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Roy Barcroft (born Howard Harold Ravenscroft; [2] September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. From 1937 to 1957, he appeared in more than 300 films for Republic Pictures. [3] Film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one ...
In 1970, he guest-starred in the Hawaii Five-O episode "Force Of Waves" as Cal Anderson, and he appeared in the two-part episode "The Banker" of The Silent Force in 1971. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he made four appearances over five years on the TV series Mission: Impossible as four different lead villains.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(1 February 1901 – 16 November 1960) 8 Judy Garland (10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969) James Cagney (17 July 1899 – 30 March 1986) 9 Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) Spencer Tracy (5 April 1900 – 10 June 1967) 10 Joan Crawford (23 March 1906 [Note 1] – 10 May 1977) Charlie Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) 11
Geoffrey Lamont Holder (August 1, 1930 – October 5, 2014) was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. [2] [3] He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet before his film career began in 1957 with an appearance in Carib Gold.
He played the Mad Hatter, one of the recurring villains in the 1960s television series Batman. In 1964, he guest-starred in the series finale, "Pay Now, Die Later", of CBS's drama Mr. Broadway. Also in the 1960s, Wayne was a radio host on NBC's magazine program Monitor. [citation needed] Wayne and Jean Peters in trailer for As Young as You Feel ...
In the 1960s and early 1970s, despite being in his 40s, he continued to play pivotal roles as a character in the age range of 25 to 30 in films with Shammi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, Rajendra Kumar and Dharmendra as the lead heroes. [21] From the early 1950s to the early 1970s, Pran gained particular notoriety due to his frequent roles as a villain ...
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]