Steve McQueen

[Indoor66]

Has any other 50's - early 80's (he died 11/7/80) made more memorable films? The other thing about McQueen's films is that you can watch them today and they are not dated. They still entertain and are among the best available.

The Hunter (1980) Ralph (Papa) Thornton
Tom Horn (1980) Tom Horn
Enemy of the People (1978) Dr. Thomas Stockman
The Towering Inferno (1974) Chief Michael O’Hallorhan
Papillon (1973) Henri ‘Papillon’ Charriere
The Getaway (1972) Carter ‘Doc’ McCoy
Junior Bonner (1972) Junior ‘JR” Bonner
LeMans (1971) Michael Delaney
The Reivers (1969) Boon Hoggenbeck
Bullitt (1968) Lt. Frank Bullitt
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Thomas Crown
The Sand Pebbles (1966) Jake Holman
Nevada Smith (1966) Nevada Smith/Max Sand/Fitch
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) The Cincinnati Kid
Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) Henry Thomas
Love with a Proper Stranger (1963) Rock Papasano
Soldier in the Rain (1963) Sgt. Eustis Clay
The Great Escape (1963) Capt. Hilts “The Cooler King”
The War Lover (1962) Capt. Buzz Rickson
Hell is for Heroes (1962) Reese
The Honeymoon Machine (1961) Lt. Ferguson ‘Fergie’ Howard
The Magnificent Seven (1960) Vin
Never So Few (1959) Bill Ringa
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) George Fowler
The Blob (1958) Steve Andrews
Never Love a Stranger (1958) Martin Cabell
(TV) Wanted: Dead of Alive (94 episodes-1658-1961) Josh Randall
Sombody Up There Likes Me (1956) (uncredited) Fidel

Any thoughts or other candidates?

[rthomas]

Paul Newman
1. The Drowning Pool (1975) .... Lew Harper
2. The Towering Inferno (1974) .... Doug Roberts
3. The Sting (1973) .... Henry Gondorff
4. The MacKintosh Man (1973) .... Joseph Rearden
5. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) .... Judge Roy Bean
6. Pocket Money (1972) .... Jim Kane
7. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) .... Hank Stamper
8. WUSA (1970) .... Rheinhardt
9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) .... Butch Cassidy
10. Winning (1969) .... Frank Capua
11. The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) .... Pvt. Harry Frigg
12. Cool Hand Luke (1967) .... Lucas 'Luke' Jackson
13. Hombre (1967) .... John Russell
14. Torn Curtain (1966) .... Professor Michael Armstrong
15. Harper (1966) .... Lew Harper
... aka The Moving Target (UK)
16. Lady L (1965) .... Armand Denis
17. The Outrage (1964) .... Juan Carrasco
18. What a Way to Go! (1964) .... Larry Flint
19. The Prize (1963) .... Andrew Craig
20. A New Kind of Love (1963) .... Steve Sherman
21. Hud (1963) .... Hud Bannon
22. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) .... Ad Francis, 'The Battler'
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) .... Chance Wayne
23. Paris Blues (1961) .... Ram Bowen
24. The Hustler (1961) .... Eddie Felson
25. Exodus (1960) .... Ari Ben Canaan
26. From the Terrace (1960) .... David Alfred Eaton
27. The Young Philadelphians (1959) .... Anthony Judson Lawrence/Narrator
28. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) .... Harry Bannerman
29. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) .... Brick Pollitt
30. The Left Handed Gun (1958) .... Billy The Kid
31. The Long, Hot Summer (1958) .... Ben Quick

Newman has made 4 or 5 of my favorite movies: Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sometimes a Great Notion, Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean...

[Deslok]

Two nominations(with only some of their movies listed):

Peter O'Toole: (ok, he keeps on going, but check out the ten year period of 62-72, that right there is up there with the best careers around)
Stardust (2007) .... King
Ratatouille (2007) (voice) .... Anton Ego
One Night with the King (2006) .... Samuel, the Prophet
Venus (2006/I) .... Maurice
Troy (2004) .... Priam
King Ralph (1991) .... Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
The Last Emperor (1987) .... Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Creator (1985) .... Harry
My Favorite Year (1982) .... Alan Swann
"Masada" (1981) (mini) TV Series .... General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Zulu Dawn (1979) .... Lord Chelmsford
Man of La Mancha (1972) .... Don Quixote de La Mancha/Miguel de Cervantes/Alonso Quijana
The Ruling Class (1972) .... Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
Murphy's War (1971) .... Murphy
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) .... Arthur Chipping
Great Catherine (1968) .... Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Lion in Winter (1968) .... Henry II
Casino Royale (1967) (uncredited) .... Piper
The Night of the Generals (1967) .... General Tanz
How to Steal a Million (1966) .... Simon Dermott
What's New, Pussicat(1965) .... Michael James
Lord Jim (1965) .... Lord Jim
Becket (1964) .... King Henry II
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) .... T.E. Lawrence

and Richard Burton:
Richard Burton
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) .... O'Brien
Absolution (1978) .... Father Goddard
The Wild Geese (1978) .... Col. Allen Faulkner
The Gathering Storm (1974) (TV) .... Winston Churchill
Bluebeard (1972) .... Baron von Sepper
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) .... Leon Trotsky
Raid on Rommel (1971) .... Capt. Alex Foster
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... King Henry VIII
Where Eagles Dare (1968) .... Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC
Doctor Faustus (1967) .... Doctor Faustus
The Taming of the Shrew (1967) .... Petruchio
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) .... George
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) .... Alec Leamas
What's New, What's New, Pussicat(1965)(uncredited) .... Man In Strip Club
Hamlet (1964/I) .... Hamlet
The Night of the Iguana (1964) .... Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Becket (1964) .... Thomas à Becket
Zulu (1964) (voice) .... Narrator
Cleopatra (1963) .... Marc Antony
The Longest Day (1962) .... Flight Officer David Campbell
Alexander the Great (1956) .... Alexander
The Robe (1953) .... Marcellus Gallio
The Desert Rats (1953) .... Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts

[JBDuke]

Here's a couple more:


Charleton Heston has a memorable list:

The Mountain Men (1980) .... Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down (1978) .... Capt. Paul Blanchard
Crossed Swords (1977) .... Henry VIII
Two-Minute Warning (1976) .... Capt. Peter Holly
Midway (1976) .... Capt. Matthew Garth
The Last Hard Men (1976) .... Sam Burgade
The Four Musketeers (1974) .... Cardinal Richelieu
Earthquake (1974) .... Stewart Graff
Airport 1975 (1974) .... Alan Murdock
The Three Musketeers (1973) .... Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green (1973) .... Detective Robert Thorn
Skyjacked (1972) .... Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) .... Marc Antony
The Omega Man (1971) .... Robert Neville
Julius Caesar (1970) .... Marc Antony
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) .... Taylor
Will Penny (1968) .... Will Penny
Planet of the Apes (1968) .... George Taylor
Khartoum (1966) .... Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
The War Lord (1965) .... Chrysagon
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) .... Michelangelo
Major Dundee (1965) .... Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) .... John the Baptist
55 Days at Peking (1963) .... Maj. Matt Lewis
El Cid (1961) .... El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)
Ben-Hur (1959) .... Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) .... John Sands
The Buccaneer (1958) .... Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country (1958) .... Steve Leech
Touch of Evil (1958) .... Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas
The Ten Commandments (1956) .... Moses
The Private War of Major Benson (1955) .... Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
The Naked Jungle (1954) .... Christopher Leiningen
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) .... Brad Braden


How about Kirk Douglas? (I may have missed a few here...)

The Final Countdown (1980) .... Capt. Matthew Yelland
Saturn 3 (1980) .... Adam
The Fury (1978) .... Peter Sandza
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) .... Mike Wayne
Scalawag (1973) .... Peg
To Catch a Spy (1971) .... Andrej
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) .... Paris Pitman, Jr.
The War Wagon (1967) .... Lomax
The Way West (1967) .... Sen. William J. Tadlock
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) .... Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
In Harm's Way (1965) .... Paul Eddington
Seven Days in May (1964) .... Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Lonely Are the Brave (1962) .... John W. "Jack" Burns
Town Without Pity (1961) .... Maj. Steve Garrett
Spartacus (1960) .... Spartacus
The Vikings (1958) .... Einar
Paths of Glory (1957) .... Col. Dax
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) .... Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Lust for Life (1956) .... Vincent Van Gogh
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) .... Ned Land
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) .... Jonathan Shields
Along the Great Divide (1951) .... Marshal Len Merrick
The Glass Menagerie (1950) .... Jim O'Connor
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) .... George Phipps
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) .... Peter Niles
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) .... Walter O'Neil


Nicholson, Redford, and Eastwood all came along a few years later, but have similar long-lasting careers with notable films in multiple decades.

[captmojo]

I like McQueen. Nevada Smith deserves more recognition.

My vote has to go to Peter Sellers.

[dukemomLA]

Not named yet (shame...shame)

Bette Davis
Jack Lemmon
Jimmy Stewart
Brando
Anthony Hopkins
Alec Guinness
Kate Hepburn
Cary Grant
Dick Powell
Jean Arthur

etc.

[knights68]

Donald Sutherland:
148 TV & Movies spanning over 45 years (1962 to 2007) and going strong....
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000661/

Or what about James Garner
96 Movies & TV since 1956
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001258/

And we cannot forget Clint Eastwood:
66 films and TV since 1955, not to mention the 31 films he directed, 27 he produced and 20 movies he composed sountracks and music to.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/