What actor does this Roman bust look like?

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  • Beowulf
    Sergeant
    • Jan 2012
    • 537

    #1

    What actor does this Roman bust look like?

    I'm thinking an English actor from one of the older movies, perhaps 1950s or 1960s? Even 1970s. Maybe a period film, Roman, or an intrigue thing?

    Ahh, what a face though, a man's man.

    Btw, this is actually Vergilius - Marble, Late 1st c. BC-early 2nd c. CE, Museo Gregoriano Profano ,Roma.
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  • GUT
    Commissioner
    • Jan 2014
    • 7841

    #2
    Sid Ceasar maybe.
    G U T

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    • Robert
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 5163

      #3
      On the left - Prince Charles.

      On the right - Frank Finlay :

      Tributes from peers and admirers are pouring in today for celebrated English stage, screen and television actor Frank Finlay, who died this weekend in his Weybridge, Surrey home from heart failure following a short illness. He was 89. “We are very saddened to announce that Frank died today 30 January 2016 at home surrounded by […]

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      • barnflatwyngarde
        Inspector
        • Sep 2014
        • 1141

        #4
        It's Pierre.

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        • Joshua Rogan
          Assistant Commissioner
          • Jul 2015
          • 3205

          #5
          I thought he looked somewhere between Ralph Richardson and Michael Hordern, but Frank Findlay's also a good shout

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          • Karl
            Detective
            • Oct 2015
            • 314

            #6
            The one on the right sort of reminds me of Benedict Cumberbatch.

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            • Mayerling
              Superintendent
              • Feb 2008
              • 2762

              #7
              Originally posted by Beowulf View Post
              I'm thinking an English actor from one of the older movies, perhaps 1950s or 1960s? Even 1970s. Maybe a period film, Roman, or an intrigue thing?

              Ahh, what a face though, a man's man.

              Btw, this is actually Vergilius - Marble, Late 1st c. BC-early 2nd c. CE, Museo Gregoriano Profano ,Roma.
              Granted, quite a face (would not like to face a centurian or Roman legionaire in a fight with that face - he'd mean business!).

              I can think of two who kind-of look like him. David Farrar, who played many roles as a hard adventurer or soldier (I saw him as a British naval officer in "The Sea Chase" the other day, and he was the local British resident in the Himilayan (spelling?) kingdom in "Black Narcissus" who is dubious about the Nuns' mission to the kingdom); Leo Genn, who played fairly charming people in many films, but did dramatic parts (one of the doctors involved in the murder case in "Green is For Danger, with Alistair Sim and Trevor Howard), and did appear as a Roman patrician in "Quo Vadis" as the writer and social critic (and Nero's temporary friend) Petronius Arbiter.

              Jeff
              Last edited by Mayerling; 07-16-2016, 09:29 AM.

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              • Mayerling
                Superintendent
                • Feb 2008
                • 2762

                #8
                Originally posted by barnflatwyngarde View Post
                It's Pierre.
                It might be. Pierre possibly thinks he knows how to be the world's greatest movie actor.

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                • Steadmund Brand
                  Sergeant
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 534

                  #9
                  It's Nigel Hawthorne!!!

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                  • Joshua Rogan
                    Assistant Commissioner
                    • Jul 2015
                    • 3205

                    #10
                    It's good to see a consensus has been reached!

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                    • Aldebaran
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                      • May 2016
                      • 128

                      #11
                      Frank Finlay is a good guess, IMO, and there's always Robert ["Awwwwwr"] Newton.

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                      • Errata
                        Assistant Commissioner
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 3060

                        #12
                        Is it just me or does he look a little like the 4th Doctor?
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                        • Joshua Rogan
                          Assistant Commissioner
                          • Jul 2015
                          • 3205

                          #13
                          Well, if it's true that a sculpture never lies, then.....nope.
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                          • Beowulf
                            Sergeant
                            • Jan 2012
                            • 537

                            #14
                            Great choices, looking up all of them but it's not so far. Driving me crazy. The Roman face really is repeated down the ages. Fascinating. Patrick Stewart as Sejanus (I Claudius) was a thought, but nope.

                            Btw, Trevor Howard always reminded me of Hugh Hefner, when both were young.

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                            • Mayerling
                              Superintendent
                              • Feb 2008
                              • 2762

                              #15
                              Well, we know it's not Robert Morley or Wilfred Hyde-White or James Robinson Justice. Someone will guess it.

                              And Robert Newton said "Arrrgh" in "Blackbeard".

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