These names have received votes in the first six polls so we can proceed to cut down to a smaller group.
To do your part:
- Copy the entire list
- Eliminate all but 20 (1/4 of the group)
- Post your 20 in this thread
After a week (Sunday 2/17) the top vote-getters (maximum 40) will be posted in a new thread for the Semi-Finals.
The Finals will total no more than 20 names and the highest vote-getters will be deemed the SDMB Favorites.
The list:
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Lionel Barrymore
Ned Beatty
Abraham Benrubi
Ward Bond
Walter Brennan
Jim Broadbent
Clancy Brown
Steve Buscemi
Timothy Carey
Lee J. Cobb
Elisha Cook Jr
Chris Cooper
Peter Coyote
Laird Cregar
Joan Cusack
Garret Dillahunt
Margaret Dumont
Charles Durning
Jack Elam
Richard Farnsworth
William Fichtner
Dawn French
Dwight Frye
Hermione Gingold
Walton Goggins
John Goodman
Graham Greene
Sydney Greenstreet
Alan Hale Sr
Margaret Hamilton
John Hawkes
Dan Hedaya
Ciarán Hinds
Bo Hopkins
Jason Isaacs
Richard Jaeckel
Ben Johnson
Carol Kane
George Kennedy
Robert Knepper
40
Elsa Lanchester
Cloris Leachman
Peter Lorre
Keye Luke
Jean Marsh
Strother Martin
Frances McDormand
Dick Miller
Warren Oates
Una O’Connor
Slim Pickens
Zasu Pitts
Jonathan Pryce
Steve Railsback
Claude Rains
Giovanni Ribisi
Stephen Root
Tim Roth
William Sadler
Fiona Shaw
Jay Silverheels
J.K. Simmons
Emil Sitka
Harry Dean Stanton
Maggie Steed
David Strathairn
Woody Strode
Mark Strong
Akim Tamiroff
Sheila Tousey
Stanley Tucci
Lee Van Cleef
JT Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh
Jack Warden
Billie Whitelaw
Tom Wilkinson
Michael K. Williams
Chill Wills
Trey Wilson
80
Penelope Wilton
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