Trivia Boss
100 Questions To Find Out If You Remember Actors Of The 1960s
Kathryn Callaway
Posted: April 18, 2024 | Last updated: April 18, 2024
(Getty Images)
100 Questions To Find Out If You Remember Actors Of The 1960s
"This is a high-pressure challenge—name these classic '60s actors and you'd better get them right! We understand that this might be a daunting task for most, but if you have an encyclopedic knowledge of that era's Hollywood stars and starlets, then this quiz could be just the ticket to show off your expertise.
Nerds especially, come on down - it's time to prove that childhood spent watching hours and hours of classic films has paid off. Whether you can name every actor and actress or only a few, we guarantee a fun time as you travel back in time and relive some of your favorite on-screen moments. So get ready - it's time to show us what you know about classic '60s actors!"
Nerds especially, come on down - it's time to prove that childhood spent watching hours and hours of classic films has paid off. Whether you can name every actor and actress or only a few, we guarantee a fun time as you travel back in time and relive some of your favorite on-screen moments. So get ready - it's time to show us what you know about classic '60s actors!"
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Shirley MacLaine or Vivien Leigh?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Academy Award winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Robert Vaughn or Charles McGraw?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn was an American actor noted for his stage, film and television work. His best-known television roles include suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; wealthy detective Harry Rule in the 1970s series The Protectors.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Andy Griffith or Gene Wilder?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Max von Sydow or Anthony Perkins?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins was an American actor and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion, but is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and its three sequels.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Mary Tyler Moore or Britt Ekland?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore is known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a single woman working as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Peter Sellers or George Lazenby?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Joan Crawford or Natalie Wood?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood was a Russian-American actress. Wood began her career in film as a child and became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she turned 25 years old.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it John Wayne or Spencer Tracy?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Elvis Presley or Gene Lockhart?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply the "King". His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Olivia de Havilland or Sophia Loren?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, Dame of the Grand Cross, O.M.R.I., is an Italian film actress and singer. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career in 1950 at age 16. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it James Coburn or Mickey Rooney?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: James Coburn
James Coburn was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Frankie Avalon or Patrick Magee?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon is an Italian American actor, singer, and former teen idol. Avalon was born in Philadelphia, the son of Mary and Nicholas Avallone. In December 1952, Avalon made his American network television debut playing the trumpet in the Honeymooners "Christmas Party" sketch on The Jackie Gleason Show.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Florence Henderson or Margaretha Krook?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Florence Henderson
Florence Agnes Henderson was an American actress and singer. While her career spanned six decades, she is best remembered for her starring role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch's ABC sitcom.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Jacqueline Bisset or Pamela Tiffin?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset is an English actress. She began her film career in 1965, first coming to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a most promising newcomer Golden Globe nomination.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Ali MacGraw or Angie Dickinson?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Ali MacGraw
Ali MacGraw is an American actress, model, author, and animal rights activist. She first gained attention with her role in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Henry Fonda or Robert Blake?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Rod Steiger or Edmond O'Brien?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Rod Steiger
Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile, and crazed characters. Cited as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars," he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Stella Stevens or Veronica Lake?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens is an American film, television, and stage actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it John Cassavetes or Robert Montgomery?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, writing and directing over a dozen movies, which he partially self-financed, and pioneered the use of improvisation and a cinéma vérité style.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Warren Beatty or Robert Ryan?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Jane Fonda or Jacqueline Bisset?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is a two-time Academy Award winner, two-time BAFTA Award winner, and four-time Golden Globe Award winner. In 2014, Fonda was the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2017, she was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Keir Dullea or Hardy Krüger?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea is an American actor best known for his portrayals of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His other film roles include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974). He studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Anita Ekberg or Shirley Knight?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg was a Swedish born Italian actress in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Carol Wayne or Miriam Hopkins?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Carol Wayne
Carol Wayne made numerous appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the Art Fern's Tea Time Movie sketches. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Wayne began her show business career as a teenage figure skater in the Ice Capades along with her younger sister, Nina Wayne.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Megs Jenkins or Thelma Ritter ?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the movie, she played a weary Xmas shopper.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Shirley Knight or Stefania Sandrelli?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight is an American actress, who during her career has appeared in more than 50 feature films, playing leading and character roles, made-for-television movies and series, as well as Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. She is a member of the Actors Studio.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it John Gavin or Donald Crisp?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: John Gavin
John Gavin, a strikingly handsome Hollywood actor who played romantic leads in the 1950s and ′60s and was the Reagan administration's ambassador to Mexico for five years, a rocky tenure notable for its diplomatic controversies, died on Friday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 86.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it George Kennedy or Rock Hudson?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent "heartthrob" of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Giant (1956).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Raquel Welch or Brigitte Bardot?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot is a French actress, singer, dancer, and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Burt Lancaster or Sean Connery?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Sean Connery
Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award). Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it James Garner or Frank Wolff?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: James Garner
James Garner starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Richard Burton or Jackie Gleason?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Richard Burton
Richard Burton was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Ingrid Bergman or Audrey Hepburn?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Maggie Smith or Anita Page?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith is an English actress. She has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 66 years. Smith has appeared in over 50 films, and is one of Britain's most recognizable actresses.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Mia Farrow or Nancy Kovack?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model who has appeared in more than 50 films. She has won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe, and has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Bette Davis or Julie Andrews?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as My Fair Lady (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and Camelot (1960), playing Queen Guinevere.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Diana Ross or Ann Rutherford?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Diana Ross
Diana Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act, and are the best charting girl group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it John Gilbert or Peter Graves?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Peter Graves
Peter Graves was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 (original) and from 1988 to 1990 (revival). His elder brother was actor James Arness (1923–2011).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Raquel Welch or Carol Wayne?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch is an American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to a British studio, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Richard Beymer or Jason Robards?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Richard Beymer
Richard Beymer is an American actor, filmmaker and artist who is best known for playing the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1961), Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and Ben Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Barbara Feldon or Sussanah York?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Barbara Feldon
Barbara Feldon is an American character actress who works mostly in the theatre, but is primarily known for her roles on television. Her most prominent role was that of Agent 99 on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart. She also worked as a model.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Janet Leigh or Sussanah York?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at age eighteen by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Candice Bergen or Ruth Gordon?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Candice Bergen
Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Jane Fonda or Julie Christie?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Julie Christie
Julie Christie is a British actress. An icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has received such accolades as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Shirley MacLaine. or Sandy Dennis?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Sandy Dennis
Sandy Dennis was an American theater and film actress. At the height of her career in the 1960s she won two Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Sandra Milo or Vera Miles?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Vera Miles
Vera Miles is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel Psycho II. Other films in which she appeared include Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), The Searchers (1956), and Follow Me, Boys! (1966).
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Faye Dunaway or Lynda Carter?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway is an American actress who appeared in over seventy films, thirty television shows, thirteen plays and two music videos. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, she was one of the leading actresses during the golden age of New Hollywood.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Barbra Streisand or Ann Smyrner?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Paul Henreid or Kirk Douglas?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American actor, producer, director, and author. He is one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.
(Getty Images)
Name This 60s Actor!
Is it Dustin Hoffman or Michael Redgrave?
(Getty Images)
Correct Answer: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman is an American actor and director. Hoffman has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of various accolades including; two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Genie Award.
More for You
Do I have to pay off my spouse's debts when they die? Here's what you're responsible for and what you aren't after a loved one's death
The biggest song in country music history, according to data. Plus, see if your favorite is in the top 100.
I Am Doing a PhD at 16—My Mother's Death Is the Reason
Spiked sleepover smoothie case highlights new community danger: 5 steps to protect children
Should you leave your laptop plugged in all the time?
17 Most Popular Baby Names From the 1970s
If Your Plant Leaves Have Brown Tips, This is What it Means
Sports Cars As Cool as the Porsche 911 But Way More Affordable
This Social Security Spousal Rule Is Officially Finished in 2024 — But These 3 Strategies Remain
Are Stocks Going to Crash if Joe Biden Wins and Democrats Control Congress? Here's What History Says About Stock Market Returns When Democrats Win.
How to know when it’s time to walk away from a sibling
10 Phrases That Will Be History When The Baby Boomer Generation is Gone
10 clever ways to reuse coffee grounds
I’ve Lived In The South All My Life—And These Are The 10 Most Underrated Destinations
Check Out the Original Invoice on This 1928 Ford Model A
17 Hairstyles Perfect For Older Women Who Want to Look Younger
Man wins thousands after capturing and removing invasive snakes from U.S. national park: 'We don't currently have a way to eradicate them'
Selena Gomez says success of 'mission-driven' Rare Beauty makeup brand 'makes me happy every night when I go to sleep'
The Fast-Growing Tree You'll Want To Plant In Your Yard For All Of Its Benefits
In America’s Biggest Oil Field, the Ground Is Swelling and Buckling