15 Classic Hollywood Actors Who Were Surprisingly TALL

Gary Cooper had a strange piece of advice for other actors: never admit how tall you really are. In old Hollywood, being too tall could cost you the part. Classic Hollywood was full of leading men who looked perfectly normal on screen, until you find out what the camera, the shoes, the sets and sometimes the actors themselves were hiding. Some quietly shaved an inch off their official height. Some were told they were too tall to be actors at all. And one of them was so tall that the Army sent him off the landing craft first, to find out how deep the water was. From Henry Fonda, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart to Gary Cooper, Rock Hudson, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, John Wayne and James Arness, these are 15 classic Hollywood actors who were way taller than you ever pictured. CHAPTERS 0:00 Never admit how tall you are 1:07 #15 Henry Fonda 2:09 #14 Cary Grant 3:27 #13 Lee Marvin 4:26 #12 Lon Chaney Jr. 5:09 #11 Charlton Heston 6:09 #10 Jimmy Stewart 7:19 #9 Gregory Peck 8:10 #8 Gary Cooper 9:31 #7 Randolph Scott 10:34 #6 Rock Hudson 11:34 #5 Vincent Price 12:45 #4 Sterling Hayden 13:57 #3 Christopher Lee 15:03 #2 John Wayne 16:22 #1 James Arness 17:52 Which one surprised you? #OldHollywood #ClassicHollywood #JohnWayne