There are too many insanely popular actresses and actors in the world that audiences love. However, there is a leader among them, the number of roles for which has exceeded 3000.
Jean Leighton, film and theater actor with most roles
Jean Leighton is an actor who has been able to play over 3400 roles in his long life. For such hard work, he got into the Guinness Book of Records in 1998. In the same book, he was proudly called the longest-playing of all the actors around the world.
In the entire history of cinema, Jean Leighton has played more roles than all his colleagues. This talented man was born on December 27, 1921 in New York (America), and died at the age of 87 on November 16, 2009.
The genres in which the actor preferred to play were varied. His characters can be seen in dramas, comedies and even action films. He collaborated with various actors of foreign film distribution.
Leighton has starred in one hundred and fifty-three films, from Flying Smash in 1927 to Strelka, which was created almost fifty years later in 1976.
Biography and career of the famous actor
A career in film and TV began in 1951, when Jean Leighton starred in commercials and played cameo roles. At that time, he even agreed to small amounts of money for the role, which was liked by the filmmakers. Flickering in some episodes, the actor moved from one site to another. Sometimes he even ran across. Performing a huge number of roles of all kinds of different celebrities, Jean Leighton successfully played in Broadway films in the 1960s, as well as in many musical films.
The history of his acting skills includes historical roles and the performance of the roles of heroes from the show business of those years.
Jean Leighton constantly got some small roles, but at the same time he did not think that he was paid little, played the role of anyone. He tried to flicker practical at all venues. Often he got commercials. In advertisements for lighters, he lit a cigarette just like Castro Fidel. He starred in a commercial for a car, portraying Albert Einstein.
The Minnesota Savings Bank ran an ad featuring Jean Leighton as Lincoln. He opened an Arizona department store as Lee Robert. In a beer advertisement, he appeared before the audience as the famous Bach. A cell phone ad came out with Count Dracula, starring Leighton Jean as the main character.
His most popular films and series: "Stick", Trick baby, "Such a woman", The World Turned Upside Down, "First Studio", Man Against Crime (the release of these pictures took place from 1949 to 1954).
Personal life of actor Jean Leighton
Leighton Jean married Myles Linda. Unfortunately, the marriage will not last long, but the actor has a son from this marriage. Leighton died in New York City after a stroke. There is a special website in English, created after his death by dedicated fans: www.janleighton.com.
