Not in any order, and I added my ten fave Actresses too.
1.CARY GRANT
2.GARY COOPER
3.ORSON WELLES
4.JAMES CAGNEY
5.JAMES STEWART
6.HUMPHREY BOGART
7.WILLIAM POWELL
8.SEAN CONNERY
9.ERROL FLYNN
10.JOHNNY DEPP
1.MYRNA LOY
2.CLAUDETTE COLBERT
3.MAUREEN O'HARA
4.KATHERINE HEPBURN
5.AUDREY HEPBURN
6.GRACE KELLY
7.SOPHIA LOREN
8.KATE BEKINSALE <--- I know I misspelled her name
9.JULIA ROBERTS
10.GREER GARSON
1. charleton heston
2. Bogey
3. Cagney
4. Anthony Quinn
5. john wayne
6. daniel day-lewis
7. cary grant
8. anthony hopkins
9. Robert Mitchum
10. gregory Peck
1. Kate Hepburn
2. Barbara stanwyck
3. better davis
4. greta garbo
5. mae west
6. eva marie saint
7. sophia Loren
8. glenn close
9. myrna Loy
10. judy densch
For me, there are only three actors that matter- Paul Newman, Bob Bell, and Dan Roebuck.
Not necessarily in that order. ;D
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff
Vincent Price
Al Pacino
Gene Hackman
Peter Cushing
Burgess Meredith
Steve McQueen
Dustin Hoffman
Louise Fletcher
Claudette Colbert
Elsa Lanchester
Joan Crawford
Grayson Hall
Lara Parker
Beverly Garland
Nichelle Nichols
Yvonne Craig
Lee Meriwether
Horror actors? Lugosi is King...Karloff close behind. Lugosi adds a glee to his characters that floors me.
My pick would be Alec Guinness for in a pinch he could still play the females as well. In my opinion he was the Worlds greatest actor far above Olivier and the greatest comedy actor was Alistair Sim. However as these are English/Scottish actors, Lionel Barrymore has the top honours for the U.S.
Actors:
Buster Keaton
Vincent Price
Lon Chaney Sr.
Charlie Chaplain
Charlton Heston
Peter Cushing
Harold Lloyd
Roddy McDowall
Sean Connery
Boris Karloff
Actresses:
Goldie Hawn
Doris Day
Mary Philbin
Lillian Gish
Diana Riggs
Haley Mills
Alicia Silverstone
Beverly Garland
Rachael Welch
OFF TOPIC: For other fans of silent movies tonight at 12:15 am on TCM, Lillian Gish in 'Broken Blossoms' (1919). Back to the list topic.
Christopher Walken
Lee Van Cleef
Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
William Shatner
Harvey Keitel
Gene Wilder
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Charlton Heston