These Are The Greatest Action Stars of All Time

Mark Wahlberg

Sure, Marky Mark might have entered the celebrity world in a music group, but he did end up going into some incredible action-packed films. He did super well in the films Three Kings, Planet of the Apes, and Contraband. He definitely seems to prefer comedy films and maybe even reality TV, but he's an action star worth talking about.

John Wayne

John Wayne is the Western movie icon. He was in some iconic movies like Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Longest Day, and True Grit. He was one of the biggest stars in the late '30s well into the '70s. Wayne was basically the blueprint!

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The More You Know

  • The first public movie screening was held in 1895 in Paris.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
  • "E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.