Audrey Hepburn's Leading Men: Then and Now in 2026

Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar for her very first starring role, in Roman Holiday, and for the next fourteen years she worked opposite the greatest leading men in Hollywood: Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Burt Lancaster, Rex Harrison, Peter O'Toole and Sean Connery. One of them introduced her to her first husband, Mel Ferrer, who became one of her co-stars too. What became of them? How long did they live, what did they do after their films with Audrey, and how did they say goodbye? We follow every one of them, along with Henry Fonda, George Peppard, Albert Finney and the three villains of Charade, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy, and tell Audrey's own story from wartime Holland to UNICEF. And at the end we meet the two co-stars from her final years who are still with us in 2026: Robert Wagner, 96, and Richard Dreyfuss, 78. Facts in this video were checked against Wikipedia and the news reports, obituaries and references it cites. CHAPTERS 0:00 Audrey Hepburn and her leading men 0:53 From wartime Holland to Roman Holiday 2:46 Gregory Peck (1916–2003) 4:45 Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) 6:16 William Holden (1918–1981) 7:53 Mel Ferrer (1917–2008) 9:27 Henry Fonda (1905–1982) 10:42 Fred Astaire (1899–1987) 12:20 Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 14:08 Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) 15:40 George Peppard (1928–1994) 17:18 Cary Grant (1904–1986) 19:15 Walter Matthau (1920–2000) 19:49 James Coburn (1928–2002) 20:21 George Kennedy (1925–2016) 20:52 Rex Harrison (1908–1990) 22:05 Peter O'Toole (1932–2013) 23:16 Albert Finney (1936–2019) 24:49 Sean Connery (1930–2020) 25:57 Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) 28:19 Robert Wagner (96) 29:17 Richard Dreyfuss (78) 30:32 Audrey's legacy CREDITS Photos: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain studio, network and press publicity photos, trailer and film frames, U.S. government photos and Anefo/Nationaal Archief photos (CC0), plus: Hubert de Givenchy (1978): Larry Bessel, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 Gregory Peck (2000): Caulfieldh, CC BY-SA 3.0 Mel Ferrer (1966): Anefo / Nationaal Archief, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL Henry Fonda (1964): Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 Fred Astaire (1953): Los Angeles Daily News (UCLA Library), CC BY 4.0 Cary Grant (1973): Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 Walter Matthau (1990s): Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0 Rex Harrison (1976): Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 Peter O'Toole (1987): Chrisbishop, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sean Connery (2001): Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0 Robert Wagner (2013): notaspringchick3D, CC BY 3.0 Richard Dreyfuss (1988): Alan Light, CC BY-SA 2.0 Richard Dreyfuss (2023): John Manard for Super Festivals/Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0 Some black-and-white photos were colorized and enhanced for this video. Footage (public domain / Creative Commons): Public domain film via Wikimedia Commons: Charade (1963, picture only) Public domain trailers via Wikimedia Commons: Roman Holiday, To Kill a Mockingbird, The African Queen, Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge on the River Kwai, 12 Angry Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Love in the Afternoon, High Noon, Sweet Smell of Success, Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Catch a Thief, Lawrence of Arabia, Goldfinger, The Pink Panther Public domain trailer via the Internet Archive: The Unforgiven Universal Newsreel (National Archives, public domain): William Holden, Star of the Year (1956); Academy Awards (1963); Capital previews Charade (1963) Music: original score created for Classic Stars Then & Now. #AudreyHepburn #ThenAndNow #ClassicHollywood