7 vintage ads starring Hollywood actors before they were famous

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Laura Vitto
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Most Hollywood A-listers had to get to the small screen before making the big screen.

Take Robert De Niro, who starred in a 1969 car commercial for the AMC Ambassador before graduating to serious, feature roles in The Godfather: Part II and Taxi Driver. Or John Travolta, who appeared in a commercial for the U.S. Army long before he starred as Danny Zuko in Grease.

As Drake would put it, "Started from the bottom, now we're here." Or they're here, at least.

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