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The
Shooting Gallery: Part II |
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...Or
More of the 100 Most Fortunate Actors in Film History? |
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The
Shooting Gallery: Part I |
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Henry
Fonda |
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Jane
Fonda |
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Harrison Ford |
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| "Distinctive
prowl; natural acting style; rugged." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
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(1905-1982) Born May 16, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States |
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Key Films Young Mr. Lincoln (1939),
The Grapes of Wrath (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), 12
Angry Men (1957), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Key Directors John Ford,
Sidney Lumet ►Amazon |
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| "Youthful,
blonde sex symbol; mature leading lady." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
| (1937- )
Born December 21, New York, New York, United States |
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Key Films Cat Ballou (1965), They
Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Klute (1971), Tout va bien
(1972), Coming Home (1978)
Key Directors
Roger Vadim
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Jean
Gabin |
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Vittorio Gassman
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John
Gielgud |
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| "A French
institution; played the classic antihero." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
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(1904-1976)
Born May 17, Paris, France |
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Key
Films
Pépé le Moko (1936), La Grande illusion (1937), La Bête humaine (1938), Le
Jour se lève (1939), French Cancan (1955)
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Directors
Jean Renoir,
Marcel Carné,
Julien Duvivier
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Leading Player |
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(1922-2000)
Born September 1, Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
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Key
Films
Bitter Rice (1948), War and Peace (1956), Big Deal on
Madonna Street (1958), Scent of a Woman (1974), We All Loved
Each Other So Much (1974)
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Directors
Dino Risi,
Mario Monicelli,
Robert Altman
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| "Eminent
Shakespearean actor." -
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& Character Player |
| (1904-2000) Born
April 14, South Kensington, London, England |
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Key Films
Richard III (1955), Chimes at Midnight (1966), Providence
(1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Gandhi (1982) Key
Directors
Otto Preminger
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Lillian
Gish |
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Cary
Grant |
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Alec
Guinness |
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| "Star of the
silent screen; perfect for Victorian melodrama." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1893-1993) Born
October 14, Springfield, Ohio, United States |
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Key Films
The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms
(1919), The Wind (1928), The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Key Directors
D.W. Griffith ►Amazon |
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| "Suave with a
brilliant smile." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1904-1986) Born
January 18, Bristol, England |
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Key Films
Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940),
Notorious (1946), North by Northwest (1959) Key Directors
Howard Hawks,
George
Cukor, Alfred
Hitchcock ►Amazon |
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| "Played serious
roles, often in war dramas, as well as comic characters." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1914-2000) Born
April 2, Marylebone, London, England |
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Key Films
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),
Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Star Wars (1977) Key Directors
David Lean,
Alexander
Mackendrick ►Amazon |
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Gene
Hackman |
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Sterling
Hayden |
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Audrey
Hepburn |
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| "Veteran
leading man and versatile actor who completely immerses himself in his
characters." -
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Leading Player |
| (1930- )
Born January 30, San Bernardino, California, United States |
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Key Films
The French Connection (1971), The Conversation (1974), Night
Moves (1975), Unforgiven (1992), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Key Directors
Arthur Penn ►Amazon |
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| "Action man
of Westerns and film noir." -
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Leading Player |
| (1916-1986) Born
March 26, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, United States |
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Key
Films The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Johnny Guitar (1954), The
Killing (1956), Dr. Strangelove (1964), The Long Goodbye (1973)
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Directors Stanley Kubrick
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| "Stunningly
beautiful and effortlessly funny; fashion icon." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1929-1993) Born
May 4, Brussels, Belgium |
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Key Films
Roman Holiday (1953), War and Peace (1956), Breakfast
at Tiffany's (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Two for the Road (1967) Key Directors
Stanley
Donen, William
Wyler, Billy Wilder ►Amazon |
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Katharine
Hepburn |
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Charlton
Heston |
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Dustin
Hoffman |
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| "Highly
intelligent, natural redhead with an alluring yet feisty charm." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1907-2003) Born
May 12, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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Key Films
Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938), The
Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), The African Queen (1951)
Key Directors
George Cukor,
George Stevens
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| "Heroic
performances in Biblical epics." -
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Leading Player |
| (1924-2008)
Born October 4, Evanston, Illinois, United States |
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Key Films
The Ten Commandments (1956), Touch of Evil (1958), Ben-Hur
(1959), El Cid (1961), Planet of the Apes (1968)
Key Directors
Cecil B. DeMille,
William Wyler
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| "Renowned
for taking on difficult and less glamorous roles." -
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Leading Player |
| (1937- ) Born
August 8, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Key Films The Graduate (1967),
Midnight Cowboy (1969), Straw Dogs (1971), All the President's
Men (1976), Tootsie (1982)
Key Directors
John Schlesinger,
Barry Levinson ►Amazon |
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William
Holden |
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Anthony Hopkins
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Dennis Hopper |
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| "Captivating;
character actor and romantic lead in action films." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
| (1918-1981) Born
April 17, O'Fallon, Illinois, United States |
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Key Films Sunset Blvd. (1950), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957), The Wild Bunch (1969), Network (1976) Key Directors
Billy Wilder ►Amazon |
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| "Soft-spoken,
intense, and distinguished British actor." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
| (1937- ) Born
December 31, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales |
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Key Films The Lion in Winter (1968),
The Elephant Man (1980), Howards End (1991), The Silence of the
Lambs (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) Key Directors
James Ivory,
Richard Attenborough,
Roger Donaldson ►Amazon |
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| "Infamous
enfant terrible; hero of counterculture." -
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| Leading
& Character Player |
| (1936- ) Born May
17, Dodge City, Kansas, United States |
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Key Films Easy Rider (1969), The American Friend (1977), Apocalypse Now
(1979), Rumble Fish (1983), Blue Velvet (1986) Key Directors
Francis Ford Coppola,
Nicholas
Ray, Henry Hathaway
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Edward Everett Horton |
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Rock
Hudson |
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John Hurt |
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| Leading Character Player |
| (1886-1970) Born
March 18, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Key Films Trouble in Paradise (1932), Top Hat (1935), The Devil is a Woman
(1935), Angel (1937), Holiday (1938) Key Directors
Ernst Lubitsch, Frank Capra,
Mark
Sandrich ►Amazon |
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| "Leading
man of action films and lighthearted comedies." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1925-1985) Born
November 17, Winnetka, Illinois, United States |
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Key Films
All That Heaven Allows (1955), Giant (1956), Written on the Wind (1956),
The Tarnished Angels (1958), Seconds (1966)
Key Directors
Douglas Sirk, Anthony
Mann ►Amazon
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| "Serious
character actor; plays historical figures convincingly." -
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| Leading &
Character Player |
| (1940- ) Born
January 22, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
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Key Films
Midnight Express (1978), Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Heaven's
Gate (1980), Dead Man (1995) Key Directors
David Lynch ►Amazon |
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Erland
Josephson |
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Daisuke Kato
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Buster
Keaton |
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| Leading
Player |
| (1923- ) Born June
15, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Key Films
Hour of the Wolf (1967), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Nostalghia (1983), The Sacrifice (1986)
Key Directors
Ingmar Bergman,
Andrei
Tarkovsky ►Amazon |
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Character Player |
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(1910-1975) Born
February 18, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key Films
The Seven Samurai (1954), Floating Clouds (1955), When a Woman
Ascends the Stairs (1960), Early Autumn (1961), Yojimbo (1961)
Key Directors
Mikio Naruse,
Akira Kurosawa,
Kenji Mizoguchi ►Amazon |
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| "Specialized in
vaudeville and physical comedy; poker face." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1895-1966) Born
October 4, Piqua, Kansas, United States |
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Key Films
Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Navigator (1924), The General (1926),
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928)
Key Directors
Himself, Eddie
Cline ►Amazon |
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Diane
Keaton |
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Harvey
Keitel |
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Burt
Lancaster |
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| "Sexy,
self-assured screen presence; one-time muse of
Woody Allen." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1946- ) Born
January 5, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Key Films
The Godfather Part II (1974), Annie Hall (1977),
Manhattan (1979), Reds (1981), The Godfather Part III (1990)
Key Directors
Woody Allen,
Francis
Ford Coppola ►Amazon |
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| "Versatile
character actor; Intense screen presence." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1939- ) Born May
13, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Key Films
Mean Streets (1973), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Reservoir
Dogs (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), The Piano (1993)
Key Directors
Martin Scorsese,
Quentin
Tarantino, Ridley Scott
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Jean-Pierre
Leaud |
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Jack
Lemmon |
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Tony
Leung |
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| "Vulnerable,
romantic male face of French New Wave cinema." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading &
Character Player |
| (1944- ) Born May
5, Paris, France |
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Key Films
The 400 Blows (1959), Masculin Feminin (1966), Two English Girls (1972), The Mother and the Whore (1973), Irma Vep (1996)
Key Directors
Jean-Luc Godard,
François
Truffaut, Jacques Rivette
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| "Superb
stagecraft; portrayed the bewildered and neurotic." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1925-2001) Born
February 18, Newton, Massachusetts, United States |
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Key Films
Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Avanti! (1972), Missing (1982),
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Key Directors
Billy Wilder,
Blake Edwards,
Robert
Altman ►Amazon |
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| Leading Player |
| (1962- ) Born June
27, Canton, Province, China |
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Key Films
A City of Sadness (1989), Hard-Boiled (1992), Chungking Express (1994),
Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000)
Key Directors
Wong Kar-Wai, John Woo,
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
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Karl Malden
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Lee Marvin |
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James Mason |
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| "Intelligent,
versatile leading man and character actor." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1912- ) Born
March 22, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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Key Films
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Ruby Gentry (1952), On the
Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), Patton (1970)
Key Directors
Elia Kazan ►Amazon |
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| "U.S. icon
of cinematic masculinity; lead man of action movies." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1924-1987) Born
February 19, New York, New York, United States |
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Key Films
The Big Heat (1953), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962),
The Killers (1964) Point Blank (1967), The Big Red One (1980)
Key Directors
John Boorman,
John Ford ►Amazon |
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| "Character
actor known for villains and antihero roles." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1909-1984) Born
May 15, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
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Key Films
Odd Man Out (1947), A Star is Born (1954), Bigger Than Life (1956),
North by Northwest (1959), Lolita (1962) Key
Directors
Sidney Lumet,
Max Ophüls ►Amazon |
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