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  2. Gregory Peck - Wikipedia

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    [ag] [167] [168] All Movie commented that Peck is "a superb actor, who brings enormous skill to the part, but who simply lacks the overt derring-do and danger that is part of the role." [169] The film was moderately successful, more so in the UK than in North America. [170] [171] Peck greets his admirers at the Helsinki Airport in January 1953

  3. Acting - Wikipedia

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    Depending on what an actor is doing, their heart rate will vary. This is the body's way of responding to stress. Prior to a show, one will see an increase in heart rate due to anxiety. While performing an actor has an increased sense of exposure which will increase performance anxiety and the associated physiological arousal, such as heart rate ...

  4. Norman Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    Charlie Chaplin once referred to Wisdom as his "favourite clown". [ 5 ] Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway in New York City alongside stars such as Mandy Patinkin , and as a television actor, winning critical acclaim for his dramatic role of a dying cancer patient in the television play Going Gently in 1981.

  5. James Caan - Wikipedia

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    James Edmund Caan (/ k ɑː n / KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor.He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance that earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

  6. Basil Rathbone - Wikipedia

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    Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an Anglo-South African actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films.

  7. Stanislavski's system - Wikipedia

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    Many actors routinely equate his system with the American Method, although the latter's exclusively psychological techniques contrast sharply with the multivariant, holistic and psychophysical approach of the "system", which explores character and action both from the 'inside out' and the 'outside in' and treats the actor's mind and body as ...

  8. Konstantin Stanislavski - Wikipedia

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    The second part of An Actor's Work on Himself was published in the Soviet Union in 1948; an English-language variant, Building a Character, was published a year later. [247] The third volume, An Actor's Work on a Role, was published in the Soviet Union in 1957; its nearest English-language equivalent, Creating a Role, was published in 1961. [247]

  9. List of acting techniques - Wikipedia

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    The actor puts themselves in the mindset of the character finding things in common in order to give a more genuine portrayal of the character. Method acting is a range of techniques used to assist acting persons in understanding, relating to and the portrayal of their character(s), as formulated by Lee Strasberg .