For me Jimmy Cagney is an all time great/Legend...he did it all sang danced acted, could make you laugh, cry and hold you in every scene.....

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

There was absolutely nothing Cagney could not do. I am one of those who thinks he was better then Bogart.

@markrene6108

5 ай бұрын

He was a good man as well God bless him 👍

@kerryfry1857

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrown386 Very much. White Heat is one of my favourite films.

@JT-rx1eo

5 ай бұрын

Cagney really came to my attention in a movie with Doris Day. Forgot the name of it.

@philipbell9019

5 ай бұрын

@@JT-rx1eo It was called love me or leave me..a film from 1955 ...

Glad to see that Cagney made this list. "Made it Ma! Top of the World!"

@user-zp9zx7jb9l

3 ай бұрын

Johnwaýne, billboyď, timmccoy

Gregory Peck, Errol Flynn, Walter Brennan, Ian McKellen, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton...can't just stop at 10 (IMHO).

@famouspeople63

5 ай бұрын

May follow up with, more, thanks

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

Gregory Peck should be in the top 10 and honorable mention, Glenn Ford !!!!!

@PR-BEACHBOY

5 ай бұрын

What about Royal Dano and Jack Elam?

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

@@PR-BEACHBOY Good point but they were character actors not leading men and there are many bit players from the past that are 10 times better than most actors and actresses today!!!!!

@marjukkanieminen4494

5 ай бұрын

Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier should definitely be high up there!!!

Daniel Day-Lewis won 3 best actor Oscars, the most by any male. How did he get left out?

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

The dreary Katherine Hepburn won four Oscars. That's not a reliable measure of talent. As Dorothy Parker famously said in a review, "Katherine Hepburn ran the gamet of emotion from A to B." That has-been Meryl Streep never got four Oscars. By Hollywood standards, it seems, she was limited.

@TheTriplelman

4 ай бұрын

Jack Nicholson won 3

@Mr1gladiatore

4 ай бұрын

@@TheTriplelman Yes but one was for best supporting actor.

@fdavis0706fdfd

4 ай бұрын

AFI has a top 50 list. These were the top 10.

@markaungst8975

3 ай бұрын

Just crazy competition.

Peter O'Toole is my personal favorite. From "Lawrence of Arabia" to "My Favorite Year" he can go from high drama to spot on comedy. With ease.

@famouspeople63

5 ай бұрын

Great choice, go look at my favorite epic movies in my channel

@8176morgan

3 ай бұрын

I liked him in the movie "Caligula", even though the film was a little bit on the raunchy side.

Jimmy Cagney is the best all around in my opinion. He could do everything!

@user-ki1un4jg2d

3 ай бұрын

And Olivia De Havilland the best actress , ' The Strawberry Blonde '.

Bogart's performance in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the greatest of all time. He goes way beyond Oscars in that performance.

@christineobrien7707

3 ай бұрын

What Bogart lacked in the looks department, he made up with his screen/stage presence and personality. One of the greats, YES!!

These were maybe the most iconic actors ever, but I think they left some great ones out. I think Robert Mitchum was a great actor who was very versatile. He could play many different roles.

My choice on top of the list would be the great James Cagney. No Gregory Peck really disappointed.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

5 ай бұрын

How on earth could they leave out Gregory Peck? I'd also add Charles Laughton on top. So much better actor than Bogart. So is Olivier.

@dontherealartist

4 ай бұрын

Gregory Peck deserved to be out on the lot parking the cars of the REAL actors. I could NEVER STAND this S.O.B.

Wonderful video. Just subscribed! I’m 75 and grew up watching these megastars. When I was just old enough to enjoy movies, my mother and I would watch them together. She was a movie fanatic going to as many as three movies in an day. She showed me how appreciate the dialogue and delivery, the cinematic prowess of the great directors of the 30’s and 40’s …the golden age of Hollywood

I thought Fred Astair was wrongly placed in the list, although he was great at what he did!

@richardventimilla4143

5 ай бұрын

He was a great dancer not actor

@johnhoie1

4 ай бұрын

I love Astaire, but he was not a good actor.

@nurselibby96

4 ай бұрын

Fred Astaire was a decent actor. I agree that he didn't belong on this list. He was a great dancer.

@susansprouse1023

3 ай бұрын

I never liked him.

@James-ll3jb

3 ай бұрын

I agree

My Personal 2 Favorite Performances From Each Actor (In Order Listed): 10. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936) 9. Spencer Tracy - Bad Day At Black Rock (1955), The Old Man And The Sea (1958) 8. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), White Heat (1949) 7. Clark Gable - Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), The Misfits (1961) 6. Henry Fonda - The Grapes Of Wrath (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946) 5. Fred Astaire - Swing Time (1936), Royal Wedding (1951) 4. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972) 3. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 2. Cary Grant - Bringing Up Baby (1938), Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) 1. Humphrey Bogart- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948), In A Lonely Place (1950) These were legendary actors, and these performances in the classics mentioned certainly prove that.

@joebarr725

5 ай бұрын

No great performances in the last 50 years. Brilliant.

@gregwilson7818

4 ай бұрын

How can you mention Bogey without Key Largo and The Big Sleep? I do agree that The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is his best acting performance - The Big Sleep, Treasure, and Key Largo are my favorite Bogie movies, in order.

@ratso4443

3 ай бұрын

James Stewart It’s a Wonderful Life!

@8176morgan

3 ай бұрын

@@gregwilson7818 Or for that matter "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon".

@gregwilson7818

3 ай бұрын

@@8176morgan - yes, those would be #4 and #5 on my Bogie List. But the top three will always be those three - John Huston and Walter Huston won Oscars for their roles in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but Bogie deserved one too. Th Big Sleep was the first Bogie movie I ever saw, so that one is my favorite (and I adore Lauren Bacall). Key Largo was the first movie I ever saw with Edward G. Robinson in it. What a classic bad guy...one of the best.

I miss Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman and Errol Flynn

@eddyg1215

4 ай бұрын

Errol Flynn was a big star but a lousy actor.

Boris Karloff was one of the greats. And yes, he did some Westerns !!

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

One of Karloff’s best films was Targets and it gave him a chance to play the hero (which was rare ( Mr. Wong excluded)).

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrown386 Got to put Karloff in two categories, Monster, Horror films and in the top 10 as the greatest British actor of all time!!!!!

There are probably thirty actors who wouldn't be out of place on this list.

WOW!! Really Great Presentation. Thank You.👏👏👏

Laurence Olivier was regarded as the best by ALL the actors in Hollywood.He had Oscars named after him.Good list but where’s Daniel Day Lews and Jack Nicholson. It’s hard too choose but probably Olivier was top,as he could act Shakspearre better than any to his collection of films.

@dannyolsen5543

5 ай бұрын

Olivier was a classic actor but not a method actor I prefer method actors personally

@timothyhodges705

5 ай бұрын

Al Pacino in my humble opinion is the greatest of all time. Jack Nicholson is right there with him. Both actors could captivate an audience.

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

I heard as a kid that Olivier was good in Shakespeare. But there were other playwrights around who wrote roles beyond his scope. Many of those roles are legendary. Not every President is as versatile as Thomas Jefferson.

WHAT, NO BURT LANCASTER!!!😮

@t-mar9275

5 ай бұрын

FWIW, Burt finished in19th position.

@dianaaljadeff2983

4 ай бұрын

Burt Lancaster is later in the.list in the 19 position

@radiantlight2361

4 ай бұрын

Not famous lol

@josephcullen4945

4 ай бұрын

Lancaster shoulda been on the list! Elmer Gantry alone shoulda put him there!!

@michellesouders2627

4 ай бұрын

I agree with you!!

Gregory Peck doesn't need another opinion.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

I like Peck, but he could not do as many types of films as Cagney, DeNiro, Stewart, Cooper etc,

@marjukkanieminen4494

5 ай бұрын

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

You left out Gary Cooper

@t-mar9275

5 ай бұрын

AFI had Gary finished in 11th position.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

Gary is number one when it comes to westerns. I have seen all but two: The lost ( Arizona Bound), and the 1930 version of The Spoilers ( hiding in the Universal vault).

@dannyolsen5543

5 ай бұрын

Lol Gary Copper Top 5 no doubt

@virginiatomazou6894

5 ай бұрын

And Gregory Peck

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

@@virginiatomazou6894 Gregory Peck was phenomenal in two tremendous films: To Kill a Mockingbird, and before that film the picture that should have won Best Picture of 1958, The Big Country!!!!!

Incredible list!!

If you look at William Holden's body of work ,he belongs in the top 5

@elenacue4911

3 ай бұрын

Yes!!! I totally agree with you. IMO, Bill Holden can play any role and he never gave a bad performance. One of the best actors from the Golden Era. Not only a great actor and a great performer but also an early ❤conservationist. I have seen so many of his films 🎥 on KZread beginning July 2022 until now. I will never get tired of watching his films.

No Robert Mitchum? No Greogry Peck? No Steve McQueen? Hmm..

You need to distinguish between great actore & great performances.... they are not the same....

Burt Lancasater---Kurt Douglas!!!!

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

Watch those two in Seven Days in May along with Frederic March, a fantastic film and performances!!!!!

@brianhill5009

4 ай бұрын

It's Kirk Douglas.

I am 74 and I grew up on these stars. I think I've seen enough of the old and the new to make a fairly balanced judgement..Of the hundreds of superbly talented actors from then and now, I must say I consider James Cagney to be the most thoroughly talented entertainment performer of all. He came up when ALL actors were trained in dancing and singing, and by the way, acting. What a performer to watch!

I wonder where you place names like Richard Burton, Paul Newman,Sir Lawrence Olivier, Peter Oº Toole, Sir Alec Guiness, etc. etc....

@JT-rx1eo

5 ай бұрын

What was the name of the movie where Paul Newman played a reckless young boxer? He was great in that. Prior to seeing that I didn't know he had such acting chops.

@tariqmasaud9094

4 ай бұрын

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

One of the great fun-fests of acting was in the television series, "Brideshead Revisited." In Battle of the Tsars, two old geezers race each other for the title Top Dog. While Lawrence Olivier was handily chomping scenery, up and down, left and right, John Gilgud finished his tea, pursed his lips, and without batting an eyelash, strolled out the door, the movie safely under his arm. It was rapturous.

In my opinion, in the opinion of the other actors of his generation and the following generation. Spencer Tracy was the greatest American film actor.

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

Spencer Tracy was IMHO the most boring bitch to ever get a Hollywood contract. Shall we say, Sleepytime tea bag.

The three most gorgeous actors of the first half of the 20th century are John Berrymore, Cary Grant, and the scrumptious Errol Flynn.

I was a little disappointed not to see Michael Cane or Sean Connery in the top 10 Actor Lising. Just saying...

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

Michael Caine was a good actor, now retired, like Jack Nicholson. That other guy played the Batman of his day, Agent 007. That's about all I remember about him. For me, I'll take Alfie and Bobby Dupree any day. Those two actors gave heft to the "new" Hollywood of the 60's. Not to be forgotten, Dustin Hoffman was an important name. Aside from Stanley Kowalski, the other performance I consider legendary was Ratzo Rico, quite a leap from Benjamin Braddock. If you don't know these names, you don't know movies.

Good choices. You got my thumbs up on all these talented actors. You know you should do ten greatest actresses. Although I don't know how she would rate, but although I've never seen the movie Street Car Named Desire, a friend told me that Vivan Liegh's scenes had stold that movie from Brando

@kenchristie9214

5 ай бұрын

I and two friends and our wives went to see A Streetcar Named Desire at the drive-in during the '70's. About half an into the film the my wife and I were discussing how bad the film was. My friend in the middle car said that they were leaving, and the other friend was too. The general consensus among the six of us was that Vivien Leigh has the worst, most annoying southern accent. Aside with It being a KKK propaganda film, Leigh's southern accent is also the reason I consider Gone With The Wind is an awful film.

@wiseguymaybe

5 ай бұрын

@@kenchristie9214 Well, as I personally have never seen this movie, I can't really judge, just going by what I heard, those type of dramas don't interest me. However the friend I heard this from also walked out of the theater on Raging Bull. He told me there were no redeeming characters in it, just a brutal boxing movie. Probably perfect for todays audiences who enjoy dark scenes and watching brutallity on film.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

5 ай бұрын

Vivien Leigh and yes she did.

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

Vivian Leigh was an immigrant. Her two Oscars were for playing Southern American women. They just happen to possibly be the two best roles for a woman in Hollywood history, and she owned them. She wasn't even from America. Her husband was also an emigee to Los Angeles. They came here to cash-in, and take good roles away from American actors. They had some nerve.

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

Maybe before you continue with the presumption that Blanche did cartwheels around Stanley, perhaps you could watch "A Streetcar Named Desire." There were two great actors in that bedroom. Both gave Oscar-winning performances. No one stold anything.

Jimmycagney for sure

Amazing

@famouspeople63

5 ай бұрын

Thanks

Cagney burnt the screen Nobody greater.

@philiphalpenny9761

5 ай бұрын

Agreed A fizzing firecracker...

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

He's one of them along with the likes of Bogart, Tracy Fonda Brando Stewart, March Peck DeNiro and many more !!!!!

Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor. I like James Cagney too.

More than a little Anglo oriented I’d also include Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Jean Gabin, Alec Guinness, Marcello Mastroianni for consideration as well

@bbb462cid

5 ай бұрын

Mifune was the prototype for the action star of modern cinema, and in addition was a fine actor

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

I thought the first action hero was actually Errol Flynn.

@bbb462cid

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrown386 who said he wasn't? Point that out for me.

@garfieldsmith332

5 ай бұрын

Well it is American Film Institute. Probably have a best "foreign" actors list. Lots of great "foreign" actors. I would add Lino Ventura to your list. A lot of people in the English speaking world never really appreciate films, actors, directors from other countries.

@garfieldsmith332

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrown386 Douglas Fairbanks would be considered the first. He did a lot of swashbuckler films in the silent era.

Gregory Peck. Charlton Heston too. In television, David Janssen.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

I am a huge Janssen fan. Watch him in Ring of Fire an all time great disaster film. Harry O was a great detective series with a top 10 all time theme song.

@nicholasschroeder3678

5 ай бұрын

The Fugitive, really not all that great, is always compelling because he's fascinating in every scene.

@LoneStarLawman

5 ай бұрын

@nicholasschroeder3678 Not that great? Well, the last two episodes were the most watched TV episodes in TV history up to that time. Not until thirteen years later, when the "Who shot J.R?" Dallas episode, was it eclipsed during the age of cable TV, with much larger audiences watching TV.

@marjukkanieminen4494

5 ай бұрын

Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck belong to the very top of any "greatest male actors" list. And so does Marlon Brando.

Were there only good actors in the 40s and 50s? Very reductive list. However, I agree with Humphrey Bogart, my favorite actor of all time.

Brando should be no.1. He had more influence on acting than anyone else.

My list.....James Dean.....Marlon Brando....G.Peck....C.Gable....M.Clifft....J.Wayne....J.Mason...C.Heston....Chaplin...K.Douglas❤😊

@eduardjozefgregor5103

3 ай бұрын

Anthony Perkins.

All actors and actresses top 10.🎬🏆

I would def have Gary Cooper I. My top 10 top 12...Glad you got Stewart, Cagney and Tracey in top 10 I do too

Not necessarily in order -- James Woods, Gene Hackman, Bogie, Gregory Peck, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, Richard Burton, Dakota Fanning, Sidney Portier, Jimmy Stewart, etc. -- but the greatest actor of all time is Daniel Day-Lewis - what he does for a part is amazing - no one else could have played his parts like he did - Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York, and in There Will Be Blood. Truly talented actor. James Woods should have won best actor Oscar for True Believer. FYI - Daniel Day-Lewis isn't my favorite, because I like other movies better, but he is the most talented actor when it comes to "embracing" the role he has taken.

I know such a list can never be satisfactory. For my own part, I would like to mention Charles Laughton and Claude Rains.

@barbaraacard9729

5 ай бұрын

Claude Rains is criminally overlooked, he was brilliant!

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

@@barbaraacard9729 I liked him in that film with Bette Davis ( Now Voyager ),and in the 1943 film Phantom of the Opera!!!!!

@nurselibby96

4 ай бұрын

Claude Rains was overlooked. He was an incredibly good actor..@@barbaraacard9729

Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

Brando scared shit out of Hollywood. They didn't know how to market talent.

FILM FACT ; before Errol Flynn`s name was thrown in to the list of contenders for the title role in 1938`s "The Adventures of Robin Hood" Warner brothers first choice for the part was James Cagney..

A good list but I would include Ralph Richardson and Rod Steiger.

~ I’d put Stewart on top, the only one on the list with iconic classics in most all genres excepting musicals ~

Guys like Edward G and Cagney were my favorites. Always good, often great. Brats today don't even know their names. They think James Dean was a big enchilada. Trust me, no one I knew jumped up and down for him, but everybody knew James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. Their name above a title was a money-back guarantee. And that Gary Cooper was good too.

@mauricesingsinparis

3 ай бұрын

Edward G Robinson was a superb actor. George C Scott, superb actor. Burt Lancaster in everything, especially Elmer Gantry! 🎉

@mauricesingsinparis

3 ай бұрын

Edward G Robinson, in the great film, Double Indemnity as an insurance inspector! His speech on suicide statistics magnificent.🎉

@mauricesingsinparis

3 ай бұрын

GEORGE C Scott for his performance in Dr. Strangelove untouchable🎉

@mauricesingsinparis

3 ай бұрын

GEORGE C Scott in as a burned out doctor in HOSPITAL! Fabulous🎉

@mauricesingsinparis

3 ай бұрын

James, Cagney in White Heat one of the meanest gangsters in film! When he learned his mother died, he went nuts in prison, fabulous

I believe this to be the best of the Golden Age actors. However an all time list should contain William Holden and modern day actor Tom Hanks. William Holden many memorable movies like Golden Boy, Picnic, and a number of westerns including The Wild Bunch and a movie he made with Richard Widmark about a man forced to help Rebel Officer get a herd to the south. I can not recall the title of that movie at this moment. Tom Hanks made only one Western titled News of the World. He has to be the most versatile actor I have seen in all the years I have watched movies from the 1950s to today. This a good video about some great actors and their roles.

@unbreakable7633

5 ай бұрын

The movie with Richard Widmark was called Alvarez Kelly, a good one indeed. Holden is a great actor, I agree totally, Also Hanks. News of the World surprised me because it actually treated Southerners with some sympathy, showed the oppression of Reconstruction, and even implied that Southerners might not have been the evil people contemporary views tend to make them.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

The most versatile actor was James Cagney. He could even dance. Not counting dance professionals like Eleanor Powell, Gregory Hines, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, who else could dance and act? Ginger Rogers ( criminally overlooked for her own films ( including an Academy Award)) and George Raft. As far as I know, that is the list

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

5 ай бұрын

@@unbreakable7633 Oh yeah. They vote for Trump.

My list in order is Bogart, Cagney, Tracy, Yul Brunner, Edward G Robinson, Brando, George E Stone, Henry Fonda, Wallace Berry,

@famouspeople63

5 ай бұрын

Interesting list, thanks

I love Jjmmy Stewart Henry Fonda and all the othetrs they were all great thank you

Finally a list that is more correct than wrong

I don't care what AFI says, I'd never put Fred Astaire in the top ten. I would put Robert Mitchum in the top 10.

If you make a great movie you are a great actor and this list omits many great actors.

@famouspeople63

3 ай бұрын

Not omitted, just AFIs top 10, see my other videos in my channel, you will likely see videos on those you think are missing.

Fred Astair was a good dancer.

I'm surprised Charlie Chaplin made the cut considering all the rest were American actors. The pro-American bias of this list is outrageous, but that's American exceptionalism for you.

@ihadadreamlastnight

5 ай бұрын

cary grant was from bristol england that aside i am sure everyone could pick out at least 3 actors that should have been on the list fred astair aa a dancer none better a film star yes an actor no i would say about half of those menstioned were great actors the rest just great on film

Gregory Peck =12 O' Clock Hight =1949! ~Masterful Performance!!!

Gregory Peck's absence is as noticeable as Charly Chaplen's presence. His transition to the Sound era was not smooth. The beloved Tramp persona would not do well in the age of talkies.

I watched most of those movies and I enjoyed all of them especially Casablanca

My question is how do you define the greatest actors of all time.

@user-ff4lr2jj5r

5 ай бұрын

One can't.

@rufust.firefly4890

5 ай бұрын

All subjective

@user-ff4lr2jj5r

5 ай бұрын

@@rufust.firefly4890 No one should take top 10 lists serious...

@IsaakDostis

5 ай бұрын

And apart from performances....

@nurselibby96

4 ай бұрын

Definitely subjective. @@rufust.firefly4890

Cary Grant never starred in a Western. He did action films and adventures but not once a Western.

@Mark-nl1co

5 ай бұрын

Would have been interesting.

@unbreakable7633

5 ай бұрын

@@Mark-nl1co I know, that's what I think. Wished he'd have tried to make one just to see.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

Here were two interesting pieces of western casting: Charles Laughton on Wagon Train and David Niven on Zane Grey theatre. Both were excellent ( especially Laughton in one of his best roles ( did not overact)).

@unbreakable7633

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrown386 Charles Laughton also appeared in Ruggles of Redgap, a comic Western in the early '30's if memory serves. It was later remade with Bob Hope as Fancy Pants, also very funny.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

You are correct. Perhaps the best Laughton role was in Tales From Manhattan. A comic role where he actually gets the girl ( Elsa Lancaster).Others in the film. WC Fields, Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson and George Sanders.

There is no shortlisting of Great Actors... Laurence Lord Olivier, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey bogart, Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, Walter Brennan, Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, James Cagney, George C Scott, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keston, Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Gielgud , Christopher Plummer, Albert Finney, Michael Caine ,Cary Grant Gary Cooper, Jack Hawkins, Burt Lancaster, Sidney Poitier, John Wayne, the list goes on and on ...everyone is GREAT ❤❤❤❤

@randycunningham7318

5 ай бұрын

A lot of dinosaurs. The best actors were in the 70s.

@bentwick6675

4 ай бұрын

True, goes on and on and on. There are so many…..

What a load of crap! If some of the choices here are truly the opinion of the AFI then I don’t rate the AFI at all!!! Furthermore, at 10:03 the Hitchcock film referred to is called, simply, “ROPE”… *not* “The Rope”…!

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

When the commentator said Stewart’s Best were with Hitchcock was so wrong. While there were good and in the case of Rear Window and Vertigo great. All three Capra Films were great: You Can’t Take It With You was even a Best Picture winner.

A couple of points: 1: Astaire and Chaplin over Gary Cooper and William Holden? I don’t think so. 2: A Holy Terror is a modern day Bogart western you overlooked. It is a preview of his Warner Bros villainous roles.

Dustin Hoffman - did a Western, Little Big Man - one of my favorite movies of all. And the greatest character actor

Carl Malden, Charlton Heston, James Dean

Showing the Oklahoma Kid (!!) as much as you did was ridiculous in the Cagney segment.

@philiphalpenny9761

5 ай бұрын

Yes...that film & 'Tribute to a Bad Man' were among his least...

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

@@philiphalpenny9761 1955s Love me or Leave me with Doris Day was tremendous and no one talks about it!!!!!

No, no Burt Lancaster, but then as with the old adage.’beauty is in the eye of the beholder’.These top 10 things make me smile.

There are more than ten in that top ten.

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely about 20 from the 1920s till now too many to name !!!!!

Great video but it should be called, “ A random list of Actors that we like from before the 60s.”

@famouspeople63

4 ай бұрын

AFIs list, go figure?

Jimi Cagnei é pra mim o maior ator de todos os tempos

My favourite Errol Flynn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone,Henry Fonda,Paul Newman,Tom Hanks,Louis Hayward, Robert Donat, James Stewart, Stewart Granger, Sean Connery, Clark Caple, Gary Grant,Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck ,Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Al PacinoJohn Payne,Marlon Brando, Alan Hale sr, Nigel, Bruce, Henry Daniel

@famouspeople63

3 ай бұрын

Thats a pretty full list, thanks

There’s nothing in the title to say this is a list respective of Westerns.

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

If it was respective of westerns the only two in the AFI top ten who make it are Stewart and Fonda. Others: Cooper, Wayne, Eastwood, Scott, Holden, Widmark, Peck and Brennan.

I agree!,,,,

Bogart in "Dead End."

@davidbrown386

5 ай бұрын

The Maltese Falcon is my favorite Bogart film.

I like Fred Astsaire, but he doesn't belong in the top 10. I also like Bogart, but he didn't have the range of some actors.

Good Lord, it'd be hard to pick just ten. But you'd have to include Paul Giamatti and love him or not, Russ Crowe. Meryl Streep, I hear is "difficult" to work with, but she never disappoints. Tell you what: Barry Pepper's performances are usually understated, but he's so good, you can see what his character is going through by the look on his face.

@famouspeople63

5 ай бұрын

Thats why I used the AFI for reference. Its a really hard job and controversial, you'd always be wrong.

@dannyolsen5543

5 ай бұрын

Giamatti good but couldn't even sniff the top 15...

I would like to see a list of “greatest single performance” eg.. Tom Hanks in Mississippi, Spencer Tracey in Bad Day At Black Rock, . I could suggest another 100 performances but I’ll leave that up to you

@scottmiller6495

5 ай бұрын

Speaking of the great Spencer Tracy, 1960s Inherit the Wind with Frederic March is one of the greatest overlooked film of his and should have won Best Picture of 1960 it's much better than The Apartment or Elmer Gantry!!!!!

@colleenhouse7869

4 ай бұрын

Jackie Gleason in "Gigot"

@scottmiller6495

4 ай бұрын

@@colleenhouse7869 Great film by the great one from 1962, but nothing was going to beat Lawrence of Arabia that Year!!!!!

Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson and others who are missed were better than Cary Grant, Bing Crosby and Clark Gable in my opinnion.

Edward G. Robinson should have been on the list, and as for Fred Astaire, he's a great dancer but not a first-rate actor

@bentwick6675

4 ай бұрын

True. Or for example Gregory Peck.

These actors were personalities, not just actors. Spencer Tracy was perhaps the finest actor among them.

I always assumed that the secret to Brando's success was to not take any laxatives' while working to give that intense, constipated look.

@waterlily6543

5 ай бұрын

Get a life

hey i love Bogy, but really no. 1? and Fred Astair? great dancer but not an actor above any listed, Surely Orsen Wells, should be on the list?

You really need to turn UP the volume.

Errol Flynn has *always* been at the top of most of these “Best Male Actors Ever” lists, but apparently not this one. That’s just plain weird that he’s missing!

Spencer Tracey was NOT the first actor to win two consecutive Oscars. It was Luise Rainer

@dianaaljadeff2983

4 ай бұрын

Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Oscars in 1937 and 1938 and Louise Rainer the first actress in.1936 and 1937

you missed out Fred Astaire`s Western , He played the Baltimore Kid in the 1970 Tv Movie "the Over the Hill Gang Ride Again" costars Walter Brennan , Edgar Buchanan , Chill Wills & Andy Devine director George McCowan ...

No sylvester Stalone , no David Hasseloff, What kind of list is this ?

Lovely presentation I personally would not have included Chaplin. A lot missing Sidney Poitier, Edward G Robinson, Orson Welles to name a few.

@colleenhouse7869

4 ай бұрын

Agree!

@JackMason-oq8lf

4 ай бұрын

For many years, one Orson Welles movie held the #1 spot as the greatest movie ever made in Hollywood. Casablanca was fun because it was so campy. But great? Grow up. Of course, back then, in the other century of my life, The Great Gatsby was considered the Great American Novel. Tastes change. Today, the best movie ever is "The Return of Batman," but most certainly will be replaced by "Barbie."

Anthony Quinn is my best choice after Bogart and Cagney. I also like Gregory Peck, Gary Cooper, and Lawrence Olivier.

I was just getting cross because Humphrey Bogart didn't appear when I saw him at no 1, which is where he should be. I also rate Tony Curtis.

El gran José Ferrer debería estar eeste grupo.Un Oscar y otras dos nominaciones,ademas de sus grandes actuaciones en Broadway lo posicionan como uno de los grandes.

Assuming you don’t have to be dead to qualify, Gene Hackman would be at/close to the top of my list.

❤

There is no greater Greek gift than the 'one' who lays down the 'present' ... to his fellow Greek.

Cagney in the 1930’s Bogart in the 1940’s Brando in the 1950’s McQueen in the 1960’s and Nicholson in the 1970’s.

“My Hamlet was that of a rank amateur compared to John Barrymore.” ( Sir Lawrence Olivier). That about sums up how great Barrymore was.

@katjack2780

5 ай бұрын

It's "Laurence", not "Lawrence."

@markrene6108

5 ай бұрын

John Barrymore was dug up & when Errol Flynn got home later after the funeral he nearly had a heart-attack because John's Friends had him sitting in a chair with legs crossed with a cigarette & drink. Errol after calming down was told John would of liked one more drink with his closest friends & they did 😁 Tupac's ashes were apparently smoked in a huge joint by his closest. I figure some 🌺 flowers might do 😳

No top 10 could omit Duke Wayne , Mitchum, and Gene Kelly. There could be 5 others. Chaplain and Astaire should be in different categories. To wit: silent films and classical dance.

Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino,Robert deNiro Robert Duval,,Paul Newman,Jack Nicholson, Richard Burton,Anthony Hopkins .all belong in that top ten list.

@famouspeople63

4 ай бұрын

I'll second that. Can't argue with any of them!

@gutenbird

3 ай бұрын

Hoffman and Hopkins for sure. As good as Deniro and Pacino are and they are great, the range of Hoffman is so incredible. Love that he and Hopkins can be subtle. Like Remains of the Day for Hopkins in on of the all time great performances.