As a bona fide acting icon and winner of two Academy Awards, Marlon Brando never had to worry about being accused of a lack of talent. Then again, accusations all true about a lack of professionalism were never likely to bother him much either; Brando described his profession as childish and a bums life and was infamous for backing up his beliefs with bizarre on-set behaviour. Brando banked an astonishing $3.7 million plus a hefty percentage of the films profits for less than two weeks work on Superman, but regrettably he failed to convince director Richard Donner that Jor-El should appear on screen as a green suitcase or a bagel. When filming The Score, Frank Oz was forced to shoot his ageing star from the waist up as Brando was usually naked below the belt, and on the set of The Island of Dr Moreau he took to wearing an ice bucket for a hat and had a dwarf hed taken a liking to written into the film.Still, Brando was a rare talent when he felt like proving it, and his roles in On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire and Apocalypse Now cemented his place as one of the greatest actors who ever lived. His most famous role and arguably best performance came as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, and the Mafia bosss death from a heart attack mirrored Brandos own demise from congestive heart failure following decades of over-indulgence.