I was reading Treasure Island recently and got to thinking about the best bad guys in fiction or film. Here's a list of who I quickly thought of.1. Long John Silver
2. Darth Vader
3. Tuco (The Ugly in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
4. Emilio Largo (Thunderball baddie)
5. Tom Riddle
6. Two Face
7. The Joker
8. Frank (Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West)
9. Dr. Hannibal Lecter
10. Gaston (Disney's Beauty and the Beast)
I'd be curious to know who you think is the best bad guy.
OK, here's who I'm going with:
ReplyDelete1. The Joker
2. Professor Moriarty
3. Lord Voldemort
4. Auric Goldfinger
5. Richard III
6. Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman's character in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World")
7. Phillip Van Damm (James Mason's character in "North by Northwest")
8. "Verbal" Kint (Kevin Spacey's character in "The Usual Suspects")
9. Dr. Hannibal Lecter
10. Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck's character in "Double Indemnity")
James Spader in Pretty in Pink.
ReplyDeleteDabney Coleman in 9 To 5.
ReplyDeleteThe energy traders in the Worldcom documentary.
ReplyDeleteThe safety inspector in Ghostbusters (that same actor was great in a great Goldie Hawn movie that Stephen Spielberg directed, about a low-speed car chase in Texas).
ReplyDeleteMr. Potter.
ReplyDeleteBen Stiller's character in that movie with Ethan Hawke and Wynona Rider and Judd Nelson's in Saint Elmo's Fire.
ReplyDeleteThe one sheriff's deputy in Harlan County USA.
Mr. Potter came this close to making my list.
ReplyDeleteGood catch on Ben Stiller's character.
George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove.
ReplyDeleteTwo very scary characters: Robert Blake in In Cold Blood and Tommy Lee Jones in Executioner's Song.