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williamlayton:
i, sittin here thinkin again--who, in your opinion and why, presented a clear picture of the cowboy on the silver screen?

i will start by saying i've considered a number of folks-not all of them actors-some of them directors some writers.
lets see-randolf scott--always had feed for the hoss. was not always a good guy. his movies were not always spectactural but were very introspective-maybe not historical-but thinking. the first adult westerns in many ways.
john wayne--bigger than life-probable bigger than he really was--but boy can't argue the impact. just a after thought--what would he have been without john ford. historically accurate? close call here but in many ways-most of them in the character of a western man a no brainer--read the history of the folks that were real cowboys--their character was the same.
modern- no question in my mind-tom selleck. character of a cowboy without parallal. historically correct-the outfits and weapons-absolutely. has presented some of the best writers of western fiction in a way that does the story justice.
end of string here-can't spell this am-no apologies as it will not get any better.
blessings

.45 COLT:
For modern, Sam Elliot runs Tom Selleck a pretty close second.

Capt Hamp Cox:
Ben Johnson as probably one of the most believable cowboy "types" in everything he appeared in, and Robert Duvall for a really bang up job in Lonesome Dove.  Duvall had (down pat) the old west mannerisms (hand movements, facial expressions, sense of humor, vocabulary etc.) displayed by many of the old timers I remember when I was growing up in central Texas.  Out of the current crop of actors, I've got to go along with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot (in that order).  Selleck's personal interest in all things "Old West" comes through loud and clear in the historical accuracy of his recent movies.

Hud:
Wilford Brimley has to be included with Wayne, Selleck, and Elliot.

Hud

Capt Hamp Cox:
Got in too much of a hurry and forgot Richard Farnsworth.

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