# Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 19, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562 "2015-07-19T01:28:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/1 "2015-07-19T01:28:55Z")
If need be, please refer to …
> **[Top Five Movies by \_\_\_\_\_; Who's next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762668)**
>
> After… What are your Top Five Paul Newman Movies? 07-16-2015, 07:41 AM What are your Top Five Steve McQueen Movies? 07-17-2015, 03:32 PM … Who else should we examine? Possibilities: Clint Eastwood John Wayne Humphrey Bogart Jane...
Top Five Movies by \_\_\_\_\_; Who’s next?
07-18-2015, 11:15 AM
… for how this thread has come to be.
If you’re interested in seeing a listing of these people’s credits in order to pick their Top Five accomplishments, then vote for the ones you want to see.
The names with the most votes (at least 5) will be taken further.
Here’s the list:
Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
John Cazale
Cher
Francis Ford Coppola
Robert De Niro
Clint Eastwood (actor)
Clint Eastwood (director)
Henry Fonda
Alec Guinness
Tom Hanks
Howard Hawks
Katharine Hepburn
Alfred Hitchcock
Dustin Hoffman
John Huston
Bruno Kirby
Stanley Kubrick
Burt Lancaster
Jack Lemmon
George Lucas
Steve Martin
Walter Matthau
Ian McKellen
Marilyn Monroe
Zero Mostel
Mike Nichols
Leslie Nielsen
Peter O’Toole
Joe Pesci
Tony Randall
John Ratzenberger
Martin Scorsese
Ridley Scott
Steven Spielberg
Harry Dean Stanton
Meryl Streep
Barbra Streisand
John Wayne
Orson Welles
Billy Wilder
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/2 "2015-07-19T01:33:13Z")
Werner Herzog
[Miyazaki, though I did do one years ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575550)
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/3 "2015-07-19T02:07:44Z")
Cazale, though a great actor, is obviously a joke choice: he only appeared in five films.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/4 "2015-07-19T02:11:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
>
> Cazale, though a great actor, is obviously a joke choice: he only appeared in five films.
Not so much a joke as an acknowledgement. Every one of them was highly rated.
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/5 "2015-07-19T02:28:10Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Cazale, though a great actor, is obviously a joke choice: he only appeared in five films.
Yeah, I was the one who mentioned him in the other thread, saying “We can probably skip him.” Picking his top five films would be fairly straightforward. Now, ranking those five might be harder.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/6 "2015-07-19T04:07:36Z")
Here are early replies:
View Poll Results: Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for?
This poll will close on 08-01-2015 at 08:36 PM
```auto
Alfred Hitchcock 5 83.33%
Francis Ford Coppola 4 66.67%
Robert De Niro 4 66.67%
Henry Fonda 4 66.67%
Tom Hanks 4 66.67%
Dustin Hoffman 4 66.67%
Stanley Kubrick 4 66.67%
Walter Matthau 4 66.67%
Peter O'Toole 4 66.67%
Steven Spielberg 4 66.67%
Humphrey Bogart 3 50.00%
Clint Eastwood (actor) 3 50.00%
Clint Eastwood (director) 3 50.00%
Howard Hawks 3 50.00%
Katharine Hepburn 3 50.00%
John Huston 3 50.00%
Burt Lancaster 3 50.00%
Joe Pesci 3 50.00%
Meryl Streep 3 50.00%
John Wayne 3 50.00%
Orson Welles 3 50.00%
Billy Wilder 3 50.00%
James Cagney 2 33.33%
Cher 2 33.33%
Jack Lemmon 2 33.33%
Steve Martin 2 33.33%
Marilyn Monroe 2 33.33%
Martin Scorsese 2 33.33%
Alec Guinness 1 16.67%
Ian McKellen 1 16.67%
Zero Mostel 1 16.67%
Mike Nichols 1 16.67%
Leslie Nielsen 1 16.67%
Tony Randall 1 16.67%
Ridley Scott 1 16.67%
Harry Dean Stanton 1 16.67%
Barbra Streisand 1 16.67%
Other(s) -- Post and identify 1 16.67%
```
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 6
Looks like Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen and Dustin Hoffman tomorrow. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/7 "2015-07-19T04:27:14Z")
So we are not doing Werner Herzog, then?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/8 "2015-07-19T04:38:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
>
> So we are not doing Werner Herzog, then?
Why don’t you set that one up? I’m sorry to have left him off the list, so it would take a bunch of votes to get him there. I have no issue with your (or anyone’s) taking the initiative to have another thread (or more) devoted to anyone you want.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/9 "2015-07-19T05:25:13Z")
Movin’ right along!
View Poll Results: Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for?
This poll will close on 08-01-2015 at 08:36 PM
```auto
Alfred Hitchcock 6 85.71%
Tom Hanks 5 71.43%
Dustin Hoffman 5 71.43%
Steven Spielberg 5 71.43%
Francis Ford Coppola 4 57.14%
Robert De Niro 4 57.14%
Henry Fonda 4 57.14%
Katharine Hepburn 4 57.14%
Stanley Kubrick 4 57.14%
Walter Matthau 4 57.14%
Peter O'Toole 4 57.14%
Meryl Streep 4 57.14%
John Wayne 4 57.14%
Humphrey Bogart 3 42.86%
Clint Eastwood (actor) 3 42.86%
Clint Eastwood (director) 3 42.86%
Howard Hawks 3 42.86%
John Huston 3 42.86%
Burt Lancaster 3 42.86%
Joe Pesci 3 42.86%
Martin Scorsese 3 42.86%
Orson Welles 3 42.86%
Billy Wilder 3 42.86%
James Cagney 2 28.57%
Cher 2 28.57%
Jack Lemmon 2 28.57%
Steve Martin 2 28.57%
Marilyn Monroe 2 28.57%
Ridley Scott 2 28.57%
Alec Guinness 1 14.29%
Ian McKellen 1 14.29%
Zero Mostel 1 14.29%
Mike Nichols 1 14.29%
Leslie Nielsen 1 14.29%
Tony Randall 1 14.29%
Harry Dean Stanton 1 14.29%
Barbra Streisand 1 14.29%
Other(s) -- Post and identify 1 14.29%
```
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/10 "2015-07-19T11:52:09Z")
Here’s a shortened list with the obvious leaders and the next most likely rising to the top:
View Poll Results: Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for?
This poll will close on 08-01-2015 at 08:36 PM
```auto
Francis Ford Coppola 6 66.67%
Tom Hanks 6 66.67%
Alfred Hitchcock 6 66.67%
Stanley Kubrick 6 66.67%
Steven Spielberg 6 66.67%
Robert De Niro 5 55.56%
Clint Eastwood (director) 5 55.56%
Dustin Hoffman 5 55.56%
Walter Matthau 5 55.56%
Martin Scorsese 5 55.56%
Meryl Streep 5 55.56%
John Wayne 5 55.56%
Clint Eastwood (actor) 4 44.44%
Henry Fonda 4 44.44%
Katharine Hepburn 4 44.44%
Peter O'Toole 4 44.44%
```
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 9
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/11 "2015-07-19T12:28:06Z")
This poll is now up:
> **[What are your Top Five Alfred Hitchcock Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762739)**
>
> See Highest Rated Feature Film Director Titles With Alfred Hitchcock for a complete listing of his movies, but I have selected these for this thread: =========================================== Psycho (1960) Rear Window (1954) North by Northwest...
What are your Top Five Alfred Hitchcock Movies?
07-19-2015, 07:21 AM
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/12 "2015-07-19T14:00:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
>
> Werner Herzog
>
> [Miyazaki, though I did do one years ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575550)
> [@Mahaloth](#):
>
> So we are not doing Werner Herzog, then?
Okay. I did it:
> **[What are your Top Five Werner Herzog Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762750)**
>
> See Highest Rated Feature Film Director Titles With Werner Herzog for a complete listing of his films, but I have selected these for this thread: Fitzcarraldo (1982) Lessons of Darkness (1992) Stroszek (1977) Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)...
What are your Top Five Werner Herzog Movies?
07-19-2015, 08:56 AM
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/13 "2015-07-19T14:33:53Z")
This poll will do it for me today. I’ll add more later, depending on interest and participation. 🙂
> **[What are your Top Five Dustin Hoffman Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762754)**
>
> See Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Dustin Hoffman for a complete listing of his movies. I have selected these for this thread: Papillon (1973) The Graduate (1967) Rain Man (1988) All the President’s Men (1976) Common Threads: Stories...
What are your Top Five Dustin Hoffman Movies?
07-19-2015, 09:30 AM
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/14 "2015-07-20T04:29:23Z")
Another abbreviated listing of the leaders:
View Poll Results: Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for?
This poll will close on 08-01-2015 at 08:36 PM
```auto
Alfred Hitchcock 8 57.14% +++
Stanley Kubrick 8 57.14%
Francis Ford Coppola 7 50.00%
Robert De Niro 7 50.00%
Clint Eastwood (director) 7 50.00%
Tom Hanks 7 50.00%
Dustin Hoffman 7 50.00% +++
Martin Scorsese 7 50.00%
Steven Spielberg 7 50.00%
Meryl Streep 7 50.00%
John Wayne 7 50.00%
Clint Eastwood (actor) 6 42.86%
Katharine Hepburn 6 42.86%
Jack Lemmon 5 35.71%
Walter Matthau 5 35.71%
Billy Wilder 5 35.71%
```
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14
+++ Poll already up.
I’ll shoot for Kubrick next.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/15 "2015-07-20T12:23:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> I’ll shoot for Kubrick next.
That’s up now:
> **[What are your Top Five Stanley Kubrick Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762830)**
>
> Refer to Highest Rated Feature Film Director Titles With Stanley Kubrick for more about Kubrick’s work, but I have selected these titles for this thread: The Shining (1980) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)...
What are your Top Five Stanley Kubrick Movies?
07-20-2015, 07:18 AM
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/16 "2015-07-20T12:42:45Z")
And now there’s:
> **[What are your Top Five Clint Eastwood (director) Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762831)**
>
> See Highest Rated Feature Film Director Titles With Clint Eastwood for a complete listing of his directing efforts. I will post another poll for his acting work at a later time. Unforgiven (1992) Gran Torino (2008) Million Dollar Baby (2004)...
What are your Top Five Clint Eastwood (director) Movies?
07-20-2015, 07:39 AM
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### Author:  [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/17 "2015-07-20T12:43:03Z")
Warren Beatty. He had a pretty brilliant career up until Ishtar.
Fellini and Bunuel are curious absences.
I think Burt Reynolds’ career is due for a critical reappraisal. Hope it happens while he’s still alive.
Bill Murray’s career has been kind of all over the place. It got real interesting when he stopped working with Harold Ramis, though.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/18 "2015-07-20T12:49:54Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
>
> Warren Beatty. He had a pretty brilliant career up until Ishtar.
>
> Fellini and Bunuel are curious absences.
>
> I think Burt Reynolds’ career is due for a critical reappraisal. Hope it happens while he’s still alive.
>
> Bill Murray’s career has been kind of all over the place. It got real interesting when he stopped working with Harold Ramis, though.
>
> Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
All excellent choices! Maybe it’s time to start another list of actors/directors to supplement this one.
Meanwhile, if you wish to nominate some new ones (not in this poll) please do it here. After another day or two I’ll post that new list to vote on. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/19 "2015-07-20T18:11:08Z")
Wim Wenders?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/20 "2015-07-20T18:55:25Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#):
>
> Wim Wenders?
Including Wenders, here are the names not in the poll at the top. We can add others here and after we get at least a dozen, I’ll put up another poll for votes.
Pile on! 🙂
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Miyazaki
Warren Beatty
Fellini
Bunuel
Burt Reynolds
Bill Murray
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Wim Wenders
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