John's roles had him playing alongside a wide range of celebrities, from Humphrey Bogart in "Knock On Any Door" (1949) to Gladys Knight in "Pipe Dreams" (1976), Clint Eastwood of "Dirty Harry ...

Voight, a Roman Catholic, isn't the first actor to try to step into the shoes of Pope John Paul II, an actor himself who transformed the papacy into a telegenic role. But Voight might be the first ...