By Frank Worth

Marlon Brando was also an activist, lending his presence to many issues, including the American Indian Movement. He was named the fourth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Edmond O'Brien (1915-1985) was an American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A..

He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and was also nominated for his role in Seven Days in May (1964).

His other notable films include White Heat (1949), The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Longest Day (1962), Fantastic Voyage (1966), and The Wild Bunch (1969). He also appeared extensively in television.

Edmond O'Brien has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street, and a second star at 6523 Hollywood Blvd. for his contribution to the television industry.

Bob Hope, KBE (1903-2003), was an English-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for US military personnel. He was well known for his good natured humour and long career.

His trademark song was Thanks for the Memory.

Of his 66 films, hhe was best known for My Favourite Brunette and the highly profitable ‘Road to...’ movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.

He hosted the Oscars a memorable eighteen times and was presented with two honourary Oscars.
He received the Congressional Gold Medal (June 8, 1962), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (awarded by Lyndon B. Johnson, January 20, 1969), the Sylvanus Thayer Award, United States Military Academy at West Point, 1968 and the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, 1997.

Bob Hope has four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures, radio, television and theatre.

Bette Davis (1908-1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were romantic dramas.

She won two Academy Awards as Best Actress for her roles in Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938), an Emmy in 1979 for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter, and the Cecil B DeMille Award in 1974.

Bette Davis was the first woman to secure 10 nominations for the Best Actress Oscar. The films were Dark Victory (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941), Now Voyager (1942), Mr Skeffington (1944), All About Eve (1950), The Star (1952) and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

In 1977, Bette Davis became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.