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Max Shreck as Nosferatu
Karloff as Frankensteins Monster
Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man
Ricou Browning and Ben Chapman as The Creature From the Black Lagoon in the film of the same name.
Christopher Lee as Dracula. Ideally in the first Hammer Dracula although he's superb in them all.
Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein in Curse of Frankenstein
Nick Castle as Michael Myers in Halloween
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining.
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
Brad Dourif as Chucky in Child's Play
Doug Bradley as Pinhead in Hellraiser
There are plenty of others that are admittedly iconic such as Regan from The Exorcist, or Bela Lugosi's turn as Dracula. But while being synonymous with the genre they are not my favourite films or performances. Given more space I would have added Donald Pleasance as Dr.Loomis, Colin Clive as Frankenstein and probably a few others.
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