Give me the leading men of the silver screen from years past! There are a few nowadays who make the cut, but for me, the golden age of cinema cranked out those leading men that kept you glued to the screen with their acts of heroism, and did I mention, dashing good looks?

Here is my list in no particular order, and the movies I love them in the best!

Audie Murphy: To Hell and Back * Red Badge of Courage * Destry

Victor Mature: Samson and Delilah * Demetrius and The Gladiators

John Wayne: Big Jake * The Green Berets * Sons of Katie Elder * McLintock! * The Searchers * The Quiet Man * Hellfighters 

Gary Cooper: Sergeant York * Friendly Persuasion * The Pride of the Yankees * For Whom The Bell Tolls * Beau Geste

Gregory Peck: To Kill A Mockingbird * How The West Was Won * The Yearling

Errol Flynn: Robin Hood * Captain Blood * Seahawk

Tony Curtis: Houdini * Taras Bulba * Trapeze * Spartacus

Sean Connery: Darby O’Gill and the Little People * The Untouchables * Highlander * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade * The Rock * League of Extraordinary Gentlemen * Robin Hood * Bond: James Bond Burt Lancaster: Field of Dreams * Trapeze * The Crimson Pirate * Jim Thorpe

Marlon Brando: Mutiny on the Bounty * The Godfather * The Wild One

Tyrone Power: Blood and Sand * The Mark of Zorro * The Black Rose

Paul Newman: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof * The Long, Hot Summer * Cool Hand Luke

Sydney Poitier: Lilies of the Field * To Sir with Love * In the Heat of the Night

James Stewart: Shenandoah * How the West was Won * Rare Breed * Harvey

Charlton Heston: The Greatest Show on Earth * Ben Hur * El Cid * The Ten Commandments * Planet of the Apes * The Omega Man * The Call of the Wild * Treasure Island James Dean: Rebel Without a Cause * Giant * East of Eden