The 100 Greatest Movie Characters Of All Time

Once again, I’m sharing with Funfare readers interesting trivia from one of the US magazines my New York-based friend Raoul Tidalgo (columnist and entertainment editor of The Filipino Reporter) sends me regularly as sustento.

Here’s the list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters Of All Time (in Hollywood movies), compiled by Premiere magazine:
1. Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando in Godfather (1972)
2. Fred C. Dobbs, by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
3. Scarlett O’Hara, by Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind (1939)
4. Norman Bates, by Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
5. James Bond, by Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962) and in six later films
6. Annie Hall, by Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (1977)
7. Indiana Jones, by Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and two later films
8. Ellen Ripley, by Sigourney Weaver in Alien (1979) and three later films
9. Jeff Spicoli, by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
10. Gollum, by Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003)
11. Margo Channing, by Bette Davis in All About Eve (1950)
12. Charles Foster Kane, by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)
13. Atticus Finch, by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
14. Randle Patrick McMurphy, by Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
15. Hannibal Lecter, by Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs (1991) and two later films
16. Robin Hood, by Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
17. Dorothy Gale, by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
18. Carl Spackler, by Bill Murray in Caddyshack (1980)
19. Rick Blaine, by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)
20. Detective Virgil Tibbs, by Sidney Poitier in In The Heat of the Night (1967) and one later film
21. Susan Vance, by Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby (1938)
22. Travis Bickle, by Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)
23. Ethan Edwards, by John Wayne in The Searchers (1956)
24. The Little Tramp, by Charlie Chaplin in scores of films, beginning (makeup-wise, at least) with 1914’s Mabel’s Strange Predicament
25. Gordon Gekko, by Michael Douglas in Wall Street (1987)
26. E.T. in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
27. Marge Gunderson, by Frances McDormand in Fargo (1996)
28. Captain Quint, by Robert Shaw in Jaws (1975)
29. Daphne/Jerry, by Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)
30. King Kong in King Kong (1933)
31. Norma Desmond, by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
32. Holly Golightly, by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
33. Ratso Rizzo, by Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (1969)
34. Bonnie Parker, by Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
35. Dr. Evil, by Mike Myers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and two later films
36. Alex Forrest, by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)
37. Jake Gittes, by Jack Nicholson in Chinatown (1974) and one later film
38. Willy Wonka, by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
39. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels, by Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982)
40. The Terminator, by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984) and two later films
41. Jane Craig, by Holly Hunter in Broadcast News (1987)
42. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) and four later films
43. Forrest Gump, by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
44. Jules Winnfield, by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction (1994)
45. Mary Poppins, by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins (1964)
46. John McClane, by Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988) and two later films
47. Mrs. Robinson, by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (l967)
48. John "Bluto" Blutarsky, by John Belushi in Animal House (1978)
49. Chance the Gardener, by Peter Sellers in Being There (1979)
50. Blondie, by Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
51. Freddy Krueger, by Robert Englund in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and too many later films
52. Howard Beale, by Peter Finch in Network (1976)
53. Ninotchka, by Greta Garbo in Ninotchka (1939)
54. Frank Booth, by Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet (1986)
55. The Dude, by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)
56. Alan Swann, by Peter O’Toole in My Favorite Year (1982)
57. Tom Powers, by James Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931)
58. Phyliss Dietrichson, by Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944)
59. Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, by Robert Duval in Apocalypse Now (1979)
60. George Bailey, by James Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
61. J.J. Hunsecker, by Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
62. John Shaft, by Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1971)
63. Carrie White, by Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)
64. Rocky Balboa, by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976) and four later films
65. Edward Scissorhands, by Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
66. Navin Johnson. a.k.a. the Jerk, by Steve Martin in The Jerk (1979)
67. Inspector Jacques Clouseau, by Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther (1964) and four later films
68. Alex DeLarge, by Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
69. Terry Malloy, by Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)
70. Judy Benjamin, by Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin (1980)
71. Rev. Harry Powell, by Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter (1955)
72. Lloyd Dobler, by John Cusack in Say Anything (1989)
73. Norma Rae, by Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)
74. Tony Montana, by Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)
75. Dr. Strangelove, by Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
76. Tony Manero, by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
77. Annie Wilkes, by Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)
78. "Mad" Max Rockatansky, by Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979)
79. Hans Beckert, by Peter Lorre in M (1931)
80. Sam Spade, by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
81. Aurora Greenway, by Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment (1983)
82. Jack Torrance, by Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)
83. William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, by Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York (2002)
84. Darth Vader, by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones in Star Wars (1977) and two later films
85. Stanley Kowalski, by Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
86. Melanie Daniels, by Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
87. Captain Jack Sparrow, by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
88. Raymond Babbitt, by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988)
89. Sandy Olsson, by Olivia Newton-John in Grease (1978)
90. John Malkovich, by John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich (1999)
91. Mrs. Iselin, by Angela Lansbury in The Machurian Candidate (1962)
92. Dil, by Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game (1992)
93. Harry Lime, by Orson Welles in The Third Man (1949)
94. Rose Sayer, by Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)
95. Oda Mae Brown, by Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost (1990)
96. Tommy DeVito, by Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990)
97. Ace Ventura, by Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
98. Antoine Doinel, by Jean-Pierre Leaud in The 400 Blues (1959)
99. Kevin McCallister, by Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone (1990) and one later film
100. Roger "Verbal" Kint, by Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects (1995)

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