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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 Coburn (1877-1961) |
"Colonel" Harry Harrington in
The Lady Eve (1941) |
John B. Merlin in Bachelor Mother (1939) |
James Coburn (1928-2002) |
Britt in The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Derek Flint in Our Man Flint (1966) (tie) |
Whit in Ride Lonesome (1959) |
 Ronald Colman (1891-1958) |
Anthony John in A Double Life (1948) | Stephen Dallas in Stella Dallas (1925) Michael 'Beau' Geste in Beau Geste (1926) Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond in Bulldog Drummond (1929) Michel in Condemned (1929) A.J. Raffles in Raffles (1930) Dr. Martin Arrowsmith in Arrowsmith (1931) Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Paul Gaillard in The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) Baron Robert Clive in Clive of India (1935) Sgt. Victor in Under Two Flags (1936) Rudolph Rassendyll/King Rudolf V in The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Robert Conway in Lost Horizon (1937) Francois Villon in If I Were King (1938) Charles Rainier in Random Harvest (1942) Michael Lightcap in The Talk of the Town (1942) Beauregard Bottomley in Champagne for Caesar (1950) |
 Jennifer Connelly (1970- ) |
Alicia Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001) | Jennifer Corvino in Phenomena (1985) Sarah in Labyrinth (1986) Gabriella 'Gabby' D'Arc in Some Girls (1988) Gloria Harper in The Hot Spot (1990) Josie McClellan in Career Opportunities (1991) Jennie Blake in The Rocketeer (1991) Taryn in Higher Learning (1995) Allison Pond in Mulholland Falls (1996) Eleanor Abbott in Inventing the Abbotts (1997) Emma Murdoch/Anna in Dark City (1998) Ruth Klingman in Pollock (2000) Marion Silver in Requiem for a Dream (2000) Sarah Williams in Waking the Dead (2000) Kathy Nicolo in House of Sand and Fog (2003) Betty Ross in The Hulk (2003) Dahlia in Dark Water (2005) Maddy in Blood Diamond (2006) Kathy Adamson in Little Children (2006) |
 Sean Connery (1930- ) |
James Bond in the first of many Bond films,
Dr. No (1962) followed by: From Russia With Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Never Say Never Again (1983) |
Mark Rutland in Marnie (1964) Trooper Joe Roberts in The Hill (1965) Daniel Dravot in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Mulay Achmed Mohammed el-Raisuli the Magnificent in The Wind and the Lion (1975) Robin Hood in Robin and Marian (1976) Edward Pierce/John Simms in The First Great Train Robbery (1979) William of Baskerville in In the Name of the Rose (1986) Jim Malone in The Untouchables (1987) Professor Henry Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Captain Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October (1990) King Arthur in First Knight (1995) John Patrick Mason in The Rock (1996) Robert "Mac" MacDougal in Entrapment (1999) William Forrester in Finding Forrester (2000) Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) |
 Elisha Cook, Jr. (1906-1995) |
Wilmer in
The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
Joe Codd in Tin Pan Alley (1940) Harry Williams in I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Cliff Milburn in Phantom Lady (1944) Harry Jones in
The Big Sleep (1946)Frank "Stonewall" Torrey in
Shane (1953)George Peatty in The Killing (1956) Watson Pritchard in House on Haunted Hill (1958) Mr. Nicklas in Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
Jackie Cooper (1922- ) |
Dink Purcell in The Champ (1931) and Jack in Our Gang (The Little Rascals) Film Series |
Jerry McGinnis in Sunny Side Up (1929) Himself in The Christmas Party (1931) Skippy Skinner in Skippy (1931) Swipes McGurk in The Bowery (1933) Bill Peck in Peck's Bad Boy (1934) Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island (1934) Dinky in Dinky (1935) Joseph 'Stubby' O'Shaughnessy in O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935) Henry Aldrich in What a Life! (1939) Clem/Tom Grayson in The Return of Frank James (1940) Jerry Regan in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Perry Martin in Superman: The Movie (1978) |
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Lieut. John G. Dunbar in Dances With Wolves (1990) | Jake in Silverado (1985) Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell in No Way Out (1987) Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987) Crash Davis in Bull Durham (1988) Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989) Jim Garrison in JFK (1991) Robin of Locksley in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard (1992) Butch Haynes in A Perfect World (1993) Wyatt Earp in Wyatt Earp (1994) Mariner in Waterworld (1995) Roy ('Tin Cup') McAvoy in Tin Cup (1996) Billy Chapel in For Love of the Game (1999) Garret Blake in Message in A Bottle (1999) Kenny O'Donnell in Thirteen Days (2000) Murphy in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) Dr. Joe Darrow in Dragonfly (2002) Charley Waite in Open Range (2003) Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger (2005) |
 Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) |
Uncle Charlie Oakley in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | Jed Leland in
Citizen Kane (1941) Eugene Morgan in
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)Howard Graham in Journey Into Fear (1942) Brian Cameron in Gaslight (1944) Lieut. Tony Willett in Since You Went Away (1944) Allen Quinton in Love Letters (1945) Jesse McCanles in Duel in the Sun (1946) Glenn Morley in The Farmer's Daughter (1947) Eben Adams in Portrait of Jennie (1948) Doctor Louis Moline in Beyond the Forest (1949) Sam Flusky in Under Capricorn (1949) Holly Martins in
The Third Man (1949)George Loomis in Niagara (1953) Police Surgeon (uncredited) in
Touch of Evil (1958) |
 Larry "Buster" Crabbe (1908-1983) |
Buck Rogers in Buck Rogers films and Flash Gordon in Flash Gordon films (various years) | |
 Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) |
Deborah Bishop in A Letter to Three Wives (1949) | Margy Frake in State Fair (1945) Ruth Berent in Leave Her to Heaven (1946) Peggy in Apartment for Peggy (1948) Patricia "Pinky" Johnson in Pinky (1949) Ann Gilbreth in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) Deborah Higgins in People Will Talk (1951) |
 Broderick Crawford (1911-1986) |
Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) | Harry Brock in Born Yesterday (1950) Augusto in Il Bidone (The Swindle) (1955) Jarmon/Narrator in The Candidate (1972) |
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