The year in ages
1956
The movies of 1956, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
41average lead age in 1956
22Brigitte Bardot in ...And God Created Woman
58Walter Pidgeon in Forbidden Planet
36titles of 1956 on record
33lead The Ten Commandments
Charlton Heston was 33
40lead The Killing
Sterling Hayden was 40
48lead The Searchers
John Wayne was 48
47lead The Man Who Knew Too Much
James Stewart was 47
41lead Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Kevin McCarthy was 41
58lead Forbidden Planet
Walter Pidgeon was 58
24lead Giant
Elizabeth Taylor was 24
A Man Escaped
The Wrong Man
46lead Around the World in 80 Days
David Niven was 46
Night and Fog
Moby Dick
The King and I
58lead Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Totò was 58
La Traversée de Paris
50lead Bob le Flambeur
Roger Duchesne was 50
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
27lead War and Peace
Audrey Hepburn was 27
30lead Written on the Wind
Rock Hudson was 30
53lead High Society
Bing Crosby was 53
The Bad Seed
22lead ...And God Created Woman
Brigitte Bardot was 22
Bus Stop
58lead The Band of Honest Men
Totò was 58
Lust for Life
24lead Rodan
Kenji Sahara was 24
Anastasia
45lead Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Hugh Marlowe was 45
Bigger Than Life
Somebody Up There Likes Me
33lead The Burmese Harp
Rentaro Mikuni was 33
The Harder They Fall
31lead Street of Shame
Machiko Kyō was 31
40lead 1984
Edmond O'Brien was 40
47lead While the City Sleeps
Dana Andrews was 47
