Top 10 Old Hollywood Actors Who Were Black-Listed

These Old Hollywood actors were shockingly blacklisted. For this list, we’ll be ranking the thespians from Old Hollywood that faced moments in their career where they struggled to find work. Our countdown includes John Garfield, Burl Ives, Orson Welles, and more! Did any of these stories surprise YOU? Let us know in the comments!

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[MrWaspMan]

It's amazing how many names on this list were blacklisted due to the mid 20th century equivalent of the witch hunts. With Charlie Chaplin however, there were definitely other, more serious reasons to choose from.

[spacejam]

The actress who played Snow White was definitely blacklisted. She wasn't allowed to be in any film's, because Walt Disney didn't want her voice to be in anything.

[emmabach]

Lee Grant, acadamy award winner for best supporting actress for Shampoo 1975, was also blacklisted between 1952 till 1963...

[angelaholmes]

I really feel bad for tippi hedren what Hitchcock did to her is truly despicable to me

[hakeemfullerton]

I didn't know some of the names on this list, thanks Ms.Mojo for informing me about these people

[dramac]

There was another kind of blacklisting that you didn't really mention - and the most prominent name involved with this blacklist was William Haines. Haines was one of the most popular stars between 1925 and 1934. But word spread around Hollywood that he was gay. After that, he could not get an acting job, not even in supporting roles. However, he was also considered the foremost interior decorator in Hollywood, and was able to make a very good living designing homes for actors and actresses and, eventually designed sets for dozens of movies. Personally, I think that the old trope about gay men being great interior decorators came from how good he was. But after 1934, he was never in another movie, despite the fact that he lived until 1973.

[chelseacanales]

Tippi Hedren didn’t deserve to be blacklisted; Hitchcock ruined her career.

[hayleydouglas]

Because of being involved with the Red Scare, John Garfield died really young at the age of 39 which is so sad, he could have done so many more films if he hadn't been blacklisted

[angelaholmes]

It's tragic what happened to jean seberg

[pamelamays]

My Mom's family back in Pittsburgh was good friends with Lena Horne's family.

[BFA]

Rebecca, you forgot to mention that Burl Ives was already an Oscar Winner for The Big Country before he was involved with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

[isaacmartinez]

Sad that many actors were blacklisted because of the Cold War and McCarthyism.

Even today actors are still being blacklisted.

[Omar-wqdz]

Orson Welles called out Elia Kazan for being a traitor during McCarthyism, and there were those who didn’t give a standing ovation to Kazan when he won his honorary Oscar

[MarissaFloro]

It's a shame that people get blacklisted.

[jjkcharlie]

This is difficulty that modern actors wouldn't see. Honestly though, I don't see modern Hollywood standing for this. I hope.

[jamesinbaltimore]

Lee Grant won an Oscar after a decades-long blacklisting for refusing to name names.

[outinsider]

Good list, but it's so sad that artists are targeted like this. Even with today's abhorrence with celebrities who lean left or hint at leaning left, targeting artists is just U.S. censorship at its worst.

[suzymatwetwe]

I didn't know half of this 😲. It's really sad when politics infiltrates film 😟

[marcress]

You should have mentioned Fatty Arbuckle and Cliff Robertson.

[jjkcharlie]

Dalton trumbo, I forgot about that guy. And, Lena Horne was a G.