CQ — 8
31, March, 2024 – TaleWriter
Comment & Quote
Comment:
Lee Van Cleef was a masterful villain. Although he didn’t always play the role of the bad guy, it seems those are the rolls for which he is most remembered. Even in his brief appearance on an episode of the ‘Andy Griffith Show’, his character was a heel, stealing purses at a carnival stopping in Mayberry.
He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a submarine chaser and then as a sonar-man on a minesweeper.
His movie debut came in 1952 playing Jack Colby in the Western classic, ‘High Noon’ starring Grace Kelly and Gary Cooper. He also made numerous appearances in the early TV Westerns, and usually as the villain.
Van Cleef was good at what he did and well deserving of remembering. Perhaps part of the inscription on his grave marker might say it best: “Best of the Bad”.
. . . And so, I leave you with this . . .
Quote:
“It’s generally more fun playing the villain…”
~~ Charlie Hunnam (Born on April 10, 1980 in Newcastle, England) ~~
Sources:
wideopencountry.com/
themoviedb.org/
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