Top Actors Of Hollywood Golden Age. These are actors who are still living and had a credited role in at least one Hollywood film between the end of the silent era in 1929 and 1959 the acknowledged end of the Golden Age. In 1918 he and his first wife formed the Coburn Players and appeared on Broadway in many plays.
Siblings John Lionel and Ethel all became distinct film stars on their own right. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFIs 100 Years100 Stars list. Tall dark and handsome not to mention a charismatic rebel of 60s Hollywood actor George Maharis real Greek family name is Mahairas was born in 1928 in Astoria New York as one of seven children.
He became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.
These are actors who are still living and had a credited role in at least one Hollywood film between the end of the silent era in 1929 and 1959 the acknowledged end of the Golden Age. Golden Age of Hollywood continued with famous movies in the 1940s including Casablanca 1942 The Philadelphia Story 1940 Double Indemnity 1944 Citizen Kane 1941 The Third Man 1949 and The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 which was the most successful film of the decade. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFIs 100 Years100 Stars list. John also known as The Great Profile is probably the most admired actor of the three but his decline was a fast one leading to a premature death in 1942.