Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Listomania / Take 6


          Actors who were cast or considered 

          for roles that went to other people:

          Bela Lugosi as the Monster 
          in "Frankenstein"
          The role went to Boris Karloff.

          George Raft as Sam Spade 
          in "The Maltese Falcon"
          The role went to Humphrey Bogart.

          Marlon Brando as T.E. Lawrence 
          in "Lawrence of Arabia"
          The role went to Peter O'Toole. 

          Robert Redford as Benjamin Braddock 
          in "The Graduate"
          The role went to Dustin Hoffman.

          Steve McQueen as Sundance 
          in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
          The role went to Robert Redford.

          Lee Marvin as Pike Bishop 
          in "The Wild Bunch"
          The role went to William Holden.

          Frank Sinatra as Inspector Harry Callahan 
          in "Dirty Harry"
          The role went to Clint Eastwood.

          Steve McQueen as Kurtz 
          in "Apocalypse Now"
          The role went to Marlon Brando.

          Burt Lancaster as Ambrose Bierce 
          in "Old Gringo"
          The role went to Gregory Peck.

          Paul Newman as Stephen Katz 
          in "A Walk In the Woods"
          After Newman's death, the role went to Nick Nolte.