# Who's the worst actor in a truly great movie?

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**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945 "2016-08-15T19:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945/141 "2016-09-02T03:34:18Z")

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Not really a ‘worst’ by any means, but a puzzling casting choice in my opinion. Jonathan Winters in “The Loved One.” Winters’ style of ‘acting’ is always the same: talk with a funny voice and a somewhat clenched lower jaw. I didn’t care much for his ad lib style of comedy, but it was way better than his acting.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945/142 "2016-09-02T06:58:20Z")

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> [@MovieMogul](#):
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> Matthew Broderick in **Glory**.

Definitely agree with this. It seemed Broderick thought that enunciating to the point where there is almost a gap between each syllable sounds “Harvard” rather than like a Peanuts animated special.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945/143 "2016-09-02T16:41:13Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> V for Vendetta and Tom Strong are excellent writing…

V for Vendetta= 1988, Tom Strong 2001. Tom Strong relies heavily on stereotypes. But yes, it’s not bad.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945/144 "2016-09-02T17:04:13Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> The one time that I remember my mother being excited about anything was when she came home from seeing Mickey Rooney on Broadway in “Sugar Babies” circa 1979. She was usually a level, calm woman but that night telling me and her mother about how great Rooney was on stage, she was absolutely beaming.

So i’m wondering if your mom was a teenager when he was a big movie star.

And I don’t want to take anything away from his Sugar Babies performance, I never saw it but I remember it was a huge come back role for him.

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