MEN OF CULT CINEMA
by dmclaughlinabq | created - 28 May 2013 | updated - 10 Sep 2017 | PublicThe Men Of Cult Horror, Cult Action, Cult Musical, Cult Science Fiction, Cult Main Stream And Cult Exploitation Films.
In No Order.
List Under Construction.
101. Michael Biehn
Actor | Aliens
Michael Connell Biehn was born on July 31, 1956 in Anniston, Alabama, to Marcia (Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer. He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and at age 14 moved with his family to Lake Havasu, Arizona, where he won a drama scholarship to the University of Arizona. He left prematurely two ...
--The Fan-- --The Terminator-- --Aliens-- --The Abyss-- --Time Bomb-- --Cherry Falls-- Clockstoppers-- --Grind House: Planet Horror-- --Psych:9--
102. Richard Denning
Actor | An Affair to Remember
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Louis Albert Denninger Jr. was the son of a garment manufacturer who relocated and set up shop in Los Angeles when Louis Jr. was 18 months old. After finishing school, Denninger enrolled at Woodbury Business College and majored in business and accounting, graduating ...
--The Black Scorpion-- --The Day The World Ended-- --Target Earth-- --Creature With The Atom Brain-- --Twice Told Tales-- --Unknown Island-- --Caged Fury-- --Creature From The Black Lagoon--
103. Harry Dean Stanton
Actor | Lucky
Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...
--Cisco Pike-- --Cry For Me, Billy-- --Cockfighter-- --Rafferty And The Gold Dust Twins-- --Farewell My Lovely-- --Rancho Deluxe-- --Alien-- --One From The Heart-- --Paris, Texas-- --Death Watch-- --UFOria-- --Wild At Heart-- --The Mini-Skirt Mob-- --Zandy's Bride--
104. Darren McGavin
Actor | A Christmas Story
A remarkably seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances; however, he is most fondly remembered by cult TV fans as heroic newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak in the classic but short-lived horror TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974). ...
--Mission Mars-- --Bullet For A Badman-- --Firebird 2015 AD-- --The Night Stalker-- --Hanger 18-- --Zero To Sixty-- --Dead Heat-- --African Gold-- --A Christmas Story-- --Witchcraft-- --Blood And Concrete-- --The Night Strangler-- --The Tribe-- --The Great Sioux Massacre-- --Beau James-- --Captain American-- --Something Evil-- --Kolchak:The Night Stalker (Series)--
105. William Sylvester
Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey
William Sylvester was born on January 31, 1922 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Gorgo (1961) and Riding with Death (1976). He was married to Veronica Hurst and Sheila Sweet. He died on January 25, 1995 in Sacramento, California, USA.
--Devil Doll-- --Devils Of Darkness-- --Gorgo-- --Busting-- --Beast Of Morocco-- --Man In The Dark-- --House Of Blackmail-- --Ring Of Treason-- --Dublin Nightmare-- --2001: A Space Odyssey--
106. Burgess Meredith
Actor | Clash of the Titans
One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century, who often suffered lesser roles, Burgess Meredith was born in 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts, before joining Eva Le Gallienne's Student Repertory stage company in 1929. By 1934 he was a star ...
--Batman: The Movie-- --The Torture Garden-- --Skidoo-- --Golden Needles-- --The Day Of The Locust-- --Rocky-- --The Hindenburg-- --Burnt Offerings-- --Magic-- --The Manitou-- --The Sentinel-- --Clash Of The Titans-- --92 In The Shade--
107. Ralph Bates
Actor | Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
The great, great nephew of the renowned French scientist Louis Pasteur developed into a strangely handsome dark haired, pale complexioned English actor. Ralph Bates was born in 1940 in Bristol, England and attended the University of Dublin and studied at the Yale Drama School. His dramatic talents ...
--Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde-- --Lust For A Vampire-- --The Horror Of Frankenstein-- --Taste The Blood Of Dracula-- --Persecution-- --Fear In The Night-- --Sharon's Baby--
108. Donald Sutherland
Actor | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. He has appeared in almost 200 different shows and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland, among others.
Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint ...
--Die! Die! My Darling!-- --Dr Terror's House Of Horrors-- --Castle Of The Living Dead-- --The Shuttered Room-- --Little Murders-- --Start The Revolution Without Me-- --Don't Look Now-- --Alien Thunder-- --Day Of The Locust-- --Alex In Wonderland-- --Animal House-- --Klute-- --Invasion Of The Body Snatchers--Blood Relatives-- --1900-- --Lady Ice-- --M*A*S*H*--
109. Fabian
Actor | The Longest Day
Swinging teen idol Fabiano Anthony Forte, better known to his fans as Fabian, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, to a police officer. His father took ill and died when Fabian was young and the boy was forced to find work to help pay the family bills. With no experience but looks to die...
--Hound-Dog Man-- --High Time-- --Five Weeks In A Balloon-- --Ride The Wild Surf-- --Fireball 500-- --The Devil's 8-- --Maryjane-- --Thunder Alley-- --The Girl Bombs-- --A Bullet For Pretty Boy-- --Soul Hustler-- --Disco Fever-- --Little Laura And Big John--
110. Elliott Gould
Actor | MASH
Elliott Gould is an American actor known for his roles in M*A*S*H (1970), his Oscar-nominated performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), and more recently, his portrayal of old-time con artist Reuben Tishkoff in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (...
--Little Murders-- --S*P*Y*S-- --Wiffs-- --M*A*S*H*-- --I WILL...I Will...For Now...-- --Busting-- -- --Harry And Walter Go To New York-- --Capricorn One-- --Getting Straight-- --The Long Goodbye-- --Move-- --I Love My Wife-- --The Night They Raided Minsky's--
111. R.G. Armstrong
Actor | Predator
A golden career was reflected in his name. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduating,...
--Children Of The Corn-- --Predator-- --The Car-- --EvilSpeak-- --Race With The Devil-- --Ghetto Blaster-- --Texas Detour-- --The Pack-- --My Name Is Nobody-- --Dixie Dynamite-- --The Walking-- --Stay Hungry-- --Boss *beep* --J.W.Coop-- --The Beast Within-- --Warlock:Armageddon--
112. Strother Martin
Actor | Cool Hand Luke
American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Strother Martin Jr. was the youngest of three children of Strother Douglas Martin, a machinist, and Ethel Dunlap Martin. His family moved soon after his birth to San Antonio, Texas, ...
--The Flim-Flam Man-- --Cool Hand Luke-- --True Grit-- --The Wild Bunch-- --Ballad Of Cable Hogue-- --The Brotherhood Of Satan-- --SSSSSSSSSS-- --Hard Times-- --Nightwing-- --Up In Smoke--
113. Elvis Presley
Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...
--Jail House Rock-- --Blue Hawaii-- --Love Me Tender-- --Viva Las Vegas-- --Speedway-- --Clambake-- --Spinout-- --Girl Happy-- --Roustabout-- --Girls! Girls! Girls!-- --Frankie And Johnny-- --Change Of Habit--
114. Troy Donahue
Actor | A Summer Place
Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage ...
--Monster On Campus-- --Parrish-- --My Blood Runs Cold-- --Palm Springs Weekend-- --Those Fantastic Flying Fools-- --Sweet Savior-- --Seizure-- --Cockfighter-- --The Godfather II-- --Deadly Prey-- --Low Blow-- --Blood Nasty-- --The Chilling-- --Cry-Baby--
115. Ross Hagen
Actor | Wonder Women
Rough-and-tumble character actor Ross Hagen was born Leland Lando Lilly on May 21, 1938, in Williams, AZ, the son of Lando Irvin Lilly and Mary Alice Johnson. Handsome and rugged, with a highly distinctive deep gravelly voice and a commandingly raw masculine screen presence, Ross was frequently ...
--The Hell Cats-- --The Mini-Skirt Mob-- --Speedway-- --The Devils 8-- --Angle's Wild Women-- -- Pushing Up Daisies-- --Wonder Women-- --Supercock-- -- Night Creature-- --Star Slammer-- --B.O.R.N.-- --Warlords--
116. Christopher George
Actor | El Dorado
Solidly built, boyishly handsome American leading-man, Christopher George was the son of Greek immigrants. Weaned on stories of the legendary Greek heroes, George and his brother Nick (later a prominent fashion photographer) both quit high school to join the Marines. Completing his education after ...
--Project X-- --The Devil's 8-- --Chisum-- --Tiger By The Tail-- --Grizzly-- --Dixie Dynamite-- --Day Of The Animals-- --Whiskey Mountain-- --City Of The Living Dead-- --The Exterminator-- --Graduation Day-- --Enter The Ninja-- --Pieces--
117. Eric Braeden
Actor | The Young and the Restless
Eric Braeden is a German actor in America who began his career playing Nazis and eventually became a star of daytime soap operas. Born Hans Gudegast in Kiel, Germany, during the Second World War, he was a superb athlete who excelled in track-and-field events. As a teenager, he immigrated to the ...
--Escape From The Planet Of The Apes-- --100 Rifles-- --Rat Patrol (TV Series)-- --The Man Who Came Back-- --Colossus: The Forbes Project-- --The Ambulance-- --Lady Ice-- --The Ultimate Thrill-- --The Adultress-- --Dayton's Devils-- --Meet The Deedles-- --Titanic--
118. Joe Turkel
Actor | The Shining
Joseph Turkel was an American character actor. He is known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films The Killing, Paths of Glory, and The Shining, and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner. He also had roles in three of Bert I. Gordon's films. Joseph Turkel was born in Brooklyn on July 15, 1927, to ...
--The Shining-- --Blade Runner-- --Paths Of Glory-- --The Killing-- --The Dark Side Of The Moon-- --The Hindenburg-- --The Animals-- --Scream Free-- --St. Valentines Day Massacre-- --The Sand Pebbles--
119. Warren Oates
Actor | The Wild Bunch
Warren Oates was an American character actor of the 1960s and 1970s and early 1980s whose distinctive style and intensity brought him to offbeat leading roles.
Oates was born in Depoy, a very small Kentucky town. He was the son of Sarah Alice (Mercer) and Bayless Earle Oates, a general store owner. ...
--In The Heat Of The Night-- --The Wild Bunch-- --Dillinger-- --Two-Lane Black Top-- --Badlands-- --Rancho Deluxe-- --Race With The Devil-- --Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia-- --Dixie Dynamite-- --Drum-- --The Brinks Job-- --1941--
120. Tom Laughlin
Actor | Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin was born on August 10, 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Billy Jack (1971), The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) and The Born Losers (1967). He was married to Delores Taylor. He died on December 12, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
--The Delinquents-- --Tea And Sympathy-- --South Pacific-- --Gidget-- --The Born Losers-- --Billy Jack-- --Billy Jack Goes To Washington-- --The Master Gunfighter-- --Like Father, Like Son-- --Senior Prom-- --Trial Of Billy Jack--
121. Rip Torn
Actor | Men in Black
Rip Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. on February 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas, the son of Thelma Mary (Spacek) and Elmore Rudolph Torn, who was an agriculturalist and economist, credited with popularizing the custom of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. "Rip" is a family name, taken by ...
--You're A Big Boy Now-- --Tropic Of Cancer-- --Coming Apart-- --Payday-- --The Man Who Fell To Earth-- --Coma-- --The Beastmaster-- --Dolly Dearest-- --Robo Cop 3-- --Men In Black-- --Men In Black II--
122. Rutger Hauer
Actor | Hobo with a Shotgun
Blond, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer enjoyed an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a Dutch town and former municipality in the province of Utrecht.
He was the son of Teunke ...
--Blade Runner-- --The Hitcher-- --Lady Hawk-- --Buffy The Vampire Slayer-- --Flesh + Blood-- --Wanted: Dead Or Alive-- --Batman Begins-- --Hobo With A Shot Gun-- --Dracula 3D-- --Sin City--
123. David Warner
Actor | Titanic
Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his ...
--Tom Jones-- --Morgan-- --From Beyond The Grave-- --The Omen-- --Nightwing-- --Time After Time-- --Time Bandits-- --Tron-- --The Man With Two Brains-- --The Company Of Wolves-- --Waxwork-- --Star Trek V: The Final Frontier-- --Titanic-- --Scream 2-- --Shock 'Em Dead--
124. Russ Tamblyn
Actor | West Side Story
Russ wasn't discovered, he discovered show business at the age of 5 when, with other youngsters at Inglewood, California, he went to Saturday matinees at the Granada Theatre. One afternoon while waiting for the show to start he got on the stage and did an impromptu dance which the kids loved. He ...
--Seven Brides For Seven Brothers-- --Peyton Place-- --High School Confidential-- --Tom Thumb-- --The Haunting-- --West Side Story-- --War Of The Gargantuas-- --Satin's Sadist-- --Dracula Vs Frankenstein-- --Black Heat-- --Human Highway-- --Little Devils-- --Starstruck-- --Django Unchained-- --Twin Peaks (TV Series)--
125. Richard Kiel
Actor | Moonraker
Towering 7' 2" tall actor who cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchmen, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late...
--EEGHA!-- --The Spy Who Loved Me-- --Moonraker-- --The Human Duplicators-- --Force 10 From Navarone-- --Pail Rider-- --So Fine-- --The Humanoid-- --Hysterical-- --House Of The Damned-- --The Flesh And The Firecat--
126. Jack MacGowran
Actor | The Quiet Man
Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett.
He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky in ...
--The Exorcist-- --The Fearless Vampire Hunters-- --The Brain-- --Tom Jones-- --Cul-De-Sac-- --How I Won The War-- --Wonderwall-- --Age Of Consent-- --A Day At The Beach-- --Start The Revolution Without Me-- --The Yin And The Yang Of Mr Go--
127. Robert Quarry
Actor | Count Yorga, Vampire
Tall, handsome, and charismatic actor Robert Quarry was born on November 3, 1925 in Santa Rosa, California. His father was a doctor. Robert's grandmother first introduced him to the world of theater. Quarry finished school at age 14 and was on the swimming team in high school. In the early 1940s he...
--Count Yorga, Vampire-- --The Return Of Count Yorga-- --Dr. Phibes Rises Again-- --Death Master-- --Sugar Hill-- --The Midnight Man-- --Cyclone-- --Commando Squad-- --Moon In Scorpio-- --The Phantom Empire-- --Sex Bomb-- --Spirits-- --Teenage Exorcist--
128. Lance Henriksen
Actor | Aliens
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch...
--Aliens-- --The Terminator-- --Damien: The Omen II-- --Piranha II: The Spawning-- --Mansion Of The Doomed-- --The Visitor-- --The Right Stuff-- --The Pit And The Pendulum-- --Near Dark-- --Madhouse-- --Pumpkinhead-- --Sasquatch Mountain-- --Savage Dawn-- --The Horror Show--
129. Scatman Crothers
Actor | The Shining
Scatman Crothers was born Benjamin Sherman Crothers on May 23, 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Songwriter ("Dearest One"), actor, composer, singer, comedian, and guitarist who, after high school, appeared in nightclubs, hotels, and films, and on television. He made many records, including his own ...
--The Shining-- --One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest-- --Bloody Mama-- --Detroit 9000-- --Truck Turner-- --Slaughter's Big Rip-Off-- --Mean Dog Blues-- --Friday Foster-- --Stay Hungry-- --Black Belt Jones-- --Sliver Streak-- --Scavenger Hunt--
130. Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor | Bite the Bullet
Virile, handsome and square-jawed youthful star of the 1970s and 1980s who showed early potential at super-stardom, Jan-Michael Vincent originally made a name for himself portraying rebellious young men bucking the system, as in Tribes (1970), White Line Fever (1975) and Baby Blue Marine (1976) or ...
--The Mechanic-- --White Line Fever-- --Shadow Of The Hawk-- --Baby Blue Marine-- --Buster And Billie-- --Vigilante-- --Damnation Alley-- --Hooper-- --Big Wednesday-- --The Return-- --Hard Country-- --Alienator-- --Buffalo '66--
131. Crispin Glover
Actor | What Is It?
While he's never been a typical leading man, Crispin Glover has distinguished himself as one of the most intriguing personalities in the movie business. His unusual characters and personal projects have inspired a cult-like following that has dubbed him both madman and genius.
The son of actress and...
--Friday The 13: The Final Chapter-- --Back To The Future-- --Rivers Edge-- --Twister-- --Wild At Heart-- --The Doors-- --Rubin And Ed-- --What's Eating Gilbert Grape?----Dead Man-- --The People Vs. Larry Flint-- --Drop Dead Sexy-- --Wizard Of Gore (2007)-- Freaky Deaky--
132. Lee Van Cleef
Actor | Escape from New York
One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr. His parents were of Dutch ancestry. Van Cleef started out as an accountant. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard minesweepers and sub ...
--The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-- --The Magnificent Seven-- --For A Few Dollars More-- --High Noon-- --Take A Hard Ride-- --The Beast From 20.000 Fathoms-- --It Conquered The World-- --Girls, Girls And Gangsters-- --The Octagon-- --Escape From New York--
133. James Karen
Actor | The Return of the Living Dead
Veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in "A Streetcar Named Desire", which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway ...
--The Return Of The Living Dead-- --Poltergeist-- --The Return Of The Living Dead Part II-- --The Unborn-- --Invaders From Mars (!996)-- --Time Walker-- --Mulholland Dr.-- --Wall Street-- --Hardbodies 2-- Frances-- --The China Syndrome--
134. Reb Brown
Actor | Space Mutiny
Reb Brown was born on April 29, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Space Mutiny (1988), Uncommon Valor (1983) and Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983). He has been married to Cisse Cameron since September 8, 1979.
--Yor: Hunter From The Future-- --SSSSSSSSS-- --Robowar-- --Captain America II: Death Too Soon-- --Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf-- --Cage II-- --Night Claws-- --Street Hunter-- --Space Mutiny--
135. Jean Marais
Actor | La Belle et la Bête
Jean Marais was a popular French cinema actor and director who played over 100 roles in film and on television, and was also known for his many talents as a writer, painter and sculptor.
He was born Jean Alfred Villain-Marais on December 11, 1913, in Cherbourg, France. His father practiced ...
--Beauty And The Beast (1946)-- --Orpheus-- --Testament Of Orpheus-- --The Secret Of Mayerling-- --Captain Blood-- --Leathernose-- --Inside A Girls Dormitory-- --The Count Of Monte Cristo-- --Girl In His Pocket-- --Romulus And Sabines--
136. Dwight Frye
Actor | Bride of Frankenstein
An extremely versatile character actor and originator of several memorable characterizations in the horror film genre, Dwight Frye had a notable theatrical career in the 1920s, moving from juvenile parts to leads before entering film. A favorite actor of Broadway theatrical producer-director Brock ...
--Dracula-- --Frankenstein-- --The Bride Of Frankenstein-- --The Vampire Bat--
137. Michael Beck
Actor | The Warriors
Michael Beck was born on February 4, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for The Warriors (1979), Xanadu (1980) and Megaforce (1982). He has been married to Carolyn Louise Brendel since September 1980. They have two children.
--The Warriors-- --Xanadu-- --Battle Truck-- --Megaforce-- --Madman-- --The Last Ninja-- --Triumphs Of A Man Called Horse-- --Final Judgment-- --Deadly Game-- --Stranger At My Door-- --Fade To Black-- --Blackout-- --The Golden Seal-- --Chiller--
138. Gunnar Hansen
Actor | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
He was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and moved to the United States at the age of 5. Gunnar lived in Maine till he was 11, his family then moving to Texas, where he went to high school before attending the University of Texas. At the university, he did some theater work and majored in English and ...
--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-- --The Demon Lover-- --Campfire Tales-- --Mosquito-- --Freakshow-- --Repligator-- --Hellblock 13-- --Witchhunter-- --Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D-- --Hollywood Chainsaw Hooker--
139. James Coburn
Actor | The Great Escape
Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns ...
--Hell Is For Heroes-- --The Great Escape-- --Charade-- --The Loved One-- --Our Man Flint-- --In Like Flint-- --The Presidents Analyst-- --Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round-- --What Did You Do In The War Daddy?-- --Duffy-- --Candy-- --Duck, You Sucker-- --The Carey Treatment-- --Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid-- --The Last Of Sheila--
140. Kurt Russell
Actor | Escape from New York
Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, ...
--Escape From New York-- --The Thing-- --Used Cars-- -- Big Trouble In Little China----Escape From L.A.-- --Stargate-- --Tombstone-- --Grindhouse: Death Proof--
141. Lon Chaney Jr.
Actor | The Wolf Man
American character actor whose career was influenced (and often overshadowed) by that of his father, silent film star Lon Chaney. The younger Chaney was born while his parents were on a theatrical tour, and he joined them onstage for the first time at the age of six months. However, as a young man,...
--The Wolf Man-- --One Million B.C.-- --Son Of Dracula-- --House Of Frankenstein-- --The Cyclops-- --The Alligator People-- --The Devils Messenger-- --The Haunted Palace-- --Face Of The Screaming Wolf-- --Witchcraft-- --Spider Baby-- --Dracula Vs. Frankenstein--
142. Gian Maria Volontè
Actor | Per un pugno di dollari
Born in Milan in 1933, Gian Maria Volontè studied in Rome at the National Dramatic Arts Academy, where he obtained his degree in 1957. He began working in theatre and television, where he was soon noticed as one of the most promising actors of his generation. After several supporting appearances in...
--A Fist Full Of Dollars-- For A Few Dollars More-- --The Violent Four-- --A Bullet For The General-- -- Chronicle Of A Death-- --We Still Kill The Old Way-- --Slap The Monster In Page One-- --Magnificent Cuckold-- --Hercules And The Captive Woman-- --Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion--
143. Richard Jaeckel
Actor | Starman
Stocky tough-guy character actor Richard Jaeckel was one of Hollywood's most prolific supporting stars. Born in Long Island, New York, on October 10, 1926, Jaeckel's family moved to Los Angeles when he was still in his teens. After graduation from Hollywood High School, Jaeckel was discovered by a ...
--The Green Slime-- --Day Of The Animals-- --Grizzle-- --Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid-- --The Outfit-- --Chosen Survivors-- --Ulzana's Raid-- --The Dirty Dozen-- --Sometimes A great Notion-- --Latitude Zero--
144. Calvin Lockhart
Actor | Predator 2
Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart first caught moviegoers' attention in the supercharged urban films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Halls of Anger (1970) before becoming a fairly steady fixture in the "blaxploitation" movies of the early-to-mid-1970s.
Born Bert Cooper to a large family in Nassau on ...
--Cotton Comes To Harlem-- --Halls Of Anger-- --Myra Breckenridge-- --Melinda-- --The Beast Must Die-- --Lot's Do It Again-- --The Baron-- --Honeybaby, Honeybaby-- --The Baltimore Bullet-- --Wild At Heart-- --Only When I Larf-- --Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me-- --Leo The Last--
145. David Hess
Actor | The Last House on the Left
David Alexander Hess was born in New York City in 1936. He began his professional career as a songwriter for Shalimar Music, in 1957, under the pseudonym of David Hill. His first recording was a quick hit, which was later performed by and credited to Elvis Presley, "All Shook Up."
David went on to ...
--Last House On The Left-- --Hitch Hike-- --House On The Edge Of The Park-- --Swamp Thing-- --Body Count-- --Zombie Nation-- --Nutcracker-- --Avalanche Express--
146. Michael Berryman
Actor | Weird Science
Late 1970s horror genre icon who's best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) ...
--The Hills Have Eyes-- --The Hills Have Eyes II-- --Deadly Blessing-- --Voyage Of The Rock Aliens-- --Weird Science-- --Cut And Run-- --Evil Spirits-- --Beastmaster 2-- --Teenage Exorcist-- --Gator King-- --Aunt Lee's Meat Pies-- --The Devil's Rejects-- --Lords Of Salem-- --Penny Dreadful--
147. Charles Middleton
Actor | Duck Soup
Charles Brown Middleton was born 7th October 1879. His father was a military man with a strong sense of discipline which conflicted with Charles' own outlook on how to live his life so when 12 he ran away to join a circus and looked after the elephants before moving into performing in dramatic ...
--Flash Gordon (1936)-- --Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars-- --Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe-- --Jungle Man-- --Duck Soup-- --Deardevils Of The Red Circle-- --The Grapes Of Wrath-- --Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise-- --Strangler Of The Swamp-- --Men Of San Quintin--
148. Michael Paré
Actor | The Virgin Suicides
Michael Kevin Paré was born on October 9, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Joan (Moroney) and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. His father died of leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise their large family of children. Paré was working as a chef in New York City when an agent...
--Streets Of Fire-- --The Philadelphia Experiment-- --Eddie And The Cruisers-- --Space Rage-- --Moon 44-- --World Gone Wild-- --Dragon Fight-- --Killing Street-- --Village Of The Damned-- --Bad Moon-- --Blackwoode-- --Ninja Cheerleaders--
149. Tim Thomerson
Actor | Near Dark
Tim Thomerson rates highly as one of the best, most prolific, versatile and dependable character actors to ever grace both the big and small screens alike with pleasing regularity since the mid 70s. Although often cast as laconic rough 'n' tumble macho guys, Thomerson has proved on many occasions ...
--Trancers-- --Trancers II-- --Near Dark-- --Fade To Black-- --Jekyll And Hyde, Together Again-- --Zone Troopers-- --Near Dark-- --Dollman-- --Stinger-- --They Crawl-- --The Unseen Evil-- --Sasquatch Mountain-- --A Wedding--
150. Richard Lynch
Actor | Halloween
Richard Hugh Lynch was born on February 12, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Irish immigrant parents. He was one of seven children. Before starting a career as an actor, he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1958. He served for four years where he made Corporal, and did a tour of the ...
--God Told Me To-- --Stunts-- --Deathsport-- --Merlin-- --The Baron-- --Delta Force-- --The Formula-- --Savage Dawn-- --The Barbarians-- --Invasion U.S.A.-- --The Sword And The Sorcerer-- --Bad Dreams-- --Lock Down-- --Alligator II: The Mutation--
151. Barry Humphries
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
His father was a well-to-do builder. Barry was a highly intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began acting in revues and doing impersonations. He moved to London in 1959 and began his professional performing career on the West End and Broadway stages as Mr Sowerby in Oliver!,...
--Shock Treatment-- --The Dame Edna Experience (TV Series) --Bedazzled (1967)-- --The Bliss Of Mrs. Bloom-- --It's Not The Size That Counts-- --Side By Side-- --The Great MacArthy-- --Howling III-- --Immortal Beloved-- --Welcome To Woop Woop-- --Berry McKenzie Holds His Own-- --The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey--
152. Johnny Weissmuller
Actor | Tarzan the Ape Man
Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of ...
--Tarzan The Ape Man-- --Tarzan And His Mate-- -- --Tarzan Finds A Son-- --Tarzan's New York Adventure-- --Tarzan Triumphs-- --Tarzan And The Amazons-- --Tarzan And The Leopard Woman-- --Jungle Jim-- --Swamp Fire-- --Mark Of The Gorilla-- --Captive Girl-- --Fury Of The Congo-- --Voodoo Tiger-- --Cannibal Attack-- --Jungle Moon Men-- --Devil Goddess-- --Phynx--
153. Billy Dee Williams
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissian in the last two ...
--The Take-- --Nighthawks-- --Fear City-- --Number One With A Bullet-- --Deadly Illusions-- --Batman-- --Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back-- --Star Wars: The Return Of The Jedi--
154. Michael Moriarty
Actor | Courage Under Fire
As one of Hollywood's tallest actors standing at 6' 3", he will always be noticed. Michael Moriarty is one of the great character T.V. actors of all time. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1941. Moriarty was to move to London, England, where he built up a name as a great stage actor. It was also...
--Q The Winged Serpent-- --The Stuff-- --Troll-- --Its Alive III: Island Of The Alive-- --The Sound Of Murder-- --A Return To Salem's Lot-- --Blood Link-- --Dark Tower-- --Shot It Black, Shot It Blue-- --Mind Storm-- --Hitler Meets Christ--
155. Orson Welles
Actor | Citizen Kane
His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...
--Citizen Kane-- --The Stranger-- --The Lady From Shanghai-- --Macbeth-- --The Third Man-- --Touch Of Evil-- --The V.I.P.'s-- --Casino Royal-- --12 + 1-- --Start The Revolution Without Me-- --Catch 22-- --The Legend Of Doom House-- --Butterfly-- --Hot Money-- --F For Fake-- --Necromancy-- --Malpertuis-- -- Get To Know Your Rabbit--
156. Eli Wallach
Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
One of Hollywood's finest character / "Method" actors, Eli Wallach was in demand for over 60 years (first film/TV role was 1949) on stage and screen, and has worked alongside the world's biggest stars, including Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, Peter O'Toole,...
--The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-- --The Magnificent Seven-- --Mackenna's Gold-- --How To Steal A Million-- --Baby Doll-- --The Misfits-- --The Tiger Makes Out-- --The Sentinel-- --The Godfather III-- --Nasty Habits--
157. Frank Gorshin
Actor | 12 Monkeys
Frank John Gorshin, Jr. was born on April 5, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a railroad worker and his mother, Frances (Preseren), was a seamstress. His family was originally from Novo Mesto, Slovenia. While in high school, young Frank worked as an usher at the Sheridan Square ...
--Batman (1966 Movie)-- --Batman (TV Series)-- --Skidoo-- --Dragstrip Girls-- --Invasion Of The Saucer Men-- --Sail A Crooked Ship-- --Where The Boys Are-- --Bells Are Ringing-- --Hollywood Vice Squad-- --Beverly Hills Body Snatchers-- --Twelve Monkeys--
158. Sabu
Actor | The Thief of Bagdad
Sabu Dastagir (or Selar Shaik Sabu, depending on your resource) was born on January 27, 1924, in the little town of Mysore, India, which is nestled in the jungles of Karapur. The son of an elephant driver (mahout) in service for the Maharajah of his town, the young stable boy learned responsibility...
--Jungle Book-- --The Thief Of Bagdad-- --Arabian Nights-- --Elephant Boy-- --Black Narcissus-- --Jungle Hell-- --Sabu And The Magic Ring--
159. Mickey Rourke
Actor | Sin City
Mickey Rourke was born Phillip Andre Rourke, Jr. on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York, the son of Annette Elizabeth (Cameron) and Philip Andre Rourke. His father was of Irish and German descent, and his mother was of mostly English and French-Canadian ancestry. When he was six years old,...
--Diner-- --Rumble Fish-- --The Pope Of Greenwich Village-- --Nine 1/2 Weeks-- --Angel Heart-- --Barfly-- --Body Heat-- --White Sands-- --Buffalo '66-- --Sin City-- --Domino-- --Once Upon A Time In Mexico-- --The Wrestler-- --The Expendables--
160. Hiram Keller
Actor | Fellini - Satyricon
Hiram Keller was born on May 3, 1944 in Moody Field, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Fellini Satyricon (1969), Orestes (1997) and The Survivors of the Bounty (1974). He was married to Kristina St. Clair. He died on January 20, 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
--Fellini Satyricon-- --Lifespan-- --A Real Young Girl-- --Seven Dead In The Cat's Eye-- --Night Of The Flower-- --Smile Before Death-- --Strogoff-- --Countryman--
161. John Cleese
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he ...
--Monty Python's Fling Circus-- --Life Of Brian-- --Monty Python And The Holy Grail-- --The Meaning Of Life-- --Faulty Towers-- --Time Bandits-- --Erik The Viking-- --And Now For Something Completely Different--
162. William Shatner
Actor | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.
Shatner was born ...
--Star Trek-- Twilight Zone: Horror At 20,000 Feet-- --The Outrage-- --Incubus-- --Go Ask Alice-- -- Impulse-- --Big Bad Mama-- --Kingdom Of The Spiders-- --Visiting Hours-- --The Horror At 37,000 Feet-- --Star Trek: The Motion Picture-- --Star Trek II, III, IV, V, VI--
163. Jack Elam
Actor | C'era una volta il West
Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie ...
--Once Upon A Time In The West-- --Support Your Local Gunfighter-- --Dirty Dingus Magee-- --Creature From Black Lake-- --A Knife For the Ladies-- --Hannie Culder-- --Soggy Bottom U.S.A.-- --Rio Lobo--
164. Jim Kelly
Actor | Enter the Dragon
With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited guests to the deadly Han's ...
--Enter The Dragon-- --Black Belt Jones-- -- Afro Ninja-- --Black Belt Jones 2-- --Death Dimension-- --Melinda-- --Take A Hard Ride-- --Hot Potato-- --Golden Needles-- --One Down, Two To Go-- --Black Samurai--
165. Michael Ansara
Actor | The Message
Born in a small village in Syria, Michael Ansara came to the United States with his American parents at the age of two, living in New England, until the family's relocation to California ten years later. He entered Los Angeles City College with the intention of becoming a doctor, but got ...
--Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea-- --Harum Scarum-- --Broken Arrow (TV Series)-- The Manitou-- --Day of the Animals-- -- It's Alive-- --The Doll Squad-- --Daring Game-- --Guns Of The Magnificent Seven-- --The Destructors-- --Target: Harry-- -- Dear Dead Delilah-- -- The Phynx-- --Sol Madrid--
166. Tommy Kirk
Actor | Pajama Party
Scrappy, plucky-looking Kentucky-born Tommy Kirk, who was born on December 10, 1941, became synonymous with everything clean and fun that Disney Entertainment prescribed to in the late 1950s and very early 1960s. One of four sons born to a mechanic, Louie, and legal secretary, Lucy, the Kirk family...
--Mars Needs Women-- -- Ghost In The Invisible Bikini-- --Blood Of Ghastly Horror-- --Village Of The Giants-- --Pajama Party-- --The Unkissed Bride-- -- It's Alive (1969)-- --Catalina Caper-- --Son Of Flubber-- --Old Yeller-- --The Shaggy Dog-- --The Absent Minded Professor--
167. Bradford Dillman
Actor | The Enforcer
Dark-haired, Ivy League-looking Bradford Dillman, whose white-collar career spanned nearly five decades, possessed charm and confident good looks that were slightly tainted by a bent smile, darting glance and edgy countenance that often provoked suspicion. Sure enough, the camera picked up on it ...
--Bug-- --Piranha-- --The Swarm-- --Sudden Impact-- --Guyana: Cult Of The Damned-- --Lords Of The Deep-- --99 And 44/100% Dead-- --The Mephisto Waltz-- --Chosen Survivors-- --The Enforcer-- --Amsterdam Kill-- --Escape From The Planet Of The Apes-- --The Treasure Of The Amazon-- --The Resurrection Of Zachary Wheeler--
168. Max von Sydow
Actor | Flash Gordon
Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.
...
--The Exorcist-- --Exorcist II-- --Flash Gordon-- --Dune-- --The Ultimate Worrior-- --Steppenwolf-- --Judge Dredd-- --Conan The Barbarean-- --Dreamscape-- --Needful Things-- --The Night Visitor-- --The Greatest Story Ever Told-- --The Seventh Seal-- --Wild Strawberries-- --The Hour Of The Wolf--
169. Peter Stormare
Actor | Fargo
Peter Stormare was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden, to Gunhild (Holm) and Karl Ingvar Storm. He began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions ...
--The Big Lebowski-- --Fargo-- --Bruiser-- --13 Moons-- --Pirates Of The Lake-- --2001 Maniacs-- --The Killing Room-- --Constantine-- --Armageddon-- --Somewhere In The City-- --The Lost World: Jurassic Park-- --The Brothers Grimm-- --Commander Hamilton-- --Dancer In The Dark-- --The Million Dollar Hotel--
170. Stacy Keach
Actor | Escape from L.A.
Stacy Keach has played to grand success a constellation of the classic and contemporary stage's greatest roles, and he is considered a pre-eminent American interpreter of Shakespeare. His SRO run as "King Lear" at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. received the best reviews any ...
--The Mountain Of The Cannibal God-- --Butterfly-- --Doc-- --Pirates Of The Lake-- --2001 Maniacs-- -- Road Games-- --Escape From L.A.-- --All The Kind Strangers-- --The Long Riders-- --The Ninth Configuration-- --New Crime City-- --The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter-- --End Of The Road-- --Galaxy Hunter-- --The Squeeze-- --American History X-- --Fat City-- --The Squeeze-- --The Traveling Executioner-- --The Life And Times Judge Roy Bean--
171. Ed Nelson
Actor | Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Ed Nelson was aiming for a career in the legal profession until he caught the acting bug during his second year of college. In 1952, he headed off to New York City, where he studied direction and production at the School of Radio Technique. He returned to his native New Orleans where he worked as ...
--A Bucket Of Blood-- --Attack Of The Crab Monsters-- --The Brain Eaters-- --Night Of The Blood Beast-- --The Bone Yard-- --T Bird Gang-- --Airport 1975-- --Teenage Doll-- --The Screaming Woman-- --Swamp Women--
172. Leslie Nielsen
Actor | Airplane!
Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. His father, Ingvard Eversen Nielsen, was a Danish-born Mountie and a strict disciplinarian. Leslie studied at the Academy of ...
--Forbidden Planet-- --Day Of The Animals-- --Prom Night-- --Tammy And The Bachelor-- --The Opposite Sex-- --The Poseidon Adventure-- --Viva Knievil-- --City On Fire-- --Creepshow-- --The Naked Gun-- --Dark Intruder-- --The Amsterdam Kill-- --Airplane-- --Project Kill-- --Hot Summer Night--
173. Taimak
Actor | The Last Dragon
Taimak was born on June 27, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Last Dragon (1985), Dreamers (1999) and Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu (2011).
--The Last Dragon-- --The White Girl-- --No More Dirty Deals-- --Book Of Swords-- --Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu--
174. Richard Burton
Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Probably best-remembered for his turbulent personal life with Elizabeth Taylor (whom he married twice), Richard Burton was nonetheless also regarded as an often brilliant British actor of the post-WWII period.
Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in 1925 into a Welsh (Cymraeg)-speaking family in ...
--Exorcist II: The Heretic-- --The Medusa Touch-- --Boom-- --Klansman-- --Bluebeard-- --Cleopatra-- --The Staircase-- --Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?-- --Circle Of Two-- --Nineteen Eighty-Four-- --Where Eagles Dare-- --Candy--
175. Jason Miller
Actor | The Exorcist
Character actor and playwright Jason Miller had a variety of jobs before he started a writing career and wrote his own play, "That Championship Season", for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Award. Miller gave up his professional writing career in the early seventies to start acting. In 1973, he...
--The Exorcist-- --Exorcist III-- --The Hinderson Monster-- --Mommy-- --The Ninth Configuration-- --Vampire-- --El Perron-- --Toy Soldiers-- -- Trance-- -- Small Kill-- --Parador Lake--
176. Eric Fleming
Actor | Rawhide
At the age of eight, Fleming hopped on a freight train to Chicago to escape his abusive father. Following hospitalization for gang fight injuries, he returned to California where he lived with his mother and worked at Paramount as a laborer. Fleming joined the Merchant Marine, and then he served in...
--Queen Of Outer Space-- --Conquest Of Space-- --Fright-- --The Glass Bottom Boat-- --Curse Of The Undead-- --Rawhide (TV Series)--
177. Deep Roy
Actor | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Deep Roy was born on January 26, 1949 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is an actor and producer, known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The NeverEnding Story (1984).
--Flash Gordon-- --Never Ending Story-- --Roots Of Evil-- --Going Bananas-- --Alien From L.A.-- --Return To Oz-- --Howling VI: The Freaks-- --Charlie And The Chocolate Factory-- --Star Trek-- --Freaked-- --Paranormal Movie-- --Big Fish--
178. Charlton Heston
Actor | Ben-Hur
With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...
--Planet Of The Apes-- --Beneath The Planet Of The Apes-- --The Omega Man-- --Soylent Green-- --Earthquake-- --Skyjacked-- --Airport 1975-- --In The Mouth Of Madness-- --Touch Of Evil-- --Ben-Her-- --The Awakening--
179. Gordon Mitchell
Actor | Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi
Tall, massively built, imposing-looking blond Gordon Mitchell (early on dubbed the "The Bronze Giant") was one of those perfectly developed bodybuilders who jumped on the Steve Reeves bandwagon and hightailed it to Italy to seek movie stardom as a Herculean strongman. Born Charles Allen Pendleton ...
180. John Richardson
Actor | One Million Years B.C.
Classically handsome John Richardson began his career with small roles in British movies at the end of the 1950s. His first role of note was opposite Barbara Steele in the gothic horror classic Black Sunday (1960), directed by Mario Bava. His massive success was Don Chaffey's One Million Years B.C....
--One Million Years B.C.-- --Black Sunday-- --Torso-- -- Eyeball-- --She-- --The Vengeance Of She-- --Frankenstein '80-- -- The Church-- --Battle Of The Stars-- -- Execution-- --Murder Syndrome-- --Reflections In Black-- -- Nine Guest for A Crime-- --Pirates Of Tortuga--
181. George Peppard
Actor | Breakfast at Tiffany's
Handsome and elegant George Peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, whether action roles or dramatic. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957). He started getting noticed when he played Robert Mitchum's ...
--Damnation Alley-- --Battle Beyond the Stars-- --Hit Man-- -- The Carpetbaggers-- --From Hell To Victory-- --Pendulum-- --One More train To Rob-- --Rough Night In Jericho-- --Treasure Of Yankee Zephyr-- --Cannon For Cordoba-- --How The West Was Won-- --Breakfast At Tiffany's--
182. Tony Lo Bianco
Actor | The French Connection
Tony Lo Bianco has appeared in numerous films, television programs, and stage performances, both on-screen and off as a writer, director, and producer. Onstage, he won an Obie Award for Best Actor in Jonathan Reynolds's "Yanks-3, Detroit-0, Top of the 7th". Following his memorable performance as ...
-- The Honeymoon Killers-- --God Told Me To-- --F.I.S.T.S.-- --The French Connection-- --The Seven-Ups-- --City Of Hope-- --Mean Frank And Crazy Tony-- --Sworn To Justice-- --Blood Ties-- --Merciless Man-- --Down 'n Dirty-- --Send No Flowers-- --Endangered Species-- --
183. Urbano Barberini
Actor | Casino Royale
Urbano Barberini was born on September 18, 1961 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Casino Royale (2006), Demons (1985) and Gor (1987).
--Demons-- --Demons 6: De Profundis-- --Gor-- --Gor II-- --Opera-- --Until Death-- --Adored-- --Code Name:Wolverine-- --Borderline-- --As You Want Me-- --Otello-- --Courage Mountian--
184. Grant Williams
Actor | The Incredible Shrinking Man
As a child, Williams acted in summer stock productions. After graduation from high school he joined the Air Force for a four-year stint. Then, returning to New York, he took acting classes with Lee Strasberg. A few minor Broadway roles followed as did parts on some live TV dramas. One of these ...
--The Incredible Shrinking Man-- --The Monolith Monsters-- --The Leech Woman-- --The Doomsday Machine-- --The Couch-- --Brain Of Blood-- --13 Fighting Men-- --How's Your Love Life-- --Susan Slade-- --Hawaiian Eye (TV Series)--
185. Tommy Sands
Actor | The Longest Day
Always a country music fan, Tommy Sands' mother gave him a guitar for Christmas when he was seven. He taught himself to play and, at age eight, got a job at radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, performing twice a week. Later, he and his mother moved to Houston where, in 1951, he cut his ...
--Love In A Goldfish Bowl-- --Sing Boy Sing-- --The Violent Ones-- --Ensign Pulver-- --Mardi Gras-- --Babes In Toyland-- --The Longest Day--
186. Kevin McCarthy
Actor | Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He also had some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He played the disillusioned son Biff Loman in the 1951 screen ...
--Invasion Of The Body Snatchers-- --UHF-- --Piranha-- --The Howling-- --Twilight Zone:The Movie-- --Dark Tower-- --Invitation To Hell-- --Her Morbid Desires-- --Fallen Angels-- --The Ghastly love Of Johnny X-- --The Boneyard Collection-- --Innerspace--
187. James Brolin
Actor | Traffic
James Brolin is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
He is best known for his TV roles such as Stephen Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969-1976), Peter McDermott on ...
--West World-- --The Car-- --The Amityville Horror-- --Skyjacked-- --Capricorn One-- --Night Of The Juggler-- --Bad Jim-- --Back Stab-- --Relative Fear-- --Blood Money-- --Bad Girl Island--
188. R.G. Armstrong
Actor | Predator
A golden career was reflected in his name. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduating,...
--Race With The Devil-- --Children Of The Corn-- --Evilspeak-- --Texas Detour-- --White Lighting-- --Boss *beep* --The Pack-- --Ghetto Blaster-- --Race With The Devil-- --My Name Is Nobody-- --Trapper County War-- --Dead Center--
189. Doug McClure
Actor | The Virginian
Douglas Osborne McClure was born on May 11, 1935 in Glendale, California. Educated at UCLA, this blond leading man long made a career of apparent agelessness. He played one young sidekick after another through numerous movies and one television series after another, playing 20ish roles into his ...
--The King's Pirate-- --The Land That Time Forgot-- --At The Earth's Core-- --The People That Time Forgot-- --Humanoids From The Deep-- --Warlords Of The Deep-- --The House Where Evil Dwells-- --Beau Geste-- --Cannonball Run II--
190. James Best
Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard
American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Knowland Best, who renamed him James Knowland Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana. Following high school he worked briefly as a metalworker before...
--The Killer Shrews-- --Shock Corridor-- --Return Of The Killer Shrews-- --Death Mask-- --Rolling Thunder-- --Three On A Couch-- --The Quick Gun-- --Black Gold-- --Verboden-- --Sounder--
191. Jeff Fahey
Actor | Lost
Jeff Fahey was born in Olean, New York, one of 13 children of Jane (Gallagher) and Francis Thomas Fahey, who worked in a clothing store. He is of Irish descent. His family moved to Buffalo when he was 10, where he attended Father Baker's High School. After graduation in 1972 he traveled around the ...
--Lawnmower Man-- --Serpent Of Death-- --Body Parts-- --Psycho III-- --True Blood-- --Iron Maze-- --The Hit List-- --Woman Of Desire-- --The Underground-- --Terror Trap
192. Ed Fury
Actor | Ursus nella valle dei leoni
Ed Fury was born on June 6, 1928 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Valley of the Lions (1961), Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963) and Ursus (1961). He was married to Marceline Yvette Dubois. He died on February 24, 2023 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
--Colossus And The Amazon Queen-- --Ursus In The Land Of Fire-- --Ursus-- --Seven Revengers-- --Valley Of The Lions--
193. Ben Gazzara
Actor | Road House
Ben Gazzara's screen career began with two critically acclaimed roles as heavies in the late 1950s. He turned to television in the 1960s but made a big screen comeback with roles in three John Cassavetes films in the 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s saw Gazzara work more frequently than ever before in ...
--The Neptune Factor-- --High Velocity-- --The Bridge At Remagen-- --The Girl From Trieste-- --Road House-- --Killing Of A Chinese Bookie-- --The Strange One-- --The Zone-- --Saint Jack-- --Capone-- --Husbands-- --Inchon-- --Conquered City--
194. Bo Svenson
Actor | Inglourious Basterds
A multi-award-winning writer and actor, Bo Svenson was born in Sweden - the only child of a Jewish, Russian-born big band leader mother and a father who was the Swedish King's personal driver and bodyguard. At 17, he emigrated by himself to the US. After serving six years as a US Marine, he was ...
195. Richard Harrison
Actor | Ninja Dragon
The mighty, musclebound actor Richard Harrison was one of a slew of handsome American pectoral hunks whose 1950's career in Hollywood amounted to little more than brawny bits but, after, being lured to Italy, became a popular sword-and-sandal star of the early 1960's. Unlike many others, Harrison ...
--Medusa vs. The Son Of Hercules-- --Gladiators 7-- --Giants Of Rome-- --Perseus Against The Monsters-- --Dig Your Grave Friend...Sabata's Coming-- --Challenge Of The Tiger-- --Ninja Thunderbolt-- --The Mad Dog Killer--
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