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Thousands of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The actor Humphrey Bogart made his most renowned films in this decade. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical printing techniques. [1] The film noir genre was ...
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1940: 20 Mule Team: Richard Thorpe: Wallace Beery, Anne Baxter, Leo Carrillo: United States: mining Western Adventures of Red Ryder: William Witney: Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr. Red Ryder serial Western Arizona: Wesley Ruggles: Jean Arthur, William Holden: traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte: Ray Taylor
Charles Chaplin – actor, famous from 1914–early 1940s Douglas Fairbanks – actor, famous from the mid-1910s–late 1920s Francis X. Bushman – actor, famous from early 1910s–late 1920s
Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.. A list of American films released in 1940.American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists.
Julian Chagrin (born 1940) John Challis (1942–2021) Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944) (born in Santa Monica, California, United States) Graham Chapman (1941–1989) Ian Charleson (1949–1990) Julie Christie (born 1940) (born in Chabua, India) Warren Clarke (1947–2014) Stephanie Cole (born 1941) David Collings (1940–2020) Lewis Collins (1946 ...
The English actor went on to star in famous franchises like "X-Men," "The Lord of the Rings," and "The Hobbit." He also appeared in live-action adaptations "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cats."
If an American actor is notable for more than just film acting, then a stub article about them should use {{US-screen-actor-1940s-stub}} or {{US-actor-stub}} instead. The perfect article about an actor gives both a (possibly short) biography and a list of performances.