Alpo Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 After watching some clips from SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF, I got to thinking about Mr Dern. Specifically, had he ever played a good guy. Running movies I had seen him in through my mind, he was always a bad guy. Maybe not evil, like in The Cowboys, but criminal, like Joe Danny, or just a not-good guy, like the admiral in DOWN PERISCOPE. So attempting a search on HAS BRUCE DERN EVER PLAYED A GOOD GUY, I end up on his wiki page, where he's talking about James Caan, and says he is not going to retire and let Caan "steal another role from him". That got me curious as to which part he was referencing. Anyone know? Part that was going to go to Dern, but Caan snaked it out from under him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Just a guess, but the one role that would have been notable for Bruce Dern was The Godfather. Like I said... its just a guess. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Dern's biography from IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001136/bio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Another interesting if lengthy piece https://www.avclub.com/bruce-dern-traces-his-career-progression-from-fifth-co-1820481651 I don't think Dern had the physicality to play Sonny Corleone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 I dimly recall Bruce Dern in an outer space movie where he was caretaker of three robots. Not a bad-guy role. Don't recall any others , except the first thing I ever saw him in was when he was a sidekick to Jack Lord in "Stoney Burke" TV show in early 60's. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rex M Rugers #6621 said: I dimly recall Bruce Dern in an outer space movie where he was caretaker of three robots. Not a bad-guy role. Don't recall any others , except the first thing I ever saw him in was when he was a sidekick to Jack Lord in "Stoney Burke" TV show in early 60's. Rex The movie you’re referring to is “Silent Running”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 He was very good in "Nebraska", where he plays (and is) an old man. It's an odd but powerful role and he'd have to be called the good guy in it. He won several awards and got an Oscar nomination for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Liked Stoney Burk. Lot of good actors in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Sandor, SASS #74075 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I can't remember the name of the movie/TV show, but was totally disillusioned when I saw Dern's character take careful aim and shoot a guy by using a two-handed grip! All my Saturday serial/TV heroes - and villains - used one hand, or one gun in each hand. The shot stuck out like a sore thumb, looked totally wrong! CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Count Sandor, SASS #74075 said: I can't remember the name of the movie/TV show, but was totally disillusioned when I saw Dern's character take careful aim and shoot a guy by using a two-handed grip! All my Saturday serial/TV heroes - and villains - used one hand, or one gun in each hand. The shot stuck out like a sore thumb, looked totally wrong! CS James Coburn in “The Magnificent Seven”. Steve McQueen in the same movie! Not at all unusual… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Sandor, SASS #74075 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 27 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: James Coburn in “The Magnificent Seven”. Steve McQueen in the same movie! Not at all unusual… True - but as an official Old Guy, I grew up on 1950's TV westerns and the Saturday western serials at the Rialto Theater, and those are the images I've always had. Truth is, I didn't actually see The Magnificent Seven until I was in my 30's, way past the "formative years!" CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 He played a Judge in 'All the Pretty Horses'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K. Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Maybe it was "Mississippi" in Eldorado? Just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Capt Bob Hyde in Coming Home. A tortured soul. But not a bad man at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I usually remember a face, I know I’ve seen his movies, but I can’t remember a single performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 He struck me as the perennial bad guy / psychotic / whack job, but that all changed watching him play the role in Silent Running. That man can act. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 5 hours ago, T.K. said: Maybe it was "Mississippi" in Eldorado? Just a guess. As James Caan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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