Bruce Derns question

[Bugler 116]

Does anyone know of any movies where he was NOT the quintessential bad guy? He was sort of type cast like John Wayne was but on the dark side. He was SO good at the bad guy role that you loved to hate him....especially in the Cowboys

 

Bugler

[Silver Sam, SASS #34718L 483]

In Silent Running he played a gardener/astronaut in charge of all the plants left on earth...

I don't remember him being the "Bad Guy' in that one

[Tennessee Stud 218]

Silver Sam is right... Silent Running was a good movie, too.

 

But Bruce Dern was not really a bad guy in the movie... Last Man Standing... with Bruce Willis as the main character. In that movie... Bruce Dern was just a seat-warmin' lawman... not much "do anything" about him.

 

ts

[Chickamauga Charlie, SASS #47963 1]

He wasn't a bad guy in All the pretty horses or the hateful eight,although I guess he had a questionable past in H8

CC

[Russ T. Sites 128]

Check out Nebraska , plays a cranky old man who gets a letter saying he was a prize winner

[Ruidoso, SASS #66801 7]

Family Plot directed by Alfred Hitchcock, he was really funny.

[Silver Shadow 4]

Check out Nebraska , plays a cranky old man who gets a letter saying he was a prize winner

 

I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska.

[CodyMaverick 258]

I liked him in Support Your Local Sheriff, being a murderer doesn't make you a bad guy, does it?

 

I also thought he had a pretty funny character in The Burbs.

[Tennessee Stud 218]

I liked him in Support Your Local Sheriff, being a murderer doesn't make you a bad guy, does it?

 

 

 

hehehe... well... have you ever gone on trial fer murder? I know someone who has. I'd say... you are misguided... but I do appreciate yore humor.

 

ts

[J-BAR #18287 5,264]

He was Carrol O'Conner 's deputy in Waterhole #3; ain't that right John?

[Cat Brules 1,726]

I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska.

Why? Cuz he killed John Wayne?

Hell, after "The Cowboys," even JW's younger kids were scared of him!

:-)

[Tennessee Stud 218]

Why? Cuz he killed John Wayne?

Hell, after "The Cowboys," even JW's younger kids were scared of him!

:-)

 

 

From Bruce Dern's own words...

 

John Wayne tole him... "You gonna be hated after this movie"... (paraphrasin')...

 

Just an FYI...

 

ts

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life 854]

 

I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska.

That just shows how good a character actor he was.

[Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life 361]

If I recall correctly, in "Silent Running" he killed the rest of the crew to keep them from jettisoning the forests and slowly went mad with Huey, Louie, and Dewy (the robots).

[Tennessee Stud 218]

If I recall correctly, in "Silent Running" he killed the rest of the crew to keep them from jettisoning the forests and slowly went mad with Huey, Louie, and Dewy (the robots).

 

 

So... what's yore point?

 

ts

[Bramble Mountain Buzzard 115]

In the movie "On the Edge" he's the hero. He plays an aging runner that enters a competition run by one of his former colleges turned advisory.

Edited December 13, 2016 by Bramble Mountain Buzzard

[Ventura Slim, SASS #35690 30]

He plays that evil look like he knows it.

[Tennessee Stud 218]

 

 

So... what's yore point?

 

ts

 

 

That's what I figgered... 'cause I got all them old emails... ALL OF 'EM.

 

There was never any threats to anybody... real or imagined. NOBODY.

 

Since ya can't alter "sent" emails... anybody wants to see 'em... I will give them free reign to inspect 'em... and investigate 'em.

 

Ya know... sometimes... it's better to bury the hatchet... than to carry it to yore grave. That's not a threat... but I could understand you takin' it so... but that is just ME. I am trying to live to January 1st.

 

Got nothin' to add... how 'bout you? What's a matter... cat got yore tongue?

 

ts

[Cat Brules 1,726]

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[Bugler 116]

Same here What the .....???????????????????????

 

This is a thread about Bruce Derns and how well he did his job on bad guy roles, and whether or not he had any good guy roles.

 

Bugler

[Cemetery 272]

Wasn't Bruce Dern the only guy to shoot John Wayne in the back?

 

I'm not a John Wayne or the highway fan of his, but after that, I wanted to punch Bruce Dern in the face, even if it was 40 years after the movie!

[Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 4,441]

Dern played a conflicted town marshal in Last Man Standing. He got Bruce Willis his twin 1911's back so he could smoke the whole town.

[Charlie Whiskers 246]

He was the car mechanic in the St Valentines day Massacre. He was not part of Moran's gang just his mechanic that got caught up and killed for being there.

[Irish-Pat 287]

In "Coming Home" he commits suicide rather than be married to Jane Fonda. I was proud of him!

[Sawhorse Kid 706]

All the Pretty Horses, he plays a judge.

[Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life 361]

In "Down Periscope" he plays an Admiral who is trying to rig a sea trial by using a screw-up captain (Kelsey Grammer) and a broken down sub. He might not be a "bad" guy, but he sure isn't "good".

[Forty Rod SASS 3935 6,401]

Wasn't Bruce Dern the only guy to shoot John Wayne in the back?

 

I'm not a John Wayne or the highway fan of his, but after that, I wanted to punch Bruce Dern in the face, even if it was 40 years after the movie!

How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist?

 

Or the cute girl in El Dorado?

[Blackwater 53393 4,928]

How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist?

 

Or the cute girl in El Dorado?

 

 

That's the ones I remember.

[Cemetery 272]

How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist?

 

Or the cute girl in El Dorado?

 

Haven't seen The Shootist in decades, and not familiar with El Dorado........

[Yul Lose 5,973]

In "Coming Home" he commits suicide rather than be married to Jane Fonda. I was proud of him!

A true bad guy would have killed Jane Fonda.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935 6,401]

 

Haven't seen The Shootist in decades, and not familiar with El Dorado........

What? That's almost unAmerican. Go get and watch it.

 

Are you still sitting there? Go get it NOW!!!

[Shooting Bull 1,916]

In "Down Periscope" he plays an Admiral who is trying to rig a sea trial by using a screw-up captain (Kelsey Grammer) and a broken down sub. He might not be a "bad" guy, but he sure isn't "good".

 

Funny, I don't remember anyone other than Lt Emily Lake from that movie.

[Yusta B. 1,373]

A true bad guy would have killed Jane Fonda.

So would a true good guy !

[SaukValley Sam, SASS # 66557 28]

 

 

From Bruce Dern's own words...

 

John Wayne tole him... "You gonna be hated after this movie"... (paraphrasin')...

 

Just an FYI...

 

ts

Then Dern said "but they'll love me in Berkley!". Also paraphrasing)

[Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life 361]

 

Funny, I don't remember anyone other than Lt Emily Lake from that movie.

 

She was, ahem, Mammiorable.