Tuesday, August 30, 2011

i was never worse fitted since the nativitie of my actorshippe (part one)


ingrid bergman *

- intermezzo - 1939, gregory ratoff
- casablanca - 1942, michael curtiz
- for whom the bell tolls - 1943, sam wood
- gaslight - 1944, george cukor
- spellbound - 1945, alfred hitchcock
- the bells of st. mary's - 1945, leo mccarey
- notorious - 1946, alfred hitchcock
- arch of triumph - 1948, lewis milestone
- under capricorn - 1949, alfred hitchcock
- stromboli - 1950, roberto rossellini
- journey to italy - 1954, roberto rossellini
- anastasia - 1956, anatole litvak
- indiscreet - 1958, stanley donen
- the inn of the sixth happiness - 1958, mark robson
- goodbye again - 1961, anatole litvak
- cactus flower - 1969, gene saks
- murder on the orient express - 1974, sidney lumet
- autumn sonata - 1978, ingmar bergman


bryan craynston *

- seinfeld (dentist) - 1994-97
- saving private ryan - 1998, steven spielberg
- breaking bad - 2008, vince gilligan
- drive - 2011, nicolas winding refn
- contagion - 2011, steven soderbergh


giancarlo esposito *

- do the right thing - 1989, spike lee
- king of new york - 1990, abel ferrara
- harley davidson and the marlboro man - 1991, simon wincer
- night on earth - 1991, jim jarmusch
- malcolm x - 1992, spike lee
- smoke - 1995, paul auster
- blue in the face - 1995, paul auster, wayne wang, harvey wang
- breaking bad - 2008-2011, vince gilligan


luis guzmán *

- q & a - 1990, sidney lumet
- carlito's way - 1993, brian de palma
- boogie nights - 1997, paul thomas anderson
- out of sight - 1998, steven soderbergh
- the limey - 1999, steven soderbergh
- magnolia - 1999, paul thomas anderson
- traffic - 2000, steven soderbergh
- punch-drunk love - 2002, paul thomas anderson
- welcome to collinwood - 2002, anthony & joe russo


trevor howard *

- the way ahead - 1944, carol reed
- the way to the stars (aka johnny in the clouds) - 1945, anthony asquith
- brief encounter - 1945, david lean
- i see a dark stranger - 1946, frank launder
- green for danger - 1946, sidney gilliat
- they made me a fugitive - 1947, alberto cavalcanti
- the third man - 1949, carol reed
- golden salamander - 1950, ronald neame
- the clouded yellow - 1950, ralph thomas
- outcast of the islands - 1951, carol reed
- sons and lovers - 1960, jack cardiff
- the charge of the light brigade - 1968, tony richardson (good performance, don't like the film)
- ryan's daughter - 1970, david lean
- the offence - 1972, sidney lumet
- superman - 1978, richard donner
- gandhi - 1982, richard attenborough


isabelle huppert *

- loulou - 1980, maurice pialat
- coup de torchon - 1981, bertrand tavernier
- the piano teacher - 2001, michael haneke
- time of the wolf - 2003, michael haneke


celia johnson *

- in which we serve - 1942, noel coward & david lean
- this happy breed - 1944, david lean
- brief encounter - 1945, david lean



klaus kinski *

"kinski was coming totally apart, totally crazed" herzog on commentary to cobra verde



- decision before dawn (whining soldier) - 1951, anatole litvak
- for a few dollars more - 1965, sergio leone
- doctor zhivago - 1965, david lean
- nosferatu the vampyre - 1979, werner herzog
- woyzeck - 1979, werner herzog
- fitzcarraldo - 1982, werner herzog
- cobra verde - 1987, werner herzog


vera miles *

- the searchers - 1956, john ford
- the wrong man - 1956, alfred hitchcock (my favourite hitchcock film)
- psycho - 1960, alfred hitchcock
- the man who shot liberty valance - 1962, john ford


sal mineo *

- rebel without a cause - 1955, nicholas ray
- crime in the streets - 1956, don siegel
- someone up there likes me - 1956, robert wise
- giant - 1956, george stevens
- cheyenne autumn - 1964, john ford


paul newman *

- someone up there likes me - 1956, robert wise
- the long, hot summer - 1958, martin ritt
- cat on a hot tin roof - 1958, richard brooks
- from the terrace - 1960, mark robson
- the hustler - 1961, robert rossen
- hud - 1963, martin ritt
- harper - 1966, jack smight
- torn curtain - 1966, alfred hitchcock
- cool hand luke - 1967, stuart rosenberg
- butch cassidy and the sundance kid - 1969, george roy hill
- pocket money - 1972, stuart rosenberg
- the mackintosh man - 1973, john huston
- the drowning pool - 1975, stuart rosenberg
- absence of malice - 1981, sydney pollack
- the verdict - 1982, sidney lumet
- the hudsucker proxy - 1994, coen brothers


tom sizemore *

- guilty by suspicion - 1991, irwin winkler
- point break - 1991, kathryn bigelow
- harley davidson and the marlboro man - 1991, simon wincer
- true romance - 1993, tony scott
- strange days - 1995, kathryn bigelow
- heat - 1995, michael mann
- saving private ryan - 1998, steven spielberg
- bringing out the dead - 1999, martin scorsese
- black hawk down - 2001, ridley scott


jacques tati *

- jour de fête - 1949, jacques tati
- mr. hulot's holiday - 1953, jacques tati
- mon oncle - 1958, jacques tati
- play time - 1967, jacques tati


fred ward *

- escape from alcatraz - 1979, don siegel
- the right stuff - 1983, philip kaufman
- miami blues - 1990, george armitage
- the player - 1992, robert altman
(the only thing i like about this film is fred ward's character; obsessed with long takes and a bit sleezy)
- short cuts - 1993, robert altman


osker werner *



- decision before dawn - 1951, anatole litvak
- ship of fools - 1965, stanley kramer
- the spy who came in from the cold - 1965, martin ritt
- fahrenheit 451 - 1966, françois truffaut


actorshippe list one
select filmographies
title found in the oed under "actorship", marston 1598
we enjoyed the smooth sounds of the sex pistols while editing this survey