The Greatest British Actor
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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 09:15 am (UTC)Cary was always Cary, but no-one ever had such faultless timing. Or was quite so dreamily debonair. And he had range. He was a great comedian, but he was also equally brilliant in such dark entertainments as Suspicion and Notorious and North by North West.
Holm is under-rated. Burton was a great actor who hated acting and squandered his talent. Everyone says he was at his best on stage in the 1950s.
There are so many great names who didn't make the cut.