# Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195 "2015-04-21T15:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/1 "2015-04-21T15:38:23Z")
Refer to [Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=753389) (or specifically [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18301646&postcount=64)) for background. The preliminary threads will be open a while longer, but since it looks like things are winding down, this is a first pass at tidying things up. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/2 "2015-04-22T16:41:54Z")
Thanks to the seven voters for establishing the Eastwood-Wayne dominance of the genre. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/3 "2015-04-24T15:57:33Z")
After 17 Voters have spoken there’s little doubt who #1 and #2 will be, but the race for #3 is far from certain. Here are the groups in contention for top spots: View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM ====================================== Clint Eastwood (1930- ) John Wayne (1907–1979) James Garner (1928–2014) Paul Newman (1925–2008) Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) Lee Marvin (1924–1987) Gary Cooper (1901–1961) Steve McQueen (1930–1980) Robert Duvall (1931- ) Henry Fonda (1905–1982) Glenn Ford (1916–2006) Jack Palance (1919–2006) Slim Pickens (1919–1983) James Coburn (1928–2002) Walter Brennan (1894–1974) Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) Strother Martin (1919–1980) Jack Elam (1920–2003) ====================================== Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 17 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/4 "2015-04-27T23:51:24Z")
OTHER: Randolph Scott ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/5 "2015-04-28T14:24:28Z")
Updating the spread: ```auto View Poll Results: Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars This poll will close on 06-20-2015 at 10:43 AM Clint Eastwood (1930- ) 33 82.50% John Wayne (1907–1979) 28 70.00% James Garner (1928–2014) 13 32.50% Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 12 30.00% Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) 12 30.00% Jack Palance (1919–2006) 10 25.00% Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 9 22.50% Lee Marvin (1924–1987) 9 22.50% Paul Newman (1925–2008) 9 22.50% Robert Duvall (1931- ) 8 20.00% Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 7 17.50% Glenn Ford (1916–2006) 6 15.00% James Coburn (1928–2002) 6 15.00% Walter Brennan (1894–1974) 4 10.00% Jack Elam (1920–2003) 3 7.50% Slim Pickens (1919–1983) 3 7.50% Robert Redford (1936- ) 2 5.00% OTHER (post and name up to FIVE) 2 5.00% Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 2 5.00% Strother Martin (1919–1980) 1 2.50% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 40 ================================= ``` **Please post comments and suggestions at [Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=753389) instead of in this thread.** ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/6 "2015-04-29T08:04:17Z")
Other: Randolph Scott ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/7 "2015-04-29T08:15:09Z")
My very first impression on seeing the thread title and choices was for Other: Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) Richard Long (1927-1974) Peter Breck (1929-2012) Lee Majors (1939-) Linda Evans (1942-) Yeah yeah, I know, it was a TV show! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/8 "2015-04-29T09:56:59Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > OTHER: Randolph Scott > [@42fish](#): > > Other: Randolph Scott [RANDOLPH SCOTT!](https://youtu.be/RVGFGmoltDs?t=47) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/9 "2015-04-29T10:15:44Z")
Other: Neville Brand ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/10 "2015-04-29T10:46:27Z")
Other =Randolph Scott ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/11 "2015-04-29T11:19:17Z")
Y’all are some funny folks! Poor Randy didn’t get on the list, for shame. Maybe we can be sure he’s on the “clean-up” list to see how many votes he would have gotten. In fact, we probably need to revisit the whole list now that The Duke and Clint have this one sewed up. I’m thinking of going back to those preliminary threads and collecting people who got more than 5 votes and making that another effort at not leaving any reasonable vote-getter out of this whole affair. Any other ideas for how to drag this out? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/12 "2015-04-29T13:11:03Z")
No Charley Bronson? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/13 "2015-04-29T14:41:31Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Other: Randolph Scott > [@Alessan](#): > > [RANDOLPH SCOTT!](https://youtu.be/RVGFGmoltDs?t=47) > [@samclem](#): > > Other =Randolph Scott > [@lieu](#): > > No Charley Bronson? Looking back at the four preliminary threads/polls I see that these people got at least 3 votes or at least 20% of the votes in that poll, but weren’t on this **TOP 5** list: ```auto ========================================= Gene Autry (1907–1998) 6 24.00% Tom Mix (1880–1940) 4 16.00% Randolph Scott (1898–1987) 4 16.00% Chief Dan George (1899–1981) 3 12.00% George 'Gabby' Hayes (1885–1969) 3 12.00% William Holden (1918–1981) 3 25.00% Alan Ladd (1913–1964) 3 25.00% Dean Martin (1917–1995) 3 25.00% Clayton Moore (1914–1999) 3 25.00% Charles Bronson (1921–2003) 4 30.77% Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989) 4 30.77% Yul Brynner (1920–1985) 3 23.08% Chuck Connors (1921–1992) 3 23.08% Tommy Lee Jones (1946- ) 5 38.46% Gene Hackman (1930- ) 4 30.77% Sam Elliott (1944- ) 4 30.77% Graham Greene (1952- ) 3 23.08% Ian McShane (1942- ) 3 23.08% Timothy Olyphant (1968- ) 3 23.08% Tom Selleck (1945- ) 3 23.08% ========================================= ``` I’ll put up a new poll for this group where you can pick up to **three** and the top finishers will move on to a later poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/14 "2015-04-29T14:47:05Z")
As for the new names suggested, I’ll try to come up with another way to include those with the earlier names that got no votes. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/15 "2015-04-30T02:15:13Z")
Richard Boone… Paladin ---
**Author:** ![Chris2011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Chris2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris2011)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/16 "2015-04-30T02:40:42Z")
The Duke ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/17 "2015-04-30T17:06:21Z")
> [@Chris2011](#): > > The Duke To make this count as a vote, just check **John Wayne** (and up to FIVE total) in the poll at the top of the page. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/18 "2015-04-30T20:50:05Z")
My other: Lee Van Cleef ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/19 "2015-04-30T22:52:01Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > OTHER: Randolph Scott > [@42fish](#): > > Other: Randolph Scott > [@Bullitt](#): > > My very first impression on seeing the thread title and choices was for Other: > > Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) > Richard Long (1927-1974) > Peter Breck (1929-2012) > Lee Majors (1939-) > Linda Evans (1942-) > > Yeah yeah, I know, it was a TV show! > [@Alessan](#): > > [RANDOLPH SCOTT!](https://youtu.be/RVGFGmoltDs?t=47) > [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Other: Neville Brand > [@samclem](#): > > Other =Randolph Scott > [@lieu](#): > > No Charley Bronson? > [@Alex\_from\_CB](#): > > Richard Boone… Paladin > [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > My other: Lee Van Cleef In an effort to address these OTHER votes/mentions I have added > **[All-Time Westerns Stars -- Tidy-Up #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755659)** > > See Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars and Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars for background. In this poll please limit your votes to THREE. Top finishers will move on to later voting. All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-Up #1 > **[All-Time Westerns Stars -- Tidy-up #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755668)** > > Rather than putting up another poll with oodles of names to pick a few from, let’s try to resort to posts in this thread to determine how much (if any) additional clean-up is going to be needed before moving on to some sort of final voting. As... All-Time Westerns Stars – Tidy-up #2 So please go there if you want your vote(s) counted toward some ultimate Final Poll somewhere down the line. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195/20 "2015-05-01T00:56:10Z")
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