Heartthrobs

Richard Armitage. Preferably in his Robin Hood or Spooks incarnations. Have him scrubbed and sent to my room, please.

Well it used to be Oliver Reed (storms of protest I hear) but now its Rufus Sewell as I prefer my heartthrobs to be alive.

Mick Jagger and Michael Caine - it's never wavered in 50 years

Francoise Hardy, then Mrs. Grumppa.

Tom Conti and Alan Rickman

Howard Keel (So tall) and Hugh Jackman (just so smiley and gorgeous)

Alan Rickman - yes!

That fellow that looks a bit like Clint Eastwood but is funny? Worked with the fellow who does QI.
And that Irish chappy who was in the Canterbury Tales and is also funny.

I know he has become a cliché, but I still harbour a soft spot for Colin Firth. His performance in A Single Man was outstanding.

Do you mean Hugh Laurie, Aka?

I had a picture of Richard Chamberlain as Dr Kildare inside the lid of my desk at school! Sidney Poitier was very easy on the eye too (as well as being a brilliant actor) in 'In the heat of the night'.

Lona DD3 had a real crush on Howard Keel when she was going through her 'Seven Brides' phase [aged about 8] so we took her to see him. She was enthralled all night and insisted we went to get his autograph afterwards.

He sat for ages signing autographs and when DD got to the front of the queue he asked if the autograph was for us or for her. When she said it was for herself he spent ten minutes chatting to her. She wrote to thank him and he wrote back! She was overcome and I was so impressed that he found the time to reply to a little girl!

Oooh yes, Sidney Poitier was lovely. My pin up (20+pics on bedroom walls) was David McCallum. Sorry to say he hasn't aged very well.

Now it's gorgeous George Mr.Clooney that is in case there's any doubt.

Definately Sidney Poitier but I can just imagine my parents faces if I had been lucky enough to take him home !!

I did have a Matt Monroe phase [unbelievably!]Even my Mother gasped in amazement when I said I liked him.

At school we used to write the names of our hearthrobs on our schoolbags in biro. I had a comprehensive and eclectic selection, including Cary Grant, Paul Macartney, Adam Faith, Richard Chamberlain and Fred Astaire(!). Richard Chamberlain was my absolute favourite. We must have looked a scruffy and disreputable lot.

Nowadays it's voices and personality I find most attractive. I particularly like the voices of Roger Allam and Peter Egan.

Didn't a few of us mention a penchant for Philip Glenister on another recent thread ?

Denzel Washington: need I say more?

I agree * Eloethan* Roger Allam has a great voice, and Peter Egan always sounds very urbane and kind.

Steve McQueen was a real action bad-boy.
Now I admire Brad Pitt. I know, I know, he's a bit too young for me. But just look at him! (swoon)

George Harrison - from the first time I set eyes on his lovely face One or two runners up - Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, lots of 60s groups/singers, Chip Hawkes from the Tremeloes, Billy J Kramer
and David Ginola.

Well my teenage heartthrob was the one and only Elvis. I used to kiss him goodnight every night (Poster next to my bed) Then I came home from school one day and found that my parents had decided to re-decorate my room and Elvis was consigned to the bin with the old wallpaper. I was so upset!

But there's only one, real old-school heartthrob now for me, and that's the gorgeous George Clooney.

I did take a shine to the actor who played the Irish policeman in the drama serial set in Connemmara a while back - can't remember his name though!

Have him scrubbed and sent to my room, please.

It was Owen McDonnell in "Singlehanded"