Leading Men Trivia

1. This celebrity is not just a model turned actor, he was also famous as a singer/rapper before even turning to modeling. Who is it?

From Quiz Why Male Models?

Answer: Mark Wahlberg

Walhberg is the only one among the options that did all three, and in that order. McFly is a fictional character, Klein a fashion designer, and Travolta first made it big as an actor. Wahlberg broke into celebrity status as the leading man in "Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch" before turning to modeling and finally becoming an award-winning actor. In 1991 he and the other members of the Funky Bunch received a Grammy nomination for the song "Good Vibrations". In 1992 he began appearing in Calvin Klein print and television ads. He began acting in television and small movie roles in 1993 and got his first leading role in 1996 with "Fear".

From Quiz Top Ten Best Looking Male Stars of All Time

Answer: Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15, 1973. He got his big start with "Doogie Howser, M.D." He married David Burtuka, another actor, in 2014. The couple have adopted children. He was also in "The Smurfs" and "The Smurfs 2" movies playing the part of Patrick Winslow.

From Quiz Famous Leading Actors

Answer: John Wayne

Born in Iowa in 1907, John Wayne was an American actor, producer and director. Over his long career, he appeared in almost 250 movies, three of which are listed above, made many guest appearances on television shows, produced fourteen other movies, and continued to appear on Hollywood's list of its "Top Ten Stars" every year between 1949 and 1973. In 1976 he made his last movie in a career that had spanned more than fifty years. He died three years later from stomach cancer. John won an Academy Award for his role in the 1969 film "True Grit", in which he plays an aging U.S. Marshal, Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn who is hired by the daughter of a murdered man to track down his killer. Two interesting facts about John Wayne that you may not know: 1. Because of John's strong and very vocal anti-communist stance, Joseph Stalin ordered his assassination in 1951. Fortunately this was foiled by American agents. 2. After he died, John Wayne's tombstone, which, rather disgracefully, was left unmarked for twenty years, now has a quote on it from one of his noted interviews. It says "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday".

From Quiz Dearest Daddies

Answer: William Powell

William Powell (1892-1984) was best known as the sophisticated Nick Charles in the 'Thin Man' films. Powell earned three Oscar nominations for his work in for 'The Thin Man' (1934), 'My Man Godfrey' (1936), and 'Life with Father' (1947). In the film 'Life with Father', he was stodgy and serious as Mr. Day. The film itself was a comedy, relating the real-life story of Clarence Day.

From Quiz Blind Date

Answer: Dean Jones

Dean Jones starred as the driver in "The Love Bug" and Buddy Hackett played his friend, who made sculptures out of car parts. Charles Grodin was the (human) male star of "Beethoven" in which Dean Jones played a mad vet. Don Knotts was the mechanic to Dean Jones' driver in "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo". Dean Carroll Jones started his showbiz career with his own radio show while still in high school. He went on to star on Broadway, television and in many films. As a child, I thought that Dean Jones was my Mr Perfect.

From Quiz Vanity Fair's Leading Men

Answer: Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner appeared in 'Field of Dreams' (1989), 'Bull Durham' (1988) and 'For Love of the Game' (1999), all of which featured baseball. 'Field of Dreams' told the story of Ray Kinsella building his own baseball diamond and 'Bull Durham' is about a minor league baseball team. 'For Love of the Game' is about an ageing pitcher who ends his career by pitching the perfect game. Among Costner's other successes are 'The Bodyguard' (1992) with Whitney Houston and 'The Untouchables' (1987). 'Waterworld', from 1995, was rather less successful mainly due to the very high costs of making the film. Modern West is classed as a country/rock band, and released its first album, called 'Untold Truths', in 2008. Kevin Costner appeared on the cover of 'Vanity Fair' in May 1989.

From Quiz The Man in the Black Cowboy Hat

Answer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Lee Marvin played the villain in the classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". His part was overshadowed by the fact that the movie also starred John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Vera Miles. In 1965, he won an Academy Award for his role as gunfighter Kid Shelleen in the comedy western "Cat Ballou". This was a role that showcased his versatility as an actor. As well as wearing the black cowboy hat he was also well known for his roles where he wore a soldier's helmet.

From Quiz Some of My Favorite Cowboys

Answer: Clint Eastwood

This term was used in reference to Clint Eastwood's portrayal in several 1960's westerns. These Italian made movies are popularly known as spaghetti westerns. Some of these movies included "A Fist Full of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). These movies were wildly popular in Europe and in American and made Clint Eastwood a superstar. While Eastwood went on to a long career both in acting and directing, there are many western fans who consider these to be his greatest works.

From Quiz The Golden Era - Horror Film Actors

Answer: Bela Lugosi

Lugosi was born in Lugos, Austro-Hungary, in 1882, the youngest son of a banker. He dropped out of school at 12 and began his acting career in 1901, mostly in provincial theatres, playing small roles. He based his screen surname on his place of birth, Lugos.

From Quiz Actors and Their Roles

Answer: Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson played the housekeeper Mary Kay in 'Remains of the Day' (1993), FBI agent Sadie Hawkins in 'Judas Kiss' (1998), Queen Katherine in 'Henry V' (1989), writer Karen Eiffel in 'Stranger than Fiction' (2006), and Nanny McPhee in 'Nanny McPhee' (2005). Thompson is the daughter of the late Eric Thompson, a stage director and Phyllida Law, an actress, and sister to actress Sophie Thompson. She has been married twice - first to actor/director Kenneth Branagh (they divorced in 1995) and second to actor Greg Wise (who played the despicable John Willoughby in 'Sense and Sensibility' in which Thompson not only starred as Eleanor Dashwood, but for which she also wrote the screenplay). Wise and Thompson have a daughter Gaia. Thompson read English Literature at Cambridge, where she was also a member of the Footlights Group, along with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Other Footlights luminaries - who predated Thompson by a few years - are the Monty Python troupe: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

From Quiz Famous Hollywood Actors

Answer: Jude Law

David Jude Law was born to parents Peter and Maggie Law on 29 December 1972. His sister, Natasha has worked as a photographer. He was named after the Beatles' song "Hey Jude". He played Dan in "Closer" and Sky Captain in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow".

From Quiz Classic Actors

Answer: James Stewart

This film was made in 1939 and directed by Frank Capra. After being in Hollywood for 4 years, this film set James Stewart as a Hollywood legend. He was nominated for his first Academy Award for this film, but did not win until the following year for "The Philadelphia Story". Many people this was an act by the Academy to apologize for overlooking him in 1939.

From Quiz Why Male Models?

Answer: Calvin Klein

Dornan began his modeling career in 2001, and was eventually deemed the "Golden Torso" by the New York Times. He turned to acting with his first role in "Marie Antoinette", which debuted in 2006. He quickly rose up the ranks of Hollywood and began to get leading roles. Released in 2015, "50 Shades of Grey", was his first leading role.

From Quiz Top Ten Best Looking Male Stars of All Time

Answer: Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball were married for 20 years. Finally she could not take his cheating any longer and they divorced. Throughout the rest of his life (he died in 1986) they remained very good friends. He played Ricky Ricardo, Lucy's husband, on "I Love Lucy" from 1951-1957. He was also in the movie "The Long, Long Trailer" playing the part of Nicholas "Nicky" Collini.

From Quiz Famous Leading Actors

Answer: Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (1923-2008) was an American actor who, between 1941 and 2003, appeared in over one hundred movies, including the three listed above, more than 140 television roles and guest appearances, many stage productions, and numerous radio shows. Because of his strong and magnetic screen personality, he was often cast in epic movies centred around some of the world's mightiest historical and literary figures. This includes the stupendous 1959 film "Ben-Hur" which won Heston an Academy Award for his portrayal of the wealthy Jewish prince, Judah Ben-Hur, who, betrayed by his friend Messala, is condemned to the life of a galley slave. Driven by the need for revenge, he survives against all odds, rises up in the world again, and finally meet Messala in an epic chariot race that is still one of the most incredibly powerful segments ever to appear on film. Incidentally, that movie, which went on to win eleven Academy Awards in all, was set to be filmed in Libya, but once the Muslim authorities there realized it was about Christianity, they ordered the entire production team out of the country. It was subsequently made in Spain. You may not also know that the MGM lion doesn't roar at the beginning of this movie. That was because the producers felt, given the theme of the film, this would be a little irreverent. A couple of quotes from the great Charlton Heston himself: 1. "There's a special excitement in playing a man who made a hole in history large enough to be remembered centuries after he died". 2. "It's hard living up to Moses". 3. On his heartbreaking recorded announcement to the world about the Alzheimer's that eventually stole his mind: "For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life... For now, I'm not changing anything. I'll insist on work when I can, the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring to my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you'll know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway...We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep". Thank you, and God bless you, everyone".

From Quiz Dearest Daddies

Answer: Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) played the dad who sang 'Call Me Irresponsible' in the film 'Papa's Delicate Condition'(1963). The song won Best Song at the Academy Awards. The film was a comedy about coming-of-age in Texas. Gleason was also well-known for his role on the sitcom 'The Honeymooners'. Besides acting, Gleason was also a comedian and musician.

From Quiz Blind Date

Answer: Clark Gable

Ward Bond was the (uncredited) bus driver in "It Happened One Night", in which Clark Gable starred with Claudette Colbert as a couple who meet on a bus. In "Mogambo", Donald Sinden was the husband of Grace Kelly with whom Clark Gable had a romance, despite the presence of the seductive and single Ava Gardner. Gene Barry was a photojournalist who had disappeared in "Soldier of Fortune". Clark Gable helped Barry's wife find out where he was, helping himself to the wife along the way. William Clark Gable appeared in more than 80 films, starting as an extra in 1924. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII, reaching the rank of Major. Clark Gable was tall, dark and handsome. I fell for him, despite all of the bad boys that he played.

From Quiz Vanity Fair's Leading Men

Answer: Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty shot to fame with his first film, 'Splendor in the Grass', in 1961 when he appeared opposite Natalie Wood. His second film, released the same year, was 'The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone' where he co-starred with Vivien Leigh. He never looked back, with his other films including 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967) where he played the role of Clyde Barrow. Although best known for being an actor, the only Oscar he received in the twentieth century was for directing 'Reds' in 1981, which Beatty also acted in, co-wrote the script for, and produced. After years of bachelorhood, Beatty married Annette Bening when he was aged fifty-four. The couple became parents to four children between 1992 and 2000, and Annette has also continued her acting career. Warren Beatty was on 'Vanity Fair's' cover in November 1991.

From Quiz Some of My Favorite Cowboys

Answer: Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper was one of America's favorite actors, usually playing the hero role in his movies. His quiet persona and smooth performances led to his popularity in many western movies. Born in Montana in 1901, he grew up in the real cowboy country of the early 20th century U.S. Some of his other great westerns included "The Hanging Tree" (1959), "The Virginian" (1929) and "The Plainsman" (1936).

From Quiz The Golden Era - Horror Film Actors

Answer: Dracula

Lugosi played Dracula several times in films and on stage. Although this was by no means his only role, it is the one for which he is best remembered. He played character parts in many other A and B list films, sometimes because of his love of acting, other times because he always appeared to be in poverty, possibly due to his drug addiction and the cost of treatment for this.

From Quiz Actors and Their Roles

Answer: Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant came to the attention of North American moviegoers in 'Four Weddings and A Funeral' in 1994, which was the same year he played a topographer in the whimsical comedy 'The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'. He played a clergyman in 'Sense and Sensibility' (1995), an art auctioneer in 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999), and won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his role as a conflicted homosexual in 'Maurice'(1987). Grant, who makes acting look so easy, started his acting career in television in 1983. In 1986 he starred in a truly awful TV film called 'The Lady and the Highwayman' - he played the highwayman - which was based on a Barbara Cartland novel. The cast - which included such notables as Emma Samms, Michael York, John Mills, Claire Bloom, Oliver Reed, Bernard Miles and Robert Morley (I surmise that all of them must have needed the money!) - was brilliant, but the script was dreadful, as was the premise of the plot! Had fate decreed otherwise, Dr. Hugh Grant would be teaching art history somewhere or doing a Sister Wendy act on PBS, but he failed to get a first class degree at Oxford which precluded his ability to go on to doctoral studies in art history. The art world's loss is the film world's gain! Trivia note: Grant studied piano as a child (yes, he did his own playing in 'Music and Lyrics') and his teacher was the mother of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

From Quiz Classic Actors

Answer: Gary Cooper & Cooper

Gary Cooper is an enduring Hollywood legend whose films are making a comeback in popularity. Like his good friend Jimmy Stewart, Cooper was a sort of Everyman in films. Also like Stewart, Cooper was nominated five times for Best Actor and won twice for the films listed in the question in 1941 and 1952. He was also given an Honorary Oscar which was accepted by Jimmy Stewart because Coop was too ill to himself. Gary Cooper died in May 1961 of lung cancer. He was 60 years old.

From Quiz Find the Actor

Answer: 'Sliders'

Ty played a robot on one 'Sliders' episode when it was still on network.

From Quiz Why Male Models?

Answer: X-Men

Marsden was a Versace model in the mid-1990s, appearing mostly in print ads, but also in the occasional commercial. He earned a major role playing Cyclops in the original "X-Men" movies. He also had a role in "Superman Returns" (2006) a few years later. That option, however, isn't correct as it both happened after the Cyclops role, and was based on a DC comic. Marsden was in "X-Men" (2000), "X-Men 2" (2003) and "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006) as the team leader. He also played the leading role in "The 24th Day" (2004).

From Quiz Top Ten Best Looking Male Stars of All Time

Answer: Clark Gable

Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901. He was active in acting from around 1931 until 1960, the year he died. Clark Gable is probably best remembered as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind". This film was not the first film to use "damn" it was used in "Cavalcade" in 1933 and "Pygmalion" in 1938. His last movie was "The Misfits", made in 1961, where he played the role of Gay Langland.

From Quiz Famous Leading Actors

Answer: Richard Widmark

Born in Minnesota in 1914, Richard Widmark died in 2008. He was an American actor on stage and radio and in film and television. On the seventy-nine films he made during his lengthy career, three of which are included above, his most famous was his debut role as Tommy Udo in the 1947 movie "Kiss of Death". This film tells the story of criminals who turn on each other after robbing a jewellery store, the subsequent imprisonment of the only one who was caught, and the betrayal, lies and murder that follow. We are held spellbound by Widmark's absolutely chilling performance as a psychiatric killer sent to deal with the traitor, but who, when he finds his prey is missing, ties his wheelchair bound mother into her chair with an electric cord instead, and, maniacally chuckling at each excruciating sound, sends her crashing down a flight of stairs. Widmark won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in that movie. A couple of comical facts about this star who could portray evil so brilliantly may give you a smile: 1. That maniacal laugh haunted him for the rest of his life with people constantly begging him to do it for them wherever he appeared. 2. He almost didn't land the role at all because of his high forehead. The director thought it made him look too intellectual for a criminal. 3. Richard's movie career, which involved numerous roles as villains, gangsters, and gun-toting cowboys sometimes had him in despair. In 1976 he stated in exasperation that "I know I've made kind of a half-assed career out of violence. But I actually abhor violence".

From Quiz Dearest Daddies

Answer: Spencer Tracy

In 'Edward, My Son', Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) played a father who was willing to lie, commit arson, and lead his wife to alcoholism just to enable his son's success. It was one of the first films to warn against enabling children. It also showed how plans for success often are destroyed by fate. Spencer Tracy was a prominent celebrity in Hollywood, and won two Oscar awards.

From Quiz The Man in the Black Cowboy Hat

Answer: Jack Palance

Jack Palance's striking looks fit the role of the villain to perfection. In the movie "Shane" he played opposite of Alan Ladd. His prominent cheekbones and deep-set eyes added to his allure as a villain. He had a long and extensive career on film, as well as television. It took him four decades to do it, but he finally won his first Academy Award in 1991 for his role as a cowboy named Curly Washburn in "City Slickers". A comparison of the two roles is a fine example of his acting skills.

From Quiz Actors and Their Roles

Answer: Dirk Bogarde

Like Hugh Grant and Cary Grant, Dirk Bogarde always made acting look so easy. His landmark role in 'Victim!' (1961) as Melville Farr, a closeted homosexual barrister (that's what the Brits call lawyers who serve in the courts) who is being blackmailed made such an impact that it was instrumental in changing the law in Britain decriminalizing homosexuality. In 1954/55/57/63, Bogarde starred as Dr. Simon Sparrow in a 'Doctor in the House', 'Doctor at Sea' (which introduced Brigitte Bardot to English-speaking audiences), 'Doctor at Large' and 'Doctor in Distress' respectively, films that displayed his comedic talents. His portrayal of Hugo Barrett, the manipulative valet in 'The Servant'(1963) was chillingly brilliant, as was his performance as Max, the former Nazi SS officer in 'The Night Porter' (1974). His favourite role was that of German composer Gustav von Aschenbach in 'Death in Venice' (1971). Bogarde played another composer - Franz Liszt - in a horribly Hollywoodized film biography of the Hungarian composer. He hated his one and only experience of making a movie in Hollywood and would have agreed with Gertrude Stein who, when asked what it was like there (in Hollywood), responded with "There is no there there!" In addition to being a brilliant actor, Bogarde was also an accomplished author and artist (some of his paintings hang in the British War Museum), and an activist in the cause of euthanasia. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 for his services to acting. He died in 1999.

From Quiz Classic Actors

Answer: Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda is legendary actor who has inspired many including members of his family to carry on the Fonda tradition of acting. Fonda was nominated for two Best Actor Oscars in 1940 and 1982 in which he won for "On Golden Pond". He was given an Honorary Oscar the previous year."On Golden Pond" co-starred Katherine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda. A few weeks after he was given the Oscar, Henry Fonda died on August 12, 1982.

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