I worked as a reenactor with Sam Elliot who was cast in the lead role on the TV movie "Gone to Texas" (aka "Houston, the Legend of Texas") in 1986. I found Sam to be a charismatic, down-to-earth gentleman who never put himself above the other actors or even the reenactors. I believe THAT is the essence of Sam Elliot, regardless of the role he is playing... not to mention the fact that whatever character is is portrying, his performance is consistently realistic and convincing.
Sad this was one of my least favorite movie that Sam made. I liked the Sacketts, Conager, and the quick and the dead. Along with his top three as a start i just like his movies.
The sackets,with Sam and Tom selleck(who also represents a cowboy style unmatched) the bond between brothers and their families. During civil war era. Catch it sometime
The Sackett's and We Were Soldiers were cast perfectly. I've tried to imagine different actors playing the part of Tel Sackett and CSM Basil Plumley and nobody else could have done it as well.
You can’t leave out “Conaugher”. It was such a love story. Inspite of everything that got in his way he never forgot her. I loved him in “Tombstone” too. But that wasn’t a happily ever after. Not when your crippled and separated from your family. In this country we favor the underdog. We want him to win in the end. Only in “Conaugher” does he beat the bad guys and get the girl. Not in the others. It’s the hardest movie cuz he does it all on his own. No modern conveniences. Of course I’m not a man. But I was raised to admire men who followed the “Code of the West”. You don’t have to be a cowboy to believe in its rules. Just be raised on westerns. You can tell the differences in different types men. I learned to see the world through the influence of men like John Wayne and Hugh O’Brian when I was growing up. The values and traditions of western films stays in your memories waiting for those moments in your own life when you have something important to say or do. You don’t forget them or their memorable moments. John Wayne showed that age doesn’t matter when it comes to believing in your own values and doing what you believe in. Hugh O’Brian was so good at his six year portrayal in the 1950’s and early 1960’s that he was respected as that great lawman Wyatt Earp his whole life. You tube has been a big help reminding this country of its memorable actors like Sam Elliot.
I met him one night in Daytona Beach 1975 or 6 (spring break) and he was on a promotional thing for Lifeguard. I went up to him and said I recognized him from a bit part in Policewoman. He was amazed as he was completely unknown and told me a had one helluva memory. We hung in the bar with the large crowd and had quite a number of beers together as he was by himself. A great down to earth personable guy just like his characters.
One more thing that totally rocks about Sam Elliott are the "looks" he gives to the women in his movies. I have been known to play over and over when he first sees Katherine Ross standing in the doorway in Conagher and also the supper scene when she is serving coffee. There is a scene in Quick and the Dead when he stares down Kate Capshaw in the waterfall. Can someone give me oxygen? Those scenes take my breath away!!;)
Funny. I just saw this movie yesterday. And it's one of the few films where he's over 40 and doesn't have a mustache. Sam Elliott is a consummate cool, take no BS kinda guy although I'm sure he and I vote for the same person I just like the guy and I think he's given Great Performances and I would say the film Tombstone is number one. I think he has more in common with Gary Cooper than probably his other Heroes. Cooper had that Honesty, Integrity that he brought to his character roles and I think Elliot went allowed to that's the same. Seems like a great guy
For a non-cowboy role: Mask For a more recent film: Did You Hear About The Morgan’s? (Loved that one, he’s so funny) He’s great in everything else he’s ever done.
For me its Tombstone..have watched it a dozen times and can't get enough..he fits best in cowboy roles and his voice its awesome..mind you that moustache looks great on him🧡🧡
"We were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson and Elliot playing a grist-led experienced sergeant major is one that should be considered which promotes Elliot as being iconic.
In the Cvil War reenactor world, he is noted for playing Cavalry Division Commander, General John Buford in the movie Gettysburg. General Buford was in the Union Army of the Potomac that made first contact with the Confederates which began the battle.
He made an authentic Buford. I read somewhere that he took it upon himself to stress his costume uniform so it would look like it had been on a campaign. Elliot brought Buford to life, way more than an actor playing a character.
Sam Elliott's characterization of Major General John Buford in the film _Gettysburg_ was as masterfully crucial to the quality of that film as Buford's role was to the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg. Buford's skillful deployment of his cavalry delayed the Confederate advance enough to let the Union army take the high ground. Buford could see it all, and Elliott absolutely nailed that visionary role in his performance. It was brilliant.
His best role was in the movie "We were soldiers." I love him but in that movie, he really shines. His casting along with Mel Gibson made that movie great.
"Conagher" and General John Buford in "Gettysburg" are Sam Elliott's most wonderful and memorable roles. Fine films, but It's the shining courage, decency and rectitude of these characters that Elliott brings to life so naturally, compellingly, and again so memorably. Oscar worthy performances. Wayne and Stewart, legends at portraying such characteristics beautifully, would have approved admiringly.
Playing John Buford was an incredible honor for Sam Elliott. To play a real man with a hard life and a family torn apart by the Civil War and bring him to life was crucial for the film Gettysburg. Buford would have approved this man to portray him. Mort Kunstler did an oil painting of him as Buford for the book copy of Gettysburg. An extraordinary portrait of an actor playing a general, the portrait hits everyone as iconic for Buford/Elliott. I believe Mr. Elliott owns that portrait, with the graces of Mr. Kunstler. That glare he has when he hopes to spot General Reynolds from the Cupola and the sad, knowing nod and stare he gives General Hancock when he tells him that his BFF "Lo" Armistead is facing him in Pickett's troops breaks my heart. Sam Elliott WAS Major General John Buford - no one could have done it better. Thank you, Sam, from the bottom of my heart.
I Love Sam Elliot in Mask... The scene where he's talking to Rocky about meeting his Mom, and then Him, is Outstanding... 2 minutes of Fabulous dialoge... 💪💪💪
He;s one of those actors who, even if his role was just a cameo appearance, would see you remembering the film because of it! Iconic - like Wayne, Stewart, Widmark and others before him.
Anything that Sam Elliott is in, I like. A couple that I really like are as Tell Sackett and his role in Ghost Rider. I also liked Road House. Great actor and a great voice.
Sam Elliott was marvelous as Sgt. Major Plumley in "WE WERE SOLDIERS": with such great lines as "GENTLEMEN, PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELVES!" I loved his definitive role in HBOs "THE QUICK AND THE DEAD". A fine actor and a great personality.
If you read the book you would know that Elliott was the perfect actor to play Sgt. Major Plumley; just like only George C. Scott could have been Patton.
I first saw him in a TV mini series ONCE AN EAGLE. He has had many memorable roles, enjoyed him in the L' Amour westerns and the last year of Justified.
I've enjoyed every part I've seen him in but my favorites were the Louis L'Amour stories The Sacketts and Conagher. My favorite quote by him is in Roadhouse when he puts down an opponent in a fight and then leans over and says "it hurts don't it?" with a nasty little smile.
I met Sam Elliot in 1971 in my drama class at David Douglas High School. My drama teacher was Ramona Reynolds, who had also been Sam's drama teacher at D. D. H. S., where he graduated in 1962! I will always remember his voice, calmness and down to earth personality...and he was of course Mrs. Reynold's favorite as well as Lindsey Wagner's (Lindsey Ball in her High School days at D.D.H.S. ) One of the highlights of my High School days!!! Have always loved watching Sam throughout the years and still do!!!!! Karey (Smith) Pegram 1972
He was also famous in The Mask with Cher. I digged him in the awesome show Justified. Definitely Roadhouse would be his most memorable outing. Folks do not turn it off when it is in. Tombstone is a modern day classic western and The Big Lebowski is a modern day cult classic.
up there with Tombstone & Roadhouse i would put The Sacketts , the Quick & the Dead , The Shadow Riders and Conagher, 4 of the best Tv western movies ever made..
I just commented on The Quick and the Dead. Not the one about gunfighters with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. It is Louie L'amours the Quick and the Dead. One of my favorites.
Elliot is third in the all-time Cowboy movie. First is John Wayne, second Clint Eastwood and Elliot has to be third. And his voice! Best voice I have ever heard! I like the movie Conagher. He plays a real cowboy with his wife and his love interest. And the Quick and the Dead as Mr. McKinley below lists.
Everyone always forgets the movie "The Quick and the Dead" (1987). Sam Elliot plays "Con Vallian" who becomes the protector and teacher to a family moving out west. Along with "Conagher" and "The Sacketts" series I hold as his most memorable for me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for selecting Sam! We are over saturated with the Tom Cruise (types), Brad Pitts, Ben Affleck, and the lesser evils Mark Wahlberg, Leonard Di Caprio and Edward Norton. Sam is a legend FOR having worked with some of the greatest western stars. Ben Johnson!!! R. G Armstrong, Harry Carey, Jr., Buck Taylor, et al. I have never heard a word of scandal associated with him either and that is SO refreshing. I have been a fan of Sam's since I first saw him in Lifeguard 1976!!.
Harry Carey and Ben Johnson did the 3 U.S. Calvary salutes done by John Ford. And both Ben Johnson and Harry Carey went on to play other roles for a long time.
I love Sam, not just because he is so easily lovable, but because he held steady to that first vision. Any one who has pursued art knows how hard that is to do. There are so many distractions and pressing matters of yourself and more so, those you love. Hat off to you Sam, and love! :)
One of my favorite Sam Elliott movies is the Quick and the Dead. I loved him in Tombstone and Roadhouse. Although I think his best work are the movies based on Louis LaMoore novels.
I just watched him as Sam Damon in the Once an Eagle mini-series on CZcams - he's terrific. No surprise that Gary Cooper is one of Elliott's role models - the two actors are similar in their reserved personalities & minimal use of the spoken word off-screen. An admirable trait.
Not sure it is his most memorable but the one I grew up with "Mask". Lovely movie. Perhaps not a movie I would rank among the best ever made but somewhat of a personal favorite.
Omg ! Sam Elliot was/ is amazing in every movie or show he has ever been in ! Looking through the comments there has been more movies that I missed that he played in I’ll have to look them up his iconic mustache and his amazing voice is something memorable. Truly amazing actor
I had enjoyed Mr. Elliot's roles in many of his movies but I wasn't overly familiar with him until I started watching the Netflix TV Series, The Ranch where he plays a tough father and husband on his ranch set in modern times in Colorado. He is truly and excellent actor.
What happened to Sam Elliott's movie, (Mask) with Cher. Doesn't that count ? And a part in Erin, (can't spell or pronounce the last name). Both of those were awesome. Why weren't those mentioned?
@@glenndrexler1677 its an 80's movie about a kid named rocky that has, i dont remember what it was that caused it, but his face was really disfigured and cher played his mom and she always looked after him.. even got him a hooker at one point lol. and sam elliot played her biker bf if i remember right.. i havent seen it in ages.
i always loved films starring Sam Elliot but seeing this I think it was his voice rather than his acting that drew me to him a bit like another favourite of mine Clint Walker
" If you gotta have help, best not start out at all. You oughta pay what you owe. Anybody who'll kill a man when he can do otherwise is a damn fool. You take a man's pay, you ride for the brand. I dont know any other way." Lines from one of the most admirable characters ever created, spoken just right by a great actor. The way says the lines you gotta believe he means them.
Clint Eastwood kept westerns alive in the 1970s , for whatever reason, sam also would have been perfect to make more westerns but it did not happen, now Kevin Costner was the last western film maker. I would love to see more like open range, which was so well done. Great story and solid performance. 3 10 to Yuma is a perfect example of both good and bad, the 1957 original is great , the remake dosen't come close. I miss westerns.
"Lifeguard" was a good, non western Elliot movie. "The Challenge" from 1970 was a rare Elliot bad guy role. "Conagher" adapted from a beautifully written Louis L'Amour western where he played a cowboy opposite his real life wife Katherine Ross. All worth seeing and all hard to find. Elliot's voice made his career. Tom Selleck is a bigger, handsomer man who also sports a great 'stache', but Selleck was cursed with Beaver Cleaver's voice. The voice makes the star and keeps them a star long after they're past their prime. Alan Ladd would never have had a career without his radio quality voice. In my opinion, the only actor who's ever had a voice as good as Elliot's was Robert Mitchum. Mitchum also did voice over work for ads on TV. I remember him on beef commercials saying, "Beef. It's what's for dinner." Made me want to go out and have a steak. If hard liquor was permitted to be advertised on TV, Elliot would be great for bourbon commercials. He sounds like a bourbon man.
Sam Elliott has always been one of my favorite actors whether in a supporting role or lead role but to me roadhouse was his best because even though roadhouse was not a high budget blockbuster movie it was a cult favorite and will always be 1 of my most favorite movies especially because he and Patrick Swayze were both perfect in their respective roles.
Love Mr. Elliott voice. His best movie for me is Tombstone. I also like him on Ghost Raider as CareTaker. I was blown away when you mentioned he voiced the Forest bear "Smokey the bear" awesome.
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he was in woopy dumd g
One of my favorites was when Sam Elliot and Ben Johnson were in scenes together in The Sackets.
me too, Wild Times was a great film also with he and ben johnson
I was going to say something similar but with Tom Selleck in any Louis L'Amour movie...
I agree
The Sacketts was a great film. Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, etc.
@@donaldcampbell3043 Sam elliott my favourite actor, a man with full remarks from God .
In my opinion he owns every scene that he's in.
One of America's greatest actors !
He's great in all his roles. One of my favorites is The Sacketts.
Perfect casting as Tell Sackett
His voice is so great, iconic, up there with James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.
We agree, guyforlogos!
@@FactsVerse I had heard that he got his voice character from Morgan Woodward
What about Richard Burton ? For me is rich voice is the best of them all.
I worked as a reenactor with Sam Elliot who was cast in the lead role on the TV movie "Gone to Texas" (aka "Houston, the Legend of Texas") in 1986. I found Sam to be a charismatic, down-to-earth gentleman who never put himself above the other actors or even the reenactors. I believe THAT is the essence of Sam Elliot, regardless of the role he is playing... not to mention the fact that whatever character is is portrying, his performance is consistently realistic and convincing.
Sad this was one of my least favorite movie that Sam made. I liked the Sacketts, Conager, and the quick and the dead. Along with his top three as a start i just like his movies.
The Quick and the Dead was my favorite. I've watched it 3 or 4 times, it never gets old...
The Sackett mini-series and Conagher are Elliott standouts.
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I so agree!
A huge thumbs up for Conagher!!!👍👍
"The Sacketts" is one of the greatest movies' Sam Elliot stared in. But "Roadhouse" speaks for itself. I believe Sam did not act..he was himself.
@TXplowgirl You and I can agree to disagree, but I like Sam Elliott's political stance.
The sackets,with Sam and Tom selleck(who also represents a cowboy style unmatched) the bond between brothers and their families. During civil war era. Catch it sometime
Yep !
Shadow Riders, good and funny. Plus Elliot's, wife in real life Katherine Ross.
I have watched the Sackets more than once. Absolutely
Will watch it again if I get a chance.
Another Louis L'Amour movie he did was The Quick & The Dead....not that one with Sharon Stone....
Yeah where's Tom Selleck would make some more Louis L'Amour movies
The Sackett's and We Were Soldiers were cast perfectly. I've tried to imagine different actors playing the part of Tel Sackett and CSM Basil Plumley and nobody else could have done it as well.
Man, I can watch that man in any movie he makes. Sam and the Duke are men's men👍❤🙂
Tom Selleck as well.
not really, they're just actors who American men in their arrogance identify with
@@gerrydooley951 Gettysburg
@@gerrydooley951 You forgot to say "White", boy.
I enjoyed his character in the original “The Quick and the Dead” with Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw.
Great Luster Bayless costume, too. RIP Luster.
That western is my Sam Elliott favorite. Good pick and glad you mentioned it 👍
You can’t leave out “Conaugher”. It was such a love story. Inspite of everything that got in his way he never forgot her. I loved him in “Tombstone” too. But that wasn’t a happily ever after. Not when your crippled and separated from your family. In this country we favor the underdog. We want him to win in the end. Only in “Conaugher” does he beat the bad guys and get the girl. Not in the others. It’s the hardest movie cuz he does it all on his own. No modern conveniences. Of course I’m not a man. But I was raised to admire men who followed the “Code of the West”. You don’t have to be a cowboy to believe in its rules. Just be raised on westerns. You can tell the differences in different types men. I learned to see the world through the influence of men like John Wayne and Hugh O’Brian when I was growing up. The values and traditions of western films stays in your memories waiting for those moments in your own life when you have something important to say or do. You don’t forget them or their memorable moments. John Wayne showed that age doesn’t matter when it comes to believing in your own values and doing what you believe in. Hugh O’Brian was so good at his six year portrayal in the 1950’s and early 1960’s that he was respected as that great lawman Wyatt Earp his whole life. You tube has been a big help reminding this country of its memorable actors like Sam Elliot.
‘“It’s good knowing he’s out there - The Dude - taking it easy for all us sinners....”
my favorite plus his latest 1883
I met him one night in Daytona Beach 1975 or 6 (spring break) and he was on a promotional thing for Lifeguard. I went up to him and said I recognized him from a bit part in Policewoman. He was amazed as he was completely unknown and told me a had one helluva memory. We hung in the bar with the large crowd and had quite a number of beers together as he was by himself. A great down to earth personable guy just like his characters.
One more thing that totally rocks about Sam Elliott are the "looks" he gives to the women in his movies. I have been known to play over and over when he first sees Katherine Ross standing in the doorway in Conagher and also the supper scene when she is serving coffee. There is a scene in Quick and the Dead when he stares down Kate Capshaw in the waterfall. Can someone give me oxygen? Those scenes take my breath away!!;)
Thanks for watching!
You do realize he's married to Katherine Ross
Big fan. My favorite was Sgt. Major Plumley in We Were Soldiers.
Funny. I just saw this movie yesterday. And it's one of the few films where he's over 40 and doesn't have a mustache. Sam Elliott is a consummate cool, take no BS kinda guy although I'm sure he and I vote for the same person I just like the guy and I think he's given Great Performances and I would say the film Tombstone is number one. I think he has more in common with Gary Cooper than probably his other Heroes. Cooper had that Honesty, Integrity that he brought to his character roles and I think Elliot went allowed to that's the same. Seems like a great guy
YOU BET !! I loved his answer to good mornin sgt. " Whats so good about it".
@@mygremlin1 I like the reference to the M16 where he said if I need one of them there will be plenty of them laying around.
Plumley? Never heard of him here in Ireland.
@@burntbacon7995 Bragging about your ignorance does not do your nation proud.
For a non-cowboy role: Mask
For a more recent film: Did You Hear About The Morgan’s? (Loved that one, he’s so funny)
He’s great in everything else he’s ever done.
sam is one of the coolest actors in Hollywood.
Are you effing kidding me? He endorsed the biggest joke in the Oval Office...the current one. The anti-Semite.
@@middlefinger1565 Don't care about his politics. I just enjoy his acting.
As a retired Army officer I feel Sam Elliott's finest role was as Sam Damon in Once an Eagle but I enjoy him in just about anything he plays in.
Good series.
He was brilliant in that role. It's my favorite performance of his.
Great choice, he brought Sam Damon alive, a great role from a great book
Conagher one of my favorites.
Mine too
yup it's got my vote
Agree. First thing to mind.
Beat me to it damn it . Conagher, and when Tell Sackett dry shaved that fella.........
For me its Tombstone..have watched it a dozen times and can't get enough..he fits best in cowboy roles and his voice its awesome..mind you that moustache looks great on him🧡🧡
"We were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson and Elliot playing a grist-led experienced sergeant major is one that should be considered which promotes Elliot as being iconic.
Sam Elliot is one of my favorite movie performers. He has so much talent.
Sam is great in the Sacketts, Conagher, Quick & the Dead & Hugh Cardiff in Wild Times- These are some of my favorites...We need more actors like Sam!
Yes, but there can not be 'more' like him - when you are an individual, genuine Original ! -
Sam's most ICONIC role is being "SAM ELLIOT"!! Besides the movies!! Loved his role in Ghost Rider!!
Well Jimmy Stewart was a slow talker to and he did pretty good for himself
ok, but could he say FI RE ST ON E.... T IR ES , without taking a single breath, at 3 bpm.............. just saying ?
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 Both men perfected their individual styles which made them uniquely different than many other actors.
That's right! Sgt Plumley was his Greatest role
Jimmy Stewart was a REAL American Patriot. He would NEVER vote for a neo-Marxist like Joey Boy.
Yes, absolutely another iconic actor.
My two favorite roles for Sam Elliott are Tombstone and Shadow Riders. I kinda liked Road House also, .
Quick and the Dead HBO MOVIE ***** all the way! Kate Capshaw and Tom Conti a Great Western !
YEP!
Another good one!
He definitely has the best mustache!!! Best movie is hard to say. I love Road House.. Tombstone..Conager... and of course the ones with Tom Selleck!!!
In the Cvil War reenactor world, he is noted for playing Cavalry Division Commander, General John Buford in the movie Gettysburg. General Buford was in the Union Army of the Potomac that made first contact with the Confederates which began the battle.
yes.
He was the real star of that movie.
He made an authentic Buford. I read somewhere that he took it upon himself to stress his costume uniform so it would look like it had been on a campaign. Elliot brought Buford to life, way more than an actor playing a character.
That is my favorite of Sam's roles, then Sgt. Major Plumley, Conagher and Tombstone.
Sam Elliott's characterization of Major General John Buford in the film _Gettysburg_ was as masterfully crucial to the quality of that film as Buford's role was to the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg. Buford's skillful deployment of his cavalry delayed the Confederate advance enough to let the Union army take the high ground. Buford could see it all, and Elliott absolutely nailed that visionary role in his performance. It was brilliant.
I loved him in his version of The Quick and The Dead with Kate Capshaw and Tom Conti. My favorite saying was I work hard every day at staying Alive.
Such an underrated actor he handles action thriller and comedy very well.
His best role was in the movie "We were soldiers." I love him but in that movie, he really shines. His casting along with Mel Gibson made that movie great.
very much so.
100%... He nailed the Sergeant Major role. I think he even spoke at the real Sergeant Major Plumley's funeral.
He should have at least been nominated for an Oscar.
Agreed! He was awesome in that. Back when we thought Mel Gibson was great actor playing crazy people…..
"Today, is a good day"
The Sacketts, the voice and the mustache. AWESOME
We love him so much, Carol!
Which mustache? The one he wore or the one he shaved off the bad guy? 🤣🤣🤣. I thought that was cute! Cheers, Steve
He is something else. My wife has watched Road House over a million times. She likes the " Shadow Riders". A great actor.
Most folks think he dies in roadhouse, but in the last scene he's sitting on a blanket watching Kelly Lynch and Patrick Swayzee frolic in the creek...
Connegier,great wester.n
"Conagher" and General John Buford in "Gettysburg" are Sam Elliott's most wonderful and memorable roles. Fine films, but It's the shining courage, decency and rectitude of these characters that Elliott brings to life so naturally, compellingly, and again so memorably. Oscar worthy performances. Wayne and Stewart, legends at portraying such characteristics beautifully, would have approved admiringly.
Playing John Buford was an incredible honor for Sam Elliott. To play a real man with a hard life and a family torn apart by the Civil War and bring him to life was crucial for the film Gettysburg. Buford would have approved this man to portray him. Mort Kunstler did an oil painting of him as Buford for the book copy of Gettysburg. An extraordinary portrait of an actor playing a general, the portrait hits everyone as iconic for Buford/Elliott. I believe Mr. Elliott owns that portrait, with the graces of Mr. Kunstler. That glare he has when he hopes to spot General Reynolds from the Cupola and the sad, knowing nod and stare he gives General Hancock when he tells him that his BFF "Lo" Armistead is facing him in Pickett's troops breaks my heart. Sam Elliott WAS Major General John Buford - no one could have done it better. Thank you, Sam, from the bottom of my heart.
conagher was great and the quick and the Dead the Original not the one with Gene Hackman in it. shadow Riders the Sacketts
Sam makes a character his own. My favorite was We Were Soldiers. And I loved Tombstone. I don't think he played in a bad movie.
He only did a voice role in it, but the kids animated "Barnyard" was about as stupid as they come.
A stinker he played in was " Frogs" in the early 80s. But I watch it anyway.
Agreed wws.and tombstone were great also the mask with Cher.
I Love Sam Elliot in Mask... The scene where he's talking to Rocky about meeting his Mom, and then Him, is Outstanding... 2 minutes of Fabulous dialoge... 💪💪💪
Shadow Riders & Ghost Rider, Lady & the Tramp, The Sacketts, Tomestone, We were Soldiers, Conagher, & Rough Riders.
Many More.
He;s one of those actors who, even if his role was just a cameo appearance, would see you remembering
the film because of it! Iconic - like Wayne, Stewart, Widmark and others before him.
I cannot pick only one Sam Elliot movie or TV role. I'd 100% watch them again and again.
Roadhouse and any cowboy western he was in. Loved his voice.
Yup! "The Sacketts" Hands down. Even after all these years it's still one of my favorite movies.
I loved him on the yellow Rose of Texas
Anything that Sam Elliott is in, I like. A couple that I really like are as Tell Sackett and his role in Ghost Rider. I also liked Road House. Great actor and a great voice.
Sam Elliott was marvelous as Sgt. Major Plumley in "WE WERE SOLDIERS": with such great lines as "GENTLEMEN, PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELVES!" I loved his definitive role in HBOs "THE QUICK AND THE DEAD". A fine actor and a great personality.
If you read the book you would know that Elliott was the perfect actor to play Sgt. Major Plumley; just like only George C. Scott could have been Patton.
I love nearly all his roles! Sometimes overlooked is the Inheritance! It has such a strong cast 😎
I DON'T CARE WHAT ROLL SAM ELLIOTT PLAYS, I LOVE HISVWORK. KEEP IT UP.
Sam Elliot was also great in the criminally underrated/overlooked supernatural movie "The Legacy".
Sgt . Major Plumley in we were soldiers once
I first saw him in a TV mini series ONCE AN EAGLE. He has had many memorable roles, enjoyed him in the L' Amour westerns and the last year of Justified.
I've enjoyed every part I've seen him in but my favorites were the Louis L'Amour stories The Sacketts and Conagher. My favorite quote by him is in Roadhouse when he puts down an opponent in a fight and then leans over and says "it hurts don't it?" with a nasty little smile.
I think Elliots 2 best roles, were Tell Sackett, and Hugh Cardiff. Just my opinion, but They damn sure stick in my memory.
"Wild Times".. liked it..
I'd agred with that, plus Con Conagher.
I met Sam Elliot in 1971 in my drama class at David Douglas High School. My drama teacher was Ramona Reynolds, who had also been Sam's drama teacher at D. D. H. S., where he graduated in 1962! I will always remember his voice, calmness and down to earth personality...and he was of course Mrs. Reynold's favorite as well as Lindsey Wagner's (Lindsey Ball in her High School days at D.D.H.S. ) One of the highlights of my High School days!!! Have always loved watching Sam throughout the years and still do!!!!! Karey (Smith) Pegram 1972
We're happy to know that you had the chance to meet Sam Elliot! Thank you for sharing your life story. How was he?
Sam Elliot is the super best in his westerns. His personality fits like he belongs in the old west !!! He is my absolute favorite !!!
"Conagher" is my favorite Elliot film containing ALL the elements that make Westerns a great genre!!
Sam Elliott 's best role was as Sgt Major Basil Plumley in We were soldiers and we were young.
He was so good, Robert!
How the f do you know what kind of day it is. What are you some kind of goddam weatherman.
@@kimothy1701 It's a nice day Sgt. Savage!
@@kimothy1701 One of my favorite lines, ever.
He was also famous in The Mask with Cher. I digged him in the awesome show Justified. Definitely Roadhouse would be his most memorable outing. Folks do not turn it off when it is in. Tombstone is a modern day classic western and The Big Lebowski is a modern day cult classic.
up there with Tombstone & Roadhouse i would put The Sacketts , the Quick & the Dead , The Shadow Riders and Conagher, 4 of the best Tv western movies ever made..
I just commented on The Quick and the Dead. Not the one about gunfighters with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. It is Louie L'amours the Quick and the Dead. One of my favorites.
Elliot is third in the all-time Cowboy movie. First is John Wayne, second Clint Eastwood and Elliot has to be third. And his voice! Best voice I have ever heard! I like the movie Conagher. He plays a real cowboy with his wife and his love interest. And the Quick and the Dead as Mr. McKinley below lists.
Love his Big 3,but my fave would have to be "The Ranger,The Cook,and the Hole in the Sky" .
Ohhh, yes!!!!!
“ ‘Nuff said? “
One of my favorites is "the Ranger, the Cook, and the Hole in the Sky." I loved his delivery of the line, "nuff said."
The gravel in his voice and the steel in his eyes...Scream..."Don't screw around with me if you want'a keep breathin'."
Everyone always forgets the movie "The Quick and the Dead" (1987). Sam Elliot plays "Con Vallian" who becomes the protector and teacher to a family moving out west. Along with "Conagher" and "The Sacketts" series I hold as his most memorable for me.
Sam Elliot is a classic, no one can ever replace his laconic style. The sincerity of his characters, even in “The Big Lebowski”!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for selecting Sam! We are over saturated with the Tom Cruise (types), Brad Pitts, Ben Affleck, and the lesser evils Mark Wahlberg, Leonard Di Caprio and Edward Norton.
Sam is a legend FOR having worked with some of the greatest western stars. Ben Johnson!!! R. G Armstrong, Harry Carey, Jr., Buck Taylor, et al. I have never heard a word of scandal associated with him either and that is SO refreshing. I have been a fan of Sam's since I first saw him in Lifeguard 1976!!.
Harry Carey and Ben Johnson did the 3 U.S. Calvary salutes done by John Ford. And both Ben Johnson and Harry Carey went on to play other roles for a long time.
Love Love Love ''Sam Elliot in Ghost Rider ''
Hell, his mustache alone should win a Best Supporting Oscar!
I love Sam, not just because he is so easily lovable, but because he held steady to that first vision. Any one who has pursued art knows how hard that is to do. There are so many distractions and pressing matters of yourself and more so, those you love. Hat off to you Sam, and love! :)
The Quick And The Dead. I have watched that movie so many times I think I can recite everyone's lines.
One of my favorites also.
He was so good in Mask and many more
My wife and I like Sam Elliot a lot. She likes his roll in Road House but I remember him most from The Great Lebowski. His mustache is number one.
I've loved Sam Elliott since Lifeguard in the 1970s.
That was the first time I remember seeing him in a movie. I was a lifeguard at the time. Corny movie but he did a great job!
@@midinut My favorite Elliot flick...I go back to it when feeling a need for the past...
@@midinut Me too . Rocked the Speedo .
He drove a Vette in that movie. I also like when he says that he and his high school girlfriend are still "going steady".
Surprising how few people 'notice' this one... it's a bit corny, buy my wife an i enjoy seeing it, every time. An early 'cool dude' Sam :-)
One of my favorite Sam Elliott movies is the Quick and the Dead. I loved him in Tombstone and Roadhouse. Although I think his best work are the movies based on Louis LaMoore novels.
Sam Elliott on of my favorite
Actor's and that deep voice
Gets me every time.
He's one of my favorite western actors, love the way he talks..
I loved him in The Lifeguard.❤️
His acting role with Cher was one of his best as well
I just watched him as Sam Damon in the Once an Eagle mini-series on CZcams - he's terrific. No surprise that Gary Cooper is one of Elliott's role models - the two actors are similar in their reserved personalities & minimal use of the spoken word off-screen. An admirable trait.
Our favorites are:Conagher, The Sacketts, The Quick and the Dead, Shadow Riders and any other Lois Lamour movie he made.
Enjoyed him as Tell Sackett in the mini series along with Tom Selleck and Jeff Osterhage.
Bill Tillman is a great staring roll for Ol Sam
Not sure it is his most memorable but the one I grew up with "Mask". Lovely movie. Perhaps not a movie I would rank among the best ever made but somewhat of a personal favorite.
We liked Mask too, Jack!
Conagher, best role by far
I used to keep saying the name conagher like I was coughing. People thought it was funny
I first noticed him in Mask, been in love ever since.
yes, I always thought he and Cher had great chemistry
Omg ! Sam Elliot was/ is amazing in every movie or show he has ever been in ! Looking through the comments there has been more movies that I missed that he played in I’ll have to look them up his iconic mustache and his amazing voice is something memorable. Truly amazing actor
How could you forget, “beef, it’s what’s for dinner” ? 😂
I had enjoyed Mr. Elliot's roles in many of his movies but I wasn't overly familiar with him until I started watching the Netflix TV Series, The Ranch where he plays a tough father and husband on his ranch set in modern times in Colorado. He is truly and excellent actor.
What happened to Sam Elliott's movie, (Mask) with Cher. Doesn't that count ? And a part in Erin, (can't spell or pronounce the last name). Both of those were awesome.
Why weren't those mentioned?
I agree, Mask seems to be a forgotten movie. It doesn't get a mention for Cher's or Eric Stoltz's either.
The mask??
oh yeah, the movie about rocky dennis.. i forgot all about that, you dont see that movie mentioned anymore
@@glenndrexler1677 its an 80's movie about a kid named rocky that has, i dont remember what it was that caused it, but his face was really disfigured and cher played his mom and she always looked after him.. even got him a hooker at one point lol. and sam elliot played her biker bf if i remember right.. i havent seen it in ages.
@@glenndrexler1677 No... "MASK".....
i always loved films starring Sam Elliot but seeing this I think it was his voice rather than his acting that drew me to him a bit like another favourite of mine Clint Walker
Christmas in November. Top movie for Sam.
That Last Ride in ghost rider...changed Lives and made imaginations spark in me 6 years ago when I was 5
You wanted his best, I say Conagher!
" If you gotta have help, best not start out at all. You oughta pay what you owe. Anybody who'll kill a man when he can do otherwise is a damn fool. You take a man's pay, you ride for the brand. I dont know any other way." Lines from one of the most admirable characters ever created, spoken just right by a great actor. The way says the lines you gotta believe he means them.
Clint Eastwood kept westerns alive in the 1970s , for whatever reason, sam also would have been perfect to make more westerns but it did not happen, now Kevin Costner was the last western film maker. I would love to see more like open range, which was so well done. Great story and solid performance. 3 10 to Yuma is a perfect example of both good and bad, the 1957 original is great , the remake dosen't come close. I miss westerns.
You should watch him in 1883! It's wonderful!
I love Sam in everything, but its "Tombstone" for me! Great Actor . A unique character!
"Lifeguard" was a good, non western Elliot movie. "The Challenge" from 1970 was a rare Elliot bad guy role. "Conagher" adapted from a beautifully written Louis L'Amour western where he played a cowboy opposite his real life wife Katherine Ross. All worth seeing and all hard to find. Elliot's voice made his career. Tom Selleck is a bigger, handsomer man who also sports a great 'stache', but Selleck was cursed with Beaver Cleaver's voice. The voice makes the star and keeps them a star long after they're past their prime. Alan Ladd would never have had a career without his radio quality voice. In my opinion, the only actor who's ever had a voice as good as Elliot's was Robert Mitchum. Mitchum also did voice over work for ads on TV. I remember him on beef commercials saying, "Beef. It's what's for dinner." Made me want to go out and have a steak. If hard liquor was permitted to be advertised on TV, Elliot would be great for bourbon commercials. He sounds like a bourbon man.
Sam Elliott has always been one of my favorite actors whether in a supporting role or lead role but to me roadhouse was his best because even though roadhouse was not a high budget blockbuster movie it was a cult favorite and will always be 1 of my most favorite movies especially because he and Patrick Swayze were both perfect in their respective roles.
Jimmy Stewart was a general in the Air Force.
Brigadier General USAF RESERVE!
@@paulconnors2078 yes, Sam was in the Boy Scouts though
Love Mr. Elliott voice. His best movie for me is Tombstone. I also like him on Ghost Raider as CareTaker. I was blown away when you mentioned he voiced the Forest bear "Smokey the bear" awesome.
In "A Star Is Born" he is so emotionally convincing.