15 Hottest Hollywood Actors of All Time That Put Today's Hunks to Shame ...

Classic Hollywood is a time of the past, and this list of hottest Hollywood actors is here to prove it. Old Hollywood leading men and today's heartthrobs are two completely different categories.

See our list of 15 Hollywood's hottest actors of all time that were both, handsome and talented beyond their time and who are forever timeless.

1 Paul Newman

person, man, photograph, black and white, chin, Paul Newman dazzled audiences with his performances in movies like The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, but nothing can compare to the dazzle of his gorgeous eyes!

Paul Newman was one of the most iconic and beloved actors of all time. He was born in 1925 in Ohio and attended Ohio University. After a stint in the Navy, he moved to New York to pursue an acting career.

Newman made his debut in the Broadway production of Picnic in 1953 and made his big screen debut in The Silver Chalice in 1954. He rose to fame in the late 1950s with his performance as the anti-hero in The Hustler, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination. He later starred in Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting, earning two Academy Awards and seven nominations in total.

Throughout his career, Newman was known for his stunning blue eyes and his commitment to philanthropy. He established the Newman's Own food line in 1982, which has since donated more than $400 million to charities around the world. He also helped to found the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, a series of camps for children with serious illnesses.

2 Cary Grant

person, man, photograph, black and white, gentleman, Cary Grant is regarded as one of Hollywood’s definitive leading men, he possessed the golden ticket combination of incredible acting talent, a suave debonair nature, and classic good looks!

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3 James Dean

hair, man, person, black and white, chin, Due to his tragic premature death aged just 24 in 1955, James Dean has remained a painfully beautiful symbol of teenage rebellion. His is forever immortalized as the drop dead gorgeous guy that you wouldn’t want to being home to your parents!

4 Gregory Peck

person, photograph, man, black and white, monochrome photography, Another true giant of classic Hollywood is Gregory Peck. While he may not have had the raw sex appeal of James Dean, he sure knew how to rock a suit or a casual plaid shirt!

5 Warren Beatty

photograph, man, person, black and white, sitting, If the infamous fumble at this year’s Academy Awards is anything to go by, you might not want Warren Beatty in charge of the bigger reveals, but the Oscar winner sure was easy on the eyes in the prime of his movie career!

6 Montgomery Clift

man, photograph, person, black and white, gentleman, Look up suave in the dictionary and you will be sure to find a heavenly picture of a young Montgomery Clift on the page. A girl could get lost in those eyes for hours!

7 Clark Gable

white, photograph, black, person, black and white, No actor earns the title ‘King of Hollywood’ without having the dashing good looks to back it up! The legendary Clarke Gable, best known for his role as heartbreaker Rhett Butler in the classic Gone With The Wind, certainly had the looks to wear the crown!

8 Robert Redford

person, photograph, facial expression, black and white, monochrome photography, Brad Pitt, anyone? Seriously, how can these two gorgeous leading men not be related? I guess we have to give the credit to Redford on this one, as he was the original and arguably the most dashing of the two!

9 Steve McQueen

person, photograph, man, black and white, chin, To be labelled the ‘Bad Boy of Hollywood’ is nothing unless you have devastatingly good looks, and legendary actor and dare devil motor enthusiast Steve McQueen certainly had no problems in that department!

10 Marlon Brando

man, photograph, person, black and white, chin, Marlon Brando is not only one of the greatest actors of all time, at his prime, he was also one of the most insanely gorgeous. Just look at those arms - I’ll take a hug from those bad boys any day!

11 Farley Granger

person, photograph, man, black and white, chin, Farley Granger was made famous thanks to his legendary collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, providing great performances and some much needed eye candy in what were usually tense and scary movies!

12 Burt Lancaster

man, person, black and white, monochrome photography, photography, Due to hus rugged good looks, Burt Lancaster started out his career playing a series of stereotypical ‘tough guys’, but the gorgeous actor’s talent soon shone through and he went on to enjoy one of the most celebrated careers in classic Hollywood.

13 Henry Fonda

eyebrow, person, face, black and white, man, Look at Henry Fonda’s eyes, who else do you see? That’s right, the effortlessly handsome legendary actor shares more than passing resemblance to his equally famous Oscar winning daughter Jane. Good genes in that family, right!?

14 Tony Curtis

photograph, man, standing, black and white, gentleman, There was something magical about peak era Tony Curtis; those boyish good looks mixed with a mature and macho charisma were a combination to die for! He wasn’t rugged like some of his peers; he was simply beautiful!

15 Rock Hudson

photograph, man, person, black and white, standing, Rock Hudson was one of the true poster boys of his era with perfect, All-American good looks. The legendary actor’s tragic life story is one of Hollywood’s most prominent and socially important tales.

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They're all white. How about Shemar Moore or Christian Keyes

A shame for you to put him in a 15th place. Cary Grant and Rock Hudson are the best.

Yea, they Are really hot too

Patrick McGoohan

Tyrone Power

#my is james and a lot of people say I look like Robert Redford.

Errol flynn

Good list of classic handsome actors. Sidney Poitier and Kirk Douglas.

There are much more actors like Glen Ford, Clint Eastwood, Charlton Huston, James Granger, George Peppard, John Wayne, Denzel Washington, and Clint Walker

Tyrone Power… Non can compare in looks !!

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