Round 3: Tossup 1

The legal concept of palimony was established via a lawsuit against this actor, whose character beats up three men with a live chicken in Emperor of the North. A secret society for people who could pass for being this actor’s son was founded by Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Jim Jarmusch. It’s not Clint Eastwood, but a film starring this actor was the first to shoot on Alcatraz Island. This leading man of Samuel Fuller’s The Big Red One plays a character who scalds Gloria Grahame’s (15[1])face with hot coffee in Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat. This actor played the vengeful thief (*) Parker in John Boorman’s (10[1])thriller Point Blank. A man played by this actor is dared to pick up a steak by a man who later kills him just as Ransom Stoddard fires his gun. This actor, who sang a hit version of “Wand’rin’ Star” for Paint Your Wagon, drew on his Purple Heart-winning World War II service to play (10[1])the trainer of the Dirty Dozen. For 10 points, name this actor who played villains like Liberty Valance. ■END■

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