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One of the 10rant’s most ardent supporters, Mr. Render, has been pushing hard for another dedicated list championing an especially deserving Hollywood mainstay.  I’ve honored Gary Busey , Bill Paxton , and even the legendary Christopher Walken with their own lists, but these tributes occurred long ago, and are in need of some worthy company.  While some more obvious, man-tastic options abounded (DeNiro, Willis, Denzel), there is an inescapable familiarity that Bill Murray brings to his screen work, and is a trait that has kept audiences coming back to him for more than three decades.  Since his introduction into the pop culture cauldron during Saturday Night Live’s second season (as a replacement for Chevy Chase), Murray’s irreverent, almost nonchalant flavor of comedy at first broadened, then retracted so as to develop into a familiar, sad-clown sort of voice.