Favorite Judge In A Movie?

[Graybeard]

There have been so many memorable courtroom scenes in movies of all kinds; drama, comedy, farce. Often it's not the lawyers doing battle that we remember but the Judge (usually in a small part).

Here are my top five:

Gene Lockhart/Miracle on 34th Street
Fred Gwynne/My Cousin Vinnie
Joseph N. Welsh/Anatomy Of A Murder
Harry Morgan/Inherit The Wind
Spencer Tracy/Judgment At Nurenberg
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[MrScorpio]

1. Liam Dunn - What's Up Doc?

[fishwax]

5. lol

[closeupready]

16. Yes! That was the one I was thinking of, immediately came to mind.

[Orrex]

2. Reinhold

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Nah.

[cemaphonic]

21. ah, cmon, at the very least he had a brilliant agent.

How many other 80s comedies have held up as well as Beverly Hills Cop, Ruthless People, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

[bluesbassman]

3. Judge Roy Bean

[Bucky]

18. Grizzly Adams!!

That's today Googlequest. There really was a Grizzly Adams.

<== for reals!

[Populist_Prole]

4. Joseph Welch as Judge Weaver in 'Anatomy of a Murder'

Was a judge in real life too. Great performance in the film.

[fishwax]

6. Fred Gwynne is the one who popped first to mind

[Frank Cannon]

26. Same here.

How often does a judge character remain in your mind years after you've seen the movie? Just testifies to Gwynne's awesomeness.

[pacalo]

7. Fred Gwynne in "My Cousin Vinny".

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Jack Warden, described in one website as "the gleefully suicidal judge...

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My favorite attempt? When he took Pacino out flying in a
helicopter, calculated the half-way point-of-no-return for
fuel consumption and exceeded that by a coupla minutes
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[kentauros]

22. He was the first one to come to mind, too!

Such a wonderful movie! I better put it in Netflix or I'll forget it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sQzYNoLANrg#t=118s

[BootinUp]

9. I'll just add one

Hangin' Judge Harrison in "Used Cars".

"Are you absolutely certain you understood the question.?"

[kentauros]

24. I don't remember if the commentary on the DVD mentions much about him

because I was wondering what he thought of the role. He played it perfectly, of course, much like Fred Gwynne in "My Cousin Vinny". By the way, if you have the DVD or can rent it, watch with the commentary turned on. It's easily as funny as the movie!

[av8rdave]

10. Ray Walston in "From the Hip" (1987)

He was priceless in that one.

Edward Winter (Col. Flagg from M*A*S*H*) was also great as Raymond Torkenson.

[Denninmi]

14. Ray Walston was also fabulous as Judge Henry Bone

In the 1990's David E. Kelley tv series 'Picket Fences'.

[LynneSin]

11. Judge Reinhold

I WIN!

[CJCRANE]

12. Judge...

[sarge43]

13. Paul Winfield: Larren Lyttle in Presumed Innocent. n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. +1

That whole movie is underrated.

[sarge43]

25. It is

I loved Winfield's "Yo mama" slap down. He clearly was enjoying the moment.

[yankeepants]

15. Sorry TV: Harry Anderson: Night court

[Initech]

17. Stephen Root as the judge from Idiocracy

[Release The Hounds]

19. R. Lee Ermey in Murder in the First

[bigwillq]

20. Fred Gwynne/My Cousin Vinny

The first one that came to my mind.