Her mother was a nurse's aide and her father was a factory worker. This list is loosely sorted by popularity and includes actors from the United States, England, Germany, France and other countries all over the world. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a ... Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. Actor is also used before the full name of a performer as a gender ... and by the rise of the first celebrity actors. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. She was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. The young Christie grew up on her father's plantation before being ... Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. Learn more and discover what celebrities like Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr. and Jennifer Lawrence are up to. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. Hector is of Basque and Puerto Rican descent, and "Elizondo" means "at the foot of the church" in Basque. 70. He is the son of Carmen Medina Reyes and Martín Echevarría Elizondo. Top actors of the 70's. Gene Hackman. The following year, he played the lead character in the first Mickey McGuire short film. His father, Frederick Abraham, was from an Assyrian Christian (Antiochian) family, from Syria. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. He has also been nominated for the same award other two times. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Known for his deep, commanding voice and presence, he appeared in over 40 feature films. He was an executive producer of Walker, Texas Ranger... Hal Holbrook was an Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor who was one of the great craftsmen of stage and screen. At school ... One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ... One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. Upcoming films include "Horizon Line" with Allison Williams ("Get Out") and "... Hector Elizondo was born in New York City, New York, where he was raised, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Actors (D-F) A-C D-F G-K L-O P-S T-Z. Poitier’s box-office success helped to enhance acting opportunities for all black actors. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.... Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. In 1965, ... Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Jul 30, 2017 - Explore Steve Gatliff's board "WESTERN ACTORS", followed by 256 people on Pinterest. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to... Born and raised in New York City, Robert Loggia studied journalism at the University of Missouri before moving back to New York to pursue acting. 1970s Popular and Handsome TV Actors. Robert's mother died in 1955,... Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He was first ... Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. He has been married to Arlene Alda since March 15, 1957. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. The great character actor R. G. Armstrong passed away on Friday. He left school at age 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean ... Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. American cinema, which emerged in the early 20th century is today the dominant force in world cinema. Robert Downey Jr. is certainly one of the most famous Roberts on this list. An icon of the 1960s, he dated the likes of Julie Christie, Brigitte Bardot and Jean Shrimpton. His paternal grandfather was Scottish, from Argyll. He is of Italian descent. As the first black actor to win for a leading role, Poitier won an Academy Award for his role in “Lilies of the Field” in 1963. He has appeared in almost 200 different shows and films. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the 1960s through ... Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. The list includes people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eugene Levy, Sylvester Stallone, O. J. Simpson, Bing Crosby and many more. Bill Bixby. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. As the impeccably handsome Dr. Kildare, the slim, butter-haired hunk with the near-perfect Ivy-League charm and smooth, intelligent demeanor, had the distaff fans fawning unwavering over him throughout the series' run. His father was an alcoholic. She has won 4 Drama Desk Awards, and nominated 9 times for Tony Awards. Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ... Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter. His mother, Angela (Renzi), was a piano teacher, of Italian descent. Beau Bridges was born in Hollywood, and is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. A member of the Royal ... Keith David is a classically trained actor, winning 3 Emmys out of 6 nominations as well as being nominated for a Tony award. 3. Terence Henry Stamp was born and lived in Canal Road, Bow, until German bombers forced his family to move to Plaistow. He is an actor, known for Love Story (1970), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Paper Moon (1973). Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Robert's mother died in 1955,... Woody Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, to Nettie (Cherrie), a bookkeeper, and Martin Konigsberg, a waiter and jewellery engraver. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. For each actor, PrettyFamous developed a “Actor Score” to determine his or her relative degree of fame. 1. He made his first film appearance in 1926. Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor noted for his stage, film and television work. Robert Redford. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland, among others.Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint ... Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia. Since then, as a producer and as an actor-producer, he has shown an uncanny ... John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids".... Scott Glenn was born January 26, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Hope Elizabeth and Theodore Glenn, a salesman. His paternal grandparents were Swedish, and his father was a United States Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Erik Estrada Actor | CHiPs . His navy career shuttled the family around to Virginia, then Palo Alto... One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the '60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that débutante image in the '70s, both on- and off-camera. Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ... Richard Chamberlain became THE leading heartthrob of early 1960s TV. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ... Blythe Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Katharine (Kile) and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive. He was 95. 5. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ... Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha (Hart), from Texas, and Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, who was originally from Connecticut. Erik Estrada was born on March 16, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA as Henry Enrique Estrada. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ... Elliott Gould is an American actor known for his roles in MASH (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 (2007)... Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. From the late 1950s he was a familiar face on TV, usually as authoritative figures. She performed in music halls throughout her... Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. Loggia also ... One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. Robert De Niro Actor | Raging Bull One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. A list of 1960s actors & actresses - tagged with 1960s. Marlon Brando. One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. Sam Peckinpah used him a number of times, beginning with an episode of The Westerner, with terrific results. He was a member of various local drama groups from about age 12. 4. Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Ken with his co star in Mayberry, RFD, Arlene-Golonka. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Sealab 2021 (2000) and Van Wilder (2002). Below is a list of actors with the last name starting with the letters D through F. Select the actor you are interested in and you will get a list of the movies in which that actor has played a role. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom "Taxi" (1978-1983), Klingon officer Commander Kruge in the film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown ... American actor and producer Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Miriam (Klein) and Harry Keitel. See more ideas about actors, westerns, western movie. Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. His father was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his maternal grandparents were Austrian Jewish immigrants. During long periods of illness, Glenn was... Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. He left school at age 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean ... Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Piedmont. 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. Native American identity is a complex and contested issue rooted in political sovereignty that pre-dates the creation of colonial nation states like the U.S. and Canada and persists into the 21st century recognized under international law … Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his ... Katharine Juliet Ross was born January 29, 1940, in Hollywood, CA, to Katherine (née Washburn) and Dudley Tying Ross. After ... Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He left school at age 15 to work as a junior reporter on a local paper; he ... John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. But rather than returning to school, ... A marvelous character actor with intense eyes, a sly grin and somewhat grizzled appearance, Golden Globe-winner Fred Ward has nearly 90 appearances under his belt in many tremendous films. The young Freeman... Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. Robert Blake. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Piedmont. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ... Frank Langella was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, to Angelina and Frank A. Langella, a business executive. Fandango is your go-to destination for all your favorite actors, actresses, directors and writers. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ... William Shatner has notched up an impressive 50-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. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. Preeminent British classical actor of the first post-Olivier generation, Derek Jacobi was knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre, and, in fact, is only the second to enjoy the honor of holding TWO knighthoods, Danish and English (Olivier was the other). westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a ... Klaus Kinski was born as Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot, Poland), to Susanne (Lutze), a nurse, and Bruno Nakszynski, a pharmacist. Throughout the '70s, Michael, one of England's most treasured actors, appeared in huge films like Get Carter, Sleuth, and A Bridge Too Far. His hometown of St. Matthews, ... Ryan O'Neal was born on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick Ryan O'Neal III. Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack, January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor, sportsman, and television host. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. Some of Them better actors but for me equally awsome. This is a list of Native American actors in the United States, including Alaskan Natives and Native Americans who reside in the lower forty-eight states. Like Brad Pitt, the actor and singer from Barbados goes by her middle name professionally. 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. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ... A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred.He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) ... Actor | During her tenure at the top of the box office, she was a more than ... Nervous-looking lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, pale complexion and a somewhat nervous disposition. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. He is of English, Scottish, Cornish, and Irish ancestry. His breakthrough role was in the TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man (1976),... An icy, elegant blonde with a knack for playing complex and strong-willed female leads, enormously popular actress Faye Dunaway starred in several films which defined what many would come to call Hollywood's "second Golden Age." He first became interested in acting after serving three years in the US Air Force and studied at New York's ... Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. Tell us what you think about this feature. But before his film debut, the short The American Way (... Tell us what you think about this feature. Tall, dark and imposing American actor Paul Sorvino has made a solid career of portraying authority figures.He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. The famous Bobs and Roberts below have many different professions, including notable actors named Robert, famous musicians named Bob, and even politicians named Bob. Victoria Leigh Blum (October 15, 1955 – January 4, 2021), known professionally as Tanya Roberts, was an American actress, producer, and model.She is best known for playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series Charlie's Angels (1980–1981), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985), Sheena in Sheena (1984), Kiri in The … At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). Keep in mind, not every ad lists names for actors, but you can discover the title of the commercial as well as the name of the advertising agency that produced it — all of which will help you in your search attempts. Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. He is the brother of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and ... 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Young was born on April 30 1940 in New York City, the son of a high school shop teacher. She has performed with the ... On January 30, 1937, renowned theatre actor Michael Redgrave was performing in a production of Hamlet in London. She graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1957, and ... Rosemary Harris is an English actress. They have three children. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ... Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood, a housewife turned IBM operator. Actors tagged as '1960s' by the Listal community He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. Danner studied acting and got her degree from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies. He was trained ... Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)... 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