His Sgt Major O'Rourke in Fort Apache is first rate, but, I'll go with his role as the Reverend-Captain in the Searchers. Bond at his second banana besT. Especially his lines with Pat Wayne as the "shavetail" young Lt.
BOY! WATCH THAT KNIFE!
YOU JUST WATCH ME, BOY! I'M THE HARDCASE YOU'RE DEALING WITH OUT HERE, NOT THOSE CHILDISH SAVAGES!
One of my favorite Bond scenes is from They Were Expendable. Bond was the Chief on Robert Montgomery's PT boat and he was always sniping with Murray Alper, the Chief on Waynes PT boat but, you could tell they were best friends. When Wayne loses his boat and Alper as his Chief, he makes it back to the base and as he tells Montgomery about who he lost, Bond just gets this empty look on his face and says, "that's great, that's just great". Then you could see both the anger and sorrow in his face over losing his buddy and rival.
