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| The voting's over. Now it's time to find out who the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of all time are, as voted by you. Watch Channel 4's 100 Greatest Movie Stars to find out if these nominees made it onto the final list. |
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| Christopher Lee |
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Christopher Lee was born in Belgravia, London in 1922. His father was a colonel and his mother a Countess and noted Edwardian beauty. A scholarship took Lee to Eton before he served in the RAF throughout WWII. Decorated for distinguished service he began acting in 1947 and, though he will forever be known primarily for his Hammer movies, Lee has appeared in more films than any other actor. Having worked all over the world he speaks seven languages and as a classically trained singer has also appeared in many operas. He was the first choice of his cousin, Ian Fleming, to play Dr. No. |
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| Christopher Reeve |
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Born in 1952 in New York, Reeve grew up wanting to be an actor and was the president of the drama club at Princeton Day School. Having graduated from High School, Reeve toured with the theatre whilst pursuing a college education, before studying at the Juilliard School of Performing Arts. In 1976, Reeve got a small part in the film Gray Lady Down and then became an international star only two years later having successfully screen-tested for the part of Superman. Reeve brought humanity and intelligence to the part and played the man of steel again in each of the sequels. Though his career was tragically ended in 1995, after a horse riding accident broke his neck, Reeve has fought a courageous battle against paralysis and has continued to lead a normal life. |
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| Christopher Walken |
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Christopher Walken was born in Queens, New York in 1943 and was acting and dancing from an early age. He met Jerry Lewis while performing on TV aged 10, and dropped out of university to appear in an off-Broadway musical in 1963. He made his film debut in the little-seen mental institution flick Me And My Brother, which was co-written by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. One of Hollywood's most prolific actors, he has turned in mesmerising performances in cult classics including The Deer Hunter (1978), King Of New York (1990) and True Romance (1993). |
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| Clark Gable |
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Adolf Hitler's favourite actor was born in Cadiz, Ohio in 1901. Gable abandoned his oil-driller father at the age of 21 and sought his fortune in the theatre. It took him ten years, during which he married and divorced a drama teacher and was rejected by studios for having big ears, to land a decent Hollywood role, in The Painted Desert. But in 1931 he shot 12 films and by the end of the year he was a rising star. Frank Capra's surprise hit It Happened One Night won Gable an Oscar, and in 1939 he starred in a little film called Gone With The Wind. Never the same after serving in the Second World War, he died in 1960. |
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