The Hollywood Greats
Hollywood Greats is a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He was also responsible for a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were written by Norman, were published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.
Series One (1977)
- Clark Gable (1901-1960)
- Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
- Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)
- Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)
Series Two (1978)
- Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
- Ronald Colman (1891-1958)
- Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
- Judy Garland (1922-1969)
- Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
Series Three (1979)
- Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)
- The Marx Brothers
- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
- Hollywood
Series Four (1983)
- Bing Crosby (1903-1977)
- Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
- David Niven (1910-1983)
- John Wayne (1907-1979)
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