Favorite Film Characters Meme
My thanks to The Film Doctor for tagging me in this meme, which is supposed to be my 10 favorite film characters, but, as you can clearly see, I've stretched to encompass a few dozen. I've been working overtime assembling a top-ten list for the year 2000 as part of Film for the Soul's Counting Down The Zeroes series, and this was a welcome change for the evening.
In a way I feel like I should have hewn a narrow line and listed only those characters created specifically for cinema, but that leaves out too many great roles that were brought to life by talented actors and actresses. I tried to list off the names of the characters that came to me immediately and didn't try to over-analyze this too much. Your thoughts are, as always, appreciated; your contributions to the meme, as always, are warranted — consider yourself tagged.
Alphabetical by first name:
Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), Annie Hall___________
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Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), To Kill a Mockingbird___________
Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), Strangers on a Train___________
Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), All the President's Men___________
Clockwise from the left: Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers), Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers), Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott), President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers), Dr. Strangelove___________
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), The Silence of the Lambs___________
Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington___________
Juror #8 (Henry Fonda), 12 Angry Men___________
The Lone Prospector (Charles Chaplin), The Gold Rush___________
Nick Charles (William Powell), The Thin Man___________
Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day___________
Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx), Duck Soup___________
The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Wizard of Oz___________
Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), Bringing Up Baby___________
8 comments:
Thanks, T.S., for accepting the challenge. An excellent list. I find it funny how many favorite characters you found in Dr. Strangelove. I would've chosen Nick Charles if I had thought of him.
Great list! Both Alvy Singer and Phil Connors were in the running for my list, although they ultimately didn't make the cut. But, if you're like me, you could come up with a new list of favorite characters about every other day.
Hi! T.S.,
Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker),from Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train... is an excellant choice!...Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington... I must admit I have to seek this one out...to watch, but Juror #8 (Henry Fonda),in 12 Angry Men is another excellant choice! and then again, so are all your choices.
Ahhh!... Thanks, for sharing!...
Deedee ;-D
What a fun meme! You picked some really great ones; I think Atticus Finch, Juror No.8 & Bruno Anthony would be on my list, too!
@FilmDr - Ha, thanks. It would be a criminal disservice to recognize just one of those magnificent characters from Dr. Strangelove, so my love goes out to all of them.
@Pat - Thanks! And yes, I heartily agree... today's list would have been different. That's why I vowed to myself I'd come up with it on the spot.
@DCD - Thanks for the kind words. :)
@Kate - Make a list! I'd love to see one.
I just saw DR. STRANGELOVE on Wednesday night at a screen classics series being run for 10 weeks at a local theatre, and I agree wholeheartedly on your decision to include all of them! So many of your choices here are iconic!
I just did this too - I see your 15 and raise you a 40! Remarkably, though, no overlaps on the list proper (but I did include 4 of your honorable mentions). Great list, by the way.
Good list, but I'm surprised Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) and L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) isn't on the list, but rather on the Honorable mention. Both characters are great
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