Who in your opinion were the best movie support acts?
Asked by
ucme (
50047
)
August 30th, 2010
Yeah you know the types, Holmes had his Watson-Batman had his Robin-Bond had his Walther PPK.You get the picture.
Observing members:
0
Composing members:
0
16 Answers
“When Cameron was in Egypt land, let my Cameron go!”
Dr. Watson is my favourite, but I like Cameron.
Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden) for Edward Norton (the Narrator) in Fight Club.
John Goodman in the Big Lebowski
Samuel L. Jackson in anything and everything.
Lucy Lui in Kill Bill
Robert Downey Jr. in Home for the Holidays
Mike Epps in Bait.
Ed Norton and Mos Def in The Italian Job
Thandie Newton and Kimberly Elise in Beloved
Jason Statham in the Expendables
(I stayed more or less on sidekicks – whole nother list for “supporting actors”)
Sidekick Characters
Kato Fong
Mr. Smithers
Batman’s Robin ~(1966)
Gilligan
Pokey
(Plus all the old western sidekicks – Hopolong Cassidy with California, The Cisco Kid with Pancho, etc.)
Single Performance
Henry Silva (“the Chink”) – The Tall T
Crispin Glover – River’s Edge
Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Claude Rains – Casablanca
Philip Seymour Hoffmam – The Big Lebowski
Actor
Arthur Hunnicutt – The Tall T, El Dorado…
Peter Lorre – The Maltese Falcon, Arsenic and Old Lace…
Walter Brennan – Rio Bravo, To Have and Have Not…
Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoach, High Noon…
Noah Beery Jr. – Red River, Sergent York…
Jack Lemmon to Tony Curtis
Jay to Silent Bob
Fozzie to Kermit
Steve Buscemi to Peter Stromare
Matt Damon to Brad Pitt
Jack Lemmon. <Facepalm> – Yes.
Nice call there.
I wasn’t sure which way to put it, but technically Tony Curtis did get the girl.
Yes “Look at That! Look how she moves. That’s just like Jell-O on springs.”
Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success(1957) is one of the best supporting acting jobs of all-time. He deserves to be on the list for that alone.
I know this is a odd answer but Rocky Balboa’s coach Mickey. His name was Burgess Meredith. I like him. He played it well. Rocky movie have been on TV recently that is why I thought of that.
Riker to Picard
Spock to Kirk
Answer this question 
