Jack Warden : What's Your Favorite Jack Warden Role?
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WELL, Brian's Song comes to mind.
and Being There
you look like a BLUEBERRY
and Being There
you look like a BLUEBERRY
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"Used Cars" always comes to mind first but what was really memorable to me was when he played against the grain, quite serious and scary, in "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing" - i last saw this about 15 years ago. He kills Bo Hopkins with his bare hands and then it took everything Burt Reynolds (in his prime) had to stop him; Jack was also a rapist in this one. Whatta villain. Hard to believe it's the same guy from "And Justice For All", "While You Were Sleeping", "Heaven Can Wait" etc.
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Jackie in "The Champ." It was a brief role but he had a touching scene with a tearful Rick Schroeder in the end.
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While You Were Sleeping, so sad that he has passed
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I love him in While You Were Sleeping too. I thought he and Sandra had such great comedic chemistry. I've seen him in so many things but that's my favorite.
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I think it's Dr. Ludwig Bessner in Death on the nile.
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Juror #7 IN ''12 Angry Men''not just for the inane reason he gives for voting ''not guilty'' but the totally indignant reaction his vote gets from juror #11. A great moment.
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big benalthough i'm an orioles fan, and i loved when he mentioned them in "12 angry men"
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That was going to be my answer word for word, that helicopter scene is ridiculously funny.
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There are so many to name just one. My favorites would be:
The Verdict- He was just perfect as Paul Newman's friend and former boss who teams with him to win his case.
Shampoo- I always thought he deserved the Oscar for his superlative performance as Julie Christie's lover and Warren Beatty's possible investor.
Used Cars - Just hilarious !
All the President's Men - He stole every scene he was in
There are so many more - He alone made Problem Child watchable.
One of the Greatest Charactor Actor's ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
The Verdict- He was just perfect as Paul Newman's friend and former boss who teams with him to win his case.
Shampoo- I always thought he deserved the Oscar for his superlative performance as Julie Christie's lover and Warren Beatty's possible investor.
Used Cars - Just hilarious !
All the President's Men - He stole every scene he was in
There are so many more - He alone made Problem Child watchable.
One of the Greatest Charactor Actor's ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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I gotta go with "Used Cars." He was great in a duel role in that particular film. Rest in peace, Jack Warden; I miss you already.
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Pops in Dirty Work is my all time favorite Jack Warden role but I also liked him on Problem Child as Big Ben.
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NIGHT AND THE CITY, he was great in that movie. See it when you have a chance.
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For me, it's a tossup between "The Replacements" and "Run Silent, Run Deep". Also, there was "The Lonely", the Twilight Zone episode.
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Definitely USED CARS. But the sadly overlooked SO FINE should be mentioned and hasn't been in this thread yet. Nearly as many great, profane lines as he had in USED CARS: "I Used to ^&%$ like that!" "You're a mature woman, may I use a mature phrase? We call this cheap ^&%%!" and, of course, the great, great line while he observes the streets of Venice. Classic stuff!
SHAMPOO, THE VERDICT and AND JUSTICE FOR ALL also deserve mention, along with his great supporting part in MIGHTY APRHODITE.
SHAMPOO, THE VERDICT and AND JUSTICE FOR ALL also deserve mention, along with his great supporting part in MIGHTY APRHODITE.
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I know this might sound morbid but it's not intended to be "Things to do in Denver when your Dead"as Joe Heff the story teller in the malt shop,of course in "U.C's"&"D.W". and a memorable line that I've always remembered why? I don't know. playing Houston as his character in "Escape from Zahrain".Houston:"Yeah,I had a wife and two beautiful children".Laila:"Well, what happened to them?" Houston:"I uhh woke one morning and I ate em up"??!!
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"12 Angry Men" from the few movies I have seen. I like the humorous emotion his character had.
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Big Ben Healy in Problem child
Frigging hillarious,and made me a fan of his!!
Frigging hillarious,and made me a fan of his!!
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Spoiler Alert
Let me just mention that the wordless expression on his face in the Verdict when the jury asked whether they were limited in the amount that they could award spoke volumes, was priceless and is one of the top cinematic moments for me ever.
Let me just mention that the wordless expression on his face in the Verdict when the jury asked whether they were limited in the amount that they could award spoke volumes, was priceless and is one of the top cinematic moments for me ever.
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He gave wonderful performances in both the Verdict and 12 Angry Men. Those are the two best courtroom dramas I've seen and Jack Warden was wonderful in both.
Jack Warden comes off as a very likeable person, probably because of a good sense of humor but he was very good in dramatic roles too.
Jack Warden comes off as a very likeable person, probably because of a good sense of humor but he was very good in dramatic roles too.
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I was going to nominate The Verdict as well. He just added, or brought more to the Newman character with his presence and role.
Others I've seen:
From Here to Eternity
12 Angry Men
Brian's Song
Shampoo
All the President's Men
Being There
And Justice for All
Guilty as Sin
While You Were Sleeping
Others I've seen:
From Here to Eternity
12 Angry Men
Brian's Song
Shampoo
All the President's Men
Being There
And Justice for All
Guilty as Sin
While You Were Sleeping
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He was first rate as the lead role in the mid 1970's "Police Story" episode titled as "The Watch Commander". Great job, Jack.
He was also great in "Used Cars", an underrated movie, imho.
He was also great in "Used Cars", an underrated movie, imho.
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I thought he was great in ESCAPE FROM ZAHRAIN, which has recently been released on DVD.
Worth checking out.
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I saw him late last night in 'Raid on Entebbe', a well-made TV movie about Israelis taken hostage by Palestinians in 1976. I started reminiscing about Warden after that. A few great roles and a thousand really good ones for him; I'm a huge fan. He made every movie that he was in better. He was an imposing masculine force on the screen, and he will be missed. RIP.
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SHAMPOO was on TCM last night; I forgot how good he was. But I think my favorite Jack Warden role will always be THE VERDICT. He just seemed so believable in that role, it wasn't like acting. Very surprised he wasn't nominated.
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How can we forget Jack Warden's role with Paul Newman in the 1982 move: "The Verdict". As the assistant to his down and and out law partner, he performance was authentic and believable. He was the best! 
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Big Ben
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While you were sleeping with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. I also loved, loved, loved, 12 angry men. I'm 57 and saw it for the first time just a few months ago. Great movie.
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Great Muppet Caper and the Problem Child series
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What's Your Favorite Jack Warden Role?