Pre-Poll Data Collecting -- Westerns Stars

[silenus]

Dean Martin
L. Q. Jones
Earnest Borgnine
Strother Martin
William Holden
Ben Johnson

[lieu]

Jack Palance
Dustin Hoffman

[Zeldar]

@silenus

Hey, you left Lee Marvin’s horse off the list. The horse shared an Oscar - he needs to be represented!

In his Oscar acceptance speech, Lee Marvin concluded by saying, “I think, though, that half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in San Fernando Valley,” a reference to the horse Kid Shelleen rode, which appeared to be as drunk as Shelleen was.

So let it be written; so let it be done! (said by Yul Brynner, who ought to be on this list anyway, and which should usher in other such quadrupeds as folks are prone to mention – but I won’t! )

I’ll repost the updated list after more new arrivals. The count (not including dupes) is now at over 60 as of my previous post. Keep 'em coming!

We may have to resort to a bracket instead of a big old poll to do this list justice.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@Zeldar

We may have to resort to a bracket instead of a big old poll to do this list justice.

I’d advise bracketing so John Wayne and Clint Eastwood square off in the final.

[Zeldar]

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

I’d advise bracketing so John Wayne and Clint Eastwood square off in the final.

Yes, indeed! I’m not all that good at brackets, so if somebody else would like that chore – whenever the time comes – I would not only not object, I would be happy!

My idea was to wait until the thread has been idle for a few days (5 maybe) before launching into whatever voting we do.

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ETA: It might help if we add to this short list those who ought to be in the Top Ten so they’re not up against each other in the early rounds.

[Nauplius]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned:

Sam Elliott

[MrDibble]

Terence Hill
Bud Spencer
Franco Nero

[Nauplius]

Kevin Kostner
Val Kilmer
Wes Studi

[Zeldar]

Here’s another old thread on the general topic that may provide some help coming up with names not yet mentiond:

The LAST Great Western? which was active from 07-10-2003, 06:50 AM through 07-10-2003, 06:01 PM and which has to have been one of my earliest threads!

[Chefguy]

Steve McQueen
Yul Brynner
Charles Bronson
James Coburn
Johnny Mack Brown

[Zeldar]

Here’s an update as of Chefguy’s Post #30:

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Broncho Billy Anderson
James Arness
Gene Autry
Parley Baer
Tom Berenger

Ward Bond
Richard Boone
Earnest Borgnine
Walter Brennan
Charles Bronson Charles Bronson

Johnny Mack Brown
Yul Brynner
Smiley Burnette
Yakima Canutt
Hopalong Cassidy

James Coburn
Chuck Connors
William Conrad
Gary Cooper
Kevin Costner

Russell Crowe
Ken Curtis
John Dehner
James Drury
Robert Duvall

Clint Eastwood
Jack Elam
Sam Elliott
Henry Fonda
Glenn Ford

James Garner
Chief Dan George
Graham Greene
Clu Gulager
Gene Hackman

William S. Hart
Terence Hill
Dustin Hoffman
William Holden
Arthur Hunnicutt

Ben Johnson
L. Q. Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Val Kilmer
Alan Ladd

Burt Lancaster
Lash LaRue
Dean Martin
Strother Martin Strother Martin
Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin’s horse
Joel McCrea
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
Tom Mix Tom Mix Tom Mix
Clayton Moore Clayton Moore

Audie Murphy
Franco Nero
Paul Newman
Warren Oates Warren Oates
Jack Palance

Slim Pickens
Robert Redford
Burt Reynolds
Roy Rogers
Randolph Scott

Tom Selleck
Jay Silverheels Jay Silverheels
Bud Spencer
Charles Starrett
Bob Steele

Jimmy Stewart
Woody Strode
Wes Studi Wes Studi
Dub Taylor
Lee Van Cleef

Clint Walker
Eli Wallach
John Wayne
Dennis Weaver

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[Nauplius]

Jeff Bridges
Josh Brolin

[samclem]

Ken Maynard

[Chefguy]

Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickock)
Duncan Renaldo (The Cisco Kid)
Dean Martin

A few more sidekicks and regulars:
Harry Carey, Jr.
Chill Wills
Gabby Hayes
Andy Devine

[Spoke]

@Zeldar

We may have to resort to a bracket instead of a big old poll to do this list justice.

Or is it possible to set up a poll where people get to spread ten votes among as many candidates as they choose? Then you could have several rounds of voting, eliminating the lowest vote-getters in each round.

[Zeldar]

@Spoke

Or is it possible to set up a poll where people get to spread ten votes among as many candidates as they choose? Then you could have several rounds of voting, eliminating the lowest vote-getters in each round.

Yes, we’ve done that sort of thing before and it might be a good option here.

I had even entertained the idea of breaking the list into decades or periods so that it might be more of an apples to apples thing. That would let some of the old-timers (30s-50s) be on a level field and not competing against the newer crowd.

Other options are still worth considering. Let’s hear some more ideas.

[Chefguy]

@Zeldar

Yes, we’ve done that sort of thing before and it might be a good option here.

I had even entertained the idea of breaking the list into decades or periods so that it might be more of an apples to apples thing. That would let some of the old-timers (30s-50s) be on a level field and not competing against the newer crowd.

Other options are still worth considering. Let’s hear some more ideas.

Some of these guys were more TV cowboys than movie cowboys, so that may be a division. Chuck Connors and James Arness come to mind immediately, along with Guy Madison and Richard Boone.

Nick Adams was another TV star with Johnny Yuma, The Rebel. I think Johnny Cash sang the theme song.

[Kent_Clark]

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
Whatever happened to Johnny Mack Brown
And Alan Rocky Lane
Whatever happened to Lash Larue
I’d love to see them again
Whatever happened to Smiley Burnett
Tim Holt and Gene Autry
Whatever happened to all of these
Has happened to the best of me

[Nauplius]

If you’re doing a TV division then Michael Landon should be added to the list.

[MovieMogul]

@Zeldar

Yes, we’ve done that sort of thing before and it might be a good option here.

My only objection to that is that in all other incarnations of that kind of polling, simple math shows that few people rarely stick to this model. I’d prefer one-person/one-vote and that will thin out the lower-grade candidates easily.

I had even entertained the idea of breaking the list into decades or periods so that it might be more of an apples to apples thing. That would let some of the old-timers (30s-50s) be on a level field and not competing against the newer crowd.

I agree, this is a more fair way to approach things, IMHO.