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Post by timshelboy on Sept 20, 2024 9:27:38 GMT
He joined the ranks of actors to have played Jay Gatsby (here with Jeanne Crain as Daisy) in a 1956 episode of “Playhouse 90”.  I'd love to see GATSBY. He was in a TV adaptation of THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO a couple of years later. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 21, 2024 2:03:14 GMT
Damn! I knew there was a third. petrolino completes the triumvirate!
Thanking you. Love you guys.
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Post by Teleadm on Sept 21, 2024 14:50:32 GMT
I remembered something else with Robert Ryan, he starred in Irving Berlin's last Broadway musical Mr. President 1962, I know I have it somewhere in my vinyl vaults.
Maybe a little too much flag-waving for some...
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Post by petrolino on Sept 22, 2024 2:28:07 GMT
Robert Ryan had the distinction of being in 'The Dirty Dozen' and 'The Wild Bunch', which is a bit like Charles Bronson and James Coburn both being in John Sturges' 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'The Great Escape' (Bronson also made 'The Dirty Dozen'). I suspect these were actors widely respected within the industry, by peers, mentors and students alike (and Ryan made Sturges' 'Bad Day At Black Rock').
Dana Andrews (of 'The Devil's Brigade) & Robert Ryan : 'Battle Of The Bulge'
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Post by drystyx on Sept 24, 2024 22:58:48 GMT
His two giant classic films were undeniably "God's Little Acre" and "King of Kings". In 200 years, those will still be classics, if people still watch films.
"Day of the Outlaw" had one of the best endings ever in Westerns. Totally iconoclastic in the way the outlaws were defeated.
"On Dangerous Ground" saw his character make big changes. He did that in "Day of the Outlaw", too, and seemed to enjoy such roles IMO.
It is a struggle to get a top 10 with everything over 3/10 with most actors, but not with Robert Ryan. Maybe the best overall filmography of any actor, and he gets a TOP 20
My top 20 Robert Ryan films, which of course means it is the OFFICIAL and ULTIMATE list.
20. FLYING LEATHERNECKS 6/10
19. THE RACKET 6/10
18. THE DIRTY DOZEN 7/10
17. INFERNO 7/10
16. THE TALL MEN 7/10
15. THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR 7/10
14. CUSTER OF THE WEST 7/10
13. BILLY BUDD 7/10
12. BERLIN EXPRESS 7/10
11. BATTLE OF THE BULGE 8/10
10. ICE PALACE 8/10
9. HOUR OF THE GUN 8/10
8. ACT OF VIOLENCE 8/10
7. ON DANGEROUS GROUND 8/10
6. ANZIO 8/10
5. DAY OF THE OUTLAW 8/10
4. MEN IN WAR 9/10
3. NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE 10/10
2. GOD'S LITTLE ACRE 10/10
1. KING OF KINGS 10/10
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