Greatest Film Stars
Greatest Roles & Filmographies


Greatest Film Stars - Roles and Filmographies
(alphabetical, by last name)
Introduction | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | C1 | C2 | C3 | D1 | D2 | E
F1 | F2 | G1 | G2 | H1 | H2 | H3 | I-J | K
L1 | L2 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | N | O | P1 | P2-Q | R1
R2 | S1 | S2 | S3 | T1 | T2 | U-V | W1 | W2-Z



Greatest Film Star Roles and Filmographies
Actor or Actress
Definitive Screen Role Other Great Film Roles

Tom Mix
(1880-1940)
Whistling Dan in The Untamed (1920) Donald MacTavish in The Wilderness Trail (1919)
Grant Newburg in Sky High (1922)
Duane in The Lone Star Ranger (1923)

Dick Turpin in Dick Turpin (1925)
Tom Foster in The Lucky Horseshoe (1925)
John Shefford in The Rainbow Trail (1925)
Jim Lassiter in Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
Tom Gordon in The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
Tom Dane in The Last Trail (1927)
Thomas J. Destry, Jr. in Destry Rides Again (1932)
Tom Rigby in Rider of Death Valley (1932)
Texas Ranger Tom Morgan in The Miracle Rider (1935) (serial)

#6 star
Marilyn Monroe
(Norma Jean Mortensen)
(1926-1962)
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot (1959) Grunion's Client in Love Happy (1949)
Miss Claudia Casswell in All About Eve (1950)
Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Peggy in Clash By Night (1952)
Nell Forbes in Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Lois Laurel in Monkey Business (1952)
Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Pola Debevoise in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Rose Loomis in Niagara (1953)
Kay Weston in River of No Return (1954)
Vicky Hoffman/Vicky Parker in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
The Girl in The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Cherie in Bus Stop (1956)
Elsie Marina in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Amanda Dell in Let's Make Love (1960)
Roslyn Taber in The Misfits (1961)

Robert Montgomery
(1904-1981)
Joe Pendleton in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Kent Marlowe in The Big House (1930)
Don in The Divorcee (1930)
Steve in Strangers May Kiss (1931)
Elyot Chase in Private Lives (1931)
Tommie Trent in Riptide (1934)
Danny 'Babyface' in Night Must Fall (1937)
Lord Peter Wimsey in Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
David Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Philip Monrell in Rage in Heaven (1941)
Lieut. John Brickley in They Were Expendable (1945)
Philip Marlowe in Lady in the Lake (1946)
Lucky Gagin in Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Carey Jackson in June Bride (1948)

Colleen Moore
(1899–1988)
Patricia Fentriss in Flaming Youth (1923) Annie in Little Orphant Annie (1918)
Tommie Lou Pember in The Perfect Flapper (1924)
Selina Peake in So Big (1924)
Sally in Sally (1925)
Mary Sundale in We Moderns (1925)
Ella Cinders in Ella Cinders (1926)
Irene O'Dare in Irene (1926)
Twink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi in Twinkletoes (1926)
Mary Brown in Her Wild Oat (1927)
'Pink' Watson in Orchids and Ermine (1927)
Bernice Sumners in Naughty But Nice (1927)
Jeannine Berthelot in Lilac Time (1928)
Lady Kay Rutfield in Oh Kay! (1928)
Sally Garner in The Power and the Glory (1933)
Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (1934)

Demi Moore
(1962- )
Molly Jensen in Ghost (1990)
and
Diana Murphy in Indecent Proposal (1993)
and
Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance (2024)
Nicole Hollis in Blame It On Rio (1984)
Jules Jacoby in St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Debbie in About Last Night... (1986)
Cassandra Eldridge in One Crazy Summer (1986)
Abby Quinn in The Seventh Sign (1988)
Marina Lemke in The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Cynthia Kellogg in Mortal Thoughts (1991)
Lieut. Commander JoAnne Galloway in A Few Good Men (1992)
Meredith Johnson in Disclosure (1994)
Samantha Albertson in Now and Then (1995)
Esmeralda (Voice) in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
Annie Laird in The Juror (1996)
Erin Grant in Striptease (1996)

Lt. Jordan "L.T." O'Neill in G.I. Jane (1997)
Helen / Harry's Character in Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Madison Lee in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

Virginia Fallon in Bobby (2006)
Laura Quinn in Flawless (2007)
Det. Tracy Atwood in Mr. Brooks (2007)
Sarah Robertson in Margin Call (2011)
Lea in Rough Night (2017)

Dudley Moore
(1935-2002)
George Webber in 10 (1979)
and
Arthur Bach in Arthur (1981) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
John Finsbury in The Wrong Box (1966)
Stanley Moon in Bedazzled (1967)
Rupert Street in 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968)
Dormouse in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Stanley Tibbets in Foul Play (1978)
Doctor Watson / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Mr. Spiggot / Piano Player in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Harvey / Herschel in Wholly Moses! (1980)
Patrick Dalton in Six Weeks (1982)
Saul Benjamin in Lovesick (1983)
Jason Carmichael in Romantic Comedy (1983)
Wylie Cooper in Best Defense (1984)
Rob Salinger in Micki + Maude (1984)
Claude Eastman in Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Patch the Elf in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Dr. Jack Hammond in Like Father, Like Son (1987)

Julianne Moore
(1960- )
Amber Waves/Maggie in Boogie Nights (1997)
and
Cathy Whitaker in Far From Heaven (2002)
Marlene "Marl" Craven in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Ruthie in Benny & Joon (1993)
Dr. Anne Eastman in The Fugitive (1993)
Marian Wyman in Short Cuts (1993)
Yelena in Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Electra (Anna) in Assassins (1995)
Rebecca Taylor/Rebecca Faulkner in Nine Months (1995)
Carol White in Safe (1995)
Dora Maar in Surviving Picasso (1996)
Dr. Sarah Harding in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Maude Lebowski in The Big Lebowski (1998)
Lila Crane in Psycho (1998)
Cora Duvall in Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Theresa Collins in A Map of the World (1999)
Sarah Miles in The End of the Affair (1999)
Mrs. Laura Cheveley in An Ideal Husband (1999)
Linda Partridge in Magnolia (1999)
Dr. Allison Reed in Evolution (2001)
Clarice M. Starling in Hannibal (2001)
Wavey Prowse in The Shipping News (2001)
Laura Brown in The Hours (2002)
Audrey Woods in Laws of Attraction (2004)
Julian in Children of Men (2006)
Barbara Baekeland in Savage Grace (2007)
Catherine Stewart in Chloe (2009)
Charley in A Single Man (2009)
Jules in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Emily in Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Esther in Don Jon (2013)
Margaret White in Carrie (2013)
Havana Segrand in Maps to the Stars (2014)
Alice Howland in Still Alice (2014)
Poppy in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Heidi Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Gracie in May December (2023)

Agnes Moorehead
(1900-1974)
Aunt Fanny Minafer in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Mrs. Mary Kane in Citizen Kane (1941)
'Baroness' Aspasia Conti in Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Mme. Marelli in The Seventh Cross (1944)
Emily Hawkins in Since You Went Away (1944)
Madge Rapf in Dark Passage (1947)
Aggie McDonald in Johnny Belinda (1948)
Ma Stratton in The Stratton Story (1949)
Ruth Benton in Caged (1950)
Parthy Hawks in Show Boat (1951)
Nancy Ashford in Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Sara Warren in All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Miss Hattie in Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Queen Maria Dominika in The Swan (1956)
Bertha Parchman in The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna (1960)
Velma Cruther in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Sister Cluny in The Singing Nun (1966)

Frank Morgan
(1890-1949)
Prof. Marvel and the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz (1939) Pop Burns in Bombshell (1933)
Alessandro - Duke of Florence in The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Konrad in The Good Fairy (1935)
Colonel Geraldine in Trouble For Two (1936)
Hugo Matuschek in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Willie Grogan in The Human Comedy (1943)

Viggo Mortensen
(1958- )
Aragorn in Moses Hochleitner in Witness (1985)
Frank Roberts in The Indian Runner (1991)
Lalin in Carlito's Way (1993)
Lieutenant Peter "Weps" Ince in Crimson Tide (1995)
Caspar Goodwood in The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Master Chief John James "Jack" Urgayle in G.I. Jane (1997)
David Shaw in A Perfect Murder (1998)
Sam Loomis in Psycho (1998)
Walker Jerome in A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Frank Hopkins in Hidalgo (2004)
Tom / Joey in A History of Violence (2005)
Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern Promises (2007)
Everett Hitch in Appaloosa (2008)
Sigmund Freud in A Dangerous Method (2011)
Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs in On the Road (2012)
Ben Cash in Captain Fantastic (2016)
Tony Lip in Green Book (2018)

Mickey Mouse
The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia (1940)  

Paul Muni
(1895-1967)
Antonio (Tony) Camonte in Scarface (1932) James Dyke in The Valiant (1929)
James Allen in I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
Joe Radek in Black Fury (1935)
Johnny Ramirez in Bordertown (1935)
Louis Pasteur in The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Emile Zola in The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Wang Lung in The Good Earth (1937)
Benito Pablo Juarez in Juarez (1939)
Prof. Joseph Elsner in A Song to Remember (1945)
Eddie Kagle/Judge Frederick Parker in Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Abelman in The Last Angry Man (1959)

Eddie Murphy
(1961- )
Det. Axel Foley in Reggie Hammond in 48 Hrs. (1982) and Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places (1983)
Chandler Jarrell in The Golden Child (1986)
Clarence/Prince Akeem/Randy Watson/Saul in Coming to America (1988)
Quick in Harlem Nights (1989)
Marcus Graham in Boomerang (1992)
Maximillian / Preacher Pauly / Guido in Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Prof. Sherman, Papa, Mama, Grandma, and Ernie Klump/Buddy Love/Lance Perkins in The Nutty Professor (1996) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Dr. John Dolittle in Dr. Dolittle (1998) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Mushu (Voice) in Mulan (1998)
Kit Ramsey / Jiffernson Ramsey in Bowfinger (1999)
Donkey (Voice) in Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010)
Pluto Nash in The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Officer Trey Sellars in Showtime (2002)
Kelly in I Spy (2002)
Charlie Hinton in Daddy Day Care (2003)
James 'Thunder' Early in Dreamgirls (2006)
Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong in Norbit (2007)
Dave Ming Cheng / The Captain in Meet Dave (2008)
"Slide" Davis in Tower Heist (2011)

Bill Murray
(1950- )
Carl Spackler in Caddyshack (1980) Tripper Harrison in Meatballs (1979)
Hunter S. Thompson in Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
John Winger in Stripes (1981)
Jeff Slater in Tootsie (1982)
Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989)
Arthur Denton in Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Francis Xavier Cross in Scrooged (1988)
Bob "Bobby" Wiley in What About Bob? (1991)
Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993)
Frank Milo in Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Bunny Breckinridge in Ed Wood (1994)
Ernie McCracken in Kingpin (1996)
Herman Blume in Rushmore (1998)
Kenneth Bowden in Wild Things (1998)
Tommy Crickshaw in Cradle Will Rock (1999)
John Bosley /John David "J.D." Rage in Charlie's Angels (2000)
Raleigh St. Clair in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Bob Harris in Lost in Translation (2003)
Garfield (Voice) in Garfield (2004) and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Don Johnston in Broken Flowers (2005)
Agent 13 in Get Smart (2008)
Himself in Zombieland (2009)
Badger (Voice) in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Mr. Bishop in Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Vincent MacKenna in St. Vincent (2014)

Mike Myers
(1963- )
Austin Powers / Dr. Evil in Wayne Campbell in Wayne’s World (1992) and Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Charlie Mackenzie / Stuart Mackenzie in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Steve Rubell in 54 (1998)
Donnie Shulzhoffer in Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Shrek (Voice) in Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010)
John Witney in View from the Top (2003)
The Cat in The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Guru Pitka / Young Pitka / Teenage Pitka / Mike Myers in The Love Guru (2008)
General Ed Fenech in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Clinton / Mr. Franklyn in Terminal (2018)
Ray Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

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