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Ed O'Neill is an American actor best known for playing Al Bundy on Married... with Children (1987), the most iconic working class character on television since Archie Bunker. Upon his debut on the world stage in Youngstown, Ohio on April 12, 1946, he was christened Edward Philip O'Neill, Jr. Both his father, Ed, Sr., a steelworker and truck driver, and his social worker mother, the former Ruth Ann Quinlan, were Irish-Americans.
A gifted athlete, the 6'1" O'Neill attended Ohio University on a football scholarship, but transferred after his sophomore year to Youngstown State University, where he played as a defensive lineman. In 1969, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was cut in training camp. (Al Bundy was a former high-school football star constantly reminiscing about his glory days on the high school gridiron. Terry Bradshaw, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, twice appeared on "Married with Children".)
After being cut by the Steelers, O'Neill went back to YSU to join the new theater department. After graduating, he became a social studies teacher at his alma mater, Ursuline High School, before fully committing to acting. He was a member of the company at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the top regional theaters in America.
After numerous supporting parts in movies and television, he was cast as the New York City detective Popeye Doyle in the 1986 television movie that was a pilot for a proposed television series. "Popeye Doyle" was based on the classic police drama The French Connection (1971), with O'Neill playing the role originated by Gene Hackman). The television movie and O'Neill's performance got good reviews, but it was not picked up as a series.
A year later, O'Neill was cast as Al Bundy in the sitcom "Married with Children", which debuted on the then-new Fox Network in April 1987. It ran 10 years, until June 1997, and made O'Neill a star.
During the production of "Married with Children" and after its cancellation, O'Neill appeared in movies, guested on television shows, and made television commercials. The second iconic fictional policeman role that O'Neill took over was Sgt. Joe Friday in his 2003 remake of Jack Webb's classic crime series Dragnet (2003), which appeared on ABC. The network canceled the show during its second season. Since 2009, O'Neill has played Jay Pritchett on the ABC's sitcom Modern Family (2009), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2011.
Since 1986, O'Neill has been married to actress Catherine Rusoff. They have two daughters, Claire and Sophia.- Actor
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Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.
Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his career playing Lionel from the program Dumbo's Circus (1985).- Actor
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Barrett Carnahan was born and raised in the state of Ohio. He grew up performing in plays in his local community and has been in love with acting ever since. Soon after graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream. He landed guest star roles in series' such as Nickelodeon's "The Thundermans" and ABC's "Modern Family". More recently, Carnahan has recurred on shows such as Netflix's "Alexa & Katie", Freeform/Hulu's "Cruel Summer", Netflix's "Cobra Kai" and earned a series regular on the Peacock series "One of Us is Lying".
Barrett is happily married to his wife, Nina. They have one child together.- Actress
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Dana DeLorenzo was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio and showed an innate love of comedy and performance at an early age. At age 3 she made up knock-knock jokes and recorded them on her Fischer-Price tape recorder solely to listen back and make herself laugh. At some point she started doing impressions. She landed her first paying gig at 11 yrs old performing Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" with her younger brother in a weekly variety show.
DeLorenzo graduated from DePaul University in Chicago and soon after became an on-air personality and producer on The Mancow Show. She continued to perform in various theater productions around Chicago, and in 2008 formed an Amy Winehouse tribute band called House of Winehouse. The band performed at various festivals and venues including Pridefest Milwaukee and House of Blues Chicago. DeLorenzo garnered international acclaim for her uncanny portrayal of the singer, including a feature in The Chicago Tribune and was voted Best Tribute Band by The Chicago Reader in 2010.
Later that year DeLorenzo moved to Los Angeles, and soon after appeared in various TV shows (Californication, Workaholics, 2 Broke Girls) and films (A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas, The Mad Ones). She gained attention with her first recurring role on television playing Beth the CBS Executive on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. DeLorenzo returned to the stage to perform in the original LA production of The Best of Craigslist Live! and in sold-out tours in Chicago at The Royal George Theatre as well as the prestigious Joe's Pub in New York City. DeLorenzo continued down the comedy road and returned to doing impressions on PopTV's Impress Me opposite Ross Marquand (The Walking Dead).
DeLorenzo's breakout role came when she was cast alongside Bruce Campbell in the horror-comedy series Ash Vs. Evil Dead, a continuation of the cult-classic movie trilogy The Evil Dead written and directed by Sam Raimi. DeLorenzo won the approval of fans and critics alike originating the role of Kelly Maxwell, the foul-mouthed demon-slaying sidekick to the show's titular anti-hero. Her performance in the series nabbed her back-to-back nominations for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award and an iHorror Award nomination for Best Actress in a Horror Series. In 2018 DeLorenzo was the recipient of the Artemis Women in Action Next Wave award.
Since wrapping the final season of Ash Vs. Evil Dead, DeLorenzo had another dream come true when she landed a guest-starring role on the reboot of Will & Grace. She later recurred in the critically-acclaimed series Perpetual Grace, LTD., and won over audiences playing Kat Dennings' Jersey-Italian sister Barbra in the female-driven comedy Friendsgiving. DeLorenzo also was an associate producer and played a the role of Mandy in the dark comedy indie, The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood, and had a guest starring role on Tacoma FD.
DeLorenzo crossed more off her bucket list when she lent her vocal talents to various animated projects, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, King Tweety, and the Netflix animated children's series, Ask The StoryBots. DeLorenzo was thrilled to have the opportunity to vocally reprise her role of Kelly Maxwell along with star Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead: The Game.- Actress
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Poised and pretty lead and second lead actress Jane Randolph decorated a number of second-string World War II and post-war 1940's film features. Born Joan Roemer in Youngstown, Ohio on October 30, 1914, her father, a steel-mill designer, moved the family to Kokomo, Indiana when she was still quite young. Following her graduation from high school, she studied at Indiana's DePauw University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Jane's interest was acting was increasingly prodded during this time and in 1939, she decided to try her luck in Hollywood.
Studying at Max Reinhardt's school, she was eventually tested and picked up by Warner Bros in 1941. Publicized as a WWII pin-up in such Army magazines as Yank, and provided only in bit parts while there, such as a hatcheck girl in Manpower (1941), a singer who warbles the tune "What's New?" in the film Dive Bomber (1941) and a secretary in The Male Animal (1942), RKO Studios saw promise in the nascent actress. Picking up her contract in 1942, the studio immediately handed her two "B" leading lady roles -- as rich, naïve inventor Richard Carlson's love interest in the adventure comedy Highways by Night (1942) and spunky girl reporter Marcia Brooks in the Nazi espionage crime drama The Falcon's Brother (1942) opposite real-life brothers Tom Conway and George Sanders.
Over the years, brown-eyed, auburn-haired Jane would become best known for her benign, classy, but vulnerable femmes in film noir, easy comedy and whodunnits. Her best-remembered role was as poor, tormented co-worker Alice Moore in the atmospheric horror classic Cat People (1942) and its equally successful sequel, The Curse of the Cat People (1944). In both, Jane innocently brings out the revengeful claws of feral lady cat Simone Simon. At one point she was hired by the Disney people as a human model used for the ice-skating sequence with "Bambi" and "Thumper" in their classic film Bambi (1942).
As for subsequent filming, Jane would return to her intrepid girl reporter in The Falcon Strikes Back (1943), again with Conway. She was also featured in a poignant scene with lovely Jeanne Crain in the war-themed film In the Meantime, Darling (1944); is married to Nils Asther but in love with doctor John Loder in the film noir Jealousy (1945); involves herself with the Bowery Boys in Monogram Picture's In Fast Company (1946); played an attractive second lead distraction in the Universal adventure serial The Mysterious Mr. M (1946) and an equally attractive lead in the "Hopalong Cassidy" western entry Fool's Gold (1946).
Jane enjoyed a rare femme fatale role as a conniving beautician and girlfriend of cold-blooded mobster John Ireland in the film noir Railroaded! (1947). She finished her career in two other film noir thrillers, T-Men (1947) and Open Secret (1948), and joined Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in, arguably, their most popular Universal outing, the comedy chiller Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Here, all three are menaced by the classic terror trio of Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolfman, Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Glenn Strange's Frankenstein monster.
Divorced from talent agent Bert D'Armand, Jane married sometime producer Jaime del Amo on April 20, 1949, and retired to move to Spain and live the life of a socialite. In later years, following his death, she returned to Los Angeles, but also maintained a home in Gstaad, Switzerland. She died in Switzerland at age 94, of complications following surgery for a broken hip. She was survived by daughter, Cristina del Amo.- Actress
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A slender, striking, red-haired, freckle-faced American leading lady, Mary Elizabeth Hartman was born in Boardman, Ohio on December 23, 1943, as the middle of three children born to building contractor Bill C. Hartman (May 7, 1914, Ohio - October 26, 1964, Youngstown, Ohio) and housewife Claire Mullaly (October 13, 1918, Youngstown, Ohio - October 28, 1997, Youngstown, Ohio). Hartman had an older sister named Janet and a younger brother named William. Hartman grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and appeared in the play "A Clearing in the Woods" in the Youngstown Playhouse.
After graduating from Boardman High School in 1959, Hartman took a job at a Brooks Brothers store in Cleveland, and then attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh in 1961, where she met her future husband Gill Dennis two years later. While in summer school in 1963, Hartman participated in "Bus Stop" with Ann B. Davis, who suggested that Hartman try Broadway. In 1964, Hartman left for New York, where she starred in the play "Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking". While in New York, she landed the role of Selina D'Arcy, a blind, abused, uneducated white girl who falls in love with a compassionate black man played by Sidney Poitier in the racially charged drama "A Patch of Blue (1965)". For this role, she was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe award. A week after she finished that film, Hartman began six months on location in New York as an upperclass collegiate in "The Group (1966)". Hartman married Dennis in 1968.
Other roles followed, such as a go-go dancer in Francis Ford Coppola's film "You're a Big Boy Now (1966)", a lonely, unmarried, handicapped woman in "The Fixer (1968)", a nurse who tends to Clint Eastwood in "The Beguiled (1971), "Intermission (1973)" and Pauline Pusser, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser in "Walking Tall (1973)". Hartman also appeared in a television pilot of "Willow B: Women in Prison (1980)" (aka "Cages" ) and made numerous television appearances. She appeared in more plays, such as "Our Town" in 1969, also appearing in "The Glass Menagerie", "The Madwoman of Chaillot", "Bus Stop" and "Beckett". She also completed a road tour of the play, "Morning's at Seven".
Hartman's life was plagued by acute depression and insecurity; Hartman spent a year at the Institute of Living in Hartford in 1978. After her role as Mrs. Brisby in "The Secret of NIMH (1982)", Hartman retired from acting, and divorced her husband in 1984. Hartman was also frequently a patient at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, where her sister Janet took care of her.
On June 10, 1987, Hartman called her doctor and told him that she had been feeling despondent. Just before noon that same day, Hartman committed suicide by throwing herself out of her fifth-floor studio flat window at the King Edward Apartments in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Oakland. She was 43 years old.- Actor
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Michael James Kovach, an American voice actor, is renowned for his exceptional vocal versatility. He has lent his voice to a variety of projects, including web animations, anime, and video games. His most recognized role is voicing "Angel Dust" in the Hazbin Hotel pilot. Kovach identifies as a heteromantic asexual and is in a relationship with Ashley Nichols.
He is in a relationship with Ashley Nichols, a cleanup animator. Kovach's voice acting portfolio includes memorable roles such as Serial Designation N in the YouTube web series "Murder Drones" and the scientist character in "Poppy Playtime."
Kovach has specific culinary preferences, favoring Baja Blast over bitter or sour foods and drinks. He stands at a height of 5' 10½" (1.79 m) and has a younger brother and sister. During a stream, he revealed his middle name to be James and joked that without it, he would have been Michael Kovach III.
Ashley Nichols, his partner, created a unique character for him named Kovi Cat, an imaginative representation of Kovach as a cat. Originally, Kovach had expressed a preference for an owl character, but Nichols felt less confident in her ability to draw owls. This character, along with Ashley's own character, HuniBun, are distinct in the HuniCast crew for having their individual names, unlike other OCs which are typically named after the person they represent. An exception is Edward Bosco's OC, humorously named Edward Ballsco.- Actor
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Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Michael Pataki had a long, varied and impressive career in both movies and TV shows, alike, that spanned a little over 50 years. Pataki was born on January 16, 1938 in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California as a double major in Drama and Political Science. Michael made his film debut with an uncredited small part in the 1958 feature, Ten North Frederick (1958). However, it was his acclaimed acting on stage in 1966 at a summer stock festival in Edinburgh that really launched Pataki's career. Although usually cast as mean and unlikable antagonistic characters, Michael on occasion portrayed more appealing folks with equal skill and conviction. Pataki gave a superbly chilling and compelling performance as vicious bloodsucker "Caleb Croft" in the creepy horror winner, Grave of the Vampire (1972). Other memorable roles included nasty biker "Snake" in The Dirt Gang (1972), Marianna Hill's weak masochistic boyfriend "Dennis" in the perverse The Baby (1973), the lecherous "Sergeant Ward" in the crummy, The Bat People (1974), hi-jacker "Wilson" in Airport '77 (1977), Dracula's modern-day descendant "Michael Drake" in the hilariously horrible Dracula's Dog (1977), sleazy bounty hunter "Harry Iverson" in The Glove (1979), hard-nosed "District Attorney Dino Fulgoni" in the splendidly gritty The Onion Field (1979), oddball cemetery caretaker "Sam" in the offbeat zombie doozy Dead & Buried (1981), ramrod Russian sports official "Nicoli Koloff" in Rocky IV (1985) and the stern "Dr. Hoffman" in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988). Pataki had a recurring role on the TV series, The Amazing Spider-Man (1977); he also appeared in the two spin-off theatrical pictures, Spider-Man (1970) and Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978). Among the numerous TV shows Michael made guest appearances on are The Twilight Zone (1959), Star Trek (1966), Combat! (1962), Rawhide (1959), My Favorite Martian (1963), Ben Casey (1961), Batman (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966), The Flying Nun (1967), Baretta (1975), Happy Days (1974), McCloud (1970), Barney Miller (1975), Little House on the Prairie (1974), Charlie's Angels (1976), T.J. Hooker (1982), WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), Laverne & Shirley (1976), The Jeffersons (1975), The Fall Guy (1981), Airwolf (1987), St. Elsewhere (1982) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Moreover, Pataki provided voices for cartoon television programs; he was especially notable as the voice of the demented "George Liquor" on The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991). Michael directed two low-budget 70s drive-in exploitation features for producer Charles Band: the potently unnerving horror shocker, Mansion of the Doomed (1976), and the amusingly silly soft-core comedy musical, Cinderella (1977). In addition, Pataki also worked as an acting coach. Michael died of cancer at age 72 on April 15, 2010 in North Hollywood, California.- Actress
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Emily Pendergast was born on 25 February 1987 in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Veep (2012), Love (2016) and We're Doing Good (2022). She has been married to Cory Pendergast since 8 September 2012.- Actor
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Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in the United States. After the war, Flynn moved to Hollywood. He made his film debut as Joseph Flynn in the bottom-of-the-barrel, beneath-B-picture potboiler The Big Chase (1954), which co-starred Lon Chaney Jr., which he followed up with a part as a priest in The Seven Little Foys (1955) starring Bob Hope.
Flynn began to achieve success on television in the late 1950s, becoming a regular on The George Gobel Show (1954). This landed him a role on The Joey Bishop Show (1961), but Flynn was dumped after the first season by Bishop for stealing too many scenes. By the time he was booted off, he had developed a reputation as a reliable comic foil.
The termination of his Bishop gig proved fortuitous for he landed the role that made him a television immortal that very next season: Captain Wallace 'Leadbottom' Binghamton on McHale's Navy (1962). The classic sit-com, which co-starred Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, ran until 1966 and spawned two theatrical movie releases. It also lead to a co-starring role on the short-lived The Tim Conway Show (1970).
Beginning with his appearance in Walt Disney Co.'s The Love Bug (1969), Flynn appeared in nine other Disney productions: seven theatrical releases and two TV movies, including two movies released after his death. He appeared in five movies with Kurt Russell, including three in which he played Eugene (E.J.) Higgins, the dean of financially-strapped Medfield College: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975).
In the early 1970s, Flynn was one of the leaders of a Screen Actors Guild group that sought a more equitable distribution of TV residual payments. On July 19, 1974, just after completing his voice-over work on the Disney animated movie The Rescuers (1977)," he died of a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Beverly Hills home. Apparently, he had gone into the pool with a cast on his broken leg. His body was found at the pool's bottom, held down by the weight of the cast. He was 49 years old.- Producer
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Omarosa Manigault Newman was born on 5 February 1974 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Tiger Run: The Untold Story (2024), HBCU Pro Day the Prime Effect and Foundling: The Untold Story. She has been married to John Allen Newman since 8 April 2017. She was previously married to Aaron H. Stallworth.- An arch-villain -- the ultimate henchman -- Chris Alcaide appeared in scores of film noirs (mainly vintage Columbia B detective movies) and Westerns. His tall frame, steely look, and deep voice menaced such TV and movie stars as Glenn Ford, Tyrone Power, Lorne Greene, Richard Boone, Clint Walker, and even Elvis Presley, for decades. In 2003, Alcaide won a well-deserved Crystal Samuelian Golden Boot several months before his death.
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A staple of American stage, screen, and television for over 30 years, Victor Slezak hails from Youngstown, Ohio.
His earliest influences in entertainment came through the screen of Jack and Sam's Warner Brothers Theater, where his mother was a box office girl. So, too, was the black and white TV set in his parents' living room an early influence. He cites seeing Montgomery Clift in Freud (1962), James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and George C. Scott in the old East Side/West Side (1963) series as performances that piqued his earliest interest.
The Franciscan nuns at Saint Stanislaus Grade School taught in the Jesuit mode, placing heavy weight on the correct use of language and oratory skill. Theatre was used as a teaching tool. At an early age, Victor's acting in, directing, and writing plays stemming from the Bible became a normal part of his daily routine and education. His talent and efforts gained recognition when he was asked to join a select handful of students in reading the Book of Genesis aloud to their church congregation. Toward the end of high school, after being selected and appearing in leads in the school plays, Victor's guidance counselor pulled him out of class to announce good news: he'd been awarded a scholarship to study acting at Ohio State. Victor turned it down. The summer before, he had spent 10 weeks as an apprentice at the Lakewood Musical Playhouse. From an early age he spent his free time making drawings in pencil and ink. He couldn't see himself pursuing acting as a career after seeing those amazing performers drawing their $75 dollar a week paycheck and no job after the ten weeks.
So, at the ripe old age of 17, he moved to New York City to become a visual artist. A friend who worked as a scenic designer from that summer of stock called from out of the blue and asked Victor if he'd like to paint scenery for the venerable Chautauqua Opera Company in western New York State. Victor arranged for a brief leave of absence from the advertising firm. A life in the theatre had called to him by a most circuitous route. He never went back to the ad firm. When his work at Chautauqua ended, he landed a job stage managing variety acts - a country/western band, a juggler, and a magician - at the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. In an era before Amazon or Barnes and Noble, he began to hunt for books on acting. His first introduction to Uta Hagen was in his Speech and Drama class where he heard a recording of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".
His first professional jobs came from regional theatre, roles like Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and several stints at Hartford Stage, including Eben in Desire Under the Elms playing opposite Frances Fisher; Whit in Of Mice and Men with fellow Youngstowner Ed O'Neill, and Algernon in The Importance of Being Ernest with Mary Louise Parker. Exceptional material and the chance to work with great artists kept Victor in New York when so many of his peers moved west to pursue Los Angeles. Stage jobs in the city soon beckoned. His performance as Lachlan in The Hasty Heart at Mirror Repertory off-Broadway led to his being cast opposite Geraldine Page at the same venue in Ibsen's Ghosts, directed by fellow Ohioan Austin Pendleton. Television jobs followed including a recurring role on ABC's Guiding Light (1952).
Broadway beckoned in 1993. Victor played John Cleary in Frank Gilroy's Any Given Day (the precursor to The Subject was Roses) alongside Sada Thompson at the Longacre Theatre. Following that he played Dr. Sugar in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer at Circle in the Square with Elizabeth Ashley, JFK in Jackie: An American Life with Margaret Colin at the Belasco Theatre, Mr. Robinson in The Graduate with Kathleen Turner at the Plymouth Theatre, and John the Baptist in Salome with Al Pacino at the Barrymore Theatre.
Film roles began to pop up as well: The Devil's Own (1997) (directed by Alan J. Pakula with Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt) and The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (with Meryl Streep, directed by Clint Eastwood). After Uta Hagen's death in 2004, Victor received phone calls from HB Studios asking him to consider teaching. Harkening to a need to give back to the school and the craft that had nurtured him, he eventually agreed to work a class into his schedule "I went to teach my first class and found that the Studio had put me in the same room where I'd first met Uta." He serves on the Board of the HB Playwrights Foundation, a position he's held since 2009 and makes time each year to be a part of their CORE program. He is also a member of the Actor's Studio and The Ensemble Studio Theater.
He is known throughout the industry for playing roles of particular power and complexity -- Enrico Brulard on HBO's Treme (2010); the Deputy Director of the CIA in John Singleton's feature film Abduction; Jamie Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre; and as Mike Wallace in the musical Superfly.- Anthony Peck was born on 20 March 1947 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunt for Red October (1990), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Die Hard (1988). He was married to Francine J Tolstonog. He died on 30 July 1996 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Paula Wagner has worked in the top ranks of the entertainment industry as a talent agent, film producer, and studio executive. She develops and produces film, theatre, and television projects through her production company Chestnut Ridge Productions (CRP).
Wagner began her career as an agent at Creative Artists Agency where she spent 15 years representing some of some of Hollywood's top actors, directors, and writers. In 1993 she began a new phase of her career as a producer when she launched Cruise/Wagner Productions with Tom Cruise, her former CAA client. For more than a decade, C/W produced critically acclaimed films with international appeal, including the Mission: Impossible franchise films I, II, and III, Without Limits, The Others, The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky and Steven Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, which Wagner executive produced.
Wagner was co-owner and CEO of United Artists Entertainment from 2006 to 2008. During her tenure, UA released the Robert Redford political thriller Lions for Lambs and the World War II thriller Valkyrie.
Wagner's current film projects include Marshall (2016), starring Chadwick Boseman and Josh Gad and directed by Reggie Hudlin, based on a crucial case in the early career of U.S Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Also in development under the CRP banner is Sylvia Robinson: The Story of the Mother of Hip-Hop, which is being set up at Warner Bros., as well as the China/US co-production Moon Flower of the Flying Tigers, an epic WWII romantic drama based on a true story.
Wagner's producing credits for Broadway include TONY Award-nominated The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain & David Strathairn, Grace starring Paul Rudd & Michael Shannon and Terrence McNally's TONY Award-nominated play Mothers and Sons.
Wagner is a member of the PGA, the AMPAS, and the Broadway League. She serves on the boards for Film Forum in NY, the American Cinematheque, and the National Film Preservation Foundation. She travels the world as a visiting guest artist, and has lectured at Universities around the country, including the Harvard Business School and UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television. She is an adjunct faculty member and Lifetime Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, her alma mater.
Wagner is married to Rick Nicita, CEO of management and production company RP Media. They have two sons, Zachary and Jesse.- Actress
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Maureen McGovern was born on 27 July 1949 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Airplane! (1980), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Joseph: King of Dreams (2000).- Actor
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One of those actors whom everyone has seen but no one knows his name, Bill Saluga, of the Ace Trucking Company comedy troupe, was seen all over television in the seventies and early eighties as an obnoxious little fellow named "Raymond J. Johnson, Jr." When addressed as "Johnson" though, he would launch into a tirade starting, "You doesn't has ta call me Johnson--you can call me RAY or you can call me JAY...." See, I told you you've seen him.- Actor
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Jordan Christopher was born on 23 October 1940 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Brainstorm (1983), Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969) and That's Life! (1986). He was married to Sybil Williams. He died on 21 January 1996 in New York City, New York, USA.- Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini was born on 4 March 1961 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Who's the Boss? (1984), Timebomb (1991) and Amazing Stories (1985). He has been married to Tina Rozzi since 18 May 2014. He was previously married to Carmen Consuelo Vazquez.
- Gorgeous, buxom, and shapely brunette knockout Jennifer Walcott was born on May 8, 1977 in Youngstown, Ohio. She's of mixed Irish, Polish, and Italian descent. Walcott has an older sister and two younger brothers. Jennifer attended Wilson High School in Youngstown, Ohio and Lowellville High School in Lowellville, Ohio. She graduated from high school in 1995. Walcott visited Los Angeles, California in October, 1996 and decided to stay there. Jennifer worked two jobs while attending Santa Monica College. She moved to Chicago, Illinois in 2000 to stay close to her ailing grandmother. After her grandmother died Walcott moved back to Los Angeles. Jennifer was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 2001 issue of "Playboy." She subsequently was featured in numerous "Playboy" videos and posed for a slew of newsstand special editions. Among the other publications Walcott has either done pictorials in and/or graced the covers of are "Holistic," "American Curves," "Muscle & Fitness," "Hers," "Iron Man," "Stun," and "Performance Auto & Sound." Moreover, Jennifer has worked as a spokes model for such clients as Bacarde, Anheuser Busch, and Mickey's Brewing Co. Walcott has also appeared in music videos for Justin Timberlake, the Sterophonics, and Marc Anthony. She's a member of the Playboy X-Treme Team and does volunteer work at the Ronald McDonald House in Washington, D.C. In 2005 Jennifer and fellow Playmates Destiny Davis and Scarlett Keegan were given keys to the city by the mayor of Las Vegas in appreciation for posing for a calendar promoting the city. Walcott has an esthetician license and owns a salon and boutique in Los Angeles called Celebrity Extensions. She's the wife of professional NFL football player Adam Archuletta. Jennifer gave birth to son Jett James Archuletta on April 10, 2008.
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Ohio-born author and former FBI agent. She was mostly deaf by 18 months and trained with speech therapists to help her speaking voice. She became an expert lip-reader. Thomas started out at the FBI in 1979 as a fingerprint examiner. She then became a lip-reader for an undercover surveillance team and spent almost four years working for the FBI, until 1983. In 1990, she published her autobiography, Silent Night, which became a TV series, Sue Thomas, F.B. Eye. A golden retriever stood in during the run of the program for Thomas' own hearing dog at the time, a golden retriever named Levi. In 2001, Thomas was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 2020, she received a lung cancer diagnosis but as of 2021, she claims that she is cancer-free and when not at home in a log cabin in Vermont, she travels with her service dog, a yellow lab named Sir "Rodney" the Great, as well as with a full-time associate.- Actor
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Joshua Triplett, recently gained global attention having roles in some of North America's most popular television shows. Joshua was cast as the mounted Patrol Officer, Isaac Young, in Alexi Hawley's incredible ABC series, 'The Rookie'. He clinched the notable recurring Guest star role of Jeremiah, on the number one comedy series on CBS, "The Neighborhood", which recently earned it's fifth season and is now syndicated. He also played a complex and chilling recurring character along side Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in the BET series, 'The Quad', which ran for two successful seasons. Joshua just wrapped up the nineteenth season of the ABC Drama, 'Grey's Anatomy', where he was a supporting guest star.
Joshua also developed and produced several series, one of which, he was the show runner, executive producer, writer, director and lead actor. After catching the attention of Will Ferrel's company, Funny or Die, the hilarious comedy series, 'Black Coffee', was developed for Facebook Watch. The series went viral instantly and has racked up millions of views online. Joshua starred as the role of Beachum, an outspoken and self-centered coffee shop owner in the heart of DC. Since his move to Los Angeles, Joshua has starred in over 150 National Commercials for some of the worlds biggest brands, including six consecutive Super Bowl campaigns in the past six years.
Joshua is the father and acting coach of the extremely talented child prodigy, Jaidyn Triplett, who plays the role of Millicent on the Paramount+ reboot of 'iCarly'. He is the CEO of his family owned production company and is clearly a multi-faceted entertainer and is one of a kind in this industry. A natural born performer and adventurer at heart. Joshua also enjoys singing, recording his own original music, songwriting, performing magic shows for curious audiences, playing basketball and traveling the world with his family. Joshua was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio where he will always call home. Although he currently resides in Los Angeles he maintains family homes in New York, Atlanta & DC.- Actor
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Stan Foster began his versatile career as an actor for three seasons, starring in the Emmy winning CBS television drama "Tour of Duty". Foster segued behind the camera in striking an overall development deal with Columbia Pictures Television to write, produce, and brand new content. This led to selling and developing sitcom, drama, and reality programming to multiple networks including CBS, FOX, MTV, Comedy Central, USA Networks, UPN, Disney and Discovery Channel, and FremantleMedia.
Stan Foster adapted the stage production of TD Jakes "Woman Thou Art Loosed" for the big screen, (for which he won an NAACP Image Award) and greatly contributing to the wide popularity of that genre. As a feature writer-producer, Foster penned/produced/directed films for Universal, (Hoodrat), 20th Century Fox, (Hangman's Curse) Lions Gate (Manhood), (Warner Bros.) "Preacher's Kid", in addition to Car Wash 2 (Universal) and "My Other Mother" (UPtv).
My other Mother was directed by him in 2014 for Uplifting Entertainment. He also directed the pilot episode of the Comedy Central comedy TV series In The Cut. An independent movie about the historical Azusa Street Revival was written and directed by him under the same name.
2017 brought the gospel musical PK Resurrection that introduced "Upstaged", a slate of classic urban films adapted for the stage with includes live television followed by a national tour.
In 2018, Stan Foster Media will be partnering with Lionsgate to produce and distribute a film slate under his current banner. These include "Azusa Street Revival, "Bishop Mims", "Before I Forget - The B Smith Story" and the Upstaged live theater slate. Stan Foster Media has a current multi-picture output, distribution, and acquisition deal at Lionsgate.
In 2021, he directed an episode of Step Up Highwater for the streaming service STARZ.- Actor
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Stiv Bators was born on 22 October 1949 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), The Hidden (1987) and Out of Bounds (1986). He died on 4 June 1990 in Paris, France.- Arnold Palmer was born on 10 September 1929 in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Return to Campus (1975), Call Me Bwana (1963) and Arnold Palmer: Course Strategy (1989). He was married to Kathleen Gawthrop and Winifred Walzer. He died on 25 September 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Jenn is a petite, tattooed actor, writer and producer. She has a dark, quick-witted sense of humor, comedic timing and infectious optimism. Jenn was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1985, to Karen and Steven Shagrin. The entertainment industry is woven into Jenn's DNA: the Shagrin great grandfather Joe and his twin Max grew up with the Warner Brothers and earned rank amongst Hollywood's early legacies. After joining the Warner Brothers in Hollywood, Max Shagrin was district manager for WB Studios, discovering and representing classic talent like June Withers, Ed Begley Sr., Betty Garde, Dorothea Kent and many more.
Jenn Shagrin is of Jewish descent, further locking the industry into her genetic makeup. In 2004, at the age of 19, she wrote, starred and Executive Produced her first film, Desperate Hippies - a parody of Desperate Housewives. Some of the actors she cast include Cameron Monaghan, Alejandro Rose-Garcia (most known as Shakey Graves) and Aviva Baumann.
Jenn is known for her major recurring role on Season 5 of Reno 911!. In 2009, Jenn appeared in the high-school comedy Stay Cool, which stars Hilary Duff. She was also a series regular on The Horrible Terrible Misadventures of David Atkins - winner of the New York TV Fest "Characters Welcome" Award - also starring French Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Tom Lennon and Orlando Jones. In 2004, Jenn was cast in her first studio feature, Freedom Writers, in which she collaborated with Oscar-winner Hilary Swank.
Her internationally published cookbook Veganize This! hit the shelves on January 11th, 2011. After a 10-year hiatus to focus on writing and creative development, Jenn Shagrin has returned to her theatrical career. She and her wife, playwright Iris Farrou, co-founded production company Crumpled Thoughts Inc. and relaunched Jenn's hybrid creative recipe + comedic "shameless nonfiction" anecdotes blog--with an even darker sense of queer humor.- Sarah Pachelli was born on 7 November 1982 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Rites of Spring (2011), Deadwood (2004) and After Midnight (2007).
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Gary Friedkin was born on 23 November 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio. He was an actor, known for Mother's Day (2016), Young Doctors in Love (1982) and Snow White (1987). He died on 2 December 2022 in the USA.- Reginald was born in Youngstown, Ohio, but spent his teenage years in North Carolina. He attended Andover Phillips Academy, and graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. His feature film debut was Felix Darling in Hav Plenty (1998)
- Mary Wells Lawrence was born on 25 May 1928 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Mary Wells was a producer, known for To Hell and Gone (2019). Mary Wells was married to Harding L. Lawrence and Bert Wells. Mary Wells died on 11 May 2024 in London, England, UK.
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Lady Miss Kier was born on 15 August 1963 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Charlie's Angels (2000), A Man Apart (2003) and The Heat (2013). She was previously married to Dmitry Brill.- Actor
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How do you describe a man who has played both heels and heroes, jumped onto moving cars, ridden horses, performed stand-up comedy, been a professional sports mascot and a model... and is also a dedicated family man? In a word: versatile. Versatility has been the hallmark of actor Sam Ayers' life and career. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, and raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Samuel Bielich III -- Ayers is his mother's maiden name -- became the first varsity quarterback in the history of Merrimack High School and went on to become the first of his family to continue his education. Bielich attended Memphis State University, joining Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He was named Lambda Chi Associate of the Year in 1976. While at Memphis State, Sam created a character for a fraternity skit -- a medicine man with a fur and a special hat. Sometime later, he donned the hat again and used it while performing for the crowd at a sports event, spelling the team's name out with his body. "Sam the Medicine Man" was born. Bielich parlayed his performance as "Sam the Medicine Man" into a paying job with the Memphis Chicks minor league baseball team and other teams. He eventually was hired as a mascot for the Texas Rangers. While in Texas he studied acting and got various jobs as an extra, including appearances on Dallas. He also did modeling jobs and a stint as the entertainment director for a cruise line, performing stand-up comedy for the passengers. Sam eventually moved to New York and began using Ayers professionally as his last name. He found recurring roles on several soap operas, before moving to Florida a few years later. He was hired as the lead for Universal Studios' Wild West Stunt Show and continued to appear in TV shows and films, as both an actor and stuntman. He also received roles in the theater. Ayers moved to Los Angeles permanently in 1995. In 1996, he was cast as "Sam the Sweeper" on the NBC series The Pretender, appearing in roughly half of the episodes during the show's four-year run on NBC. Sam married actress Robin Trapp in 1998; they welcomed daughter Alexis Ann into their family the following year. Currently Ayers continues to work in Los Angeles while also making time to spend with Robin and Alexis.- Getchie Argetsinger was born on 29 October 1947 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Mill (2023), Silver Star and Strive (2019).
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Herb Freed was born on 3 February 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Graduation Day (1981), Paradise Lost (1999) and Dead Punkz (1999). He was previously married to Marion Segal and Anne Marisse.- Additional Crew
'Little Pat' Bilon was born on 29 August 1947 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Under the Rainbow (1981). He died on 27 January 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA.- Rosella Townsend is the second of three daughters of Frank and Viola Townsend, and lived in her birth town of Youngstown, Ohio until the late 1920s, when her family moved to Los Angeles. By the time she reached her teens she had blossomed into a beautiful young women and was asked by a friend to join in a dress show for a department store in her hometown (a dress show that would happen to have Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner in its audience). Brought to Hollywood at age 19 she made her film debut in 1937 in a string of uncredited film roles but gained speaking parts in 1938. She starred alongside such names as Bette Davis, Ronald Reagan, George Brent, Lee Bowman, and Margaret Lindsay. With the coming of World War II she found herself getting less work in films and left films after marrying screenwriter Harry Kronman in 1942 in Los Angeles. They had two sons, Anthony and Michael.
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Timothy Wayne Folsome was born on 13 July 1966 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Uninvited Guest (1999), Jacked Up (2001) and Cutthroat Alley (2003).- Actor
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James Tartan was born on 11 September 1931 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Matlock (1986), Remington Steele (1982) and Los Four/Murals of Aztlan (1974). He was married to Christine. He died on 26 November 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Robert 'Kool' Bell was born on 8 October 1950 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Nice Guys (2016) and The Nutty Professor (1996). He was previously married to Deborah Jones.- Toni Ann Rossi was born on 20 July 1969 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Deadly Closure (2010), Judging Amy (1999) and The Proxy.
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Eugene Williams was born on 21 March 1959 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Judgment Night (1993), In Our Lives (1981) and Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990). He died on 22 December 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Jarrod DiGiorgi was born on 1 June 1974 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for I'm Your Woman (2020), My Bloody Valentine (2009) and A New York Heartbeat (2013). He has been married to Alicia DeMara since 10 July 2013.- Additional Crew
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Krista was born and raised in Poland, Ohio until she was eleven, at which time she and her family moved to Hollywood to pursue her acting career. She participated in local theater and numerous television commercials that air in the Mahoning Valley. Her birth name was Krista Gierlach, but she and her family saw it fit that she create a stage name, Krista Swan.- Actress
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Rina Restaino was born on 25 July 1987 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Breathe (2015) and Fantasy Football Feelings (2017).- Cinematographer
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Archie R. Dalzell was born on 13 September 1911 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), Ike: The War Years (1979) and Panic! (1957). He was married to Elizabeth Jane (Bettie) Shiels. He died on 26 July 1992 in Ventura, California, USA.- Born and raised in the Steel Valley, Youngstown, Ohio. Born with a disability called Cerebral Palsy. Ed was fortunate to be introduced to the performing arts as a young man. He found the Performing Arts to be a place for him to work and learn about himself and the world that he lives in. You may see a contribution that Ed has made to the Entertainment Industry at Screen Actors Guild Internet site, www.sag.com/disabilityfaqs.html . This is a resource of information about working with People with Disabilities.
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Sean O'Malley was born on 30 June 1979 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Hit and Run (2012), The One I Love (2014) and Malcolm & Marie (2021).- Music Department
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Scott Johnson was born on 14 September 1970 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Scott is known for Venom (2018), Gone (2012) and Twilight (2008).- Actor
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Hailing from the often, bleak mean streets of the former steel town, Youngstown, Ohio, Jim didn't so much seek out acting as stumble upon it. The year was 1987, and while giving business presentations, a friend's well-placed suggestion led him to an acting class to refine his oratory skills. What began as a pursuit of polished speeches soon transformed into a love affair with the craft of acting, writing, and producing, heralding the start of a journey that has stretched over many fruitful decades.
Known for his versatile actor's range, Jim's kaleidoscopic background consistently breathed authenticity into his roles. His resume is as varied as it is impressive, spanning jobs as a steel mill laborer, boom crane operator, heavy equipment operator, long haul truck driver, safety inspector, and even an off-road dump truck driver. He's mixed cocktails as a bartender, created meals as a cook, added color to homes as a house painter, served as a racquetball instructor, managed several bustling health clubs, and played strategic roles as the VP of a Golf Club Consulting Management Firm and as a Sales Manager in the computer technology sector.
Furthermore, Jim's entrepreneurial spirit has seen him at the helm of various businesses, including a used car lot, a coffee company, a fitness club, a marketing & business development firm, and an Italian gourmet foods manufacturer, a successful company he later sold.
Although he's spent time as an educator, teaching Acting and Film Studies at a local college, Jim's current focus has shifted. While he still cherishes occasional opportunities to perform in front of the camera, he now prefers to write and guide stories from behind the scenes as a producer, director, writer and consultant. His creative journey continues to evolve, as he is presently publishing his first non-fiction book. His rich, dynamic life continues to fuel his multifaceted career in the world of storytelling.- Actor
Born Martin Francis McNeely, Marty McNeely was born on 14 December 1926 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an announcer for radio and television shows that included "Creature Features" (1971-1976); and had a career with ABC Radio in New York City, Ney York.He was a Union Member of AFTRA and SAG.
He lived in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago.
He was married twice, having two children from his first marriage, and two children with his second wife Susan Petix.
Surviving are his wife of 30 years, Susan Petix McNeeley, 3 sons - Marty of Middletown, David and Douglas both of San Francisco, CA; daughter - Jane and her husband Rick of Yorba Linda, CA; 2 grandchildren - Martin and Dustin; 2 great grandchildren.
Martin was preceded in death by his parents, Anthony Francis and Louise McNeeley.