Sunday, March 28, 2010

My 30 Favorite Actors

I know I've been delaying this for quite a while now but after a few months, I can gladly say, I'm pleased with my list. At one time, I was over 50 actors but I knew that I had to cut it down, so it's now at 30. As I did with the actresses, the first five actors are in order but after that, it's not in any kind of order. Also I listed movies that I feel is their best(this is my opinion, so what I put, you may agree or disagree with). So let's start it up!




1. Jeffrey Lynn

My Favorite Films of His:
- Four Daughters
- Underground
- Yes, My Darling Daughter
- Lost Lagoon



2. Cary Grant

My Favorite Films of His:
- Notorious
- Mr.Blandings Builds his Dream House
- Holiday
- Gunga Din




3. James Dean

My Favorite Films of His:
- Rebel Without a Cause
- East of Eden
- Giant



4. Melvyn Douglas

My Favorite Films of His:
- Third Finger, Left Hand
- Mr.Blandings Builds his Dream House
- Too Many Husbands
- Good Girls go to Paris




5. Robert Cummings

My Favorite Films of His:
- Saboteur
- Moon Over Miami
- The Devil and Miss Jones
- It Started with Eve

<----------- And the Rest of the Gang---------------->


Marc Platt

My Favorite Films of His:
- Tonight and Every Night
- Down to Earth
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers



Robert Redford

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Sting
- Barefoot in the Park
- The Candidate



William Prince

My Favorite Films of His:
- Destination Tokyo
- Cinderella Jones
- Carnegie Hall



Sidney Poitier

My Favorite Films of His:
- A Patch of Blue
- Blackboard Jungle
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner



Richard Widmark

My Favorite Films of His:
- Kiss of Death
- Yellow Sky
- Road House



Tony Randall

My Favorite Movies of His:
- Pillow Talk
- Lover Come Back
- Let's Make Love



Ray Milland

My Favorite Films of His:
- Easy Living
- Beau Geste
- The Major and the Minor




Henry Fonda

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Ox- Bow Incident
- The Lady Eve
- The Grapes of Wrath




William Powell

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Thin Man
- I Love You Again
- After the Thin Man



Lee Bowman

My Favorite Films of His:
- Tonight and Every Night
- She Wouldn't Say Yes
- Cover Girl



Joseph Cotten

My Favorite Films of His:
- Shadow of a Doubt
- Gaslight
- The Farmer's Daughter



Dana Andrews

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- The Purple Heart
- The Ox-Bow Incident




Humphrey Bogart

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Roaring Twenties
- High Sierra
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre




George Brent

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Spiral Staircase
- The Fighting 69th
- 42nd Street




Jack Lemmon

My Favorite Films of His:
- Some Like it Hot
- Under the Yum Yum Tree
- It Should Happen to You




Don Ameche

My Favorite Films of His:
- Midnight
- Moon Over Miami
- Heaven Can Wait




Gene Kelly

My Favorite Films of His:
- Singin' in the Rain
- Cover Girl
- For Me and My Gal





Robert Young

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Enchanted Cottage
- The Canterville Ghost
- I Met Him in Paris




Fred Astaire

My Favorite Films of His:
- Swing Time
- Easter Parade
- Damsel in Distress




Montgomery Clift

My Favorite Films of His:
- A Place in the Sun
- From Here to Eternity
- The Search



Frank Sinatra

My Favorite Films of His:
- The Manchurian Candidate
- From Here to Eternity
- Ocean's Eleven




Peter Lawford

My Favorite Films of His:
- Good News
- The Hour of 13
- Easter Parade




Dean Jones

My Favorite Films of His:
- Under the Yum Yum Tree
- That Darn Cat
- Any Wednesday






Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

My Favorite Films of His:
- Gunga Din
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- A Woman of Affairs




Franchot Tone

My Favorite Films of His:
- His Butler's Sister
- Three Loves Has Nancy
- Dangerous

5 comments:

Artman2112 said...

very interesting list! you definitely tend more towards the sophisticated, smooth, suave types as opposed to the tough city guys. great to see guys like Brent, Tone and Fairbanks jr on a list of faves, those guys are far too under-appreciated, especially Fairbanks.

Kendra said...

awww, i love dana andrews!

Anonymous said...

Can't argue with that much! I would recommend Red River with John Wayne and Monty Clift

Sally said...

Great list!! By the way, the three William Powell movies you named happen to be my favorites of his too! I got kind of excited when I saw that.

Unknown said...

I agree with most of your favorites, but I think Glenn Ford deserves a spot as well.