Timeline for Who was the oldest actor to play a teenager?
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| Dec 9, 2021 at 20:20 | comment | added | Jason P Sallinger | @Gallifreyan And yet it was infinitely more interesting and accessible to a larger audience. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 21:53 | comment | added | Ink blot | Tell me more, tell me more... | |
| Jul 6, 2017 at 6:28 | comment | added | Omegacron | @Luaan - I know, right? When I saw Tom Holland playing Peter Parker, I thought he looked like a toddler. | |
| Jul 4, 2017 at 8:47 | comment | added | Luaan | @Wildcard Not to mention that it was a musical - they needed good actors who were also great singers. Olivia herself was "concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior", and I suspect a lot of the other actors had similar feelings about themselves. Nowadays, teens played by actual teens look weird :D | |
| S Jul 3, 2017 at 1:17 | history | suggested | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 2, 2017 at 7:53 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | Jack Benny was about 47 when he played an Oxford undergrad in Charley's Aunt (1941). | |
| Jul 1, 2017 at 21:14 | comment | added | Barmar | @mattboy I think Grease was intended as a showcase for the stars. | |
| Jul 1, 2017 at 0:19 | comment | added | Wildcard | @mattboy, back in those days there was a lot less industry around acting to support and train young actors and actresses. So there were a lot fewer GOOD teen actors working. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 15:09 | comment | added | mattboy | Yes and that's not all. Grease had a ridiculous amount of people in their 30s and late 20s playing teenagers, and it showed. Olivia Newton-John (1948), Michael Tucci (1946), Jamie Donnelly (1947), Dennis Steward (1947) and probably many more. Were teenagers forbidden in films back then? | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 13:28 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 30, 2017 at 13:26 | comment | added | Mr_Thyroid | @Gallifreyan I don't agree that some of the existing answers are valid - some involve heavy makeup and are stories that cover large time frames so the actor plays a range of ages. I also think that roles where the teenager has a disease shouldn't count. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 13:18 | comment | added | Gallifreyan | That is significantly younger than the existing answers. | |
| Jun 30, 2017 at 13:11 | history | answered | Mr_Thyroid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |