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Who did you fancy?

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honeyrose Wed 29-Dec-21 20:37:48

As a teenager, which singers/actors did you really fancy, even fantasise about? For me it was -
Davy Jones (Monkees)
Peter Frampton (Thunderclap Newman)
David Cassidy
David Essex
Peter Noon (Herman’s Hermits)
Sasha Distel

Oh, how my imagination ran wild when I thought of, in particular, Davy Jones. And I was only about 13/14 at the time!

GinnyH Fri 31-Dec-21 10:39:53

Paul McCartney
Davy Jones (Monkees)
David McCallum (The Man from Uncle)

Secondwind Fri 31-Dec-21 10:54:08

Little Joe from Bonanza. The late Michael Landon.

flowerofthewestx2 Fri 31-Dec-21 10:54:15

Always Sir David. Finally met him x2 in my 30s

GrammarGrandma Fri 31-Dec-21 10:54:28

Elvis Presley
Tommy Sands
Ricky Nelson
Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood)

Later - George Harrison
Alain Delon
Alan Rickman
Rufus Sewell
Aneurin Barnard
Roger Alam
Thiebault de Montalembert( Call my Agent)
Philippe Duclos (Spiral/Engrenages)

Grandyma Fri 31-Dec-21 11:07:17

Oliver Reed
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
David Essex
Marlon Brando

LeighC Fri 31-Dec-21 11:11:26

Merrill Osmond of the Osmonds.
I was worried when i first met him in 2012 as they always say "don't meet your heroes or you'll be disappointed" I'm so glad I didn't take notice as he's absolutely gorgeous. Greets me by my name and gives the best hugs!

Kayte Fri 31-Dec-21 11:13:15

Gregory Peck and Sacha Distel
Swoon, then and now!

Alioop Fri 31-Dec-21 11:13:43

George Michael
Nick Kamen
John Taylor ( Duran Duran)
Dave Gahan(Depeche Mode)
Blue Boy( High Chaparral)
My list could be endless..grin

libra10 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:17:41

Elvis
George and Paul, The Beatles.

I was lucky enough to see The Beatles several times, and when Herman and the Hermits were appearing locally, had my photo taken with Peter Noone.

Gwenisgreat1 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:18:23

Definitely Paul Newman and David Essex - they had the most gorgeous eyes!
Nowadays I drool over Will Kirk (The repair Shop)
and Chris Fawkes (Weatherman who is descended from Guy Fawkes)

tictacnana Fri 31-Dec-21 11:26:24

Michael Landon, James Cagney, Billy Bremner. Quite a wide range of tastes, I know !

jaylucy Fri 31-Dec-21 11:37:04

Richard Chamberlain
Davy Jones
David Cassidy
David Essex (who I met briefly when I went to see Godspell)
Erik Estrada
Oliver Tobias (Arthur of the Britons)
Bruce Penhall (at the time World Speedway Champ)

I was so glad to not only see David Cassidy in concert several times in the 70s and one more time in 2011 - he still had it!

Kate1949 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:40:30

Oh yes Gwen Isn't Will gorgeous?

Bijou Fri 31-Dec-21 11:42:00

Errol Flynn
Gregory Peck
Tyrone Power
Cary Grant

That shows my age!

Sweetpea60 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:42:22

Donny osmond, George Harrison, Robert Retford.

dolphindaisy Fri 31-Dec-21 11:43:31

Kookie (Ed Byrnes)
Brian Hyland
Fabian
Then my all time favourite - Steve McQueen

Serendipity22 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:51:54

Only 1s I can think of were Bay City Rollers then Barry Sheen ( Motorbike ) ....

LadyStardust Fri 31-Dec-21 11:52:37

Mel Gibson after seeing "Bounty'

Oh wasn't he THE most beautiful man in this film. Thanks for reminding me of this film Yammy I'm going to watch this sometime over the weekend!

phantom12 Fri 31-Dec-21 11:56:02

Michael Nesmith from the Monkees, who sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago.
David Essex
George Best
Kris Kristofferson
Terence Stamp
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)

Gillycats Fri 31-Dec-21 11:56:04

David Boreanez (from Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Michael Buble
Ben Murphy and Pete Duel (Alias Smith and Jones)
My list is endless. Started at 4 (I’m 58 now) with Cliff Richard!

Ailidh Fri 31-Dec-21 11:57:04

Grandma2213

Robert Fuller who played Jess Harper in Laramie. I recently googled his pictures and still got all fluttery. Gorgeous.

Thank you! I couldn't remember his name until you mentioned it but he was definitely my first crush before I really knew what a crush was. Oooo.

On the other hand, my first slightly Ruude dream (as in I was asleep and not conjuring him up) was Leslie Crowther.....

Clevedon Fri 31-Dec-21 11:58:17

Donny Osmond
Richard Chamberlain, especially in his priest robes ?

helgawills Fri 31-Dec-21 11:58:32

Donovan
Cat Stevens
George Harrison
Harry Belafonte

cc Fri 31-Dec-21 12:04:15

GagaJo

Martin Shaw (still do, still would).
John Lennon.
Patrick Stewart. Too old to be fanciable now.

Oh yes, Martin Shaw for me too. I used to fancy Rufus Sewell and have known people who've met him and like him. But probably a little too small for me! James Nesbitt seems fun.
The trouble with actors is that you cannot really have much idea of what they are actually like as they're always playing a part imagined and written by somebody else.

cc Fri 31-Dec-21 12:04:54

helgawills

Donovan
Cat Stevens
George Harrison
Harry Belafonte

This really is a weird mixture helgawills