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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he ... ... ( read more! ) Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law, for which he received three Golden Globe nominations. For his recurring role on the AMC drama series Mad Men, Hamlin received a Primetime Emmy ... ... ( read more! ) Claire Bloom CBE (born Patricia Claire Blume 15 February 1931) is an English actress. ... ... ( read more! ) Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (born December 28, 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive career on stage, film, and television which began in the mid-1950s. Smith has appeared in more than 60 films and over 70 plays, and is one of Britains most recognisable actresses. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contribu ... ... ( read more! ) Ursula Andress is a Swiss-American actress and former sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, for which she won a Golden Globe. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond-parody Casino Royale. ... ... ( read more! ) Jack William Frederick Gwillim (15 December 1909 - 2 July 2001) was a prolific English character actor.Jack Gwillim, ... ... ( read more! ) Susan Maureen Fleetwood (21 September 1944 29 September 1995) was a British stage, film and television actress, best-known as a star of the classical theatre companies of England. She received popular acclaim in the television series Chandler and Co and The Buddha of Suburbia.Susan Fleetwood, ... ... ( read more! ) Proud and passionate Angle, Pat Roach, was born and raised in Birmingham, England and grew to be a mountain of a man standing at six feet, five inches tall, with doorway-wide shoulders and a barrel chest.Pat wrestled competitively under the name of "Bomber" Roach, and at one time held both the British and European Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ... ... ( read more! ) Judi Bowker is an English film and television actress, known for Clash of the Titans (1981) and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) ... ... ( read more! ) Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century." Meredith won sev ... ... ( read more! ) Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwn Phillips DBE (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Sin Phillips, is a Welsh actress, author and singer.Phillips was the daughter of Sally (ne Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker-turned-policeman. She is a Welsh-speaker and in the first volume of her autobiography, "Private Faces", she notes that she ... ... ( read more! ) Dame Flora McKenzie Robson, DBE (28 March 1902 7 July 1984) was an English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, particularly renowned for her performances in plays demanding dramatic and emotional intensity. Her range extended from queens to murderesses. ... ... ( read more! ) ... Freda Maud Jackson (29 December 1907 20 October 1990) was an English stage actress who also worked in film and TV. Born in Nottingham, she was famous for her stage role as the cruel landlady Mrs. Voray in the play No Room at the Inn in the mid-1940s she appeared in the film adaptation of 1948. Her later screen roles were mostly on TV, including a ... ... ( read more! ) British classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith is a familiar face both in America and in his native England. A drama major, he graduated from the University of Bristol (where he later frequently lectured) in 1967 and made his professional debut two years later with the Bristol Old Vic. Predominantly a stage player in both regional and repert ... ... ( read more! )