Classic Movie Actors, Actresses and Directors

By Laurie Boeder, About.com Guide to Classic Movies

Here's where to find information about your favorite actors, actresses and directors from classic movies.

1. Actors
2. Directors

Actors

Some folks were born to be in the movies -- to have their faces 40 feet wide across the silver screen. Find your favorite classic movie actors here.

• Humphrey Bogart
• Bob Balaban remembers Close Encounters
• Classic Screen Couples
• Claudette Colbert
• Doris Day
• Clark Gable
• Cary Grant

• Charlton Heston
• Hayley Mills
• Paul Newman
• Tyrone Power
• Jimmy Stewart
• Elizabeth Taylor

Directors

Classic film directors are the artists behind the camera, creating a body of work across every film genre. Find your favorite directors here.

• Frank Capra
• Six Great Directors
• Alfred Hitchcock

• 7 Classics that Influenced the Coen Brothers
• 6 Classics that Influenced Quentin Tarantino
• Billy Wilder