career he rose to prominence as one of the most iconic crooners in history he also dabbled in acting winning an academy award for his performance in the NUMBER_TOKEN war film from here to eternity after an unmatched career in showbiz frank passed away in NUMBER_TOKEN at age NUMBER_TOKEN. although the singer wasn't the tallest guy around the shadow he left was much taller than five foot eight kirk douglas five foot nine douglas was born in NUMBER_TOKEN and made his feature debut in NUMBER_TOKEN's the strange love of martha ivers after this debut he soon became one of the biggest stars in hollywood the NUMBER_TOKEN featured champion brought kirk his first academy award nomination and he received two more over the course of his career despite the fact that kirk was nominated three times he never won an academy award for acting kirk starred in the early stanley kubrick features paths of glory and spartacus two films that brought both figures a great deal of critical acclaim kirk lived to be NUMBER_TOKEN before passing away in NUMBER_TOKEN robert de niro NUMBER_TOKEN foot NUMBER_TOKEN inches robert de niro was born in NUMBER_TOKEN and is still with us the actor rose to fame predominantly due to his turns in many of martin scorsese's most successful features like mean streets and raging bull he received another notable early role with francis ford coppola's the godfather part NUMBER_TOKEN in NUMBER_TOKEN. he recently reunited with scorsese once again for NUMBER_TOKEN's the irishman sean connery six foot two sean connery was born in scotland in NUMBER_TOKEN and passed away in NUMBER_TOKEN before his death in NUMBER_TOKEN he had been retired for several years due to the low quality of acting roles he was getting in his later career during the height of his fame he was best known for playing james bond he was the first actor to ever play the character and remains many fans as favorite actor to have played the part clint eastwood six foot four american actor and director clint eastwood was born in NUMBER_TOKEN and is still alive he's currently NUMBER_TOKEN but that's not stopping him his career began with roles in spaghetti westerns such as sergio leone's dollars trilogy clinton eventually made a name for himself as a director in addition to being an actor nowadays he directs more movies than he stars in but he still makes occasional appearances in front of the camera john wayne six foot four john wayne was born in NUMBER_TOKEN and achieved immense fame as a star in western and war films early in his career he began acting in silent features as early as the NUMBER_TOKENs before venturing out into bigger roles in the NUMBER_TOKENs his first role as a lead came in the NUMBER_TOKEN feature the big trail though the film wasn't a success it led to an incredibly successful career for the actor down the line some of his most iconic roles remain his turns in the films the searchers true grit and rio bravo he passed away in NUMBER_TOKEN at age NUMBER_TOKEN. now it's time to hear from you comment down below to share if you were surprised to learn about the true heights of any of these old hollywood actors and before you go make sure you give this video a like and subscribe to facts first if you haven't already click
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