Answers from August 3, 2010 Post.
Here are the actors portraying the ABA’s 25 greatest fictional lawyers as listed in the August 2010 edition of the ABA Journal:
1. Frank Galvin – Paul Newman.
2. Paul Biegler – Jimmy Stewart. Side note – the prosecutor in Anatomy of a Murder was none other than George C. Scott.
3. Perry Mason – Raymond Burr.
4. Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. – John Houseman.
5. Henry Drummond – Spencer Tracy.
6. Lawrence Preston – E.G. Marshall.
7. Jack McCoy – Sam Waterston.
8. Horace Rumpole – Leo McKern.
9. Chief Judge Dan Haywood – Spencer Tracy.
10. Sir Wilfrid Robarts – Charles Laughton.
11. Alan Shore – James Spader.
12. Vincent “Vinny” Gambini – Joe Pesci.
13. Lt. Daniel Kaffee – Tom Cruise.
14. Arnie Becker – Corbin Bernsen.
15. Arthur Kirkland – Al Pacino.
16. Hans Rolfe – Maximilian Schell.
17. Mitchell Stephens – Ian Holm.
18. Ally McBeal—Calista Flockhart.
19. Sandy Stern – Raul Julia.
20. Patty Hewes – Glenn Close.
21. Michael Clayton – George Clooney.
22. Jake Brigance – Matthew McConaughey.
23. Rusty Sabich – Harrison Ford.
24. Forrest Bedford – Sam Waterston.
25. Jonathan Wilk – Orson Welles.
Notables:
Rudy Baylor – Matt Damon (The Rainmaker); Andrew Beckett – Tom Hanks (Philadelphia); Denny Crane – William Shatner(Boston Legal); Eddie Dodd – James Woods (True Believer); Alicia Florrick – Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife); Owen Marshall – Arthur Hill (Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law); Ben Matlock – Andy Griffith (Matlock); Portia – Lizzy Carter (2009); Lynn Collins (2004); Ngarimu Daniels (2002); Andree Debar (1953); Sybil Thorndike (1922); Nellie Huton Briton (1916); Lois Weber (1914); Florence La Badie (1912); Julia Swayne Gordon (1908) (The Merchant of Venice); Ned Racine – William Hurt (Body Heat); Adam Schiff – Steven Hill (Law & Order); and David Wilson – Ken Howard (1984 TV); Theodore Roberts (1916 movie) (The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson).
To the above, Mike and Marc would add: Arthur Banister – Everett Sloane (The Lady from Shanghai); Clinton Judd - Carl Betz (Judd for the Defense); and Charley Malloy – Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront).
Greatest in pro per: Hans Beckert – Peter Lorre (M).