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From Humphrey Bogart to Charlie Chaplin, Here Are the 10 Greatest Actors of All Time


Here's our ranking of the 10 greatest Hollywood actors of all time, from Charlie Chaplin to Humphrey Bogart and more who have shown incredible talent.

From silent films such as 1921’s The Kid to his turn in 1940’s The Great Dictator, Hollywood’s Little Tramp blended humor and emotion to become the first big international movie star. With a range that stretched from a gangster in 1931’s The Public Enemy to a song-and-dance man in 1942’s Yankee Doodle Dandy, noted admirer Orson Welles called Jimmy “maybe the greatest actor to ever appear in front of a camera. “I don’t think if you took a stick and beat him he could do anything false, he’s incapable,” said Sidney Lumet, who directed Hank in 1957’s 12 Angry Men and knew the key to his greatness.

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