Humphrey Bogart's Fedora in Casablanca in 1942
The hat is the star
The hats in some movies and TV series become famous in their own right. Think of Humphrey Bogart’s Fedora, Heisenberg’s Porkpie, Tommy Shelby’s Newsboy Cap or Charlie Chaplin’s Bowler. And it’s impossible to picture Indiana Jones without his beaten-up 1930s Fedora! Here they all are, plus several others...
Indiana Jones’s Fedora, worn by Harrison Ford since 1981
Heisenberg's Porkpie in Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston from 2008 to 2013
Gene Hackman's Porkpie in 'The French Connection' in1971
Charlie Chaplin's Bowler from1910s to 1930s
Shirley MacLaine’s opera hat in Sweet Charity in 1969
The Fedoras of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon in Borsalino in 1970
Fred Astaire's Top Hat in 1935 - brazenly worn with Black Tie, it changed US fashion
JR Ewing's Cowboy Hat in Dallas, starring Larry Hagman from 1970s to1990s
Michael Corleone's Homburg in The Godfather, starring Al Pacino in 1972
Mr Steed's Bowler in The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee from1961 to 1969
Akubra Croc worn by Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee in 1986
The Man With No Name's memorable hat in A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood in 1964
Alex’s Bowler in A Clockwork Orange, starring Malcolm McDowell in 1971
Tommy Shelby's Newsboy Cap in Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy from 2013 to 2022
Woody Harrelson's Stetson in No Country For Old Men in 2007