Beautiful actors who never became big stars

Louis Garrel. Would definitely fuck his nose!

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R2 a name might be helpful. He’s gorgeous but who is he?

R3, that's all around creep Armie Hammer.

Matt Battaglia - so fucking hot

Define "big". Garrel is a big French star.

Vincent Spano

French being the operative word, r6.

Wow, R5! That is one incredibly hot man!

Let me contribute again - the gorgeous Michael Trucco still looks like this at 53.

The Letscher brothers were beautiful - Matt was more traditionally handsome while Brian was a tall slab of beef/muscle.

Ethereal Alice.

Umm, Matt Battaglia barely made it to "third guy from the left." Not sure he qualifies here.

Jon-Erik Hexum

R12 I'm not the poster who suggested him but he is beautiful. The post is focusing on the beautiful part, not the big star part.

Yes, but the emphasis on "big star" infers that they had been poised for major stardom in some way and it never happened.

Matt Battaglia played the closeted football player who was fucking Emmett on “Queer as Folk”.

FUCK ME. I never saw THAT before. Nice, R16!

R15 And Battaglia was one of those "showed up in everything" for a few years because someone was trying to Make Him Happen. So he fits perfectly.

Hart Bochner

Christopher Casenove had some tragedy in his life. His son by Angharad Rees (Demelza on 1970s version of Poldark) graduated from Cambridge university, then drove back to the school to return textbooks. He was killed in a car accident in the way.

Casenove collapsed and died of septicemia at age 66. His ex-wife Angharad died at 68 of pancreatic cancer. They had a surviving son who must be awfully lonely.

Maxwell Caulfield kinda doesn't fit this description because he did have a few big films and a TV career....he's not the kind of actor OP probably had in mind.

Nevertheless, I'm surprised he never became a "big star" in the Clooney vein. He was ridiculously handsome in his younger days.

R21, Perhaps because he married a woman twenty years his senior?

I would think Caulfield fits this to a T.

Peter Barton

Curly blond Steven Lyon from Campus Man.

You see his butt at around 0:37 in the video below.

His acting was better that M. J Fox & looked better than Nic "I was born to play Superman" Cage (lol).

Plus he was supportive of his gay brother who died of AIDS in the 80s but I guess he didn't want to do the casting couch games?

Ralf played Conan on tv & hit it big in 2000 Gladiator with Crowe but nothing else at that level.

He was 6'5" 275-290 lbs., blond & blue eyes with a body to die for.

His German accent was less annoying than Arnold's & he was even his close gym pal which you would've thought worked in his favor in getting better roles.

Ralf in the early 90s Best Of The Best 2 film =

This bb stage video shows just how tall, muscular & charismatic he was back in the day =

Johnathon Scheach

Let's try R28 again =

I can't get the RM bb short with Herman H. to post so I'll go with his funny 80s film scene here -

Climbing a couple of levels in the celebrity hierarchy, the delectable Eric Bana.

Lee Canalito who was pretty much only famous for one film, "Paradise Alley" in 1978. God, he was beautiful in that. His face, but he also had giant, rounded muscles.

Brad Davis was a star, but his addiction kept him from becoming a really big star. Dying of AIDS didn't help, either.

Billy Zane

Hart Bochner = One of the handsomest men who ever lived.

Billy Zane peaked young, then lost his beauty.

Costas Mandylor

Alex Dimitriades

Wayne Maunder. I guess playing Custer as an admirable person was frowned upon even then, but he didn't write the script. His last appearance as an abusive father in 'Porky's' was frighteningly good.

Tina Yothers

Jack Scalia

John Russell

Lee Horsley

Jeffrey Hunter did have a fairly successful career, but you would think he would have been a bigger star given his good looks.

R29 Gesundheit!

Andrew Shue.

The guy from Myra Breckenridge.

OP- His looks were at their peak ca. 1976 when he appeared as Charles Hazelmere in The Duchess Of Duke Street.

I think because Brad Davis is in Midnight Express and Querelle he sort of made it - both are movies that will be remembered and rewatched.

Duncan Regehr was beautiful enough to play Errol Flynn in a TV movie back in '85. He's 71 today (Oct. 5).

I can't imagine crying out in passion, "Oh, Duncan! Oh, Duncan!"

R50 Querelle is remembered for being the bad kind of camp. It's practically unwatchable the first time you attempt it and nobody is going back for second viewings.

OP- Can I start a sequel thread called "Big actors who never became beautiful stars"?

Edgar Ramirez. I still have hope he'll make it big. I thought his Gianni Versace in American Crime Story would help him into the big time. He's gorgeous, talented, and UNMARRIED.

Miles O’Keeffe

Dack Rambo

Loving this thread. A few of these actors are the ones where you kinda felt that someone was really trying to "make" them happen but they just didn't reach that higher level of stardom.

George Peppard

^^^^^^ remember, that picture of George was WAY before digital filters, and he MAY have not been wearing any makeup (or only a little bit to prevent shininess)

Many would consider George Peppard a major star.

R60, Something has been done to that photograph.

r62 there was still touch-up before Photoshop it was more manual using colored pencils and clay.

John Gavin

The photo at R59 is very touched up. Here is the original and he is still very handsome without the changes just not so ethereal looking.

R63, I recall reading an interview with a touch up artist and he said the most time and effort he ever spent on a job was touching up a photograph of Kate Smith for an album cover.

Casper Van Dien. A male friend of mine swears that he hooked up with him, but then he mistook Samara Weaving for Margot Robbie at an AA meeting.

Helmut Griem

Roland Lesaffre

I loved Alessandro Nivola in Laurel Canyon - I thought he'd have a much bigger career. Still works, and a good actor.

Loren Dean

The ever gorgeous Gil Gerard.

Maren Jensen

Mike Henry

Willem Dafoe.

The simply beautiful Gregory Harrison.

Christopher Cazenove playing John Forsyth's brother on Dynasty was ridiculous. He had to be 30 years younger.

John Gavin and George Peppard starred in two of the most iconic movies ever. Plus, the latter went on to star in one of the most iconic TV shows ever.

Who ARE some of you??

Again, who ARE some of you? Willem Dafoe is MAJOR.

Four Academy Award nominations!

Jim Sturgess. Fizzled out after "21". Working in nothing you've heard of for about the last decade, and he's only 45 now (I mean, when a co-star is Cara Delavigne...).

He should have stayed with "James."

Michael Vartan. Though he's best known for "Alias" he never made it big on film. The only films I recall from him are "Never Been Kissed", that stupid J.Lo vs Jane Fonda film and some Aussie horror flick about a crocodile.

Not beautiful, but hot...Seann William Scott.

R78, Psycho wasn't a hit because of Gavin. He usually played 2nd banana to bigger female stars, he was never a draw on his own

R83, I think you're conveniently forgetting about Thorougly Modern Millie!

Didn't John Gavin become an U. S. ambassador to somewhere?

The very lovely Morgan Fairchild.

R85, Gavin was Ambassador to Mexico from 81 to 86, not a shabby gig. He was in a lot of movies including that homoerotic scene in the baths in Spartacus with Olivier.

R19 Ditto on Hart Bochner.

Lee Montgomery from the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" film -

Matt Lattanzi, better known as Mr. Newton-John.

R86 - didn't Meryl shade Morgan at one time saying she was the star that Meryl was not?

My baby Random Bouth owns this thread!

*Randon*. Stupid autocorrect.

John Hart - Lifeguard on I Love Lucy

R94, On his first “ILL” appearance, the voice over credits listed him as “Johnny Hart”.

Here he is in later years.

Clare Kramer from BTVS =

I thought Jen Lien with the long hair they gave her in season 3 would've set her up for a great Hollywood future

Heather L. should've been known for more than just the Freddy films -

AMC fans will forever wonder how it spawned so many ingenues yet perhaps their best remains an unknown: Taylor Miller who played Nina Cortland.

AMC did prove to be a relatively good springboard for its ingenues in the 1980s, Kim Delaney, Lauren Holly, Kelly Ripa and Paige Turco all went on to have decent primetime/celebrity outside of the show itself.

Grant Goodeve. I think he ended his acting career by choice.

I'm surprised Playgirl didn't come calling for Goodeve. I would have died to see what was below that expanding treasure trail.

His eight was enough to fill our lives with love.

Glenn Morrissey was an actor on Emerald Point, N.A.S. It was a nighttime soap opera that lasted one season. He went full on naked for a stage show called "Women Behind Bars", but this is what we saw in Playgirl. You can see the head of his cock in this photo. I'm surprised he didn't go all out. Maybe he thought it would lead to the end of his career.

Sam Jones and Steven Bond might dispute that hypothesis.

Kevin Brophy

Dennis Olivieri

Alexander Enberg who played Vorik on STV -

Susan Strasberg. Had some success but much more was expected given who her parents were.

The thread headline says "actors", not "actresses".

Uh...R108, welcome to 2023, actor is a gender neutral term...but I will get off your darn lawn.

The OP couldn't said "actors only (no actresses)" but didn't so I guess any sex will do.

I thought Ken Olandt was one of the most beautiful actors I’d ever seen in the ‘80s.

Timothy Adams from Sunset Beach

Nick Stabile of Charmed

Nick Kiriazis

Passions' Christopher Douglas was the spitting image of Star Trek's Capt. Pike & should've been cast in the revival -

Geraldo Celasco a.k.a. Adrian Bellani =

R104, He is what Jacob Elordi wishes to look like.

Michael Schoeffling

Sean Faris

David Conrad

Drew Fuller

Casper Van Dien

Sam Page and James Wolk.

I’d also add John Allen Nelson.

Gabriel Macht. I was very surprised he never became a big star.

And John Terlesky

R118, Because he quit to move to NE PA and make furniture.

True

Also, Jeff Yagher

Doesn't Jeff Yagher work in special effects with his brother these days?

Yes, he does, R130.

Alex Pettyfer.

Of all the photos, they choose that one of Alex? He sabotaged himself.

I'll say Olivia Wilde. She's more successful as a director though.

[R43]: John Russell was hot. Used to see him on TV in the 50’s in “Soldiers of Fortune.” Never seemed to progress from playing intense heavies, mostly in westerns. Also had his own series, “Lawman,” which you pictured. He’s even been cast as as a Native American heavy in “Yellowstone Kelly,” opposite hunky Clint Walker.

The mustache made him even hotter, though his body was always all and lean.

^tall and lean

I have a cousin who could be John Russell's twin - not a common look.

I'd say Morgan Fairchild is a household name. I wish Hart Bochner, Lee Montgomery, etc. were because in the 80's they were so beautiful and talented, and had opportunities to make it big. Especially Hart. Winds of War, The Sun Also Rises etc.

Matt Bomer. Sean Farris.

Bradford Jackson. Just saw his debut in It Came From Outer Space.

Cal Bolder - what a handsome hunk. I made a ton of caps of him in "Jesse James vs. Frankenstein", but I seem to have somehow erased them (damn).

Hart Bochner was gorgeous but he was also somewhat bland, sort of like a male Jaclyn Smith. Like his dad, charisma was not a strong suit. He had a ton of chances but the public never went for him. Despite his dreadful appearance in Supergirl, he might have done well in an early version of Smallville.

R138, Matt Bomer’s career is far from over.

Cam Gigandet

Gigi Perreau was a prolific child star who returned in 2007 after a 30-year hiatus to do mostly voice work. In addition to Lana Turner, she worked with Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Ann Sothern and DL fave Chuck Connors. She even was in a first season episode of 'The Brady Bunch' at age 29.

Fun Fact: Gigi Perrreau apparently was Meghan Markle's acting coach early on. I've never seen 'Suits,' so I have no comment on that.

Has William McNamara been mentioned?

Miles O'keeffe will always be my Tarzan.

I used to beat off to Johnathon Schaech from The Doom Generation...a lot.

Luke Evans.

Stephen Caffrey and Terence Knox ("Tour of Duty").

Johnathon Schaech was gorgeous

Remember when he "dated" Ellen?

No one's mentioned DL fave Nicholas Clay?!

R121 Drew Fuller looks like a FAG.

Anthony Hamilton - Not the best actor but jeez he was gorgeous. I realize dying young put a crimp in his career.

Steve Reeves - He did a lot of those sword and sandals films, but his good looks should've taken him further, despite his limited acting skills.

Eric Bana refused to do comedy. He only has himself to blame.

[quote] Anthony Hamilton - Not the best actor but jeez he was gorgeous. I realize dying young put a crimp in his career.

I don’t know the actor. Otherwise there’s the R&B singer. And Lewis Hamilton’s dad.

He meant Antony.

r154, Cary Elwes did comedy, and I think that ruined his career. But he's had a resurgence of sorts in the past 5 years.

Goldenboy James Franciscus had leading man good looks and was popular for a time on television, but he never really broke out the way a Steve McQueen or Robert Redford did.

R157 but Eric Bana is a good comic, something that sets him apart from most dramatic actors. As a dramatic actor, he’s one of many. He has avoided comedy for the most part in his American career for fear of being pigeon holed thanks for to his early career mincing around with a mullet on Australian TV.

Cary Elwes was never that guy and is not the right comparison.

R157, what ruined Elwes career is that he hit the wall harder than any actor in recent memory.

Hart Bochner was so hot in Apartment Zero.

Edward Burns.

R150, no I don't at all. But I would imagine it was a beard situation. Is he gay?

Jonathon Schaech's wife (or girlfriend) seems like a raging assshole. Bestselling author of "Get What You Want".