Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll
The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll was published from a questionnaire given to movie exhibitors every year between 1932 and 2013 by Quigley Publishing Company.
The list was based on a poll of movie theater owners, who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars. The Top 10 Poll which appeared annually in Quigley's International Motion Picture Almanac has long been regarded as one of the most reliable barometers of a movie star's box-office power, as film exhibitors base their decisions on one economic criterion: those stars who will bring patrons into their theaters.
Records
| Most Years Ranked Top 10 | Actor | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | John Wayne | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| 21 | Clint Eastwood | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993 |
| 20 | Tom Cruise | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| 18 | Gary Cooper | 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 |
| 17 | Tom Hanks | 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013 |
| 16 | Clark Gable | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1955 |
| 15 | Bing Crosby | 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| 14 | Paul Newman | 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1986 |
| 13 | Bob Hope | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 |
| 13 | Harrison Ford | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008 |
| 13 | Mel Gibson | 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 |
| 12 | Burt Reynolds | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| 11 | Cary Grant | 1944, 1948, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| 10 | Barbra Streisand | 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
| 10 | Betty Grable | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
| 10 | Doris Day | 1951, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| 10 | James Stewart | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965 |
| 10 | Julia Roberts | 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 |
| 10 | Spencer Tracy | 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1951 |
| Most Years Ranked #1 | Actor | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Tom Cruise | 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005 |
| 5 | Bing Crosby | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 |
| 5 | Burt Reynolds | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
| 5 | Clint Eastwood | 1972, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1993 |
| 5 | Tom Hanks | 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004 |
| 4 | Doris Day | 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| 4 | John Wayne | 1950, 1951, 1954, 1971 |
| 4 | Shirley Temple | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 |
| 3 | Johnny Depp | 2006, 2007, 2010 |
| 3 | Mickey Rooney | 1939, 1940, 1941 |
| 3 | Robert Redford | 1974, 1975, 1976 |
| 2 | Julie Andrews | 1966, 1967 |
| 2 | Marie Dressler | 1932, 1933 |
| 2 | Paul Newman | 1969, 1970 |
| 2 | Rock Hudson | 1957, 1959 |
| 2 | Sylvester Stallone | 1977, 1985 |
| Most Consecutive Years Ranked #1 | Actor | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bing Crosby | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 |
| 5 | Burt Reynolds | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
| 4 | Shirley Temple | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 |
| 3 | Doris Day | 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| 3 | Mickey Rooney | 1939, 1940, 1941 |
| 3 | Robert Redford | 1974, 1975, 1976 |
Poll Results by Year
| Year | Rank | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | Jennifer Lawrence |
| 2013 | 2 | Sandra Bullock |
| 2013 | 3 | Bradley Cooper |
| 2013 | 4 | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | 5 | Denzel Washington |
| 2013 | 6 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2013 | 7 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2013 | 8 | Hugh Jackman |
| 2013 | 9 | Brad Pitt |
| 2013 | 10 | Melissa McCarthy |
| 2012 | 1 | Denzel Washington |
| 2012 | 2 | Anne Hathaway |
| 2012 | 3 | Hugh Jackman |
| 2012 | 4 | Mark Wahlberg |
| 2012 | 5 | Johnny Depp |
| 2012 | 6 | Daniel Craig |
| 2012 | 7 | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| 2012 | 8 | Brad Pitt |
| 2012 | 9 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2012 | 10 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2011 | 1 | Brad Pitt |
| 2011 | 2 | George Clooney |
| 2011 | 3 | Johnny Depp |
| 2011 | 4 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2011 | 5 | Matt Damon |
| 2011 | 6 | Sandra Bullock |
| 2011 | 7 | Bradley Cooper |
| 2011 | 8 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2011 | 9 | Meryl Streep |
| 2011 | 10 | Ben Stiller |
| 2010 | 1 | Johnny Depp |
| 2010 | 2 | Angelina Jolie |
| 2010 | 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2010 | 4 | Matt Damon |
| 2010 | 5 | Steve Carell |
| 2010 | 6 | Tom Hanks |
| 2010 | 7 | Denzel Washington |
| 2010 | 8 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2010 | 9 | George Clooney |
| 2010 | 10 | Anne Hathaway |
| 2009 | 1 | Sandra Bullock |
| 2009 | 2 | Johnny Depp |
| 2009 | 3 | Matt Damon |
| 2009 | 4 | George Clooney |
| 2009 | 5 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2009 | 6 | Tom Hanks |
| 2009 | 7 | Meryl Streep |
| 2009 | 8 | Brad Pitt |
| 2009 | 9 | Shia LaBeouf |
| 2009 | 10 | Denzel Washington |
| 2008 | 1 | Will Smith |
| 2008 | 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2008 | 3 | Christian Bale |
| 2008 | 4 | Shia LaBeouf |
| 2008 | 5 | Harrison Ford |
| 2008 | 6 | Adam Sandler |
| 2008 | 7 | Reese Witherspoon |
| 2008 | 8 | George Clooney |
| 2008 | 9 | Angelina Jolie |
| 2008 | 10 | Daniel Craig |
| 2007 | 1 | Johnny Depp |
| 2007 | 2 | Will Smith |
| 2007 | 3 | George Clooney |
| 2007 | 4 | Matt Damon |
| 2007 | 5 | Denzel Washington |
| 2007 | 6 | Russell Crowe |
| 2007 | 7 | Tom Cruise |
| 2007 | 8 | Nicolas Cage |
| 2007 | 9 | Will Ferrell |
| 2007 | 10 | Tom Hanks |
| 2006 | 1 | Johnny Depp |
| 2006 | 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2006 | 3 | Will Smith |
| 2006 | 4 | Denzel Washington |
| 2006 | 5 | Tom Hanks |
| 2006 | 6 | George Clooney |
| 2006 | 7 | Will Ferrell |
| 2006 | 8 | Tom Cruise |
| 2006 | 9 | Dakota Fanning |
| 2006 | 10 | Sacha Baron Cohen |
| 2005 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 2005 | 2 | Johnny Depp |
| 2005 | 3 | Angelina Jolie |
| 2005 | 4 | Brad Pitt |
| 2005 | 5 | Vince Vaughn |
| 2005 | 6 | George Clooney |
| 2005 | 7 | Will Smith |
| 2005 | 8 | Reese Witherspoon |
| 2005 | 9 | Adam Sandler |
| 2005 | 10 | Tom Hanks |
| 2004 | 1 | Tom Hanks |
| 2004 | 2 | Tom Cruise |
| 2004 | 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2004 | 4 | Nicolas Cage |
| 2004 | 5 | Jim Carrey |
| 2004 | 6 | Denzel Washington |
| 2004 | 7 | Julia Roberts |
| 2004 | 8 | Will Smith |
| 2004 | 9 | Brad Pitt |
| 2004 | 10 | Adam Sandler |
| 2003 | 1 | Jim Carrey |
| 2003 | 2 | Nicole Kidman |
| 2003 | 3 | Jack Nicholson |
| 2003 | 4 | Tom Cruise |
| 2003 | 5 | Julia Roberts |
| 2003 | 6 | Johnny Depp |
| 2003 | 7 | Russell Crowe |
| 2003 | 8 | Tom Hanks |
| 2003 | 9 | Will Ferrell |
| 2003 | 10 | Renée Zellweger |
| 2002 | 1 | Tom Hanks |
| 2002 | 2 | Tom Cruise |
| 2002 | 3 | Mike Myers |
| 2002 | 4 | Reese Witherspoon |
| 2002 | 5 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 2002 | 6 | Nicole Kidman |
| 2002 | 7 | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| 2002 | 8 | Denzel Washington |
| 2002 | 9 | Mel Gibson |
| 2002 | 10 | Vin Diesel |
| 2001 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 2001 | 2 | George Clooney |
| 2001 | 3 | Julia Roberts |
| 2001 | 4 | Russell Crowe |
| 2001 | 5 | Nicole Kidman |
| 2001 | 6 | Denzel Washington |
| 2001 | 7 | Will Smith |
| 2001 | 8 | Brad Pitt |
| 2001 | 9 | Ben Affleck |
| 2001 | 10 | Jackie Chan |
| 2000 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 2000 | 2 | Julia Roberts |
| 2000 | 3 | George Clooney |
| 2000 | 4 | Eddie Murphy |
| 2000 | 5 | Russell Crowe |
| 2000 | 6 | Mel Gibson |
| 2000 | 7 | Martin Lawrence |
| 2000 | 8 | Tom Hanks |
| 2000 | 9 | Jim Carrey |
| 2000 | 10 | Harrison Ford |
| 1999 | 1 | Julia Roberts |
| 1999 | 2 | Tom Hanks |
| 1999 | 3 | Adam Sandler |
| 1999 | 4 | Bruce Willis |
| 1999 | 5 | Mike Myers |
| 1999 | 6 | Tom Cruise |
| 1999 | 7 | Will Smith |
| 1999 | 8 | Mel Gibson |
| 1999 | 9 | Meg Ryan |
| 1999 | 10 | Sandra Bullock |
| 1998 | 1 | Tom Hanks |
| 1998 | 2 | Jim Carrey |
| 1998 | 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 1998 | 4 | Robin Williams |
| 1998 | 5 | Meg Ryan |
| 1998 | 6 | Mel Gibson |
| 1998 | 7 | Adam Sandler |
| 1998 | 8 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1998 | 9 | Cameron Diaz |
| 1998 | 10 | Julia Roberts |
| 1997 | 1 | Harrison Ford |
| 1997 | 2 | Julia Roberts |
| 1997 | 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 1997 | 4 | Will Smith |
| 1997 | 5 | Tom Cruise |
| 1997 | 6 | Jack Nicholson |
| 1997 | 7 | Jim Carrey |
| 1997 | 8 | John Travolta |
| 1997 | 9 | Robin Williams |
| 1997 | 10 | Tommy Lee Jones |
| 1996 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 1996 | 1 | Mel Gibson |
| 1996 | 3 | John Travolta |
| 1996 | 4 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1996 | 5 | Sandra Bullock |
| 1996 | 6 | Robin Williams |
| 1996 | 7 | Sean Connery |
| 1996 | 8 | Harrison Ford |
| 1996 | 9 | Kevin Costner |
| 1996 | 10 | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 1995 | 1 | Tom Hanks |
| 1995 | 2 | Jim Carrey |
| 1995 | 3 | Brad Pitt |
| 1995 | 4 | Harrison Ford |
| 1995 | 5 | Robin Williams |
| 1995 | 6 | Sandra Bullock |
| 1995 | 7 | Mel Gibson |
| 1995 | 8 | Demi Moore |
| 1995 | 9 | John Travolta |
| 1995 | 10 | Kevin Costner |
| 1995 | 10 | Michael Douglas |
| 1994 | 1 | Tom Hanks |
| 1994 | 2 | Jim Carrey |
| 1994 | 3 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1994 | 4 | Tom Cruise |
| 1994 | 5 | Harrison Ford |
| 1994 | 6 | Tim Allen |
| 1994 | 7 | Mel Gibson |
| 1994 | 8 | Jodie Foster |
| 1994 | 9 | Michael Douglas |
| 1994 | 10 | Tommy Lee Jones |
| 1993 | 1 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1993 | 2 | Tom Cruise |
| 1993 | 3 | Robin Williams |
| 1993 | 4 | Kevin Costner |
| 1993 | 5 | Harrison Ford |
| 1993 | 6 | Julia Roberts |
| 1993 | 7 | Tom Hanks |
| 1993 | 8 | Mel Gibson |
| 1993 | 9 | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1993 | 10 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1992 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 1992 | 2 | Mel Gibson |
| 1992 | 3 | Kevin Costner |
| 1992 | 4 | Jack Nicholson |
| 1992 | 5 | Macaulay Culkin |
| 1992 | 6 | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1992 | 7 | Michael Douglas |
| 1992 | 8 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1992 | 9 | Steven Seagal |
| 1992 | 10 | Robin Williams |
| 1991 | 1 | Kevin Costner |
| 1991 | 2 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1991 | 3 | Robin Williams |
| 1991 | 4 | Julia Roberts |
| 1991 | 5 | Macaulay Culkin |
| 1991 | 6 | Jodie Foster |
| 1991 | 7 | Billy Crystal |
| 1991 | 8 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1991 | 9 | Robert De Niro |
| 1991 | 10 | Mel Gibson |
| 1990 | 1 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1990 | 2 | Julia Roberts |
| 1990 | 3 | Bruce Willis |
| 1990 | 4 | Tom Cruise |
| 1990 | 5 | Mel Gibson |
| 1990 | 6 | Kevin Costner |
| 1990 | 7 | Patrick Swayze |
| 1990 | 8 | Sean Connery |
| 1990 | 9 | Harrison Ford |
| 1990 | 10 | Richard Gere |
| 1989 | 1 | Jack Nicholson |
| 1989 | 2 | Tom Cruise |
| 1989 | 3 | Robin Williams |
| 1989 | 4 | Michael Douglas |
| 1989 | 5 | Tom Hanks |
| 1989 | 6 | Michael J. Fox |
| 1989 | 7 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1989 | 8 | Mel Gibson |
| 1989 | 9 | Sean Connery |
| 1989 | 10 | Kathleen Turner |
| 1988 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 1988 | 2 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1988 | 3 | Tom Hanks |
| 1988 | 4 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1988 | 5 | Paul Hogan |
| 1988 | 6 | Danny DeVito |
| 1988 | 7 | Bette Midler |
| 1988 | 8 | Robin Williams |
| 1988 | 9 | Tom Selleck |
| 1988 | 10 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1987 | 1 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1987 | 2 | Michael Douglas |
| 1987 | 3 | Michael J. Fox |
| 1987 | 4 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1987 | 5 | Paul Hogan |
| 1987 | 6 | Tom Cruise |
| 1987 | 7 | Glenn Close |
| 1987 | 8 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1987 | 9 | Cher |
| 1987 | 10 | Mel Gibson |
| 1986 | 1 | Tom Cruise |
| 1986 | 2 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1986 | 3 | Paul Hogan |
| 1986 | 4 | Rodney Dangerfield |
| 1986 | 5 | Bette Midler |
| 1986 | 6 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1986 | 7 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1986 | 8 | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1986 | 9 | Kathleen Turner |
| 1986 | 10 | Paul Newman |
| 1985 | 1 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1985 | 2 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1985 | 3 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1985 | 4 | Michael J. Fox |
| 1985 | 5 | Chevy Chase |
| 1985 | 6 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1985 | 7 | Chuck Norris |
| 1985 | 8 | Harrison Ford |
| 1985 | 9 | Michael Douglas |
| 1985 | 10 | Meryl Streep |
| 1984 | 1 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1984 | 2 | Bill Murray |
| 1984 | 3 | Harrison Ford |
| 1984 | 4 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1984 | 5 | Sally Field |
| 1984 | 6 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1984 | 7 | Robert Redford |
| 1984 | 8 | Prince |
| 1984 | 9 | Dan Aykroyd |
| 1984 | 10 | Meryl Streep |
| 1983 | 1 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1983 | 2 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1983 | 3 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1983 | 4 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1983 | 5 | John Travolta |
| 1983 | 6 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1983 | 7 | Harrison Ford |
| 1983 | 8 | Richard Gere |
| 1983 | 9 | Chevy Chase |
| 1983 | 10 | Tom Cruise |
| 1982 | 1 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1982 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1982 | 3 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1982 | 4 | Dudley Moore |
| 1982 | 5 | Richard Pryor |
| 1982 | 6 | Dolly Parton |
| 1982 | 7 | Jane Fonda |
| 1982 | 8 | Richard Gere |
| 1982 | 9 | Paul Newman |
| 1982 | 10 | Harrison Ford |
| 1981 | 1 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1981 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1981 | 3 | Dudley Moore |
| 1981 | 4 | Dolly Parton |
| 1981 | 5 | Jane Fonda |
| 1981 | 6 | Harrison Ford |
| 1981 | 7 | Alan Alda |
| 1981 | 8 | Bo Derek |
| 1981 | 9 | Goldie Hawn |
| 1981 | 10 | Bill Murray |
| 1980 | 1 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1980 | 2 | Robert Redford |
| 1980 | 3 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1980 | 4 | Jane Fonda |
| 1980 | 5 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1980 | 6 | John Travolta |
| 1980 | 7 | Sally Field |
| 1980 | 8 | Sissy Spacek |
| 1980 | 9 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1980 | 10 | Steve Martin |
| 1979 | 1 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1979 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1979 | 3 | Jane Fonda |
| 1979 | 4 | Woody Allen |
| 1979 | 5 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1979 | 6 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1979 | 7 | John Travolta |
| 1979 | 8 | Jill Clayburgh |
| 1979 | 9 | Roger Moore |
| 1979 | 10 | Mel Brooks |
| 1978 | 1 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1978 | 2 | John Travolta |
| 1978 | 3 | Richard Dreyfuss |
| 1978 | 4 | Warren Beatty |
| 1978 | 5 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1978 | 6 | Woody Allen |
| 1978 | 7 | Diane Keaton |
| 1978 | 8 | Jane Fonda |
| 1978 | 9 | Peter Sellers |
| 1978 | 10 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1977 | 1 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1977 | 2 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1977 | 3 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1977 | 4 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1977 | 5 | Robert Redford |
| 1977 | 6 | Woody Allen |
| 1977 | 7 | Mel Brooks |
| 1977 | 8 | Al Pacino |
| 1977 | 9 | Diane Keaton |
| 1977 | 10 | Robert De Niro |
| 1976 | 1 | Robert Redford |
| 1976 | 2 | Jack Nicholson |
| 1976 | 3 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1976 | 4 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1976 | 5 | Mel Brooks |
| 1976 | 6 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1976 | 7 | Al Pacino |
| 1976 | 8 | Tatum O'Neal |
| 1976 | 9 | Woody Allen |
| 1976 | 10 | Charles Bronson |
| 1975 | 1 | Robert Redford |
| 1975 | 2 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1975 | 3 | Al Pacino |
| 1975 | 4 | Charles Bronson |
| 1975 | 5 | Paul Newman |
| 1975 | 6 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1975 | 7 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1975 | 8 | Woody Allen |
| 1975 | 9 | Steve McQueen |
| 1975 | 10 | Gene Hackman |
| 1974 | 1 | Robert Redford |
| 1974 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1974 | 3 | Paul Newman |
| 1974 | 4 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1974 | 5 | Steve McQueen |
| 1974 | 6 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1974 | 7 | Charles Bronson |
| 1974 | 8 | Jack Nicholson |
| 1974 | 9 | Al Pacino |
| 1974 | 10 | John Wayne |
| 1973 | 1 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1973 | 2 | Ryan O'Neal |
| 1973 | 3 | Steve McQueen |
| 1973 | 4 | Burt Reynolds |
| 1973 | 5 | Robert Redford |
| 1973 | 6 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1973 | 7 | Paul Newman |
| 1973 | 8 | Charles Bronson |
| 1973 | 9 | John Wayne |
| 1973 | 10 | Marlon Brando |
| 1972 | 1 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1972 | 2 | George C. Scott |
| 1972 | 3 | Gene Hackman |
| 1972 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1972 | 5 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1972 | 6 | Marlon Brando |
| 1972 | 7 | Paul Newman |
| 1972 | 8 | Steve McQueen |
| 1972 | 9 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1972 | 10 | Goldie Hawn |
| 1971 | 1 | John Wayne |
| 1971 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1971 | 3 | Paul Newman |
| 1971 | 4 | Steve McQueen |
| 1971 | 5 | George C. Scott |
| 1971 | 6 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1971 | 7 | Walter Matthau |
| 1971 | 8 | Ali MacGraw |
| 1971 | 9 | Sean Connery |
| 1971 | 10 | Lee Marvin |
| 1970 | 1 | Paul Newman |
| 1970 | 2 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1970 | 3 | Steve McQueen |
| 1970 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1970 | 5 | Elliott Gould |
| 1970 | 6 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1970 | 7 | Lee Marvin |
| 1970 | 8 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1970 | 9 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1970 | 10 | Walter Matthau |
| 1969 | 1 | Paul Newman |
| 1969 | 2 | John Wayne |
| 1969 | 3 | Steve McQueen |
| 1969 | 4 | Dustin Hoffman |
| 1969 | 5 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1969 | 6 | Sidney Poitier |
| 1969 | 7 | Lee Marvin |
| 1969 | 8 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1969 | 9 | Katharine Hepburn |
| 1969 | 10 | Barbra Streisand |
| 1968 | 1 | Sidney Poitier |
| 1968 | 2 | Paul Newman |
| 1968 | 3 | Julie Andrews |
| 1968 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1968 | 5 | Clint Eastwood |
| 1968 | 6 | Dean Martin |
| 1968 | 7 | Steve McQueen |
| 1968 | 8 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1968 | 9 | Lee Marvin |
| 1968 | 10 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1967 | 1 | Julie Andrews |
| 1967 | 2 | Lee Marvin |
| 1967 | 3 | Paul Newman |
| 1967 | 4 | Dean Martin |
| 1967 | 5 | Sean Connery |
| 1967 | 6 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1967 | 7 | Sidney Poitier |
| 1967 | 8 | John Wayne |
| 1967 | 9 | Richard Burton |
| 1967 | 10 | Steve McQueen |
| 1966 | 1 | Julie Andrews |
| 1966 | 2 | Sean Connery |
| 1966 | 3 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1966 | 4 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1966 | 5 | Richard Burton |
| 1966 | 6 | Cary Grant |
| 1966 | 7 | John Wayne |
| 1966 | 8 | Doris Day |
| 1966 | 9 | Paul Newman |
| 1966 | 10 | Elvis Presley |
| 1965 | 1 | Sean Connery |
| 1965 | 2 | John Wayne |
| 1965 | 3 | Doris Day |
| 1965 | 4 | Julie Andrews |
| 1965 | 5 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1965 | 6 | Elvis Presley |
| 1965 | 7 | Cary Grant |
| 1965 | 8 | James Stewart |
| 1965 | 9 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1965 | 10 | Richard Burton |
| 1964 | 1 | Doris Day |
| 1964 | 2 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1964 | 3 | Rock Hudson |
| 1964 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1964 | 5 | Cary Grant |
| 1964 | 6 | Elvis Presley |
| 1964 | 7 | Shirley MacLaine |
| 1964 | 8 | Ann-Margret |
| 1964 | 9 | Paul Newman |
| 1964 | 10 | Richard Burton |
| 1963 | 1 | Doris Day |
| 1963 | 2 | John Wayne |
| 1963 | 3 | Rock Hudson |
| 1963 | 4 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1963 | 5 | Cary Grant |
| 1963 | 6 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1963 | 7 | Elvis Presley |
| 1963 | 8 | Sandra Dee |
| 1963 | 9 | Paul Newman |
| 1963 | 10 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1962 | 1 | Doris Day |
| 1962 | 2 | Rock Hudson |
| 1962 | 3 | Cary Grant |
| 1962 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1962 | 5 | Elvis Presley |
| 1962 | 6 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1962 | 7 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1962 | 8 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1962 | 9 | Sandra Dee |
| 1962 | 10 | Burt Lancaster |
| 1961 | 1 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1961 | 2 | Rock Hudson |
| 1961 | 3 | Doris Day |
| 1961 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1961 | 5 | Cary Grant |
| 1961 | 6 | Sandra Dee |
| 1961 | 7 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1961 | 8 | William Holden |
| 1961 | 9 | Tony Curtis |
| 1961 | 10 | Elvis Presley |
| 1960 | 1 | Doris Day |
| 1960 | 2 | Rock Hudson |
| 1960 | 3 | Cary Grant |
| 1960 | 4 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1960 | 5 | Debbie Reynolds |
| 1960 | 6 | Tony Curtis |
| 1960 | 7 | Sandra Dee |
| 1960 | 8 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1960 | 9 | Jack Lemmon |
| 1960 | 10 | John Wayne |
| 1959 | 1 | Rock Hudson |
| 1959 | 2 | Cary Grant |
| 1959 | 3 | James Stewart |
| 1959 | 4 | Doris Day |
| 1959 | 5 | Debbie Reynolds |
| 1959 | 6 | Glenn Ford |
| 1959 | 7 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1959 | 8 | John Wayne |
| 1959 | 9 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1959 | 10 | Susan Hayward |
| 1958 | 1 | Glenn Ford |
| 1958 | 2 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1958 | 3 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1958 | 4 | Marlon Brando |
| 1958 | 5 | Rock Hudson |
| 1958 | 6 | William Holden |
| 1958 | 7 | Brigitte Bardot |
| 1958 | 8 | Yul Brynner |
| 1958 | 9 | James Stewart |
| 1958 | 10 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1957 | 1 | Rock Hudson |
| 1957 | 2 | John Wayne |
| 1957 | 3 | Pat Boone |
| 1957 | 4 | Elvis Presley |
| 1957 | 5 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1957 | 6 | Gary Cooper |
| 1957 | 7 | William Holden |
| 1957 | 8 | James Stewart |
| 1957 | 9 | Jerry Lewis |
| 1957 | 10 | Yul Brynner |
| 1956 | 1 | William Holden |
| 1956 | 2 | John Wayne |
| 1956 | 3 | James Stewart |
| 1956 | 4 | Burt Lancaster |
| 1956 | 5 | Glenn Ford |
| 1956 | 6 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1956 | 7 | Gary Cooper |
| 1956 | 8 | Marilyn Monroe |
| 1956 | 9 | Kim Novak |
| 1956 | 10 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1955 | 1 | James Stewart |
| 1955 | 2 | Grace Kelly |
| 1955 | 3 | John Wayne |
| 1955 | 4 | William Holden |
| 1955 | 5 | Gary Cooper |
| 1955 | 6 | Marlon Brando |
| 1955 | 7 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1955 | 8 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1955 | 9 | June Allyson |
| 1955 | 10 | Clark Gable |
| 1954 | 1 | John Wayne |
| 1954 | 2 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1954 | 3 | Gary Cooper |
| 1954 | 4 | James Stewart |
| 1954 | 5 | Marilyn Monroe |
| 1954 | 6 | Alan Ladd |
| 1954 | 7 | William Holden |
| 1954 | 8 | Bing Crosby |
| 1954 | 9 | Jane Wyman |
| 1954 | 10 | Marlon Brando |
| 1953 | 1 | Gary Cooper |
| 1953 | 2 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1953 | 3 | John Wayne |
| 1953 | 4 | Alan Ladd |
| 1953 | 5 | Bing Crosby |
| 1953 | 6 | Marilyn Monroe |
| 1953 | 7 | James Stewart |
| 1953 | 8 | Bob Hope |
| 1953 | 9 | Susan Hayward |
| 1953 | 10 | Randolph Scott |
| 1952 | 1 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1952 | 2 | Gary Cooper |
| 1952 | 3 | John Wayne |
| 1952 | 4 | Bing Crosby |
| 1952 | 5 | Bob Hope |
| 1952 | 6 | James Stewart |
| 1952 | 7 | Doris Day |
| 1952 | 8 | Gregory Peck |
| 1952 | 9 | Susan Hayward |
| 1952 | 10 | Randolph Scott |
| 1951 | 1 | John Wayne |
| 1951 | 2 | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
| 1951 | 3 | Betty Grable |
| 1951 | 4 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1951 | 5 | Bing Crosby |
| 1951 | 6 | Bob Hope |
| 1951 | 7 | Randolph Scott |
| 1951 | 8 | Gary Cooper |
| 1951 | 9 | Doris Day |
| 1951 | 10 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1950 | 1 | John Wayne |
| 1950 | 2 | Bob Hope |
| 1950 | 3 | Bing Crosby |
| 1950 | 4 | Betty Grable |
| 1950 | 5 | James Stewart |
| 1950 | 6 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1950 | 7 | Clifton Webb |
| 1950 | 8 | Esther Williams |
| 1950 | 9 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1950 | 10 | Randolph Scott |
| 1949 | 1 | Bob Hope |
| 1949 | 2 | Bing Crosby |
| 1949 | 3 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1949 | 4 | John Wayne |
| 1949 | 5 | Gary Cooper |
| 1949 | 6 | Cary Grant |
| 1949 | 7 | Betty Grable |
| 1949 | 8 | Esther Williams |
| 1949 | 9 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1949 | 10 | Clark Gable |
| 1948 | 1 | Bing Crosby |
| 1948 | 2 | Betty Grable |
| 1948 | 3 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1948 | 4 | Gary Cooper |
| 1948 | 5 | Bob Hope |
| 1948 | 6 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1948 | 7 | Clark Gable |
| 1948 | 8 | Cary Grant |
| 1948 | 9 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1948 | 10 | Ingrid Bergman |
| 1947 | 1 | Bing Crosby |
| 1947 | 2 | Betty Grable |
| 1947 | 3 | Ingrid Bergman |
| 1947 | 4 | Gary Cooper |
| 1947 | 5 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1947 | 6 | Bob Hope |
| 1947 | 7 | Clark Gable |
| 1947 | 8 | Gregory Peck |
| 1947 | 9 | Claudette Colbert |
| 1947 | 10 | Alan Ladd |
| 1946 | 1 | Bing Crosby |
| 1946 | 2 | Ingrid Bergman |
| 1946 | 3 | Van Johnson |
| 1946 | 4 | Gary Cooper |
| 1946 | 5 | Bob Hope |
| 1946 | 6 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1946 | 7 | Greer Garson |
| 1946 | 8 | Margaret O'Brien |
| 1946 | 9 | Betty Grable |
| 1946 | 10 | Roy Rogers |
| 1945 | 1 | Bing Crosby |
| 1945 | 2 | Van Johnson |
| 1945 | 3 | Greer Garson |
| 1945 | 4 | Betty Grable |
| 1945 | 5 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1945 | 6 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1945 | 6 | Gary Cooper |
| 1945 | 8 | Bob Hope |
| 1945 | 9 | Judy Garland |
| 1945 | 10 | Margaret O'Brien |
| 1944 | 1 | Bing Crosby |
| 1944 | 2 | Gary Cooper |
| 1944 | 3 | Bob Hope |
| 1944 | 4 | Betty Grable |
| 1944 | 5 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1944 | 6 | Greer Garson |
| 1944 | 7 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1944 | 8 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1944 | 9 | Cary Grant |
| 1944 | 10 | Bette Davis |
| 1943 | 1 | Betty Grable |
| 1943 | 2 | Bob Hope |
| 1943 | 3 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1943 | 4 | Bing Crosby |
| 1943 | 5 | Gary Cooper |
| 1943 | 6 | Greer Garson |
| 1943 | 7 | Humphrey Bogart |
| 1943 | 8 | James Cagney |
| 1943 | 9 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1943 | 10 | Clark Gable |
| 1942 | 1 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1942 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1942 | 3 | Gary Cooper |
| 1942 | 4 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1942 | 5 | Bob Hope |
| 1942 | 6 | James Cagney |
| 1942 | 7 | Gene Autry |
| 1942 | 8 | Betty Grable |
| 1942 | 9 | Greer Garson |
| 1942 | 10 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1941 | 1 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1941 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1941 | 3 | Abbott & Costello |
| 1941 | 4 | Bob Hope |
| 1941 | 5 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1941 | 6 | Gene Autry |
| 1941 | 7 | Gary Cooper |
| 1941 | 8 | Bette Davis |
| 1941 | 9 | James Cagney |
| 1941 | 10 | Judy Garland |
| 1940 | 1 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1940 | 2 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1940 | 3 | Clark Gable |
| 1940 | 4 | Gene Autry |
| 1940 | 5 | Tyrone Power |
| 1940 | 6 | James Cagney |
| 1940 | 7 | Bing Crosby |
| 1940 | 8 | Wallace Beery |
| 1940 | 9 | Bette Davis |
| 1940 | 10 | Judy Garland |
| 1939 | 1 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1939 | 2 | Tyrone Power |
| 1939 | 3 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1939 | 4 | Clark Gable |
| 1939 | 5 | Shirley Temple |
| 1939 | 6 | Bette Davis |
| 1939 | 7 | Alice Faye |
| 1939 | 8 | Errol Flynn |
| 1939 | 9 | James Cagney |
| 1939 | 10 | Sonja Henie |
| 1938 | 1 | Shirley Temple |
| 1938 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1938 | 3 | Sonja Henie |
| 1938 | 4 | Mickey Rooney |
| 1938 | 5 | Spencer Tracy |
| 1938 | 6 | Robert Taylor |
| 1938 | 7 | Myrna Loy |
| 1938 | 8 | Jane Withers |
| 1938 | 9 | Alice Faye |
| 1938 | 10 | Tyrone Power |
| 1937 | 1 | Shirley Temple |
| 1937 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1937 | 3 | Robert Taylor |
| 1937 | 4 | Bing Crosby |
| 1937 | 5 | William Powell |
| 1937 | 6 | Jane Withers |
| 1937 | 7 | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 1937 | 8 | Sonja Henie |
| 1937 | 9 | Gary Cooper |
| 1937 | 10 | Myrna Loy |
| 1936 | 1 | Shirley Temple |
| 1936 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1936 | 3 | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 1936 | 4 | Robert Taylor |
| 1936 | 5 | Joe E. Brown |
| 1936 | 6 | Dick Powell |
| 1936 | 7 | Joan Crawford |
| 1936 | 8 | Claudette Colbert |
| 1936 | 9 | Jeanette MacDonald |
| 1936 | 10 | Gary Cooper |
| 1935 | 1 | Shirley Temple |
| 1935 | 2 | Will Rogers |
| 1935 | 3 | Clark Gable |
| 1935 | 4 | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 1935 | 5 | Joan Crawford |
| 1935 | 6 | Claudette Colbert |
| 1935 | 7 | Dick Powell |
| 1935 | 8 | Wallace Beery |
| 1935 | 9 | Joe E. Brown |
| 1935 | 10 | James Cagney |
| 1934 | 1 | Will Rogers |
| 1934 | 2 | Clark Gable |
| 1934 | 3 | Janet Gaynor |
| 1934 | 4 | Wallace Beery |
| 1934 | 5 | Mae West |
| 1934 | 6 | Joan Crawford |
| 1934 | 7 | Bing Crosby |
| 1934 | 8 | Shirley Temple |
| 1934 | 9 | Marie Dressler |
| 1934 | 10 | Norma Shearer |
| 1933 | 1 | Marie Dressler |
| 1933 | 2 | Will Rogers |
| 1933 | 3 | Janet Gaynor |
| 1933 | 4 | Eddie Cantor |
| 1933 | 5 | Wallace Beery |
| 1933 | 6 | Jean Harlow |
| 1933 | 7 | Clark Gable |
| 1933 | 8 | Mae West |
| 1933 | 9 | Norma Shearer |
| 1933 | 10 | Joan Crawford |
| 1932 | 1 | Marie Dressler |
| 1932 | 2 | Janet Gaynor |
| 1932 | 3 | Joan Crawford |
| 1932 | 4 | Charles Farrell |
| 1932 | 5 | Greta Garbo |
| 1932 | 6 | Norma Shearer |
| 1932 | 7 | Wallace Beery |
| 1932 | 8 | Clark Gable |
| 1932 | 9 | Will Rogers |
| 1932 | 10 | Joe E. Brown |
Select Top 25 Lists
In addition to the top ten stars for that year, the Quigley Poll would commonly list the next 15 stars as well. A sample of these are below:
1932 Poll
1) Marie Dressler 2) Janet Gaynor 3) Joan Crawford 4) Charles Farrell 5) Greta Garbo 6) Norma Shearer 7) Wallace Beery 8) Clark Gable 9) Will Rogers 10) Joe E. Brown 11) Marx Brothers & Wheeler & Woolsey (tied) 12) Eddie Cantor 13) Maurice Chevalier 14) Constance Bennett 15) George Arliss 16) James Dunn 17) Sally Eilers 18) Marlene Dietrich 19) Lionel Barrymore 20) Jackie Cooper 21) Barbara Stanwyck 22) Edward G. Robinson 23) George O'Brien 24) Warner Baxter 25) Richard Dix [1][2]
1933 Poll
1) Marie Dressler
2) Will Rogers
3) Janet Gaynor
4) Eddie Cantor
5) Wallace Beery
6) Jean Harlow
7) Clark Gable
8) Mae West
9) Norma Shearer
10) Joan Crawford
11) Joe E. Brown
12) Lionel Barrymore
13) Marx Brothers
14) Bing Crosby
15) Wheeler & Woolsey
16) Edward G. Robinson
17) Slim Summerville
18) ZaSu Pitts
19) Maurice Chavalier
20) Fredric March & Robert Montgomery (tied)
Other listings:
21) Helen Hayes
22) Warner Baxter
23) George Arliss
24) James Cagney
25) Lee Tracy
29) Ann Harding
30) Marlene Dietrich
31) Greta Garbo
33) John Barrymore
47) Walter Huston
58) Ruth Chatterton
68) Leslie Howard
87) Kate Smith[3][4]
1934 Poll
1) Will Rogers
2) Clark Gable
3) Janet Gaynor
4) Wallace Beery
5) Mae West
6) Joan Crawford
7) Bing Crosby
8) Shirley Temple
9) Marie Dressler
10) Norma Shearer
11) Katharine Hepburn
12) Joe E. Brown
13) Claudette Colbert
14) Jean Harlow
15) Eddie Cantor
16) Dick Powell
17) George Arliss
18) Warner Baxter
19) Wheeler & Woolsey
20) James Cagney
21) Lionel Barrymore
22) Marion Davies
23) Buck Jones
24) Fredric March
25) Kay Francis
Random ratings:
29) Greta Garbo
57) Marlene Dietrich
60) Charles Farrell
64) Constance Bennett
96) Maurice Chevalier[5][6]
1935 Poll
1) Shirley Temple 2) Will Rogers 3) Clark Gable 4) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (as a team) 5) Joan Crawford 6) Claudette Colbert 7) Dick Powell 8) Wallace Beery 9) Joe E. Brown 10) James Cagney 11) Mae West 12) Bing Crosby 13) Fred Astaire 14) Ginger Rogers 15) William Powell 16) Janet Gaynor 17) Jean Harlow 18) Norma Shearer 19) W. C. Fields 20) Ruby Keeler 21) Warner Baxter 22) Grace Moore 23) Katharine Hepburn 24) Buck Jones 25) Fredric March[7]
1936 Poll
1) Shirley Temple 2) Clark Gable 3) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (as a team) 4) Robert Taylor 5) Joe E. Brown 6) Dick Powell 7) Joan Crawford 8) Claudette Colbert 9) Jeanette MacDonald 10) Gary Cooper 11) Jane Withers 12) James Cagney 13) William Powell 14) Jean Harlow 15) Wallace Beery 16) Fred MacMurray 17) Irene Dunne 18) Myrna Loy 19) Ginger Rogers 20) Fred Astaire 21) Warner Baxter 22) Bing Crosby 23) Dionne Quintuplets 24) Janet Gaynor 25) Nelson Eddy[8]
1937 Poll
1) Shirley Temple 2) Clark Gable 3) Robert Taylor 4) Bing Crosby 5) William Powell 6) Jane Withers 7) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (as a team) 8) Sonja Henie 9) Gary Cooper 10) Myrna Loy 11) Bob Burns 12) Martha Raye 13) Jeanette MacDonald 14) Dick Powell 15) Wallace Beery 16) Joan Crawford 17) Joe E. Brown 18) Spencer Tracy 19) Claudette Colbert 19) Eleanor Powell 21) Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (as a team) 22) Jack Benny 23) Nelson Eddy 24) William Powell and Myrna Loy (as a team) 25) Bob Burns and Martha Raye (as a team) [9][10]
1938 Poll
1) Shirley Temple 2) Clark Gable 3) Sonja Henie 4) Mickey Rooney 5) Spencer Tracy 6) Robert Taylor 7) Myrna Loy 8) Jane Withers 9) Alice Faye 10) Tyrone Power 11) Gary Cooper 12) Wallace Beery 13) Bing Crosby 14) Jeanette MacDonald 15) Deanna Durbin 16) Don Ameche 17) Dorothy Lamour 18) Ginger Rogers 19) Nelson Eddy 20) Bob Burns 21) Errol Flynn 22) Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (as a team) 23) Irene Dunne 24) Paul Muni 25) William Powell[11]
1939 Poll
1) Mickey Rooney 2) Tyrone Power 3) Spencer Tracy 4) Clark Gable 5) Shirley Temple 6) Bette Davis 7) Alice Faye 8) Errol Flynn 9) James Cagney 10) Sonja Henie 11) Bing Crosby 12) Deanna Durbin 13) Jane Withers 14) Robert Taylor 15) Wallace Beery 16) Myrna Loy 17) Bob Burns 18) Gary Cooper 19) Jeanette MacDonald 20) Don Ameche 21) Ginger Rogers 22) Henry Fonda 23) Paul Muni 24) Irene Dunne 25) Cary Grant[12][13]
1940 Poll
1) Mickey Rooney 2) Spencer Tracy 3) Clark Gable 4) Gene Autry 5) Tyrone Power 6) James Cagney 7) Bing Crosby 8) Wallace Beery 9) Bette Davis 10) Judy Garland 11) James Stewart 12) Deanna Durbin 13) Alice Faye 14) Errol Flynn 15) Myrna Loy 16) Dorothy Lamour 17) Cary Grant 18) Bob Hope 19) Henry Fonda 20) Gary Cooper 21) Don Ameche 22) Jack Benny 23) Ginger Rogers 24) Ann Sheridan 25) William Powell[14][15]
1941 Poll
1) Mickey Rooney 2) Clark Gable 3) Abbott and Costello 4) Bob Hope 5) Spencer Tracy 6) Gene Autry 7) Gary Cooper 8) Bette Davis 9) James Cagney 10) Judy Garland 11) Tyrone Power 12) Alice Faye 13) James Stewart 14) Errol Flynn 15) Dorothy Lamour 16) Betty Grable 17) Bing Crosby 18) Ginger Rogers 19) Wallace Beery 20) Jack Benny 21) Robert Taylor 22) Don Ameche 23) Cary Grant 24) Deanna Durbin 25) William Powell[16][17]
1942 Poll
1) Abbott and Costello 2) Clark Gable 3) Gary Cooper 4) Mickey Rooney 5) Bob Hope 6) James Cagney 7) Gene Autry 8) Betty Grable 9) Greer Garson 10) Spencer Tracy 11) Dorothy Lamour 12) Bing Crosby 13) Tyrone Power 14) Walter Pidgeon 15) Bette Davis 16) Ann Sheridan 17) Errol Flynn 18) Wallace Beery 19) Judy Garland 20) Red Skelton 21) John Payne 22) Rita Hayworth 23) Lana Turner 24) Cary Grant 25) Humphrey Bogart[18][19][20]
1943 Poll
1) Betty Grable 2) Bob Hope 3) Abbott and Costello 4) Bing Crosby 5) Gary Cooper 6) Greer Garson 7) Humphrey Bogart 8) James Cagney 9) Mickey Rooney 10) Clark Gable 11) Judy Garland 12) Alice Faye 13) Bette Davis 14) Tyrone Power 15) Alan Ladd 16) Cary Grant 17) Errol Flynn 18) Wallace Beery 19) Spencer Tracy 20) Dorothy Lamour 21) Jean Arthur 22) Walter Pidgeon 23) Claudette Colbert 24) Red Skelton 25) Lana Turner[21][22]
1944 Poll
1) Bing Crosby 2) Gary Cooper 3) Bob Hope 4) Betty Grable 5) Spencer Tracy 6) Greer Garson 7) Humphrey Bogart 8) Abbott and Costello 9) Cary Grant 10) Bette Davis 11) Wallace Beery 12) Dorothy Lamour 13) Walter Pidgeon 14) Judy Garland 15) Alice Faye & Red Skelton 16) Ginger Rogers 17) Mickey Rooney 18) Claudette Colbert 19) Irene Dunne 20) Margaret O'Brien & James Cagney 21) Barry Fitzgerald 22) Roy Rogers 23) Betty Hutton 24) Fred MacMurray & Ingrid Bergman 25) Deanna Durbin[23]
1945 Poll
1) Bing Crosby 2) Van Johnson 3) Greer Garson 4) Betty Grable 5) Spencer Tracy 6) Humphrey Bogart & Gary Cooper 7) Bob Hope 8) Judy Garland 9) Margaret O'Brien 10) Roy Rogers 11) Abbott and Costello 12) Betty Hutton 13) Ingrid Bergman 14) Bette Davis 15) Alan Ladd 16) Dane Clark 17) Joseph Cotten 18) Claudette Colbert 19) Walter Pidgeon 20) Fred MacMurray 21) Danny Kaye 22) Gregory Peck 23) Ginger Rogers 24) John Wayne 25) Mickey Rooney[24][25]
1946 Poll
1) Bing Crosby 2) Ingrid Bergman 3) Van Johnson 4) Gary Cooper 5) Bob Hope 6) Humphrey Bogart 7) Greer Garson 8) Margaret O'Brien 9) Betty Grable 10) Roy Rogers 11) Wallace Beery 12) Ray Milland 13) Clark Gable 14) Alan Ladd 15) Bette Davis 16) Rita Hayworth 17) Cary Grant 18) Cornel Wilde 19) Claudette Colbert & Gene Tierney (tied) 20) Abbott and Costello 21) Spencer Tracy 22) Olivia de Havilland 23) Gregory Peck 24) Errol Flynn 25) Judy Garland[26][27]
1947 Poll
1) Bing Crosby 2) Betty Grable 3) Ingrid Bergman 4) Gary Cooper 5) Humphrey Bogart 6) Bob Hope 7) Clark Gable 8) Gregory Peck 9) Claudette Colbert 10) Alan Ladd 11) Cary Grant 12) Roy Rogers 13) Van Johnson 14) Spencer Tracy 15) Larry Parks 16) Abbott and Costello 17) Fred MacMurray 18) Rita Hayworth 19) Margaret O'Brien 20) Tyrone Power 21) Joan Crawford 22) Barbara Stanwyck 23) Dana Andrews 24) Esther Williams 25) Cornel Wilde[28][29]
1948 Poll
1) Bing Crosby 2) Betty Grable 3) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello 4) Gary Cooper 5) Bob Hope 6) Humphrey Bogart 7) Clark Gable 8) Cary Grant 9) Spencer Tracy 10) Ingrid Bergman 11) Esther Williams 12) Gregory Peck 13) Lana Turner 14) Alan Ladd 15) Red Skelton 16) John Wayne 17) Roy Rogers 18) Randolph Scott 19) Rita Hayworth 20) Van Johnson 21) Dennis Morgan 22) Loretta Young 23) Claudette Colbert 24) Irene Dunne 25) James Stewart[30][31]
1949 Poll
1) Bob Hope 2) Bing Crosby 3) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello 4) John Wayne 5) Gary Cooper 6) Cary Grant 7) Betty Grable 8) Esther Williams 9) Humphrey Bogart 10) Clark Gable 11) James Stewart 12) Randolph Scott 13) Red Skelton 14) Clifton Webb 15) Loretta Young 16) June Allyson 17) Alan Ladd 18) Roy Rogers 19) Dan Dailey 20) Olivia de Havilland 21) Robert Mitchum 22) Claudette Colbert 23) Gregory Peck 24) Spencer Tracy 25) Jane Wyman.[32]
1950 Poll
1) John Wayne 2) Bob Hope 3) Bing Crosby 4) Betty Grable 5) James Stewart 6) Abbott & Costello 7) Clifton Webb 8) Esther Williams 9) Spencer Tracy 10) Randolph Scott 11) Gary Cooper 12) Gregory Peck 13) Clark Gable 14) June Allyson 15) Betty Hutton 16) Burt Lancaster 17) Red Skelton 18) Van Johnson 19) Roy Rogers 20) Cary Grant 21) Dan Dailey 22) Barbara Stanwyck 23) Joel McCrea 24) Doris Day 25) Judy Garland
1951 Poll
1) John Wayne 2) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis 3) Betty Grable 4) Abbott & Costello 5) Bing Crosby 6) Bob Hope 7) Randolph Scott 8) Gary Cooper 9) Doris Day 10) Spencer Tracy 11) Gregory Peck 12) Esther Williams 13) Mario Lanza 14) Red Skelton 15) Marjorie Main 16) James Stewart 17) Alan Ladd 18) Clark Gable 19) Susan Hayward 20) Jane Powell 21) Clifton Webb 22) Cary Grant 23) Jeanne Crain 24) Van Johnson 25) Burt Lancaster
1952 Poll
1) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 2) Gary Cooper 3) John Wayne 4) Bing Crosby 5) Bob Hope 6) James Stewart 7) Doris Day 8) Gregory Peck 9) Susan Hayward 10) Randolph Scott 11) Abbott and Costello 12) Esther Williams 13) Cary Grant 14) Betty Hutton 15) Jane Wyman 16) Alan Ladd 17) Clark Gable 18) Humphrey Bogart 19) Stewart Granger 20) Betty Grable 21) Red Skelton 22) Jeff Chandler 23) Mario Lanza 24) Burt Lancaster 25) Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride[33]
1953 Poll
1) Gary Cooper 2) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis 3) John Wayne 4) Alan Ladd 5) Bing Crosby 6) Marilyn Monroe 7) James Stewart 8) Bob Hope 9) Susan Hayward 10) Randolph Scott 11) Doris Day 12) Esther Williams 13) Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride 14) Gregory Peck 15) Ava Gardner 16) Clark Gable 17) Burt Lancaster 18) Jeff Chandler 19) Jane Wyman 20) Abbott & Costello 21) Stewart Granger 22) Jane Russell 23) Charlton Heston 24) Humphrey Bogart 25) Rita Hayworth
1954 Poll
1) John Wayne 2) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis 3) Gary Cooper 4) James Stewart 5) Marilyn Monroe 6) Alan Ladd 7) William Holden 8) Bing Crosby 9) Jane Wyman 10) Marlon Brando 11) June Allyson 12) Humphrey Bogart 13) Burt Lancaster 14) Susan Hayward 15) Percy Kilbride & Marjorie Main 16) Jeff Chandler 17) Rock Hudson 18) Doris Day 19) Clark Gable 20) Ava Gardner 21) Gregory Peck 22) Randolph Scott 23) Tony Curtis 24) Audrey Hepburn 25) Esther Williams
1955 Poll
1) James Stewart 2) Grace Kelly 3) John Wayne 4) William Holden 5) Gary Cooper 6) Marlon Brando 7) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis 8) Humphrey Bogart 9) June Allyson 10) Clark Gable 11) Marilyn Monroe 12) Glenn Ford 13) Bing Crosby 14) Doris Day 15) Audie Murphy 16) Burt Lancaster 17) Alan Ladd 18) Jane Wyman 19) Susan Hayward 20) Jeff Chandler 21) Jane Russell 22) Randolph Scott 23) Robert Mitchum 24) Rock Hudson 25) Percy Kilbride & Marjorie Main
1956 Poll
1) William Holden 2) John Wayne 3) James Stewart 4) Burt Lancaster 5) Glenn Ford 6) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis 7) Gary Cooper 8) Marilyn Monroe 9) Kim Novak 10) Frank Sinatra 11) Rock Hudson 12) Doris Day 13) Susan Hayward 14) Marlon Brando 15) June Allyson 16) Grace Kelly 17) Audie Murphy 18) Jeff Chandler 19) Gregory Peck 20) Bing Crosby 21) Yul Brynner 22) Ernest Borgnine 23) Jane Wyman 24) Randolph Scott 25) Alan Ladd
1957 Poll
1) Rock Hudson 2) John Wayne 3) Pat Boone 4) Elvis Presley 5) Frank Sinatra 6) Gary Cooper 7) William Holden 8) James Stewart 9) Jerry Lewis 10) Yul Brynner 11) Kim Novak 12) Deborah Kerr 13) Debbie Reynolds 14) Marlon Brando 15) Burt Lancaster 16) Glenn Ford 17) Doris Day 18) Cary Grant 19) Clark Gable 20) Elizabeth Taylor 21) Audie Murphy 22) Jeff Chandler 23) June Allyson 24) Ingrid Bergman 25) Kirk Douglas
1958 Poll
1) Glenn Ford 2) Elizabeth Taylor 3) Jerry Lewis 4) Marlon Brando 5) Rock Hudson 6) William Holden 7) Brigitte Bardot 8) Yul Brynner 9) James Stewart 10) Frank Sinatra 11) Pat Boone 12) Cary Grant 13) Elvis Presley 14) John Wayne 15) Doris Day 16) Kim Novak 17) Ingrid Bergman 18) Gary Cooper 19) Kirk Douglas 20) Burt Lancaster 21) Joanne Woodward 22) Gregory Peck 23) Paul Newman 24) Debbie Reynolds 25) Deborah Kerr
1959 Poll
1) Rock Hudson 2) Cary Grant 3) James Stewart 4) Doris Day 5) Debbie Reynolds 6) Glenn Ford 7) Frank Sinatra 8) John Wayne 9) Jerry Lewis 10) Susan Hayward 11) Elizabeth Taylor 12) William Holden 13) Gary Cooper 14) Paul Newman 15) Dean Martin 16) Sandra Dee 17) Brigitte Bardot 18) Tony Curtis 19) Shirley MacLaine 20) Marilyn Monroe 21) Marlon Brando 22) Pat Boone 23) Ingrid Bergman 24) Yul Brynner 25) Kirk Douglas
1960 Poll
1) Doris Day 2) Rock Hudson 3) Cary Grant 4) Elizabeth Taylor 5) Debbie Reynolds 6) Tony Curtis 7) Sandra Dee 8) Frank Sinatra 9) Jack Lemmon 10) John Wayne 11) Jerry Lewis 12) Glenn Ford 13) Paul Newman 14) William Holden 15) Kirk Douglas 16) Charlton Heston 17) Shirley MacLaine 18) James Stewart 19) Burt Lancaster 20) Joanne Woodward 21) Elvis Presley 22) Pat Boone 23) Yul Brynner 24) Robert Mitchum 25) Gary Cooper
1961 Poll
1) Elizabeth Taylor 2) Rock Hudson 3) Doris Day 4) John Wayne 5) Cary Grant 6) Sandra Dee 7) Jerry Lewis 8) William Holden 9) Tony Curtis 10) Elvis Presley 11) Burt Lancaster 12) Frank Sinatra 13) Debbie Reynolds 14) Jack Lemmon 15) Glenn Ford 16) Kirk Douglas 17) Paul Newman 18) Charlton Heston 19) Susan Hayward 20) Gregory Peck 21) Marlon Brando 22) James Stewart 23) Shirley MacLaine 24) Troy Donahue 25) Natalie Wood
1962 Poll
1) Doris Day 2) Rock Hudson 3) Cary Grant 4) John Wayne 5) Elvis Presley 6) Elizabeth Taylor 7) Jerry Lewis 8) Frank Sinatra 9) Sandra Dee 10) Burt Lancaster 11) Paul Newman 12) Charlton Heston 13) James Stewart 14) Jack Lemmon 15) William Holden 16) Debbie Reynolds 17) Kirk Douglas 18) Tony Curtis 19) Natalie Wood 20) Hayley Mills 21) Glenn Ford 22) Kim Novak 23) Shirley MacLaine 24) Audrey Hepburn 25) Gregory Peck
1963 Poll
1) Doris Day 2) John Wayne 3) Rock Hudson 4) Jack Lemmon 5) Cary Grant 6) Elizabeth Taylor 7) Elvis Presley 8) Sandra Dee 9) Paul Newman 10) Jerry Lewis 11) Gregory Peck 12) Shirley MacLaine 13) Frank Sinatra 14) James Stewart 15) Hayley Mills 16) James Garner 17) Debbie Reynolds 18) Burt Lancaster 19) Glenn Ford 20) Troy Donahue 21) Tony Curtis 22) Kirk Douglas 23) Charlton Heston 24) Henry Fonda 25) Richard Burton[34]
1964 Poll
1) Doris Day 2) Jack Lemmon 3) Rock Hudson 4) John Wayne 5) Cary Grant 6) Elvis Presley 7) Shirley MacLaine 8) Ann-Margret 9) Paul Newman 10) Richard Burton
1965 Poll
1) Sean Connery 2) John Wayne 3) Doris Day 4) Julie Andrews 5) Jack Lemmon 6) Elvis Presley 7) Cary Grant 8) James Stewart 9) Elizabeth Taylor 10) Richard Burton 11) Rock Hudson 15) Shirley MacLaine 17) Ann Margaret 21) Paul Newman[35]
1967 Poll
1) Julie Andrews 2) Lee Marvin 3) Paul Newman 4) Dean Martin 5) Sean Connery 6) Elizabeth Taylor 7) Sidney Poitier 8) John Wayne 9) Richard Burton 10) Steve McQueen 11) Jane Fonda 12) James Coburn 13) Jack Lemmon 14) Julie Christie 15) Michael Caine 16) Elvis Presley 17) Cary Grant 18) Sandy Dennis 19) Frank Sinatra 20) Bob Hope 21) Shirley MacLaine 22) Audrey Hepburn 23) Dick Van Dyke 24) Doris Day 25) Jerry Lewis[36]
1969 Poll
1) Paul Newman 2) John Wayne 3) Steve McQueen 4) Dustin Hoffman 5) Clint Eastwood 6) Sidney Poitier 7) Lee Marvin 8) Jack Lemmon 9) Katharine Hepburn 10) Barbra Streisand 11) Dean Martin 17) Elizabeth Taylor 19) Julie Andrews[37]
1973 Poll
1) Clint Eastwood 2) Ryan O'Neal 3) Steve McQueen 4) Burt Reynolds 5) Robert Redford 6) Barbra Streisand 7) Paul Newman 8) Charles Bronson 9) John Wayne 10) Marlon Brando 11) Gene Hackman 12) Liza Minnelli 13) Roger Moore 14) Diana Ross 15) Walter Matthau 16) George C. Scott 17) Ali MacGraw 18) Woody Allen 19) Dyan Cannon 20) Jane Fonda 21) Glenda Jackson 22) Al Pacino 23) James Coburn 24)Goldie Hawn 25) Dustin Hoffman[38]
1976 Poll
1) Robert Redford 2) Jack Nicholson 3) Dustin Hoffman 4) Clint Eastwood 5) Mel Brooks 6) Burt Reynolds 7) Al Pacino 8) Tatum O'Neal 9) Woody Allen 10) Charles Bronson 11) Barbra Streisand 12) Liza Minnelli 13) Faye Dunaway 14)Peter Sellers 15)Gregory Peck 16)Jeff Bridges 17)Gene Wilder 18)Sissy Spacek 19)Eileen Brennan 20)Michael York 21)Edward Asner 22)Robert Logan 23)Robert Carradine 24)Raquel Welch 25)Marlon Brando [39]
1996 Poll
1) Tom Cruise & Mel Gibson (tied)[40] 3) John Travolta 4) Arnold Schwarzeneggar 5) Sandra Bullock 6) Robin Williams 7) Sean Connery 8) Harrison Ford 9) Kevin Costner 10) Michelle Pfeiffer 11) Jim Carrey 12) Michael Douglas and Demi Moore (tied) 14)Brad Pitt 15) Glenn Close and Denzel Washington (tied) 17) Goldie Hawn 18) Eddie Murphy 19) Rene Russo, Meg Ryan and Will Smith (tied) 22) Helen Hunt 23) Pierce Brosnan 24) Bruce Willis 25) Jack Nicholson
1997 Poll
1)Harrison Ford 2)Julia Roberts 3)Leonardo DiCaprio 4)Will Smith 5)Tom Cruise 6)Jack Nicholson 7)Jim Carrey 8) John Travolta 9)Robin Williams 10)Tommy Lee Jones 11)Brad Pitt and NEVE CAMPBELL 13)Pierce Brosnan 14)Jodie Foster 15)Nicolas Cage and Tim Allen 17)Michael Douglas 18)Demi Moore 19)Michelle Pfeiffer 20)Sandra Bullock 21)Cameron Diaz 22)Brendan Fraser 23)Denzel Washington 24)Robert De Niro 25)Meg Ryan
Top Ten Western Stars
For a number of years, there was also a poll for the top ten Western stars in the US.
1936 Poll
1) Buck Jones 2) George O'Brien 3) Gene Autry 4) William Boyd 5) Ken Maynard 6) Dick Foran 7) John Wayne 8) Tim McCoy 9) Hoot Gibson 10) Buster Crabbe[41]
1937 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) William Boyd 3) Buck Jones 4) Dick Foran 5) George O'Brien 6) Tex Ritter 7) Bob Steele 8) The Three Mesquiteers 9) Charles Starrett 10) Ken Maynard[42]
1938 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) William Boyd 3) Buck Jones 4) George O'Brien 5) Three Mesquiteers 6) Charles Starrett 7) Bob Steele 8) Smith Ballew 9) Tex Ritter 10) Dick Foran[43]
1939 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) William Boyd 3) Roy Rogers 4) George O'Brien 5) Charles Starrett 6) Three Mesquiteers 7) Tex Ritter 8) Buck Jones 9) John Wayne 10) Bob Baker[44]
1940 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) William Boyd 3) Roy Rogers 4) George O'Brien 5) Charles Starrett 6) Johnny Mack Brown 7) Tex Ritter 8) Three Mesquiteers 9) Smiley Burnette 10) Bill Elliott[45]
1941 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) William Boyd 3) Roy Rogers 4) Charles Starrett 5) Smiley Burnette 6) Tim Holt 7) Johnny Mack Brown 8) Three Mesquiteers 9) Bill Elliott 10) Tex Ritter[46]
1942 Poll
1) Gene Autry 2) Roy Rogers 3) William Boyd 4) Smiley Burnette 5) Charles Starrett 6) Johnny Mack Brown 7) Bill Elliott 8) Tim Holt 9) Don "Red" Barry 10) Three Mesquiteers[47]
1943 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) William Boyd 3) Smiley Burnette 4) George "Gabby" Hayes 5) Johnny Mack Brown 6) Tim Holt 7) The Three Mesquiteers 8) Red Barry 9) Bill Elliott 10) Russell Hayden[48]
1944 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) William Boyd 3) Smiley Burnette 4) Gabby Hayes 5) Bill Elliott 6) Johnny Mack Brown 7) Red Barry 8) Charles Starrett 9) Russell Hayden 10) Tex Ritter[49]
1945 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) Gabby Hayes 3) William Boyd 4) Bill Elliot 5) Smiley Burnett 6) Johnny Mack Brown 7) Charles Starrett 8) Red Barrett 9) Tex Ritter 10) Rod Cameron[24]
1946 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) Bill Elliot 3) Gene Autry 4) Gabby Hayes 5) Smiley Burnett 6) Charles Starrett 7) Johnny Mack Brown 8) Sunset Carson 9) Fuzzy Knight 10) Eddie Dean[50]
1947 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) Gene Autry 3) William Boyd 4) Bill Elliot 5) Gabby Hayes 6) Charles Starrett 7) Smiley Burnett 8) Johnny Mack Brown 9) Dale Evans 10) Eddie Dean[28]
1948 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) Gene Autry 3) Bill Elliot 4) Gabby Hayes 5) William Boyd 6) Charles Starrett 7) Tim Holt 8) Johnny Mack Brown 9) Andy Devine[51]
1952 Poll
1) Roy Rogers 2) Gene Autry 3) Rex Allen 4) Bill Elliot 5) Tim Holt 6) Gabby Hayes 7) Smiley Burnette 8) Charles Starrett 9) Dale Evans 10) William Boyd[33]
Top Ten Money Makers in Britain
The Motion Picture Herald published a similar list for the UK, listing the most popular stars at the British box office, including the most popular British stars.
1931 Poll
Most popular female stars:
1) Norma Shearer
2) Constance Bennett
3) Marie Dressler
4) Ruth Chatterton
5) Janet Gaynor
6) Greta Garbo
7) Jeanette MacDonald
8) Joan Crawford
9) Ann Harding
10) Marlene Dietrich
Most popular male stars:
1) Ronald Colman
2) Clive Brook
3) George Arliss
4) Robert Montgomery
5) Maurice Chevalier
6) John Boles
7) Ralph Lynn
8) Tom Walls
9) William Powell
10) Wallace Beery[52]
1934 Poll
Most popular male stars:
1) George Arliss
2) Clark Gable
3) Wallace Beery
4) Clive Brook
5) Robert Montgomery
6) Ronald Colman
7) Jack Hulbert
8) Lionel Barrymore
9) Charles Laughton
10) Tom Walls
Top female stars:
1) Norma Shearer
2) Marie Dressler
3) Greta Garbo
4) Kay Francis
5) Marlene Dietrich
6) Katharine Hepburn
7) Gracie Fields
8) Janet Gaynor
9) Joan Crawford
10) Claudette Colbert[53]
1936 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Gracie Fields
2) Jessie Matthews
3) Jack Hulbert
4) George Formby
5) Robert Donat
6) Jack Buchanan
7) Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn (as a team)
8) Will Hay
9) George Arliss
10) Sydney Howard
Most popular international stars:
1) Shirley Temple
2) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
3) Gracie Fields
4) Clark Gable
5) Laurel and Hardy
6) Jessie Matthews
7) James Cagney
8) Wallace Beery
9) Greta Garbo
10) Norma Shearer[54][55]
1937 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Gracie Fields
2) George Formby
3) Jessie Matthews
4) Will Hay
5) Jack Buchanan
6) George Arliss
7) Charles Laughton and Tom Walls (tied)
8) Anna Neagle
9) Jack Hulbert
10) Paul Robeson[56]
Most popular international stars:
1) Shirley Temple
2) Clark Gable
3) Gracie Fields
4) Gary Cooper
5) George Formby
6) William Powell
7) Jeanette MacDonald
8) Robert Taylor
9) Astaire and Rogers
10) Laurel and Hardy[42][57]
1938 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) George Formby
2) Gracie Fields
3) Will Hay
4) Jessie Matthews
5) Sandy Powell
6) Jack Buchanan
7) Charles Laughton
8) Anna Neagle
9) Will Fyffe
10) George Arliss
Most popular international stars:
1) Shirley Temple
2) Jeanette MacDonald
3) Spencer Tracy
4) Clark Gable
5) George Formby
6) Deanna Durbin
7) Robert Taylor
8) Ronald Colman
9) Gary Cooper
10) William Powell[58][59]
1939 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) George Formby
2) Gracie Fields
3) Robert Donat
4) Will Hay
5) Anna Neagle
6) Leslie Howard
7) Charles Laughton
8) Gordon Harker
9) Ralph Richardson
10) Will Fyffe[60]
Most popular international stars:
1) Deanna Durbin
2) Mickey Rooney
3) Shirley Temple
4) Robert Taylor
5) Jeanette MacDonald
6) Spencer Tracy
7) Errol Flynn
8) George Formby
9) Nelson Eddy
10) Gary Cooper[61]
1940 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) George Formby
2) Robert Donat
3) Gracie Fields
4) Arthur Askey
5) Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane
6) Charles Laughton
7) Will Hay
8) Conrad Veidt
9) Gordon Harker
10) Anna Neagle[62][63]
Most popular international stars:
1) Mickey Rooney
2) Deanna Durbin
3) Spencer Tracy
4) Jeanette MacDonald
5) George Formby
6) Nelson Eddy
7) Errol Flynn
8) James Cagney
9) Gary Cooper
10) Bing Crosby
11) Shirley Temple
12) Tyrone Power
13) Clark Gable
14) Robert Donat
15) Bette Davis
16) Wallace Beery
17) Dorothy Lamour
18) Greta Garbo
19) Gracie Fields
20) Alice Faye
21) Myrna Loy
22) Judy Garland
23) Ginger Rogers
24) Laurel and Hardy
25) Victor McLaglen[14]
1941 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) George Formby
2) Arthur Lucan
3) Arthur Askey
4) Robert Donat
5) Will Hay
6) Conrad Veidt & Gordon Harker (tied)
7) Anna Neagle
8) Gracie Fields
9) Charles Laughton
10) Leslie Howard
11) Clive Brook
12) Margaret Lockwood
13) Michael Redgrave
14) Wendy Hiller
15) Rex Harrison
16) Emlyn Williams
17) Laurence Olivier
18) Barry K. Barnes
19) The Crazy Gang
20) Diana Wynyard
21) Will Fyffe
22) Vivien Leigh
23) Frank Randle and Harry Korris
24) Wilfrid Lawson
25) John Clements
Most popular international stars:
1) Mickey Rooney
2) Deanna Durbin
3) Spencer Tracy
4) George Formby
5) Jeanette MacDonald
6) Errol Flynn
7) Nelson Eddy
8) Gary Cooper
9) James Cagney
10) Bing Crosby
11) Judy Garland
12) Bette Davis
13) Robert Taylor
14) Charles Boyer
15) Tyrone Power
16) Alice Faye
17) Arthur Lucan
18) Don Ameche
19) Charles Chaplin
20) Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
21) James Stewart
22) Laurence Olivier
23) Dorothy Lamour
24) Clark Gable
25) Vivien Leigh[64]
1943 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) George Formby
2) Leslie Howard
3) Noël Coward
4) Eric Portman
5) Robert Donat
6) Arthur Lucan
7) Margaret Lockwood
8) Anton Walbrook
9) Arthur Askey
10) John Mills
Most popular international stars:
1) Greer Garson
2) Bing Crosby
3) Abbott and Costello
4) Bob Hope
5) Betty Grable
6) Mickey Rooney
7) Dorothy Lamour
8) Bette Davis
9) Tyrone Power
10) James Cagney[65]
1944 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) James Mason
2) David Niven
3) George Formby
4) Eric Portman
5) Laurence Olivier
6) Margaret Lockwood
7) Robert Donat
8) Phyllis Calvert
9) Anna Neagle
10) Robert Newton
Most popular international stars:
1) Bing Crosby
2) Betty Grable
3) Greer Garson
4) Deanna Durbin
5) Bette Davis
6) Bob Hope
7) Humphrey Bogart
8) Gary Cooper
9) Spencer Tracy
10) Abbott and Costello[66]
1945 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) James Mason
2) Stewart Granger
3) Margaret Lockwood
4) John Mills
5) Phyllis Calvert
6) Rex Harrison
7) Laurence Olivier
8) Anna Neagle
9) George Formby
10) Eric Portman[67]
Most popular international stars:
1) Bing Crosby
2) Bette Davis
3) Greer Garson
4) Humphrey Bogart
5) Bob Hope
6) Betty Grable
7) Spencer Tracy & James Mason
8) Abbott and Costello
9) Stewart Granger
10) Joan Fontaine [68]
1946 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) James Mason
2) Margaret Lockwood
3) Stewart Granger
4) Michael Redgrave
5) Anna Neagle
6) Phyllis Calvert
7) Rex Harrison
8) John Mills
9) Robert Donat
10) Eric Portman
Most popular international stars:
1) James Mason
2) Bing Crosby
3) Margaret Lockwood
4) Greer Garson
5) Bette Davis
6) Stewart Granger
7) Ingrid Bergman
8) Alan Ladd
9) Bob Hope
10) Van Johnson[69]
Another poll by Sidney L. Bernstein of his theatre group listed the following:
[70]
Most popular male actors:
1) James Mason 2) Stewart Granger 3) Ray Milland 4) Bing Crosby 6) John Mills 7) Laurence Olivier 11) Michael Redgrave 14) Rex Harrison 17) David Niven 21) Eric Portman
Most popular female actors:
1) Margaret Lockwood 2) Ingrid Bergman 3) Bette Davis 4) Phyllis Calvert 5) Greer Garson 6) Pat Roc 7) Vivien Leigh 8) Jeanne Crain 11) Anna Neagle 14) Ann Todd 15) Ida Lupino
1947 Poll
Most popular British star: 1) James Mason 2) Anna Neagle 3) Margaret Lockwood 4) John Mills 5) Stewart Granger 6) Patricia Roc 7) Michael Wilding 8) Deborah Kerr 9) Robert Newton 10) Trevor Howard
Most popular international star: 1) Bing Crosby 2) James Mason 3) Anna Neagle 4) Margaret Lockwood 5) Bette Davis 6) John Mills 7) Alan Ladd 8) Humphrey Bogart 9) Ingrid Bergman 10) Bob Hope[28]
1948 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Anna Neagle
2) Margret Lockwood
3) John Mills
4) Michael Wilding
5) Stewart Granger
6) Michael Denison
7) Jack Warner
8) Googie Withers
9) Patricia Roc
10) James Mason and Dennis Price (tied)[71]
Most popular international stars:
1) Bing Crosby
2) Anna Neagle
3) Margaret Lockwood
4) John Mills
5) Michael Wilding
6) Fredric March
7) Bob Hope
8) Danny Kaye
9) Myrna Loy
10) Gregory Peck[72]
1949 Poll
Most popular British star: 1) Anna Neagle 2) Michael Wilding 3) John Mills 4) Jean Simmons 5) Margaret Lockwood 6) Richard Attenborough 7) Stewart Granger 8) Michael Denison 9) David Farrar 10) Jack Warner[73]
1950 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Anna Neagle
2) Jean Simmons
3) Jack Warner
4) John Mills
5) Robert Newton
6) Michael Wilding
7) Richard Todd
8) Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford (tied)
9) Jean Kent
10) Trevor Howard
Most popular international stars:
1) Bob Hope
2) Abbott & Costello
3) Anna Neagle
4) Jean Simmons
5) Jack Warner
6) John Mills
7) James Stewart
8) Alan Ladd
9) Larry Parks
10) Robert Newton
1951 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Alec Guinness
2) Anna Neagle
3) Jean Simmons
4) Michael Wilding
5) Trevor Howard
6) Alastair Sim
7) Robert Newton
8) Jean Kent
9) Michael Redgrave
10) Glynis Johns
Most popular international stars:
1) Bob Hope
2) James Stewart
3) John Wayne
4) Abbott & Costello
5) Alec Guinness
6) Anna Neagle
7) Bette Davis
8) Alan Ladd
9) Betty Hutton
10) Mario Lanza[74]
1952 Poll
Most popular British star:
1) Ronald Shiner
2) Alastair Sim
3) Alec Guinness
4) Anthony Steel & Jack Hawkins (tied)
5) Richard Todd 6) Nigel Patrick 7) Jack Warner 8) Anna Neagle
9) Trevor Howard 10) Glynis Johns
Most popular international star: 1) Bob Hope 2) Gregory Peck 3) Betty Hutton 4) Martin and Lewis 5) John Wayne 6) Mario Lanza 7) James Mason 8) James Stewart 9) Doris Day 10) Humphrey Bogart[75]
1953 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Jack Hawkins
2) Alec Guinness
3) Ronald Shiner
4) Alastair Sim
5) Dirk Bogarde
6) Dinah Sheridan
7) Jack Warner
8) Nigel Patrick
9) Ralph Richardson
10) Anthony Steel
Most popular international stars:
1) Jack Hawkins
2) Bob Hope
3) Alan Ladd
4) Gregory Peck
5) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
6) Bing Crosby
7) John Wayne
8) Stewart Granger
9) Doris Day
10) Danny Kaye
1954 Poll
Most popular international star:
1) Alan Ladd 2) James Stewart 3) Gregory Peck 4) Martin and Lewis 5) Jack Hawkins 6) Danny Kaye 7) Burt Lancaster 8) Doris Day 9) Dirk Bogarde 10) Norman Wisdom[76]
Most popular British star:
1) Jack Hawkins
2) Dirk Bogarde
3) Norman Wisdom
4) Glynis Johns
5) Kenneth More
6) Alec Guinness
7) Anthony Steel
8) Ronald Shiner
9) Richard Todd
10) John Mills
1955 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Dirk Bogarde
2) John Mills
3) Norman Wisdom
4) Alastair Sim
5) Kenneth More
6) Jack Hawkins
7) Richard Todd
8) Michael Redgrave
9) Diana Dors
10) Alec Guinness
Most popular international stars:
1) Dirk Bogarde
2) James Stewart
3) Bing Crosby
4) Doris Day
5) John Mills
6) Norman Wisdom
7) Jeff Chandler
8) Alastair Sim
9) Rock Hudson
10) Humphrey Bogart)[77]
1956 Poll
Most popular British star:
1) Kenneth More
2) Jack Hawkins
3) Dirk Bogarde
4) Virginia McKenna
5) Norman Wisdom
6) Anthony Steel
7) Peter Finch
8) Alec Guinness
9) John Gregson
10) John Mills[78]
Most popular international stars:
1) Kenneth More
2) James Stewart
3) Burt Lancaster
4) Audie Murphy
5) Jeff Chandler
6) Doris Day
7) Danny Kaye
8) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
9) Frank Sinatra
10) Robert Mitchum
1957 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Dirk Bogarde
2) Kenneth More
3) Peter Finch
4) John Gregson
5) Norman Wisdom
6) John Mills
7) Stanley Baker
8) Ian Carmichael
9) Jack Hawkins
10) Belinda Lee
Most popular international stars:
1) Dirk Bogarde
2) Kenneth More
3) Burt Lancaster
4) Rock Hudson
5) Peter Finch
6) Jeff Chandler
7) John Gregson
8) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
9) Norman Wisdom
10) Yul Brynner[79]
1958 Poll
Most popular British stars:
1) Alec Guinness
2) Dirk Bogarde
3) Kenneth More
4) Ian Carmichael
5) Virginia McKenna
6) John Mills
7) Norman Wisdom
8) John Gregson
9) Jack Hawkins
10) Stanley Baker
Most popular international stars:
1) Alec Guinness
2) Dirk Bogarde
3) Kenneth More
4) Kirk Douglas
5) Frank Sinatra
6) William Holden
7) Glenn Ford
8) Ian Carmichael
9) Virginia McKenna
10) Elvis Presley
1959 Poll
Most popular British star: 1) Kenneth More 2) Alec Guinness 3) Norman Wisdom 4) Stanley Baker 5) Dirk Bogarde 6) Peter Sellers[80]
1960 Poll
Most popular international stars: 1) Kenneth More 2) Peter Sellers 3) Sophia Loren 4) Sir Alec Guinness 5) Elizabeth Taylor 6) Audrey Hepburn 7) Jack Lemmon 8) Stanley Baker 9) Dirk Bogarde 10) Norman Wisdom
1961 Poll
Most popular international stars: 1) Hayley Mills 2) Sophia Loren 3) Kenneth More 4) Elizabeth Taylor 5) John Mills 6) Peter Sellers 7) Audrey Hepburn 8) Dirk Bogarde 9) Jack Lemmon 10) John Wayne
1962 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Cliff Richard 2) Elvis Presley 3) Peter Sellers 4) Kenneth More 5) Hayley Mills 6) Doris Day 7) Sophia Loren 8) John Wayne 9) Frank Sinatra 10) Sean Connery[81]
1963 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Cliff Richard 2) Peter Sellers 3) Elvis Presley 4) Sean Connery 5) Hayley Mills 6) Elizabeth Taylor 7) Marlon Brando 8) Albert Finney 9) Dirk Bogarde 10) Norman Wisdom[82]
1964 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Sean Connery 4) Elvis Presley 8) The Beatles[83]
1965 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Sean Connery 2) Elvis Presley 3) Julie Andrews 4) Sophia Loren 5) Rex Harrison 6) The Beatles 7) Richard Burton 8) Peter Sellers 9) Peter O'Toole 10) John Wayne[84]
- Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker and Cliff Richard were in top 25[85]
1966 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Sean Connery 2) Michael Caine 3) Robert Vaughan & David McCallum 4) Audrey Hepburn 5) Norman Wisdom 6) Rex Harrison 7) Steve McQueen 8) Julie Andrews 9) Peter Sellers 10) Elvis Presley[86]
1968 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) John Wayne 2) Julie Christie 3) Steve McQueen 4) Tommy Steele 5) Paul Newman 6) Sean Connery 7) Clint Eastwood 8) Julie Andrews 9) Stanley Baker 10) Sidney Poitier[87]
1970 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Paul Newman 2) Clint Eastwood 3) Steve McQueen 4) John Wayne 5) Richard Burton 6) Dustin Hoffman 7) Lee Marvin 8) Michael Caine 9) Richard Harris 10) Robert Redford[88]
1971 Poll
Most popular international star: 1) Richard Burton 2) Steve McQueen 3) Dustin Hoffman 4) Michael Caine 5) Oliver Reed 6) Glenda Jackson 7) Candice Bergen 8) Clint Eastwood 9) Frankie Howerd 10) Jack Nicholson[89]
Top Stars in France
Various polls have been taken for the top stars in France too.
1956-58
1) Darry Cowl 2) Bernard Blier 3) Jean Gabin 4) Jeanne Moreau 5) Henri Vidal 6) Dany Carrel 7) Brigitte Bardot 8) Annie Girardot9) Daniel Gelin 10) Danielle Darrieux[90]
1956-90
1) Louis de Funes 2) Bourvil 3) Jean-Paul Belmondo 4) Jean Gabin 5) Fernandel 6) Alain Delon 7) Lino Ventura 8) Gérard Depardieu 9) Jean Marais 10) Bernard Blier[91]
Box Office Poison
In 1938 a list was published of stars who were considered "box office poison" by exhibitors. The list was from Harry Brandt of the Independent Theater Owners Association.[92]
The stars included:
- Edward Arnold
- Fred Astaire
- John Barrymore
- James Cagney
- Joan Crawford
- Dolores del Río
- Marlene Dietrich
- Kay Francis
- Greta Garbo
- Katharine Hepburn
- Norma Shearer
- Mae West
Varietys Over Priced Stars of 1968
In 1968 Variety magazine published a list of ten stars it considered over priced. The stars charged at least $250,000 a film and had at least four flops in a row recently:[93]
- Brigitte Bardot
- Marlon Brando
- Yul Brynner
- Tony Curtis
- Glenn Ford
- James Garner
- William Holden
- Rock Hudson
- Anthony Quinn
- Natalie Wood
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