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Telly Savalas made an amazing rendition of a criminal mastermind, evil but not clownish.
I don't like Pleasence that much, specially because of his voice which is an antithesis of what we heard on FRWL and TB. Charles Gray was just the kind of Blofeld that DAF deserved. And the one in FYEO is nothing of a parody of what Blofeld really is.
As many other times, the best Blofeld is the one in Fleming's books, no doubt.
In all seriousness. My favorite Blofeld is Telly Savalas by far.
Woohoo fellow savalas fan!!!
1. Donald Pleasence (YOLT) - imo definitly the best one!
2. Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlman (FRWL,TB) - the mystery around Blofeld is great
3. Charles Grey (DAF) - not the best one but still ok
4. Telly Savalas (OHMSS) - don't really like him.
5. Max Von Sydow (NSNA) - he doesn't fit
He is my favourite villain behind Zorin. He has very quotable dialogue, and someone who you really wouldn't like to cross. Savalas is a fantastic actor, and this especially comes over in scenes such as revealing his master plan to Bond and shouting down Campbell after he is caught. He has great screen presence, and a much more hands on Blofeld incarnation: and the best.
I also like Pleasance, Savalas, and Gray believe it or not. Each of them brings cool stuff to the table.
Only Blofeld I dislike is FYEO.
When will there be justice for OHMSS? FYEO doesn't count.
For a child, you are very kulturny.
Thank you. I'm sure Tania will approve.
2. FRWL Blofeld
3. Donald Pleasance Blofeld
4. Charles Gray Blofeld
5. Telly Savalas Blofeld
6. Max von Sydow Blofeld
7. John Hollis Blofeld
Blofeld gets screen-time and definitely the best Blofeld by far.
The rest is forgettable to downright embarrassing.
Of course I prefer not showing his face, so TB did this probably the best way.
This would be my view, for the reasons outlined above. The Dawson/Pohlman incarnate is way out in front for me.
This is it. I was going to say in my previous post, no one has yet nailed it and (to ref the above) Pleasance was the furthest wide of the mark. Not only does he lack physical stature, he lacks screen presence, which next to Connery is a double fault. The scenes in the control room look like Connery is school prefect, come in to mock the diminutive new starter who's acting up. If they'd bolstered the idea of him as a super-intelligent being it would've elevated it slightly, but he appears to be a bumbling, deformed dwarf. Pohlman's voice is perfect by comparison.
First off, Donald Pleasence is the definitive Blofeld for the same reason that Connery is the definitive Bond.
Secondly, I'm sorry but the Fleming Blofeld is a dog turd. I mean compared to the cinematic character. Fleming had started to loss the knack by that point. Thunderball and Goldfinger are two of the worst novels I've ever read, and I love Fleming. Early Fleming, that is.
Ta, pet.
I pretend Pleasence's Blofeld is a decoy running the Japan operation and Grey's Blofeld is Henderson turned traitor working as Blofeld's new Number 2.
2. Pleasance (Iconic. Owns the look. Failure to shoot Bond at the end made him comedic unfortunately).
3. Savalas (Brings the pain in a physical way. Real cool. Still looks and acts like a detective though).
4. Grey (Henderson? Please.)
5. "I'll buy you a delicatessen." (Hilarious. Wish he could have been the bad guy in OP.)
6. Did I miss one? Nope. Not at all.