What actor/actress comes to mind?

[Sepiatone]

next : a sneaky one

PETER LORRE

Next:

Braggart


Sepiatone

[Detective Jim McLeod]

Burt Reynolds

Next- looks great in both B&W and Technicolor

[Cinemaspeak59]

Betty Grable

Next: Golden Era star who flourished after the fall of the studio system.

[Dargo]

Next: Golden Era star who flourished after the fall of the studio system.

Elizabeth Taylor

(...and FWIW and in regard to Det.Jim's earlier next of "looks great in both B&W and Technicolor", I was about to post Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland before noticing I was a hair too late in answering)

Next: an ancient philosopher

[LawrenceA]

H.B. Warner


next: played strong guys

[KayFrancis]

H.B. Warner


next: played strong guys

Johnny Weissmuller

Next : actor with a beautiful speaking voice

[nakanosunplaza]

John Dehner
next Another actor with a beautiful speaking voice

[Intrepid37]

Jason Robards Jr.

next: breathy voiced actress

[ziggy6708a]

Marilyn Monroe
Monroe's signature breathy speaking voice was actually a tactic the actress used to overcome a childhood stutter.


next: "we gotta put on a show"

[Swithin]

Denis Quilley

Next: Strict nurse

[Dargo]

Next: Strict nurse

Louise Fletcher

Next: lifeboat inhabitant

[Detective Jim McLeod]

William Bendix


Next- a free spirit

[Intrepid37]

Next- a free spirit

Joanne Woodward (in The Fugitive Kind)

next: lanky

[Cinemaspeak59]

Sterling Hayden

Next: drunk

[LawrenceA]

Dudley Moore


next: behind bars