How many legendary male actors can you identify from the clues below? (Female legends from the big screen will appear in a separate quiz.)
1. Whose on-screen relationship with Ingrid Bergman has been described as the “greatest love story in American cinema”?
2. Whose good looks and debonair style led to his frequent casting by Alfred Hitchcock in films like Suspicion?
3. Who still appears on American television screens every December as George Bailey?
4. Who was best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski and Vito Corleone?
5. Who tap-danced his way through ten musicals with Ginger Rogers?
6. Who won an Academy Award for his last picture, playing opposite Katharine Hepburn?
7. Who played Atticus Finch?
8. Who finally had enough of Scarlett O’Hara’s fickle personality?
9. Who avoided being type-cast as a tough guy by negotiating dancing opportunities in his films, finally winning the Academy Award for a 1942 musical?
10. Who was romantically teamed with Katharine Hepburn in nine films?
11. Who became a worldwide icon through his screen persona as the Tramp?
12. Who appeared in many movies before winning the Academy Award for his role in True Grit?
13. What star won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, the first time for Sergeant York?
14. Whose Oscar-winning version of Hamlet in 1948 still remains as the definitive telling of Shakespeare’s most beloved play?
15. Who amazed audiences in the iconic dance scene in An American in Paris?
Answers:
1. Humphrey Bogart
2. Cary Grant
3. Jimmy Stewart
4. Marlon Brando
5. Fred Astaire
6. Henry Fonda
7. Gregory Peck
8. Clark Gable
9. James Cagney
10. Spencer Tracy
11. Charlie Chaplin
12. John Wayne
13. Gary Cooper
14. Laurence Olivier
15. Gene Kelly
