Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird
Prof Henry Jones in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness
Marlin in Finding Nemo
Lord Henry Dashwood in What A Girl Wants
Tom Baker in Cheaper By The Dozen
Ray Ferrier in War Of The Worlds
Upon further browsing on the Internet (because, let's face it, the list above could use more fathers, and it basically came together from the top of my head) I have found a few more worthy-of-mention fathers:
Mrs. Doubtfire/Daniel Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire
Clark Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation
George Banks in Father Of The Bride
Sam Dawson in I Am Sam
Ted Kramer in Kramer Vs. Kramer
Gil Buckman in Parenthood
What do you think, blog-readers? I'm positive I have left other great movie dads off the list, but I think the combination of my list plus the fathers I looked up are a good bunch of caring dads. Care to add any more?
Happy Father's Day!
A few of my favorite movie fathers that you didn't mention:
ReplyDelete* Darth Vader - he saves his boy in the end.
* Liam Neeson's character from Taken - you never doubt that he's gonna rescue his daughter.
* Mr. Incredible - for not wearing a cape.
* Michael Keaton's character in Mr. Mom - that movie was from back when Michael Keaton just wanted to be funny.