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* To some extent, Lyle From Dallas from ''Red Rock West''. Protagonist Michael Williams first meets Lyle after nearly being run over by him - Lyle is very apologetic about it, makes sure he's okay, gives him a ride back to town, bonds with him over their shared past with the Marine Corps, and buys him a drink. Since this is the first we see him, his turning out to be the bad guy would almost be a twist, were it not for him [[Berserk Button|getting very angry]] about Michael initially refusing his offer to buy him a drink, as well as the fact that he's [[Typecasting|played by Dennis Hopper]].

* The villain in ''Babysitter Wanted'' chats merrily with the final girl as he's carving up the body of another girl. His accomplice later gets mad at him for being so friendly.

* All the villains in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''Saboteur''. In between planning and executing acts of sabotage against military installations, we see a kindly grand-father playing with his grand-child, a rich socialite who hosts a charity-dinner, a father who ponders whether he should let his son have long hair, a man who gives their hostage a milkshake, and a man who frets that the confrontation with the hero will make him unable to go to the philharmonica with his niece later that evening.

* As in the novel on which the film is based, Don Vito Corleone from ''[[The Godfather]]''. Warmhearted, reasonable, prefers to think of his partners as "friends", and happy to perform the odd favour for his less-than-fortunate neighbours. True, he does inform them that they might have to do a little something for him in return, but contrary to Amerigo Bonasera's worries, all he usually asks for is a free service from their business. He even [[Pet the Dog|adopted Tom Hagen]] and eventually allowed him to become his personal advisor - [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|even though he knew that none of the other Mafia bosses would approve]]. Vito's still in charge of one of the most powerful Mafia families in America, and he's not above the occasional murder or extortion to back up the usual income from gambling and union racketeering. However, [[Even Evil Has Standards]], which Vito demonstrates in his refusal to deal in drugs and prostitution (the most contemptuous line in the film is when he says, "Tattaglia's a pimp"). And, to his credit, he does his best to keep his children and his civilian friends as far away from crime as possible.

* John, one of the main antagonists in ''Drunken Master 2'', is some form of this. He's very cheerful for almost the entire film, except when being brow-beaten by the British Ambassador he's working for, and {{spoiler|when Fei-Hong is beating the crap out of him at the end of the film.}} He even gives a cheery thumbs-up and a big grin after {{spoiler|kicking Fei-Hong onto burning coals.}}

* Mr. Bentley (played by [[Patrick Stewart]]), the villain of ''[[Masterminds]]'', is charming, polite, levelheaded, and witty. He also equips his men with [[Instant Sedation]] dart guns during the initial takeover of the school and orders them not to injure anyone while repelling the cops' attempts to retake it (although it's really only through [[Bullets Do Not Work That Way|the magic of Hollywood ballistics]] that no one is killed).

** Debatable example, as he isn't evil so much as completely out of his mind.

* {{spoiler|Noah Cross}} of ''[[Chinatown]]''.

* Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) in ''[[Miller's Crossing]]''.

* Loki in ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' is [[Soft-Spoken Sadist|calm, eloquent, and unreasonably charming.]] Even when he does lose his cool, it's [[Evil Is Hammy|with a certain amount of grandeur.]]

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