Top-5 TV and Movie Characters of all time

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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Not the best actor and not your favorite celebrities, but the best characters. Red's picks:

    MOVIES
    1. Peter Sellers -- Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther"
    2. Al Pacino -- Michael Corleone in "The Godfather II"
    3. John Wayne -- Ethan Edwards in "The Searchers"
    4. Gregory Peck -- Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
    5. Harrison Ford -- Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

    TELEVISION
    1. Don Knotts -- Barney Fife in "The Andy Griffith SHow"
    2. Lucille Ball -- Lucy Ricardo in "I Love Lucy"
    3. Caroll O'Connor -- Archie Bunker in "All in The Family"
    4. Peter Falk -- Lt. Columbo in "Columbo"
    5. Henry Winkler -- Arthur Fonzarelli in "Happy Days"
     
  2. marcmc99

    marcmc99 Founding Member

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    Gotta throw in Bill Murray as Carl Spackler and Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervick.


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  3. LSUtiger327

    LSUtiger327 Pow right in da kissa

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    I'll have to mull over the movie ones for a separate post...



    I think i have too many...
    Television:
    1) Al Bundy- Married with Children
    2) Archie Bunker- All in the Family
    3 Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson (tie)
    4) Eric Cartman- SOuth Park
    5) Vic Mackey- The Shield

    Hon Mention
    Tony Soprano- the soprano's
    Ryan O'Riley- OZ
    Dr Cox- Scrubs
    Jack tripper- Three's Company
    Benjamin Linus- Lost
    John Locke- Lost
    Artie- The Larry Sanders Show
    Ari- Entourage
     
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  4. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    david brent and michael scott in the same role as the office boss.
    darren lamb, ricky gervais' agent on extras.
    moe szyslak - the simpsons
    fry - futurama
    indiana jones is pretty cool
    tony soprano
    george costanza
    jeff, larry's manager on curb your enthusiasm.
     
  5. LSUsupaFan

    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    TV
    1 Bender- Futurama
    2 Gomer Pyle- Andy Griffith Show
    3 Phillip J Fry- Futurama
    4 The Fonz- Happy Days
    5 Al Bundy- Married With Children

    Movies
    1 Darth Vader
    2 Apollo Creed
    3 Peter Vankman
    4 Davy Crochet as played by Fess Parker
    5 Clark Griswald

    Literature
    1 The Joker
    2 Huck Finn
    3 Carter from Carter Beats the Devil
    4 Old Scratch
    5 Joe Cavalier
     
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  6. LSUalum24

    LSUalum24 Founding Member

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    TV:
    1) Homer Simpson- The Simpsons
    2) George Costanza- Seinfeld
    3) Gob Bluth- Arrested Development
    4) Tony Soprano- The Sopranos
    5) Jack Bauer- 24

    Movies:
    1) Mr. Blonde- Reservoir Dogs
    2) Deckard- Blade Runner
    3) Billy Ray Valentine- Trading Places
    4) Michael Corleone- The Godfather
    5) John McClain- Die Hard 1 and 2
     
  7. LSUtiger327

    LSUtiger327 Pow right in da kissa

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    movies:

    1) Darth Vader- Star Wars
    2) James Bond-James Bond movies
    3) Hannibal Lecter- Silence of the Lambs
    4) Randall McMurphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    5) Forrest Gump- Forrest Gump

    Hon mention-
    Verbal Kint/Keyser Sose- Usual Suspects
    Andy Dufresne- Shawshank Redemption
     
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  8. TigerBait3

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    First one I thought of when I saw the thread. :thumb:
     
  9. gumborue

    gumborue Throwin Ched

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    without looking at the other posts, and off the top of my head.

    bunker
    hawkeye
    G.O.B.
    kramer
    homer
     
  10. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    who is this? a few months ago i found out this was a name for the devil, and it replaced beelzebub as my favorite. now i call every mean/shady person old scratch, and attribute all random bad happenings to him. what is this from?
     

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