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Favorite dad(s) in the movies


I’ll start- Roy Scheider as Martin Brody in Jaws.

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george bailey - its a wonderful life

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and George's father , too

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Jack Lemon in Dad
Lamberto Maggiorani in Bicycle Thieves

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atticus finch - to kill a mockingbird

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Vito Corleone...he's forever trying to bring his one son back from Italy after that Solotzo business. And the evening after his eldest son is killed gets off his sick bed and takes him down to the undertaker. "Look, look how they massacred my boy."

Gives his only daughter a heckuva wedding.

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William Powell in Life With Father

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Perfectly cast.
As we watch we soon realize that Irene Dunne was really in charge.

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Indy's dad is good. He shares a woman with his son.

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Harry Dean Stanton - at the fence..."Red Dawn"

"Boys! Avenge me!"

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great choice , Culburn

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Thanks, tex, raises the hackles every-single-time.

And they don't belabor it, nor preface it. It just goes.

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I recently discussed Harry Dean Stanton when he passed on last year - we lost one of our finest actors.
In playing a father he knocked it out of the park as Mr. Eckert in Red Dawn.
and he really impressed me as Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty In Pink

rest in peace , Harry

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he really impressed me as Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty In Pink


Yes, played it uncompromising the entire way.

Stout reference, tex.

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Eddie Albert, Alzheimers inside the wire-to his son-his caretaker after the man had called him his hero.

"You're the heroes hero."

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