The year in ages
1936
The movies of 1936, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
35average lead age in 1936
11Freddie Bartholomew in Little Lord Fauntleroy
58Lionel Barrymore in The Devil-Doll
36titles of 1936 on record
46lead Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin was 46
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Fury
37lead Swing Time
Fred Astaire was 37
Dracula's Daughter
39lead Things to Come
Raymond Massey was 39
42lead The Petrified Forest
Leslie Howard was 42
44lead After the Thin Man
William Powell was 44
Thru the Mirror
30lead Secret Agent
Madeleine Carroll was 30
31lead Camille
Greta Garbo was 31
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Dodsworth
The Great Ziegfeld
25lead Libeled Lady
Jean Harlow was 25
32lead Tarzan Escapes
Johnny Weissmüller was 32
58lead The Devil-Doll
Lionel Barrymore was 58
46lead Our Relations
Stan Laurel was 46
The Only Son
37lead The Crime of Monsieur Lange
René Lefèvre was 37
The Walking Dead
I Love to Singa
35lead San Francisco
Clark Gable was 35
19lead Sisters of the Gion
Isuzu Yamada was 19
Toby Tortoise Returns
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Lower Depths
La Belle Équipe
36lead Follow the Fleet
Fred Astaire was 36
The Story of a Cheat
19lead Osaka Elegy
Isuzu Yamada was 19
Elmer Elephant
11lead Little Lord Fauntleroy
Freddie Bartholomew was 11
The Invisible Ray
46lead The Prisoner of Shark Island
Warner Baxter was 46