Iconic Characters

topic posted Sun, September 23, 2007 - 4:47 PM by  SEAN
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There is an endless line of great character actors. But what characters do you find iconic because it found the right actor?

Agnes The Gooch from Auntie Mame played by Peggy Cass
Wicked WItch of the West played by Margaret Hamilton

have more but have to go do something
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SEAN
Chicago
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  • Re: Iconic Characters

    Sun, September 30, 2007 - 11:19 AM
    Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion
    Gabby Hayes as the Town Drunk
    Richard Boone as Paladin
    Boris Karloff and Peter Boyle as the Frankenstein Man-Monster
    Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Wolfman
    Virginia Mayo as the Slutty Blonde (for The Best Years of Our Lives)
    Stephen Boyd as Messala, the friend who became an enemy because the political times dictated it
    Omar Sharif as the Studly Arab
    Lee Van Cleef as the Best Bad Guy in Westerns
    Richard Morley as the Englishman of Dubious Character
    Robert Shaw as the Best Bad Guy Nazi German
    Charles Bronson as the Avenging Middle-Aged Dude
    Dan Duryea as the Weakling/Bully/Coward

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