Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actors?

[Mr. Arkadin]

Sorry no listing numbers here. I like them all the same and I'd probably choose 20 different ones tomorrow (OK maybe Garfield would still be there ).


John Garfield
Boris Karloff
Humphery Bogart
George Sanders
Peter O Toole
Daniel Day Lewis
Van Heflin
Harvey Keitel
Conrad Veidt
Robert Ryan
James Stewart
Buster Keaton
James Mason
Edward G. Robinson
Toshiro Mifune
Cary Grant
Charlie Chaplin
Jean Gabin
Klaus Kinski
Marcello Mastroianni
Richard Barthelmess
Max Von Sydow
Claude Rains
Philippe Noiret
Sidney Poiter

[charliechaplinfan]

Michel Simon is a wonderful French actor, I've seen two films with him in and he stole both movies. L'Atalante is the film to look out for, directed by Jean Vigo and with Dita Parlo too, it's a haunting and beautiful tale.

I thought about adding him, ML. Thing is when I think about all the foreign actors I like, I find it hard because I might have seen a couple of films with that person in. I added Jean Gabin and Marcello Mastroianni because I have at least had chance to see them in a few films.

[moviemagz]

1 TYRONE POWER
2 CHARLIE CHAPLIN
3 GARY COOPER
4 JEFFREY HUNTER
5 CLARK GABLE
6 THOMAS MITCHELL
7 RAY MILLAND
8 FREDRIC MARCH
9 ROBERT TAYLOR
10 WILLIAM HOLDEN
11 WILLIAM POWELL
12 JOEL MCCREA
13 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SR
14 CHARLEY CHASE
15 CARY GRANT
16 JAMES STEWART
17 ALAIN DELON
18 ARTHUR LAKE
19 JAMES DEAN
20 CHARLES FARRELL
21 BUSTER KEATON
22 RORY CALHOUN
23 ROBERT HARRON
24 FRED MACMURRAY
25 ROBERT MONTGOMERY

[mrsl]

I believe the request was for favorites, not necessarily 'best' or 'finest' so my list is rather haphazard because some come instantly to mind, and others take a few minutes of thought.

..1. Robert Mitchum (of course)
..2. Cary Grant (like T. Curtis said, he's the greatest)
..3. Randolph Scott - best cowboy
..4. John Wayne - I just love him
..5. Gregory Peck - so handsome and a great actor
..6. Joel McCrea- kind of out of order
..7. Bogart - I love to watch his mannerisms
..8. James Stewart - Love his stumbling ways
..9. Richard Widmark - Should be higher up on list
10. Spencer Tracey - Should also be higher up
11. Ben Johnson - I like his looks and quiet strength
12. Sean Connery - Best 'foreigner' in H'wood
13. Robert Redford - Feel like I grew up with him
14. Paul Newman - Same as Redford
15. Dan Dailey - liked his attitude on screen - always cheerful
16. Tyrone Power - What's not to like?
17. Alan Ladd- Reminds me of Baby Bear in Goldilocks
18. Clint Eastwood - Another I grew up with
19. Gene Hackman - Fine actor
20. Denzel Washington - Love everything he does
21. Morgan Freeman - Does everything well and to a T
22. Tom Selleck - Love his 'Stone' detective movies
23. Elvis - based on about 7 of his movies
*24. Joel Gretsch
*25. Michael Shanks

*two young actors nobody seems to know are around and both are capable of drama, comedy and everything in between.

I found the list for men much easier than for women, so the gals will come later.

Anne

[mongoII]

In no particular order:

James Cagney
John Garfield
Montgomery Clift
Jeff Chandler
Clifton Webb
Gary Cooper
Alan Ladd
Dana Andrews
Cary Grant
Joseph Cotten
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Kirk Douglas
Paul Douglas
Clark Gable
Laurel & Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Peter Lorre
Spencer Tracy
Charles Laughton
Gregory Peck
Edward G. Robinson
William Holden
James Stewart
Burt Lancaster

[melwalton]

Hi, Miss G. So good to read your poats. I'm eternally grateful to you
for telling me about SSO.

here's a list, subject to change and not in order.

E. G. ROBINSON
FREDRIC MARCH
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
WALTER MATTEAU
PETER SELLERS
ROD STEIGER
WILLIAM DEMAREST
BING CROSBY
WILLIAM POWELL
EDWARD BROIHY
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
ER KEATON
STERLING HOLLAWAY
CARY GRANT
ANTHONY QUINN
HUMPHREY BOGART
W. C. FIELDS
FRED MACMURRAY
LEE J. COBB
BRODERIC CRAWFORF
RED SKELTON
DICK POWELL
JAMES GARNER
JOEL MACREA
ALAN JENKINS

[Ann Harding]

I am not really a 'list person', but I'll make a try at this. My list will certainly be completely at odds with the previous ones!

In no particular order:

Ronald Colman
James Mason
Pierre Fresnay
Louis Jouvet
Marcello Mastroianni
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean Gabin
Gérard Philipe
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Gene Kelly
Fredric March
Harry Baur
Anton Walbrook
Richard Barthelmess
Joel McCrea
Walter Huston
Robert Taylor
Conrad Veidt
......

[MissGoddess]

23 ROBERT HARRON

Hi moviemagz! I love your list---but can you tell me a little
about #23? I haven't heard of him, or perhaps I've overlooked
him. What movies do you like him in?

And I love when people like Arthur Lake land on people's lists.

Thanks, very much.

[MissGoddess]

In no particular order:


Jeff Chandler
Paul Douglas

Buon giorno, Senore "Goodheart"! Great to see Jeff and Paul
getting some love.

[MissGoddess]

Hi AnnHarding! You certainly bring contintal flavor to the proceedings
with that merry mixture. It's too delightful when a name from the cinema
like Anton Walbrook lands on someone's list of favorites. I just wish
these people could see how their work lived long after them. And that
they would be discussed in a medium as "strange" as the internet!

Merci beaucoup de votre participation.

[Ann Harding]

23 ROBERT HARRON

Hi moviemagz! I love your list---but can you tell me a little
about #23?

Robert Harron (or Bobby Harron) was featured in many Griffith silent shorts as well as in the lovely True Heart Susie with Lillian Gish and in Intolerance. He died extremely young in a freak accident with a revolver. He was only 27.

[MissGoddess]

Hi, Miss G. So good to read your poats. I'm eternally grateful to you
for telling me about SSO.

Don't mention it, I'm so happy to see you on board.

here's a list, subject to change and not in order.

E. G. ROBINSON
FREDRIC MARCH
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
WALTER MATTEAU
PETER SELLERS
ROD STEIGER
WILLIAM DEMAREST
BING CROSBY
WILLIAM POWELL
EDWARD BROIHY
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
ER KEATON
STERLING HOLLAWAY
CARY GRANT
ANTHONY QUINN
HUMPHREY BOGART
W. C. FIELDS
FRED MACMURRAY
LEE J. COBB
BRODERIC CRAWFORF
RED SKELTON
DICK POWELL
JAMES GARNER
JOEL MACREA
ALAN JENKINS

And what a great mixture you have there. I'm so happy to
see little Eddie Brophy on your list! I just love that guy.

[MissGoddess]

23 ROBERT HARRON

Hi moviemagz! I love your list---but can you tell me a little
about #23?

Robert Harron (or Bobby Harron) was featured in many Griffith silent shorts as well as in the lovely True Heart Susie with Lillian Gish and in Intolerance. He died extremely young in a freak accident with a revolver. He was only 27.

Thank you, Ann. I really do intend to get to Griffith soon. I suspect
he will become a favorite.

[MissGoddess]

I believe the request was for favorites, not necessarily 'best' or 'finest' so my list is rather haphazard because some come instantly to mind, and others take a few minutes of thought.

17. Alan Ladd- Reminds me of Baby Bear in Goldilocks
*24. Joel Gretsch
*25. Michael Shanks

*two young actors nobody seems to know are around and both are capable of drama, comedy and everything in between.

I found the list for men much easier than for women, so the gals will come later.

Anne

Hi Anne! Like you, I find it harder to list actresses.

Your description of Alan Ladd broke me up! Thanks for mentioning two young actors. I admit I never heard of them but they sure must have made an impression on you if they are in such illustrious company.

[srowley75]

Again, per your specifications:

1-Cary Grant - versatile, charming, the ultimate movie actor.
2-James Stewart
3-Charles Laughton
4-Alec Guinness
5-William Powell

and the rest, in no order:

6-W. C. Fields
7-Toshiro Mifune
8-George Sanders
9-Charles Chaplin
10-Buster Keaton
11-Takashi Shimura
12-Peter Sellers
13-Humphrey Bogart
14-Claude Rains
15-James Mason
16-Emil Jannings
17-Edward G. Robinson
18-Boris Karloff
19-Kirk Douglas
20-Jack Nicholson
21-The Marx Brothers (counting all three as one)
22-Robert Mitchum
23-Divine
24-Fredric March
25-Franklin Pangborn

Was sorry (again) to leave off James Cagney, Peter Lorre, Spencer Tracy, Elisha Cook Jr., John Wayne, William Demarest, Sonny Chiba, John Carradine, Klaus Kinski, Lon Chaney, Robert Ryan, Charles Ruggles, Ward Bond, Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, Jack Palance,and Marcello Mastroianni.

And if television stars counted, I'd see about making room for Carroll O'Connor, Dick Van Dyke, Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce.

-Stephen