Stars & Filmmakers

Behind every classic film is a list of names, and some of those names add up to careers worth following from beginning to end. This section profiles the actors, directors and supporting players of classic and cult cinema through the films they made.

Alfred Hitchcock is a career guide from the British silents to the Hollywood thrillers, and classic Hollywood directors looks at the signatures that make each filmmaker recognizable. Old Hollywood actors covers the leading men of the studio era, while character actors celebrates the familiar faces who carried a thousand films without top billing.

Living people are covered only through their published work and public careers, never their private lives. Dates and credits are checked against published sources.