As much an innovator as he is an icon, Bob Hope is the blueprint for Rodney Dangerfield’s self-deprecation, Jerry Seinfeld’s understated but gut-busting observations, and almost...
Handsome and serviceably talented, George Peppard was groomed for big things by a waning studio system, and the way in which his career as a leading...
Diane Keaton’s signature role came early in her career, in the Woody Allen comedy Annie Hall (1977). Keaton’s self-assured, WASP-y character, the titular Annie Hall, supplied...
Jack Webb — an actor, producer and director in film, radio and television — left a distinctive stamp on every project he touched. His signature style...
Few American actors have left as distinctive a mark on cinema history as Humphrey Bogart. His charisma and confidence made him irresistably attractive, and cemented his...
Frank Sinatra. No other name so quickly conjures an image in our collective pop consciousness (well, maybe Elvis Presley, but Sinatra was the better actor). Whether...
Considered among the finest screen actors in film history, Robert De Niro’s talent lies in what he does not allow the audience to see. “People don’t...
Those lips, those eyes, that salad dressing: sometimes Paul Newman seemed too good to be true. A handsome, talented, devoted family man with a social conscience...
Academy Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway has electrified audiences worldwide for over three decades and made a dramatic impact on film history. Of the American Film Institute’s...
Darkly handsome and possessing an irresistible roguish charm, Burt Reynolds rocketed to superstardom in the 70s and early 80s, starring in Smokey and the Bandit (1975),...