameleons!
Love your desk plaquard!
It was the first time you saw who killed Wayne. And… he shot him in the back.
What a Great Show!
Dern = Legend! 🤟
"The Cowboys" is a great movie. I recently suggested it to my nephew.
Nothing about Silent Running?
Luvin Dern now in Goliath 4. Great actor!
Now we know how Laura Dern became what she is.
Bruce Dern is quite possibly the greatest villain ever. What kinda monster kills John Wayne.
@coogan8825 blah, blah, blah.
Wow! Someone did or didn't do something you don't approve of. Hate to brake it to you but that's going to happen from time to time.
@coogan8825 I love me some Trump. Trump is cool and neat. A Donald Trump and John Wayne Presidentsy woud been awesome.
@coogan8825 Because bone spur cowards are the backbone of what makes America great. One could say their making America great again.
One of the great villains of all time
Special place in my heart since he was my Mom's favorite bad guy when I was growing up as a kid. My Mom's favorite anything is special to me.
As an actor, being able to make people really hate you in real life for a role you played onscreen is a sign of being a really good actor.
A little surprised, no mention about the Roger Corman experience.
I believe him I’m 60 years old and just recently forgave Bruce for killing the Duke.your a great actor Bruce.
Legend discussing legends
Nobody played a bad guy better than Bruce Dern just like nobody played a wicked witch better than Margaret Hamilton (OZ)
dern is probablyone the best bad guys ever !!!
Bruce - Duke had been killed in the movies prior to 'The Cowboys' - Sands of Iwo Jima, The Fighting Seabees, Wake of the Red Witch.
The Burbs
No matter what I see him in, to me he'll always be Rumsfield in the 'Burbs.
Why do people say that this was the first time John Wayne was killed in a movie? It simply isn't true. He was killed 5 times in movies. The Cowboys was the first time he was killed by villain with a face though.
Wow! To be worked up over a distinction without a difference...and about fictional worlds. Quite an achievement in time wasting!!
I think Wayne had been killed in a war movie or two but the Cowboys was the first western he was killed in, no?
John Wayne had around 10 screen deaths before "The Cowboys".
"Reap the Wild Wind"
"The Fighting Seabees"
"Wake of the Red Witch"
"The Sands of Iwo Jima"
"The Alamo"
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
"The Cowboys "
"The Shootist"
No, Dern meant to say 1st time Wayne had squibs as Dern has said this in other interviews.
Seems like a cool guy.
Bruce Dern is the greatest cinematic bad guy of all time. The only guy to kill John Wayne in a movie (except for the Japanese in Sands of Iwo Jima)
The bartender shot Wayne's character in the Shootist.
@@richstrobel That's right, I completely forgot about The Shootist., Thanks!
wow! "someone could do that".
passenger 57, executive order, contagion. life imitates art....
The guy from hateful eight!
Actually John Wayne was killed in at least in two films prior. " The fighting Seabees" and " Sands of Iwo Jima"
a trivia nerd. You still don't get it.
@@tw364 dude lied, duke was killed in several films before the cowboys.
What dont you get?
Have a look at Smile. Dern as sleazy beauty pageant promoter. His best was coming home where he played a traumatized Vietnam vet.
YO RUMSFIELD!!!!
I thought Bruce Dern was dead. Good for him.
Hes been in the last three Quentin Tarantino's movies
"Cover the cheerleaders?" More like "UNCOVER the cheerleaders!"
Oh dean was so underated
Look up Jim Carrey doing Bruce Dern. It's almost frightening.
Rip Alex Easton 1936 2023
“Death Threat”
That jerk killed John Wayne!!!!!!!
Loved him as the crazy Vet with the hot wife in “The Burbs”
Bruce Dern is my all-time western villan...And the only actor who killed John Wayne (The Cowboys).. His bad-guy roles are too many to list.
Anything I ever seen Dern in was better because he was there.
Sands of Iwo jima.... I think that was the first movie he was killed in....
We all hated him for killing John Wayne haha 😂
Man I hated Bruce when I was a kid. Shooting the duke in the back always angered me so much.
I’m 33….
Like Dern said, it was a movie! And cancer killed the Duke.
It's funny that this is an industry where it's so easy to lie, but why would you do that when the truth is so much more interesting.
Look at John Wayne in the pre code days, he was the OPPOSITE of his characters he played after.
Harry Tracy. Bruce and Gordon Lightfoot.
"The Jewish guy's gotta win!"
The burbs anyone?
Bruce Deen was robbed for not winning an Oscar for Coming Home
I call BS!!! John Wayne was killed in:
1. Sands of Iwo Jima
2. Wake of the Red Witch.
3. The Cowboys
4. Shootist
John Wayne was one of the biggest picks in the history of movies. I'm glad young people have no clue who he was.
I hated him as a kid 😄
Bruce was mean in movies
Geez!! How old are the John Wayne fans that still hold a movie against old man Bruce, Sheesh!! As a youngster, Bruce scared the Hell out of me me in "The Cowboys" As an adult Rich, Just comes across as a poor excuse, as a show host to me!!
Then stop watching. Also, learn, how, to, stop, using, commas, so, much.