Smokey
10-24-2012, 01:22 PM
There has been alot of actors who played Wyatt Earp throu out movie history, so it beg the question as who played the best Wyatt Earp.
For me it is a toss up between Burt Lancaster in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Kurt Russell in Tombstone. OK Corral have a slight edge as a better film, but for Russell's power house performance is hard to match. So will go with Kirk Russell as best W.E. :)
Ranked by release date:
Shawn Roberts, Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012): Val Kilmer does voice-over duty as an aged Earp recalling his younger days played by Shawn Roberts.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34nlnUydb1roycqeo1_500.png
Kevin Costner, Wyatt Earp (1994): Earp from childhood to old age in this 3 hour movie.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01982/wyatt_1982093c.jpg
Kurt Russell, Tombstone (1993): Stone face Wyatt is as tough as they come.
http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/TombstoneRussellCurBaja.jpg
James Garner, Hour of the Gun (1967): Mr. Maverick himself take a wack at Wyatt's more dramatic side.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oQJdU0LTKA/Tyco66--A7I/AAAAAAAACg8/a9azZeq9pmk/s1600/hour+of+the+gun+sturges.png
Guy Madison, Gunmen of the Rio Grande (1965): OK Corral meet spaghetti western.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gws-plIjkeU/TqIBi7ts41I/AAAAAAAACZw/M9TMMtlwev8/s400/guy_madison_img.jpg
Burt Lancaster, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957): A tour-de force performances by Lancaster as Wyatt, and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holiday.
http://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/gunfight-at-the-ok-corral-001.jpg
Joel McCrea, Wichita (1955): The Young Wyatt Earp chronicles.
http://www.franklycollectible.com/images/joel%20mccrea.jpg
Henry Fonda, My Darling Clementine (1946): Directed by John Ford, Fonda's turn as Earp also has to be one of the most easygoing portraits of the man.
http://user.img.todaoferta.uol.com.br/Q/I/2D/MWWFZQ/hugePhoto_4.jpg
Randolph Scott, Frontier Marshall (1939): Randolph Scott playing one of the first screen versions of Earp, as he faces down the Clantons at the O.K. Corral alone.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FhGlJpcytGc/T604D0QfeOI/AAAAAAAAAhk/GU2ASBAkpFw/s1600/randolph-scott+Wyatt+Earp.jpg
For me it is a toss up between Burt Lancaster in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Kurt Russell in Tombstone. OK Corral have a slight edge as a better film, but for Russell's power house performance is hard to match. So will go with Kirk Russell as best W.E. :)
Ranked by release date:
Shawn Roberts, Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012): Val Kilmer does voice-over duty as an aged Earp recalling his younger days played by Shawn Roberts.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34nlnUydb1roycqeo1_500.png
Kevin Costner, Wyatt Earp (1994): Earp from childhood to old age in this 3 hour movie.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01982/wyatt_1982093c.jpg
Kurt Russell, Tombstone (1993): Stone face Wyatt is as tough as they come.
http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/TombstoneRussellCurBaja.jpg
James Garner, Hour of the Gun (1967): Mr. Maverick himself take a wack at Wyatt's more dramatic side.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oQJdU0LTKA/Tyco66--A7I/AAAAAAAACg8/a9azZeq9pmk/s1600/hour+of+the+gun+sturges.png
Guy Madison, Gunmen of the Rio Grande (1965): OK Corral meet spaghetti western.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gws-plIjkeU/TqIBi7ts41I/AAAAAAAACZw/M9TMMtlwev8/s400/guy_madison_img.jpg
Burt Lancaster, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957): A tour-de force performances by Lancaster as Wyatt, and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holiday.
http://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/gunfight-at-the-ok-corral-001.jpg
Joel McCrea, Wichita (1955): The Young Wyatt Earp chronicles.
http://www.franklycollectible.com/images/joel%20mccrea.jpg
Henry Fonda, My Darling Clementine (1946): Directed by John Ford, Fonda's turn as Earp also has to be one of the most easygoing portraits of the man.
http://user.img.todaoferta.uol.com.br/Q/I/2D/MWWFZQ/hugePhoto_4.jpg
Randolph Scott, Frontier Marshall (1939): Randolph Scott playing one of the first screen versions of Earp, as he faces down the Clantons at the O.K. Corral alone.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FhGlJpcytGc/T604D0QfeOI/AAAAAAAAAhk/GU2ASBAkpFw/s1600/randolph-scott+Wyatt+Earp.jpg