Brando's Godfather voted greatest film character

Marlon Brando’s Mafia boss Vito Corleone has been voted the greatest movie character of all time.

Brando’s Oscar-winning turn in 1972 classic The Godfather topped a poll by United States film experts.

Humphrey Bogart as Fred C Dobbs in 1948 flick The Treasure of the Sierra Madre came second, while his most famous role – as Rick Blaine in Casablanca – was only 19th.

Gone With The Wind heroine Scarlett O’Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, was third, ahead of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho.

Sean Connery’s 007, in his first James Bond role in Dr No, was fifth.

Other characters to make the top 20 included Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Alien, and Sir Anthony Hopkins’ cannibal killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

Computer-generated character Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, voiced by British actor Andy Serkis, is in ninth place.

The poll was carried out by US movie magazine Premiere.

Top 20:

1 Vito Corleone – The Godfather

2 Fred C Dobbs – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

3 Scarlett O’Hara – Gone With The Wind

4 Norman Bates – Psycho

5 James Bond – Dr No

6 Annie Hall – Annie Hall

7 Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark

8 Ellen Ripley – Alien

9 Jeff Spicoli – Fast Times at Ridgemont High

10 Gollum – The Lord of the Rings

11 Margo Channing – All About Eve

12 Charles Foster Kane – Citizen Kane

13 Atticus Finch – To Kill A Mockingbird

14 Randle McMurphy – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

15 Hannibal Lecter – The Silence of the Lambs

16 Robin Hood – The Adventures of Robin Hood

17 Dorothy Gale – The Wizard of Oz

18 Carl Spackler – Caddyshack

19 Rick Blaine – Casablanca

20 Virgin Tibbs – In The Heat of the Night