Film Dope

Bruce Dern

Thursday, 4th June 1936

Whereas Donald Sutherland's hippie characters were naive and fun, Dern's ran to varying degrees of unhingedness. Has the distinction of gunning down The Duke. Like Sutherland as he has matured, his roles tend towards stuffed shirt types which is kind of ironic, really. Always interesting. My fave, Silent Running, where he is the good guy for once, but still tainted with madness.

	Wild River Jack Roper	1960
	Marnie Sailor	1964
	Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte John Mayhew	1965
	Wild Angels	1966
	Will Penny Rafe Quint	1967
	Trip John	1967
	War Wagon Hammond	1967
	Waterhole #3 Deputy	1967
	Rebel Rousers	1967
	St. Valentine's Day Massacre	1967
	Hang 'Em High Miller	1968
	Psych-Out Steve	1968
	They Shoot Horses Don't They? James	1969
	Castle Keep Billy Byron Bix	1969
	Support Your Local Sheriff Joe Danby	1969
	Number One Richie Fowler	1969
	Bloody Mama Kevin Dirkman	1970
	Cycle Savages Keeg	1970
	Drive, He Said Coach Builion	1971
	Incredible Two-Headed Transplant Roger	1971
	Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster?	1971
	Silent Running Freeman Lowell	1972
	King of Marvin Gardens Jason Staebler	1972
	Cowboys Long Hair	1972
	Thumb Tripping	1972
	Laughing Policeman Leo Larsen	1973
	Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan	1974
	Posse Jack Strawhorn	1975
	Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Grayson Potchuck	1975
	Smile Big Bob	1975
	Family Plot Lumley	1976
	Twist	1976
	Black Sunday Lander	1977
	Coming Home Capt. Bob Hyde	1978
	Driver The Detective	1978
	Middle Age Crazy Bobby Lee	1980
	Tattoo Karl Kinsky	1981
	That Championship Season George Sitkowski	1982
	Harry Tracy	1982
	On the Edge Wes Holman	1985
	Toughlove Rob Charters	1985
	Uncle Tom's Cabin	1987
	Big Town Mr. Edwards	1987
	1969 Cliff	1988
	World Gone Wild Ethan	1988
	Burbs Mark Rumsfield	1989
	Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Scout Ed Higgins	1990
	After Dark, My Sweet Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker	1990
	Carolina Skeletons Junior Stoker	1991
	Into the Badlands Barston	1991
	Diggstown John Gillon	1992
	Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight George Putnam	1994
	Wild Bill	1995
	Down Periscope Adm. Yancy Graham	1996
	Mulholland Falls the Chief	1996
	Small Soldiers Link Static (voice)	1998
	Haunting Mr. Dudley	1999
	Madison Harry Volpi	2000
	All the Pretty Horses Judge	2000
	Glass House Alvin Begleiter	2001
	Monster Thomas	2003
	Down in the Valley Charlie	2005
	Cake Eaters Easy	2007
	Golden Boys Captain Perez	2008
	Hole	2009
	Twixt Bobby LaGrange	2011
	Inside Out Vic Small	2011
	Django Unchained Curtis Carrucan	2012
	Mama clip from Silent Running	2013
	Nebraska Woody Grant	2013
	Hateful Eight General Sandy Smithers	2015
	Chappaquiddick Joe Kennedy	2017
	Class Rank Oswald Flannigan	2017
	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood George Spahn	2019
	Peanut Butter Falcon Carl	2019

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	Surfside 6 Daphne, Girl Detective Johnny Page	10/09/1961
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	Stoney Burke The Mob Riders E.J. Stocker	10/29/1962
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	Outer Limits The Zanti Misfits Ben Garth	12/30/1963
	77 Sunset Strip Lover's Lane Ralph Wheeler	01/03/1964
	Fugitive Come Watch Me Die Charley	01/21/1964
	Greatest Show on Earth The Last of the Strongmen Vernon	03/03/1964
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	Wagon Train Those Who Stay Behind Jud Fisher	11/08/1964
	Twelve O'Clock High The Lorelei Lt. Danton	01/22/1965
	Twelve O'Clock High The Mission Lt. Michaels	04/02/1965
	Twelve O'Clock High The Jones Boys TSgt. Frank Jones	12/06/1965
	Fugitive The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Hank	12/14/1965
	F.B.I. Pound of Flesh PFC Byron Landy	12/19/1965
	Loner To Hang a Dead Man Lud Grant	03/12/1966
	Big Valley Four Days to Furnace Hill Gabe Skeels	12/04/1967
	F.B.I. The Nightmare Virgil Roy Phipps	11/10/1968
	Land of the Giants Wild Journey Thorg	03/08/1970
	Land of the Giants Wild Journey Thorg	03/08/1970
	Land of the Giants Wild Journey Thorg	03/08/1970
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