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Greatest Film Star Roles and Filmographies (see below) contains a selected sampling of the starring roles that best define the screen presence or persona of some of the greatest stars of the American cinema. The definitive screen role is often the one for which the actor or actress is best-remembered. In some cases, some actors/actresses - over a long, prolific career - have had more than one exemplary or essential example of their acting portrayed in films.
The 25 Greatest Men and 25 Greatest Women Screen Legends in the First Century of American Film, according to the AFI polling of June 1999, are found in a separate section.
The 100 Greatest Films that have been selected at this site are identified by a yellow star
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Alphabetical By Last Name
A1 A2-B1 B2 B3 B4 B5-C1 C2 C3 C4-D1 D2
D3 D4-F1 F2 F3-G1 G2 G3-H1 H2 H3 H4-J1 J2-K1
K2-L1 L2 L3-M1 M2 M3 M4 N O-P1 P2 P3-R1
R2 R3 R4-S1 S2 S3 S4-T1 T2 U-W1 W2 W3-Z
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Definitive Screen Role | Other Great Film Roles |
 Charles Boyer (1899-1978) |
Pepe Le Moko in Algiers (1938) | Archduke Rudolph of Austria in Mayerling
(1936) Napoleon in Conquest (1937) Paul Durmond in History Is Made At Night (1937) Michael Marnet in Love Affair (1939) Theo, Duc de Praslin in All This, And Heaven Too (1940) Walter Saxel in Back Street (1941) Georges Iscovescu in Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Gregory Anton in Gaslight (1944) Adam Belinski in Cluny Brown (1946) General Andre de in The Earrings of Madame De ... (1953) Dr. Douglas N. Devanal in The Cobweb (1955) Monsieur Gasse in Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Cesar in Fanny (1961) Victor Velasco in Barefoot in the Park (1967) Raoul in Stavisky (1974) |
 Eddie Bracken (1915-2002) |
Norval Jones in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) | Jojo Jordan in Too Many Girls (1940) Bert in Caught in the Draft (1941) Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith in Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Orville Wingait in Summer Stock (1950) Willie Fisher in We're Not Married (1952) Boff Roberts in About Face (1952) |
 Walter Brennan (1894-1974) |
Stumpy in Rio Bravo (1959) | Billy Martin in Tearin' Into Trouble
(1927) Swan Bostrom in Come and Get It (1936) 'Bugs' Meyers in Fury (1936) Peter Goodwin in Kentucky (1938) Muff Potter in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner (1940) Hunk Marriner in The Northwest Passage (1940) The Colonel in Meet John Doe (1941) Tom Keefer in Swamp Water (1941) Pastor Rosier Pile in Sergeant York (1941) Sam Blake in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) Eddie in To Have and Have Not (1944) Old Man Clanton in
My Darling Clementine (1946)Groot in
Red River (1948)Doc Velie in Bad Day at Black Rock (1954) Ben Tatum in The Far Country (1955) H.P. Kingman in Smoke in the Wind (1971) |
George Brent (1904-1979) |
Dr. Frederick Steele in Dark Victory (1939) | Pat Denning in
42nd Street (1933) Buck Cantrell in Jezebel (1938) Tom Ransome in The Rains Came (1939) Clem Spender in The Old Maid (1939) Dan Hardesty in 'Til We Meet Again (1940) Wild Bill Donovan in The Fighting 69th (1940) Peter Van Allen in The Great Lie (1941) Craig Fleming in In This Our Life (1942) Larry Hamilton in Tomorrow is Forever (1946) Professor Warren in The Spiral Staircase (1946) Capt. Jeremy Bradford in Luxury Liner (1948) |
 Jeff Bridges (1949- ) |
Duane Moore in The
Last Picture Show (1971) and Starman in Starman (1984) and Jeffrey Lebowski/The Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998) |
Ernie in Fat City (1972) Lightfoot in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Lewis Tater/Neddy Wales in Hearts of the West (1975) Craig Blake in Stay Hungry (1976) Kevin Flynn/Clu in Tron (1982) Terry Brogan in Against All Odds (1984) Jack Forrester in Jagged Edge (1985) Turner Kendall in The Morning After (1986) Preston Thomas Tucker in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) Jack Baker in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Jack Lucas in The Fisher King (1991) Jack Kelson in American Heart (1992) Max Klein in Fearless (1993) Gregory Larkin in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) Michael Faraday in Arlington Road (1999) President Jackson Evans in The Contender (2000) Dr. Mark Powell in K-Pax (2001) Charles Howard in Seabiscuit (2003) Ted Cole in The Door in the Floor (2004) |
 Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) |
Harvey Pell in
High Noon (1952) |
Fred Clarkson in Sahara (1943) Sgt. Ward in A Walk in the Sun (1945) Johnny Steele in Canyon Passage (1946) Jerry Sykes in Moonrise (1948) Ray Douglas in 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) Finch in Home of the Brave (1949) Steve McCroskey in Airplane! (1980) |
 Charles Bronson (1921-2003) |
Paul Kersey in Death Wish (1974) and its three sequels in 1982, 1985, and 1987 | Igor in House of Wax (1953) Hondo in Apache (1954) Reb Haislipp in Jubal (1956) George R. "Machine Gun" Kelly in Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) Bernardo O'Reilly in The Magnificent Seven (1960) Flt. Lieutenant Willinski ("The Tunnel King") in The Great Escape (1963) Maj. Wolenski in Battle of the Bulge (1965) Cos Erickson in The Sandpiper (1965) Joseph T. Wladislaw in The Dirty Dozen (1967) Franz Popp in Adieu, L'Ami (aka Farewell, Friend) (1968) The Man ("Harmonica") in Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) Pardon Chato in Chato's Land (1971) Arthur Bishop in The Mechanic (1972) Joe Valachi in The Valachi Papers (1972) Detective Lt. Lou Torrey in The Stone Killer (1973) Chino Valdez in Valdez (1973) Vince Majestyk in Mr. Majestyk (1974) Chaney in Hard Times (1975) John Deakin in Breakheart Pass (1975) Graham Dorsey in From Noon Till Three (1976) Grigori Borzov in Telefon (1977) Wild Bill Hickok (James Otis) in The White Buffalo (1977) Charlie Congers in Love and Bullets (1979) Albert Johnson in Death Hunt (1981) Jay Killion in Assassination (1987) Garret Smith in Messenger of Death (1988) Lieutenant Crowe in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) |
 Louise Brooks (1906-1985) |
Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929) | Clara in The Show Off (1926) Nancy (The Girl) in Beggars of Life (1928) Marie in A Girl in Every Port (1928) Margaret Odell (The Canary) in The Canary Murder Case (1929) Thymiane in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) Lucienne Garnier in Prix de Beaute (1930) |
 Mel Brooks (1926- ) |
Gov. William J. LePetomaine/Indian Chief
in Blazing Saddles (1974)
and Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/Louis XVI in History of the World: Part I (1981) |
Voice in The Producers (1968)
Tikon in The Twelve Chairs (1970) Werewolf in Young Frankenstein (1974) Mel Funn in Silent Movie (1976) Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke in High Anxiety (1977) Professor Max Krassman in The Muppet Movie (1979) Dr. Frederick Bronski in To Be or Not to Be (1983) President Skroob/Yoghurt in Spaceballs (1987) Goddard 'Pepto' Bolt in Life Stinks (1991) Rabbi Tuckman in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Mr. Welling in The Little Rascals (1994) Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Jake Gordon in Svitati (1999) Voice of Bigweld in Robots (2005) |
 Joe E. Brown (1892-1973) |
Osgood E. Fielding III in
Some Like It Hot (1959) |
Connie (The Grand Duke) in Sally (1929) |
 Yul Brynner (1915-1985) |
The King of Siam in The King and I (1956) | Pharaoh Rameses in The
Ten Commandments (1956) Prince Bounine in Anastasia (1956) Dmitri Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Jean Lafitte in The Buccaneer (1958) Solomon in Solomon and Sheba (1959) Chris in The Magnificent Seven (1960) Taras Bulba in Taras Bulba (1962) Jules Gaspard d'Estaing in Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) Captain Muller in Morituri (1965) Robot Gunslinger in Westworld (1973) Gunslinger/Fantasy Lover in Futureworld (1976) |
 Sandra Bullock (1966- ) |
Annie Porter in Speed (1994) | Diane Farrow in Love Potion No. 9
(1991) |
 Billie Burke (1885-1970) |
Glinda, the Good Witch in
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement
(1932) Mrs. Oliver Jordan in Dinner at Eight (1933) Mrs. Topper in Topper (1937) Mrs. Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938) Daisy Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) Doris Dunstan in Father of the Bride (1950) Doris Dunstan in Father's Little Dividend (1951) Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) |
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