Who is your favorite Republican Film actor?

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: Who is your favorite Republican Film actor?

Which of the following actors who were/are Republicans do you enjoy most in films?

[0007]

1. Donald Duck

[wryter2000]

4. Jimmy Stewart

He enlisted in a real combat position in WWII. Also, he and Henry Fonda remained friends their whole lives. If HF could love him, so could I.

[FARAFIELD]

21. Kevin Costner

Field of Dreams is my favorite movie

[elperromagico]

2. Buddy Ebsen.

[Wickerman]

3. James Stewart

I think Jimmy, were he alive and aware, would be quite saddened by his party these days.

[stinkeefresh]

9. Jimmy is a repub?

Boy, he sure made some lefty films. I guess that's what happens when you work with Capra.

Is there a greater lefty American film than It's a Wondeful Life?

[Wickerman]

10. As the great Jon Lovitz once said - ACTing!!!

wow, did I just type great and then Jon Lovitz? :P

[Feanorcurufinwe]

47. Jon, is that you?

[Canuckistanian]

19. Grapes of Wrath

[AverageJoe]

5. Jimmy Stewart

whatever his personal or political shortcomings, was a great actor. The character he plays in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is so far from the current version of the American Republican. I still cry when I watch that film...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. Robert Duvall..hate his politics, love his acting

[Whitacre D_WI]

27. Best. Stalin. Ever.

Of course, he was also pretty good as Tom Hagen.

[Wapsie B]

39. Yes, Tom Hagen

should've been in III. Duvall is a god.

[mouse7]

7. James Woods

Woods witnessed the 9/11 terrorists on one of their rehersal flights, and actually did the right thing in the situation. Informed the crew, called the FAA, talked about the info to the press, etc.

If other Republicans had done their duty the same way Woods did, 9/11 wouldn't have happened. Most Republicans are simply leeches sucking eveything they can out of society. At least Woods tried to do his part at least once.

I don't know enough about risks Jimmy Stewart may have faced in his military career to comment on him. Not knowledgable enough about him.

[m-jean03]

8. Bruce Willis is a good actor

I loved the Die Hard movies (especially #1), the film adaptation of "In Country" (his performance as Sam's uncle is believable & heartbreaking) and I just saw "The Fifth Element" and loved it -- he was so funny -- not to mention CUTE!

Too bad the guy's a repug and a warmonger, huh?

[Rockholm]

15. Fifth Element is an AWESOME movie!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

30. my favorite Sci-Fi movie....

Bruce Willis really helped make that movie.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Mel Gibson

[Obamarama]

24. SHOCK AND AWE...Mel Gibson from a gay man????

He's a vehement homophobe.

Lucy...you have some splainin' to do!

[Rowdyboy]

33. Hey man! Haven't heard from you in awhile....

You've been sorely missed!

Okay, I abhor Gibson's politics and personal philosophy, obviously. I just think he's a very talented, versatile actor with impressve range. "Braveheart", "Hamlet", "Conspiracy Theory", "Lethal Weapon", "Ransom", "The Patriot" and "What Women Want" are about as diverse a group of films imaginable, yet he pulls them all off.

Anyway, all of the above mentioned Republican actors are total assholes and likely homophobes, if not worse. So why did I pick Mel over the rest? Sigh...'Cause he's still one of the sexiest men I've ever seen in my life. As my partner would say, "I want to bear him strong sons!"

I don't have to agree with the low-life sonovabitch to appreciate him as an actor and an oh-so hot-looking man.

On edit: Its all because he listened to his wife and quit drinking!
:beer:

[LynneSin]

12. Isn't that like asking "what's your favorite form of the plague"

HOwever, since Clint Eastwood helped Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (great progressive thinkers) win Oscars this year, I'll vote for him!

[TN al]

13. I refuse to answer...

...since once I find out they are republican I don't watch them any more. Really a shame that James Woods is a republican though.

[Spirochete]

37. Since Woods opposes the death penalty

how did he ever get into the repubs in the first place?

[DODI]

14. Jimmy Stewart

But I do have respect for Charlton. He marched with King and was very active in the Civil Rights movement and many of his movies could be construed as "lefty" -- Omega Man, Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, etc.

[Norbert]

44. Another vote for James Stewart

Although he was a repub how coud you not like the guy. He was an everyman actor. Anyhow I have a hunch he was much closer to being an Ike Republican than a bu$h and dick neocon.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

16. Dennis Hopper

just came out of the repug closet.

[Political_Junkie]

26. Awww,

Not Hopper! I'm crushed...

[kcwayne]

17. Bonzo

He had more talent than his co-star

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. I thought Tom Selleck was a democrat, but a gun nut too?

[Taverner]

42. Tom Selleck is a repub but....

He came out in support of the Dixie Chicks, saying that by criticizing them the repubs were no better than the dictatorships out there...also went on to say that he respected Natalie Maines position, since she was a mother even though he disagreed...

[jab105]

20. Shirley Temple...heh heh heh...

:)

[bleedingheart]

22. I always find it hard that "Mr. Smith" was a republican

makes me cry....

[sangh0]

23. They're all still alive, right?

Not the way I prefer them. I like the idea of Republicans. The implementation is not quite as good.

[mitchum]

25. William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck...

two incredibly talented actors with screwed-up politics (maybe their heavy drinking was to blame?)

[NightTrain]

28. Never knew that Stewart was a Republican.

Either he wasn't in-your-face about it, or I just didn't pay close enough attention. Whatever his politics, though, Jimmy Stewart was a wonderful actor who made dozens of excellent films!

[Whitacre D_WI]

29. Ronald Reagan.

You can't beat monkey movies with a stick!

[SiobhanClancy]

31. Liam Neeson...

Irish Republican:)

[JohnKleeb]

41. lol he is?

the best kind of republican eh :).

[NNadir]

32. Stewart was the only Repuke actor I've ever been able to stand.

He's the best kind of Republican too, a dead one.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

34. heston

just for his late 60s planet of the apes/omega man/ soylent green sci-fi phase

[Hemprus]

35. Heston..

best role is in the second "Planet of the Apes"movie, when he is blown up by the atomic bomb. You think he would have been into weapons control after that!:crazy:

[dae]

36. Voted for Jimmy Stewart never expecting to see him as a Repub;

otherwise, I would have gone with Bob Hope for all his USO shows for US troops over decades.

[Snow]

38. I like Clint Eastwood, because his spaghetti westerns really honked off

ol' John Wayne. "That's not how the West was!" and so on.
I dunno, though - if a performing artist is really good, do you ignore the rest of the person? I really enjoy Kathleen Battle's singing, but what an obnoxious person! Trying to think here of someone whom I really don't like as a person and therefore I stay away from their performances even though they may be really good.....drawing a blank. Anyone else?

[Norbert]

43. I heard Eastwood bailed out as a repub

but I could be wrong. He's too much of a liberatarian to be a bu$hanista anyway.

[Taverner]

45. He did stump a little for Clinton

He basically hates paying taxes. That's why he became Mayor of Carmel-By-The-Sea, so he could change the way restaraunts are taxed...

[Taverner]

40. James Stewart would be a Democrat today

Like Bob Hope, he was one of the old fashioned Republicans.

You remember, less government, America respected in the world, prosperity shared among the wide spectrum of citizens...

[Norbert]

46. Bo Derek

No wait. I forgot. You wanted people who could act.