Actors 1920s to 1950s Ava Gardner Barbara Stanwyck Bette Davis Burt Lancaster Buster Keaton Carole Lombard Cary Grant Charlie Chaplin Clark Gable Dan Duryea Deborah Kerr Edward G Robinson Gary Cooper Gene Tierney George Raft Glen Ford Gloria Grahame Gregory Peck Greta Garbo Henry Fonda Hedy Lamarr Humphrey Bogart Ida Lupino Ingrid Bergman James Cagney Jean Harlow Jimmy Stewart Joan Crawford John Garfield Judy Holiday Katharine Hepburn Kirk Douglas Lana Turner Lauren Bacall Lizabeth Scott Louise Brooks Marlene Dietrich Marx Brothers Montgomery Clift Myrna Loy Olivia De Havilland Orson Welles Paul Muni Peter Lorre Richard Widmark Rita Hayworth Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Robert Taylor Sterling Hayden Tallulah Bankhead Veronica Lake W C Fields William Powell Home /Actors & Directors/Actors 1920s to 1950s ACTORS 1920s – 1950s FEATURED SLIDESHOW Robert TaylorHenry Fonda in the Wrong ManJames Dean and Marilyn MonroeGlen Ford and Rita Hayworth in GildaWilliam Powell and Myrna Loy in Thin ManHumphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallBurt Lancaster and Rita HayworthRita HayworthKatherine Hepburn and James Stewart in Philadelphia StoryRichard WidmarkDiana DorsVeronica LakeRobert MitchumJoan CrawfordLauren BacallMarilyn Monroe SS4000William Powell and Myrna LoyBette DavisOrson WellesAva GardnerJames DeanJoan CrawfordGene TierneyClark GableKirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Liz Scott in Sweet Smell of Success Prev 1of125 Next WILLIAM POWELL DAN DURYEA JEAN HARLOW VERONICA LAKE HEDY LAMARR HUMPHREY BOGART