Ramon, Indio, Angel Eyes, Frank & Johnny Ringo… Master Leone had the Best Villains in his movies without a doubt

Van Cleef lived in my town back in the day and I was told [ by the old timers] he was a nice guy who would hang around the local saloons and was very nice to the locals who recognized him, and bought him a drink or 2.

I can't believe Jack Palance is not on this list, and, at least, close to number one. Great villain in just about any movie, or tv series, he was in.

Gian Maria Volonte and his gang of outlaws in both of the Dollar Trilogy movies were the best group of western movie villains of all time.

For me the best of the bad is Angel Eyes (this is the very inscription on Mr Van Cleef's resting place), but not because "he enjoys doing evil", quite the contrary: he's a very peculliar villain - he even kills less people than the protagonists of his film - who aren't close to heroes themselves - and he avoids killing people when it's not necessary (ex. he doesn't kill the whole family of the farmer in the beggining - only the member he was contracted to kill and the teenager son in self defence - had he not come with a riffle, he would be alive - but didn't touch the woman and the child, although they saw him, so they were witnesses that could turn him in and be hanged). He also seems to have a soft spot for disssabled people like his informative and the wounded soldiers in the abandoned fortess, and even leave them some alchohol. This could be part of his backstory, even if we dodn't literally find out, but in the last scene we see he misses the top of his finger, too (yeah, I know Mr Lee lost it building a dollhouse for his daughter, but it also fits plotwise). He's very interesting and presenting him as an one - dimentional, totally evil character doesn't do him justice.

The real villain in the west is those darn Pinkertons

I totally agree about Henry Fonda :)

You've got to love Angel Eyes

Best villain is Blue Duck from Lonesome Dove. He's terrifying and pure evil.

Bruce Dern was a vicious villain in "The Cowboys"

I was gonna argue for Lee Van Cleef as ‘Angel Eyes’ because I had forgotten about Henry Fonda as Frank in ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’... but on second thought, I think I agree with your assessment...

I would have put Lee Van Cleef's Angel Eyes above Lee Marvin's Liberty Valance myself but heck this isn't my video lol

A great list! I was half expecting Indio to be in the first place spot. However, can’t argue with Frank hanging out there. Good to see Micah in the opening.

Bruce Dern in the Cowboys was nasty enough to make the list.

I never watched "ONCE APON A TIME..." until our 'tough time' 3 yrs ago. A good movie, I liked it..

Great selections. Jack Palance in "Shane" could be on this list, but who do you then toss out? "Honorable Mention", maybe?

my top 5 chart: 1) Russ (Geoffrey Lewis) - The Culpepper Company & Co. ... really a bad guy!! 2) Charles Postlewait (Kevin Costner) - Open Range ... the fire under a quiet water 3) Jared Maddox (Burt Lancaster) - Lawman ... no problems to kill 4) Magua (Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans ... a proud warrior with no faith 5 Jack Sikora (David Bowie) - il mio West ... simply cruel and insane!

You neglected to mention one of the best of the bad men in western movies. That being the character actor Jack Elam. In his first movie, Rawhide, (not the TV show), staring Tyrone Power and Susan Haward, he plated one of the outlaws who were waiting to rob a stage. In one scene ho was taking shots at Susan Haward's baby sitting in the sand. He played many bad man characters in his early carrier and was an excellent comedic actor in later years.

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I’d include Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr, he did shoot a guy for chewing gum on line and not having brought enough for everybody. After all, he was known for being strict.

Excellent choice of Frank as number one! That introductory scene where he blows the kid away tells you everything you need to know about him.

Great list brother, I agree completley

I’d have to say Bruce Dern in the cowboys would rank right up there.

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In the movie "Shane" - Jack Palance as Jack Wilson the hired killer.

Fonda also played the antagonist in the film Firecreek

Jack Palance, Bruce Dern,,,but yours are good tho.

You also forgot anybody in the movie The Wild Bunch. Killing women in the beginning and everybody in the last scene.

The smile of Frank (Henry Fonda) when he shoot to the kid.... 😢

Gene Hackman did another great villain-Herod in The Quick and the Dead! He’s one of the main reasons I love that film!

1. Angel Eyes. No contest. Modern villains (past 40 years) are wussies comparatively. 2. Frank. The country was shocked at the evil in Fondas face. Wow. 3. Ramon, Indio. I must like Spag Westerns!😂 4. Jack Wilson. Was there a more sinister bad guy, besides Angel Eyes? 5. Bruce Dern played more bad guys than anyone, all the way back to Gunsmoke and many more in TV. When he shot and killed The Duke the public HATED him! Thats how good portraying a western villain he was. He deserves honorable mention. Great video!! 👍🏻 Tough to choose after 1 and 2.

And how can I forget Eli Wallach as Calvera?The Broadway Actor who lied and said he knew how to ride a horse in order to get the part.

Fun fact: When Henry Fonda turned up on set Sergio Leone went mad, Henry turned up clean shaven and Sergio wanted a reaction from the audience, he wanted them to see Fonda and say "holy shit!! That's Henry Fonda!"(paraphrase). I would probably have had Indio on this least because he was the truest psychopath in western history, he didn't kill because of a plan he got a sexual thrill out of causing misery and from murder. Colonel Mortimer didn't become a bounty killer for money, he became a bounty killer to exterminate vermin and Indio was the rat at the end of the sewer.

Great list!! Love your #1!!!! Another to add .. Captian Terrell from Outlaw Josey Wales. Bill Mckinney. Who also played the rapist in Deliverance!! Great bad guy!!

Rayford Barnes in "The Big Valley"----Chuck Connors as an outlaw in "The Rifleman" episode "Deadly Image"---Leo Gordon in "Gunsmoke"---Don Megowan in "Have Gun Will Travel"

How about Captain Terrill in Josey Wales? You shoulda done a top 20 so you could include the others.

For one of the few times in my life, I completely agree with your choices, and even the order, with the exception of number five. I probably would have gone with Eli Wallach as Calvera in "The Magnificent Seven". Again, like the Henry Fonda character Frank, because he is VERY relatable. But that is the great thing about opinions, everyone has one.

Apart from these my favourite western villains are Mervyn ' Vee' Duncan from Navajo Joe (1966), Major Jackson From Django (1966), Ricciolo (Curly) from The Mercenary (1968),John From Companeroes (1970), Ramon From A Fistful Of Dollars(1964), El Indio from For A Few Dollars More (1965),Valler from Mannaja aka A Man Called Blade (1977), Bill ' Dead Man ' San Antonio from God Forgives I don't (1967) , Calvera from The Magnificent Seven (1960), Bartholomew Bogue from The Magnificent Seven (2016) 'El Diablo' Orlowsky from Django Strikes Again (1987), Chaco From Four Of The Apocalypse (1975) and Herod from The Quick And The Dead (1995).

Jack Palance in Shane....prove it!

Henry Fonda as Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West belongs on this list.

After seeing Angel Eyes I am unnerved by Lee Van Cleef any time he shows up on screen. I recently saw him in the background of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance" and was anticipating him to bring harm to James Stewart. I also noticed that he appears to look like a proto-Fred Krueger. Van Cleef can easily haunt one's nightmares; he also fits the description of the shadow man that torments people with sleep paralysis.

Great List.

Frank is the number one villain. The scene of him in the movie smiling when he was younger is nothing less than just pure evil.

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I could not agree more with you, Henry Fonda played the villainest of all villains of all western times and you explanation as to why his is the most despicable villain seems to me perfect. By the way, did you know that the word villain comes from Spanish villano and villano means nothing else than habitant of a villa, little town?. However, it is also used as villano in villain.

Missing from your list---Michael Gambon as Denton Baxter in Kevin Costner's Open Range, Jack Palance as Wilson in Shane (when he stalks Eliza Cook, Jr and kills him -the force of the bullet throwing him into the mud -it was a more realistic shooting--(you would not see something like that again till Bonnie and Clyde and The Wild Bunch). Speaking of which --Mapache from The Wild Bunch as a bad guy. Anthony Quinn in Warlock, Richard Mulligan as Custer in Little Big Man.The portrayal of the Massacre of Cheyenne(called the Battle of the Washita by Whites ) at the Washita.The first portrayal of Custer as being nuts and less than noble.

What about El Indio? (A Few Dollars More) I think he should be on that list! 😉

Liberty Valance is more a bully than a villain Angel Eyes gets my vote for #2

Jack Palance as Wilson over Michael Biehn as Ringo all day long.

Nice selection.Instead if Gene Hackman should have selected Jack Palance for two outstanding performances in Shane n The Proffessionals.

What about Nathan Bourdette (Río Bravo, 1959)? And if you don't believe me, ask Walter Brennan.

Yul Brynner robot cowboy Westworld, 1973. A Gunslinger designed to be the villain of the park. He is supposed to confront the guests by challenging them to participate in duels, enter Murphy's law. Also, Futureworld as the same gunslinger.

I know Godless is a show and not a movie however Frank Griffin played by Jeff Daniels is a great villain and my personal favorite Western Villain

Hard to have only five. If I could add to the list I would add Brian Dennehy in Silverado and Jeff Daniels in Godless.

My favorite is without a doubt 'Loco' or 'Tigrero' from the great silence!

Have to agree... Henry Fonda is mesmerising as Frank in imo the greatest movie ever made.... Shame Aldo Sambrell's character scalp taker Duncan in Corbucci's Navajo Joe isn't included

There is also Tigrero (Klaus Kinski) in The Great Silence, one of the most evil motherfuckers in western history and he wins. El Indio is also legendary, both for his music and for his complexity. He's a monster, but Volonté brings a melancholy to the character that makes him interesting. Mapache could also get a spot here.

Jack Palance as Jack Wilson in the movie Shane was my favorite bad guy

❤your list U must add honorable mention: ALAN RICKMAN Quigley Down Under

I knew that no one could match Henry Fonda as (Frank) .I would have put Gian Maria Volonte in the rankings too He always played a great villain 👍

2:30 I like the song here, what song is this?

Jack Palance, my opinion number one!

Sadistic yes but the trait that sets them apart is ruthlessness. They will pursue their goals with an intensity where absolutely nothing will stand in their way. Frank, Angel Eyes and even Little Bill portray this best, the others are just thugs.

I like the list

Gian Maria Violante. He gave bring a bad guy new meaning

Correct

Bruce Dern in ' hang em High' and 'Cowboys' in which he kills John Wayne.

the only good one you picked was Lee Marvin - but you left out the BEST - Jack Palance in Shane

Bruce Dern, unquestionably, #1

What about Antonio Banderas in the movie , The Assassin? Why he is left out in the list?

I think,Blue Duck should make the list.

Henry Fonda was the best.

Henry Fonda's Frank is deeper than Angel Eyes. Fonda was the better actor of the two. Even though Frank was merciless, he had style which one could admire. Lee van Cleef's other great role, Colonel Mortimer, sort of shadows the more evil one.

What about Ramses in The Ten Commandments or the wicked witch of the west in The Wizard Of Oz ?

In my opinion gian maria volonte el indio role and very unpopular opinion klaus kinski as loco in great silence are definetly top 5

Could you do a video on western heroes?

Angel Eyes is #1

THE GOD OF GODS OF VILLAINY IS UNDISPUTABLY , LEE VAN CLEEF !

You obviously have not seen Winchester '73. Dan Duryea as Waco Johnny Dean.

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What about the great silence?

What about Jack Palance in Shane?

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Disagree. Loco the bounty Hunter in The Great Silence is arguably the most evil, compelling, and strangely charismatic villain in all westerns, in one of the greatest anti-westerns ever made.

Wait a sec...no mention of Hedey Lamar?.....sorry, that's Hedley....Hedley Lamar...lol

Have to include blue duck Kills children.

The only one of these movies I haven't seen is Once Upon A Time and while I have to agree these are the best of the worst I don't agree with your ranking. The one that I remember the most is Snake Eyes, and it's been many years since I've seen the movie yet I still remember him, therefore IMHO, Snake Eyes is the most evil, the worst villain in the west.

Bruce Dern in the Cowboys

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No love for Kirk Douglas? Come on! The movie was called "The Villain"! 🤪

Lee van cleef was the master.

Jack Palance would have eaten them alive!

Not agree with all your choices and not with your order. I'll put Sentenza first, Frank second, Liberty Valance third. And for the other two I'll put Jack Palance as Curly and finally Klauss Kinski as The bossu and many other films. I like Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda, Jack Palance very much but NO ONE can match Lee Van Cleef in westerns.

what about the worst villain in western movies? I think Mickey Rourke in the movie "The last outlaw". really out of role... never angry, never bad, still the same void expression on his face... boring.

......and Rex, you better start ranking women in western movies because it will make no impact at all on your poor credibility!...like women in western do....I can't forgive you not mentioning Jack Palance and Klauss Kinski as two of the 5 vilains in westerns, so go home and the next time focus on women in westerns...but just talk about their beauty if you can!...because this is all they are able to offer to catch my attention in western movies!🤣

Gli western migliori li ha fatto Leone...voi li chiamate spaghetti i spregio invece dovete imparare dai maestri..John Ford non ha fatto film belli come Leone.

Leone made the best westerns...you call them spaghetti in contempt instead you have to learn from the masters..John Ford didn't make films as good as Leone.