Classic Film Characters

A collection of classic black-and-white images featuring iconic characters from vintage films, often depicting rugged men in period attire.

George Brent, on-set of the the Film, "South of Suez", Warner Bros., 1940

JACK NICHOLSON in FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), directed by BOB RAFELSON.

FRANKIE AVALON in THE ALAMO (1960), directed by JOHN WAYNE.

Glenn Ford, on-set of the Film, "Advance to the Rear", MGM, 1964

WILLIAM S. HART.

BURT LANCASTER in VERA CRUZ (1954), directed by ROBERT ALDRICH.

CHUCK CONNORS in SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER (1971), directed by BURT KENNEDY.

George Brent, on-set of the the Film, "South of Suez", Warner Bros., 1940

PAUL HOGAN in CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986), directed by PETER FAIMAN.

JIMMY DURANTE.

GREGORY PECK in THE BIG COUNTRY (1958), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

Gary Cooper Springfield Rifle 1952

RICHARD WIDMARK in THE LAW AND JAKE WADE (1958), directed by JOHN STURGES.

PATRICK MCGOOHAN in DANGER MAN (1960) -Original title: DANGER MAN-TV-.

GEOFFREY DEUEL in CHISUM (1970), directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

HARRISON FORD in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

Henry Fonda, James Stewart, on-set of the film, "The Cheyenne Social Club", National General Pictures, 1970

Nicanor Parra. Santiago de Chile, 1971.

JACK NICHOLSON in THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981), directed by BOB RAFELSON.

KIRK DOUGLAS in THE TRAVELERS (1951) -Original title: ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE-, directed by RAOUL WALSH.

JOHN WAYNE in CHISUM (1970), directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

Trevor Howard, on-set of the British Film, "Battle of Britain", United Artists, 1969

Versatile John Forsythe is already a star in three fields. Now he's turning to the movies.From Broadway to Hollywood ... That's the road traveled by John Forsythe who is seen as the handsome Confederate officer with the Rhett Butler appeal in MGM's outdoor color adventure story "Fort Bravo", in which he co-starts with William Holden and Eleanor Parker. Forsythe won fame for his Broadway appearance in the Henry Fonda role in "Mr. Roberts" and is also top winner of dramatic awards for the years 1951 and 1952 in TV. He returns to Broadway to star in MGM's "The Tea House of the August Moon", which will subsequently be made in films. March 26, 1954.

JAMES GARNER in MAVERICK (1994), directed by RICHARD DONNER.

CLINT EASTWOOD in HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1972), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Philip Yale Drew as he appeared in the film "Tex of the Timberlands". October 5, 1929.

Mike Warren, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the TV Series, "Sierra", NBC-TV, 1974

RICHARD WIDMARK in THE WAY WEST (1967), directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

HARRISON FORD in WITNESS (1985), directed by PETER WEIR.

Kevin Costner , Wyatt Earp , 1994 directed by Lawrence Kasdan Warner Bros. Pictures

ORSON WELLES in THE SOUTHERN STAR (1969), directed by SIDNEY HAYERS.

JACK NICHOLSON in FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), directed by BOB RAFELSON.

Charles Lindbergh, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, next to Spirit of St. Louis, May 31, 1927. On May 20-21, 1927, he completed the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris (BSLOC_2020_2_67)

GARY COOPER in THE COWBOY AND THE LADY (1938), directed by H. C. POTTER.

HENRY FONDA in THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940), directed by JOHN FORD.

Gary Cooper (1901-1961), actor de cine estadounidense.

NICK ADAMS.

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN in MICHAEL CIMINO'S HEAVEN'S GATE (1980) -Original title: HEAVEN'S GATE-, directed by MICHAEL CIMINO.

ROBERT REDFORD in BRUBAKER (1980), directed by STUART ROSENBERG.

WARD BOND in PRISON BREAK (1938), directed by ARTHUR LUBIN.

John Wayne , True Grit , 1969 directed by Henry Hathaway Paramount Pictures

ROBERT REDFORD and MERYL STREEP in OUT OF AFRICA (1985), directed by SYDNEY POLLACK.

Original Film Title: MAGNUM FORCE. English Title: MAGNUM FORCE. Film Director: TED POST. Year: 1973. Stars: CLINT EASTWOOD.

ROBERT REDFORD in LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSEY (1970), directed by SIDNEY J. FURIE.

HUMPHREY BOGART in CHAIN LIGHTNING (1950), directed by STUART HEISLER.

HARRISON FORD in INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) -Original title: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK-, directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

Ernest Borgnine, on-set of the Film, "Deadly Blessing", United Artists, 1981

BURT LANCASTER and DIANE LANE in CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES (1981), directed by LAMONT JOHNSON.

PAUL NEWMAN in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

Madrid, 1964. John Wayne playing chess during a break from filming "The Fabulous World of the Circus".

Chris Sarandon, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the TV Movie, "You Can't Go Home Again", CBS-TV, 1978

ALBERT FINNEY.

GARY COOPER in OPERATOR 13 (1934), directed by RICHARD BOLESLAVSKI.

Hank Williams.

Anefo photo collection. TV recordings of "from mice and people". Cor van Rijn (like George). January 30, 1969

Burma / Myanmar: Khun Sa (1934 - 2007), c. 1974. Khun Sa was a Burmese warlord. He was dubbed the 'Opium King' due to his opium trading in the Golden Triangle region. Photo by Satharn Pairaoh (CC BY-SA 3.0 License). He was also the leader of the Shan United Army and the Mong Tai Army. Khun Sa was born to a Chinese father and a Shan mother. He adopted the pseudonym Khun Sa, meaning 'Prince Prosperous'. In his youth he trained with the Kuomintang, which had fled into the border regions of Burma from Yunnan upon its defeat in the Chinese Civil War, and eventually went on to form his own army.

GARY COOPER in THE TEXAN (1930), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

Mrs. Audrey Carle - Policeman Husband Convited Of Her Husband. October 28, 1946.

Ernest Borgnine, on-set of the film, "Ice Station Zebra", MGM, 1968

JAMES COBURN in CROSS OF IRON (1977), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

GREGORY HARRISON in RED RIVER (1988), directed by RICHARD MICHAELS.

GEORGE PEPPARD in HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL, JOHN FORD, RICHARD THORPE and HENRY HATHAWAY.

CHARLES BRONSON. 1974.

JOHN WAYNE in TALL IN THE SADDLE (1944).

PAUL NEWMAN in THE OUTRAGE (1964), directed by MARTIN RITT.

EDGAR KENNEDY in VARIETY TIME (1948), directed by HAL YATES.

Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriaran (February 6, 1932 October 28, 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Lawton, Havana. Raised in an anarchist family that had left Spain before the Spanish Civil War, he became a key figure of the Cuban Revolution, along with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raul Castro.

LON CHANEY.

GEORGE PEPPARD in TOBRUK (1967), directed by ARTHUR HILLER.

RICHARD WIDMARK in THE WAY WEST (1967), directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

WILLIAM HOLDEN in THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957), directed by DAVID LEAN.

JAMES COBURN in PAT GARRET AND BILLY THE KID (1973), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

Robert Mitchum, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Midway", Universal Pictures, 1976

Peter Ustinov, on-set of the Film, "The Sundowners", Warner Bros., 1961

Arthur Godfrey Broadcaster and Entertainer (1903-1983)

BILLY WILDER.

JEREMY IRONS in THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (1981), directed by KAREL REISZ.

Anefo photo collection. TV shooting series "A man of good will"; Hugo Meters. July 4, 1973

PAUL HOGAN in CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986), directed by PETER FAIMAN.

12/31/1937. Clark Gable.

MICHAEL YORK in THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977), directed by DON TAYLOR.

Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor, on-set of the Film, "Fate is the Hunter", 20th Century-Fox, 1964

BURT LANCASTER in VALDEZ IS COMING (1971), directed by EDWIN SHERIN.

CHARLES LAUGHTON in THE BRIBE (1949), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

JOHN WAYNE and KATHARINE HEPBURN in ROOSTER COGBURN (1975), directed by STUART MILLER.

ROBERT REDFORD in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

Eton's 4th of June, Extras, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

James Whitmore, on-set of the film, "The Split", MGM, 1968

STEVE MCQUEEN in BULLITT (1968), directed by PETER YATES.

GENE HACKMAN in A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH.

ROBERT REDFORD in A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH.

Author-Artist Mr. Robert J. Gibbings was a passenger on the new Orient liner Orsova when she left Tilbury recently on her maiden voyage to Australia. March 30, 1954.

Don Johnson, at his work today with a Sydney soap manufacturing firm. August 29, 1950.

HUMPHREY BOGART in THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

LAWRENCE KASDAN.

The "Grey Owl" Arrives - "Grey Owl" photographed on arrival at Southampton last night, Oct. 17.Grey Owl, a Canadian Government Conservation Officer arrived at Southampton last night, Oct. 17, on the Empress of Britain. He presented a picturesque figure in deerskins, with red shirt and slough hat. He is shortly to speak at a literary luncheon at Grosvenor House. October 18, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

BURT LANCASTER in BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL'S HISTORY LESSON (1976), directed by ROBERT ALTMAN.

Robert Donat, on-set of the Film, "Vacation From Marriage" (aka Perfect Strangers), MGM, 1945

DANA ANDREWS in THE PURPLE HEART (1944), directed by LEWIS MILESTONE.

BURT LANCASTER.

Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts, (1870 - 1950) South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948. 1947

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