Your Top 5 Classic Actors
05-01-03, 03:12 PM
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Your Top 5 Classic Actors
What are your top 5 "classic" actors...
- 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
- 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
05-01-03, 04:06 PM
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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
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
05-01-03, 04:25 PM
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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
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
05-01-03, 04:53 PM
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Lon Chaney
Henry Fonda
Toshiro Mifune
Peter Sellers
James Dean
Henry Fonda
Toshiro Mifune
Peter Sellers
James Dean
05-01-03, 06:10 PM
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Actors:
Burt Lancaster
Humphrey Bogart
Buster Keaton
Jack Lemmon
Jimmy Stewart
Actresses:
Barbara Stanwyck
Katherine Hepburn
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Ida Lupino
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Burt Lancaster
Humphrey Bogart
Buster Keaton
Jack Lemmon
Jimmy Stewart
Actresses:
Barbara Stanwyck
Katherine Hepburn
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Ida Lupino
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05-01-03, 11:37 PM
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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
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
05-02-03, 12:24 AM
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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
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
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05-02-03, 08:54 AM
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Charlie Goose - Nice pick! Grouch Marx.... excellent choice. Somehow, I forgot all about him
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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
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
