- The majority of their films had to 1975 or earlier.
For me:
1. Jimmy Stewart
2. Humphrey Bogart
3. Spencer Tracey
4. Steve McQueen
5. Yul Brynner
Rocky_Stallone
05-01-03, 04:44 PM
1. Jimmy Stewart
2. Orsen Welles
3. Charlton Heston
4. Jack Lemmon
5. Gregory Peck
Iron Chef
05-01-03, 04:48 PM
1) Cary Grant
2) Orson Welles
3) Humphrey Bogart
4) Spencer Tracy
5) Jack Lemmon
Geofferson
05-01-03, 04:50 PM
In no particular order...
Alan Ladd
James Stewart
Joseph Cotten
Cary Grant
William Holden
LBPound
05-01-03, 05:06 PM
So as not to leave out noteworthy actors, I'm picking 12, although a few of them have done significant work post-1975.
James Stewart
Joseph Cotten
Alec Guiness
Paul Newman
Robert Shaw
Gregory Peck
Sidney Poitier
Steve McQueen
George C. Scott
Hayley Mills
Karl Malden
William Holden
ToddSm66
05-01-03, 05:25 PM
Oh man, all my favorite actors are probably considered classic actors...
1. William Powell
2. James Cagney
3. Burt Lancaster
4. James Stewart
5. Cary Grant
6. Orson Welles
7. Alec Guiness
8. Jack Lemmon
9. Peter Sellers
10. Humphrey Bogart
audrey
05-01-03, 05:27 PM
<b>Actresses:</b>
Katherine Hepburn
Betty Davis
Barbara Stanwyck
Audrey Hepburn
Ingrid Bergman
<b>Actors:</b>
Burt Lancaster
Jimmy Stewart
Henry Fonda
Humphrey Bogart
Vincent Price
theneobez
05-01-03, 05:28 PM
1. James Stewart
2. Carey Grant
3. Humphrey Bogart
4. Orson Welles
5. ?
Mondo Kane
05-01-03, 05:53 PM
Lon Chaney
Henry Fonda
Toshiro Mifune
Peter Sellers
James Dean
Kashmir
05-01-03, 06:52 PM
1 Cary Grant
2 George C Scott
3 Gregory Peck
4 Jimmy Stewart
5 Ernest Borgnine
Gamblor187
05-01-03, 07:10 PM
Actors:
Burt Lancaster
Humphrey Bogart
Buster Keaton
Jack Lemmon
Jimmy Stewart
Actresses:
Barbara Stanwyck
Katherine Hepburn
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Ida Lupino
Cary Grant
Marilyn Monroe
Audrey Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
Gene Kelly
And some more:
Orson Welles
Ingrid Bergman
Alec Guiness
Peter O'Toole
conscience
05-01-03, 11:04 PM
William Holden
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
Richard Burton
Marlon Brando
Binaural
05-01-03, 11:21 PM
John Wayne
Dimension X
05-01-03, 11:35 PM
James Stewart
Vincent Price
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
James Cagney
ToddSm66
05-01-03, 11:56 PM
Oh, good choice on Edward G Robinson! I have about 50 actors in my top 10. :D
Brak55
05-02-03, 12:37 AM
1. Cary Grant
2. James Stewart
3. Alec Guiness
4. William Powell
5. Toshiro Mifune
On the Actress side:
1. Audrey Hepburn
2. Myrna Loy
3. Ingrid Bergman
4. Lillian Gish
5. Carol Lombard
Vampyr
05-02-03, 01:24 AM
Actors:
01. James Stewart
02. Cary Grant
03. Errol Flynn
04. Humphrey Bogart
05. Lon Chaney
06. Ronald Colman
07. Edward G. Robinson
08. William Powell
09. Jimmy Cagney
10. Harold Lloyd
Actresses:
01. Joan Crawford
02. Katherine Hepburn
03. Bette Davis
04. Carol Lombard
05. Barbara Stanwyck
06. Greta Garbo
07. Laraine Day
08. Joan Fontaine
09. Priscilla Lane
10. Myrna Loy
* Sorry, but it was hard enough to list 10 of each than just 5. It was hard to leave out sooooo many others, but I'll stick with the above:D
NavinJohnson
05-02-03, 02:12 AM
In no special order:
Alec Guiness
Spencer Tracy
Cary Grant
James Stewart
Peter Sellers
Louise Brooks
Kathy Bates
Bette Davis
Lillian Gish
Katherine Hepburn
eedoon
05-02-03, 04:29 AM
In no particular order:
Orson Welles
Humphrey Bogart
John Wayne
Alec Guiness
James Stewart
I haven't watched a lot of classics though... :(
inri222
05-02-03, 04:35 AM
Marlon Brando
Toshiro Mifune
John Cassavetes
Marcello Mastroianni
Laurence Olivier
BuckeyeDawg
05-02-03, 09:54 AM
Charlie Goose - Nice pick! Grouch Marx.... excellent choice. Somehow, I forgot all about him
BuckeyeDawg
05-02-03, 09:55 AM
inri222 - man, I forgot about Laurence Olivier as well.
F For Fake
05-02-03, 10:23 AM
Men
1. Orson Welles
2. Vincent Price
3. Jimmy Stewart (in the Hitch movies, mainly)
4. Max Von Sydow
5. Alec Guinness
6. Boris Karloff
7. Joseph Cotton (very happy to see him getting so much support here!!)
8. Marcello Mastrioanni
9. Cary Grant
10. Christopher Lee (if you consider Hammer 'classic'. May still be too contemporary to qualify for some)
Ladies
1. Grace Kelly
2. Rita Hayworth
3. Audrey Hepburn
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Kim Novak
Crazy Aoshi
05-02-03, 12:51 PM
In no particular order:
Toshiro Mifune
Audrey Hepburn
Carey Grant
Humphrey Bogart
Udo Kier (not really, I just can't think of a 5th right now)
DVDJay
05-02-03, 02:36 PM
I enjoy the classics much more than I enjoy modern movies, so in that regard there are just too many that I call "favorites" that I would struggle to narrow it down to ten, let alone five:
James Stewart
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
William Holden
Alec Guinness
Burt Lancaster
Orson Welles
Jack Lemmon
Charlton Heston
Tony Curtis
Claude Rains
Bette Davis
Grace Kelly
Donna Reed
Ingrid Bergman
Gloria Swanson
And a few of my favorite character actors:
Ward Bond
Henry Travers
Ernest Borgnine
Thelma Ritter
Jack Hawkins
flixtime
05-17-03, 04:25 PM
Without a doubt, my 2 favorites:
John Wayne & Errol Flynn
Lesser known (perhaps), but very high on my favorites list:
Richard Widmark
Robert Taylor
Jeff Chandler
Other well-known favorites:
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
Charlton Heston
Kirk Douglas
Gary Cooper
Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
Burt Lancaster
Can't forget to include:
Randolph Scott
Anthony Quinn
Glenn Ford
Audie Murphy
Stewart Granger
(edited to add) I shouldn't neglect to include:
Henry Fonda
Sunday Morning
05-18-03, 05:14 PM
cary grant
james stewart
william holden
james cagney
marlon brando
and
james dean in all 3 of his films
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rita hayworth
katherine hepburn
jennifer jones
barbara stanwyck
jane wyman
and
justine bateman
NitroJMS
05-18-03, 05:26 PM
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Alec Guinness
Gene Kelly
Peter Sellers
Mysteryfan
05-19-03, 11:58 AM
Actors:
Cary Grant
Paul Newman
Spencer Tracy
Jack Lemmon
Lee Marvin
Actresses:
Joanne Woodward
Katherine Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Bette Davis
Shirley MacLaine
Vampyr
05-21-03, 03:43 PM
DVDJay - :thumbsup: on your list and comment about classic movies. Another :thumbsup: for mentioning Claude Rains
and Gloria Swanson. They are both sadly neglected when it comes to these threads. Many forget that Gloria Swanson was a great deal more than Sunset Blvd.
BTW: Many members of this forum know that I consider Sunset Blvd to be a perfect 10 as far as movies go. IMHO to change a thing would be to make it less than the "perfect" film it is. I just felt like saying that:D
flixtime - You always get a :thumbsup: I have come to expect that anything you post should be read with interest.
I'm really happy that you mentioned names like Jeff Chandler, Richard Widmark, Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford and Stewart Granger (just to name some without repeating the whole list).
These actors are amazingly looked over too often:hscratch:
BTW: I'm sorry I haven't been posting over the past few months. As you know I've been having health problems over the past 2+ years. The last few months have in particular been pretty awful.
I have been spending about 3 days a week at the doctors and am quite tired to do anything by the time I get home. In fact, I saw 3 on Monday alone (which is nothing unusual).
I just found 3 new specialists who have been doing more to help me than all those I've seen in the past few years. So, things are begining to look up.
I'll try to post more as my health and time (as I'm still selling the house to move to AZ) permits. Today has been a good day, so I'm posting.
Take care.......Feel free to e-mail me if you get the chance. I think you have my private address (if I remember correctly):confused:
Dimension X - As usual your list is top shelf. I know we discussed this before......But I wish you had included Cary Grant.......Since you didn't I've included your favorite gif below:lol:
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