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syndyfrella15 worst teachers in the movies by Times
1) Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
She may be a vision in pink, but Professor Umbridge is not just cruel, she's downright evil.
2) Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris) in Matilda
Now this is the kind of teacher who really would give children nightmares. Like many of the others, she's a real meanie, but she's also incredibly strong, so throwing children out of the window is one of her ways of dealing with problems.. Pam Ferris is fantastic in this role, and a perfect contrast to the wonderful Miss Honey.
3) Richard Fenton (Johnathon Schaech) in Prom Night (2008 version)
Get ready to be scared!
Teachers who are mass murderers - especially those who escape from incarceration - are never a good bet when it comes to the classroom (or indeed, prom night).
4) The teachers in The Faculty
Teachers who turn into pupil destroying aliens are also not to be recommended. Herrington High boasts a whole roster - including Famke Janssen, Jon Stewart (yes, that Jon Stewart) Salma Hayek and Piper Laurie.
5) Mr Sugden (Brian Glover) in Kes
Amazingly, Brian Glover was actually a teacher before he became an actor. Let's hope he wasn't anything like Mr Sugden, the overbearing bully of a gym teacher he portrays so brilliantly.
Watch him pretending to be Bobby Charlton, whilst also refereeing a school football match in this classic scene.
6) Mrs Tingle (Helen Mirren) in Teaching Mrs Tingle
I admit it, Katie Holmes can be annoying, but I'm not sure that excuses the sadistic Mrs Tingle and her behaviour.
7) Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) in Notes on a Scandal
Disenchanted, mean and simply not interested in teaching - Miss Covett is not the kind of teacher you want to encounter in a classroom. And the luminous Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) is not the kind of teacher you would want your son to encounter...
8) Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse) in Les Diaboliques
A sadistic, unpleasant boarding school headmaster, who seems to come to a watery end in this excellent, suspense-packed film.
9) The teachers in Teachers
This is not a place to go to be educated, as these teachers are one of the worst groups you're likely to come across. The possible stand-out is Ditto (Royal Dano), who gives his class an exam every day so that he can have a kip at the back.
10) Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave) in The Browning Version
He's disillusioned with life (his nickname is Himmler), love and especially teaching. And the pupils' lives are miserable - until he learns better...
Watch Crocker-Harris's moving valedictory address, where he asks for forgiveness. "I have degraded the noblest calling a man can follow," he announces.
11) Edward R Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Poor Ed Rooney. He knows Ferris is up to something, but is humiliated at every turn. Rather strangely, Rooney is every teenager's idea of an awful teacher, but as you get older, he somehow becomes more understandable.
12) Loretta Creswood (Annie Ross) in Pump up the Volume
I loved this teen film, where Christian Slater plays a renegade DJ! Annie Ross is great as the school principal who gets rid of her, er, more difficult pupils so the school looks better in the league tables (totally unbelievable, isn't it?)
13) Mr Strickland (James Tolkan) in Back to the Future
He's unpleasant, uninspiring and very strict, with no idea how to motivate his students.
14) Principal Vernon (Paul Gleason) in the Breakfast Club
He gives detention on Saturdays? There has to be something wrong with that.
15) Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) in Election
I hesitated to put this one in, because I loved this film, and my sympathies were actually with Broderick (Reese Witherspoon's Tracy Flick was so briliantly and annoyingly perfect). However, I have to admit that fixing a school election just because you don't like a pupil is not really what you want from a teacher.
1) Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
She may be a vision in pink, but Professor Umbridge is not just cruel, she's downright evil.
2) Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris) in Matilda
Now this is the kind of teacher who really would give children nightmares. Like many of the others, she's a real meanie, but she's also incredibly strong, so throwing children out of the window is one of her ways of dealing with problems.. Pam Ferris is fantastic in this role, and a perfect contrast to the wonderful Miss Honey.
3) Richard Fenton (Johnathon Schaech) in Prom Night (2008 version)
Get ready to be scared!
Teachers who are mass murderers - especially those who escape from incarceration - are never a good bet when it comes to the classroom (or indeed, prom night).
4) The teachers in The Faculty
Teachers who turn into pupil destroying aliens are also not to be recommended. Herrington High boasts a whole roster - including Famke Janssen, Jon Stewart (yes, that Jon Stewart) Salma Hayek and Piper Laurie.
5) Mr Sugden (Brian Glover) in Kes
Amazingly, Brian Glover was actually a teacher before he became an actor. Let's hope he wasn't anything like Mr Sugden, the overbearing bully of a gym teacher he portrays so brilliantly.
Watch him pretending to be Bobby Charlton, whilst also refereeing a school football match in this classic scene.
6) Mrs Tingle (Helen Mirren) in Teaching Mrs Tingle
I admit it, Katie Holmes can be annoying, but I'm not sure that excuses the sadistic Mrs Tingle and her behaviour.
7) Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) in Notes on a Scandal
Disenchanted, mean and simply not interested in teaching - Miss Covett is not the kind of teacher you want to encounter in a classroom. And the luminous Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) is not the kind of teacher you would want your son to encounter...
8) Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse) in Les Diaboliques
A sadistic, unpleasant boarding school headmaster, who seems to come to a watery end in this excellent, suspense-packed film.
9) The teachers in Teachers
This is not a place to go to be educated, as these teachers are one of the worst groups you're likely to come across. The possible stand-out is Ditto (Royal Dano), who gives his class an exam every day so that he can have a kip at the back.
10) Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave) in The Browning Version
He's disillusioned with life (his nickname is Himmler), love and especially teaching. And the pupils' lives are miserable - until he learns better...
Watch Crocker-Harris's moving valedictory address, where he asks for forgiveness. "I have degraded the noblest calling a man can follow," he announces.
11) Edward R Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Poor Ed Rooney. He knows Ferris is up to something, but is humiliated at every turn. Rather strangely, Rooney is every teenager's idea of an awful teacher, but as you get older, he somehow becomes more understandable.
12) Loretta Creswood (Annie Ross) in Pump up the Volume
I loved this teen film, where Christian Slater plays a renegade DJ! Annie Ross is great as the school principal who gets rid of her, er, more difficult pupils so the school looks better in the league tables (totally unbelievable, isn't it?)
13) Mr Strickland (James Tolkan) in Back to the Future
He's unpleasant, uninspiring and very strict, with no idea how to motivate his students.
14) Principal Vernon (Paul Gleason) in the Breakfast Club
He gives detention on Saturdays? There has to be something wrong with that.
15) Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) in Election
I hesitated to put this one in, because I loved this film, and my sympathies were actually with Broderick (Reese Witherspoon's Tracy Flick was so briliantly and annoyingly perfect). However, I have to admit that fixing a school election just because you don't like a pupil is not really what you want from a teacher.
