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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.
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 ...
(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
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 ...
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 ...
Wayland Parrott Flowers Jr. (November 26, 1939 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor, comedian and puppeteer. [1] Flowers was best known for the comedy act he created with his puppet Madame. His performances as "Wayland Flowers and Madame" were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s.
The blue plaque on Alan Bates's childhood home—in association with the British Film Institute.. Bates was born at the Queen Mary Nursing Home, Darley Abbey, Derby, England, on 17 February 1934, the eldest of three boys born to Florence Mary (née Wheatcroft), a housewife and a pianist, and Harold Arthur Bates, an insurance broker and a cellist. [1]
Ferrer went to MGM, replacing Fernando Lamas as the villain in Scaramouche (1952). The film, particularly notable for a long, climactic sword fight between Ferrer and Stewart Granger, was a huge hit. The studio kept him on for Lili (1953) as the title character (played by Leslie Caron)'s love interest. It was another big success; Ferrer and ...