Interesting Film Priest Characters - My List

11. Father Flanagan by Spencer Tracy, Boys Town (1938) by Norman Taurog



Father Flanagan helps young convicts. Based on true story.

10. Father Barry by Karl Malden, On the Waterfront (1954) by Elia Kazan



Father Barry fights the corruption.

9. Jerry Connolly by Pat O'Brien, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) by Michael Curtiz



Jerry Connolly is a catholic priest who tries to stop gangster (his childhood friend) corrupting youth in neighbourhood.

8. Father Lucas Trevant by Anthony Hopkins, The Rite (2011) by Mikael Håfström



Father Lucas Trevant is an Exorcist in Rome with questionable methods yet successful and true believer. Loosely based on real Father Gabriele Amorth, Exorcist of Rome.

7. Father Chuck O'Malley by Bing Crosby, The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) by Leo McCarey



Father Chuck O'Malley, a catholic priest trying to do some good rebuilding a school.

6. Father Gabriel by Jeremy Irons, The Mission (1986) by Roland Joffé



Father Gabriel, Jesuit priest, missionary in South America, who builds a mission and tries to protect the Indians against Portuguese colonialist.

5. Father Karras by Jason Miller, The Exorcist (1973) by William Friedkin



Father Karras, the Jesuit priest and psychiatrist, first doubts and then in pursuit of evil.

4. Father Merrin by Max von Sydow, The Exorcist (1973) by William Friedkin



Father Merrin, the Jesuit priest, scholar and exorcist fighting an evil entity that possessed a teenage girl.

3. Ivan by Mads Mikkelsen, Adams æbler (2005) by Anders Thomas Jensen



Ivan, a priest in a rural church, sees the world through the rose-colored glasses, taking care of paroled convicts and wanting to bake a perfect apple pie.

2. Priest of Ambricourt by Claude Laydu, Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) by Robert Bresson



Priest of Ambricourt, the saddest priest in the world, new to a small French town, teased and ridiculed, diligently making entries to his journal.

1. Léon Morin by Jean-Paul Belmondo, Léon Morin, prêtre (1961) by Jean-Pierre Melville



Léon Morin, young and handsome priest in a war ridden French town, giving a guidance to a young woman who eventually falls in love with him.

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Father Tomas Ericsson played by Gunnar Bjornstrand in the Ingmar Bergman film A Winters Light. Hears the gospel for the first time, decades after he becomes a priest, from the most unlikely of sources.

The Devils=Urbain Grandier=Oliver Reed
Robert De Niro=Father Bobby=Sleepers
San Francisco=Tim Mullin=Spencer Tracy
Kid Monk Baroni=Father Callahan=Richard Rober
Lawnmower Man=Jeremy Slate=Fr. Francis McKeen

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God, I hated this movie.

Jason Miller was BRILLIANT in this movie.

Missing...

Byrne from Stigmata (1999)

Roache and Wilkinson from Priest (1994)

Koteas from The Prophecy (1995)

and I'll toss this one in, for fun.

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E. K. Hornbeck

you probably know that but Father Dyer and and the other older priest character that was grabbing bear with Father Karras were the actual priests from, I think, New York Diocese

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ive seen these except Priest, gonna check it out

i missed this one .thanks for the tip