Handsome Actors from Older Films
by guram-63690 | created - 20 Aug 2019 | updated - 29 Aug 2019 | Public
1. David Sharpe
Actor | Social Error
He made his first appearance before the camera at the age of 14 in Douglas Fairbanks's Robin Hood (1922) Young Dave became the National A.A.U. tumbling champion in 1925 and 1926. Still in his teens, he began taking bit parts in films. His big break came in Masked Emotions (1929). It led him to a ...
2. Louis Hayward
Actor | And Then There Were None
From his birthplace in South Africa, Louis Charles Hayward was brought to England and was educated there and on the Continent. He spent a short time managing a London nightclub, displayed some acting talent and decided on acting, and was quickly tapped by playwright Noël Coward, who became his ...
3. Don Taylor
Actor | Stalag 17
Born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, Don Taylor studied law, then speech and drama at Penn State University, where as a freshman he began taking part in college stage productions. Hitchhiking to Hollywood in 1942, the youthful Taylor screen-tested at Warner Brothers but was rejected because of his draft...
4. Carleton G. Young
Actor | His Kind of Woman
Carleton G. Young was born on May 26, 1907 in Fulton, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for His Kind of Woman (1951), Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945) and The Plymouth Playhouse (1953). He was married to Barbara Leonard Davis. He died on July 11, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, ...
5. James Drury
Actor | The Virginian
Laconic, dark and handsome were the essential attributes for Hollywood western leading men in the 50s and 60s. James Drury fit the bill, keeping in mind that his most famous screen persona - that of the stalwart Shiloh estate ranch foreman known only as 'the Virginian' - took a while to properly ...
6. Mike Road
Actor | The Roaring 20's
Mike Road was born on March 18, 1918 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Roaring 20's (1960), Hawaiian Eye (1959) and The Fantastic Journey (1977). He was married to Ruth Brady and Norma Lehn. He died on April 14, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
7. Rex Reason
Actor | This Island Earth
Rex Reason was born in Germany, while his family was in Europe on a business trip. Although he grew up in Los Angeles, his acting aspirations were nil; his mother, however, hoped that both Rex and his lookalike brother Rhodes Reason would get into the acting profession. He played the lead in "...
8. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Actor | Little Caesar
Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. never really intended to take up acting as a career. However, the environment he was born into and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige.
He was born Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. in ...
9. Robert Livingston
Actor | Daredevils of the Clouds
Bob Livingston's father was a newspaper editor in Quincy, Illinois. As a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News Bob did a story on the Pasadena Playhouse, and that got him interested in acting. In his mid-20s, he was doing bit parts for Universal and Fox and went from there to romantic roles with ...
10. Antonio El Bailarín
Actor | Nuits andalouses
Antonio El Bailarín was born on November 4, 1921 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Nuits andalouses (1954), Hollywood Canteen (1944) and Pan-Americana (1945). He died on February 5, 1996 in Madrid, Spain.
11. Ethan Laidlaw
Actor | Is That Nice?
Born in Butte Montana just before the turn of the century, Ethan Laidlaw worked as a steam fitter, bus driver, mechanic, salesman, and policeman, before moving to the Los Angeles in the early 1920's. Laidlaw's tall, lean frame and chiseled features made him a natural for gangster pictures, Westerns...
12. Edward J. Nugent
Actor | Rio Grande Romance
Edward J. Nugent was born on February 7, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Rio Grande Romance (1936), She Loves Me Not (1934) and Behind Stone Walls (1932). He was married to Suzanne W.. He died on January 3, 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.
13. Leo Gorcey
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred. In 1917, Leo was born, a large baby at 12 lb. 3 oz.; as an...
14. Lanny Ross
Soundtrack | Melody in Spring
Lanny Ross was born on January 19, 1906 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Melody in Spring (1934), Yours Sincerely (1933) and College Rhythm (1934). He was married to Olive White (manager). He died on April 25, 1988 in New York City, New York, USA.
15. 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 ...
16. Douglas Fowley
Actor | Singin' in the Rain
He was born in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. Fowley played everything from cowboys to gangsters, appearing alongside stars like Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly ...
17. Warren Douglas
Actor | The Inner Circle
Warren Douglas was born Warren Douglas Wandberg on July 29, 1911 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He had one brother, Robert Wandberg, who predeceased him. He was married to Dorothy Kennedy from 1931 to 1957 and had one child, Ann Douglas. He was subsequently married to Eva Lavaughn ("Bonnie") ...
18. Vic Damone
Soundtrack | Payback
At fourteen he worked as an usher at the NYC Paramount Theatre. His father was an electrician who played guitar and his mother taught piano. Damone attended PS 163 and sang in St. Finbar's choir and later attended the Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School and then Lafayette High School in ...
19. Stephen McNally
Actor | No Way Out
Dark-haired, rugged-looking Stephen McNally forsook a thriving career as an attorney in the late 1930s in order to pursue an acting career. This impulsive decision to switch gears in mid-life was rewarded in the end, playing a steady stream of hard-edged, noirish characters and more than his share ...
20. Brooks Benedict
Actor | Why Girls Go Back Home
Brooks Benedict was born on February 6, 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Why Girls Go Back Home (1926), Speedy (1928) and Orchids and Ermine (1927). He died on January 1, 1968 in Houston, Texas, USA.
21. Ric Roman
Actor | The Big Heat
Ric Roman was born on September 29, 1916 in New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Heat (1953), The Wayward Girl (1957) and Shadows of Tombstone (1953). He died on August 11, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
22. Eddy Duchin
Soundtrack | The Hit Parade
Eddy Duchin was born on April 10, 1910 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Hit Parade (1937), Harlem Nights (1989) and Coronado (1935). He was married to Maria Theresa Paske-Smith (Chiquita Winn) and Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs. He died on February 9, 1951 ...
23. Bradley Page
Actor | From Hell to Heaven
Bradley Page was born on September 8, 1901 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for From Hell to Heaven (1933), Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) and Crashing Hollywood (1938). He died on December 8, 1985 in Brookings, Oregon, USA.
24. David Manners
Actor | Dracula
A dapper, debonair, darkly attractive leading man of 1920s stage and '30s screen, actor David Manners was born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom on April 30, 1900, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A highly serviceable, if sometimes overshadowed, co-star opposite Hollywood's top 1930s female superstars, ...
25. John Payne
Actor | Miracle on 34th Street
Perhaps not so surprisingly, John Payne maintained that his favorite movie of all time was one of his own -- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) -- simply because it reflected his own strong and spiritual belief system. Today, of course, the film, which co-stars beautiful Maureen O'Hara, Oscar-winning ...
26. Todd Karns
Actor | It's a Wonderful Life
Todd Karns was born on January 15, 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) and The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942). He was married to Katherine Julia Flaten. He died on February 5, 2000 in Ajijic, Jalisco, ...
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