IMQ #29 - People in Film - Favorite Male Musical Star

[Chaplin]

One caveat to this one -- this is not an actor that happens to sing in a movie, but the movies they are in must be musicals. This isn't based on one performance, but a body of work, if one exists. Ewan MacGregor can be an answer, even though he was only in one or two musicals (Moulin Rouge) and not a "musical star".

I'm not a musical guy, and there really aren't many male musical stars I appreciate, but I'm going to go with Gene Kelly, who wasn't just a great singer and dancer, but was a very good actor as well.

Honorable Mentions:
Christopher Plummer
Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire

 

[AzStevenCal]

Fred Astaire. The guy can't sing but he was the star of many entertaining musicals.

 

[MadCardDisease]

I've got nothing so I'm going with:

Dick Van Dyke

 

[Shane]

John Travolta

 

[AzStevenCal]

John Travolta

Sign me up for Pulp Fiction, The Musical if it ever comes out. Seriously though, it was juvenile and campy but Grease is one of my guilty pleasure musicals.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Yul Brynner

"No Elephants ?"

 

[AzStevenCal]

Yul Brynner

"No Elephants ?"

That's silly, of course there were no elephants in The Magnificent Seven. Or were you talking about Melania's bio-pic, The King and I?

 

[oaken1]

jimmy stewart

 

[NJCardFan]

Well, it ain't Russell Crow or Hugh Jackman.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Well, it ain't Russell Crow or Hugh Jackman.

If you're looking for ain'ts, don't forget Pierce Brosnan.

 

[puckhead]

If you're looking for ain'ts, don't forget Pierce Brosnan.