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Chris Penn Actor, Reservoir Dogs Christopher Shannon Penn was born on October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, the third son of actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci) and director, actor, and writer Leo Penn. His siblings are musician Michael Penn and actor Sean Penn. His father was from a Lithuanian Jewish/Russian Jewish family, and his mother is of half Italian and half Irish descent... | |
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Gordon MacRae Self, The Match Game Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ. During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone... | |
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Pernell Roberts Actor, Bonanza Best recalled as the eldest son and first member of the "Bonanza" Cartwright clan to permanently leave the Ponderosa in the hopes of greener acting pastures, dark, deep-voiced and durably handsome Pernell Roberts' native roots lay in Georgia. Born Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. on May 18, 1928, in North Carolina and moved to Waycross as an infant... | |
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L. Ron Hubbard Writer, Battlefield Earth | |
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J. Carrol Naish Actor, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan J. Carroll was born in New York City to Catherine Moran and Patrick Sarsfield Naish (not in the business). He was educated at St. Cecilia's Academy, New York City. He had seven years stage experience in Paris and New York. Later in stock company. First screen appearance in 1930. Fox brought him to Hollywood. | |
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James Farentino Actor, Dead & Buried | |
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George Cukor Director, My Fair Lady | |
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Larry Fine Actor, Disorder in the Court Larry began performing as a violinist at a young age. During his teenage years, he earned his living as a singer and boxer. At 18, Larry began working vaudeville with "The Haney Sisters and Fine" and in 1925, he joined Ted Healy and Moe Howard in the act that would eventually become The Three Stooges. Fine made more than 200 films before a stroke forced him to retire in 1970. | |
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Theodoros Angelopoulos Director, Topio stin omichli Theo Angelopoulos began to study law in Athens but broke up his studies to go to the Sorbonne in Paris in order to study literature. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the School of Cinema at Paris but decided instead to go back to Greece. There he worked as a journalist and critic for the newspaper "Demokratiki Allaghi" until it was banned by the military after a coup d'état... | |
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Jerome Cowan Actor, The Maltese Falcon Jerome Cowan was one of Hollywood's most prolific and instantly recognisable character actors. His trademark pencil-thin moustache and slicked back hair, immaculate suits and sophisticated manner were his stock-in-trade for impersonating an assortment of rejected husbands, shifty politicians, lawyers and shady detectives... | |
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Winston Churchill Writer, Young Winston Born in Blenheim Palace, the residence of his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough. His father was the Duke's third son, Lord Randolph Churchill. His mother, Jennie Jerome, was the daughter of an American financier. After passing through famous English public schools such as Harrow, he went on to fulfill his ambition for a life in the army... | |
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Jeffrey Boam Writer, Lethal Weapon 3 | |
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Kevin James Actor, Taboo II | |
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Madge Bellamy Actress, White Zombie Madge got her start in theater working with a stock company in Denver. Put under a personal contract by a Broadway producer, Madge got her big break when she replaced Helen Hayes in the Broadway play "Dear Brutus". Her success as a stage actress led to her being signed by Fox Pictures. After appearing in a number of movies in the early 20's... | |
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Ted Bundy Theodore Robert Bundy, more commonly known as "Ted", was one of the most prolific serial killers in America. He confessed to 36 murders, but nobody really knows how many had been committed or when he began his legacy of horror; the true total could be higher. Ted was born to Eleanor Louise Cowell and a father that had taken off when Eleanor discovered she was pregnant... | |
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Bernd Eichinger Producer, Downfall | |
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Ken Darby Music Department, The Wizard of Oz Composer ("How the West Was Won"), songwriter ("Make Mine Music"), choral director, conductor, arranger, singer and author, educated at Christian College and a student of Tibor Serly, Ernst Toch, Herman Hand, and Victor Young. He originated The King's Men male vocal quartet in 1929 and appeared on radio... | |
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John Miljan Actor, The Ten Commandments | |
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Easy Pickens Actor, The Ballad of Cable Hogue | |
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Lisa Daniely Actress, The Invisible Man | |
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Diane Holland Actress, Hi-de-Hi! Diane Holland lived in Surrey. She was unmarried, and trained as a dancer before being given the part of snobbish Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi! by her brother-in-law, Jimmy Perry. Jimmy, who co-wrote the holiday camp sitcom, married Diane's sister Gilda, and recognised her talent. At the peak of Hi-de-Hi!'s success in the '80s... | |
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Fayard Nicholas Actor, The Pirate Fayard Nicholas was one-half of The Nicholas Brothers, a famous African-American tap dancing team who appeared in several movies and became one of the famous and most beloved dance team of all time. Both brothers appeared in films such as An All-Colored Vaudeville Show, The Pirate and The Five Heartbeats. Fayard's brother, Harold Nicholas died on July 3, 2000, while Fayard died on Januray 24, 2006. | |
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Hedwig Bleibtreu Actress, The Third Man | |
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G. Monty Brinson Actor, Escape | |
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Duke York Actor, Flash Gordon Duke York Jr. has a long resume as one of Hollywood's best stunt men. He is still often seen on TV today although audiences may not recognize him. He is most often seen today as the various "monsters" that confronted The Three Stooges during the 1940s, and as King Kala (wearing a bald cap) in the first Flash Gordon serial. | |
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Anita W. Addison Director, Sirens Producer/director Anita Addison was one of the first African-American, female TV executives. She began her career as a director, directing episodes of "Knots Landing," "Quantum Leap," "Freddy's Nightmares," "ER," "Sirens" and "Judging Amy." She also directed made-for-TV movies, including "There Are... | |
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Philip DeGuere Jr. Writer, Simon & Simon | |
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John Bleifer Actor, The Mark of Zorro | |
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Tina Chow Tina Chow was born Bettina Louise Lutz to a Japanese mother and a German-American father in 1951. In her teens, she and her sister, Adelle Lutz, enjoyed success as models for Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido's advertising campaign. This was a primer for Tina's future status as a major fashion icon of the 1980s... | |
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Anthony Sagar Actor, The Offence In a career sadly cut short by his death at 52 Anthony Sagar shared a screen with many of the greats of British cinema - Alec Guinness, Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, John Mills and Richard Burton to name a few. He also popped up in 7 of the Carry On series, a Norman Wisdom film, a Ronnie Corbett film and the big-screen Dad's Army... | |
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Vadim Glowna Actor, Cross of Iron | |
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Ewa Strömberg Actress, Vampyros Lesbos | |
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Ceil Cabot Actress, Freaky Friday | |
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Franz Balluck Actor, The Wizard of Oz | |
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Bryan Phillips Director, Schoolboy Crush | |
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Joe Franklin Self, The Aristocrats | |
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Guy Teague Actor, Battles of Chief Pontiac | |
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Marie Glory Actress, L'argent | |
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Barrie Gosney Self, Harry Hill | |
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Halsted Welles Writer, 3:10 to Yuma | |
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Neil Wilson Actor, A Clockwork Orange | |
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Mai Santacroce Miscellaneous Crew, Rhoda | |
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James Poe Writer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Attended Bronxville High School in Bronxville, New York and then St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. | |
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Oskar Karlweis Actor, 5 Fingers | |
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Ira H. Hayes Actor, Sands of Iwo Jima | |
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Richard Avonde Actor, Cyrano de Bergerac | |
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Gerry Johnson Actress, The Flintstones | |
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Bill Cody Actor, The Vanishing Riders "B"-picture cowboy star Bill Cody was born William Joseph Cody, Jr., on January 5, 1891, in St. Paul, Minnesota (some sources list his place of birth as Manitoba, Canada). He was no relation to William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. He was educated at Saint Thomas Military Academy in Minneapolis and later attended St... | |
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Joseph Carl Breil Composer, The Birth of a Nation Not only did Joseph compose music for movies, he was the first person to compose a score specifically for a motion picture - "Queen Elizabeth" in 1912. In addition to film music, Joseph composed for various operas - `Love Laughs at Locksmiths' 1910, `Prof. Tattle' 1913 and, `The Seventh Chord' 1913. Breil died from heart disease. | |
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Gerry Crampton Stunts, Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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