early death

There are many many actors out there.. some great some not great some awful.

And some are really great, But those ones are scarce. Once in a while the tragedy of death pull away some of the really great ones way to early.. and you just know that if they' would've lived longer they would have done even more wonders.

The biggest tragedies in the film business for me was when we lost these actors

many many years too soon.

And what defines "too young" 20? 30? 40? well all those ages.. too young to have died

Tyrone Power.

Tyrone is probably the actor I have had as one of my favourites the longest, had The Mark of Zorro on VHS and saw it to pieces. he was handsome and sophisticated and the one I really associate with adventure film. I then discovered his comic side and his amazing acting ability in thrillers and dramas. Though for me he will always sweep me away the hardest as the hero he played so brilliantly, Zorro.

He died in 1958, 44 years old of a heart attack.

Rudolph Valentino.

Here's a man who's fame only grew because of his untimely death.

I adore this man, he has a screen presence like no one and can express every known feeling and emotion just through his eyes, which you also can drown in.. I understand why there were a 100 000 people on the streets of New York mourning during his funeral.

He was a leading man and the first hollywood heart breaker and sex symbol, and When he was on the peek of his fame in 1926 he died of blood poisoning, he was 31 years old.

Robert Walker.

I discovered this amazing actor as many others did in Hitchcock's Strangers on a train, where he play Bruno, the mentally disturbed man who wants to swap murders with a man he meets on the train.

A man with a really tragic life filled with personal problems amongst all, his wife leaves him for a big Hollywood Producer. When he get's his breakthrough and becomes a star in 1951 he overdose on prescription drugs. No one knows if it was an accident or not. 32 years old.

Montgomery Clift

This is probably the death that has sadden me most, this beautiful amazing actor who made unbelievable performances over and over again was through his entire career depressed and one of the "troubled" young stars. He struggled with closeted homosexuality and was dependent on prescription drugs for his depressions during his entire career. He is without a doubt one of the most talented actors that ever lived, and also one of the most beautiful ones, but unfortunately one of the most tragic ones. in 1966 he died of a heart attack due to his substance abuse and his death has been described as the longest suicide in hollywood history, he was 45 years old.

Jean Harlow

The original platinum blond bombshell. A beautiful young free spirited girl who swept everyone away through her roles who were the biggest name during the 30's. Married 3 times and engaged with William Powell at the time of her death. in 1937 during the filming of Saratoga with Clark Gable she was hospitalized for uremic poisoning and died.. 26 years old.

I chose people 45 and under, my list would be 3 times as long if I included every great actor who passed away in his fifties, as my big heroes Errol Flynn, Robert Shaw and Humphrey Bogart did.