Actors

1. Harry Davenport

Character fame on film came quite late for long-time stage actor Harry Davenport at age 70, but he made up for lost time in very quick fashion with well over a hundred film roles registered from the advent of sound to the time of his death in 1949. Beloved for his twinkle-eyed avuncular and/or ...

2. Donald Meek

Actor | You Can't Take It with You

One Hollywood stalwart whose screen incarnations more than lived up to his name was bald-domed character actor Donald Meek, forever typecast as mousy, timorous or browbeaten Casper Milquetoasts. He stood at 5 ft. 6 in. in his boots and weighed a mere 81 pounds. However, the little Glaswegian's ...

3. Arthur Aylesworth

Actor | Brigham Young

Arthur Aylesworth was born on August 12, 1881 in Apponaugh, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Brigham Young (1940), King of the Underworld (1939) and The Plot Thickens (1936). He was married to Sadie Harris and Elizabeth. He died on June 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

4. Tom Conway

Actor | Cat People

Tom Conway played "The Falcon" in ten of that series' entries. He starred in three Val Lewton horror classics. He appeared in comedies, musicals, two Tarzan films and even science fiction films.

He was early television's Detective Mark Saber, but Conway will probably be best remembered as George ...

5. Donald Woods

Actor | The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Donald Woods, a prolific cinema and television character actor whose career spanned 75 films and 150 TV programs over 40 years, was born Ralph L. Zink on December 2, 1906, in Brandon, Manitoba. (He legally changed his name to Donald Woods in 1945.) His family eventually departed Canada for ...

6. Donald Cook

Actor | The Public Enemy

Donald Cook was born on September 26, 1901 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for The Public Enemy (1931), Show Boat (1936) and Baby Face (1933). He was married to Princess Gioia Tasca di Cuto. He died on October 1, 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

7. Helen Twelvetrees

Actress | Millie

Helen Twelvetrees was born Helen Marie Jurgens in Brooklyn, New York on December 25, 1908. Her interest in the theatricals was apparent at an early age. After graduating from high school. Helen embarked on a stage career. She participated in a number of plays in New York City, but gravitated toward...

8. Berton Churchill

Actor | Stagecoach

Berton Churchill was born on December 9, 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Stagecoach (1939), Sweethearts (1938) and Steamboat Round the Bend (1935). He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. He died on October 10, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.

9. Tom Kennedy

Actor | The Adventurous Blonde

Once a boxer, brawny character actor Tom Kennedy began his film career early in the silent era. He frequently played big, dumb, likable, working-class types, such as in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). He also worked with W.C. Fields, The Marx Brothers, and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in ...

10. Sarah Padden

Actress | A Woman's Face

Sarah Padden was born on October 16, 1881 in Sunderland, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Woman's Face (1941), The Mad Monster (1942) and Women Won't Tell (1932). She was married to George Clarence Sackett. She died on December 4, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

11. J. Arthur Young

Actor | Murder by Invitation

J. Arthur Young was born on September 22, 1879 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder by Invitation (1941), No Greater Sin (1941) and The Living Ghost (1942). He was married to Marguerite Vanderfrift. He died on September 14, 1943 in Kew Gardens, New York, USA.

12. George Zucco

Actor | Fog Island

At 22, George Zucco decided to begin his stage career in earnest in the Canadian provinces in 1908. In the course of the following decade, he also performed in an American vaudeville tour with his young wife, Frances, in a routine called "The Suffragette." As World War I grew in scale, Zucco ...

13. Ginger Rogers

Actress | Kitty Foyle

Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911, the daughter of Lela E. Rogers (née Lela Emogene Owens) and William Eddins McMath. Her mother went to Independence to have Ginger away from her husband. She had a baby earlier in their marriage and he ...

14. Warner Oland

Actor | The Black Camel

Warner Oland was born Johan Verner Olund in the small village of Nyby in Bjurholm parish in the county of Vasterbotten, Sweden, on October 3, 1879. Bjurholm is situated about 60 kilometers outside the town of Umea. His family emigrated to the US on October 15, 1892. His father Jonas was a ...

15. Sidney Toler

Actor | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

The son of Colonel H.G. Toler, breeder of trotting horses, Sidney Toler acted on stage by the time he was seven years old. He was an established star of the theater by the 1890s, long before his career in motion pictures began. He was also active as a playwright and had a good enough voice to be ...

16. Roland Winters

Actor | Docks of New Orleans

Roland Winters was born on November 22, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Docks of New Orleans (1948), Blue Hawaii (1961) and The Chinese Ring (1947). He was married to Helen Lewis and Ada Carver Howe. He died on October 22, 1989 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

17. Dennis O'Keefe

Actor | Brewster's Millions

Tall, cheerful, outdoorsy leading man of Hollywood B movies who started in show business as an infant accompanying his vaudevillian parents ("Flanagan and Edwards, the Rollicking Twosome") on the stage. In his teens, Dennis started to write film scripts while attending college. He then tried to ...

18. Richard Cramer

Actor | Saps at Sea

Richard Cramer was born on July 3, 1889 in Bryan, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Saps at Sea (1940), Captain of the Guard (1930) and Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931). He was married to Hilda. He died on August 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

19. Bob Hope

Actor | The Ghost Breakers

Comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons of Avis (Townes), light opera singer, and William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His maternal grandmother was Welsh. Hope moved to Bristol before emigrating with his parents...

20. Lucille Ball

Actress | I Love Lucy

The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, the daughter of Desiree Evelyn "DeDe" (Hunt) and Henry Durrell "Had" Ball. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked ...

21. William Frawley

Actor | I Love Lucy

William Frawley was born in Burlington, Iowa. As a boy he sang at St. Paul's Catholic Church and played at the Burlington Opera House. His first job was as a stenographer for the Union Pacific Railroad. He did vaudeville with his brother Paul, then joined pianist Franz Rath in an act they took to ...

22. Zasu Pitts

Actress | Greed

Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, of the timid, forlorn blue eyes and trademark woebegone vocal pattern and fidgety hands, was born to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts, the third of four children on January 3, 1894. Her aged New York-native father, who lost a leg back in the Civil War era, had settled...

23. J. Carrol Naish

Actor | Sahara

One of the most versatile character actors in the business, Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (pronounced Nash) was born of Irish descent in New York City. His illustrious ancestors hailed from county Limerick and were listed in Burke's Peerage. He had a Catholic education at St. Cecilia's Academy, but ...

24. Frank R. Strayer

Director | Gorilla Ship

Frank R. Strayer was born on September 20, 1891 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Gorilla Ship (1932), Partners in Crime (1928) and Anybody's Blonde (1931). He was married to Erma P. Rogers. He died on February 3, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.

25. John Miljan

Actor | The Ten Commandments

John Miljan was born on November 9, 1892 in Lead City, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) and The Fallen Sparrow (1943). He was married to Victoria Lowe Creighton. He died on January 24, 1960 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California,...

26. Joan Blondell

Actress | Grease

With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan Blondell was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend.

Joan was born Rose Blondell in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Katie and Eddie Blondell, who were vaudeville performers. Her father was a Polish ...

27. Roland Young

Actor | Topper

Fondly remembered for his many deceptively meek, erudite characters played on film -- think Cosmo Topper, of the screwball classic Topper (1937) -- this short (5'6"), balding, highly distinguished actor was born in London, England on November 11,1887, to an architect and his wife. Young was ...

28. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Actor | You Can't Take It with You

The son of a minstrel and circus tightrope walker, Eddie Anderson developed a gravel voice early in life which would become his trademark to fame. He joined his older brother Cornelius as members of "The Three Black Aces" during his vaudeville years, singing for pennies in the hotel lobby. He ...

29. Edgar Bergen

Actor | Fun & Fancy Free

Edgar Bergen was born on February 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Fun and Fancy Free (1947), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Letter of Introduction (1938). He was married to Frances Bergen. He died on September 30, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

30. Frank Morgan

Actor | The Wizard of Oz

Jovial, somewhat flamboyant Frank Morgan (born Francis Wuppermann) will forever be remembered as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but he was a veteran and respected actor long before he played that part, and turned in outstanding performances both before and after that film. One of ...

31. 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,...

32. Elyse Knox

Actress | I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Elyse Knox, the actress best known for starring in The Mummy's Tomb (1942) and for being Heisman Award-winner Tom Harmon's wife and actor Mark Harmon's mother, was born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath on December 14, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut, to Austrian parents Hermine Sophie (Muck) and Frederick ...

33. William Castle

Director | Homicidal

William Castle was born on April 24, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Homicidal (1961), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and The Lady from Shanghai (1947). He was married to Ellen. He died on May 31, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

34. Willie Best

Actor | The Hidden Hand

One of the hard-working, unappreciated African-American actors of Hollywood's "Golden Era" who produced good work with what he was given. He starred alongside some of film's great comedians including the Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, Laurel and Hardy and three films with Shirley Temple. Best is ...

35. Diana Dors

Actress | The Long Haul

Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her mother both nearly died from the traumatic birth. Because of the trauma, her mother lavished on Diana anything and everything she wanted--clothes, toys and dance lessons were the order of the day. ...

36. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

37. Ty Simpkins

Actor | Jurassic World

At his young age, Ty Simpkins has proudly accomplished more than most in the world of entertainment - he has starred in two of the biggest blockbusters of all time. Simpkins can be seen opposite Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Universal's dinosaur box office monster hit Jurassic World. Prior...

38. Benedikte Hansen

Actress | Borgen

Benedikte Hansen was born on September 24, 1958 in Denmark. She is an actress, known for Borgen (2010), De vilde svaner (2009) and Gøngehøvdingen (1992).

39. Claire Rushbrook

Actress | Secrets & Lies

Claire Rushbrook was born on August 25, 1971 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Secrets & Lies (1996), Home Fires (2015) and My Mad Fat Diary (2013).

40. Morena Baccarin

Actress | Deadpool

Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of ten, when her father was transferred there. She ...

41. James McAvoy

Actor | Filth

McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...

42. Schuyler Fisk

Actress | Orange County

The actress and singer-songwriter Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk, who met on the set of Badlands (1973), which starred Spacek (Fisk was the art director on the film). Although she was born in Los Angeles, California, she...

43. Annabelle Wallis

Actress | The Mummy

Annabelle Wallis is an English actress best known for her roles as Jane Seymour in Showtime's period drama The Tudors, Grace Burgess in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders, and for the films Annabelle (2014), and The Mummy (2017). She was born in Oxford, but spent much of her childhood in Portugal, ...

44. Mark Strong

Actor | 1917

British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.

Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London, England, to an ...

45. Casper Van Dien

Actor | Starship Troopers

Casper Van Dien's breakthrough role was as the lead in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997). Still one of the most talked about films of 1997 that has one of the largest cult followings in film history. He was also in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed film Sleepy Hollow (1999), as ...

46. Jennifer Wenger

Actress | Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jennifer Wenger moved to LA at 19 from Maynardville, Tennessee to pursue a career in entertainment. Within the first year became Wonder Woman on the Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame, which led to landing the lead in Morgan Spurlock's "Confessions of a Superhero." This led to costars on my name is Earl, ...

47. Skyler Samuels

Actress | The Gifted

TV viewers first caught notice of Skyler Samuels when she became a junior correspondent at just 8 years old and went on to be a Disney Channel regular on shows like "Wizards of Waverly Place," "The Suite Life," and "That's So Raven." By age 16, Skyler was the title character of ABCFamily's "The ...

48. Dwayne Johnson

Actor | Black Adam

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...

49. Karan Soni

Actor | Deadpool 2

Karan Soni was born in New Delhi, India. He made his film debut as Kemal in Yusuf Sumer's short comedy film Kaka Nirvana (2010), in which he co-starred with Rachel Quinn. In 2016, Soni rose to international prominence for his role as Dopinder in Tim Miller's action film Deadpool (2016), a role he ...

50. Shirley Jones

Actress | The Music Man

Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley Jones started singing at the age of six. She started formal training at the age of 12 and would dream of singing with her idol, Gordon MacRae. Upon graduating from high school, Shirley went to New York to audition for the casting director of Rodgers & ...

51. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

52. Paul Bettany

Actor | WandaVision

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...

53. Don Lake

Actor | Space Force

Don Lake was born on November 26, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and producer, known for Space Force (2020), Zootopia (2016) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). He is married to Claire Lake. They have two children.

54. Elaine Cassidy

Actress | Disco Pigs

Elaine Cassidy was born on December 31, 1979 in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an actress and producer, known for Disco Pigs (2001), Felicia's Journey (1999) and The Wonder (2022). She has been married to Stephen Lord since December 31, 2007. They have two children.

55. 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 ...

56. Eugene Pallette

Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood

This eminently recognizable, bulbous, beetle-browed character actor left Culver Military Academy and began acting in repertory companies before becoming a Hollywood extra and stunt man. Eugene's father had also been a thespian at one time but eventually ended his career as an insurance salesman. In...

57. Jane Withers

Actress | Giant

During the early times of the Depression when life was more famine than feast, child stars became the blue plate special of the day, served up by Hollywood to help nourish a nation besieged with troubles. Following 20th Century-Fox monumental success with Shirley Temple in the early 1930s, every ...

58. Alex House

Actor | Todd and the Book of Pure Evil

Alex began acting as a child after being referred to an agent by a family friend.

His father, Jeffry House, is a lawyer. He came to Canada as a US draft resister during the Vietnam War.

His mother is originally from Argentina. Alex speaks fluent Spanish.

He has a younger brother named Patrick.

59. Timothy Omundson

Actor | Mission: Impossible III

Timothy Omundson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on July 29, 1969, the youngest of four children. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, where his family moved when he was one. His father is a former railroad man and his mother was a teacher. Tim started to study theatre at the age of 12 at the ...

60. Kristen Bell

Actress | Frozen

Kristen Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father). ...

61. David Dastmalchian

Actor | Oppenheimer

David Dastmalchian is originally from Kansas. He moved to Chicago, IL, to study acting at The Theatre School, DePaul University. After college, David worked as a professional fisherman in Alaska, a circus performer, movie theatre usher and playwright. He is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe ...

62. Katie Sarife

Actress | Annabelle Comes Home

Katie Sarife recently appeared as a lead role in the New Line franchise film Annabelle Comes Home (2019) opposite Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Mckenna Grace. She also recently wrapped filming on the thriller indie film So Cold the River (2022) written and directed by Paul Shoulberg and also ...

63. Kad Merad

Actor | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis

Kad Merad was born on March 27, 1964 in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. He is an actor and writer, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), The Chorus (2004) and Baron noir (2016).

64. Erin Napier

Actress | A Christmas Open House

Erin Napier is known for A Christmas Open House (2022), Home Town (2016) and Home Town Kickstart (2022). She has been married to Ben Napier since November 22, 2008. They have two children.

65. Andrew Divoff

Actor | Air Force One

Andrew Daniel Divoff is a Venezuela-born Russian actor and stuntman, best known for playing the evil Djinn in the first two Wishmaster films and the villains Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami and ...

66. Liza Snyder

Actress | Yes, Dear

Liza Snyder was born on March 20, 1968 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Yes, Dear (2000), Pay It Forward (2000) and Sirens (1993).

67. Anthony Clark

Actor | The Rock

Anthony Clark was born on April 4, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Rock (1996), Yes, Dear (2000) and Dogfight (1991).

68. Jean Louisa Kelly

Actress | Uncle Buck

Jean Louisa Kelly was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is an actress, known for Yes, Dear (2000), Uncle Buck (1989), as John Candy's mean-spirited, rebellious niece, Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Luisa in Michael Ritchie's film version of the long running musical The Fantasticks (2001), and Sarah...

69. Luke Evans

Actor | Dracula Untold

Luke George Evans was born in Pontypool, Wales, and grew up in Aberbargoed, in the south of Wales. He is the son of Yvonne (Lewis) and David Evans. He moved to Cardiff at the age 17. He then won a scholarship to the London Studio Centre, and graduated in 2000.

He starred in many of London's West End...

70. Mike Müller

Actor | Tell

Mike Müller was born on October 25, 1963 in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland. He is an actor and writer, known for Tell (2007), The Undertaker (2013) and Ernstfall in Havanna (2002).

71. Sally Lindsay

Actress | Coronation Street

Sally Lindsay was born on July 8, 1973 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Scott & Bailey (2011) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021). She has been married to Steve White since December 14, 2013. They have two children.

72. Thierry Godard

Actor | Un village français

Thierry Godard was born on February 8, 1967 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Un village français (2009), Bastille Day (2016) and Spiral (2005). He is married to Sophie Guillemin. He was previously married to Sandrine Degraef.

73. John Light

Actor | Around the World in 80 Days

John Light was born on September 30, 1973 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Around the World in 80 Days (2021), Mars (2016) and North & South (2004). He was previously married to Neve Campbell.

74. Pauline Quirke

Actress | Birds of a Feather

Pauline Quirke was born on July 8, 1959 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Birds of a Feather (1989), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Broadchurch (2013). She has been married to Steve Sheen since August 1996. They have two children.