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I take one, Tirone Power...
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One of my fav character actors of all time
YECH
The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing....Nobody in film history played a better noir victim than Elisha. His career in Hollywood spanned over sixty years, quite a run.
Great films, great character actor.
His performance as attorney Samuel T. Cogley was excellent and one of the more memorable guest appearances on the series IMO.Todd
"House on Haunted Hill"-1958, as Watson Pritchard. - AH
Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" as the weakling husband of Marie Windsor, and in John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon", as the Sidney Greenstreet's male companion and "fall-guy".
An American actor who specialized in villianous roles in many
Western TV series and various, usually low-budget, films from
1938-72, (153 bigscreeners and 173 TV programs).
Harry did though, almost reach stardom as one of the leads in "Tales
of the Texas Rangers"-1955.
The son of an artist, Harry was born in White Plains, NY, USA in
1914 and before he died of heart failure in 1990, he devoted much
time and energy to his own painting and running an art gallery in
Ojai, CA, USA.
Harry played in a number of 1950s sci-fi films, e.g., the lab-weapon
generator technician inĻ"Earth Vs The Flying Saucers" - 1956. Hats
Off To Harry! - AH
a major star in his time -- very hard to find his films shown on any of the "oldies" cable channels.
The ten Commandments & The King & I & The magnificent Seven & Taras Boulba...Not quite forgotten...
nt
I wish someone would release Magic Christian on DVD in its original version with the steaming tank of waste ending. Both the TV and theatrical prints (at least the print I saw when Magic Christian was shown at a New York revival house some years ago) have had the ending cut off. It's a wonderfully funny movie with a sort of Monty Python flavour.
I love that movie and extol it at every opportunity. Seeing it during it's initial run was an epiphany and it's been one of my favorite films ever since."We haven't been anywhere! We've spent the last 48 hours in a goddamn warehouse!"
According to Amazon.com The Magic Christian comes out on DVD on January 21!
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nt
in a futuristic amusement park, computers malfunction and he becomes
deadly to customers. Can't recall if he ever spoke, however, it being a long time since I've seen the film. Do remember his eyes
glow red.
- AH
His memorable line from that film. I don't recall him saying anything else, though.
I gave at the office!
since nearly ALL good actors are forgotten by the Hollywood establishment, in favor of "movie stars". So then the question becomes "who are forgotten by movie buffs (those who look beyond the normal Hollywood hype)?"
One possible choice - Sterling Hayden (sp?)
I gave at the office!
nt
Hardly a forgotten actor except for those who don't watch movies made prior to 1957. Power was a major "A" list actor who made more than his share of good movies.Two good ones are "Mark of Zorro", made in 1940, which co-starred Basil Rathbone. Power and (especially) Rathbone were excellent swordsmen (Rathbone had been a champion fencer) and their skill made the movie even better. I consider this the ultimate "Zorro" flick. The other film would be "Blood and Sand." This was a film about a bullfighter which was made in 1942. No classic - but close - and far better than the subsequent remakes.
The Power filmography is an interesting one.
He died of a heart attack at 45 in 1957.
I do not think that he can be classed as an great actor...Anyway his last one , the Billyīs one, was not an role for him...
Zorro...was a little effiminated...But I agree it is an classic.
The main point was that nobody speaks about him any more, Or am I wrong ?
He was a good actor who starred in many fine films.Yes, the character of Diego in "Zorro" was effeminate. It was meant to be so as he was supposed, by the authorities and his enemies, to be something of a fop and a dandy. He was the anthisesis of the macho Rathbone character, who considered Diego inconsequential.
I hear Power's name and see his movies often enough to say he isn't "forgotten." He's not super popular like, say, Jimmy Stewart or John Wayne have remained but he hasn't disappeared.
nt
I chose Candy over 2001 to watch first - both debuted across the street
from each other in San Francisco, CA - 1968. And Iīve never once
regretted that decision! - AH
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