Who was your first heart throb?

I`ve had many hearthrobs over the years, but the very first one for me was the ITN newsreader, Huw Thomas, I even wrote to him at the age of 14, and got a reply. I made all sorts of plans to go to London, meet him and marry him!

Oh those twinkly eyes of the gorgeous Des O'Connor, and that smile - half naughty and half flirty. I heard yesterday that he was now 80? How can that be?? If he's 80 then what am I? Not young I'm afraid to say baby!

Adam Faith

Dan Dare.

Leslie Howard in Gone with the wind and Janes Mason in The seventh veil. I even called our daughter Francesca after the character in The seventh veil.( don't tell her!)

Richard Chamberlain....until I discovered he was a homosexual

Most of the really beautiful actors were gay, Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson. But I was smitten with Stewart Granger and James Mason. Anyone for Richard Widmark? Shows my age.

Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas..... Johnny Weissmuller. A theme of shirtlessness seems to be developing here.

There was another actor with the same sort of good looks as Gregory Peck and James Mason, but I can't remember his name. I think he was quite young when he died. Doing my head in trying to remember.

Tyrone Power!

Dirk Bogarde (in Doctor in the House) before I knew there was such a thing as a gay man. Also Gary Cooper - those eyes!

Laurence Harvey!

Anne Bancroft

Frankel

Was it the Mrs. Robinson role?

I fancied Brando like mad when he played Mark Anthony in the film of Julius Caesar.

Funny you should mention Brando, because Edna O'Brien was talking about him in the ptogramme I saw about her on BBC4 last night. She said he was the most fascinating, interesting, charismatic man ever; I'd only ever thought of him as bieng rather old and podgy. She didn't have an affair with him; made him sleep on the couch, I think, but her eyes twinkled when she mentioned Robert Mitchum, who I think was the one who was mad, bad and dangerous to know.

What a lovely wander down memory lane, meeting all those heart throbs along the way! Yes to Cliff (when too young to know better..!) Richard Chamberlain, preferred Gil Favor to Rowdy Yates, but kept that rather quiet as he was (shhh) an older man....and ooh yes, Richard Widmark (older man again)- had forgotten about him. And 60's pop singer Jess Conrad. He lived not far from me & with a friend I went to stand hopefully outside his house. Didn't see him but his boxer dog came over & made friends. Didn't wash my hands for hours after stroking that dog!

Robert Wagner, as in Hart to Hart! I think he's still alive.

POGS: It was the start of a lasting longing . She was lovely - and funny too. I suppose she had to be - married to Mel Brooks.

I wonder how many of my grandaughters 'heart throbs' of the moment they will still remember when they are over 50?

The ones we all fondly remember had substance, were great actors or singers....today's celebrities are so manufactured and superficial.

Have had such fun reading through these posts..so many names , fondly remembered...

Lonnie Donegan was another of my favourites although not exactly a heart throb. My dad used to annoy me by calling him Donny Lonegan!

mrsmopp

Not for me, didn't like where he stuck his chewing gum.

POGS I loved him too, but not as much as I loved Adam Faith.

I saved up my pocket money for ages to go to see Adam Faith at our theatre. But on the night he was on there was thick thick fog and the buses stopped running so I couldn't go. Mum had to physically stop me because I said I was going to walk it and she yelled at me "Look outside - you can't even see the garden gate!!!"
I later asked the theatre for a refund and they refused, saying the weather wasnt their fault. Oh I was devastated.! Cruel world!