Show-Biz People Not Affiliated To The Left
by fedor8 | created - 28 Jan 2023 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicEverything has been politicized in recent years/decades, unfortunately. Movies/TV/music are dominated by politics. Movie/TV/music awards are dominated by politics. Pop stars have never been as "activistic" as of recently. Even sports, which had been the only oasis for non-political/apolitical/non-fanatical people, has been contaminated with this bizarre need for "show of support", for raised fists. Active athletes are mostly unwilling to define themselves politically (which is 100% logical and understandable) yet pressured by the Establishment and the media to do so, many of them eventually do - which predictably results in chaos, in a mess, in scandal, in misunderstandings, and in needless and ugly controversy.
And while I'm not supportive of this rising extremism and its many harmful side-effects and would prefer things to be the way they used to be (i.e. more chill and with more tolerance), I don't mind joining in the "fun". Since it's already there. So here is a politically-themed list since everybody is so enamoured with celebrities and with the "are you with us or against us" political division that rules much of the West now.
If you react with "who cares who celebrities vote for and what they believe" then you're absolutely right. Yet, a part of you still wants to know, possibly. The fact that you are (most probably) an IMDb user anyway very likely indicates that you do care about these things. After all, most entries you look up on IMDb involve celebs...
During the 2000 election cycle, Hollywood's actors/directors/producers donated about 40 times more money to Democrats than to Republicans. Thirty-one Oscar-winners gave a total of $381,000 to Democrats, vs. seven who anted up a total of $9,000 to Republicans.
Just one example to illustrate how skewed political support is in show-biz. Which is common knowledge. 20 years later, the situation is probably even more tilted to the Left.
If I were to make a list of all the celebs that are liberal/left-leaning/communist, it would be a mission of a lifetime, something I haven't got time for. The IMDb computers would probably all explode, in a spectacular chain reaction, for lack of capacity to handle so much data. I would easily find several thousand of them. Too much work.
So I thought it'd be much easier to list celebs that aren't liberal.
The term "non-liberal" means just that, people who aren't liberal. This does not mean that all the people listed here are right-wing or share the same views (far from it), or that they're all hardcore anti-Leftists or anything like that. After all, the Right wing of the political spectrum is (despite popular belief i.e. misinformation) far more diverse than the more predictable Left all of which revolves around socialism and the "oppressed". (The Right has atheist capitalists as well as "social justice" Christians as well as science-minded Christians as well as free-market Moslems as well as anti-science creationists, just to illustrate this with a few of many examples. Some are for abortion, some are against it. On the Left nearly everyone is for it. The Left has far less diversity, nearly everybody subscribes to widely agreed upon uni-opinionism.)
Besides which, there is a certain thing called "Center". Quite a few centrists are listed. In other words, some people listed here share the same or similar views with liberals on certain issues. All of the people included here are NOT to be lumped in the same basket: that would be completely inaccurate, and besides which it isn't the purpose of this list at all.
However, things have become more complicated in recent decades, making the creation of such a list tougher than before. As Republicans (and right-wing and centrist parties across western Europe) move more and more toward the Left, the differences between Dems and Reps become less and less palpable. For this reason I decided not to include people who are/were Republican or Independent only on paper but adhere to most of liberal ideology and talk like Democrat supporters and/or had recently supported Democrat candidates. (Examples: Patricia Heaton, Penn Teller, Jesse Ventura, Shannen Doherty, Tony Danza, Michael Medved, Kelly Clarkson, Alex Rodriguez, John Cryer or Arnold Schwarzenegger.) This is admittedly a grey area, i.e. some people would disagree with me to omit them, so the list isn't perfect. Some political and especially socio-political issues serve as key litmus tests for political affiliation, and I feel that these people I decided not to include are all more liberal than centrist or conservative. For example, Schwarzenegger went out of his way to oppose Trump, and his stances on most key issues are 100% liberal. (This is a combination of him personally veering increasingly to the Left, plus the Republican Party itself veering more and more to the Left.) Another good example is Jesse Ventura wanting to endorse Bernie Sanders (who rejected it), so obviously he can't be on the list either, considering how far to the Left Sanders is. Nobody who endorsed a socialist in recent years can be part of the list: I had to draw the line somewhere, otherwise this list would be meaningless. (Which it might be anyway...)
I decided that past affiliations don't count, only what's the most current and up-to-date, meaning that I did not include people who used to identify as Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, or independents but now support the Democrats. (For example, Dwayne Johnson, who must have been pressured by his agent and the studios to re-consider after many years of voting Republican; a very common practice in the film industry.) If I made some omissions in this sense, it certainly isn't intentional and could be eventually corrected.
Nor do I include those very rare cases who constantly flip-flop, such as 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) who changes his mind so often (on issues and politicians), people who lack a clear political orientation and a well-defined belief system, people who are still on the fence or simply too apolitical despite being quoted as having an opinion. Nor do I include people who - for example - openly supported Trump only to apologize to their fans a week later, like for example Shania Twain. People are allowed to change their minds over years, of course, this is normal and natural, but not every week...
Which brings me to the elephant in the room: the celebs who may support right-wing/centrist causes/politicians but are afraid to speak out for fear of hurting their career opportunities in industries that aren't very flexible when it comes to political affiliation. Obviously, the list would be a lot bigger if the current political atmosphere weren't so one-sided. If true freedom and democracy reigned, as they once did several decades ago, we would have a lot clearer picture because there'd be far more honesty.
The descriptor "anti-communist" was included for people who had described themselves as such. In other words, just because some entries only state "Republican" doesn't mean these aren't/weren't anti-communist as well. I can only go by the information that is available, I can't make further assumptions without evidence. Being Republican should, logically, imply anti-communist sentiments too, so draw your own conclusions. I decided to include it only when it was clearly expressed, either in interviews, statements to colleagues or through their actions.
This list isn't intended as either a condemnation or glorification of these people, it's just an interesting list free for individual interpretation. Still, one would not be mistaken in giving some of them credit (especially the more current actors) for having the courage to go against the grain in Hollywood. The American film industry isn't a particularly tolerant or diverse environment, and there are even rumours of black-listing...
The names are listed in no particular order, with a few exceptions.
1. James Woods
Actor | Vampires
James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...
A former liberal who switched sides post 9/11.
"I love George Bush right now and I always have. I'm the only guy in L.A. who voted for him." - Woods
He has stated that he doesn't work anymore because of his political orientation.
2. 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, ...
"I was brought up as a Republican, but when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian."
Russell has claimed that he is an outcast in Hollywood because of his political views.
3. John Wayne
Actor | True Grit
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...
Republican. Anti-communist, pro-Vietnam-war, voted Nixon.
"I don’t think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I’d like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living."
4. Gene Tierney
Actress | Laura
With prominent cheekbones, luminous skin and the most crystalline green eyes of her day, Gene Tierney's striking good looks helped propel her to stardom. Her best known role is the enigmatic murder victim in Laura (1944). She was also Oscar-nominated for Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Her acting ...
Republican.
5. Roseanne Barr
Producer | Roseanne
Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.
She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, ...
Republican.
"I think we would be so lucky if Trump won. Because then it wouldn't be Hillary."
She herself is involved in politics, having been a presidential candidate.
6. John Ratzenberger
Actor | Cheers
John started the improvisational duo group, "Sal's Meat Market", in Bridgeport, Connecticut with fellow actor and friend Ray Hassett. He was later affiliated with the ensemble group, "The Downtown Cabaret". Coincidentally, he was a friend of Susan Ryan, the mother of Meg Ryan. A mutual friend, also...
Republican.
7. Gloria Estefan
Soundtrack | Music of the Heart
Gloria Estefan was born on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba. She is a music artist and actress, known for Music of the Heart (1999), Poseidon (2006) and The Specialist (1994). She has been married to Emilio Estefan Jr. since September 2, 1978. They have two children.
Claims she isn't affiliated to either the Reps or the Dems, but when one reads between the lines, and hears her views it is possible she is more Rep than Dem.
Also an anti-communist, being actively anti-Castro for many years.
8. Chill Wills
Actor | Giant
Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he ...
9. David Mamet
Writer | House of Games
Born in 1947 in Chicago, he was educated at Goddard College, in Vermont, and studied drama at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, before returning to Chicago and establishing the St Nicholas Theatre Company in 1972. He remained their resident writer for four years. The first of his plays to secure ...
He is a former liberal, now a Trump supporter.
To find out how and why he changed sides:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-03-11/news/why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal/
"Gun laws were intended to guard us against this inevitable decay of government that the Constitution was written. Its purpose was and is not to enthrone a Government superior to an imperfect and confused electorate, but to protect us from such a government."
10. Kevin Sorbo
Actor | Let There Be Light
Kevin spent 3 years traveling around the world, modeling for print ads and appearing in over 150 commercials, before landing in his breakout series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).
Kevin David Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on September 24, 1958, to Ardis (Thompson), a nurse, and Lynn ...
Devout Christian, and Republican.
Says he was partially blacklisted. "There's a negativity towards Christians in Hollywood, and a negativity towards people who believe in God."
11. Jean Reno
Actor | Léon
Jean Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who moved to North Africa to seek work. His father was a linotypist. Reno settled in France at 17. He began studying drama and has credits in French television and theater as well as films. ...
Supported Sarkozy, and made him his best man at a wedding.
12. Ron Silver
Actor | Timecop
Ron Silver was born on July 2, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Timecop (1994), Reversal of Fortune (1990) and Find Me Guilty (2006). He was married to Lynne Miller. He died on March 15, 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.
Former liberal.
"Support for Bush has affected me very badly. I can't point to a person or a job I've lost, but this community is not very pluralistic. I haven't worked for 10 months."
13. Charlotte Rampling
Actress | 45 Years
Tessa Charlotte Rampling was born 5 February 1946 in Sturmer, England, to Isabel Anne (Gurteen), a painter, and Godfrey Lionel Rampling, an Olympic gold medalist, army officer, and colonel, who became a NATO commander. She was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, ...
Supported Sarkozy in 2007.
She caused a stir with her Oscar Award comments in 2016.
14. Marilyn Manson
Soundtrack | Detroit Rock City
Marilyn Manson was born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969 in Canton, Ohio, to Barbara Jo (Wyer) and Hugh Angus Warner. He has German and English ancestry. During his childhood, one of his neighbors molested him several times until the young Brian broke down one day and told his mother what ...
"If I had to pick, I'd pick Bush, and not necessarily by default." - Brian in 2000.
He voted for Obama once.
This description appears to be the closest to defining him:
"Marilyn Manson has stated that political correctness had suppressed hatred. People do not express their hatred enough. People are ashamed to express their natural human feelings, beliefs, and thoughts. When Donald Trump ran for president, one of the core pillars of his pitch to the voting public was this: Political correctness is a cancer eating at the core of American society. Further research has shown that support for Trump (and opposition to Clinton) is especially likely amongst people who feel emotional reactance to restrictive communication norms. Even if Manson has described himself as an “across-the-board misanthrope”, his position towards political correctness has moved him away from the American Left, and got him closer to the Conservatives instead."
15. Josh Homme
Soundtrack | End of Watch
Josh Homme was born on May 17, 1973 in Palm Springs, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for End of Watch (2012), Hot Rod (2007) and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000). He was previously married to Brody Dalle.
Described himself as a "fallen libertarian", a conservative with liberal social issue opinions.
When a Queens of the Stone Age employee posted a hateful anti-Trump tirade on the band's Instagram, he was fired for it.
16. Peter Steele
Soundtrack | Freddy vs. Jason
Peter Steele was born on January 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Night of the Demons (2009) and Oz (1997). He died on April 14, 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.
Received bad publicity from the left-wing rock press, especially in Europe from Germans, in the 80s and early 90s for his supposed Fascist-racist lyrics.
Of course, this was all disproven later, when he had to explain in numerous interviews that he and his band "hate communists and Nazis equally".
In the 90s many of Type O Negative's European gigs were banned/stopped by extremist Christian groups. Hence the song lyrics in the legendary song "We Hate Everyone":
"Right wing commies
Leftist Nazis
Point their fingers
Rumours linger
We don't care what you think
Branded sexist
Labelled racist
Want it clearer ?
Check the mirror
We don't care what you think
Lies and slander in vain try to shame us
Riots, protests, violence just makes us famous
TV interviews, free publicity
Increase record sales dramatically
The left they say I'm a fascist
The right calling me communist
Hate hate hate hatred for all - one and all
No matter what you believe
Don't believe in you - and that's true
Some would say that we're biased
Accusations that we are racist
Well, s*** comes in all hues
Now this means you
Coz things ain't always like they seem
We hate everyone"
It is unclear whether he ever voted, and where he stood politically, but he definitely wasn't a liberal.
17. Dave Mustaine
Soundtrack | Last Action Hero
Dave Mustaine was born on September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Last Action Hero (1993), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He has been married to Pamela Anne Casselberry since March 3, 1991. They have two children.
Formerly very much a liberal who even campaigned for Democratic candidates on MTV, he then become a born-again Christian, and there are many recent indications he might be a Republican. He has criticized Obama numerous times, and Kerry, and praised Republican candidates. He didn't want to reveal whether he would vote for Trump but he made sure everyone knew he definitely wouldn't vote for Hillary.
"It needed to happen. The Americans went in there to liberate Iraq. A lot of people don’t think they were being liberated because France didn’t join in, Germany didn’t join in and neither did Russia. The reason they didn’t join in was because they had billions of dollars in stake with building the oil fields in the North of Iraq. The reason Russia, Germany and France supported us when we went into Afghanistan was because Afghanistan is a ****-hole. The people I believe are probably very lovely people - I’ve never met any Afghanis but, you know, Russia wasn’t making billion dollar oil fields up there. Afghanistan was known for its poppy production which results in heroin. Afghanistan is renowned for its hashish. If Germany, France and Russia went into Iraq, public opinion would be different. People in the music business, in America, are talking bad about Bush… you know what? Shut the **** up! You’re a musician; you don’t know a thing about running a country! If there would have been a better man to run the States right now, we would have picked him, it’s a democratic process. There are a couple of guys who run for office, everybody picks him, he goes to the next level. Shut up, he’s the ******* president! There’s gonna be an election, if you don’t like him go for the other guy. Don’t sit back there and just piss and moan. I see all these guys like Michael Moore going off and I’m like “dude, you don’t have a ******* idea about what you’re talking about"." - Mustaine
18. Tom Araya
Soundtrack | Law Abiding Citizen
Tom Araya was born on June 6, 1961 in Valparaiso, Chile. He is an actor and producer, known for Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Dracula 2000 (2000) and Punisher: War Zone (2008). He has been married to Sandra Araya since September 6, 1995. They have two children.
The vocalist from Slayer posted a lengthy text about liberals, and threw his support for Trump.
There are strong indications that Hannemann was right-wing too, while Lombardo and King are left-leaning.
19. Steve Souza
Self | Creature Features
Steve Souza is known for Creature Features (2016), Exodus: A Good Day to Die (1992) and Exodus: Objection Overruled (1990).
The Exodus vocalist is a Republican and Trump supporter.
20. Lee Altus
Actor | Heathen: Set Me Free
Lee Altus was born on May 13, 1966 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR. He is an actor and composer, known for Heathen: Set Me Free (1987), Heathen: Dying Season (2010) and Exodus: Now Thy Death Day Come (2005).
The Russian-Jewish-born guitarist from thrash bands Heathen and Exodus is a registered Republican.
Fellow Exodus band member Steve Zetro is a Trump supporter. The bassist Jack Gibson is also Republican.
Gary Holt, on the other hand, is a liberal.
21. James Hetfield
Soundtrack | Metallica Through the Never
His parents were divorced, and at a young age, he lost his mother to cancer. He grew up hunting, playing guitar, and was an ordinary quiet kid. Lars Ulrich put out an ad in 1981 in a newspaper asking somebody to jam out and listen to rock music with him and he replied. Lars Ulrich and James hooked ...
"I don't really fit into any political party. I'm pretty conservative on a lot of things. This new tax thing doesn't make sense to me. I don't know what the goal is. The middle-class people really suffer for it."
He is an avid hunter, claimed to be against gun control.
Unlike Lars Ulrich, he didn't "threaten" to leave the U.S. if Trump wins.
22. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
Don't be fooled by the fact he's been in many left-leaning films.
He is a devout Christian who once had a heated argument vs. Katie Couric and Meryl Streep regarding Bush, Iraq and Michael Moore's films.
He is an Independent.
23. Yakov Smirnoff
Actor | Night Court
Yakov Smirnoff was born on January 24, 1951 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor and writer, known for Night Court (1984), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) and Brewster's Millions (1985). He was previously married to Linda Dreeszen.
24. Loretta Lynn
Soundtrack | The New Mutants
Loretta Lynn was born on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, USA. She was a music artist and actress, known for The New Mutants (2020), High Crimes (2002) and Logan Lucky (2017). She was married to Oliver Lynn. She died on October 4, 2022 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, USA.
Trump supporter.
25. Jinx Falkenburg
Actress | Sing for Your Supper
Jinx Falkenburg was born on January 21, 1919 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Sing for Your Supper (1941), Lucky Legs (1942) and Talk About a Lady (1946). She was married to Tex McCrary. She died on August 27, 2003 in Manhasset, New York, USA.
Republican.
26. Nancy Reagan
Actress | Hellcats of the Navy
Nancy Reagan was born on July 6, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Hellcats of the Navy (1957), Night Into Morning (1951) and Donovan's Brain (1953). She was married to Ronald Reagan. She died on March 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Well, obviously.
27. Claudette Colbert
Actress | It Happened One Night
One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...
Republican.
28. Ward Bond
Actor | The Maltese Falcon
Gruff, burly American character actor. Born in 1903 in Benkelman, Nebraska (confirmed by Social Security records; sources stating 1905 or Denver, Colorado are in error.) Bond grew up in Denver, the son of a lumberyard worker. He attended the University of Southern California, where he got work as ...
Anti-Communist, Nixon supporter.
29. 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 & ...
Republican.
30. James Earl Jones
Actor | Rogue One
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. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...
That the "voice of CNN" would be a Republican is certainly more than a bit ironic..
31. Tony Sirico
Actor | The Sopranos
Tony Sirico was born in New York City on July 29, 1942 to a family of Italian descent. He grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East Flatbush and Bensonhurst. His brother, Father Robert Sirico, is a Catholic priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. The ...
Has stated that he is a "far-to-the-right Republican." Donated money to Rudolph Giuliani's presidential campaign.
32. Chelsea Noble
Actress | Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
Chelsea Noble was born on December 4, 1964 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002), Left Behind: The Movie (2000) and Growing Pains (1985). She has been married to Kirk Cameron since July 20, 1991. They have six children.
33. Fred MacMurray
Actor | Double Indemnity
Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.
Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois, to ...
A staunch supporter of the Republican Party, joined Bob Hope and James Stewart to campaign for Richard Nixon in 1968.
34. Chad Everett
Actor | Mulholland Dr.
Both a leading and a supporting actor in movies and on television, name a role - lawyer, airline pilot, rig foreman, doctor, gunslinger, real-life person, good guy, bad guy - and Chad Everett has probably played it. He was born Raymon Lee Cramton on June 11, 1937 in South Bend, Indiana. In high ...
Republican.
35. Ernest Borgnine
Actor | Marty
Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents were Anna (Boselli), who had emigrated from Carpi (MO), Italy, and Camillo Borgnino, who had emigrated from Ottiglio (AL), Italy. As an only child, Ernest enjoyed most sports, especially boxing, ...
Republican.
36. Bo Derek
Actress | Bolero
Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) is an American actress and model. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy 10 (1979). Her first husband John Derek directed her in Fantasies; Tarzan, the Ape Man (both 1981); Bolero (1984) and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), all of which received ...
Supported both Bush's and went to Republican conventions.
37. June Allyson
Actress | Executive Suite
American leading lady whose sweet smile and sunny disposition made her the prototypical girl-next-door of American movies of the 1940s. Raised in semi-poverty in Bronx neighborhoods by her divorced mother, Allyson (nee Ella Geisman) was injured in a fall at age eight and spent four years confined ...
Dated John Kennedy, as did numerous other actresses, but was a staunch Republican and supporter of Richard Nixon. Her daughter served as Chairman of the Inaugural Concerts for Nixon's second inauguration.
38. Dick Powell
Actor | Murder, My Sweet
Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly as did Dick Powell: in his case, from the boyish, wavy-haired crooner in musicals to rugged crime fighters in film noirs. Powell grew up in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three brothers (one of them, Howard, ended up as ...
39. Clark Gable
Actor | It Happened One Night
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle ...
Supported Roosevelt as well as Eisenhower, later Nixon, and was part of the "Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals", a conservative group.
Said to have been a "closet Republican".
40. Jeremy Clarkson
Self | Top Gear
Jeremy Clarkson was born in 1960 in the Yorkshire town of Doncaster in the North of England, an area renowned for its loud shouting and rampant exaggeration. He went to Repton school but didn't really pay attention and then got a job with a local newspaper where he was famed for stories such as '...
Made jokes regularly about environmentalist extremists, and has criticized Obama and the UK Labour gov't on many occasions. Described Greenpeace as "eco-mentalists".
Called Greta Thunberg a "spoiled brat", opposes the climate change movement.
"Only an idiot would vote for Corbyn."
Described socialists as "disgusting people".
Despite all this, he was a staunch opponent of Brexit, referring to pro-Brexit voters as "idiots". He is also pro-Palestinian, anti-gun-laws.
Wants the government to be as small as is possible.
41. John Malkovich
Actor | Being John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...
This has been said of John: "He's very conservative. In fact, he's so right-wing you have to wonder if he's kidding."
One of very few atheistic right-wingers, both on this list or in general. He hasn't voted though in 50 years.
"What’s funny yesterday becomes illegal today and the person uttering it must be canceled, Outrage culture is as strong as it is toxic... Part of what makes [comedy] difficult is also the tidal wave of idiocy that can be created on social media in a day... the outrage mob..."
42. R. Lee Ermey
Actor | Full Metal Jacket
A talented character actor known for his military roles, Ronald Lee Ermey was in the United States Marine Corps for 11 years. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and later was bestowed the honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant by the Marine Corps, after he served 14 months in Vietnam and later did ...
"We should all rise up, and we should stop [Obama's] administration from what they're doing because they're destroying this country. They’re driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us, and that’s exactly what they’re doing, and I’m sick and damn tired of it and I know you are too." - Ermey
43. Norm MacDonald
Actor | Dirty Work
Macdonald was born Norman Gene Macdonald in Quebec City, Quebec. He began his career in stand-up comedy. Macdonald's first job was writing for The Dennis Miller Show (1992) and then Roseanne (1988). While writing for Roseanne (1988), he was noticed by Lorne Michaels, who liked Norm's stand up, and ...
“I love George Bush. He’s a good man, decent.”
Norm who was a Christian supported Obama, but also a right-wing Canadian mayor.
Hated to include politics into comedy, criticizing Jon Stewart for opening the floodgates, for over-politicizing comedy.
Netflix cancelled a planned show because of an anti-liberal comment he'd made. He didn't like to comment on politics but was sometimes pushed into it by interviewers. Most of his comedy is non-PC.
Overall, definitely not a liberal.
44. 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 ...
"I have a really interesting political point of view, and it’s not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can’t go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can’t. I wouldn’t wish that experience on anyone else, but it was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics ever since." - Downey
"I wouldn't say that I'm a Republican or a liberal or a Democrat."
45. Dee Dee Ramone
Soundtrack | Pet Sematary
Dee Dee Ramone(1951 - 2002) was born as Douglas Glenn Colvin on September 18, 1951 in Fort Lee, Virginia, USA. He was a German-American musician, best known as a founding member, songwriter and bassist for the influential punk rock band "Ramones". His father was a U.S. Master Sergeant (born 1911) ...
The main song-writer of the punk band the Ramones was a Conservative.
46. Johnny Ramone
Soundtrack | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Johnny Ramone was born John William Cummings in Queens, New York. He went to be the guitar player for the Ramones, alongside Jeffrey Hyman and Douglas Colvin (later Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone). They also hired Thomas Erdelyi (later Tommy Ramone) as drummer. Tommy disbanded in 1978 and asked ...
"People drift towards liberalism at a young age, and I always hope they change when they see how the world really is."
A Republican "since the age of 11", said he considered "punk music to be right-wing".
"God bless George W. Bush".
47. Glenn Danzig
Soundtrack | Tag
Glenn Danzig was born on June 23, 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Tag (2018), The Hangover (2009) and Mid90s (2018).
Former singer of the punk band the Misfits.
“I might be conservative on some issues, and some issues I’m really liberal. I’m pro-abortion and I’m pro-Planned Parenthood. But I don’t think Planned Parenthood should be selling baby parts like a chop shop in Brooklyn, OK?"
“[Trump's travel ban] is really not a travel ban. When you walk into the country, we want to see who you are and what you’re doing. Well, when I go to every country right now, they look at me and they see whether I can come in or not. And I’ve been turned away from Canada and other places before. Where’s my protest? Where’s my parade?"
48. John Lydon
Soundtrack | Point Break
John Joseph Lydon, more popularly known by his former stage name, Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He is best known as the frontman of the British punk band Sex Pistols, one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music. The band originally lasted from 1975...
Long-time Labour supporter who changed drastically in recent years.
"I do not recognize [the Labour Party] any more."
Called Jeremy Corbin a "racist".
"[The upper class] parasite off the population as their friends help them along... but [the working class], we're lazy, good-for-nothing bastards, absolute cop-outs [who] never accept responsibility for our own lives and that's why we'll always be downtrodden."
A Trump supporter.
Lydon's comments about Trump:
"Yes, of course, I'm voting for Trump ... I don't want a politician running this world anymore."
"I'm up for anyone shaking up the jaded world of politicians".
"A complicated fellow" who "terrifies politicians".
"There are many, many problems with (Trump) as a human being" but John defended him against accusations of racism:
"What I dislike is the left-wing media in America are trying to smear the bloke as a racist and that's completely not true."
"He's a total cat amongst the pigeons ... [He's] got everybody now involving themselves in a political way. And I've been struggling for years to get people to wake up and do that."
He referred to Biden and Hillary as "champagne socialists".
John wore a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN shirt.
He was opposed to Brexit but changed sides:
"Well, here it goes, the working-class have spoken and I'm one of them and I'm with them."
He made positive comments about Nigel Farage, saying he was particularly delighted with how he dealt with anti-Brexit supporter Bob Geldoff.
"Anarchy is mind games for the middle class."
"Anarchy is a terrible idea. Let's get that clear. I'm not an anarchist. And I'm amazed that there are websites out there funded fully by the corporate hand and yet ranting on about being outside the s***storm. It's preposterous."
"I don't like the idea of one-parent families. It's very tough on the kids. They grow up missing something. I find the same with same-sex marriages; there is something missing. There is a point to male and female – and for a child to develop, it needs both those aspects."
He is however a pacifist, and an admirer of Mandela and Gandhi. One of his early songs is dedicated to Mandela.
49. Billy Zoom
Soundtrack | A Perfect Day
Billy Zoom was born on February 20, 1948 in Savanna, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for A Perfect Day (2015).
Member of 80s punk band X.
“I am not a Republican; I am a Conservative. The Republican party is a political party, and I think all politicians are basically full of crap. However, I lean towards Conservative values because basically what I want is a government that provides national defense so that we are free to do what we want within our borders, and that keeps criminals off the streets so we’re free to do what we want in our homes, and that provides a fire department to help fight a fire if my house is burning down. And basically other than that I kinda want ’em to stay out of my life. I’m a big fan of things like freedom and liberty, and I see those as being Conservative values, and I see Liberals as wanting to have bigger government that sticks their nose in everybody’s business and takes away our freedoms.”
By reacting so aggressively against Zoom and those like him, liberals ironically only confirm his fears that they want to take away freedom.
50. Bill Milano
Actor | M.O.D.: Wigga
Bill Milano is known for M.O.D.: Wigga (2003), M.O.D.: Hooligan, Lyric (2020) and M.O.D.: Vents (1989).
Hardcore/thrash metal singer who might have first used the word "mosh".
Ambiguous and contradictory statements in his songs and interviews, so he is hard to pin down but definitely not a liberal.
52. Joe Escalante
Writer | Alien Abductions with Abby Hornacek
Joe Escalante was born on January 30, 1963. He is a writer and producer, known for Alien Abductions with Abby Hornacek (2022), Monsters Across America (2020) and Ancient Aliens (2009).
Conservative.
53. Exene Cervenka
Soundtrack | The Kids Are All Right
Exene Cervenka was born on February 1, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Kids Are All Right (2010), Kalifornia (1993) and G.I. Jane (1997). She has been married to Jason Edge since August 18, 2002. She was previously married to Viggo Mortensen and John Doe...
Member of punk band X.
Trump supporter.
"The Left media are engaged in total fabrications and lies, and are self-serving. They have candidates they want to win. They aren't the real media, and haven't been the media for quite a long time. But fortunately we have the Internet."
55. Bobby Steele
Soundtrack | Welcome to the Dollhouse
Bobby Steele was born on March 18, 1956 in New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), New York Nights (1994) and American Hardcore (2006).
Former Misfits guitarist.
"The initial rebellions in Punk were against the sixties hippie culture and its lazy, do-nothing-but-complain attitude. This included the philosophy that we not only need to work, but it is our right. Chelsea had a song called 'Right to Work,' the Clash sang about 'Career Opportunities.' Early punks wanted to get off of government dependence, such as the dole in the U.K. and welfare in the U.S.; we wanted to become entrepreneurs and strike it rich without having to take advantage of others. When the San Francisco hippies came along and co-opted the musical movement, they turned it into the exact opposite of what it began as. They started telling young kids that money and wealth were evil, and you could free yourself from that evil by giving them all of your filthy money. They encouraged kids to leave home and become failures... and then they blame the government.
We're rebelling against that and the other fascist attitudes that have corrupted our culture. Today it is rebellious to be conservative.
It's impossible for someone on the right to follow the teachings of socialism, which is a left-wing belief. There's also a misconception that conservative punks are blindly following President Bush. We're not. There are a lot of criticisms of the way things are being done right now. I'd say the thing that really brings us all together isn't so much that we're conservative as it is that we're sick and tired of being dictated to on how we must think to be punks. The left has consistently shown itself as the 'Thought Police.' We believe in the constitution, human rights, free speech and freedom of the press."
"Real punk rock has protested oppression, slavery and poverty. Left wing so-called punk rock glorifies poverty, tells musicians that we don't deserve to be treated any better than what is slavery and praises great oppressors like Stalin and Lenin. Jimmy Carter held a meeting with the heads of the major labels back around '78 or '79 and basically told them that they better stop supporting punk rock – or else. I can remember seeing the headline at Trash and Vaudeville back then. Punk rock has promoted fighting against oppressors. We were critical of the hippies' idea of sitting around bitching about the problem and not doing shit about fixing it – just blame the government. It was Malcolm X who said he despised peaceful activists. His motto was 'by any means necessary.' If he were alive today, I'd want him to be my president."
"The Democrats have lied and used fear in all of their campaigns and I'm fed up with it. Ronald Reagan did not ruin social security – that was done by L.B.J., Carter and Gore. They constantly accuse the Republicans of doing exactly what the Democrats are doing. It's an old tactic that has been used by dictatorships to fool the public in the past."
Steele receives plenty of hate from his detractors, the left punks, who often resort to mocking him for being an invalid.
56. Michale Graves
Composer | Wraith
Born in 1975, in Dumont, New Jersey, little is known about Michale Graves' early life. When he was 19, in the fall of 1995, he was recording a demo with his band Mopes. He spotted an advert in a newspaper, that the Misfits were auditioning new singers. He leapt at the chance, officially joining the...
57. Meat Loaf
Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, to Wilma Artie (Hukel), a teacher and gospel singer, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a police officer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands. In 1970, he moved to New York and appeared in the Broadway musicals "Hair", "Rockabye Hamlet" ...
Republican.
58. John Dolmayan
Soundtrack | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Born July 15, 1973 of Armenian heritage, in Lebanon, John Dolmayan has been one of the most influential drummers in the music business. His parents decided to move to Toronto and then to Los Angeles, where he became the drummer for heavy-metal band System of a Down.
Along with the band, he ...
Believe it or not, there is a guy in System of a Down who ISN'T a liberal, and it's their drummer.
On his social media accounts, Dolmayan is very politically active, like his bandmates, but unlike the other members of SOAD, particularly Serj Tankian who is fairly Far to the Left, Dolmayan supported Donald Trump. Tankian has stated that it is "frustrating" to be politically opposite with his bandmate and brother-in-law. (Their wives are sisters.)
59. Sammy Hagar
Soundtrack | Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar was born on October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar (2016), Footloose (1984) and Over the Top (1987). He has been married to Kari Hagar since November 29, 1995. They have two children. He was ...
Republican.
60. Jane Wyman
Actress | Falcon Crest
Jane Wyman was born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917, in St. Joseph, Missouri (she was also known later as Sarah Jane Fulks). When she was only eight years old, and after her parents filed for divorce, she lost her father prematurely. After graduating high school she attempted, with the help ...
61. Heather Locklear
Actress | Melrose Place
Heather Locklear was born on September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Melrose Place (1992), The Perfect Man (2005) and The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). She was previously married to Richie Sambora and Tommy Lee.
62. Vince Vaughn
Producer | The Break-Up
Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. His parents, Vernon Vaughn (a salesman and character actor), and Sharon Vaughn, née Sharon Eileen DePalmo (a real-estate agent and stockbroker) divorced in 1991. He has two ...
Libertarian.
63. Sela Ward
Actress | Independence Day: Resurgence
Hallelujah for Sela. Everyone's favorite "Sister" was born Sela Ann Ward, on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi. Sela's parents were Annie Kate (Boswell) and Granberry Holland Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer; the three younger children in the family are Jenna (1957), Berry (1959) and Brock (...
64. 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...
65. Jessica Simpson
Actress | The Dukes of Hazzard
A talented artist with universal appeal, Jessica Simpson is an international star and media darling who has taken the music, fashion and entertainment industries by storm. Jessica burst on to the scene with her unmistakable voice and has since released 8 hit-producing albums. She has starred on the...
Republican.
66. Maureen O'Hara
Actress | The Quiet Man
In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made...
67. Adolphe Menjou
Actor | Paths of Glory
The words "suave" and "debonair" became synonymous with the name Adolphe Menjou in Hollywood, both on- and off-camera. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, Menjou, complete with trademark waxy black mustache, evolved into one of Hollywood's most distinguished of artists...
Staunch Republican who allegedly equated the Democratic Party with socialism.
An anti-communist who told a friend that he feared that if a Democrat won the White House, they "would raise taxes [and] destroy the value of the dollar."
He took precautions: "I've got gold stashed in safety deposit boxes all over town... They'll never get an ounce from me."
68. Barbara Stanwyck
Actress | Double Indemnity
Today Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the matriarch of the family known as the Barkleys on the TV western The Big Valley (1965), wherein she played Victoria, and from the hit drama The Colbys (1985). But she was known to millions of other fans for her movie career, which spanned the ...
Conservative Republican, anti-communist, anti-Fascist.
"Hard work with the prospect of rich reward was the American way."
She hated handouts.
Supported Ayn Rand.
69. Vincent Gallo
Actor | Buffalo '66
Vincent Gallo. American-born, Buffalo, New York, 1961. Left home, moved to New York City in 1978, and began playing in the experimental musical group, Gray, with artist Jean Michel Basquiat. After leaving Gray, he formed the band, Bohack, and recorded the highly regarded avant-garde industrial ...
Gallo, who comes from a NY art-world background, having been a painter, and then later actor and director, is a conservative Republican.
Appeared in the 2004 documentary "Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood" which deals with whether Republicans in show-biz face discrimination. (The fact that the film was made by a Democrat is pretty dubious, because it basically suggests that it is the Democrats who decide whether this debate should be even brought up or not. They decide these things because they hold the power in the film industry...)
70. Larry Miller
Actor | 10 Things I Hate About You
Larry Miller was born on October 15, 1953 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Pretty Woman (1990) and A Mighty Wind (2003). He has been married to Eileen Conn since March 6, 1993. They have two children.
Libertarian orientated, allegedly.
71. Kathy Ireland
Actress | Loaded Weapon 1
Kathy Ireland was born on March 20, 1963 in Glendale, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), Alien from L.A. (1988) and Necessary Roughness (1991). She has been married to Dr. Gregory P. Olsen since August 20, 1988. They have three children.
72. Lionel Hampton
Soundtrack | Allied
Lionel Hampton is an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader.
Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky and was raised by his grandmother. In the 1920s, he took xylophone lessons and began playing drums and later flute and percussion at Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago. ...
73. Kirk Cameron
Actor | Growing Pains
Kirk Thomas Cameron was born in Panorama City, California, to Barbara Cameron (née Barbara Jeanne Bausmith), a homemaker, and Robert Cameron, a teacher. Though his parents initially did not project show business aspirations onto their children, a family friend in the business noted to Barbara that ...
Atheist-turned-born-again-Christian.
"There are clearly enemies of Christian principles and Christianity [and] I don't think Trump is one of them."
74. Dean Cain
Actor | God's Not Dead
Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...
"I went independent and then I would start just to watch and listen to what people had to say and what candidates had to say and most of the time I found myself lining up, as before, with Republicans."
75. Walter Brennan
Actor | The Westerner
In many ways the most successful and familiar character actor of American sound films and the only actor to date to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, Walter Brennan attended college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying engineering. While in school he became interested in acting and ...
Anti-communist, Republican.
76. Victor Mature
Actor | The Robe
American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and Marcellus George Mature, a cutler and knife sharpener. His father, born Marcello Gelindo Maturi in Pinzolo, Trentino, was Italian, and his mother was of Swiss-German and German descent. Mature worked ...
77. Pat Boone
Soundtrack | Journey to the Center of the Earth
Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and ...
Republican.
Wrote an article comparing American liberalism to cancer, likening it to "black filthy cells".
As part of a campaign against a Democrat gubernatorial candidate, Boone asked, "Now do you want a governor who'd like Kentucky to be another San Francisco?"
78. William Friedkin
Director | To Live and Die in L.A.
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...
79. George Murphy
Actor | This Is the Army
After giving up college, George Murphy decided to become a dancer. Starting in 1927, he worked with his wife and partner Julie Johnson on Broadway. In 1934, after his wife retired from show business, he worked with Shirley Temple, in Hollywood, as well as Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, and Ronald ...
80. Frank Capra
Director | It's a Wonderful Life
One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...
Republican, anti-communist.
81. 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. ...
Nixon supporter and pro-Vietnam-war.
82. Jane Russell
Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was born on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her father was a United States Army lieutenant and her mother had been a student of drama and an actress with a traveling troupe. Once Mr. Russell was mustered out of the service, the family took up residence in ...
83. Yvette Mimieux
Actress | The Time Machine
An intelligent, slender leading lady of the 1960s and 70s, Yvette Carmen Mimieux was born in Hollywood, California, to Maria (Montemayor) and René Mimieux, an occasional movie extra. Her father was born in England, of French and German descent, and her mother was Mexican. While she was first ...
84. Fred Grandy
Actor | The Love Boat
Fred is lovingly known as Gopher by his millions of fans around the world who watched him became for 9 years in the 1970s hit series The Love Boat (1977). But, before Fred became well known as an actor, he went to "Phillips Exeter Academy" with David Eisenhower. Later, he became David's best man ...
Actor who became a politician.
85. Jaclyn Smith
Actress | The Adventurers
Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television ...
86. Robert Mitchum
Actor | Out of the Past
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a ...
Republican, supported several presidential candidates and presidents.
87. Fred Thompson
Actor | The Hunt for Red October
Fred Thompson was born on August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunt for Red October (1990), No Way Out (1987) and Baby's Day Out (1994). He was married to Jeri Kehn Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. He died on November 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A Republican politician before becoming an actor.
88. Jackie Mason
Actor | The Jerk
Jackie Mason was born on June 9, 1928 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Jerk (1979), History of the World: Part I (1981) and Caddyshack II (1988). He was married to Jyll Rosenfeld. He died on July 24, 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
89. Gérard Depardieu
Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josèphe (Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along ...
Putin supporter. Took Russian citizenship in 2013.
But because Putin may be construed as a communist in Fascist clothing, it is debatable if Gerard should be on this list.
90. Drew Carey
Producer | The Drew Carey Show
Drew Carey was born on May 23, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Drew Carey Show (1995), Robots (2005) and Jack and Jill (2011).
Conservative Libertarian.
“The less the better. As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you’re screwed.”
Appeared in the 2004 documentary "Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood" which deals with whether Republicans in show-biz face discrimination.
91. Craig T. Nelson
Actor | Coach
Craig T. Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.
92. Irene Dunne
Actress | The Awful Truth
Irene Marie Dunne was born on December 20, 1898, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Joseph Dunne, who inspected steamships, and Adelaide Henry, a musician who prompted Irene in the arts. Her first production was in Louisville when she appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age...
A lifelong Republican, served as a member of the Californian delegation in 1948's Republican National Convention and campaigned for Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election and Ronald Reagan in the 1966 California gubernatorial election.
"I'm a Nixon Republican, not a Goldwater one. I don't like extremism in any case. The extreme rights do as much harm as the extreme lefts."
Her large input in politics created an assumption that she was a member of the "Hollywood right-wing fringe," which Dunne denied, calling herself "foolish" for being involved years before other celebrities did.
She was also involved in a large variety of very different charities.
93. Danny Bonaduce
Actor | The Partridge Family
Danny Bonaduce was born on August 13, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Partridge Family (1970), Charlotte's Web (1973) and That '70s Show (1998). He has been married to Amy Railsback since November 22, 2010. He was previously married to Gretchen ...
Republican.
A strong supporter of capital punishment and a strong military. Several controversial statements have been made by Bonaduce regarding left-wing or liberal celebrities, such as his remarks that Jane Fonda should have been shot for treason for her role in support of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
He also stated on MSNBC's Scarborough Country that "personally I think at this point if anyone had a rope thick enough, I think that Rosie should be strung up for treason", referring to Rosie O'Donnell.
94. Yaphet Kotto
Actor | Alien
Physically imposing, intense Yaphet Kotto was one of the few actors of his generation to succeed in breaking racial stereotypes in Hollywood. He was born in Harlem, New York, the son of Gladys, a nurse and army officer, and Abraham Kotto, a businessman-turned-construction worker. His father was a ...
95. Grace Bradley
Actress | Wake Up and Live
A petite and extremely lovely blonde "B" film actress who eventually deserted her career in favor of standing by her man (cowboy icon William Boyd, aka, "Hopalong Cassidy"), Grace Bradley spent the rest of her life in his shadow and devoting herself to her husband's career. Bill's Hoppy was the ...
96. Powers Boothe
Actor | Sin City
Incisive, gravelly-voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard physical work "chopping cotton" as a youngster, he went on to become the first member of his family to attend university. He then proceeded to study acting via a ...
Republican.
97. Gary Cooper
Actor | High Noon
Born to Alice Cooper and Charles Cooper. Gary attended school at Dunstable school England, Helena Montana and Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (then called Iowa College). His first stage experience was during high school and college. Afterwards, he worked as an extra for one year before getting a ...
Conservative Republican and staunch anti-communist.
Was one of the founders of the "Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals" organization which served to weed out communists and Fascists.
He had stated that he refused some scripts because they were "tinged with communist ideas". Nevertheless, despite all of this Cooper did not name any names during the McCarthy hearings - which he could have easily done since he knew the inner workings very well.
To the contrary, he put his own career on the line to defend communist writer and friend Carl Foreman, even threatening to walk out of a Foreman film if director Stanley Kramer removed Carl's name from the credits.
98. King Vidor
Director | War and Peace
King Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter of Hungarian descent. He was born in Galveston, Texas to lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor and his wife Kate Wallis. King's paternal grandfather Károly (Charles) Vidor had fled Hungary as a refugee following the failed ...
Republican, anti-communist.
99. Lorenzo Lamas
Actor | Body Rock
Lorenzo Fernando Lamas was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actors Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas. His father was Argentinian and his mother was American, of Norwegian descent. Lorenzo was raised in Pacific Palisades, California. In 1968, his family moved to New York. He attended ...
100. Dennis Hopper
Actor | Easy Rider
Multi-talented and unconventional actor/director regarded by many as one of the true "enfant terribles" of Hollywood who led an amazing cinematic career for more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas. The young Hopper expressed interest in acting from a ...
Made several donations to the Republican Party.
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