TopTenREVIEWS Top Actor of the 1940s is Ingrid Bergman.

Top Actors By Decade 1940

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Actors are ranked according to overall movie critic score

1	Ingrid Bergman	3.4739	48	1930s - 11 1940s - 16 1950s - 10 1960s - 5 1970s - 6	1. Casablanca (1942) 2. Notorious (1946) 3. Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) 4. Gaslight (1944) See all Ingrid Bergman movie rankings
2	Cary Grant	3.3773	72	1930s - 34 1940s - 20 1950s - 13 1960s - 5	1. Notorious (1946) 2. Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 3. His Girl Friday (1940) 4. Suspicion (1941) See all Cary Grant movie rankings
3	Lauren Bacall	3.3552	50	1940s - 6 1950s - 10 1960s - 3 1970s - 2 1980s - 6 1990s - 14 2000s - 9	1. Big Sleep, The (1946) 2. To Have and Have Not (1944) 3. Key Largo (1948) 4. Dark Passage (1947) See all Lauren Bacall movie rankings
4	Irene Dunne	3.3446	45	1930s - 29 1940s - 12 1950s - 4	1. Penny Serenade (1941) 2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) 3. Life with Father (1947) 4. My Favorite Wife (1940) See all Irene Dunne movie rankings
5	Jean Arthur	3.3294	78	1920s - 37 1930s - 32 1940s - 8 1950s - 1	1. Talk of the Town, The (1942) 2. Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943) 3. More the Merrier, The (1943) 4. Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941) See all Jean Arthur movie rankings
6	Humphrey Bogart	3.2885	79	1920s - 1 1930s - 35 1940s - 27 1950s - 16	1. Casablanca (1942) 2. Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 3. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 4. Big Sleep, The (1946) See all Humphrey Bogart movie rankings
7	Teresa Wright	3.2752	27	1940s - 10 1950s - 11 1960s - 2 1970s - 1 1980s - 2 1990s - 1	1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 2. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 3. Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) 4. Mrs. Miniver (1942) See all Teresa Wright movie rankings
8	Myrna Loy	3.2712	113	1920s - 32 1930s - 58 1940s - 13 1950s - 4 1960s - 3 1970s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 2. Love Crazy (1941) 3. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) 4. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) See all Myrna Loy movie rankings
9	Dorothy McGuire	3.2434	27	1940s - 8 1950s - 13 1960s - 5 1970s - 1	1. Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) 2. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 3. Spiral Staircase, The (1946) 4. Enchanted Cottage, The (1945) See all Dorothy McGuire movie rankings
10	Judy Garland	3.2018	39	1930s - 9 1940s - 22 1950s - 3 1960s - 5	1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 2. Clock, The (1945) 3. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) 4. Ziegfeld Follies (1946) See all Judy Garland movie rankings
11	Rex Harrison	3.1911	45	1930s - 11 1940s - 12 1950s - 6 1960s - 10 1970s - 4 1980s - 1 1990s - 1	1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) 2. Major Barbara (1941) 3. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) 4. Blithe Spirit (1945) See all Rex Harrison movie rankings
12	Barbara Stanwyck	3.1731	88	1920s - 3 1930s - 34 1940s - 26 1950s - 22 1960s - 3	1. Double Indemnity (1944) 2. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) 3. Lady Eve, The (1941) 4. Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946) See all Barbara Stanwyck movie rankings
13	James Stewart	3.1704	81	1930s - 21 1940s - 16 1950s - 22 1960s - 13 1970s - 7 1980s - 1 1990s - 1	1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 2. Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 3. Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) 4. Call Northside 777 (1948) See all James Stewart movie rankings
14	John Wayne	3.1491	145	1920s - 1 1930s - 63 1940s - 33 1950s - 18 1960s - 20 1970s - 10	1. Red River (1948) 2. Angel and the Badman (1947) 3. 3 Godfathers (1948) 4. They Were Expendable (1945) See all John Wayne movie rankings
15	Edward G. Robinson	3.1249	93	1910s - 1 1920s - 1 1930s - 32 1940s - 23 1950s - 15 1960s - 18 1970s - 3	1. Double Indemnity (1944) 2. Key Largo (1948) 3. Scarlet Street (1945) 4. Woman in the Window, The (1945) See all Edward G. Robinson movie rankings
16	Rita Hayworth	3.1157	67	1920s - 1 1930s - 25 1940s - 22 1950s - 9 1960s - 7 1970s - 3	1. Gilda (1946) 2. Lady from Shanghai, The (1947) 3. Tales of Manhattan (1942) 4. You'll Never Get Rich (1941) See all Rita Hayworth movie rankings
17	Joseph Cotten	3.0969	74	1930s - 1 1940s - 15 1950s - 19 1960s - 15 1970s - 20 1980s - 4	1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 3. Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) 4. Portrait of Jennie (1948) See all Joseph Cotten movie rankings
18	Laurence Olivier	3.0962	59	1930s - 13 1940s - 9 1950s - 6 1960s - 11 1970s - 12 1980s - 8	1. Rebecca (1940) 2. Pride and Prejudice (1940) 3. Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) 4. Hamlet (1948) See all Laurence Olivier movie rankings
19	Henry Fonda	3.0956	87	1930s - 20 1940s - 20 1950s - 9 1960s - 19 1970s - 18 1980s - 1	1. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 2. Lady Eve, The (1941) 3. Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) 4. Fort Apache (1948) See all Henry Fonda movie rankings
20	Gary Cooper	3.0936	93	1920s - 19 1930s - 36 1940s - 17 1950s - 20 1960s - 1	1. Sergeant York (1941) 2. Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) 3. Westerner, The (1940) 4. Meet John Doe (1941) See all Gary Cooper movie rankings
21	Gregory Peck	3.0556	54	1940s - 12 1950s - 18 1960s - 12 1970s - 6 1980s - 3 1990s - 3	1. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 2. Twelve O'Clock High (1949) 3. Yearling, The (1946) 4. Days of Glory (1944) See all Gregory Peck movie rankings
22	Barbara Lawrence	3.0466	21	1940s - 9 1950s - 12	1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) 2. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) 3. The Thieves' Market (1949) 4. Street with No Name, The (1948) See all Barbara Lawrence movie rankings
23	Spencer Tracy	3.0342	73	1930s - 37 1940s - 19 1950s - 12 1960s - 5	1. Northwest Passage (1940) 2. Woman of the Year (1942) 3. Boom Town (1940) 4. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) See all Spencer Tracy movie rankings
24	Claude Rains	3.0323	57	1920s - 1 1930s - 21 1940s - 24 1950s - 6 1960s - 5	1. Casablanca (1942) 2. Notorious (1946) 3. Sea Hawk, The (1940) 4. Wolf Man, The (1941) See all Claude Rains movie rankings
25	Ginger Rogers	3.0301	77	1930s - 44 1940s - 17 1950s - 13 1960s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Major and the Minor, The (1942) 2. Tales of Manhattan (1942) 3. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) 4. Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949) See all Ginger Rogers movie rankings
26	Ann Sheridan	3.0256	58	1930s - 27 1940s - 22 1950s - 9	1. Kings Row (1942) 2. They Drive by Night (1940) 3. Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942) 4. City for Conquest (1940) See all Ann Sheridan movie rankings
27	Bette Davis	3.0251	95	1930s - 43 1940s - 21 1950s - 10 1960s - 9 1970s - 7 1980s - 4 1990s - 1	1. Now, Voyager (1942) 2. Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942) 3. Letter, The (1940) 4. Mr. Skeffington (1944) See all Bette Davis movie rankings
28	Fred Astaire	3.0235	44	1930s - 11 1940s - 11 1950s - 9 1960s - 4 1970s - 6 1980s - 3	1. Holiday Inn (1942) 2. Ziegfeld Follies (1946) 3. Easter Parade (1948) 4. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) See all Fred Astaire movie rankings
29	Joan Crawford	3.0107	82	1920s - 24 1930s - 26 1940s - 13 1950s - 12 1960s - 6 1970s - 1	1. Mildred Pierce (1945) 2. Possessed (1947) 3. Humoresque (1946) 4. Susan and God (1940) See all Joan Crawford movie rankings
30	Gene Tierney	3.0075	36	1940s - 20 1950s - 13 1960s - 3	1. Laura (1944) 2. Shanghai Gesture, The (1941) 3. Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947) 4. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) See all Gene Tierney movie rankings
31	Lucille Bremer	3.0062	9	1940s - 9	1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 2. Ziegfeld Follies (1946) 3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) 4. Yolanda and the Thief (1945) See all Lucille Bremer movie rankings
32	Bing Crosby	3.0026	95	1930s - 36 1940s - 33 1950s - 19 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) 2. Road to Morocco (1942) 3. Road to Utopia (1946) 4. Holiday Inn (1942) See all Bing Crosby movie rankings
33	Linda Darnell	3.0013	44	1930s - 2 1940s - 27 1950s - 14 1960s - 1	1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) 2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) 3. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) 4. My Darling Clementine (1946) See all Linda Darnell movie rankings
34	Maureen O'Hara	2.9991	56	1930s - 4 1940s - 23 1950s - 18 1960s - 7 1970s - 2 1990s - 2	1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 2. How Green Was My Valley (1941) 3. Black Swan, The (1942) 4. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) See all Maureen O'Hara movie rankings
35	Jeanne Crain	2.9960	38	1940s - 13 1950s - 16 1960s - 7 1970s - 2	1. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) 2. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 3. Pinky (1949) 4. State Fair (1945) See all Jeanne Crain movie rankings
36	Luana Patten	2.9925	20	1940s - 6 1950s - 5 1960s - 8 1980s - 1	1. Melody Time (1948) 2. Song of the South (1946) 3. So Dear to My Heart (1948) 4. Pecos Bill (1948) See all Luana Patten movie rankings
37	Olivia de Havilland	2.9886	47	1930s - 17 1940s - 16 1950s - 6 1960s - 3 1970s - 5	1. Heiress, The (1949) 2. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) 3. Snake Pit, The (1948) 4. Male Animal, The (1942) See all Olivia de Havilland movie rankings
38	Tyrone Power	2.9820	50	1920s - 1 1930s - 16 1940s - 17 1950s - 16	1. Black Swan, The (1942) 2. Nightmare Alley (1947) 3. Crash Dive (1943) 4. Razor's Edge, The (1946) See all Tyrone Power movie rankings
39	Veronica Lake	2.9820	27	1930s - 2 1940s - 22 1950s - 1 1960s - 1 1970s - 1	1. This Gun for Hire (1942) 2. I Married a Witch (1942) 3. Sullivan's Travels (1941) 4. Blue Dahlia, The (1946) See all Veronica Lake movie rankings
40	Joan Fontaine	2.9712	46	1930s - 12 1940s - 13 1950s - 15 1960s - 3 1970s - 1 1980s - 2	1. Rebecca (1940) 2. Suspicion (1941) 3. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) 4. Jane Eyre (1944) See all Joan Fontaine movie rankings
41	Rosalind Russell	2.9711	57	1930s - 22 1940s - 22 1950s - 5 1960s - 7 1970s - 1	1. His Girl Friday (1940) 2. Velvet Touch, The (1948) 3. Sister Kenny (1946) 4. No Time for Comedy (1940) See all Rosalind Russell movie rankings
42	Bela Lugosi	2.9598	84	1910s - 1 1920s - 14 1930s - 35 1940s - 27 1950s - 6 2000s - 1	1. You'll Find Out (1940) 2. Wolf Man, The (1941) 3. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 4. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) See all Bela Lugosi movie rankings
43	Bob Hope	2.9554	82	1930s - 12 1940s - 29 1950s - 21 1960s - 12 1970s - 3 1980s - 1 1990s - 2 2000s - 1	1. Road to Morocco (1942) 2. Road to Utopia (1946) 3. My Favorite Blonde (1942) 4. My Favorite Brunette (1947) See all Bob Hope movie rankings
44	Anne Baxter	2.9542	51	1930s - 1 1940s - 23 1950s - 17 1960s - 6 1970s - 2 1980s - 2	1. Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) 2. Sullivans, The (1944) 3. Yellow Sky (1948) 4. Crash Dive (1943) See all Anne Baxter movie rankings
45	Anton Walbrook	2.9475	16	1930s - 5 1940s - 6 1950s - 5	1. Red Shoes, The (1948) 2. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) 3. Gaslight (1940) 4. Queen of Spades, The (1949) See all Anton Walbrook movie rankings
46	Gene Kelly	2.9352	44	1930s - 2 1940s - 15 1950s - 16 1960s - 3 1970s - 4 1980s - 3 1990s - 1	1. On the Town (1949) 2. Anchors Aweigh (1945) 3. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) 4. Ziegfeld Follies (1946) See all Gene Kelly movie rankings
47	James Cagney	2.9217	62	1930s - 32 1940s - 12 1950s - 15 1960s - 2 1980s - 1	1. White Heat (1949) 2. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 3. City for Conquest (1940) 4. Strawberry Blonde, The (1941) See all James Cagney movie rankings
48	Orson Welles	2.9138	95	1930s - 2 1940s - 15 1950s - 19 1960s - 26 1970s - 19 1980s - 10 1990s - 2 2000s - 1	1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Lady from Shanghai, The (1947) 3. Stranger, The (1946) 4. Duel in the Sun (1946) See all Orson Welles movie rankings
49	Burt Lancaster	2.9085	76	1940s - 10 1950s - 21 1960s - 16 1970s - 17 1980s - 11 1990s - 1	1. Killers, The (1946) 2. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) 3. Brute Force (1947) 4. Criss Cross (1949) See all Burt Lancaster movie rankings
50	Boris Karloff	2.9053	149	1910s - 1 1920s - 47 1930s - 48 1940s - 22 1950s - 11 1960s - 16 1970s - 4	1. You'll Find Out (1940) 2. Body Snatcher, The (1945) 3. Lured (1947) 4. Bedlam (1946) See all Boris Karloff movie rankings

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