Most Evil Actors of Hollywood's Golden Age

Tinseltown, where fame and fortune often mask a deeper reality. Behind the glitz and glamour lie tales of diabolical masterminds and cold-hearted actors, who have immortalized unforgettable stories on the silver screen. But here's the catch: the judgment isn't solely ours to make. Brace yourself to delve into the sinister narratives of the 10 Most Notorious Actors in Hollywood's Past.

[@Nyctophora]

I mean to be fair, if you were going to throw piss at anyone, Roman Polanski would be a good choice.

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

Damn straight 😂

[@robert.m4676]

Absolutely wish it was the runs instead 💩

[@dpro7445]

I believe quoting Lincoln. “ nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

[@curiouslyme524]

True.

[@karrynlflax5387]

Sounds like these politicians today.🤡

[@breigesheppard8339]

👏👏👏👏👍well SAID👍👍👍

[@secondchance6603]

The guy who made this video needs to look up what the word, 'evil' means.

[@1982violinist]

You mean a Feminist woman right? 😉

[@dennishalford5763]

In her book "Child Star," Shirley Temple said that Kirk Douglas was the most obscene man she had ever met in her life.

[@user-jo5ml8et1z]

That's because Douglas was a member of the tribe. They're evil to the core. It's genetic.

[@mando7558]

I believe it!

[@taroman7100]

Never could stand Douglas. He had an ego only the devil could rival. He was the weakest link of the acting powerhouse in Spartacus.

[@heartofjesusdj]

Considering his, ahem, background, I’m not surprised that Kirk Douglas was a satanic devil.

[@metacosmos]

Kirk Douglas in his book says the same on Salvador Dali

[@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563]

I love it when people call Hollywood celebrities, “complex”. No. They’re just jerks.

[@unacceptablesisterpeter3431]

Pdf files

[@fabergeegg1722]

LOL! Alfred Hitchcock said actors and actresses are stupid people, LOL!

[@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563]

@@fabergeegg1722 many are, then there are ones like Gary Sinise and Keanu Reeves.

[@robert.m4676]

@@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563the rare few

[@robert.m4676]

@@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563usually they ostracized those that didn’t go along with the satanic garbage most were involved with!

[@alisonmcintosh7765]

Actors are not grounded. Their whole life is an act

[@debbiesroommate]

Who's isn't?

[@michaelwills1926]

These folks were then what they call “influencers” today. Total controlled programming instruments, to deliver whatever message or cultural creation is desired by the controller. I remember when the opinion of a celebrity meant something, to the people that followed them. Social engineering has been a thing for a long time and ive come to accept that all of my faves were part of the same club too. Still love the art though

[@Bitterstone3849]

​@@debbiesroommatespeak for yourself.

[@anna-mariageorgiades3628]

Not true.

[@maureendrozda9960]

And Many Are Masons, Luciferians &/Or Satanists!🤷

[@jamesoconnor8044]

There is a big difference between FLAWED and EVIL !

[@seanohare5488]

Agree I wouldn't put Errol Flynn and Bing Crosby on the list

[@jianzhang5656]

Of course, the word evil is used purely as a click bate. There is nothing more to it.

[@pugnacious1]

Guess that perspective depends if you are on the receiving end of these creeps' behavior.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

Yes, or even just being difficult to work with. That's not evil.

[@isuriadireja91]

well...unless that person's actually sexually assaulted somebody, or some people...or even k!lled... OR going outta their way to cause someone to lose his livelihood for petty stuff.... some here had been "rumored" to do some nasty sexual stuff.... but, none on murder....

[@suzannevoss7648]

Nothing surprises me anymore about these people.

[@blissfularrogance3529]

😂

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

Amen

[@michaelwills1926]

That’s probably a good thing cause you know these folks have been on that plane

[@Lydynthmn]

Ikr I mean they're ACTORS. They got famous for how well of a show they can put on.

[@ThursoBerwick]

​@@michaelwills1926In Flynn's case more likely a ship.

[@hiko73]

Michael Douglas In his book said he'd never bring a GF home because how horrible his dad was

[@TheNester.]

Because he knew how bad his father was. Pretty sure he believed the "rumors" about his father concerning Jean Spangler and Natalie Wood. To me, Kirk Douglas looked Lecherous and Predatory. But that's just me.

[@helenhamilton9561]

And allegedly he S.A. a young Natalie Woods .

[@ljTauruswarrior]

Natalie Wood

[@TheNester.]

He knew what his dad did to Wood, he also knew about Jean Spangler.

[@breigesheppard8339]

So sad😮😮

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

When you elevate humans to idol status and they live their lives as that idol you get evil.

[@0.68_11]

Oprah Winfrey....u forgot to mention

[@burntcrumpets5616]

Golden era?!?!?

[@PhilK1080]

Agree

[@olivermorgan9528]

This is about "Classical Hollywood " or " Golden Age"

[@jannweitman4431]

She's evil. Why would she be here anyway. There is no reason.

[@janluitzenroelevink1451]

Miss Hawaï

[@dandavis8300]

Faye Dunaway threw a cup of piss at Roman Polanski? Has she been awarded a lifetime achievement award yet?

[@tubekulose]

Is it possible you have issues with Polanski?

[@dagnabbit6187]

@@tubekuloseIf you are talking about how bad Dunaway and Polanski are then I invoke the old cliche . Half a dozen in one half , six in the other half .

[@morrisvalentneflatlander4784]

I worked with Faye on a low budget feature my boss was the gaffer. She drove him insane on every lighting set up. Considering my boss could be quite a ego maniac it was quite entertaining.

[@ToneHobart]

@@tubekulose I do... he's a pedophile. I have an issue with that.

[@Pinakij]

But he drank it and left to germany, something R. Kelly should’ve taken note of

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Imagine Kirk Douglas trying to micromanage Kubrick, the ultimate micromanager. The idea is quite mind-blowing.

[@deanrane1961]

Agreed! Loved to have been a fly on THAT wall😄

[@isuriadireja91]

but, back then, Kirk's got THE CONE. he's the big man in hollywood.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

I thought the same.😀

[@lovealways2609]

​@@isuriadireja91ya.. Stanley might have had the bigger brain, but kirk already had the juice

[@timothym.orourke5283]

Thought the exact same thing when I heard that. To be a fly on the wall of THAT set…

[@jadakowers590]

During a live performance, Milton Beryl pointed my mother out to the whole audience and told everyone that she was very beautiful. I know this has nothing to do with the subject, but listening made me remember the story. Thanks for letting me share.

[@anncain2432]

Awesome memory!

[@djquinn11]

He was a vaudeville cornball. Nice complement about your mother though.

[@kathleenmorrison8450]

That's a sweet story. Thanks for sharing.

[@jadakowers590]

Thanks to everyone for all of your positive feedback.

[@beoz658]

Rooney had the small man complex!

[@shaggybreeks]

Which became the plot of many of his movies. Small guy with attitude learns lesson, becomes humble, and finally people really do like him. E g. Boys Town and several others.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

He was on an episode of the TV series 'The Twilight Zone', and that was proof enough of the character that he portrayed.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Like a Chihuahua?

[@tourbillon13]

​@@virginiaconnor8350😂 oh you made me laugh! ✨

[@ginaryan4957]

He was mean to the bone.

[@carolynking9844]

The old adage is true. Never meet your hero’s as you will always be disappointed

[@annaross1681]

I once met Anthony Hopkins. He was filming a movie in my state. I’d always been a big fan. Couldn’t have been nicer! I wasn’t disappointed.😊

[@CarolThomson-dj4bl]

As A13 year old I was lucky to meet Vincent Price and Christophet Lee and they couldn't have been more pleasant

[@Nel33147]

@@CarolThomson-dj4blBoth true gents 😊

[@natali2able]

Why your hero is an actor?

[@natali2able]

Children trafficing. These are not humans.

[@snowysnowyriver]

Kirk Douglas deserves his place on this list. Rest in Peace Jean Spangler.

[@tubekulose]

Why???

[@SandySaunders9142]

Not to mention poor 16 year old Natalie Wood!

[@SandySaunders9142]

​@@tubekuloseGoogle is your friend.

[@snowysnowyriver]

@@tubekulose Look up Jean Spangler, and dig a bit deeper into past investigative journalist pieces. Let's put it this way.....the studio spent a lot of money on the issue.

[@ninapatterson7279]

And his son Michael should be right beside him.

[@JohnGruber-di3cw]

Usually,the more famous these actors get,the more narcissistic,egotistical,eccentric, & goofy they get!!! They're not real people!!!

[@MMAallday-]

The reason actors like Tom Cruise have been on top for so long is that they know enough to keep their politics & religious preference to themselves.

[@RobItica-sg2dw]

These people are real..they are just in a different bubble and power corrupts..most humans would become like them under the same circumstances..if you enter the cess pool, you'll likely get some sewage on you There are plenty of rags to riches people that become corrupted showing the circle you run will determine much of your reality Just my cent's worth

[@elvirafeher4254]

The narcissisiam is always there, they don't bother hide it any longer.

[@PatriciaHennessey-om8zb]

Trouble is she was only well known in her own head

[@strangeworldmasterjack143]

@@MMAallday- The L. Ron Hubbard devotee. Seriously?

[@jerrlynhamilton3728]

My late husband, Rhodes Reason, was cast as the Bearded Gaul" in Spartacus. When Rhodes met Kirk, he was friendly. Behind the scenes, Kirk had Rhodes' character cut from the movie. Why? Rhodes was 6'2" and towered over Kirk. Kirk did not like that and had him axed!

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Wow, what a prat!

[@fabergeegg1722]

That is horrible!

[@gloriasheppard7747]

Large, but weak egos on these people!

[@susanhowell486]

6:43 I remember your husband and his twin brother, Rex. They were handsome 😊😊

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

I remember Rhodes Reason! A class act.

[@RobertGreenwald]

My late grandfather was at Boys Town when they shot the film by the same name. He said Mickey Rooney was an entitled asshole to him, calling my grandfather “boy” and demanding that he bring him coffee. He wanted to kick Rooney’s ass. However, he said that if Spencer Tracy had asked for a coffee, my grandfather would have done “cartwheels” for him.

[@shadow-Sun]

I used to love Kirk Douglas until I found out what he did to a very young Natralie wood (16 or 17 I think ) when she was a wide eyed innocent in Hollywood at the beginning of her career . After that ...I can't even watch the guy on screen anymore .

[@samuelschick8813]

You did hear where they said it was not known if it actually happened right?

[@patdavis8018]

I never did like him

[@djquinn11]

She was only 15. He was a pig.

[@robertruge2916]

Any idea why Culver City would choose Kirk Douglas as the name of their movie theater? I was there in the 70s when it was one theater, then turned into three smaller movie rooms. Then it closed for decades. Then they call it Kirk Douglas, and i think it became one big theater but not used much.

[@metacosmos]

Kirk explains in his book that he could get all the women in the world, as when he travelled to Israel.

[@raymondbohn2852]

Since his first role, I always felt that Kirk Douglas was someone that I would not want to know.

[@WillyEckaslike]

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 chew

[@AngelinaX23]

He's a terrible actor.

[@Nel33147]

Same here.

[@justsayin69]

​@@WillyEckaslike and?..........?...

[@anna-mariageorgiades3628]

He looks like a piece of work. He's so tough. He scares me but he has been in great films and got Trumbo back in Hollywood. He was powerful from the beginning.

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

Douglas. Oh my. He gave everyone a hard time. He gave money to the police, everybody, to keep himself out of trouble. He used women. Sinatra too. These guys wouldn’t last long in this era where some women step forward.

[@massimilianomencacci2510]

Oh please, cut the bullshit..

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

@@massimilianomencacci2510why did you say that?

[@fabergeegg1722]

Yes, Sinatra should be number one on this list. Yet they make this man out throughout the years, even today, like the man should be made into a saint. Most people in Hollywood were terrified of him because he was connected with the mafia, and he threw his weight around Hollywood. He had the ability to make and break careers. Starlets had to have sex with him, or their careers were ruined.

[@rjohn3471]

They thought they were kings and legends above reproach. Now, hardly anyone knows who they were or cares, just dust in the wind.

[@katjay3125]

He was an ftm...a woman

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

A 'great actor' is essentially a great liar.

[@robertdesantis6205]

So true. How can we believe them on screen or off? Do they even know the difference? And why do people assume actors are actually like the characters they portray? 😮

[@mchapman132]

IMHO I think Sandra Bullock is close to her screen characters in real life. I like her.

[@quester09]

no. acting is about revealing the truth of the character.

[@gracegoodenough5895]

So that explains why ex was such a horses ass!

[@gracegoodenough5895]

​@@quester09...of a character, not their character.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Henry Fonda doesn’t sound evil so much as blithe and disconnected-not too different from many men of that era so far as emotional intelligence went.

[@patrickmiano7901]

He drove his first wife to a mental institution.

[@morrisvalentneflatlander4784]

Henry also sounded like a workaholic too. A very common trait in Hollywood

[@deanrane1961]

Very true, you have to take into account the social mindset of those days. Drinking culture, etc.

[@kristend344]

Very much a womanizer, didn't care about his wife. Something very common in Hollywood.

[@taroman7100]

Fonda was totally overrated.

[@jeanjearman2025]

I read the story about Douglas and Natalie over 20 years ago written by her sister who said she would write a book about it after Douglas died. Who knew it would take him so long to die. I read at the time that she was 17 yrs old and he should have gone to jail for what he did to her.

[@cyf195]

It was all a lie. Still waiting for Lana Wood to write about it. Just a vicious rumor... the video stated that Natalie Wood was 15, which would be in 1953. And nobody ever knew about it for over 30 years? Yeah... right.

[@chadcato887]

She loved it. That’s why she screwed every man in Hollywood.

[@splashenful]

@@cyf195 She did write about it.

[@splashenful]

Shirley Temple also claimed that Kirk Douglas was inappropriate with her, in her autobiography , 'Child Star.'

[@jefroe10]

@@chadcato887 She had a 'date 'with Nick Adams,on the film 'Rebel Without a Cause'...He was about to perform a sexual act on her..She Said,"Dont do that,..Nic Ray just F***** me".(quote from Nick Adams)..She was anyones..Just ask Christopher Walken and Robert Wagner..I reckon Wagner k*lled her.

[@brucewinther6926]

I can see Rooney as a jerk. Married 8 times only shows his pathetic character. So many of these stars and their flawed personalities and reprehensible behavior just seems so ridiculously unnecessary

[@mike89128]

It was known in Hollywood that Rooney would set up fake casting calls for young actresses, only to require them to have sex with him for a role in an upcoming movie. Many did, only to find out later the movie never existed.

[@Mehrdaad1]

Kirk Douglas was the worst of them all , he was despicable man

[@taroman7100]

He's probably envious as hell as some of the nasty scenes Michael got to play.

[@slhkslhk2998]

Lot of despicable humans lead the world, lot of humans admire despicable humans

[@crazydiamond4565]

I demonstrated an 18th century process to Kirk Douglas in colonial Williamsburg back in the early 80's. He was still to date, the rudest person I've ever met. He stood there talking to his "people" the whole time I talked. He never once looked at me and proceeded to walk off without a word. I had done the demonstration to many famous people and met some wonderful people who were so gracious and down to earth. But him?!?! Then I was told by a staff member that if you aren't blond he won't give you the time of day. What a f-in jerk!

[@americangirl4410]

You are just lucky he didn’t do a LNatalie Woodl on you. I have met his son Michael and Michaels wife Catherine Zeta Jones and they, too, are horrible!

[@crazydiamond4565]

@@americangirl4410 Like father , like son. 😡

[@splashenful]

@@americangirl4410 Yes, I heard before that Catherine Zeta Jones is not very nice.

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

@@splashenfulShe has had mental health problems for most of her adult life. I’ve never understood her marrying who she did. Ugh

[@fabergeegg1722]

@@americangirl4410 I spoke with someone whose father worked in a hotel. Her father had to deal with Michael Douglas, and she said that guy was horrible! Also, I have heard the Hollywood crowd used to call him the Hollywood rapist. Supposedly he raped Jean Seberg too. Doris Day was known to be one of the nicest people, but she did not like working with Krik Douglus. Somone said on a website I forgot, which one, and I believe the person for various reasons, said he knew Kirk Dougles's sons. The guy said the one son, who it was reported in the media causing trouble on an airplane, got kicked off the plane he was extremely messed up. He was gay, and the father, Kirk Douglas, was pissed off so he sent his son to a mental asylum, which messed his son up. When Micheal Douglas was a little boy, his father took him to a brothel to have sex with prostitutes. Kirk Douglas's mother was from the Johnson and Johnson family who are completely screwed up.

[@angelakralicek5541]

Now we understand why Peter and Jane Fonda are such train wrecks.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Most often with we humans it is sexual dysfunction that leads a downward plunge. As one famous researcher of this area once styled it: "The sexual misery of Mankind." Check! FIRST -- Nature as she dictates what must be (no exceptions or penalties eventually are to accrue as forms of misery not easily perceived/diagnosed) THEN -- human confected rules conforming as closely as intelligently possible and not the other way around, and so-especially of any-and-all originated of sick, monotheist mysticism -- the three being real killers, strutting and posing as things "wondrous." They are in-truth the opposite -- BEHOLD their wicked ways and works with unshaded eyes. (Conversely the polytheisms generally describe Nature; thus being not antagonistic to it.)

[@cnilecnile6748]

Peter's not bad at all, he came and visited my mom when I was about 14-I wasn't at home, i flipped out when she showed me the photo of him on our living room couch. She would throw things at the tv if she saw Jane, though-I remember having to go buy a new tv set when she put a can opener through the screen. That's when I found out she was my cousin.

[@sheilaholmes8455]

Peter is dead and Jane is far from a train wreck. She admits her dad made things especially the way he treated their mother.

[@angelakralicek5541]

@@sheilaholmes8455 only a sociopath could have handed prisoners of war from her own country over to the enemy knowing they will be tortured. Calling her a train wreck is being gracious on my part and that's just one example.

[@mikeloghry9521]

Yeah Jane "HANOI" Fonda.

[@jennifercogzell748]

Who would have fancied Mickey Rooney?

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

They didn’t. It’s the fame and lifestyle they’ve after.

[@jennifercogzell748]

Well yes. Close your eyes and think of England hahaha

[@regionalunityproductions6204]

A New Guinea cannibal girl that Errol Flynn brought home. 😆😆

[@taroman7100]

YUK! just yuk!

[@islandgirl.245]

Lmao 🤣🤣 he's a small rat.

[@susanscheuermann4898]

My father worked at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver Colorado. It got around to other employees, that Faye Dunaway broke things in the hotel room she was staying in at the time in Denver. It´s not gossip.

[@estellegold2009]

Gregory Peck was lovely and polite and charming in person and Mickey Rooney was rude and crass.

[@splashenful]

Actually, Mickey Rooney *LOOKS* like the sort of who would be rude & crass. Not the typical portrayal that he did on stage.

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

GP was a lovely actor.

[@seanohare5488]

I never saw Kirk Douglas a pretty face kind of strange creepy looking

[@gloriasheppard7747]

Yes, and that dust-collecting chin. Not even average to me.

[@karrynlflax5387]

@@gloriasheppard7747🤣🤣🤣”Dust-collecting chin!”🤣🤣Never heard it described that way 😂

[@southernyankee2300]

I have always thought Douglas was homely!

[@patdavis8018]

Yuck

[@marciareid14]

Me too

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

Jerry Lewis was a well known jerk. Danny Kaye, Bob hope, Robert Cummings, Bing Crosby, gene Kelly, Chevy Chase, Will Ferrell…so many.. most of these types find that their roles dry up as people don’t want to work with them.

[@jimshoe402]

I didn't know HE got paid to do his Good work on TV $250K Sick..🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@jerrylewis3917]

My uncle was like that 😂

[@DianaLee-xr9yr]

Thank you for mentioning Danny Kaye, who belongs at the top of the list. I sang in the vocal backup group on his very popular show in the 1960s for a few seasons and was stunned at what a jerk he was. He was downright mean to Harvey Korman. I was thrilled when Harvey went across the hall to Carol Burnett’s studio (the greatest lady ever, inside and out) and he got to shine on her show. I cashed in on some good karma as well when I got to work on the Dean Martin Show for 6 years. An absolute prince. I miss you, Boss

[@mitzymoo3151]

Bing you mention🤔🤔🤔 Weird observation when I have seen and read quite a few female costars list him as one of their, if not their favourite leading man.. child stars that worked along side him talk of how lovely he was to them and other stars such as Bob Hope, Anthony Quinn, Donald O'Connor, Louis Armstrong, Robert Wagner, etc speak highly of Bing. Funny also that approx 250 people who knew or worked with Bing were interviewed in decades of outstanding research and it was noted most of them loved him. So who didn't want to work with him???

[@lindas.6285]

@@mitzymoo3151 It was only his own children (and unacknowledged offspring) to whom he was cold and mean.)

[@pammorris8097]

Yes, Uncle Milton made the list. Decades ago, my husband and I were flying back home from one of many ski trips out west with another couple who were our best friends. On the way home we had to wait between flights and stepped into a small restaurant. Seated at a table with four or five young men was Milton. I recognized him immediately and said softly to my friends that’s Milton B. He must have had super hearing, because he started at us with a look that was pure EVIL! Fortunately the place was not crowded and we chose a table as far away from that old man as we could get. I always thought that he was an overacting actor, anyway. Just one more Hollywood jerk. They are a dime a dozen. But some of the actors I’ve had the pleasure to meet or known were very sweet and classy. Amount these are James Garner and Bill Cobbs. In 1990 our house was used in the Hallmark Hall of fame movie “Decoration Day’. They spent a week or so at our place. I enjoyed hanging around with them. Both were very kind and sweet to us. ❤❤❤

[@fabergeegg1722]

Wasn't Milton Berle bisexual? I Thought I heard that. That might have explained, why he was with 5 young guys. Maybe he didn't want to be recognized? I have heard Kathy Lee Gifford did not like him, and when brought up, she didn't want to talk about it.

[@janc8199]

​@@fabergeegg1722 Maybe. He did wear dresses in comedy skits.

[@petercunningham4586]

Would that be the famous Wilbur Cobb who influenced Stimpy to make his epic cartoon before the feds took him away. I'm sorry the crab ran away with his ear.

[@preciousprecious6358]

Today.. people like Jlo are phony and not nice. A person who I knew was an extra in her movie..never said hi to the extras.and was all about her.

[@missjody5803]

Mickey Roonie had a terrible crush on my Mother, she sang with the sons of the pioneers, he used visiting my Grandparents as an excuse to see her. My Mom and Dad were happily married and stay that way till death.

[@DianaLee-xr9yr]

I worked for years in the studios with BJ

[@mtnstrand2819]

Wonderful story!

[@Annie-ez4ol]

Why make up a story?

[@neildickson5394]

Bette Davis said she wouldn't work with Faye Dunaway again for one million dollars.

[@metacosmos]

neither with errol flynn.

[@JohnGruber-di3cw]

I think most of the Hollywood actors didn't really have a true personality because they were always acting to keep their personnas!!!

[@robertdesantis6205]

Suffering from "identity crisis." 😮

[@JohnGruber-di3cw]

@@robertdesantis6205 You're absolutely right,bro!!!

[@pbohearn]

Cary Grant did LSD trips and saw a psychoanalyst because he had to live his character 24/7 and didn't know who he was

[@JohnGruber-di3cw]

It only a matter of time before most actors get really GOOFY & STRANGE!!! HOLLYWEIRD!!!

[@kristend344]

@@pbohearn The LSD was a big part of why Diane Cannon divorced him.

[@vhagerty]

Bette Davis is pronounced like "Betty". 😊

[@jennifercogzell748]

I've never heard of Bette Davis being called Betty. It was always Bett

[@JerryMungo]

@@jennifercogzell748not in this universe. It was always pronounced Betty.

[@wholeNwon]

But SHE said "Betty".

[@jennifercogzell748]

​@@JerryMungoSo important in the scheme of things

[@JerryMungo]

@@jennifercogzell748 Thanks for taking the time to comment. Others have said the same thing so I guess it is.

[@tarnishedknight730]

I think that the line uttered by Shirley Maclaine, in the movie "Bewitched", is more on the money than most people realize when she said (about actors) "... deep down, there is no deep down." I believe that a person's ability to become different characters requires the lack of one's own character. Combine that with the influence of Hollywood, and you usually end up with a less than stellar type of person.

[@kristend344]

She could have been talking about her brother (Warren Beatty) . . . . not on this list, but a well known womanizer who forced his lovers to have abortions when they were neither safe nor legal. Much speculation Carly Simon's song "You're so vain" was about him.

[@rick0e295]

😉 I Never repeat gossip 😊. So listen carefully the first time! 😄 😁 🤣

[@joemixon1704]

I'm glad Faye Dunaway threw piss on Roman Polanski lol take her off this list

[@lilymarinovic1644]

If it were only Polanski that she was rude to then I'd agree.

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

Amen

[@DayGloClam]

You could talk about nice actors, like Angela Lansbury.

[@mike89128]

Or Bob Newhart.

[@markkenny2001]

Gene Wilder as well.

[@ThursoBerwick]

She played herself in the Manchurian Candidate. Look up her family. She employed quite a few of them on Murder She Wrote. Not what she pretended to be.

[@Fawn91193]

Her daughter associated with the Manson clan--until she cut the credit cards off.

[@ThursoBerwick]

@@Fawn91193 Her father and grandfather were both major British political figures, one a founder of the CPGB. One of her cousins, Malcolm Turnbull was Aussie PM. A lot of strange connections in her family. According to Bonnie Greer, Lansbury claimed to be a lifelong Soc...ist.

[@jimdavis6833]

You missed Robert DeNiro.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree dezero

[@shuroom57]

Yes, f that loser.

[@marysmith2554]

Oh no. I nvr heard anything bad about him. What did he do?

[@Bhoneyb355]

I agree about DeNiro

[@dpro7445]

De Niro is a good person. Some might think he is evil r/t his politics. (Which I agree with him)

[@Foxeknighton-beatty3438]

Sometimes wealth and fame can bring out the worst in some people. I am sure there are a hundred more people you could add to this list. It seems like history is repeating itself. This current generation of stars are on the same path as their predecessors. Athletes and folks in the music industry are headed down the same path.

[@annakisfaludinebaan]

With a small exception, those people who for some reason end up on a pedestal forget their humanity, normality and think that they can have everything, therefore they are untouchable! This has to end! Now is the time for this, because the politicians behave in the same way!

[@tomref4001]

As a general rule, those who were veterans involving sticky life threatening and/or life changing situations seem to be the nicest people-the Hollywood situation seems to magnify the effect IMHO as it eats away at the humungously entitled that their lives were never as really fulfilling than those who gave service to others.

[@dannyj5688]

Seems like Mickey suffered from the "Napoleon" syndrome!!!

[@mtnstrand2819]

Most definitely!

[@paulzon]

Like most forms of prejudice, the whole idea of 'Napoleon Syndrome' is based on a lie as Napoleon was actually average height for someone of the time.

[@bailey9r]

One advantage he had was his arm didn't get tired wanking 2.5 inches. ;

[@ThursoBerwick]

​@@paulzonRegardless of Boney's actual height, it is a phenomenon.

[@shaggybreeks]

I find it hard to believe that Mickey Rooney would call Elizabeth Taylor "entitled", because people weren't using the word that way until recently. The word "spoiled" was used where we say "entitled" now.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Ll

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Yes, adaptable aren’t they?

[@kristend344]

There are stories he had an "affair" with her. Please - she was 12, and he was an adult married man. That's NOT "an affair".

[@ScottRossProductions]

When you're 3 feet tall, you tend to have an attitude...

[@janelleturpin8064]

Who was 3 foot tall?

[@jennyb7745]

Have you heard the old adage, when you walk in a man's shoes? Think.about it

[@ScottRossProductions]

@@jennyb7745 your period is in the wrong place...

[@michaelfalsia6062]

😂 good one!

[@jamesschwartz3837]

I’ve also heard that Jerry Lewis was no picnic to work with. 🤷‍♂️

[@user-sj4nh5ku2p]

I thought he was a complete idiot: not funny in any way with an awful voice! How Dean Martin tolerated him for so long is incredulous. By all accounts a thoroughly nasty character!

[@maryrosekent8223]

I think Peter Sellers’s best role was Chance the Gardner in _Being There._

[@robertalanfine]

I liked him best in Dr. Strangelove

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@aquaboy68]

he was never funny...it must be a genaration thing....the goons,the pink panther films,i never found him funny....he was a troubled horrible man....

[@kristend344]

Probably most accurate to his character. none. to quote Britt Eckland: he had no personality… there was no Peter Sellers as a human being”.

[@mazsroy9]

@@aquaboy68I’m 72 and I never found Sellers funny.

[@RatedArggg]

The story about Natalie Wood is pretty well documented. She told her sister what he did to her.

[@metacosmos]

her mother put her in Kirk Douglas hands, to get an opportunity at Hollywood, most mothers do it .

[@charlescasey9799]

You have to be a kind of jerk to be an actor goes with territory

[@nelliethursday1812]

Except if you are Betty White or Rosiland Russell

[@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563]

There are many actors who are genuinely good people, like Gary Sinise, or Keanu Reeves.

[@Rest65432]

Todays actors are mostly hyped.

[@cas6227]

Yes Robert DeNero for sure

[@rjohn3471]

Dare mention Tom Hanks, or nothing to see there?

[@BenjaminGessel]

I think the pedophilia rumors about him aren’t going away any time soon…

[@abbatrouble]

Tom Hanks was not active in the Golden Age but he is definitely evil in this age.

[@mw4mpr]

What? No Joan Crawford?

[@KatAmbrose]

No wire hangers, ever!

[@paulwaters753]

Joan Crawford was the Queen of Hollywood ❤️❤️❤️ Joan Crawford

[@wholeNwon]

@@paulwaters753 Vicious.

[@Hatbox948]

Maybe we need a list of actors with good character since there's so many awful ones.

[@Hatbox948]

​@@paulwaters753 I've always wondered if she was transgender.

[@HalsPals]

Bob Hope stranded a USO girl on a Pacific island when she rebuffed his advances during WWII. Not a nice guy.

[@garydouglas9413]

Did she tell you or are a rumor spreader?

[@HalsPals]

@@garydouglas9413 I read a whole expose about it in the LVRJ in the 90s and have never forgotten about it. Sorry to offend you there, Snowflake.

[@pantaglieze]

I saw his 1968 Christmas Show at Phu Cat Airbase in Vietnam. I still have the pictures l took. He was a self-serving prick, and as fake as they come.

[@robertbutler8004]

@HalsPals is still there?

[@jrclark9019]

Evidence indicates that poor mental health is correlated with celebrity worship. Celebrities are just people. They're professional pretenders. Many (if not most) are narcissists. Some want to be worshipped. Some don't. Some are genuinely good and appreciative people. Many ....are not. Regardless of their respective personality traits (or flaws), none should be placed on any kind of a special pedestal; moreover, it's not thier place to tell us how to think, ...how to vote,... or how to dress, look or live. We each have a duty and responsibibilty to be ourselves and think for ourselves. In the words of Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

[@vickiross1025]

Berle was never funny to me.

[@roberthill799]

@vickiross1025 Berle was perhaps the least funny “funnyman” in history.

[@dagnabbit6187]

There was local function in my mid sized hometown in Century 21 where Mickey Rooney was one of the honored guests . A woman who was a regular at a store I worked at and acquaintance of mine was a caterer , service person at these events . She said Rooney had the woman who was assigned to him in near tears and she had to struggle to hold it together . Yes I believe the one about him

[@Luckyladyll]

When I was a kid, my parents went to see him at a nightclub in Juarez, MX. He never showed up because he was too drunk. I've heard that story about him several times. My parents never forgot that he ruined their evening.

[@karrynlflax5387]

I’m totally enjoying these comments. The personal experience stories are all so very interesting. New subscriber.💯

[@wobblertv8083]

Faye dunnaway is absolutely bat shit crazy ...good actress though

[@regionalunityproductions6204]

Well, in light of this, wouldn't it seem appropriate that she was a shoe-in to play the role of Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest"?

[@kristend344]

@@regionalunityproductions6204 Or as Norma Desmond in a remake of Sunset Boulevard.

[@metacosmos]

so say on Kim Bassinger

[@dr.migilitoloveless2385]

Micky Rooney played a character closer to himself when he portraid a disgraced jockey in an episode of The Twilight Zone.

[@marilynfosseen1541]

No wonder Jane turned out so bad.

[@susanramsey5096]

A lot of these people aren't more than rude. It's awful to me that Welles' private conversation with someone that included frank opinions and observations of others in Hollywood should be made public, for example. That doesn't make him evil. 😢😮

[@metacosmos]

orson WElles believed he was a genious and that the rest of mankind were just beasts.

[@DayGloClam]

Orson Welles criticized actors? In private? That makes him evil? ❄️❄️❄️❄️

[@patriotunion7211]

Evil? Bit of an overstatement!

[@INFANTRY1981]

Kirk was convincing as a rapist in the movie - In Harms Way.

[@manofbeard]

It was in his nature by accounts on here.

[@metacosmos]

and as an honest colonel in Paths of glory.

[@peggyelchert8340]

Fame & Fortune. Be careful what you wish for…

[@kristend344]

I've watched some things on Marilyn Monroe. I think she would have had a much happier life if she'd never been "discovered".

[@peggyelchert8340]

@@kristend344 Yeah. Unfortunately SO OFTEN grief & heartache completes the package of fame, fortune & privilege…

[@susangardner6059]

Me, I just want the fortune you can keep the fame

[@ThursoBerwick]

​@@kristend344Marilyn's tragedy was being deprived of an education. She loved her books but couldn't remember her lines well. Maybe she could have played a different cultural role.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

So, I'm guessing that Henry Fonda's sarcastic and blunt demeanor in the movie, Golden Pond was pretty true to his actual persona? Also, It is highly unlikely that Errol Flynn was dodging kangaroos in Tasmania in his youth. the Island state has very few kangaroos.

[@adrianjordan6291]

Peter Fonda was quoted as saying that Henry Fonda's portrayal, in Fort Apache, of the rigid, martinet Colonel Owen Thursday, was very close to his actual personality.

[@seandobson499]

@@adrianjordan6291 As an old British soldier, myself, I can understand that as even at the age of 70,I still do a lot of things the army way, it really does get deep inside you and Henry Fonda served in the US Navy during the war and his experience of that service helped him to really nail the portrayal of Colonel Owen Thursday and if you look closely at the officers dance sequence, he is automatically doing the marching drill that he was taught, the only actor in that sequence to do so.

[@kristend344]

Jane Fonda has talked about even behind the scenes of OGP, Katharine Hepburn (never one to tolerate crap from anyone.) would be rooting her on in how to stand up to her father. (he was dying of cancer at the time of filming, and in a lot of pain.)

[@wholeNwon]

Flynn was also a sexual pervert.

[@Hatbox948]

Katherine Hepburn strikes me as having been difficult too.

[@goudagirl6095]

Remember many of the actors who become big in Hollywood have LOTS of personal issues, mental problems, horrible family histories, and just plain hubris and narcissism. It's how they become successful - stepping on everyone to get ahead - but it definitely doesn't make them nice people to be around.

[@abbatrouble]

That sounds exactly like the late Diana, Princess of Wales who was called a saint for her public facade but was really rude to servants, manipulative and threw major temper tantrums in private. So sad that King Charles had to put up with her and wasn't allowed to respond to her lies!

[@ThursoBerwick]

​@@abbatroubleShe probably was, but I think she was put in a very difficult position and a sham martiage.

[@abbatrouble]

@@ThursoBerwick She went into it with her eyes wide open.

[@ThursoBerwick]

@@abbatrouble She didn't. She had barely lived life and was raised from an early age to fulfil the role. The amount of press coverage she got was unprecedented. Much more so than previous royals. I don't think she was a saint but I don't think she fitted into that role.

[@jimvalentine2814]

No need to look to the past actors, dang, just look at today's actors. They get a bundle of $$, they think it gives them the insight and wisdom to inform us as to how we should live our lives. Not only slimy actors but CEO's, TV and talk show hosts, MOST politicians, most mouth pieces on the Internet. Worst of all, we soak it up.

[@daler.steffy1047]

I agree with you! Thank you for saying that!

[@jimvalentine2814]

@@daler.steffy1047 Thank you for yur reply.

[@jimvalentine2814]

@@daler.steffy1047 "Your" I didn't proof read. My fault.

[@cathygoslee9235]

Not all of us!

[@markkumanninen6524]

Henry Fonda's Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West is an epic piece of acting. No nice-and-simpleton character could carry that role.

[@stevemitchell4241]

That’s pronounced “Betty!” Whoever produced this ought to do more research on the subjects.

[@DementedCaver]

That is one of the obvious signs of AI doing the voice over.

[@maryjackson1194]

@@DementedCaver Yes, and without being tuned. If AI isn't taught, it won't learn.

[@margaretedwards1366]

@stevemitchell4241 - In her later years, she preferred to be called Bet. Watch any interview with her. Maybe you ought to do more research on the subject.

[@duanek9892]

@@margaretedwards1366 Amazing...I found it hard to believe you were right, yet after researching, it is true. Thanks for adding to my knowledge.

[@mariejarreau7251]

@@maryjackson1194 Yes, we must do a better job of training “AI” entities(?) so they can more efficiently replace the human race! I feel it coming. Star Trek tried to warn us! By the way - what happened to that Mrs. Shatner?????

[@virginiaspeciale8641]

I for one don’t care what these people were like in real life. They entertained us, and quite well.

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

While walking in NYC. I've spotted many famous actors...when I spotted Denzel, I just nodded and kept going...he grinned and did the same....same thing with Vin Diesel in Washington Square Park

[@craigdouglas7106]

We idolize them, admire them, and sometimes imagine being them. Once you truly know them, you will find out how unearned worship makes them evil.

[@wholeNwon]

Idols have feet of clay.

[@Royalroadtotheunc]

Time stamps: 0:37 Kirk Douglas 2:30 Mickey Rooney 4:22 Faye Dunaway 6:33 Orson Welles 8:05 Errol Flynn 9:49 Peter Sellers 11:01 Milton Berle 12:29 Wallace Beery 13:48 Bing Crosby 15:13 Henry Fonda

[@cnilecnile6748]

Henry Fonda was my great uncle. He came from a dirt-poor rural background, and was never able to get past that childhood. Something happened, when he was a little kid, that caused that, that's all I know.

[@calciumgypsum]

You don't need to make excuses for Henry Fonda. He was a good man. If he had a difficult character, there's nothing wrong with that. He didn't stay aside when the war started, he went through it like a most honorable man, never once taking advantage of the advantages he had. And for thousands or even millions of people, his best characters became a role model and an example of a better man. The mark that your great uncle has left behind him has been left by very few. And none of those who dares to reproach him for anything will ever be able to do anything like he'd done . I'm sad that I was only four years old when he died. I would have definitely gone to the theater to see one of his shows. But now I have over a hundred movies to choose from - and that's a lot of inspiration! Don't make excuses for your great uncle, be proud of him!

[@seandobson499]

As an old British soldier, myself, I think he probably went through things in the war that his so-called biographer never did and could never begin to understand anyway but, unlike Mr Morrison and others, he did his duty, was a great actor and made some great films that are better than most of the rubbish produced now. I was poor as a child through no fault of my parents, who gave us all love and some of that has stayed with me for 70 years, so nobody should judge anyone unless they have lived through the same things themselves.

[@Annie-ez4ol]

I don’t believe you.

[@SirKevinH]

He witnessed a white mob hanging a black man when he was a kid in Kansas.. It was traumatizing and no doubt fucked him up.

[@annaross1681]

I just completed a biography of Cary Grant. Now…HE had a terrible childhood and unfortunately I think that trauma lasted a long time…and caused much pain. Interfered with his relationships and marriages. He could be difficult and exacting as an actor. But still very professional! Treated people fairly decently…professionally and in person. Nothing like some of these people. Also better looking than almost every other man in Hollywood.

[@maureentrant5588]

Errol Flynn…. So Gorgeous , but so messed up😢

[@bevdavis4148]

Not a healthy man either.

[@Warcrimeenthusiast]

He at least admitted to all of it and indeed he even revelled in it

[@ThursoBerwick]

Lived an amazing life in his way if not a questionable one. Few action stars ever did.

[@chrisnanopoulos9905]

Evil?? Some of them may have been rude and abrasive. These are human traits. Everyone isn’t nice and they don’t have to be. Calling them “evil” is a big stretch. I also don’t believe everything I hear. (Rumors)It’s ignorant and naive.

[@bwanadave76]

I said Hello to Alice Cooper at O'Hare Field and he spent 20 minutes shooting the breeze with me. Nicest guy!

[@breigesheppard8339]

Thank you very much for amazing and interesting video 👏👏👍👍🍀🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jeanross7430]

AI ruins all narration for me.

[@laurafloyd6554]

I'm really ignorant. How can you tell it's AI?

[@jrd3523]

It's not.

[@laurafloyd6554]

@@jrd3523 how can we tell? I have no clue.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

What are you drinking ?😂

[@buddyleewoods2327]

Inspector Closo .

[@mightymikethebear]

All of the stories presented here have been told ad nauseam for decades.

[@user-kh6vx9yf9v]

Domestic abuse of children and partners was also a major issue as well as under aged relationships.

[@joannemessina7783]

Interesting surprising information. Great...

[@farinshore8900]

Verify the rumors. When you have facts to report, I will listen.

[@natashanyxx9486]

Bette- pronounced as BETTY.

[@shaggybreeks]

Just think of it. We are being informed about Hollywood celebrities by someone who has never heard of Bette Davis.

[@Rest65432]

Bette Midlers name is correct. Bet. Bette Davis admitted her name is pronounced Bet. Ruth is her real name.

[@docholiday1476]

They don’t sound evil they sound troubled and emotionally lost.

[@kennethbaca7610]

Nothing changed in Hollywood the evil continues.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Lauence Olivier, generally considered by many to be the greatest actor,dimwitted. I think not.

[@wholeNwon]

Why not?

[@joeg5239]

I alays thought that Olivier's ego was bigger than his talent.

[@Nel33147]

DeNiro is more than a dimwit. He’s a simpleton.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@joeg5239 Apparently, your ego is bigger than your brain. He was a Shakespearean actor, the greatest.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@Nel33147 No, he's not, you are.

[@Buck1954]

The actors of the 50's and 60's are not evil compared to today's actors.

[@buckshot6481]

They all jerks, Hollywood corrupts the soul, look at Ava Gardner she was a sweet girl then she went to Hollywood.

[@mike89128]

Marilyn Monroe once said: "Hollywood will give you a million for your body, but .50 cents for your soul".

[@bser3973]

That's why they are called ACTORS.

[@stevesparta4995]

I don't know if they're inherently evil. I think just being a celebrity goes to people's heads. They get an over inflated sense of self-worth. They play so many different roles and get so mixed up that they don't even know who they are anymore. So they lash out at others and often turn to substance abuse to cope. I believe most actor celebrities are just plain miserable.

[@daler.steffy1047]

Thank you for such profound and insightful comments. I read what you wrote here several times, and each time your insights resonated with me about how true your perceptions are. Thank you.

[@jonathanbrown4465]

I'm not sure that describing some of them as evil was quite fair. Troubled, possibly arrogant and even bullying maybe but not all of them were 'evil'.

[@evinchester7820]

You have this in today's world as well. What the average person does not understand, is that what they see, and or hear is the person's stage/TV/radio/pod cast personality. It is not their true selves. The late Rush Limbaugh while on radio was a very bombast individual, in person he was actually very gracious. All the Beatles still to this day have time for their fans. The band Metallica have a golden rule. They won't leave until that last fan who wants their autograph or photo with them gets it. Also, in these jobs/careers there is a lot of pressure and self imposed pressure placed on these individuals. There is an old saying, "any press, good or bad, is still press."

[@wholeNwon]

But "forced" his employees to buy his drugs.

[@elvirafeher4254]

Some people don't understand the concept of "Golden Age of Hollywood " trying to include more modern actors.