Live Poll: Most Heroic Officer of the Titanic

15 April 2017 marked the 105th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, one of the most memorable disasters in history. Approximately 1,600 out of the 2,224 passengers on board did not survive.

Many movies were made about this disaster, the most famous being Titanic (1997) and A Night to Remember (1958), all depicting their own view on the events of that fateful night.

But who do you think was the most heroic officer on board the Titanic?

List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls069160427/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/SaVHtHFw6nU/

Responses

Oldest First

Selected Oldest First

ryan_l_williams

95 Messages

•

2K Points

9 years ago

I can honestly say that the 1997 "Titanic" version has always been my all-time favorite movie out of all the movies that have been done about that historic and fateful voyage. And, in answer to the question on this forum regarding the "Most Heroic Officer of the Titanic", I would just like to say that I was very impressed with all the names on the list. To me, each one of them is a first-rate hero. But, since I must pick out the Numero Uno of the bunch, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and pick: Capt. Edward J. Smith, played by Bernard Hill, who also played King Theoden of Rohan in the "Lord Of The Rings" movies. Just as Hill impressed me as Theoden, he really impressed me as the captain of the Titanic, including the part where he bravely, and with dignity, followed the old naval tradition of "going down with the sinking ship". He makes you wish that there are more heroes like him, don't you think?

carol_stinkie

1 Message

•

80 Points

While I'm sure Capt. Smith was a very brave man in reality. Don't think the Titanic movie was real life. Nobody made out in an antique car in the real version of events. Read a book and you will get a much clearer picture of what really happened

8 years ago

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

9 years ago

Bert,

I'll add the images of those characters on IMDb database. You may have to create this an 'image' list later.

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Ok, great. Thanks, DC!

9 years ago

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

Bert,

I have already added those images, which will go live by tomorrow. Here are those images:

Captain Edward J. Smith

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583581/RackMultipart20170416-50960-11awxc-Cynt018VQAABLXn_inlinejpg1492355224

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583581/RackMultipart20170416-50960-11awxc-Cynt018VQAABLXn_inlinejpg1492355224

Chief Officer Wilde

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583582/RackMultipart20170416-74434-1t7cwqz-HenryWilde_inlinejpg1492355279

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583582/RackMultipart20170416-74434-1t7cwqz-HenryWilde_inlinejpg1492355279

First Officer William Murdoch

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583583/RackMultipart20170416-95965-gfaplo-ad909ca98d64360357cec9151771f459_inlinejpg1492355324

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583583/RackMultipart20170416-95965-gfaplo-ad909ca98d64360357cec9151771f459_inlinejpg1492355324

Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583584/RackMultipart20170416-97569-1yj8f2k-CharlesLightoller_inlinejpg1492355354

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583584/RackMultipart20170416-97569-1yj8f2k-CharlesLightoller_inlinejpg1492355354

Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583586/RackMultipart20170416-8415-16hj560-Titanic-movie-screencaps_com-15732_inlinejpg1492355464

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583586/RackMultipart20170416-8415-16hj560-Titanic-movie-screencaps_com-15732_inlinejpg1492355464

Sixth Officer James Moody

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583587/RackMultipart20170416-80548-ebco3m-JamesMoody1997_inlinejpg1492355488

Image https//d2r1vs3d9006apcloudfrontnet/s3_images/1583587/RackMultipart20170416-80548-ebco3m-JamesMoody1997_inlinejpg1492355488

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any images of 3rd Officer Pitman played by Kevin De La Noy. So I think you should use Kevin De La Noy's IMDb Primary image in the place of 3rd Officer Pitman and just write a note like - "3rd Officer Pitman Played by Kevin De La Noy".

9 years ago

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Super! Thanks, DC!

9 years ago

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

The pictures are still not live, DC.

9 years ago

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

Bert,

I have reported the issue here:

https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/title-image-contribution-not-processed-estimated-processing-...

I hope the images will be available soon.

9 years ago

Jessica

Champion

•

12.3K Messages

•

222.4K Points

9 years ago

15 April 2017 marks the 105th anniversary...

Perhaps marked would be a better word, since the date has passed.

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Correct. I changed it in the list.

9 years ago

ryan_l_williams

95 Messages

•

2K Points

9 years ago

+leavey-2: I just wanted to say thank you for "liking" my reply to your "Most Heroic Officer Of The Titanic" poll. It was most appreciated.

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Thanks, Ryan. My pleasure.

9 years ago

ryan_l_williams

95 Messages

•

2K Points

As always, the pleasure is mine, dude. BTW, instead of calling me Ryan, you can refer to me by three nicknames that I sometimes go by here in my home: 'Willy', 'Digger' or 'Poncho'. And I'd appreciate it if you would pass this information along to everyone here on the forum, if you wouldn't mind.

9 years ago

madolyn_barrigan

58 Messages

•

1.1K Points

9 years ago

Fifth Officer Harold Lowe.

ladydeadpool093

1.3K Messages

•

21.7K Points

9 years ago

Captain Edward J. Smith

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

9 years ago

While we're waiting for the pictures for this poll to be processed by the IMDb editors, here's an interesting fact (I will upload this under the trivia of Titanic in IMDb):

After the release of Cameron's Titanic (1997), there was outcry in Dalbeattie, Scotland, the home town of First Officer Murdoch, due to the way in which Murdoch was portrayed in the film, and in an effort to make amends, James Cameron apologised to Murdoch's family and made a donation of £5,000 to the Murdoch Memorial Prize Fund.

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

9 years ago

Bert,

My images are finally gone live - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/mediaindex?page=3&ref_=ttmi_mi_sm

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Thanks a lot, DC. I made a new list based on your images rather than a character list. This is the new link:

List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls069160427/

9 years ago

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

Good job Bert. Please send Peter a PM on Facebook so that he can edit your primary post and add this URL there.

9 years ago

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

9 years ago

Link has been updated: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls069160427/

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Champion

•

4.9K Messages

•

99.1K Points

8 years ago

December 19, 2017 completes the 20th anniversary of 'Titanic (1997)'. This is a good time to run this poll.

Dear poll admins, please see this message.

Jessica

Champion

•

12.3K Messages

•

222.4K Points

8 years ago

The intro should be updated:
15 April 2018 marks the 106th anniversary...

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Thanks, Jessica. Done.

8 years ago

rubyfruit76

Champion

•

8.6K Messages

•

206.7K Points

8 years ago

You always have well-written polls. This one is no different. 'Nice intro and poll. :)

leavey_2

1.9K Messages

•

52.5K Points

Thanks, Ruby!

8 years ago

Peter_pbn

Champion

•

16.2K Messages

•

349.6K Points

8 years ago

Live Poll
https://www.imdb.com/poll/SaVHtHFw6nU/

dan_dassow

Champion

•

20.6K Messages

•

489.5K Points

8 years ago

Congratulations leavey-2 on your 67th live poll! As of 19-Apr-2018 8:24 PM Pacific your polls have 114,530 or more votes, for an average of 1,709 votes per poll.

Most Heroic Officer of the Titanic
6383rd Live Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/SaVHtHFw6nU/

This is the 1,932nd Image poll. Such polls have a total of 3,813,691 votes for an average of 1,974 votes per poll.

Total Number of Votes			15,306,387
Projected Date of 20 Million Votes	20-Feb-2020
Days Until 20 Million Votes		671

This is the list of leavey-2's polls as of 12-Apr-2018:

Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#leavey-2

In Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#leavey-2

Alphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.html

Top IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.html

IMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.html

Summary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.html

Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-index

How to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the Home Page https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-hom...

leavey_2

Live Poll: Most Heroic Officer of the Titanic

ryan_l_williams

carol_stinkie

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

leavey_2

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

leavey_2

leavey_2

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Jessica

leavey_2

ryan_l_williams

leavey_2

ryan_l_williams

madolyn_barrigan

ladydeadpool093

leavey_2

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

leavey_2

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

leavey_2

Dibyayan_Chakravorty

Jessica

leavey_2

rubyfruit76

leavey_2

Peter_pbn

dan_dassow

Related Conversations

Helpful Widget