Jimmy was inspired by many actors. He was particularly influenced by Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, both of whom were generation gap rebels. Jimmy once said he admired Brando because "It is impossible not to carry with one the image of such a successful actor". Jimmy attended the Actors Studio in New York where he had studied Method acting like Brando and Clift before him. While Jimmy was considered to be a "pain-striken and vulnerable" actor, Clift was seen as a "blank stare perplexed" actor and Brando as a "mumble scratch" actor. All three however had mastered the art of Method acting.

"He's the most keenly aware, the most empathetical human being alive... he just knows. If you have a scar, physical or mental, he goes right to it. He doesn't want to, but he doesn't avoid it. He cannot be cheated or fooled. If you left the room he could be you." - Stella Addler (A Life In Our Times)

BORN: 3 April 1924 PLACE OF BIRTH: Omaha, Nebraska

1950: The Men/Battle Stripe 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire 1952: Viva Zapata! 1953: Julius Caesar 1954: Desiree 1954: On The Waterfront 1955: The Wild One 1955: Guys And Dolls 1956: The Teahouse Of The August Room 1957: Sayonara 1958: The Young Lions 1959: The Fugitive Kind 1961: One-Eyed Jacks 1962: Mutiny On The Bounty 1963: The Ugly American 1964: Bedtime Story 1965: The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri 1966: The Chase 1966: Meet Marlon Brando 1967: The Countess From Hong Kong 1967: Reflections In A Golden Eye

1967: Candy 1969: Burn/Queimada! 1969: The Night Of The Following Day 1972: The Godfather 1972: The Nightcomers 1973: Last Tango In Paris 1976: The Missouri Breaks 1978: Superman 1979: Apocalypse Now 1979: Raoni: The Fight For The Amazon 1980: The Formula 1989: A Dry White Season 1990: The Freshman 1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery 1994: Jimmy Hollywood 1995: Don Juan De Marco 1997: The Island Of Dr. Moreau 1997: The Brave 1998: Free Money 2001: The Score 2001: Apocalypse Now Redux

"I do not have a neurotic ambition to act. As for money, I don't want any more" - Montgomery Clift

BORN: 17 October 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH: Omaha, Nebraska

1948: Red River 1949: The Heiress 1950: The Big Lift 1951: A Place In The Sun 1953: From Here To Eternity 1953: I Confess 1958: Raintree County

1958: The Young Lions 1959: Suddenly Last Summer 1960: The Misfits 1960: Wild River 1961: Judgement At Nuremburg 1962: Freud

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