| MCKELLEN | Sir Ian _, actor noted for his stage and screen roles (8) |
| HOLM | Sir Ian ___, actor (4) |
| FANNYBRICE | '60s stage and screen role for Barbra Streisand |
| FROST | Stage and screen role for Sheen, opposite Langella as Nixon (5) |
| GUINNESS | Alec ___, actor noted for playing soldier Colonel Nicholson and spy George Smiley on screen (8) |
| LAVENDER | Ian ___, actor who played EastEnders' Derek Harkinson (8) |
| LLEWELYN | Welsh actor noted for his role as Q in 17 of the James Bond films including Goldfinger and GoldenEye (8) |
| CRAWFORD | Michael -; actor noted for his role in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the West End musical The Phantom of the Opera (8) |
| DAVEKING | and 20dn, London-born actor and entertainer whose screen roles included Clifford Duckworth in ITV soap Coronation Street |
| STALLONE | Sylvester, actor whose screen roles include Rocky (8) |
| STEPHENS | Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8) |
| BRAMBELL | Wilfrid, actor whose screen roles include Paul's grandfather in A Hard Day's Night (8) |
| MUSKOGEE | Childhood hometown of actor Jack Oakie (which explains his stage name) |
| MEATLOAF | Professional name of the U.S. singer and actor noted for his Bat Out of Hell album trilogy (4,4) |
| TRAPDOOR | Actor's way down, having rejected screen role (8) |
| RIX | Brian ___, actor noted for his Whitehall Theatre farces such as Dry Rot and Simple Spymen (3) |
| HORDERN | Michael _; actor noted for his Shakespearean roles (7) |
| MATTHAU | Walter ___, actor noted for his film partnership with Jack Lemmon (7) |
| OTOOLE | Actor noted for his roles in Lawrence of Arabia and Goodbye, Mr Chips (1'5) |
| FLYNN | Errol -; actor noted for his roles in Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood (5) |
