Bad guys in Westerns that Hijacked the Show
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- On this channel I talk about the best western actors a lot. But from time to time you need to also give some space for the black hat guy (or girl), the bad guy or villain.
So today I will take a look at those bad guys who upstaged the good guy or hero.
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You left out the best one. Henry Fonda in Once apon a time in the west. His first time as a bad guy was epic.
One of Fonda's' best roles.
hard to disagree as for me was one of Fonda's finest performances; that said, would be a most difficult choice if one were to have been left out too accomodate Fonda.. It was an excellent upload regardless.
I thought so too. Surprised to see how he could play such a cold blooded villian, but he sure did.
@@gatedancer17 Leone thought so. He told Fonda he wanted those baby blue eyes of his on a cold blooded killer.
Oooh,he was really bad in that movie.
Eli was the best in the Good the Bad and the Ugly, should have got an Oscar, especially as it was a three hour movie, in which he featured a lot, loved the gun shop scene, brilliant just brilliant, and if you gotta shoot, shoot, don't talk. Great line that. Cheers
What I say. Should have won a Oscar for sure. Bet the person that won that year wasn't even close to the performance ELI did. A+. Same with Magnificent Seven. Great performance 👍👍. Eli was a under rated actor.
' Id id idiots' 'It's for you.'
If the film had been American made and produced he would have. In fact the film deserves several Oscars. Back then it could have only garnered a foreign film nomination (Italian language version).
@@garfieldsmith332 Good point. Cheers
Eli was the best. Period. Loved him in Baby Doll.
Lee Van Cliff was such a laid back, sofisticated villian ... always held your attention
One name. Tuco. Best bad guy and one of the most beloved characters in a movie ever filmed. The only other actor I hold in as high regard is Robert Shaw as Capt. Quint in “Jaws”.
When films were entertaining and worth watching.
Tuco the Ugly, but not the Bad
Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance!
A real bad guy that you loved to hate.
Lee Marvin in Hell In The Pacific.
How about Gene Hackmans' characterization of Little Bill in Unforgiving?
In Unforgiven, there were no good guys. Little Bill had good and bad traits, as did most of the characters, but he was more good than bad.
Gene hackman pretty much hijacks every movie he is in. One of the best actors ever.
I've never seen him in a bad movie.
Agreed. He was great in both French Connection movies, my favourite was the second.
*agree* op, Hackman was truly a rare breed indeed, an exceptionally gifted actor
Yea mate , absolutely on the money , the greatest American actor ever.
Yes and that includes Unforgiven - my favorite western. As “Little Bill” he was incredible. Nice ordinary guy who is a ruthless bully.
Eli Wallach ( Tuco) " if you going to shoot - shoot -don't talk " great improvised line.
And true
Ben Foster was outstanding in 3:10 to Yuma. He did embody that unredeemable evil that just left you cold. Chewed up some impressive scenery in that film.
You missed Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West. His character "Frank" was an awesome bad guy.
Michael Biehn as Johnnie Ringo in Tombstone was a great bad guy! His scenes with Val Kilmer (Doc Holiday) were absolutely amazing!
Eli Wallach has always been one of my favorite actors.
If you do a follow up video on the same topic Burl Ives in Big Country deserves a mention. When the man who sang Frosty the Snowman is the toughest guy in the movie you know it's a good character;).
Jimmy Durante sang Frosty the Snowman. Burl Ives sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Holly Jolly Christmas.
@@TimCarter Dang, you are correct. But my original point still stands up;).
Burl Ives was great in "The Big Country", but, I never considered him the villain.
Gene hackman in unforgiven
Good call…..
You bet! Stole the show from Clint. And it was Clint's movie.
Bruce Dearn's daughter is the actress Laurna Dearn. She said that she went to her friends house once only to be sent home by her friends mom. It was because her dad killed John Wayne.
That would be "Dern".
@@terryv Oh dear!
There's a story that when Wayne's makeup for the death scene in "The Cowboys" was being applied, he laughingly said, "you know Bruce, they're going to hate you for killing me." And because of how viciously it was done, they did; it nearly finished his career. A sci-fi movie was actually written for Dern to be a likeable protagonist, but he never reached the same height of popularity again and many oldsters hate him to this day!
@@indy_go_blue6048 Today, he would be applauded...
Bruce Dern the ultimate bad guy, Hang Em High,The Cowboys, numerous tv Westerns.
Great list! I am glad you put Eli Wallach's role of Calvera ahead of his role of Tuco.
I've always wondered why thy didn't name the character 'CalAvera' (= Skull)
How could you forget Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West?
Walter Brennan in Support Your Local Sheriff. He played a bad guy in the movie.
To ignore the cold-blooded “Frank” played by Henry Fonda in Sergio Leone's “Once Upon a Time in the West” invalidated this list for me.
Frank is the only reason to watch that bloated, boring mess!
Frank was easily one of the scariest villains to take the screen, absolutely merciless and cruel. That opening scene where he murders that little boy was etched into my brain.
Frank was definitely a stand out bad guy.
I agree, 100%. His depiction of vicious sadism was unmatched.
Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo in TOMBSTONE was pretty darn good too… Say when.
Great list! Eli Wallach as Calvera was my favorite Bandit perhaps ever! "You have to answer for Every Good Deed!" 😉😸
Thanks for an eye-opening take on the bad guys. Richard Boone was a superb baddie, as was Lee Vancleef. Well done video.
Ah, the Charismatic Villain! The Villains are sometimes more interesting than the Heroes! Another terrific Video!
My all time favorite villain has to be Jack Palance in Shane. In the scene you showed, he treats his villainy as performance art, including climbing the sidewalk stairs like a performer climbing unto a stage. His character relishes the role.
I liked the scene when he mounted his horse. When they filmed it they reversed the film. He was actually dismounting.
Tuco and Angel Eyes were the best 😂
In the history books as a couple of the best
Quite a few have commented that Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West should be on this list. I say not only should this character be on it, it should be #1 as some consider this to be one of the greatest westerns ever. The acting, the soundtrack, the story line.
You forgot henry fonda
The ones posted are ok..but Fondas portrayal as Frank is classic
From once upon a tine in the west
How about broderick crawford in fastest gun alive.
Rony41165 Time not tine
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I would add 2 that may seem out of the box contenders.
Allen Rickman in Quigley Down Under and Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained.
Great list though.
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Allen Rickman was brilliant.
I love Nehemiah Persoff and Lee Marvin in 'The Comancheros'!
Richard Boone in 'Big Jake' is very good also.
Nehemiah Perstop.
Agreed, Richard Boone aka John Fain. What a son of a gun he was with that part. 🤠👍
That buildup to fight scene between Wayne and marvin was classic in comancheros .you felt the tension
Don't forget Emilio Fernández as "Mapache" in "The Wild Bunch".
Klaus Klinski was excellent as hunchback in For Dollars 💸 More.
Mild fix, it's Kinski, no L.
You nailed it ! Luv watching old westerns
dude, happy to sub, this was a thoughtful and cerebral look at the genre. Many thanks for the work.
"When the chimes end, pick up your gun. Try and shoot me, Colonel. Just try."
Yes!
Amazing video you picked all the right ones I’m sure of some people going to give you suggestions however, you really did your homework. Thank you for posting this brought back. Great memories for me.
FP, I think that list was perfect. I got a tear remembering those performances and the actors who did them now gone. Of course, none were more handsome than Jack Elam. 😅
I suppose Dern might still be alive.
Did you see him in The Hateful Eight
@@jasonkane8200 Yes, I saw that movie. Not exactly your typical western but Kurt does things different which is why I like him. He's not exactly Hollywood like neither is Clint or Kubrick or Sergio or Jackson or Costner.
You are right on the button with these picks. My favorite of the group? That's a tough one. Okay, Lee Marvin but his two sidekicks were also awesome, Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin.
Lee Marvin in Liberty Valance was a total arse kicker.
Klaus Kinski is the ultimate villain, in "For A Few Dollars More" (and others) as well as in real life. Deserves his own feature one day (warts and all)!
See my video on him in my channel
A compelling list to be sure!
Just an an FYI, for future videos, in Eli Wallach's last name the 'ch' is pronounced with a 'k' sound (like in mach 5 , or charisma). He is so prevalent an actor that I thought you might want to know.
Correctomungus man.
Robots do not care.
@@stephenater9687 Obviously you've never seen Ex Machina....
Eli Wallach's was so good in the 7 !!
Yes, stole the show
My vote as best bad guy in a western is Lee Marvin's Liberty Valance. He dominates every scene he's in. Evil incarnate. The scene of Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper waking up in bed together in "The Westerner" is an all time classic. Who can forget Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr in "Blazing Saddles"?
When you put a great actor in a supporting role, there's a good chance they'll steal the show.
Stanley Holloway in "My Fair Lady". #1 stealer
Great vid, but Eli Wallach is prounounced wall akk not wall atch...hope this helps. Keep up the good work.
Just excellent choices. Palance is my all time but Hackman and Marvin were master craftsman.
Good list! I'm not saying I agree 100%, ofc, but you've put great work into it. Thank you!
Eli Wallach, great actor on stage and screen (see The Tiger Makes Out) would not be cast in those rolls today and Anthony Quinn wouldn't have a career. It's called acting which is pretending to be something you are not. Wokness has ruined Hollywood and don't even mention Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto!
I very much enjoyed it!
Walterbrennan did the same in my darling clementine playing the clanton patriarch
Yes, that was his finest performance ever.
Westerns as still the best dramas on the big screen. Modern versions are too far from the 19th century.
Lee van Cleef is the best of the bad.
Yeah. I tuned into a movie of his after the opening title and credits, and was totally confused until I figured out he was playing the good guy for a change. Egads!
@@josepherhardt164 He made some great good guys, for example in "Barquero" and of course in "The Big Gundown".
The last one also has one of the best Morricone-soundtracks.
@@oldguy9051 I'll check those out. Thanks!
Excellent . These are wonderful movies with stellar actors .
You left out Elli Wallach in his best role. As Touko Ramirez in the Good the Bad and the Ugly, he stole the show hands down.
What about the actor who played Johnny Ringo in 'Tombstone'?
You did great…. Excellent Bad Guys….
Well done…!!!!
SHANE's top bad guy was Emile Meyer as the land baron, Riker. He is the focus of the driving dialog of the entire script, and even tries to get young Brandon De Wilde to side with him. He terrorizes the sodbusters, and it is he who sends for Jack Palance's Wilson. Meyer's Riker is the reason for the story and he's a chilling villain, but he is down at 7th in the screen credits, and all but ignored in revisits to SHANE.
You may be right on this one. Maybe his character was a bit subtle to be #1 villain. But Jack was big on the screen. Shane, one the very best westerns ever. Try "Ride the High Country" with Joel McRea & Randolph Scott.
Ei steals every scene. Every time.
Dean martin ,.rougj night in jericho,,,,,rudolfo alfonso in ,,the proud ones,, karl malden in ,,the hanging tree,, nevada smith,, one eyed jacks,., Stephen boyd on ,,the bravados,, i like this series immensly, ive seen probably more westerns than any south african to date
Those are good other films. 😊
Stephen Boyd, good call….
I've long thought that Eli Wallach's character in The Magnificent Seven was an improvement on Kurosawa's original epic. "If God had not intended for them to be shorn, he would not have made them sheep."
Great line
Great films,Eli Wallach, Richard Boone and Bruce Dern get my vote.
Richard Boone is terrifying in Hombre.
"Well now, what do you suppose hell is gonna look like?"
I saw the Magnificent Seven as a very young boy and I was absolutely mesmerized Steve MC Queen! But the character of the bandit leader really stuck with me. Good list but missing Henry Fonda.
That was very interesting about those actors. Very interesting. Thank you very much for the very nice to know about these guys later on. Keep your powder dry.
I don't agree with El Indio. I always thought the part overacted. I would replace him with Michael Biehn's Johnny Ringo. The whole movie we waited for Ringo & Doc to shoot it out.
It's a good point. I like Biehn in every movie I've seen him in. El Indio is done extremely well or frankly there is no movie there.
Well, Michael Biehn chewed an awful of scenery in that one. (Just as an aside; Holliday didn't kill Ringo) I would've replaced El Indio with Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West.
The final gunfight between Colonel Mortimer and El Indio (with the music of Ennio Morricone) is the greatest showdown I've ever seen.
All great actors.
I had never heard Eli Wallach's name pronounced quite like that before.
Yup, and he said it over and over and over again! Cringe-worthy.
@@terryvYeah, those AI-generated voice-overs still need a lot of fine-tuning
Good stuff sir, gotta love a "Good" villain! Thank you!
You bet, they add color to the movies
Very well done
What about Powers Booth as Curly Bill in Toombstone?
Not technically a movie, but I thought Frederic Forrest was outstanding as Blue Duck in "Lonesome Dove".
Everyone & everything was outstanding in 'Lonesome Dove' (1989) 😁🤠
Gian Maria Volonté as El Indo was probably the best ever. Great actor. He seemed real. Eli Wallach was just annoying, same as in GB&U.
Bad guy roles are always great to play - Jack Palance and Lee Marvin stole film after film
Al Swearengen from Deadwood.
Elisha Cook Jr. (Hollywood's littlest heavy) in the first clip. Now HE deserves more recognition.
Great list. A lot of great villians here. Walter Brennan is my favorite. He saved that movie from a dull Gary Cooper. And quite different from the menacing likes of Jack Palance and Lee Marvin.
Two suggestions :
1) Gun Fury, 1953 : starring Rock Hudson as the good guy. The bad guy is played by the tall, handsome Phil Carey, who is always excellent in ambiguous or heavy characters.
2) Wyoming Renegades, 1955 : this time, Phil Carey plays a former criminal turned honest, the good guy. The bad guy is played by Gene Evans as Butch Cassidy.
Yes, I admit it, I'm partial to Phil Carey... 💓
Stephen Boyd in The Bravados (1958). Hell, add in Lee Van Cleef, Albert Salmi, and Henry Silva as fellow gang members. (The gang includes "Curly Joe" of the Three Stooges who asks Gregory Peck where to find a prostitute and later knifes the sheriff in the back.)
@11:09 that's legendary bad men Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin at the table with Lee Marvin.
See my videos in LVC in my channel. I have one on him as the best bad guy in westerns
Great fun!
Villains tend to "hijack the show" in cultures where villains are admired. Not sure I ever saw a John Wayne western in which the villain made much of an impression.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is the exception
@@sidwalker4194 Good point. Same with Bruce Dern in "The Cowboys."
Richard Boone in Big Jake
@@lewismccann5531 I've probably seen that. Just don't remember. But you can't do better than Richard Boone.
I'm interested in getting feedback a the movie starring Kevin Costner , Annette Benning , Robert Duval + others , in Open Range. It's not the best movie made, for me, it does stick in the mind for recent approaches to Western movie making , that have credibility.
Great pick…. Excellent cast, dialogue and story…..
Ben Foster in 3:10 To Yuma was an absolutely fantastic bad guy....WOW! I find buy guys are the most interesting roles.
Yes, they have more chance to act without restriction
The semi truck in Duel!
Richard Boone took over every film he was in. Honourable mentions: Dan Duryea in Winchester 73 and Night Passage. Simon Oakland in Chato's Land. I didn't think that Dean Martin was that bad in Five Card Stud.
The movie" Big Jake" is my favorite. Richard Boone is great in this film. He could be a leading star in other films. Have gun will travel is good.
See my video in Dan in my channel. I often mention him
Dan Duryea was great as a villain, he added a touch of humour to the role. One of my favourite actors.
Great list. Lee Van Cleef also played a despicable villain in Day of Anger. Klaus Kinski was pure evil in The Great Silence. Both roles would easily be added to your list. I find Hackman's role in Quick and the Dead too over the top. It bordered on comedic to me. Did not like the film at all.
Take a look at my videos on LVC and KK in my channel
@@famouspeople63 I have been checking out your videos. Good stuff.
How about the character of frank miller from high noon despite only appearing in the latter part of the movie. The character is so intimidating that when the town learns he is coming they urge will kane to leave. The jufge upon recallling his words leaves town.
The one and only TUCO
Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez .........................also known as "The Rat" ! 🤠
Interesting. Thanks.
You're welcome
Tuco is The Man.. Him and Blondie..
Henry Fonda in once upon time in the West
See my videos on Villains in westerns and Spaghetti Westerns in my channel
Narrator, PLEASE learn how to pronounce the names of the stars you’re discussing. I’m thinking of course, of Eli WALLACH.
I’m up to Richard Boone and wonder if Burt Lancaster in Vera Cruz makes this list. I think Gary Cooper was intentionally generous and just kicked back letting him steal the movie.
You have put a hole in me! I don't have belly ache like this since I'm a little boy.
Interesting.
Who was the villain in The Shakiest Gun in the West “Arnold the Kid” ?
El Guapo in the Three Amigos
Gene Hackman on Unforgiven playing the character of Little Bill Daggett is a much more deserving character than John Herod in The Quick and the Dead.
Italian actor Mario Brega who played the menacing big man 👨 who was henchman to Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonte in Fist Full of Dollars 💸. For Few Dollars 💸 More and Good The Bad and Ugly.
Good collection but I think Alfonso Bedoya ("We don't gotta show you no stinkin' badges!" in Treasure of the Sierra Madres) should have topped the list.
Just sane... :^) Saint
See my video on westerns set in Mexico in my channel
Come on, no Klaus Kinski as Loco in The Great Silence? With that ending he should be #1!
Kinski was as good in For a Few Dollars More, but stíll got outplayed by Volonte. I disagree with the video that El Indio was impassionate. Volonte portrayed him as passionate about his evil schemes - El Indio passionately loved being evil.
You missed the VERY BEST (or worst, depending on the point of view): Cicero Grimes, played by the great Richard Boone in Martin Ritt's HOMBRE. All other baddies look like pussycats next to him, but he has the greatness of being fearful when things go bad for him. Apparently, in real life, nobody ever f...d with Richard Boone, not even criminals in Durango when he was visiting fellow actors working on The Wild Bunch....
Alfonso Bedoya in anything he appeared in.
Hope you can swim; you really missed the boat on this one. Better you titled it 'Greatest Villains' or something similar. On Liberty Valance, Lee Marvin did an amazing job, which he had to do just to keep up with Wayne and Stewart. The movie was a tour de force in great acting and movie making. it is an American milestone. So too Magnificent 7, Brenner, McQueen, and Wallach (pronounced Wal-ick, btw) are brilliant. Rated on of the most fun Westerns to watch, it contains one of the most overlooked, but greatest movie lines of all time, Wallach's bandit chief remark "if god didn't want them shorn he wouldn't have made them sheep". In one sentence, a synopsis of the 20th century. John Sayles spent a whole movie trying to say this, and not as well. It's the great American fact. In the 19th century, America built its wealth exploiting nature. Once it ran out of abundant natural resources, only one abundant, exploitable resource was left : we, the people.