Gotta give a nod to Colin Ferrell too.

I just him, even more than Firth, actually!

And, I love Hugh Grant, speaking of over there.

He's corny, but he gets my swoon vote, YUM!

James Cagney and Paul Newman...

I'm throwin' down Gene Kelly. How'd I forget that ace ...

Whatcha got ...

three of a kind !...what about Tom Hanks...as far as someone today...

Lassie

I'll see that and raise you a Lee Marvin ...rip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnbiRDNaDeo&feature=related

And let's not be forgettin' Trigger ...

Lee Marvin sure was good...what about...my guy...James Cagney...can you trump that ?...lol

Trigger trotted, whinnied, and pooped. You call that acting?

Well, yah ... can i use my old hand:

Men:

James Stewart, Montgomery Cliff, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Marx Bros., Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Abbott and Costello, Jerry Lewis, Sean Connery, Omar Shariff, Peter O'Toole, Warren Beatty, Robert Deniro, Robert Duvall, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Mel Brooks, Harrison Ford, Woody Allen(back in the day), Sean Connery, Rutger Hauer, Alain Delon, Keith Carradine, Jeremy Irons, Billy Zane, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, George Clooney, Vitto Mortenson, Will Ferrell, Matt Damon, Peter Sellers, Robert Downey Jr, John Cusack, Paul Newman, Peter Coyote, Woody Harrelson, Steve Carrel ...

Women:

Jean Harlow, Leslie Caron, Gene Tierney, Margaret O'Hara, Marilyn, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Deneuve, Katherine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Tippi Hendren, Isabell Adjani, Genevieve Bujold, Charlotte Rampling, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spaceck, Tilda Swindon, Uma Thurma, Catherine Keener, Kate Blanchett, Zooey Deschanel, Debra Winger, Rachel Weisz, Juliette Binoche, Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, Helen Bonham-Carter, Franke Potente, Famke Jannsen, Theresa Russell, Emmanuele Seigner, Brigitte Bardot, Kate Winslet ...

After being this thorough, I feel remiss for the greats that I've likely forgotten ...

Men:
Gregory Peck(!!!), Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Peter Finch, Burt Reynolds, Robert Mitchum, Walter Mathau, Tony Randall, Sidney Poitier, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Joe Pesci, Morgan Freeman, Nick Nolte, Michael Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, John Torturro, John Goodman, Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Samuel Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Ray Liotta. Michael Madsen, Gabrielle Byrne, James Spader, Benicio Del Toro, Ben Stiller, Steve Buscemi, Adrian Brody, Javier Bardem, Clive Owens

Women:
Anne Bancroft, Karen Allen, Susan Sarandon, Holly Hunter, Linda Fiorentino, Julian Moore, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Glenn Close, Geena Davis, Diane Lane, Frances McDormand,

I'd add Jackie Gleason from Gigot too, FINE friggin' film!!!

Hey, those are all my best tricks too! I fail to see the lack of talent there ...

More Salutes in order:

Men: Maurice Chevalier, David Niven, Steve McQueen, Malcolm McDowell, Roy Scheider, David Bowie, Gene Wilder, John Candy, Sean Penn, William Macy, Tom Hanks, Mathew Broderick, Jim Carrey, Bill Pullman, Harvey Fierstein, Jeff Daniels, Mike Myers, Peter Berg, Ed Norton, Ewan MacGregor

Women: Deborah Kerr, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Rosalind Russell, Gina Lollabrigida, Madeline Kahn, Karen Black, Bernadette Peters, Sandra Bullock, Juliette Lewis, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Garner, Halle Berry, Ellen Page

I'll be back ? ...

I don't think anyone has mentioned Kevin Spacey yet. Great actor...in a lot of great films.

I havent seen him around in a while. Semi-retirement?

Hey Freek ...

Hell yeah, Usual Suspects his BEST and on my BIG, bad BEST list! He did a good job playin' Bobby Darrin too ...

There are SO many I keep remembering. Have to salute them, film is SO formative!!!

Hey Dance! Hehe...just started another thread for ya.

I may have to back to that one a few times.

Men: Sam Elliot, Sam Sheppard,

Women: Isabelle Huppert, Isabella Rossellini

William Hurt, Christopher Lambert, Cillian Murphy

Elizabeth Shue, Blair Brown