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Sizing Up Hollywood! Classic Actors’ Heights From Shortest to Tallest: Mickey Rooney, John Wayne, More


With classic Hollywood leading men, they ranged in height by over a foot. Movie fans can find out how tall stars such as Mickey Rooney and John Wayne were.

While some like Mickey Rooney hated being on the shorter side, John Wayne reveled in his 6-foot-4 frame that was even higher in cowboy boots. It’s the pictures that got small!” As Bill stood a foot taller than she did, Gloria Swanson’s line in Sunset Boulevard is a little ironic. He towered over the likes of Grace Kelly and Myrna Loy, but Cary wasn’t self-conscious.

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