The 100 Most Handsome and Best-Looking Actors of All-Time

 

After the six months of work on the 100 most beautiful actresses of all-time list it seemed daunting to do all of this again. Please note: this list has nothing to do with talent or character or lack thereof. The question was superficial - who are the best looking actors of all-time. That was it. You could vote for one person or ten. Thank you to the media mavens for sharing your favorites. Thankfully, there are tons of television and movie fans who know what they are talking about.  This list is for fun and obviously, there are many issues we should be concerned about in our daily lives. This is meant as a fun distraction. The descriptions are intentionally corny!

Since I do not take ads for blogging, I do not make money from blogging. I would like to make note of the various photographers and studio shots that are featured in this list.  Hundreds of gifted people took the photos of these actors.

1) Paul Newman - Wit, talent and one of the most beautiful men - ever. The blue eyes were famed, but his spot-on sarcastic deliveries and sense of humor made the already stunning man even more glorious to get all goofy over. If you had the good fortune to see him in person you knew you had never seen a better looking man. Movies to watch: The Long, Hot Summer, The Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict

2) Robert Redford - The image - Redford as the Sundance Kid. Could there possibly be a more visual display of gorgeousness than Redford as the Sundance Kid? Can I move? I'm better when I move. Movies to watch: This Property is Condemned, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor

3) Brad Pitt - A sexy and physically beautiful guy without being a pretty boy. His Legends of the Fall scenery may be the best of his best. Talk about objectifying men. Movies to watch: Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall

4) Steve McQueen - A movie legend for the ages. Not necessarily a classically handsome man, but may very well be the sexiest on-screen actor of all-time. His spin in Bullitt remains the definitive in cool. Cool watch. Cool car. Cool. Just plain out cool. Movies to watch: The Magnificent Seven, Love with the Proper Stranger, Le Mans, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt

5) William Holden - Smile a little smile for me. Outside of Redford in the 1960's and 1970's, no man ever had a more gasp inspiring smile. He was a golden boy indeed. Meet him on Sunset Boulevard or at a picnic - either way you'd be having a nice day. Movies to watch: Stalag 17, Picnic, Golden Boy, The Bridge on the River Kwai

6) Don Johnson - Bone structure, eyes, hair, lips, nose. Nothing was wrong with the physicality of the man who made big white jackets and sockless feet darn right cool. He aged well to boot. Watch a Miami Vice repeat. Do yourself a favor. Movies to watch: Tin Cup

7) Jeffrey Hunter - He rode the range in a few classic films and even portrayed a stunningly gorgeous blue-eyed Jesus Christ. Jesus was perfect, but I suspect a Jewish man in Israel probably didn't have fair skin with blue eyes. Movies to watch: King of Kings, The Searchers

8) Errol Flynn - Flynn was a womanizing cad and women loved him for it. Go figure. He was also one heck of man to look at. Unfortunately, he was his own worst enemy and pretty much looked awful by the time he turned 40. Movies to watch: Captain Blood, They Died with Their Boots On, The Sun Also Rises

9) Tyrone Power - So beautiful. If you know a woman who has seen him in a movie let her tell you what she thinks. He died at the age of 44, so his family, friends and fans were denied the privilege of seeing him live a long life. Movies to watch: Anything with Loretta Young and The Long, Gray Line

10) Clint Eastwood - Handsome man, even though he is rarely described as handsome. Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya punk. With the exception of Humphrey Bogart, no actor has emoted more lines of note. Movies to watch: Play Misty For Me, Tightrope, Dirty Harry, Sudden Impact, The Outlaw Josey Wales

11) Mel Gibson - I must admit it would be difficult to find a more gorgeous face than Mel Gibson in The Bounty. The scene in the car while it's raining in The Year of Living Dangerously is quite dream worthy. Freedom! It doesn't necessarily give you this face, but it does offer more options. Movies to watch: The Road Warrior, The Passion of the Christ (he's not in this film, but he directed a superbly magnificent piece of filmmaking)

12) Gregory Peck - Absolute class act, but he was a class act with a sincerely perfect face. Just a handsome movie star that also created some memorable screen moments. Movies to watch: Roman Holiday, Gentlemen's Agreement, To Kill a Mockingbird

13) Cary Grant - Witty, quick, clever, charming and he looked like Cary Grant. A romantic lead as well as a good dramatic actor and gifted with superb comic timing. Movies to watch: Monkey Business, Arsenic and Old Lace, An Affair to Remember 

14) Rock Hudson - Perfectly featured man. A face for the ages. Movies to watch: Anything with Doris Day.   

15) Mark Harmon - The young Mark Harmon was the classic all-American guy. Perfect example of inherited good genes.

16) Robert Wagner - Oh that smile. The suave, cool, collected Wagner. Try watching an episode of It Takes a Thief. Well, it hasn't worn well, but he was a beauty. He literally never took a bad photo.

17) Tom Selleck - He reached his physical peak in the Magnum, P.I. series. The smile could nearly kill. Great looking man.

18) Alain Delon - The French actor was almost always more beautiful than any of his leading ladies. The face lives on and remains highly memorable for anyone who ever gazed on it.

19) John Wayne - Movie buffs cannot look away from the face. His young man's face was a smoldering masculine boldness and he aged well. Movies to watch: Stagecoach, The Searchers, Red River

20) Fred Williamson - Have you seen Williamson's Public Service Announcement for Wounded Warriors? If not, look it up. He looks pretty much the same as his youthful good looks from an earlier era.

21) Richard Gere - Clearly, a sexy guy. He excels at playing romantic leads and yet he rocks out bad guys better than any other actor from his generation. Movies to watch: No Mercy, Yanks, Hachi

22) Justin Hartley - His career started on daytime dramas and then kicked into high gear with starring roles in two huge hits, This Is Us and Tracker. He should be the next star of films like Taken. Love this - he's from Orland Park, Illinois!

23) Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind. His image still resonates all these years later, so in cinema history the wind couldn't even take him away. As Adela Rogers St. Johns said about him, "No complexes, no inhibitions, no fixations, no phobias."

24) Gary Cooper - Great looking, manly man! Gorgeous features. He wasn't the luckiest man alive, but he certainly had a memorable career and face.  

25) Sean Connery - Glorious bone structure. Connery is one of the best looking actors of all time. Daniel Craig may be the best Bond ever (Ian Fleming's version), but Connery will remain Bond, James Bond for a long time to come.

26) Chad Everett - Everett was a real specimen of good looks. Perfect face. Imagine that Medical Center doctor walking into the room to check up on your health?

27) Patrick Dempsey - He worked in films for years, but it was a McDreamy role on television that made him a household name.

28) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Fairbanks was suave and elegant and he managed to still be stunning as an old man.

29) Jack Scalia - One of the finest looking men ever to walk on planet earth. I interviewed him once and when he walked into the room I almost passed out. Well, not literally.

30) Simon Baker - Cutie pie. Baker is about as elegant as an actor in today's day and age is going to get. Aesthetically appealing.

31) Henry Cavill - Cavill is absolutely gorgeous. Pity the woman who actually lands him, since the idolatrous and stalking types will probably not let him live a normal life until he hits 75 years old. Much more than Superman.

32) Montgomery Clift - Always sad looking no matter what he was playing. A Place in the Sun brought out the ultimate in male on-screen sadness.

33) Liam Neeson - Who would you want in a foxhole with you (movie image version)? He'd be one. Man's man and woman's man. Movies to watch: Schindler's List, Rob Roy, Taken

34) Kevin Costner - In his day, he was a doll. Baseball player good looking. America on a face. Movies to watch: The Untouchables, Field of Dreams

35) Johnny Depp - The weirdest choice good looking guy in the entire history of cinema. Movies to watch: Pirates of the Caribbean 

36) Warren Beatty - One heck of a gorgeous man. Heaven Can Wait may have been his best looking period. Movies to watch: Bonnie & Clyde, Splendor in the Grass

37) Matthew McConaughey - Eclectic and seemingly down-to-earth. A terrific actor with great looks. His Oscar acceptance speech was one of the most sincere acceptances of all-time. Seems real in an unreal world.

38) Denzel Washington - Always a sturdy presence in any film. Great looks spanning a wildly successful long-haul career. Movies to watch: The Equalizer series of films, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 

39) George Clooney - How do you not put him on this list? Lots of women still hark back to his television days and not his film career.

40) Rob Lowe - Absolutely beautiful and he has aged well. Unavoidably handsome.

41) Colin Firth - Whether playing a King or Mr. Darcy this is one fine looking specimen of maleness.

42) Bradley Cooper - Killer smile, gorgeous eyes and a wildly fantastic head of hair!

43) Jack Lord - Star of the original Hawaii Five-O survives via repeats. Nearly fifty years later those early year episodes give us the display of a handsome man.

44) Ryan Reynolds - Funny and cute. Will he be around for the long-haul? We can hope.

45) John Gavin - Gorgeous. Nothing else needs to be said.

46) Andy Garcia - Appealing actor and handsome. The only reason to sit through The Godfather 3 movie.

47) Antonio Banderas - Desperado. Basically, you need to see nothing beyond this film and it may be the reason why he even landed on the list. 

48) Tom Cruise - He is literally one of the biggest movie stars of all-time and he is certainly the biggest movie star of his era. Highly likable and adorable. Movies to watch: Top Gun, Cocktail (it's bad, but he's so cute), Mission Impossible series of films, Top Gun: Maverick 

49) Leonardo DiCaprio - The last of the true movie stars who can honestly open a movie. Beautiful face. Perfectly cast as Jay Gatsby. He defined what Fitzgerald put on the page. Movies to watch: The Great Gatsby, The Revenant

50) George Peppard - Gorgeous guy whether having breakfast at Tiffany's or being a carpetbagger.

51) James Dean - September 30,1955. A sad day in film history. The world lost James Dean. Lovely to look at.

52) Sidney Poitier - Sophisticated and elegant and we respectfully say to sir with love.

53) Christopher Jones - A gifted actor who left the screen after the traumatic experience of 1970's Ryan's Daughter (long story, but look it up, since it's interesting and sad). He should have been one of the biggest stars in the world.

54) Burt Reynolds - One of the most underrated actors ever. The laugh alone is glorious.

55) Colin Farrell - A stunning face. Those brows!



56) Pierce Brosnan - Suave and elegant. Quite pleasing to the eye.

57) Eric Bana - A strong and cultured bone structure. Nice looking man.

58) Stuart Martin - A full bodied man of masculinity and charisma. He's also a superb actor. He plays guys bent on action, but we want to see him in a love story.

59) Hugh Jackman - Jackman is power pumped with a massively attractive physique, but he has a great face as well.

60) Chris Hemsworth - The guy certainly has it all.

61) Sam Elliott- Sexy, manly actor and that voice. That voice. Katharine Ross makes a lovely wife too.

62) Robert Urich - Urich was a dreamboat and he died way too young. A terrific actor who happened to be a dreamy guy. Long and lean with perfect features.

63) Blair Underwood - Good looking man and classic looking as well.

64) Tom Hardy - May not exactly frame vulnerability, but when he smiles, he lights up the screen.

65) Terrence Howard - Howard is darn near pretty. Women love his face.

66) Marlon Brando - As Irene Selznick said about him "I honestly think that broken nose made his fortune. It gave him sex appeal. He was too beautiful before."

67) Josh Lucas - Masculine guy with a pearly set of baby blues.

68) Richard Burton - The face was only slightly less stunning than that amazing voice. What voice could top that?

69) Robert Taylor - Somewhat forgotten now, but not by the true old movie buffs.

70) Matthew McNulty - McNulty has a killer smile and could easily play the son of the iconic Tom Selleck. McNulty is great at playing bad guys. Catch the third season of The Musketeers and watch him indulge in one of the best bad guys on screen ever. 

 

71) James Marsden - Nice looking man indeed.

72) Peter O'Toole - The image of him from Lawrence of Arabia may very well be the most hauntingly beautiful image of any man at any time.

73) Paul Walker - God rest his soul. What a stunner.

74) Keanu Reeves - Effortless is about all you have to say.

75) Theo James - The Divergent series proved he's got the manly abilities and he's proven he can act. In any other era he would already be a huge star, but in the world of no celebrities, 500 channels and fewer and fewer films being made he hasn't broken out.

76) Idris Elba - Any women who has seen him - gets it.

77)  Gerard Butler - Big and brawny and all man.

78) Alexander Skarsgard - I don't know if you can handle this. Too much going on.

79)  Sean Bean - How on earth did Sean Bean not become a household name? One of the sexiest men ever in films and television. Handsome Brit who could be Luke Bracey's father. Someone make that casting happen. Masculine manly man!

80) Alec Baldwin - One of the best actors ever and when he was young he was a real doll.

81) Alex Pettyfer - I Am Number Four. He could never be a number four. Don't hold Magic Mike against him. Gorgeous, gorgeous guy. T-shirts and blue jeans or tuxedos. Doesn't matter.

82) Michael Douglas - Douglas could do no wrong. Energy, positivity and self-assurance.

83) Henry Fonda - Finely featured man who held a long-haul career in a fickle business.

84) Richard Harris - Crossing the Atlantic you tend to get men like Richard Harris. There is a scene in the film Hawaii that defines Harris and his reason for obviously making this list.

85) Farley Granger - Granger had one heck of a great face. Now, that's a profile shot to end all profile shots.

86) Tim Kang - Gorgeous Kang needs to have a bigger career.

87) Billy Dee Williams - Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues and just about anything he was in. Watch them all.

88) Russell Crowe - Guts, sarcasm, a wink and a smile. Superb actor - Gladiator, L.A. Confidential and the little known, The Quick and the Dead. 

89) Roger Moore - Not the best of Bonds, but certainly one with a darn near perfect face.

90) James Garner - He made wit, charm and a sense of humor appealing and sexy.

91) Robert Conrad - Take a ride with a wild, wild West. Those eyes.

92) Kurt Russell - How much cuter can a guy get? Women love that smile.

93) Christian Bale - One of the great actors of all-time is also a looker.

94) Jack Nicholson - People tend to forget Nicholson's killer smile was a force all its own before it almost became a caricature. Movies to watch: Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He even made Randall P. McMurphy sexy.

95) Robert Vaughn - The distinguished actor with the perfect voice still resonates with women as they peruse the oldie television channels. Thankfully, MeTV exists. Magnificent Seven member!

  
96) Ryan O'Neal - Dashing and romantic.

97) Richard Madden - Game of Thrones and Disney's Cinderella. Wavy hair and structured features. Do yourself a favor - watch Klondike. Seriously, watch Klondike.

98) Ryan Gosling - Romantic lead for a reason and he can actually act.

99) Aidan Turner - Turner is quite the example of the luck of the Irish. Superbly crafted face - a gift from his folks and God.  He's quite handsome and hopefully he will have a career where people are still talking about him ten years from now.

  

100) Linus Roache - Women remember The Wings of the Dove star and his turn on Law and Order.

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Romance and Marriage in the 21st Century... Interview with Lisa Anderson: Author of The Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose

   

I've known Lisa Anderson for fifteen years. I first encountered her back in 2000 when I was promoting a project for the ABC Television Network. At the time, we were both professional single women. We still are. This interview isn't about me and my personal unwedded life. I'll leave it at that. Having said that, this interview explores our time and the culture in which we live. Married or single? Make sure you have a purpose.   

The Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose is Lisa Anderson's first book. I'm thankful she took the time to allow me to interview her about marriage in the 21st century.   

I’ve read several articles and various forms of research indicating young people don’t want to get married. I've assumed that was a non-Christian demo, but are those numbers reflecting Christians as well?

Yes and no. Actually, both Christian and non-Christian Millennials (young adults born in 1982 or after) desire marriage. In fact, 90 percent of them want to be married someday and actually believe they will be married someday. Moreover, their belief in marriage as a "good thing" equals that of The Greatest Generation -- their grandparents or great-grandparents. The problem is, they've seen marriage done badly. The Boomers (Millennials' parents) are the largest divorce generation in history. Many young adults today grew up in broken homes, some with an absent parent altogether. They're afraid marriage can't work because they haven't seen it work over the long haul, so they're either afraid or completely at a loss as to how to do marriage in a healthy and lifelong way.

 

Here goes. Simplistic I know, but from your perspective how should one prepare for marriage?

 

First, by knowing who you are and what you believe. This is why for Christians, being grounded in our identity in Christ is so important. Marriage will neither fix nor complete you. You have to know you are perfectly loved and accepted by God apart from everything else. In light of this, preparation for marriage includes an active pursuit of spiritual, emotional and relational health. Successful daters (and the best marriage candidates) are living out a vibrant faith, plugged into accountable community with other people, have taken ownership of their lives, including their issues and failures, and know how to communicate and do conflict with grace. Perhaps most importantly, they are ready and willing to lay their life down for another person. They are willing to commit to and covenant with that person for life. This is self-sacrificial on so many levels, and is in direct opposition to the "me first" culture we live in today.

 

Another great way to prepare for marriage is to live around other marriages. Ask couples you respect to let you into their lives to witness the good, bad and ugly of marriage. Getting both a realistic and hopeful picture of marriage is key to forming a healthy one of your own.

 

As director of Boundless.org, a singles ministry, what is the worst or biggest mistake you know singles are making? What is your best advice?

 

This is hard to narrow down (ha!), but I think a consumer attitude toward dating and marriage is tripping a lot of us up. We go into the dating process with a long list of unrealistic expectations including everything from a specific height and hair color to the demand to have our every physical and emotional need met in another person. When that person fails us, we bail and start searching for the next person, only to be disappointed again. There is no perfect person, nor are there perfect relationships. We've bought into a bunch of Hollywood nonsense that has us looking for people that don't exist. Then, as we start dating, we approach it with a "wait and see" attitude. We try people on for a few weeks, months or years. We date with little intention, purpose or direction. Before we know it, a decade has passed and we're no closer to our goal of settling down. Great matches aren't found; they are built between two healthy and committed people who are willing to fail and forgive repeatedly. We've lost sight of this.

 

The Church caters to married people. If you are an older single, you are left out and in many situations made to feel like an outcast. What can be done? 

 

There's ground to be gained on both sides here. Singles need to stop sampling church and treating it as a fair-weather friend. We need to pick a church, commit to it, and dig in for better or worse (sounds like marriage!). We are called to be part of a local body of believers -- a family. We are called to serve, to lead where we can, and to give faithfully of our time, talents and resources. That said, the larger church needs to stop treating us like second-class citizens or what I call "singles at the kids table." It's the horrible Thanksgiving analogy where the "odd numbers" are put at the kids table in the living room to eat because there's no room for them with the grownups. We are contributing members of the church; we should be treated that way. And we need the married couples as friends, mentors and helpers along the path of life. Church is meant to be multi-generational and to incorporate people in all stages of life. This includes singles. If someone reading this goes to a church that doesn't have this, it's time for a conversation with the pastor, elders and others within leadership. It may start with you getting the ball rolling and pitching in to affect change. It may not be easy, but it can happen. I've been part of this kind of change.

  

You have a term in your book called friendlationship. What is this and is it a good thing?

 

It's where two people of the opposite sex are friends, but one starts having romantic feelings towards the other. The couple spends an inordinate amount of time together, but there's no understanding -- no real relationship. The "in love" person -- let's say it's the girl -- chooses to hang on and bide her time, because she just knows that someday soon this guy will wake up and see the wonderful woman right under his nose, and he'll realize he loves her. But this rarely happens outside of the movies. In reality, the girl will probably waste months, even years, of her life waiting for the love of a man who will never give it to her. Meanwhile, she's giving up time, attention, companionship, emotional capital, even sex, for nothing substantive in return. They're "just friends." My friend did this for seven years, and after seven years she had to sit down with a guy and break up from her non-relationship with him. Her heart was so involved, it was like a divorce. It took her two years to recover from it. Too often our connection in a relationship doesn't match the level of commitment. Both need to be present for long-term success. If you're in a friendlationship, the best thing you can do is cut the cord. This will free you up to be found by someone who may actually want to date you, not just use you as a gal pal.

 

Paul was single. At least he was single when he was in his prolific writing phase. What’s wrong with being single?

 

Absolutely nothing. Paul applauded singleness for those who were called to it. Being single allows a person to minister in capacities unavailable to marrieds, and helps them be more focused and undivided in their attention. But I think we often misinterpret the call to singleness, or celibate service. It's a gift that's actually for relatively few people, and those who are called to it generally know that they are. Most people are called to marriage, but again, our culture has muddied the water so that we have millions of people living in protracted seasons of singleness or in the position of being single again. For the first time in U.S. history, over half the adult population is single. Many of these folks desire marriage, but circumstances, fear, selfishness or other factors are keeping them single. This is why I tell marriageable single men to pursue wives boldly and with integrity. It matters to our society's future, and it matters to God. But for those of us who feel we've done everything and are still single, we must take heart. Being single, even in a prolonged and unwanted season of singleness, is no less valuable, useful or joyful than being married. God has something for all of us right where we are, and He meets us there with renewed wisdom and strength.

 

What are your thoughts on online dating? Whether it be Christian sites (how do you know) or secular sites?

 

I see online dating as a valuable tool in today's technological and mobile society. Contrary to what some Christians say, going online isn't tantamount to "not trusting God" or "giving up" on traditional dating. There's nothing wrong with using the means available to us to meet people in an increasingly transient world. But you have to enter this space with an enormous amount of prayer and accountability, plus a game plan, otherwise it's easy to get sucked into the black hole of online dating sites. Always lead with the real you, including the most important things like your faith and values. Get a team around you to keep you accountable for the amount of time you spend online, who you're meeting, and what you're talking about. It's easy to give up too much to nameless, faceless people on the other side of the screen. To that point, remember that an online platform is only a means of meeting people. Eventually (sooner rather than later) you need to take this into real time and real space for it to be a relationship. Don't waste your time on people who don't share your faith and life goals. And finally, set parameters for yourself when it comes to time spent and the geography in play. Give yourself three months and a one hundred mile radius to try it out, but put forth effort. Don't just troll through profile after profile. Remember, these are (hopefully) real people. Treat them with courtesy, dignity and respect.

 

You write of a particular emotional moment at a carnival and you got hit hard by your singleness. Being alone that night was dramatic. How often do you hear this type of story?

 

Pretty often, though rarely as publicly as I share my story in the book. This is largely because I think there's a lot of shame around being single, especially among women who would like to be married. We've made excuses, we've tried to cope, we've explained our situations away, but if you've long dreamed of marriage and family and it hasn't happened, there's sadness there. And being alone is hard. God didn't create us to be alone. The good news is, we don't have to be. While it's not a direct substitute for marriage, I've put a lot more intention into my friendships in recent years. I've learned to give and take in relationship, to be accountable to others, and to thrive as a single woman with many different levels of relationship in my life. It's been a rich and rewarding experience. I don't know why I'm still single, but I'm in a much better place with it now, because I haven't sat around waiting for marriage in order for my life to start. I'm living a full life and loving it, though I'm still very open to marriage as well.

 

You say you would like to be married. Then why aren't you? I contend anyone can actually get married, so yes, why aren't you.

Actually, there are probably a few reasons. First, our culture is at war against marriage. Every marriage that happens today is a miracle, in my opinion. Marriage a couple generations ago was a natural progression and was entered into by most people; it was normative and assumptive, and people married young. Today it’s one of many options on life’s path, and we’re encouraged to pursue it on our own arbitrary timeline and in accordance with our expectations. Also, as you age, the pool of eligible people narrows. I simply don’t have as many quality single guys in my sphere as I did when I was in my 20s. That’s a fact. And when I was in my 20s, I was extremely lackadaisical about marriage, which is a shame. I think I turned down a lot of excellent men at that time because I was selfish and immature. But ultimately, I’m still single because God has allowed it. I can’t look back with regret; that’s unproductive and unbiblical. God’s not wringing His hands, wondering “what in the world should I do with Lisa?” He’s completely in control of my story, and the one thing I can have confidence in at this point is that if He wants me married, He’ll get me married. Until then, my calling is to do my part in honoring and pursuing marriage while rockin’ it out as a single girl sold out to Jesus Christ.

                                          Lisa Anderson

Lisa Anderson is author of the brand-new book The Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose. (http://www.amazon.com/The-Dating-Manifesto-Drama-Free-Pursuing/dp/143470887X/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8) She’s the director of Boundless.org (http://www.boundless.org/) and host of The Boundless Show, (http://www.boundless.org/podcast-section#P=0) a weekly radio program and podcast designed to help young adults grow up, own their faith, date with purpose, and prepare for marriage and family. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she runs, hikes, eats chicken tikka masala, and quotes her mother, who’s known to say outrageous things.

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The Most Beautiful Couples of All-Time

The only way a couple could make this list was they had to be married, had been married or they had to have at least five years together as a couple (not having been married). When you are dealing with the beautiful and the famous you have to have some foundation of a ground rule, since the beautiful and the famous aren't exactly known for their long-term commitments to fidelity. Every one of these couples fit the bill. Another rule was that both individuals had to be public figures on their own. Go wild and disagree. By beautiful we meant beautiful. If we are going to waste our lives assembling the superficial aspects of life we may as well go full throttle and make sure the really stunning folks make the list.   

1) Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner - It would be wildly difficult to come up with two more sensationally beautiful people in a marriage than these two people. They married for the first time back in the late 1950's. Divorced in the early 1960's and then they reconnected nearly a decade later and seemingly realized their love was deep and long. Wagner and Wood married for the second time on a boat in the early 1970s.  Natalie Wood died mysteriously on Thanksgiving Day, 1981, (while on a boating journey) but she had spent her last 23 years of life in three marriages and two of them were with film/television actor, Robert Wagner. Their two wedding day photos alone lay the ground for near physical perfection. Wood had a long and successful film career that saw her as a child actor, a teen actor and a successful three-time Academy Award nominee. Wagner had a long television and film career.

2) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that mixing these two faces into one couple delivers a power punch of gorgeousness. They have had children of their own and have used their good fortune to adopt children in need. The marriage lasted longer than some of the Hollywood elites, but alas this didn't last either. 

3) Julie Christie and Warren Beatty - Beatty dated so many beautiful women that you could almost  put him on this list with a whole host of other lovely women. Leslie Caron, Natalie Wood, and Joan Collins were three of his more formidable conquests and all of them were stunning, but Julie Christie was with Beatty longer than any of these other women and she is one of the most beautiful women who ever graced a movie screen. They never married, but they spent about seven years together as a couple. What children they may have produced? 

4) Francis Dee and Joel McCrea - In order to do this right, you have to go back a bit and back is what we did. True movie buffs not only get this couple, but they get the beauty. McCrea and Dee were married for years. They spent a near literal lifetime together and they managed to do all of this without a hint of scandal. Of all the old movie stars no two looked better together than these two. He was just a knockout and she graced the screen with a high level of old fashioned elegance. They left Hollywood years and years ago which may be a key reason why their marriage lasted until a last breath.

5) Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn - They separated after 13 years of marriage. Great faces. They almost look alike. I saw her once in the locker room of a spa in the Los Angeles area. She looks great without make-up. That's the true testament of a great looking woman. We kind of thought they were the real deal. There's no business like show business.

6) Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere - This marriage didn't last too long, but it gave us two memorable faces. Crawford seemingly doesn't age. Her second husband is quite the looker as well. Gere is handsome without being a pretty boy. His features aren't perfect or even symmetrical, but he is one attractive guy. Crawford may be one of the best looking women who ever lived. I saw her in Malibu on a somewhat regular basis and she always looked pretty much perfect physically.

7) Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott - The voices, the smiles, the length of years behind their marriage. Ross and Elliott are the two old hippie types on this list. A far prettier face than Katharine Ross one cannot find. Elliott even manages to look good all bearded up and ready for the high hills. They've been together for more than 40 years.  

8) Jane Asher and Paul McCartney - Asher and McCartney were together for 5 1/2 years during the Beatles heyday and McCartney wrote some of his best love songs for/about her. He also wrote some of his best I love you, but I'm mad at you songs for her. We Can Work It Out, For No One, I'm Looking Through You were some of McCartney's best overall compositions and it's too bad they stopped disagreeing. He also wrote And I Love Her, Things We Said Today, and All My Loving for the stunning Asher. She was the most significant muse of the rock era. She was smart and strong and she wasn't a pushover. Few 22 year olds would say bye-bye to a man they loved who happened to be a Beatle. By all accounts he wanted her to give up her beloved career. Here, There and Everywhere may very well be the most consequential love song written in the rock era. Love never jumped off of a music device more vividly than with this catastrophically beautiful song.




9) Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach - A 60's power couple who courted themselves out of a long-haul relationship. They were quite the stunners and together they were doubly stunning. Bacharach is one of the most successful composers of the 20th century. Imagine owning that catalog? Dickinson was a beautiful woman who had a successful career in film and then again on television. Her Pepper Anderson (Police Woman) became a role model for many a young woman coming of age in the 1970s.

10) Ali MacGraw and Steve McQueen - This early 1970's hot duo didn't last long. If nothing else, they were certainly a lovely couple. McQueen died young from cancer. He was only 50 years old when his life ended. MacGraw was naturally attractive. This is the woman who looked better in weekend runaround clothes than most woman look in sequined gowns. True and natural style not bested by anyone outside of Audrey Hepburn. I worked on a Habitat for Humanity build in the mid 1990's and MacGraw was working on the house next to mine. She had on overalls. Yes, she looked better in overalls than just about any woman at an Academy Awards presentation.  

11) Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal - Fawcett had one of the most memorable faces of the second half of the 20th century. The smile and the hair still rank high as desirable traits. O'Neal had the all-American face that was downright near perfect. Before she and O'Neal gave chase to a long relationship she also mowed down another good looking actor. She was married to the Bionic Man's Lee Majors. Fawcett tragically died in 2009 after a long struggle with cancer.

12) Olivia Hussey and Dean Paul Martin - Olivia Hussey was beautiful and Dean Paul Martin looked like the female version of his mother even though his father was a shock of good looks as well. The story goes that Dean Paul Martin saw Hussey in the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet and wanted to meet her. Being the celebrity son of an American vocal and entertainment legend made it easy for him to get an introduction. They birthed a child. Martin died tragically in a fatal plane crash.

13) Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp - Imagine being in a room when these two walked in? Talk about feeling slightly slouchy. Wow. We need more beautiful people falling in love with one another.
Shrimpton was the ultimate supermodel of swinging London in the 1960s. She fronted Yardley of London for years. Stamp worked in films until he got old!

14) Faith Hill and Tim McGraw - They have been together for a long time and by entertainment industry standards, their marriage has lasted a REALLY long time. Hopefully, they will continue on for years to come. Both are great looking in person, which is the ultimate testament in the good looks department.

15) Ann-Margret and Roger Smith - Smith was on the early 1960's series 77 Sunset Strip and he became quite popular for a time. Ann-Margret was the coolest chick on a movie screen during the heyday of the 1960's romantic comedies. They never had biological children together, but they managed to stay married for decades before his death.

16) Jaqueline Bouvier Kennedy and John Kennedy - Two superb looking people. Unfortunately, for America and the world their love ended tragically on a horribly twisted day in history. They both had smiles that went on for days. By the way, politics doesn't play a role here. These two were just good looking.

17) Jill Goodacre and Harry Connick Jr. - How do you not love him? He's got that superb voice for the great American songbook and he's a cutie to boot. She gained fame as a model in the 1990's. Great looking couple.

18) Christy Turlington and Edward Burns - She is one of the major supermodels from the final years of the 20th century. The two of them connected in a somewhat romantic fashion and so far their relationship has survived the life of modeling and show biz.

19) Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox - Two of the best looking people God ever allowed. Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last, but just based on looks alone they were pretty unforgettable.
Near physically perfect!

20) Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin - Lots of fighting between these two, but you would be hard pressed not to recognize what a stunning couple they once made. Highly unfortunate this relationship didn't last.

21) Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz - No show biz married couple could possibly be more aligned as a duo. Even 70 plus years after the debut of the iconic I Love Lucy program people know it when you say Lucy and Ricky or Lucy and Desi. Lucille Ball was gorgeous. Her comic timing is unmatched by any other actor, but with that we sort of forget how great looking she was.

22) Pattie Boyd and George Harrison - A second Beatle makes this list. George was a good looking guy who got lost in all of the cute Beatle stuff put upon Paul McCartney. Patricia Boyd was a top model (four times on the cover of Vogue in 1969) who captured Beatle George's heart and she was secondary as muse to only McCartney's love, Jane Asher. Boyd eventually married Eric Clapton. They were a good looking couple too.

23) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - Not to put the grand dame of beauty on the list would be shameful; and Burton was a hunk of masculinity. Yes, they were a beautiful couple.  She was also recently voted the Most Beautiful Actress of All-Time in another poll on this site. What a face!

24) Cheryl Tiegs and Peter Beard - Tiegs was one of the top models from the 1970's. When she connected with photographer, Peter Beard they made couple history. Who on earth really looks like this? Well, besides some of the other people on this list...

25) Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant - Tis a pity this relationship didn't last longer, even though by entertainment industry standards it lasted a pretty long time. If nothing else, they looked perfect together.

26) Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham - She's easily the best looking female rock star ever and Buckingham with facial hair and without it was a superb looking man. Rock on for the ages. Nicks even aged well. Those songs they wrote about one another still live on. Silver Springs. Oh yeah!

27) Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid - These two were just adorable and then the eyes seemed to rove and roved more. Great looking couple.

  

28) Carolyn Bessette and John Kennedy Jr. - He was the most gorgeous man that ever walked the planet and then he encounters the ultimate in elegance and sophistication. I suspect she even looked good at dawn and no one looks good at dawn. Rest in Peace.

29) Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher - She's a doll and he's got that classic, yet not so classic featured face. Who knows? Maybe this time it's for real.

30) Romy Schneider and Alain Delon - You have to be a film buff to know who these two are. Delon was awe-inspiring in the looks department and his one time spouse was a unique and lovely woman.




31) Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. - McCoo was gorgeous. Easily one of the best looking women show business ever produced. Their marriage has lasted a really long time. God bless them both! I met them on multiple occasions and they were genuinely nice people. 

 

32) Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds - Let's see how long this lasts, but they are married, so they qualified.  Nice looking couple. Love takes time folks!

33) Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban - Movie star weds country pop star. They've been together for years and they genuinely seem to be in love. May it last for many more years. May it last a lifetime.

34) Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson - Obviously, one of the great love stories of all-time. Tragic early death for her. Lovely couple.

35) Jessica Lange and Sam Shephard - It's more than a shame that these two eventually split up. They were together nearly 30 years. How does that happen? After 30 years you suddenly decide you don't like someone anymore? Great looking duo.

This blog has also written up the list of the most Beautiful Actresses of All-Time 

https://readonreadnow.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-100-most-beautiful-actresses-of-all.html

This blog has also written up the list of the Most Gorgeous Actors of All-Time

https://readonreadnow.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-100-most-gorgeous-actors-of-all-time.html

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