Career: Hudson made his acting debut with one line in Fighter Squadron (1948). He continued to take acting lessons for a number of years and success came in 1954 with Magnificent Obsession. His popularity soared after appearing alongside James Dean in Giant (1956), and acclaimed film Something of Value (1957). During the late 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in a number of romantic comedies with Doris Day, including Pillow Talk (1959). He also appeared in action film Tobruk (1967), spy thriller Ice Station Zebra (1968) and western The Undefeated (1969). His big-screen appeal waned in the 1970s and he turned his attention to TV, starring in McMillan & Wife. He had a recurring role in the 1980s in Dynasty. He died from Aids-related complications on October 2, 1985 at the age of 59.

Career: After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a movie career, Borgnine made his film debut in Richer Than the Earth (1951). In 1953, he played Sgt 'Fatso' Judson in From Here to Eternity, and he won an Academy Award for his performance as a sensitive butcher in Marty (1955). Other films included Wedding Breakfast (1956), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Emperor of the North Pole (1973). On the small screen, he starred in the popular TV series McHale's Navy, and the action series Airwolf. He earned an Emmy Award nomination at the age of 92 for his work on the series ER. He died on July 8, 2012, at the age of 95.

Career: After making his mark on the London stage, McGoohan appeared in his first film, The Dam Busters, in 1954. He later gained contracts with the Rank Organisation and Walt Disney, but it was the TV play The Greatest Man in the World that led to him being cast in spy series Danger Man in 1960. Its huge success made him Britain's highest-paid TV actor. McGoohan created surreal cult hit The Prisoner in 1967 before moving to the US. Afterwards his output was sporadic, but he appeared in, directed and written episodes of Columbo, had his own series called Rafferty, and starred in the films Ice Station Zebra, Escape from Alcatraz, Silver Streak and Braveheart. McGoohan died on January 13, 2009, in Santa Monica, California, following a brief illness.