The best Blofeld?

MustonMuston Huncote, Leicestershire Posts: 228MI6 Agent
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I'm sure this has been discussed before, but who is your favourite actor to have played the evil one? Though I liked the look of Donald Pleasence and he did a very good job of the part, my favourite is the unofficial one, Max von Sydow. His manner and sure-faced appearance was very much the Blofeld I imagined in the novels.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Telly Savalas for me, he was Brilliant. -{
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  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    Agreed, Telly Savalas, though admittedly his was the best film!

    Not a fan of Charles Gray's portrayal, but again that was as much to do with the humour quotient of the film and so not his fault. Anyone who's seen The Devil Rides Out will know he was capable of acting malevolence superbly.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Agreed Charles Gray was a Great actor and I guess if it had of been a more serious film, we might
    of had a more menacing performance.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Definitely Telly for me. I liked that he'd get his hands dirty, getting stuck into the ski chases rather than sitting behind a desk barking orders to lackeys.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    I preferred him when he wasn't seen. They all played the part well, though Donald Pleasence was the least menacing. I always liked Charles Gray, not so much that he was Blofeld but that he came across as the sort of bloated, arrogant lunk that was a typical CEO then and now. Someone -- Benson, maybe -- said that Telly Savalas was more like a gangster, and I will say he wasn't what I pictured sitting in the chair in the early movies. But he fits for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Telly savalas as Blofeld. His Portrayal was closer to what the Novels described him as.
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  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    Savalas is my favorite. His voice, mannerisms, and menace really fit the picture for me.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I always loved the way Telly Savalas held his cigarettes, almost like a pen, or a pointer.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Someone -- Benson, maybe -- said that Telly Savalas was more like a gangster, and I will say he wasn't what I pictured sitting in the chair in the early movies. But he fits for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

    couldn't have said it better! -{
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  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I always loved the way Telly Savalas held his cigarettes, almost like a pen, or a pointer.

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Even then he must of been practicing for holding his lollipops. :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    " Who loves ya baby !" :D
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Telly for me as the best Blofeld as well and if they brought back Blofeld or a similar sort of character then I would love Mark Strong for the role but obviously if Our Idriss was unavailable :)) :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    -{ I'd love to see Mark Strong as a villain, even if not Blofeld. :D
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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Telly Savalas is the best. Tremendous urbane charm & I love his spill-the-beans speech to Bond.
    Charles Gray has some great lines but is miscast because I associate him with Dikko Henderson.
    Donald Pleasance looks okay but comes across a bit too petulant.
    Max Von Sydow is utterly wasted.

    I agree totally about Mark Strong.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Savalas without a doubt. Oh how I would have loved to see his Blofeld facing Connery's Bond!
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  • Unknown007Unknown007 Posts: 201MI6 Agent
    Always wondered who Sir Sean Connery thought was his favourite Actor playing Blofeld was? Shame we'll probably never know.
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Probably Anthony Dawson since his favourite Bond film is FRWL.
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  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    Telly Savalas for me too; looks like he gets the popular vote!! :D
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Yes Savalas for me too. His was the only Blofeld who looked as though he would have been Bond's equal in a fight. The others wouldn't have stood a chance against Connery or Lazenby.

    Would love to see Russell Crowe or Tom Hardy as Blofeld...
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Could anyone answer this,
    I always thought that Eric Pohlmann, did the voice of Blofeld in Thunderball but reading R Benson's
    The James Bond bedside companion, He states that J Wiseman did it. Now is this a Mistake, or have I beeen
    giving the wrong answer in Quizzes :))
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    For me it is the unseen Blofeld from the earlier movies. He was by far the most of an enigma.
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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Could anyone answer this,
    I always thought that Eric Pohlmann, did the voice of Blofeld in Thunderball but reading R Benson's
    The James Bond bedside companion, He states that J Wiseman did it. Now is this a Mistake, or have I beeen
    giving the wrong answer in Quizzes :))

    The voices are certainly different. I'd say Raymond Benson is correct. Perhaps Joe Wiseman did it as a favour to Terence Young.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Gives me an excuse to watch it again, and I'll listen out this time. :D
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Gives me an excuse to watch it again, and I'll listen out this time. :D

    Sure - like you need an excuse! :))
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Their voices are different. If it WAS Wiseman in TB, he didn't sound like that in Dr No
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes, I'm confused, and not in the usual way. Of walking into a room and wondering why
    I'd gone in, in the first place. :))
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  • Dexter SmytheDexter Smythe Close to Fort KnoxPosts: 47MI6 Agent
    Telly Savalas...........his portrayal was closer to the novel...... "Like a waxwork display for morbid tourists." :v
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    Different sources (Steven Jay Rubin, Graham Rye, etc) claim different voices for Blofeld in TB, sometimes contradicting themselves. Officially it seems the credit* is for Eric Pohlmann, who had provided No.1's voice for FRWL while others insist it's Joseph Wiseman. To my ears it sounds like Wiseman- compare the scene in DN when Prof Dent is given the tarantula with the SPECTRE briefing in TB.
    All seem agreed that the body is Anthony Dawson (Dent, of course) in both FRWL and TB.


    * no actual credit given, of course.
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