Best Drunk in a Western film (1 Viewer)

[cosjobs]

There could be a lot of candidates and I'm happy to hear them, but imo, these three are the undisputed triumvirate.

 

[kevzilla]

As much as I love Gene Wilder, Lee Marvin runs away with this one.

 

[cosjobs]

As much as I love Gene Wilder, Lee Marvin runs away with this one.

Not on that horse he doesn't/

I went with Mr. Suave, Dean Martin

 

[peaces]

 I'm your huckleberry.

 

[cosjobs]

 I'm your huckleberry.

Great role, but I think he was more a lunger than a drunk

 

[peaces]

Great role, but I think he was more a lunger than a drunk

 In vino veritas.

 

[cosjobs]

en lungeris sputum

 

[peaces]

en lungeris sputum

Whatever do you mean? 

 

[Ilov80s]

John Wayne for True Grit 

 

[Arizona Ron]

Great role, but I think he was more a lunger than a drunk

What?  He was a drunk so much so that he had cirrhosis

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Went Lee over Dean because it probably required more acting for Lee.

 

[DocHolliday]

Hello.  

You don’t have the best drunk in a western on your list.  Doc was drunk the entire movie. 

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Went Lee over Dean because it probably required more acting for Lee.

I don't know about that......

 

[worrierking]

Good timing on the topic.  I watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance this week, which is a great western.  The Drunk newspaperman (Dutton Peabody) is one of the most over-acted roles I've ever seen. Terrible drunk. I don't know the actor, but it's bad. The rest of the movie is great. 

 

[otb_lifer]

Went Lee over Dean because it probably required more acting for Lee.

... Dino was a master at acting drunk - he allowed that the great majority of time it was actually apple juice in his rock glass.   dude was sharp.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

... Dino was a master at acting drunk - he allowed that the great majority of time it was actually apple juice in his rock glass.   dude was sharp.  

I did hear that for long poker games he hosted he had 2 bottles of vodka, but one was really water.

 

[Ilov80s]

Doc Boone in Stagecoach (played by Thomas Mitchell better known as Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life) has to get some credit. 

 

[cosjobs]

Doc Boone in Stagecoach (played by Thomas Mitchell better known as Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life) has to get some credit. 

Good call. Second tier, but more than solid

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Foster Brooks never seemed to work the Western circuit much. But he would have made a fine town drunk. 

My current favorite wiki quote:

"On the syndicated Steve Allen Show of the 1960s, Allen introduced Brooks as an important movie producer. Brooks stumbled on stage doing his drunk act, fooling some of the other guests. Brooks claimed to be the executive in charge of editing movies for television. His biggest success, he said, was the famous movie The Three Commandments.

His character also claimed to have invented the concept of removing clips from the movies and inserting commercials. "

 

[TripItUp]

Martin in Rio Bravo and it's not remotely close for me.

 

[Otis]

Doc Holliday, Kilmer 

 

[Smack Tripper]

Is there any concept that Terence Hill was playing Trinity drunk or was he just kind of special needs?

 

[fissure man]

Martin in Rio Bravo and it's not remotely close for me.

I feel the same. Kilmer was the better character but Martin was the better drunk for me. 

 

[Apple Jack]

Calamity Jane > all comers

 

[fissure man]

Calamity Jane > all comers

She gets my vote for most annoying drunk. 

 

[Apple Jack]

She gets my vote for most annoying drunk. 

Yikes

 

[cosjobs]

Foster Brooks never seemed to work the Western circuit much. But he would have made a fine town drunk. 

My current favorite wiki quote:

"On the syndicated Steve Allen Show of the 1960s, Allen introduced Brooks as an important movie producer. Brooks stumbled on stage doing his drunk act, fooling some of the other guests. Brooks claimed to be the executive in charge of editing movies for television. His biggest success, he said, was the famous movie The Three Commandments.

His character also claimed to have invented the concept of removing clips from the movies and inserting commercials. "

Never a fan of him, but that bit about editing movies to insert commercials is brilliant.

 

[Chaos Commish]

William Munny falling off the wagon was pretty impressive.

 

[Ilov80s]

William Munny falling off the wagon was pretty impressive.

Yeah, it really is for the best that he stays sober. 

 

[TripItUp]

I feel the same. Kilmer was the better character but Martin was the better drunk for me. 

agreed

 

[Joe Mammy]

Honorable mentions-

John Wayne’s titubating was pretty good in True Grit.

#1 for me has to be Mickey Rourke in Barfly as The Golden Horn was in LA and that’s out west.

 

[Ilov80s]

Honorable mentions-

John Wayne’s titubating was pretty good in True Grit.

Rooster Cogburn deserved a shot in this poll imo 

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Dino Martino was a real drunk though. 

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Paden in Silverado

 

[rockaction]

Don Henley in Desperado

 

[Hov34]

Dean Martin was probably really drunk so, him.

 

[ChiefD]

Rooster Cogburn deserved a shot in this poll imo 

First one I thought of without seeing the pole choices.

 

[Mile High]

Doesn't Robert Mitchum play the same drunk as Martin in El Dorado?

 

[cosjobs]

Doesn't Robert Mitchum play the same drunk as Martin in El Dorado?

Pretty much, but he's not nearly as suave and dreamy. He was more of a mean, pitiful drunk. Probably top 20 or so.

 

[cosjobs]

Is there any concept that Terence Hill was playing Trinity drunk or was he just kind of special needs?

He was no Zachariah

 

[Ilov80s]

####, we done forgot about Hud. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Martin in Rio Bravo and it's not remotely close for me.

It is for me.  I prefer Robert Mitchum in El Dorado.

But The Duke in True Grit rules.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I fell that Jack Elam in Support Your Local Sheriff! should also be considered.

 

[cosjobs]

I fell that Jack Elam in Support Your Local Sheriff! should also be considered.

absolutely

I'll support Elam for anything

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I fell that Jack Elam in Support Your Local Sheriff! should also be considered.

I heard that when he got extremely drunk his eye straightened out.

 

[grateful zed]

Hello.  

You don’t have the best drunk in a western on your list.  Doc was drunk the entire movie. 

what about now?

 

[grateful zed]

does Otis count?

 

[grateful zed]

Dino Martino was a real drunk though. 

Dean Martin was an underrated talent in many areas. As a vocalist he never got his due (“Volare” and “Canadian Sunset” are sublime recordings). He was much funnier than Jerry Lewis, was a quick wit, a good athlete (boxing/golf) and a terrific dramatic actor “Ada”, Toys In the Attic”, “Rio Bravo”, “Some Came Running” and “Mr. Ricco” are prime examples. Check out his dramatic turn in a 1964 episode of “Rawhide”, available on You Tube.

What does this mean? Simple… Dean Martin was not an alcoholic. In fact, he was usually the first one to bed so he could rise early to play golf.

It would have been pure idiocy for NBC-Universal to invest millions into a lazy drunkard. During his years with NBC 1965–1985, he continued to perform live, record, and star in major films. Does that work load coincide with a sot? Not likely. Mr. Martin was also the single, largest individual owner of RCA stock in the world, RCA being, at the time, the parent company of NBC-Universal. He was worth millions at the time of his death. A permanently inebriated clown usually isn’t a savvy investor.

https://www.quora.com/Was-Dean-Martin-really-drunk-all-the-time-Or-was-that-just-his-act