Who's comparable today?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Donald Pleasence
madyn95 — 15 years ago(August 03, 2010 02:24 PM)
Just caught "The Great Escape" on TV again and was reminded of what a great character actor Donald Pleasence was. Wow! It got me wondering who the comparable actors would be today, and I'm drawing a blank. Ideas?
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lousvr — 14 years ago(March 13, 2012 03:08 PM)
Zip.. no one.
Had to add an edit that I didn't when I posted this comment..
Yes he was excellent.. but keep in mind..
That as far as character actors.. he was for many years relegated to doing not A class ones..
You take Walter Brennen.. this guy was a character actor supreme..and so where many others.. but the great Char.. actors started dying off.. and not enough to replace them.. so eventually.. Donald move from 'B' to 'A'.. nice he could manage to do so that's the way it was.. -
mafu82 — 14 years ago(October 26, 2011 11:05 AM)
Yep, definitely agree about Ben Kingsley. Not because he's bald, but for his strange variety in movies. Kingsley appears the greatest films and the beep crap, but always earns good reviews, even if the film doesn't.
Same with Donald Pleasance.
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GaelicLass — 13 years ago(April 22, 2012 12:50 AM)
Anthony Hopkins is now getting into "Pleasence" territory..He and Ben Kingsley are both marvelous character actors given the right material. Hopkins will be playing Alfred Hitchcock and I can't wait to see it.
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AssetsonFire — 12 years ago(August 10, 2013 04:27 PM)
Taylor Lautner will be there in a few years. Give him time and the right roles.
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Elder_Blossomsoft — 11 years ago(July 20, 2014 03:08 AM)
Strangely enough after watching Will Penny, Donal Pleasence vaguely remindered me of Charlie Day and Bobcat Goldthwait.
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fritzfassbender — 11 years ago(July 20, 2014 07:50 PM)
It sort of depends on what period of Pleasence's career we're talking about. In terms of the years when he provided support in more mainstream motion pictures, I would say Stellan Skarsgrd serves a similar role today.
If you get into his latter day professional horror guest star period, it's definitely Robert Englund, who rarely carries a horror film but always gets his name above the title.