10 Best Western Movie Stars 10 大 西 部 片 明 星

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要选出十大西部片明星，难在杰出的演员太多了，他们的演艺生涯都以刻画西部人物为主。20世纪，尤其是20世纪上半叶，西部片是占主导地位的电影类型之一。近几十年，虽然西部片的流行度有所下降，但自默片时代以降，西部电影明星一直都是好莱坞电影公司巨大的摇钱树。

约翰·韦恩

无可争辩之选。韦恩不仅是史上最佳西部片影星，也可以说是史上最受欢迎的影星。

汤姆·米克斯

尽管米克斯的大部分作品都集中于默片，但他是第一个影坛巨星，薪酬不菲。米克斯使西部片更具动感，并以动作主导，由此奠定了西部片未来几十年的形式。

罗伊·罗杰斯

没有看过罗杰斯全盛时期的电影，就很难明白，在20世纪40年代和50年代，罗杰斯究竟有多红。他被誉为“牛仔之王”，也是那个时代西部片中最杰出的牛仔歌手之一。罗杰斯的电影深受孩子们的欢迎，他本人是那个时代最具票房价值的明星之一。

克林特·伊斯特伍德

伊斯特伍德改变了西部片。在他之前，西部片明星饰演的角色都整洁体面，身着熨烫过的衣服，一尘不染，道德纯洁。伊斯特伍德饰演的人物通常蓬头垢面，不修边幅，胡子拉碴。就道德来说，他饰演的英雄和他面对的恶棍大同小异。

加里·库珀

库珀多才多艺。他主演过众多类型的电影，包括喜剧片、剧情片、传记片、冒险片、战争片和西部片。他出演的西部片不是很多，但影片质量颇高，很多都成为永恒的经典，这使他成为电影史上最佳西部片明星之一。

伦道夫·斯科特

斯科特是20世纪40年代和50年代的西部片巨星，但直到今天他的演技仍然被低估。他很多制作精良的电影都是在58岁后拍的。斯科特还是好莱坞最富有的演员之一。

吉恩·奥特里

奥特里是第一个“牛仔歌手”。他的演艺生涯和罗伊·罗杰斯很像。奥特里拍的电影大多质量不高，他是电影史上最会挣钱的西部片明星之一。奥特里的电影和唱片事业，加上他明智的投资，让他腰缠万贯。

胡特·吉布森

如今，吉布森几乎被人们遗忘，但他是从成功的默片演员转型为有声片时代西部片明星的少数几个演员之一。在现实生活中，吉布森就是一个牛仔，还是一个技术熟练的特技演员。

威廉·S.哈特

哈特并非第一个西部片明星，但他是第一个真正的西部片巨星。他让西部片家喻户晓，使之成为可为小型制片公司带来稳定利润的片种。哈特的演艺生涯完全是在默片时代。

William Boyd

Boyd played Hopalong Cassidy in a series of very lucrative films. Boyd was one of the few “good guy” Western stars to dress in black. ■

威廉·博伊德

博伊德在一系列非常赚钱的电影中扮演了霍帕朗·卡西迪。博伊德是为数不多身着黑衣的西部片“好汉”明星之一。 □

The dif ficulty in selecting the 10 best Western movie stars is that there have been so many superb actors who primarily portrayed Western characters.The Western was one of the dominant film genres of the twentieth century,particularly the first half of the century.Although its popularity has waned in recent decades, Western stars have been huge money makers for the Hollywood studios from the silent era onward.

John Wayne

An indisputable choice. Wayne is not only the best Western movie star ever,he is arguably the biggest movie star in history.

Tom Mix

Although most of his work was done in silent films, Mix was the first movie superstar, and was paid an enormous salary. He established the form of the Western movie for decades to come by making Westerns more flamboyant and action oriented.

Roy Rogers

For people who did not see his movies during his heyday, it is difficult to comprehend just how big a star Roy Rogers was during the 1940’s and 1950’s. He was known as the “King of the Cowboys” and was also one of the singing cowboys that were prominent in Western movies at that time. His movies were very popular with children, and Rogers was one of the top box office draws of his era.

Clint Eastwood

Eastwood’s Westerns changed the genre. Previously, Western movie stars were clean cut, wore pressed clothing without a speck of dirt, and were morally pure. Eastwood’s characters were usually scruffy, unshaven, and dirty.With regard to morality, his heroes were little different from the villains he faced.

Gary Cooper

Cooper did it all. He starred in comedies, dramas, biographies, adventures,war movies, and Westerns. He was not a prolific actor in Westerns, but the quality of his films, many of them timeless classics, make him one of the best Western movie stars in film history.

Randolph Scott

Scott was a huge Western star of the 1940’s and 1950’s whose acting is still underrated today. Many of his finest movies were made after he was 58 years old. Scott also became one of the wealthiest actors in Hollywood.

Gene Autry

Autry was the first “Singing Cowboy.” His career mirrors that of Roy Rogers in many ways. Autry did mostly B pictures, and was one of the top money making Western stars in film history.Autry’s film and recording careers,along with his wise investments, made him extremely wealthy.

Hoot Gibson

Almost forgotten today, Gibson was one of the few actors to transition from a successful silent film career to become an enormously popular Western movie star during the sound era. Gibson was also a real life cowboy and a skilled stuntman.

William S. Hart

Hart was not the first Western movie star, but he was the first really big Western movie star. He popularized the genre and established the Western as a reliably pro fitable staple of the smaller studios. Hart’s career was entirely in silent films.