Sam Elliott

Sporting an impressive moustache and a distinctively gruff voice, Sam Elliott is an instantly recognizable screen presence. Even when he is not playing a cowboy, this actor has a cowboy persona. HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano devote this episode of their "At the Movies" podcast to an actor whose films include "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Lifeguard" (1976), "Mask" (1985), "Road House" (1989), "Tombstone" (1993), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "Thank You for Smoking" (2005) and many more. Although he is a man of few words in most of his movie roles, he makes every word count. And, of course, much of his acting also involves a twinkle in the eyes and the slightest of smiles under that award-worthy moustache.