Who is your favorite bad guy in a non John Wayne Western

My favorites are:

Bruce Dern "Support Your Local Sheriff"
Jack Palance "Shane"
Glenn Ford "3:10 to Yuma" (1957)
Russell Crowe "3:10 to Yuma" (2007)
Broderick Crawford "The Fastest Gun Alive"
Richard Kiel "Pale Rider"
John Russell "Pale Rider"
Mitch Ryan "Monte Walsh" (1970)
Joaquin Martinez "Ulzana's Raid"

Walter Brennan- My Darling Clementine, How The West Was Won!
Henry Fonda- Once Upon A Time In The West
Glenn Ford- 3:10 To Yuma
Gene Hackman- Unforgiven

Stephen McNally - Dutch Henry Brown - Winchester '73
Harvey Korman - Hedley Lamar - Blazing Saddles
Neville Brand - Bart Bogardus - Tin Star
De Forest Kelley - Curley Burne - Warlock
Dave Waggoman - Alex Nicol - The Man From Laramie
Arthur Kennedy - Emerson Cole - Bend of the River

Cheers

Eli Wallach-Magnificent seven
Karl Malden-Nevada Smith
Emilio Estevez-Young Guns (technically Billy the kid was a bad guy)
Michael Biehn-Tombstone
Powers Booth-Tombstone
Russell Crowe-3:10 to yuma
I cant think of many oldschool western bad guys outside of John Wayne movies that I liked.

I'll give Karl Malden another vote for his role in "One Eyed Jacks."

Some faves of mine are:

Eli Wallach in: The Magnificent Seven.
Burt Lancaster in: Vera Cruz.
Stephen McNally in: Winchester '73.
Dan Duryea in: Winchester '73.

My vote is for Jack Elam. He is in many westerns...

Don Knotts and Tim Conway in The Apple Dumpling Gang!!!

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My vote is for Jack Elam. He is in many westerns...

Hi there and welcome to this fine site.

Jack Elam in: "The Comancheros" is another favorite of mine as well as Walter Brennan in: "My Darling Clementine." To add yet another: Lee Marvin in: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and in: The Comancheros."

And finally, another favorite is Michael Ansara in: "The Comancheros."

Here's a few,

Chuck Connors- The Big Country
Steve Ihnat- Hour Of The Gun
John Ireland- Gunfight At The OK Corral
Lyle Bettger- Gunfight At The OK Corral
Alan Rickman- Quigley Down Under
Bill McKinney- Outlaw Josey Wales
Frank Silvera- Hombre
Emilio Fernandez- The Wild Bunch

Lon Chaney Jr. as the bad sheriff in Buckskin;
Ben Johnson's bully in Shane;
Aldo Ray as the bad guy in Welcome to Hard Times;
Royal Dano in Red-Headed Stranger;
Alan Rickman as Marsten in Quigley Down Under;
Will Geer in Bandelero

Hi

Lyle Bettger in any of his films
Dan Duryea in Ride Clear of Diablo
Jack Elam again in any of is films


Regards

Arthur

Great topic. You have to have a great villain for the heroes to triumph.

Eli Wallach in Magnificent Seven.

Jack Palance in The Professionals

Lee J. Cobb in Man of the West

Anthony Franciosa in Rio Conchos

Brian Dennehy in Silverado

Alfonso Arau in Wild Bunch and Three Amigos

We deal in lead, friend.

I liked Sean Bean in the James Bond movie he made. He made a perfect bad guy ;-))

richard boone -the man without a star/the tall t
wes studi -last of the mohicans
leo gordon -- ten wanted men
arthur kennedy-- bend of the river
hugh marlowe-- bugles in the afternoon
jack elam --- rawhide

Thought of another one, er, three.
The incomparable casting of Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin and Jack Elam as the Three Stooges homicidal maniacs in Hannie Caulder.

We deal in lead, friend.

Jack Palance as Jack Wilson in Shane
Emile Meyer as Rufe Ryker in Shane
John Dierkes as Morgan Ryker in Shane
Wes Studi as The Pawnee in Dances With Wolves
Powers Booth in Tombstone
Mike Biehn in Tombstone
Stephen Lang in Tombstone
Michael Gambon in Open Range
Kim Coates in Open Range, his role was very brief as the gunman Butler but, he was good.