The perfect actor to play Tom Delay in a movie

[Elwood P Dowd]

would be John Garfield if this was 1950. Remember the old movie with Garfield playing the boss of the numbers racket? The title was something like Forces Of Evil. Perfect title, and Garfield even looks like Delay.

[Cocoa]

1. or the kid from "Deliverance" n/t

[dflprincess]

12. I think the kid would make a better Bush

n/t

[tridim]

2. I still think this guy should play him..

Edgar (the bug man), from Men In Black.



Edit: Damn geocities, sorry the images don't paste correctly.

[Gruenemann]

6. That would be Vincent d'Onofrio

Of Lawn Order See Eye and Full Metal Jacket.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Forget it. Remember the Wolf (Mr. Fix-it) from Pulp Fiction?

Harvey Keitel was born to play the Bug Man.

Don

[Cha]

7. YES! If I would have

thought of Harvey Keitel I would have suggested him!

"Mr Fix It"~!

[fujiyama]

13. Harvey Keitel is too good lookin'

DeLay is one ugly son of a bitch.

[Cha]

4. I'm sure he would be

Perfect! How about someone who could actually do it?

Who's Slimey enough?

[0007]

5. No way!

[Colonel Bat Guano]

8. Chris Cooper, hands down

Remember, the closeted gay Dad from AMERICAN BEAUTY? One of the main CIA guys in BOURNE IDENTITY? Trust me, when HBO does the movie in a year or two, Chris Cooper will win the Emmy...

[charlie]

14. Good call

He even kinda looks like DeLay and he's already done Dubya in Silver City...

[readermostly]

19. Excellent choice!! Chris Cooper would be perfect!!

[elehhhhna]

30. NO DOUBT! MY FIRST THOUGHT. He's one fine, fine talent.

But Delays' requested Orlando Bloom because of the striking resembence.

[WillyT]

36. PERFECT !!! - LOL !!!

:rofl::evilgrin::rofl:

[BringEmOn]

9. If Sorrel Booke (Boss Hogg) was alive

[Demoiselle]

10. EEEEK NO!!! John Garfield is spinning in his grave right now!

1. Garfield was a good leftie artist, classic Depression Era pro reform, pro-social justice. 2. He played mostly working class heroes (rough exterior, soft inside) 3. The McCarthy witch hunt was well on its way to destroying his career when he died (very young.) 4. He's one helluva lot better looking and more appealing than Tom Delay. (You have awakened a slumbering Garfield fan.)

[Gabi Hayes]

18. duers....fast and smart!

I knew this would be up here before I could post anything

poor John Garfield...he could have been the Robert DeNiro of his day.....wait a minute; that would entail time travel, wouldn't it?

[Demoiselle]

23. Garfield wouldn't have had a career if Cagney hadn't gone before...

and DeNiro wouldn't have had a career if Garfield hadn't gone before...All of them REAL guys, or so they make us believe. A lot more real than most of the stuff today. (Now you've awakened a slumbering old movie fan.) I swear the old movie channels, especially TCM, have kept me sane throughout the Bush regime. (Why watch the news when you can watch Garbo?)

[Gabi Hayes]

28. sigh....it's Garbo month on TCM....only two more days

she shared her best pal with Superman

[Demoiselle]

35. Huh?

I thought I was a movie buff....but the best pal with Superman thing is WAY over my head. If you're still around, please explain!

[NYCGirl]

22. But Garfield was such a good actor, he could play anything.

One of my favorites.

[sniffa]

11. daLe dribbLe

perfect

[grannylib]

15. I was thinkin' the Keebler Elf myself...but he's booked to play

Pat Robertson.

[3days]

16. Gotta be Pesci

[RepublicanElephant]

27. BINGO!! ...and pesci plays sleazy slimeballs perfectly!

!

...or, if this was 45 years ago, orson welles (ala "touch of evil").

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

17. Ralph Fiennes: GREAT at bat-shit crazy trying to maintain control

Using this same uniform, of course:

[jbond56]

20. Jim Carey or Steven Segal nt

[NYCGirl]

21. It was "Force of Evil" — and it has a towering performance by the

brilliant John Garfield. BTW, the writer/director of the film, Abraham Polonsky, was blacklisted by Joe McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. Interesting story:

http://www.wga.org/WrittenBy/1299/polonsky.html

[Elwood P Dowd]

24. Thanks NYCGirl

Garfield was an incredible actor. I remembered the movie, but it's been years since I've seen it. My 86-year-old mother would have probably known more about it. Wasn't Garfield in his 40s when he passed away?

[Poiuyt]

25. Remember Jack Nicholson in Hoffa?

He has that look and can play smug, arrogant people

[cantstandbush]

26. The guy who was in the Bourne Identity....

Looks just like a sleazy Tom DeLay.

[Gabi Hayes]

31. right! the guy from Matewan, and the Orchid movie, yes?

Chris Cooper!

that could be IT!

[greekspeak]

29. Go down to props and get that pile of s^it from Wierd Science

The best actor to play Tom Delay is a big dollop of talking fecal matter.

[librechik]

32. Joe Pesci

wait, too personable

[RepublicanElephant]

33. danny devito!

great at playing nasty little men like delay!

[Sacajawea]

34. John Goodman? He was a believable puke in "West Wing."

On edit: What I meant was that he was believable AS a puke, not that he was a believable puke (are there any?), but you all probably figured that out for yourselves.