Unbelievable As A "Lady's Man"

Barney Stinson on HIMYM. The actor playing him was also too plain to attract women.

Hawkeye from MASH

Alex Rodriguez - I don't get it.

r3

He choked

Walter Matheau was ridiculously poor casting for the film where Ingrid Bergman was in love with him and Goldie Hawn was suicidal over him leaving her ( I'm having a momentary blank on the films title and am too lazy to google).

The film was Cactus Flower

r6

I disagree in part but I can see what you mean. Goldie was playing the part of a girl attracted to an older man who was rich, stable and well off, things she was not.

On the other hand both Goldie Hawn and Ingrid Bergman is way out of there. If the older woman had been more realistic, I think it would be better.

Klinger was the crossdresser on MASH, Hawkeye was the obedient manservant :)

Uhh who would Beleive Jack Tripper as a laides man? The premise of the show worked because it was Ritter pinged to high heaven.

R9, Ritter always pinged to me on that show. I was surprised that when he died he left a family behind.

Didn't Larry just wait for the ladies to get super liquored up at the Regal Beagle?

I always figured the ladies in that dive would consider any man a "Ladies Man" when he's not a midget, has all his teeth and hair and it's Last Call for the night.

Inspector Morse was a bitter elderly alcoholic yet always had a lady who inevitably wound up dead.

R12 Maybe that's why he was so bitter!

r9 and r10 There was a book called " You'll Never Make Love in this Town Again." It was a bunch of recollections of LA hookers describing encounters with actors and other celebrities. There was a chapter about John Ritter and what a great client he was.

Inspector Morse was a bitter elderly alcoholic yet always had a lady who inevitably wound up dead.

I could see Morse's appeal. He was smart, classy, not unattractive, soulful, and wounded. John Thaw was only 60 when he died, but yes, Morse always seemed older than that.

Trump

Neil Patrick Harris.

Doc on the Love Boat was always scoring Barbi-Benton-types, but I'm not sure what he had to offer. Being a physician?

Sam Malone

John Ritter was "cute" in a way but was always a little too chubby. And he was IN NO WAY attractive enough to have every single woman on the show throwing themselves at him.

But you MIGHT believe him a lady's man whilst Larry was just awful.

Elliot page

Barney Fife. He was dating Juanita at the diner, Miss LouAnne Poovey, and of course Thelma Lou all at the same time. What a man-whore.

r22

You're not wrong but again, in Mayberry what other choices were there? Howard? Goober?

Dennis Leary on "Rescue Me".

Several ridiculously hot men on that show, yet fuggo Dennis was the one who had every woman supposedly throwing themselves at him, ready to kill themselves and each other over him, and seemingly unable to resist spontaneously ripping off their clothes and jumping on his always-hard dick at the mere sight of him.

Scott Baio on Charles in Charge

Matt LeBlanc as Joey on Friends. He is average looking at best, especially for downtown Manhatten. His face is too small and he was always a little pudgy.

Good call with Matt LeBlanc. He may have been the "best" looking of the male Friends...but that ain't saying much.

Seinfeld

r28

Jerry was a celebrity that was "obtainable," so that is believable. Even Elaine suddenly got "re-attracted" to him once she found out how much money he made.

That neighbor who is a pilot on Family Guy always makes me think of Larry from Three’s Company for some reason?

Jimmy Stewart. He was not average, he was below ugly.

And the idea of Grace Kelly chasing after him. He wasn't even Donna Reed good-looking enough.

In the same vein, Shane McCutcheon on "The L Word."

Che on and just like that

[quote]Scott Baio on Charles in Charge

Even though he was with Joannie most of the later Happy Days seasons, wasn't Chachi considered quite a catch as well?

Fonzi in the later years when he was a 40 year old still getting all of the high school and college girls.

Tony Soprano was always scoring gorgeous women without even trying. Come on, are we supposed to believe that? Yeah maybe he was charismatic, but James Gandolfini was not exactly an Adonis.

Me!

I'm a middle aged fit fat gay man yet women are constantly hitting on me.

Oddly enough, I struggle to get attention from other men.

[quote]Walter Matheau was ridiculously poor casting for the film where Ingrid Bergman was in love with him and Goldie Hawn was suicidal over him leaving her ( I'm having a momentary blank on the films title and am too lazy to google).

To be fair, that sort of mirrors Rex Harrison (aka Ugly as Sin) and his relationships with women (he was married six times), in particular blonde starlet Carole Landis (who committed suicide when Harrison wouldn't divorce his wife and marry her.) All of his wives were fairly attractive, and his fourth also killed herself after Harrison divorced her.

Adam Driver

Timotay

John Goodman

Kelsey Grammer

Larry David

Javier Bardem

You have obviously never seen Adam Driver in person on stage, half the audience male and females are all creaming their pants. The man oozes sexuality in person.

Charlie Sheen in Two and a half men was a little perplexing

Javier Bardem is ugly-sexy, but still sexy, very manly, can't believe you put him on the same list with Larry David??

[quote]Alex Rodriguez - I don't get it.

Must agree with this one, but rumor is that he has an extraordinarily long, thick penis that is beautiful to behold (unlike the rest of him).

Woody Allen in all the films he's in.

I never follow baseball, but I had a thing for Alex Rodriguez in the late '90s, when he was in his twenties and on the Seattle Mariners. My brother is a sports nut and I sometimes would watch with him if I found a player attractive. A-Rod was baby-faced but masculine, with green eyes, luscious lips, and a nice butt. For some reason, he became really hideous (in looks and behavior) after he moved to NYC to play for the Yankees. Go figure!

Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch (Barry Williams).

Eddie Winslow on FAMILY MATTERS

Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally, although I still enjoyed him in the movie.

I was thinking Mickey Rooney in the ANDY HARDY film series, but he was married like 10 times (including to goddess Ava Gardner) and had bedded dozens of beautiful women since puberty.

That’s a great one, [r48]. I always thought the same and was perplexed by all of his partners. Have they ever spoken about their relationships with MR? We’re they arranged by the studio?

Eddie from the Golden Girls but that was on purpose. Played by John Fiedler.

What the fuck is a HIMYM? Get off your fatass and type it out. The workout will do you good.

[quote]What the fuck is a HIMYM?

Isn't that what tears in a woman when she loses her virginity?

Has Carmine Ragoo been mentioned?

Ed Bauer.

Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men.

Frasier owns this thread.

I don't think Frasier was considered a ladies man. He was rich, successful and cultured but managed to fuck up and sabotage most of the times he tried to get laid. That said, straight women can get past looks for the aforementioned qualities and he wasn't hideous. Frasier was actually presented as bumbling in the love department.

Alfred Molina did a whole show about this.

Gerard Depardieu

Mikhail Baryshnikov - he is 5'5" tall.

Some of these are ridiculous. Matt LeBlanc is stunningly handsome. So is Mikhail Baryshnikov, plus he has a ballet dancer's superass.

But even so, gay men always make the mistake that being a ladies' man has to do solely with being handsome. It does not: straight women are mostly not as obsessed with looks as gay men are. They are more turned on by confidence and charisma.

Baryshnikov was sexy as hell in his prime though. If a guy is that sexy who cares if he's only 5'5"?

Arthur Fonzarelli/Henry Winkler

I found James Stewart very attractive R31.

Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo.

Bill Cosby, Wtf were these women on drugs?

Matt LeBlanc is a total muscle stud.

Someone above mentioned Sam Malone. He is the classic tv lady’s man that just wasn’t attractive…at all. But then again, as in real life, it’s all about the attitude. Women love assholes.

[quote]Someone above mentioned Sam Malone. He is the classic tv lady’s man that just wasn’t attractive…at all.

It didn't help that he was often referred to as being 'gorgeous' by Diane and the other women he bedded. It's one thing to be attracted to his personality, but the show tried to sell Sam Malone as a studly jock, too.

Cliff Barnes in Dallas

J.R. in Dallas.

Big dick energy on all of ‘em

[quote]I found James Stewart very attractive [R31].

Me, too. I was one of those gaylings who watched old movies from the '30s/'40s and Stewart was an early crush. Handsome, affable, lovely smile, and beautiful eyes that you could tell were blue even in black-and-white. The crush is still there over twenty years later, but it has to be young Jimmy Stewart.

Dudley Moore

[quote]Matt LeBlanc as Joey on Friends. He is average looking at best, especially for downtown Manhatten. His face is too small and he was always a little pudgy.

Tell me you're a flyover country hick without saying that you're a flyover country hick.

LARRY DAVID wins this thread. He's not very attractive and he's annoying. If he didn't have his money who would date him?

R41 yes! Javier Bardem is very ugly-sexy. He shows his peen in the early Spanish films Goldenballs and Jamon Jamon where he sucks on Penelope Cruz' 16-year old tits.

R77 and now they're married. After reuniting in that Woody Allen film that won Cruz her Oscar. How strange is that?

Neil Patrick Harris on HIMYM. Not hot or funny enough.

Larry was never really supposed to be taken seriously as a ladies man; he was the funny sleazy sidekick who would joke about spilling wine to get women out of their clothes. In today’s terms he’d be a date rapist.

His closest spirit animal was probably Stan Zbornak.

Yes Alan Alda, Larry David and Ted Danson are all well hung.

John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons. He looks like a lizard.

Eddie Murphy Raw. Those leather Batgirl pants don;t seem to be packing much.

Isn't Eddie Murphy more of a ladyboys' man?

I object to the premise. Larry is a self-styled ladies man. He's a big talker, an aspirant. The whole idea is he aims to charm his way into dating hot women.

We've spoken about it before on here, but in the 1940s-50s movies, there were always 40 and 50 year old men bedding 20 year old women. My niece won't watch them, because she thinks it's gross.

Larry from Three’s Company was so gross! He looked like a rat with a perm

Larry was the stereotypical 70s lounge lizard, always on the make but probably striking out more than he got laid.

Quagmire is cut from the same cloth but much more predatory, using subterfuge to score or just outright drugging and raping women.

Larry had a nice bubble butt. Especially in those tight '70s pants. That's what I liked and remembered about him. I'm not necessarily a top, but I do love to rim a nice ass!

I thought Sam Malone was attractive

Look at the women George Costanza attracted...even more unbelievable

R53 No way, the Big Ragu was HOT!

Rosie O'Donnell

On the other hand, Bud Bundy on MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN was made out to be such a grotesque loser, but he was actually pretty cute and had self-confidence which is big with women (even if on the show he struck out more often than not).

Hey Shirley Feeney @ [R92], that post will cost you $368 for copyright infringement. My lawyers will be in touch.

Hank Moody, in Californication

R92 that’s one of those “only on DL” things.

As attractive as he was when he was young, after Warren Beatty turned 40 he wizened into a Blue Period Picasso painting.

Also Big Dick Energy though.

The worst of this is Richard Lewis on Curb Your Enthusiasm. I suppose a fifty year old womanizer still has its sleazy charms. But in recent seasons, seeing that shriveled hundred year old man slink into a room like Grandma Moses with some new hot twenty five year old actress with huge tits on his arm who he can’t stand was peak cringe.

[quote]I found James Stewart very attractive [R31].

Oh you poor thing, give us your email and we'll send you money for glasses.

[quote]Charlie Sheen in Two and a half men was a little perplexing

Not really, he was nice looking, fit (not fat), he played the piano, had an awesome beach house and a lot of money.

Remember when Enrique Iglesias guest starred as a handyman on the show? And all the other characters kept saying, doesn't he remind you of someone? to Charlie. And in the end to get back the women Iglesias's character was stealing, Charlie pulled out his checkbook.

I wonder if Larry Dallas was the inspiration for Larry Laffer from [italic]Leisure Suit Larry[/italic] ? Back on topic, my vote goes to Harry Bentley in The Jeffersons.

R66, you're out of pocket for that joke. And I'm out of pocket for giving it a W&W.

R35 that’s the point though. It’s Tony Soprano as played by James Gandolfini being the ladies man, not Bobby Bacalao or Big Pussy.

Pete Davidson.

Three's Company was incredibly cheap and relied on risque Vaudeville-style jokes. It was a surprise hit, but then we were supposed to believe the cast members were sexy young things.

God! I was attracted to Larry on 3s Company as a young gay boy. 🥴

Walter Matthau was even more unbelievable as a ladies' man in A NEW LEAF with Elaine May. But he was enough of a box-office draw at the time that he was cast in that and CACTUS FLOWER.

Speaking of Matthau, I couldn't see what gorgeous Ann-Margret saw in his and Jack Lemmon's GRUMPY OLD MEN characters.

Another vote for Malkovich in LIAISONS and PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

[quote]J.R. in Dallas.

J.R. was a sociopath from a rich family. Those guys are never short of female attention.

Peter MacNicol

NPH . . .

Wally Cox

Burt Reynolds. Seemed more comfortable with men co-stars and action movies than romances.

Alistar from As Time Goes By

Rip Taylor

Jack Nicholson