Article: Is Branagh really better than Burton? Movie legend left off list of our finest actors...along with Bogarde and Mills.

Byline: JAMES TAPPER

IT WAS, admittedly, always going to be a tricky job - to choose the top ten British actors ever to grace stage or screen.

But the panel of experts assembled for the task have raised more than a few eyebrows by leaving out Richard Burton, Sir John Mills and Trevor Howard - but selecting Cary Grant, Peter Sellers and Kenneth Branagh.

It is the inclusion of North By Northwest star Grant that has particularlyangered many leading figures in the industry. They argue that although Grant was a hugely popular star, he seldom played challenging roles.

The burden of picking the top ten fell to film critic Barry Norman, ...

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