Hollywood Greats

Hollywood Greats is a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He was also responsible for a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were written by Norman, were published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.

Series One (1977)

• Clark Gable (1901-1960)
• Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
• Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)
• Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
• Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)

Series Two (1978)

• Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
• Ronald Colman (1891-1958)
• Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
• Judy Garland (1922-1969)
• Charles Laughton (1899-1962)

Series Three (1979)

• Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)
• Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
• Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
• Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
• Hollywood - The Golden Years

Series Four (1984-1985)

• John Wayne (1907-1979)
• Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
• Steve McQueen (1930-1980)
• David Niven (1910-1983)
• Bing Crosby (1903-1977)