Last week, we looked at actresses
with woeful final appearances. This week? Actors!
Methodology
- Googled “greatest actors”
- Looked up their last feature film or TV movie on IMdB
- Kept a list of those with IMdB rating less than 5
- Ranked those here from best to worst
- There are fewer guys
- They tended to die with their boots on (i.e., the same year they made their last film)
- They typically shared the screen with many other folks in large ensemble productions
6. Peter Ustinov, Winter Solstice
(4.9)
Age: 82
Role: Hughie McLellan
Synopsis: Elfrida Phibbs thought she was retiring from
her London life to a "geriatric bolthole" in the country. She soon
finds herself compassionately tending to her neighbor, Oscar, who has suffered
a tragic loss. [Blah, blah, blah … It appears to be some sort of Christmas heart-warmer]
Died: 83
Age: 66
Role: The Spirit of Man
Synopsis: The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to
whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Tagline: No Greater Cast Ever! Rarely So Vast An Undertaking!
Died: 66
Age: 79
Role: George Stevens, director of Dean’s
last film, Giant
Synopsis: How did a broken heart, reckless behavior and
his relationships with Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and director George Stevens lead
to Dean's ultimate race with destiny?
Tagline: A Star's Fatal Journey To Immortality ...
Died: 79
Mitchum on the left, Stevens on
the right
Age: 80
Role: The Chairman
Synopsis: On the day of her wedding to her sixth
husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol [Mae West, no less] is asked to
intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos.
Tagline: The golden age of musical comedy is back...
in this all new, all fabulous tribute to Hollywood's greatest era! [huh?]
After: “Suffering from several strokes” (IMdB)
Died: 87
Note: It was Mae West's last as well
Age: 82
Role: Sir Billi
Synopsis: A retired veterinarian living in a remote
Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he's a dog, an Admiral who's
afraid of the water, and a beaver who was raised by rabbits.
Tagline: Sir Billi, the last remaining Guardian of the
Highlands
After: Dementia
Died: 90
Age: 50
Role: American Correspondent
Synopsis: A war correspondent helps Fidel Castro
overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Tagline: See BEVERLY AADLAND Errol Flynn's 17 yr. old
protege in her first starring role
Died: 50
Beverly was 17 when she made the
movie, 15 when she became Flynn’s lover
Age: 81
Role: Tugboat
Synopsis: Only one lusted glance brings Aliya to the
events throwing her into the criminal ocean. But in the wirliging [sic] of
passions and turmoil when she finds herself at the verge of fatality it's only
her true love that is the only rescue. Now the most important thing for Aliya
is to preserve the honor and dignity and the whole world will be at our feet. [Ivan Wong, IMdB]
Tagline: Freedom and love have more value than money
Died: 81
Straight outta Kazakhstan
Final note: Some alcohol seems to have been involved here, I dunna know.
