Posted on 12/11/2010 6:32:50 PM PST by Krankor
I say Lee Marvin hands down. He was just cool and never thought he had to prove it.
Beat me to it. Used to have a ‘66 Trophy. I helped move the
bike museum in Anamosa Ia. this summer and handled a few
from his collection.
I don’t even watch the new movies.
“Clint Eastwood”
I don’t think anybody really compares to Eastwood, for his long acting career, PLUS his long directing career.
Lotsa good stuff.
He’s in a category of his own. (
For awhile it looked like Mel Gobson intended to follow in Eastwood’s footsteps)
Steve “Cooled Down” the Blob! The stunt that he personally performed when he jumped the fence in “The Great Escape” was mega kool!
If I have the story straight, the movie company wouldn’t let
him. Bud Ekins did it.
Steve McQueen, he raced motorcycles on the weekends in between movie takes. Although Marvin has his cool side also, but Steve had him beat.
who cares? who was a better man?
Oh OK, I didn’t catch it. I hardly ever watched SNL.
He worked near asbestos in the Navy and later died of mesothielioma.
Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry
Snow can burn your eyes, but only people make you cry
Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to
Which with any luck will never come true
McQueen is ok, but Marvin rules. And both are several levels higher than todays hollywooders.
Marvin. And a honorable mention for George c. Scott.
Scott depicting General Curtis LeMay in Dr. Strangelove was the cats AZZ!
ONLY 60 MILLION KILLED... TOPS!!
Son of a bitch. Gonna go cry myself to sleep now.
God Bless The USMC.
Couldn't stand him in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
But I loved both movies.
His bio states he was in the Marines from 1947-50.
“While McQueen felt that asbestos used in movie soundstage insulation and race-drivers’ protective suits and helmets could have been involved, he believed his illness was a direct result of massive exposure while removing asbestos lagging from pipes aboard a troop ship during his time in the Marines.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen
oh yeh and ‘Paint Your Wagon’ w/Clint Eastwood???...
A musical western....give me a break.
Since you asked. I think they are two totally different types.....like apples and oranges. Lee Marvin was a hard, tough, bust-you-in-the-mouth, take no crap off of anyone kind of guy. Steve McQueen, to me, was suave, smooth, cool and slick. Tough? Yes, but not in an in-your-face kind of way. MY memory of Steve is his role in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN or THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. Two totally different roles, but both cool, smooth, suave and “in like Flynn” with the ladies. IMHO
IMO, the best Newman movie was Hombre, hands down.
Lol, I would pick Paul Newman over him but Steve was kinda cute when young.
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