Some Of My Favorite Movie Characters

I'm a movie nut...nerd...whatever, anyway, I love movies: old, new, color, black & white, you name it. But like everyone else, I have my own style. Westerns, adventure, & comedy are my favorites. But what makes a movie come alive for me, isn't always the story, the location, the director, or the stars. It's the character a particular star brings to life that makes a movie worth watching again and again and again.

Below is a list of my 100 favorite movie characters. Some of them you've probably never heard of, some you've forgotten about. Some of my choices will make you wonder what I'm smoking. To be honest, I don't know what it is I'm smoking either...we found it in the barn after the cow died. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my little list, and if you don't...hey, it's a free country, make up your own. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's Sunday and the Steelers are on in a little bit. Gotta go get ready. See ya at the movies.

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS MOVIE/YEAR
Uncle Zeb (Arthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky - 1952)
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood – The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976)
Pvt. Holly (Van Johnson – Battleground – 1949)
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn – The Adventures of Robin Hood – 1938)
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan – Goldeneye – 1995)
Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine – Steel Magnolias – 1989)
Capt. Marko Ramius (Sean Connery – The Hunt for Red October – 1990)
Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan – 1998)
Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis –The Last of the Mohicans – 1992)
John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon – Grumpy Old Men – 1993)
Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon – Bull Durham – 1988)
Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford – An Unfinished Life – 2005)
Donald Sullivan (Paul Newman – Nobody’s Fool – 1994)
Sean Thornton (John Wayne – The Quiet Man – 1952)
Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman – Die Hard – 1988)
John Robie (Cary Grant – To Catch A Thief – 1955)
Rockhound (Steve Buscemi – Armageddon – 1998)
Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O’Hara – The Quiet Man – 1952)
Unca Lou (Alan Arkin – Indian Summer – 1993)
The Joker (Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight – 2008)
Kicking Bird (Graham Greene – Dances With Wolves – 1990)
Terence Mann (James Earl Jones – Field of Dreams – 1989)
Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman – An Unfinished Life – 2005)
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver – Alien – 1979)
Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss – Jaws – 1975)
Queen Victoria (Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown – 1997)
Don Biebe (Russell Crowe – Mystery Alaska – 1999)
Marshall Sam Gerrard (Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive – 1993)
Ethan Edwards (John Wayne – The Searchers – 1956)
Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell – Miracle – 2004)
Simon Dermott (Peter O’Toole – How to Steal A Million – 1966)
Margaret McKendrick (Maureen O’Hara – The Parent Trap – 1961)
Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott – Tombstone – 1993)
Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis – A League of Their Own – 1992)
Otter (Tim Matheson – Animal House – 1978)
Quint (Robert Shaw – Jaws – 1975)
Sergeant Major Quincannon (Victor McLaghlen – Rio Grande – 1950)
M’Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field – Steel Magnolias – 1989)
Red Redding (Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption – 1994)
Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks – Castaway – 2000)
Michael (Robert DeNiro – The Deer Hunter – 1978)
Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman – Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid – 1969)
L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart – Rear Window – 1954)
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey – Full Metal Jacket – 1987)
Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story – 1940)
Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin – The Princess Bride – 1987)
Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx – Duck Soup – 1933)
Sergeant Sefton (William Holden – Stalag 17 – 1953)
Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsly – A Christmas Story – 1983)
Abraham Lincoln (Raymond Massey – Abe Lincoln in Illinois – 1940)
Professor Fate/Prince Hapnik (Jack Lemmon – The Great Race – 1965)
Igor (Marty Feldman – Young Frankenstein – 1974)
Lt. Doug Roberts (Henry Fonda – Mister Roberts – 1955)
Henry Jones Sr. (Sean Connery – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 1989)
John Winger (Bill Murray – Stripes – 1981)
Maximus (Russell Crowe – Gladiator – 2000)
Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand – Fargo – 1996)
John McClane (Bruce Willis – Die Hard – 1988)
Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson – A Few Good Men – 1992)
Reggie Lampert (Audrey Hepburn – Charade – 1963)
Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers – Murder By Death – 1976)
Ruby Thewes (Renee Zelwegger – Cold Mountain – 2003)
Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim – Scrooge – 1951)
Bandit (Burt Reynolds – Smokey and the Bandit – 1977)
Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves – The Replacements – 2000)
Selene (Kate Beckinsale – Underworld – 2003)
Hammy the Squirrel (Steve Carrel – Over the Hedge – 2006)
Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman – The Bucket List – 2007)
Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn – Bringing Up Baby – 1938)
George Bailey (James Stewart – It’s A Wonderful Life – 1946)
Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman – Crimson Tide – 1995)
Bors (Ray Winstone – King Arthur – 2004)
Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer – Tombstone – 1993)
Brad Berman (Kevin Pollak – Indian Summer – 1993)
Albert Gibson (Tom Arnold – True Lies – 1994)
Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis – Steel Magnolias – 1989)
Jimmy Hoffa (Jack Nicholson – Hoffa – 1992)
Al Giordino (Steve Zahn – Sahara – 2005)
Lou Brown (James Gammon – Major League – 1989)
Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda – 1988)
Tripper Harrison (Bill Murray – Meatballs – 1979)
Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale – Van Helsing – 2004)
Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen – Goldeneye – 1995)
Abraham Lincoln (Henry Fonda – Young Mr. Lincoln – 1939)
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne – Rio Bravo – 1959)
Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel – The Count of Monte Cristo – 2002)
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford – Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981)
Frank Cross (Bill Murray – Scrooged – 1988)
Aramis (Jeremy Irons – The Man in the Iron Mask – 1998)
Walter Burns (Cary Grant – His Girl Friday – 1940)
Col. Kirby York (John Wayne – Rio Grande – 1950)
Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant – Bringing Up Baby – 1938)
Captain Shepard (Kenneth More – Sink the Bismarck – 1960)
Maggie DuBois – (Natalie Wood - The Great Race – 1965)
Riley Post (Justin Bartha – National Treasure – 2004)
Peter Joshua (Cary Grant – Charade – 1963)
Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah – The Mummy – 1999)
Sheriff Mattocks (Brian Keith – The Russians are Coming – 1966)
Pedro Cerano (Dennis Haysbert – Major League – 1989)
Capt. Vallo (Burt Lancaster – The Crimson Pirate – 1952)

Well, that's it...for now. Agree, disagree? Wanna debate? Leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

LET THE A@% WHOOPINGS BEGIN

Wordless Wednesday

More Wordless Wednesday madness, here.

A Day In The Steel City

I haven't been to Pittsburgh in a few years. And even though there wasn't a game today, me 'n Goody Two Shoes drove over and spent a few hours down by Heinz Field, PNC Park and the DelMonte Building.

Coming into town on the West End bridge. I think we're crossing over the Monongahela River.

Heinz Field, where the 5 time champions of the NFL play.

They even have black & gold fire hydrants in Pittsburgh.

Photo mural on the side of Heinz Field.

Gate A (facing the river).

Having thoughts of sneaking in......yeah right!

The Camera Totin' Idiot and the Chief. That's Arthur J. Rooney to you non-believers.

Me 'n the Chief discussing a few things.

This sign says it all.

Some of the heros of my youth. Can you hear Springsteen screaming out 'Glory Days?' I can.

Me & the Great One, Roberto Clemente.

Me & my number 1 hero, Willie Stargell.

The 6th Bridge over the Allegheny River.

The building with the white roof in the background is the Convention Center.

Me following a great meal at Jerone Bettis' Grille 36. I highly recommend the Carolina Burger!

Jerome's Grille 36.

A little of the Pittsburgh skyline.

The point, where the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers form the Ohio River.

All-in-all, a great day to be in Pittsburgh. Pity I can't afford to go back next week when the Steelers are playing.

Happy New Year!

Down on the Mall

More of the Mall Not much of a crowd yet.

A little entertainment to ring out the old and ring in the new.

Goody Two Shoes making merry.

Goody Two Shoes with her Camera Totin' Idiot and his Russian submarine commanders hat. Nine minutes to go.

Our next door neighbors.

Happy New Year!


Wow! They must really like each other.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE

Wordless Wednesday

More WW madness, here.

I Got a Harley for Christmas!

Well, sort of. Here's proof that my wife does have a sense of humor, and that she listens a little too much to what I say. We were Christmas shopping one day and I saw the little Harley. I waved it at her to get her attention and told her that I always wanted a Harley. Guess what she went and done? Yep, you guessed it.

It really is a Harley. A 2002 Super Glide...

...Just 1:18 scale. With it sitting on the seat to my GT bicycle you get an idea of the scale.

An even better idea of my little Harley's lack of size is when Buddy, the Wondermutt sits down for a look. He positively dwarfs the thing.

I did get some very nice things for Christmas, but the one thing I'm most pleased with is a book called, The White Book.

I'm a huge fan of the Beatles and have always regarded them as the greatest Rock and Roll band in the world. This book, on pages 100-101 validates my long held belief. The author writes, "If you ever want to find out just how good the Beatles were as a single unit, a live, four-piece rock-and-roll band, just listen to the live recordings of the concert on the roof that day." The author is referring to the now famous concert on the roof of the Apple building on January 30, 1969.

I got a lot of other nice things too: a hooded pullover from my old high school, another book, the Dark Knight, the two Underworld movies, and some Steeler shirts and a new hat. By the way, the shirt that says 'Beating Cleveland.' On the back it reads, 'So simple a caveman can do it.'

Yes, Christmas was berry, berry good to me. Merry Christmas everyone!