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169. Not sure if any of these are crushes, but these were actors I liked to watch.

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 02:43 AM

Dec 2022

Mostly stars of TV Westerns, when I was in grade school. James Garner in Maverick. Michael Landon in Bonanza. Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid in The Tall Man.

A few years later I was more interested in secret agents and actors who played them. Sean Connery. Michael Caine. David McCallum. Patrick McGoohan.

Other actors - Robert Redford. Paul Newman. (Yeah, I went to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid several times in theaters. Besides having two beautiful men to watch, it had incredible screenwriting by William Goldman, who also wrote All The President's Men and The Princess Bride...and I appreciate good writing.) Peter O'Toole. Richard Burton. Steve McQueen.

I thought Paul McCartney was cute, and also thought he was the most talented Beatle, but I can't say I had a crush on him.

I'm trying to think of any singer or rock star I had a crush on. I did notice the guys who were good-looking.

But I never wanted posters, would never have joined a fan club or sent a fan letter, was never interested in autographs. I like to look at beautiful men, and I appreciate talent, but I don't know if that's having a celebrity crush on someone.

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Who was your first celebrity crush? [View all] milestogo Dec 2022 OP

Olivia Newton-John, Lindsey Wagner, Farrah (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #1

Obligatory Farah Fawcett cheesecake Effete Snob Dec 2022 #54

Lol ... I had 'the poster' but it was printed on a rectangular pillow that I cuddled at night ... Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #55

It came on a pillow?!?!? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #58

Well, that's a pretty racy reply title. nt sl8 Dec 2022 #76

Eventually, they had to put the dog down Effete Snob Dec 2022 #119

Sleep with her, yes ... I think I got my mom to buy me the pillow actually Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #72

I knew just what you meant when I read the words "Farrah" and "the poster." Earth-shine Dec 2022 #144

I have his Christmas album, it's one of my favorites. dem4decades Dec 2022 #2

Probably That Girl. bluedigger Dec 2022 #3

She was so pretty nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #15

Back when it was about to open Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #27

Wow for your mother nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #33

. Effete Snob Dec 2022 #57

Weird, I never liked Marlo, or Elizabeth Montgomery... malthaussen Dec 2022 #103

They say your tastes imprint early, based on your known acquaintances. bluedigger Dec 2022 #109

Idiosyncratically, I'm not sure I buy that... malthaussen Dec 2022 #114

Kate was always my favorite Angel as well. bluedigger Dec 2022 #120

Davey Jones of the Monkees. nt Phoenix61 Dec 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #7

I hear you... FalloutShelter Dec 2022 #17

+1 MLAA Dec 2022 #28

My favorite Monkee was Michael Nesmith Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #24

My favorite Monkee, too. n/t ChazII Jan 2023 #189

Did you listen to "Shades of Gray" and cry? milestogo Dec 2022 #52

Tab Hunter dhol82 Dec 2022 #5

Can you pick him out of this lineup Effete Snob Dec 2022 #46

Second one back dhol82 Dec 2022 #131

This one... Upthevibe Dec 2022 #186

Judy Carne from Laugh-In nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #6

. Effete Snob Dec 2022 #43

Whoa! That's my crush, thank you! nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #50

Yup. n/t malthaussen Dec 2022 #97

Absolute first? AnnaLee Dec 2022 #8

I never knew. n/t Mister Ed Dec 2022 #21

No one can talk to a horse of course. n/t zuul Dec 2022 #29

celeb crushes lapfog_1 Dec 2022 #9

Yep. Annette. WheelWalker Dec 2022 #18

Cheesecake overload.... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #61

+1 Annette drove this little kid nuts.. nt mitch96 Dec 2022 #117

Because I was not allowed to like Elvis... Croney Dec 2022 #10

How would you like your beef wrapped? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #73

Paul McCartney Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #11

My favorite Beatle has changed over the years. Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #30

Well, in my defense, Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #68

Paul McCartney SharonClark Dec 2022 #159

Ditto here ailsagirl Dec 2022 #147

Troy Donahue sinkingfeeling Dec 2022 #12

I was a strange 4 y/o Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #13

Richard Chamberlain, from the Dr. Kildare tv series. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #14

Same here Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #70

Hard to say EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #16

Child actor Miguelito Loveless Dec 2022 #19

She was in a lot of stuff! Effete Snob Dec 2022 #115

Elizabeth Montgomery Doc Sportello Dec 2022 #20

I don't know about magic Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #26

I agree Doc Sportello Dec 2022 #47

Darren never came home to this Effete Snob Dec 2022 #94

Merry Christmas Effete Snob Dec 2022 #38

Had never seen this photo of her nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #48

Jim Morrison was my first major crush. lark Dec 2022 #22

Jim Morrison was one of the most handsome men to ever live nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #37

LOL, you chose the right guy to try to emulate! lark Dec 2022 #40

I loved Janis Joplin nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #45

I saw Janis live at Ravinia. murielm99 Dec 2022 #60

Marlon Brando in "The Wild One." CTyankee Dec 2022 #142

lol good one and good movie nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #164

Gary Cooper, then Charlton Heston ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2022 #23

David Cassidy FM123 Dec 2022 #25

The man who launched an entire puka shell necklace industry Effete Snob Dec 2022 #41

Agree, and Bobby Sherman. debm55 Dec 2022 #134

McCartney/Harrison. Both at once. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #31

Luke Halpin in Flipper. catbyte Dec 2022 #32

It's actually hard to find one of him wearing a shirt... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #62

Tony Dow of "Leave It to Beaver" Glorfindel Dec 2022 #34

Don't you think he was a little hard on the Beaver? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #51

Not compared to MY big brother Glorfindel Dec 2022 #56

.Pat Boone Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #35

Loni Anderson True Dough Dec 2022 #36

I almost forgot: David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin in The Man From U.N.C.L.E milestogo Dec 2022 #39

Adult swim only... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #64

... milestogo Dec 2022 #67

Oh, yeah. I forgot about him. catbyte Dec 2022 #82

How about as Doctor Mallard on NCIS? :) malthaussen Dec 2022 #107

Oh that's great. milestogo Dec 2022 #122

Oh, me too! 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #181

Natasha Badenov Effete Snob Dec 2022 #42

Ha! Now I don't feel so silly... murielm99 Dec 2022 #44

I think it works like duckling imprinting Effete Snob Dec 2022 #49

Oh cool lol nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #53

Olivia Newton-John. I watched Xanadu like 4 times in the theater... SKKY Dec 2022 #59

But did you get physical? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #63

She was my first girl-crush. Mad_Dem_X Dec 2022 #126

I watched Xanadu for Michael Beck XanaDUer2 Dec 2022 #165

Valerie Bertinelli NoRethugFriends Dec 2022 #65

Hard to find THE defining image of her Effete Snob Dec 2022 #69

My crush was from the TV show "One Day at a Time" NoRethugFriends Dec 2022 #128

Yup Effete Snob Dec 2022 #130

Seriously" That's her now? NoRethugFriends Dec 2022 #136

Just don't look in her attic! whistler162 Dec 2022 #180

Ha NoRethugFriends Dec 2022 #182

Happy New Year! Effete Snob Jan 2023 #188

Yes Effete Snob Dec 2022 #187

Raquel Welch tazkcmo Dec 2022 #66

Too many older pictures Effete Snob Dec 2022 #71

Troy Donahue MOMFUDSKI Dec 2022 #74

Ginger on Gilligan's Island TlalocW Dec 2022 #75

Omar Sharif ZenDem Dec 2022 #77

Tall, dark, and handsome. milestogo Dec 2022 #80

I haven't seen that in years... ZenDem Dec 2022 #83

That movie makes me COLD. milestogo Dec 2022 #90

... ZenDem Dec 2022 #112

Shari Lewis. Harker Dec 2022 #78

Yup Shari jpak Dec 2022 #92

Kind of an odd one, but, yes, there is Shari Lewis cheesecake... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #96

Yup Shari jpak Dec 2022 #93

Yes, and then yes! Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2023 #190

I was six when Mrs. Peel first appeared on The Avengers. Harker Jan 2023 #191

Janet Lennon Thunderbeast Dec 2022 #79

Gonna guess a year on that one... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #98

Ten years before Elon Musk was born! Thunderbeast Dec 2022 #111

No brainer for me, Julie Christy. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #81

Is it getting hot in here? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #100

Sitting on a padded headboard? Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #156

ohhhh KarenS Dec 2022 #84

Hiya! Effete Snob Dec 2022 #101

yes, indeed! KarenS Dec 2022 #141

David Hedison Captain Crane Marthe48 Dec 2022 #85

. Effete Snob Dec 2022 #102

And he aged well Marthe48 Dec 2022 #104

Peter O'Toole sarge43 Dec 2022 #86

Here's looking at you Effete Snob Dec 2022 #105

I don't remember who my 1st celebrity crush was. Niagara Dec 2022 #87

Grace Kelly. I cut a picture of her from a magazine and carried it around with me. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #88

Here's one she can't take away Effete Snob Dec 2022 #106

Thank you. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #149

Paul McCartney and David McCallum. Boomerproud Dec 2022 #91

My earliest was Abby Dalton. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #95

Never been sure what a "celebrity crush" is... malthaussen Dec 2022 #99

What's she got behind the curtain? Effete Snob Dec 2022 #108

The best thing about puberty in the late sixties... malthaussen Dec 2022 #110

The future looked bright Effete Snob Dec 2022 #113

Ah, yes, Grace Lee Whitney. malthaussen Dec 2022 #118

Speaking of Angela Cartwright... Different Drummer Dec 2022 #151

That was my inconsistency... malthaussen Dec 2022 #173

Makes sense. n/t Different Drummer Dec 2022 #176

Nichelle Nichols -- at any age -- was one of the sexiest women I have ever seen. Earth-shine Dec 2022 #145

Tom Jones, Corgigal Dec 2022 #116

His dancing is so bad its almost funny. milestogo Dec 2022 #121

I answered the same, below! Mad_Dem_X Dec 2022 #127

As a young boy crush, Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #123

Tom Jones Mad_Dem_X Dec 2022 #124

Remember the Beatles movie "Help!" when Paul McCartney got miniaturized and lost his clothes.... IcyPeas Dec 2022 #125

I remember "Help!" and "Hard Days Night" but not that scene. milestogo Dec 2022 #133

Linda Blair. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2022 #129

She's another one who aged gracefully Effete Snob Dec 2022 #132

I have to say that as far as aging gracefully is concerned, Diane Lane has it hands down A HERETIC I AM Dec 2022 #135

She's a great actress- milestogo Dec 2022 #140

Loved her as Superman's mom in Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, and Justice League. Earth-shine Dec 2022 #146

One for each arm: OilemFirchen Dec 2022 #137

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!! JAMES GARNER !!! Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #138

OMG .... i still drool over him and HE IS A DEM !!!!! Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #139

I think perhaps Mariette Hartley in the Star Trek episode where she is living in the Ice Age. TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #143

One of the men on the show Emergency. Or Captain Von Trapp. applegrove Dec 2022 #148

Wow Effete Snob Dec 2022 #152

I present to you Yvonne Craig (1937-2015) Earth-shine Dec 2022 #150

Yvonne DeCarlo belongs in this thread... Effete Snob Dec 2022 #153

Barbara Feldon Rastapopoulos Dec 2022 #154

Yes, Max Effete Snob Dec 2022 #158

Barbarella (Jane Fonda) Emile Dec 2022 #155

Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare Scottie Mom Dec 2022 #157

Mick Taylor Skittles Dec 2022 #160

I think you had two Micks. milestogo Dec 2022 #161

:) Skittles Dec 2022 #162

Cheyenne Bodie, aka Clint Walker. hippywife Dec 2022 #163

Emma Peel flying rabbit Dec 2022 #166

Roy Rogers when I was 8 years old. frogmarch Dec 2022 #167

John Stamos.... usedtobedemgurl Dec 2022 #168

Not sure if any of these are crushes, but these were actors I liked to watch. highplainsdem Dec 2022 #169

When I was a pre-teen I had it bad for Paul Michael Glaser. Solly Mack Dec 2022 #170

Johnny Crawford, the son on The Rifleman wnylib Dec 2022 #171

Linda Ronstad followed by Old Crank Dec 2022 #172

When I was a little girl I loved Cary Grant.😍 SaveOurDemocracy Dec 2022 #174

Penny King (Gloria Winters) Brother Buzz Dec 2022 #175

First celeb poster anyway: Mark Spitz! intrepidity Dec 2022 #177

He was a hottie. milestogo Dec 2022 #178

That was the poster! nt intrepidity Dec 2022 #179

Marlo Thomas LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #183

Gracie Slick. Wolf Frankula Dec 2022 #184

Michael Landon "Little Joe" on Bonanza 🥰 Raine Dec 2022 #185

A very young Diana Rigg orangecrush Jan 2023 #192

I'd seen that second video - highplainsdem Jan 2023 #193

Thanks orangecrush Jan 2023 #194

Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid. I was Luciferous Jan 2023 #195