Hollywood has a smattering of non-liberal actors, believe it or not. Here are a few celebrity Republicans and/or conservatives: Clint Eastwood, Dean Cain (!), Robert Duvall, Patricia Heaton (also a Christian), Tony Danza, Kurt Russell, Tom Selleck, Angie Harmon (the best ADA Law & Order ever had), Lynn Swann, Scott Baio, Heather Locklear, and James Woods.
Check out Wikipedia’s entry. (Hat tip: Metrolingua)
Update (5/28): More Hollywood non-liberals.
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I liked Patricia Heaton’s remark some time ago when she said that she’d stand before God on Judgment Day, not before Barbra Streisand. Puts things in proper perspective.
Re: heads-up — That’s exactly what I meant, and I changed it just before I saw your comment.
– Admin
I’ve never followed football much, but I sure did have a crush on Lynn Swann when he was playing. His being conservative makes him even more attractive. I hear he’s considering running for governor of PA. Run, Lynn, Run!
I knew about some of these, but Kurt Russell and Scott Baio…I never knew that.
I took a quick look at wiki, but didn’t see Lara Flynn Boyle or whatever her name is. I thot I read somewhere that she was right-leaning.
I also really liked Bruce Willis’ Children of the Sun (corect title?) an ficitionalized account based on the Lost Boys. Realistic and moving.
La Shawn’s a celebrity now right?
Gary Oldman is a conservative, and one of the finest actors going.
Really? Gary Oldman is a conservative? You’re right. He’s a fine actor.
I think Sean Penn is a fine actor, too, especially in “At Close Range,” but of course his politics stink.
You can keep Baio and Dena Cain…
How about Audra Lynn, Emily Proctor (only reason I watch CSI Miami), India Allen, Terri Welles, Bo Derek (who else had the 10 poster?!?), Sara Evans, LeAnn Rimes (she’s legal now, and married), and Jessica Simpson.
Who says we dont’ have babes in our party.
There’s also Bo Derek and Mel Gibson. Jim Caviezel is a conservative Christian. As far as Oldman goes, I saw him on a list of celebs who support abortion. Don’t know what anything else about his political leanings.
Shannon Doherty is a Republican. She said in Playboy, Republicans have the best sex. Something about how busy we are doing our work during the day we really need a release at night. I’m OK with that. I was also really suprised that Playboy said 55% of their readers say that God made us exactly the way we are today. 22% said he made us close to exactly the way we are today and 13% said God had no hand in us at all. Pretty suprising for Playboy.
And Charlton Heston! Ron Silver is a liberal who is now leaning right. I hear Drew Carey is a patriotic American. And Dennis Miller loves to bash the left.
Who cares?
If I had to hazard a guess… everyone who commented so far but you, DS.
Don’t forget Kirk Cameron from the 1980’s sitcom “Growing Pains”.
Hollywood’s Golden Age sported many Republicans: Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, well the list is just too long. But that was when you could trust the movie would have a story, good writing, and fine acting. Now all an actress has to do to win and oscar is play a prostitute or be nude on film(See 7 of the last 10 year’s winners). Violence replaced plot, graphics replaced dialogue, and sex replaced acting. No wonder Hollywood is full of democrats, it’s all style over substance.
Kathy, hear, hear.
Just wanted to point out that although most of these are Republican, very few would be CONSERVATIVE Republican…
especially on social issues (gay rights, abortion, etc)…
I am constantly reminded on here that Republican does NOT equal conservative… They are what many on here derisively call RINOs…
Which is why I wrote “Republicans and/or conservatives.” You should read the posts more carefully if you’re going to be clever. I can’t figure out why you liberals read and comment on this blog in the first place. Mystery of the ages. – Admin
Conservative actors and liberal film makers, like oil and water.
Don’t forget the biggest name that should have been on that list.
Ronald Reagan.
RIP Mr. President.
Dark Star, you beat me to it, sage that you are.
And the other California movie star governor. He gets the first part of the AND/OR.
Rick Schroeder is another conservative Republican.
I’m reminded of the strong friendship between Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. Stewart was quite conservative, and Fonda was very liberal. The two of them would sit for hours together, building model airplanes and chatting, and they remained close personal friends until the end.
But then, that was back in the day when civility was a thing actually put to use, before Hollywood was fully co-opted by screamers such as Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Babs Streisand, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseam.
I read somewhere that Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are GOP supporters, but I don’t remember where.
Patricia Heaton is seriously and publically pro-life. I was very surprised to hear that.
I find this discussion very odd. This reminds me of when Christians find out that a celebrity has become a Christian, as if this validates something. It is obviously a good thing, but our beliefs don’t need validation, especially from Hollywood.
I am suprised to see Tony Danza on that list. I have heard otherwise.
Dignan, the point isn’t that our beliefs need validation; it’s simply refreshing to find a few folks with common sense among the legions of Hollywood knuckleheads.
Hear, hear, RedBeard. Also, those Rep and Conservative performers need our support. I used to work in an office in which I was the only Christian and the only conservative and it was tough. Can you imagine your entire industry not just being liberal, but vehemently against everything you believe in?
Shannon said:
“…vehemently against everything you believe in?”
Everything??!
I highly doubt that’s true… as I said before, sure there are plenty of Republicans, but very very few CONSERVATIVE Republicans in Hollywood… so the majority of Hollywood GOP-ers probably agree with the liberals in Hollywood on a host of issues, especially social issues…
From what I’ve seen of the Hollywood GOP, they tend to be alot like California’s Governor Auuunhuld, or NYC’s former mayor Giuliani (sp?)…
or even the so-called “South Park Republicans”…
in other words, pro-guns, pro-business, pro-tax-cuts, law-n-order types, even pro-war… but still very liberal on things like choice on abortion, gay civil rights, stem-cell research, lax on drug war…
The only Hollywood Republicans who would have to really worry are ones who are socially conservative as well…
This thread is TRIVIA, remember? We’re just engaging in trivial discussion about trivial people! No one is “validating” their beliefs via Hollywood!
Don’t take it so seriously!
Pat Sajak, too… although that would be scraping the bottom of the B-list…
I’m a liberal but I can add another one for ya, LaShawn: Ron Silver. He’s been in the righty seat on Real Time w/ Bill Maher a few times. There are a hell of a lot more than you posted, actually. They just tend to keep quiet.
Dan,
Ron Silver is a pro-war, very hawkish Democrat who endorsed Bush because of the war on terror, but he is not a conservative, nor a Republican…
He has said that in his opinion, the war on terror trumps EVERY issue, so he supports Bush because he believes Bush is the best man to protect the U.S. But on every other issue, he is still a liberal Democrat (pro-union, pro-environment, pro-choice, pro-gay-rights, pro-stem-cell-research, etc.)
When he was asked what he labels himself, he mentions “revolutionary liberal” or “progressive conservative”, but then quotes former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping: “I don’t care if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.”
Another quote right before the election:
“On many social issues, if this president wins — and I hope he does and I will try to help him — on November 3 I’ll be on the other side of the barricades when it comes to stem cell research, gay rights and other social issues.”
Ron Silver is more of a disastisfied liberal than a conservative.
I saw an interview with him on Cspan not too long ago (but long enough too not remember the night) where he explained it was the intolerance of disent that made him leave the democrats and vote republican. One example he cited was abortion; he we pro-choice, but against partial birth abortions. Since he was only partially on board, he was labled as being anti-choice.
The happened when he expressed his ideas on defense. He found that when talking with republicans, he was aloud to speak his peice, more often then not. Disent was not shouted down. In short, he found a party that was a big tent, and subject to listening to the membership, not just certain elite thinkers and lobby groups.
Disagreement over abortion was the fisrt thing to drive a wedge between me and the dems as well. Like Silver, had disent been allowed, I may have stayed a democrat (or at least a bit longer). If the party changes, he says he may go back. I don’t think they can change enough to bring me back to the fold at this point.
Amen to that, Kathy!
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