The Greatest British Actor
Jul. 12th, 2005 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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playdreams. Up until now the only Real Life people I've known on LJ were my kids.
So who's the greatest British actor of all time? Channel 5 gave its viewers a list compiled by "experts" and asked them to put the names in their preferred order. And, no- Burbage, Garrick, Keane and Irving weren't on it. I hate that phrase "all time" because it never means what it says.
Anyway, the greatest British actor of all time turns out to be Anthony Hopkins. I guess it was the fava beans that did it. I saw Hopkins on stage once (in Lear) and thought he was ordinary.
But Cary Grant and Peter Sellers were on the list- they came in at 4 and 7 respectively- and this makes me happy.
Yes, Cary Grant was a Brit. Born in Bristol. Real name Archie Leach. Is this common knowledge? It should be. Surely it's time we put his head on a stamp or a bank note or something!
playdreams. Up until now the only Real Life people I've known on LJ were my kids.So who's the greatest British actor of all time? Channel 5 gave its viewers a list compiled by "experts" and asked them to put the names in their preferred order. And, no- Burbage, Garrick, Keane and Irving weren't on it. I hate that phrase "all time" because it never means what it says.
Anyway, the greatest British actor of all time turns out to be Anthony Hopkins. I guess it was the fava beans that did it. I saw Hopkins on stage once (in Lear) and thought he was ordinary.
But Cary Grant and Peter Sellers were on the list- they came in at 4 and 7 respectively- and this makes me happy.
Yes, Cary Grant was a Brit. Born in Bristol. Real name Archie Leach. Is this common knowledge? It should be. Surely it's time we put his head on a stamp or a bank note or something!
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Date: 2005-07-12 06:09 am (UTC)Is this only ENGLISH actors?
(thinking of Sean Connery...)
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Date: 2005-07-12 08:14 am (UTC)Connery was mentioned as an also-ran. I think he's got too limited a range to figure in the top 10.
I'd have liked to see Michael Caine in there somewhere. I think he's been the most reliable British film actor of the past 50 years.