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Entry ID: A891155 (Edited)

the stereotype

the connotations

accessorised

easily identifiable [3 'recognisable's in quick succession]

and audience alike)

With valuable

However, one

film-makers.

was born to populate

Wild West

altered speech

there has been


also played his fair share of homegrown villains.)

it might have tarnished

In the early days of cinema ?

Christopher Eccleston in Gone in Sixty Seconds

... Jack Palance (an American) was the principal villain - Was there a nasty Brit too?

Roddy Maude-Roxby (voice of Edgar the butler) in The Aristocats (animation)

Northwest,

throughout this Entry

of this Entry

he's Welsh.

Eastern-European

Have you forgotten about this one, Gnomon?

Yes.

I've done all those. I also changed:

However, ever since film has become a popular medium,

to:

Ever since film has become a popular medium, however,

to avoid the repition of ever ever.

I still object to Anthony Hopkins being included in this, but I couldn't persuade the author to change it. By all accounts, Hopkins did a perfect Boston accent in The Silence of the Lambs, so I don't see why he is included. If John F Kennedy had acted as a villain, would he also be listed as having a British accent?

"to avoid the repition of ever ever." Well spotted!