Re: Characters Murdered Who Would Have Made Good Killers Themselves
On the note of some of the more nasty victims, Frances Galesko ranks high on the nasty scale. Although she only deserved divorce, not murder. You can see how she sucked the sole out of Paul Galesko. And she may have made a good murderer herself as well
Re: Characters Murdered Who Would Have Made Good Killers Themselves
Here's a funny yet crazy one - how about "The Commodore" (Otis Swanson) killing someone? He was obviously a very bitter man who hated Charles Clay - he was kicking himself for not only giving his daughter away to him but also allowing Clay to run the boatyards into "too much" of a business.
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While I don't think he would have made a good murderer (unless the actor played him differently), Leonard Fisher from MURDER, SMOKE AND SHADOWS definitely had a strong motive.
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Nolan should have been murdered for her over-the-top performance!
Richard Anderson's Bryce Chadwick with his controlling persona could easily have smoothly carried out a murder if he thought it would help the family's interests.
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I think Beau Wiliamson would have been a good murderer. Good old western Texas tough guy. I always try to plug and play actors who could have been other murderers and I always felt Forrest Tucker fit the bill. Perhaps he could have played Paul Hanlon.
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And he was the blackmail victim, and usually the blackmail victim IS the murderer.
Plus, Robert Middleton always had that great "tough guy" look about him.
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Just thought of an obvious choice: Edmund the nephew of Abigail Mitchell in "Try and Catch Me". Obvious because he WAS a murderer (accused, at least by Mitchell of murdering her niece, Phyllis).
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Jesse Jerome in Now You See Him was just so cool and methodical as he's prosecuting Sgt Mueller at the beginning. You can tell he's in it for the money, but has such a hate and low opinion of Santini (rightfully so).