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Brian Peck is an actor, dialogue coach, narrator and filmmaker who was involved in the production of various films, shows and video games including The Amanda Show, X-Men, X2: X-Men United, Return of the Living Dead, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Forever Strong, Lovewrecked, Holes, Good Burger and The Willies. He frequently collaborated with Bryan Singer and Dan Schneider.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Timothy Omundson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on July 29, 1969,
the youngest of four children. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, where
his family moved when he was one. His father is a former railroad man
and his mother was a teacher. Tim started to study theatre at the age
of 12 at the Seattle Children's Theater, and interned at theaters
throughout high school. With acting as his main focus, he spent the
summer of his junior year in New York at the American Academy of
Dramatic Arts, and he was a Washington State Debate Champion in
Dramatic Interpretation for two years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Theater from USC and received the Jack Nicholson Award and the James A. Doolittle Award for outstanding achievements in acting. Shortly after graduation, he got his first professional job as a guest shot on Seinfeld (1989). Next was the recurring role of Dr. Joshua Levin on SeaQuest 2032 (1993). Tim lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife, Allison, and their dogs, Betty and Sally.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Wil Wheaton was born Richard William Wheaton III on July 29, 1972 in
Burbank, California. He first gained international attention by
starring in the Rob Reiner comedy-drama film
Stand by Me (1986). He then played
Wesley Crusher on the television series
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
for three and one-quarter seasons. Wheaton left the Hollywood scene for
18 months to pursue personal video production. He did return to "Star Trek" every now and then for an occasional episode, however. He then returned to Los
Angeles, California, attended acting school for five years and now
works on many projects. He lives in Arcadia, California with his wife
Anne and her two sons.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Stephen Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Nancy and Steve Dorff, a composer. Chosen from over 2000 young men from around the world, he auditioned
and won the coveted role of "PK" in
John G. Avildsen's
The Power of One (1992) in 1992, starring opposite Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud and Fay Masterson.
For his performance, he was awarded the Male Star of Tomorrow Award
from the National Association of Theater Owners.
Dorff then amassed an impressive list of screen credits, chief among them New
Line's Blade (1998), in which he starred
opposite Wesley Snipes and won the "Best
Villain" at both the MTV Movie and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He
also co-starred with Susan Sarandon in
HBO's
Earthly Possessions (1999),
based on Anne Tyler's novel about an
unlikely romance between a young, fumbling bank robber and his hostage. He also starred in Scott Kalvert's street
gang drama, Deuces Wild (2002), for
MGM and as the champion of bad cinema in the
John Waters comedy,
Cecil B. Demented (2000),
co-starring Melanie Griffith.
Additional credits include XIII: The Conspiracy (2008),
Entropy (1999),
Blood and Wine (1996) with
Jack Nicholson, and opposite
Harvey Keitel in
City of Industry (1997). He
starred as the fifth Beatle,
Stuart Sutcliffe, in
Iain Softley's
Backbeat (1994), and as the notorious
Candy Darling in
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996).
His 2000s credits include
Oliver Stone's
World Trade Center (2006),
Robert Ludlum's
Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006),
.45 (2006) with
Milla Jovovich,
Shadowboxer (2005) with
Cuba Gooding Jr. and
Helen Mirren, and the Disney thriller,
Cold Creek Manor (2003), with
Dennis Quaid and
Sharon Stone for director
Mike Figgis.
Stephen appeared as disillusioned Hollywood actor and single father Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), which won a Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. In 2009, Dorff teamed with Somewhere producer G. Mac Brown on Michael Mann's gangster drama Public Enemies (2009), starring opposite Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
Dorff was most recently cast in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface (2017) and the fantasy family film Albion: Rise of the Dannan (2016) _.- Genesis Rodriguez was born in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of
José Luis Rodríguez 'El Puma',
the famous Venezuelan singer and actor, and Carolina Perez, a Cuban
model. She has two half-sisters. She was educated at the Carrolton
School of the Sacred Heart in Miami. From childhood, Rodriguez knew she
wanted to act and attended summer classes at the renowned Lee Strasberg
Theatre and Film Institute, as well as embarking on other acting
training.
Success followed and she won roles in Spanish language series such as
Prisionera (2004),
Dame Chocolate (2007) and
Doña Bárbara (2008). She also
appeared as Sarah in the hit show "Entourage" (2004). Film projects
include Man on a Ledge (2012) and
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). - Actress
- Producer
- Director
Mack was born in Germany but moved with her family to Long Beach,
California, when she was 2. She began acting at 4 with print work and
commercials, and began studying at The Young Actors Space in Los
Angeles when she was 7. Before joining the cast of Smallville (2001),
Allison starred in the short-lived and sorely under-rated Fox
television comedy Opposite Sex (2000). Prior to that, she was a regular on Hiller and Diller (1997),
working alongside great talents such as Richard Lewis, Kevin Nealon, and Eugene Levy.
Allison has also guest-starred in the WB family drama 7th Heaven (1996) as a
teenager caught up in the "cutting" trend.
Mack has starred in many movies for television, including the cable
film My Horrible Year! (2001), which was directed by Eric Stoltz and starring Karen Allen,
Mimi Rogers, and Stoltz himself. She was also in A Private Matter (1992) with Sissy Spacek and
Aidan Quinn, Living a Lie (1991) with Peter Coyote and Jill Eikenberry, Unlikely Angel (1996) with Dolly Parton and
Roddy McDowall, and Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996) starring Mary Tyler Moore and Linda Lavin. Allison is also an
accomplished dancer and singer and she currently living in Los Angeles.
She enjoys reading, going to movies and plays and spending time with
her friends and family.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress from Nebraska. She has had a decades-long career, but she is mostly remembered for the role of the tough training instructor Debbie Callahan in the "Police Academy" movie series (1984-1994). She appeared in six of the series' seven films, and Callahan was considered among the series' most memorable characters. Easterbrook has also appeared in several horror films.
Easterbrook was born on July 29, 1948. At the age of 9 months, she was adopted by the Easterbrook family. Her adoptive father Carl Easterbrook worked as a music professor. Her adoptive mother Helen worked as an English teacher at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, a public university located at the small city of Kearney, Nebraska. The city was incorporated in 1873, and named after the nearby historic outpost Fort Kearny.
Easterbrook was primarily raised in the small village of Arcadia, Nebraska. In 1950, Arcadia had a population of 574 people. Easterbrook received her secondary education at Kearney High School, a public high school located in Kearney. She received her tertiary education at Stephens College, a private women's college located in Columbia, Missouri. Stephens had a distinguished Drama Department, which had initially won its fame under the leadership of the actress Maude Adams (1872-1953).
Easterbrook decided to follow an acting career, but she was fairly obscure during the 1970s. She gained her first major television role in 1980, when cast in the role of aspiring actress Rhonda Lee in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976). She was a regular in the sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons of the sitcom. Rhonda was depicted as a vain woman, who spoke of herself in the third person. She liked to brag about her successful love life to her neighbors Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams).
Easterbrook was cast in her first major film role as Debbie Callahan in the police comedy Police Academy (1984). Callahan was depicted as a tough and strict training instructor at the Metropolitan Police Academy, who is both physically and sexually aggressive. According to a later interview, Easterbrook had to convince the film's producer and director that she could play an intimidating character. This was a first in her career, but she performed well. The film's subplot was that Callahan maintained a sexual relationship with cadet George Martin (Andrew Rubin), where she dominated her partner.
Police Academy (1984) was a box office hit, earning about 150 million dollars at the worldwide box office. The film had six sequels. Easterbrook did not appear in the second film, but appeared in all the rest. Callahan was a major character in the movie series. A major subplot in the third and fourth films was that Callahan was involved in an interracial relationship with the Japanese cadet Tomoko Nogata (Brian Tochi). The movie series ended in 1994.
In 1985, Easterbrook had a supporting role in the adventure comedy film Private Resort (1985). The film deals with two teenagers at a posh resort in Miami, Florida, who have to stop an experienced jewel thief. The film was a box office flop, but it is remembered for depicting novice actors Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow in starring roles. In 1986, Easterbrook joined the cast of the long-running soap opera Ryan's Hope (1975), playing the regular character Devlin Kowalski. The series depicted life in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan. New characters were frequently added to the cast, as older ones were written out. Easterbrook remained a series regular until 1987, and the series was canceled two years later.
In 1992, Easterbrook voiced the sentient android Randa Duane in a two-part episode of Batman: The Animated Series (1992). Randa was depicted as the ultimate creation of the supercomputer H.A.R.D.A.C., and its main agent in a scheme to replace humans with lookalike androids. Randa's appearance was patterned after real-life actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). In 1995, Easterbrook played a character in the interactive film Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995). The film depicts the vigilante android Mr. Payback (Billy Warlock) punishing or humiliating criminals in sadistic ways. The audience could vote for various directions the story would take.
In 1997, Easterbrook voiced the Kryptonian criminal Mala in a two-part episode of Superman: The Animated Series (1996). Mala was depicted as a female soldier who once participated in a failed coup d'état, and was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in the Phantom Zone. The character Mala was originally created for this series, but was loosely based on the comic book villain Faora and the film villain Ursa. Both original characters were depicted as prominent Kryptonian enemies of Superman. Also in 1997, Easterbrook guest-starred as Debbie Callahan in the sitcom Police Academy: The Series (1997). The series was a spin-off of the movie series, featuring mostly new characters. In her guest appearance, Callahan was depicted as a retired police officer. She had began a new career as an assistant district attorney.
Easterbrook gained her next prominent role when cast as Mother Firefly in the horror film The Devil's Rejects (2005). Her character was depicted as the matriarch of a family of psychopaths who are hunted down by authorities. The film was a sequel of the movie House of 1000 Corpses (2003), where Mother Firefly was played by Karen Black. The film earned about 19.5 million dollars at the box office. Critics praised the film for fleshing out the recurring characters, providing them with "personalities, histories and motives".
Easterbrook next played the security guard Patty Frost in the horror film Halloween (2007), a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. In the remake, Frost is one of several security guards charged with transporting mental patient Michael Myers (played by Tyler Mane). The film earned about 80.5 million dollars at the worldwide box office, and revived the "Halloween" movie franchise.
Easterbrook played the eccentric innkeeper Betty in the supernatural horror film House (2008). The film only received a limited release, and earned about 575,000 dollars at the domestic box office. Easterbrook played the leading role of the mentally unstable killer Maggie in the horror film The Afflicted (2011). The film was loosely based on the life of serial killer Theresa Knorr (1946-), who had tortured and killed two of her own children. Easterbrook played wealthy benefactor Stella Fawnskin in the horror film Sorority Party Massacre (2012). In the film, Fawnskin organizes an annual contest for sorority girls. In the contest's final year, both Fawnskin and her contestants are targeted for murder.
Easterbrook had a more sympathetic role in the ghost-themed film Compound Fracture (2014). She played Annabelle Wolffsen, a wife who is charged with taking care of her aging husband, who suffers from dementia. As of 2021, she has never retired from acting, though she has had few prominent roles in recent years. She is fondly remembered by generations of comedy and horror fans. Several of her older films remain popular.- Actor
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Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his mother again on her deathbed. As an only child from a dysfunctional family, young David excelled neither at academia nor at athletics. He attended eight schools and "failed his exams at all of them." After a series of odd jobs, he was accepted against all odds at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
When he first took up acting, it was not with the notion of a prospective career, but rather to escape (in his own words) 'a messy childhood.' Warner received some early mentoring from one of his teachers, and made his theatrical debut in 1962 at the Royal Court Theatre as Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Tony Richardson. A year later, he became the youngest-ever actor to play Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Comedy may not have been his forte as much as the likes of Falstaff, Lysander and (on several occasions) Henry VI. Eventually becoming disaffected with the theatre (and plagued for some years by stage fright), Warner found himself better served by the celluloid medium. His first big break came on the strength of his small part in A Midsummer Night's Dream, courtesy of Tony Richardson who cast him in his bawdy period romp Tom Jones (1963) as the mendacious, pimple-faced antagonist Blifil, who vied with Albert Finney for the affections of Susannah York. A proper starring turn on the big screen followed in due course with the title role in Morgan! (1966), Warner playing a deranged artist with Marxist leanings who goes to absurd lengths to reclaim his ex-wife (played by Vanessa Redgrave), including blowing up his mother-in-law. In yet another off-beat satire, Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968), Warner played a corporate drop-out who grows psychedelic mushrooms in an automated world of the future. Combined with his two-year stint as Hamlet with the RSC, Warner became a star at age 24.
By the 1970s, he had become one of Britain's most sought-after character actors and went on to enjoy an illustrious and prolific career on both sides of the Atlantic, throughout which he rarely spurned a role offered him. Tall and somewhat ungainly in appearance, Warner excelled at troubled, introspective loners, outcasts and mavericks or downright sinister individuals. The latter have included SS General Reinhardt Heydrich in Holocaust (1978), Jack the Ripper in Time After Time (1979), Picard's sadistic Cardassian torturer Gul Madred in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), the villainous ex-Pinkerton man Spicer Lovejoy in Titanic (1997) and the evil geniuses of Time Bandits (1981) (a role turned down by Jonathan Pryce) and Tron (1982). He also essayed the creature to Robert Powell 's Frankenstein (1984).
Less eccentric roles saw him as the doomed photojournalist who literally loses his head in The Omen (1976) (Warner later described the experience of working alongside Gregory Peck as a career highlight), the sympathetic, but equally ill-fated Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and the sad, likeable fantasist Aldous Gajic, searching for the Grail in Babylon 5 (1993). Warner also appeared in a trio of films for which he was handpicked by the director Sam Peckinpah. Best of these is arguably the comedy western The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), with Warner well cast as the roving-eyed, itinerant Reverend Joshua Duncan Sloane. Warner won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his performance as the Roman Senator Pomponius Falco in the miniseries Masada (1981). Following a three-decade long absence, Warner returned to the stage in 2001 for the role of Andrew Undershaft in Shaw's Major Barbara. In 2004, he played the title role in King Lear at the Chichester Theatre Festival in England. More recently, he appeared on TV as Professor Abraham Van Helsing in Penny Dreadful (2014), as Rabbi Max Steiner in Ripper Street (2012) and as Kenneth Branagh's ailing father in Wallander (2008).
A riveting screen presence, the ever-versatile and charismatic David Warner passed away aged 80 from cancer at Denville Hall, an entertainment industry care home, in Northwood, London, on 24 July 2022.- Actor
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Dominic Burgess was born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, England. He was awarded a scholarship at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in London, where he studied for three years. Public ALRA productions included "The end of the Food Chain", "The Art of Success" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".- Tony Sirico was born in New York City on July 29, 1942 to a family of Italian descent. He grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East Flatbush and Bensonhurst. His brother, Father Robert Sirico, is a Catholic priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. The Institute has been described as an "American research and educational institution, or think tank," in Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose stated mission is "to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles."
Sirico was convicted of several crimes and was arrested 28 times, including for disorderly conduct, assault, and robbery, before taking up acting. On February 27, 1970, he was arrested at a restaurant, and found with a .32 caliber revolver on his person. In 1971, he was indicted for extortion, coercion, and felony weapons possession, convicted, and sentenced to four years in prison, of which he served 20 months at Sing Sing.
Tony Sirico died on July 8, 2022, from undisclosed causes, aged 79. - Actor
- Director
- Producer
Josh Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor, a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer. Radnor has two sisters, Melanie Radnor and Joanna Radnor Vilensky. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus. Radnor attended Orthodox Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and was raised in Conservative Judaism. Josh Radnor went to Bexley High School and later Kenyon College, where his school's theater department presented him with the Paul Newman Award and during which he spent a semester (Spring 1995) training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. He graduated from Kenyon with a B.A. in Drama in 1996. Radnor received his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts in 1999. Radnor participated in an Israel experience program in Tzfat with Livnot U'Lehibanot in 1997.- Actress
- Producer
Rachel Miner wanted to be an actress from age two. She began working
with an acting coach at eight, got an agent at nine and, by ten, had
not only worked for Woody Allen, but was
cast as "Michelle Bauer" on
Guiding Light (1952) (a
part that started as recurring and evolved into a contract role lasting
nearly five years (1990-1995) and earning her three Young Artist Awards
and an Emmy nomination).
Born into a show business family, she represents the third generation
of Miners to take to the theatre, film and television. Her father,
Peter Miner, was an Emmy-winning
director and noted New York acting teacher (at T. Schreiber Studio),
directing teacher (at Columbia University) and acting coach. Her
mother, Diane Miner Diane Miner, a writer and off-off-Broadway director, taught and
coached acting with her husband. Her grandparents were
producer/director Worthington Miner
and actress Frances Fuller. Her brother
is actor Peter Miner.
Rachel has played roles, ranging from addicts, prostitutes, murderers
and murder victims to innocent brides or understanding veterinary techs
in dozens of films and television series, with recurring roles as an
ambitious, amoral secretary (in Showtime's
Californication (2007) and a
kick-ass demon (in the CW's
Supernatural (2005). Whether
terrorized by a psychopath or playing one, there seems little that
daunts this fearless young actress.
In addition to her film and television work, Rachel has several
noteworthy theatrical credits. At fourteen, she appeared in
Laura Cahill's "The Way at Naked Angels"
(1994). She made her Broadway debut at seventeen, playing "Margo Frank"
to Natalie Portman's "Anne" in
Wendy Kesselman's adaptation of "The
Diary of Anne Frank" (1996/97), directed by
James Lapine. She originated the role of
"Rivkele" in Donald Margulies'
adaptation of Sholom Asch's "God of
Vengeance" (2000), directed by
Gordon Edelstein at ACT (A Contemporary
Theatre) in Seattle. She also originated the role of "Sandy" in
Rebecca Gilman's "Blue Surge" (2001),
directed by Robert Falls at The
Goodman Theatre in Chicago (and reprised in 2002 at The Public Theatre
in New York).- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become "The It Girl", was born on July 29, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in poverty and violence. Her often absentee and brutish father could not or did not provide and her schizophrenic mother tried to slit Clara's throat when the girl spoke of becoming an actress. Bow, nonetheless, won a photo beauty contest which launched her movie career that would eventually number 58 films, from 1922 to 1933.
The movie It (1927) defined her career. The film starred Clara as a shopgirl who was asked out by the store's owner. As you watch the silent film you can see the excitement as she prepared for her date with the boss, her friend trying hard to assist her. She used a pair of scissors to modify her dress to try to look "sexier." The movie did much to change society's mores as there were only a few years between World War I and Clara Bow, but this movie went a long way in how society looked at itself. Clara was flaming youth in rebellion. In the film she presented a worldly wisdom that somehow sex meant having a good time. But the movie shouldn't mislead the viewer, because when her boss tries to kiss her goodnight, she slaps him. At the height of her popularity she received over 45,000 fan letters a month. Also, she was probably the most overworked and underpaid star in the industry. With the coming of sound, her popularity waned. Clara was also involved in several court battles ranging from unpaid taxes to being in divorce court for "stealing" women's husbands. After the court trials, she made a couple of attempts to get back in the public eye. One was Call Her Savage (1932) in 1932. It was somewhat of a failure at the box office and her last was in 1933 in a film called Hoopla (1933).
She then married cowboy star Rex Bell at 26 and retired from the film world at 28. She doted on her two sons and did everything to please them. Haunted by a weight problem and a mental imbalance, she never re-entered show business. She was confined to sanitariums from time to time and prohibited access to her beloved sons. She died of a heart attack in West Los Angeles, on
September 26, 1965 at age 60. Today she is finding a renaissance among movie buffs, who are recently discovering the virtues of silent film. The actress who wanted so much to be like the wonderful young lady in It (1927) has the legacy of her films to confirm that she was a wonderful lady and America's first sex symbol.- Actor
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Robert Fuller was born in Troy, New York on July 29, 1933 at 1:50 PM and was raised in Key West, Florida. He was an only child and his birth name was Leonard Leroy Lee, but he was nicknamed Buddy Lee by his friends.
Robert started his education at St Mary's in New York and when his mother Betty divorced she took Robert and they moved to Florida where she was nightclub dancer. Robert was put into Miami Military Academy, where he did 5th to 6th grade. After that he spent one year in a standard school. At this time Betty met and married Robert Simpson who was a naval officer and they moved to Chicago for one year then returned to Key West where he attended Robert attended Key West High for 9th grade. (15 years of age). Robert quit school at 9th grade as he did not enjoy school and openly admits he did not do well there. He worked a variety of jobs before moving to Hollywood.
When his mother Betty married Robert Simpson, Robert took the name Robert Simpson Jr. This changed when Robert started acting and he decided he needed a different handle. At the time he had no idea what his name should be but he had a relative with a first name of Fuller and he figured it went well with his name so the handle of Robert Fuller was created.
Robert was very close to his step-dad and considered him as a dad rather than a step-dad, so for the remainder of this biography I will refer to him as Robert's dad or father.
Eventually, Betty convinced Robert Simpson to quit the navy. She taught him to dance, and this led to them opening a dance school in Key West. In the daytime his mother taught ballet to the local children and in the evening they both taught ballroom dancing to the hundreds of navy personnel who were stationed in Key West at that time. In 1950 when Robert was just 16 his parents decided to move to Hollywood. Robert's dad became a very accomplished dancer, and had a plan to get into the motion picture business as a dancer, which he did successfully. His dad subsequently changed his name to Robert Cole and danced in almost every musical made between 1950 up to his retirement in 1987. This included working in many top grade musicals such as Oklahoma, Jailhouse Rock, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in which young Robert Fuller also appeared as a dancer in the chorus line.
After the move to Hollywood Robert had several jobs. The most significant of these was at Graumans Chinese Theatre where he started as a doorman and worked his way up to Assistant Manager. He met a number of people around his own age of 18 years, who were members of the Screen Extras Guild, and they convinced him to join as they were earning significantly more than Robert. This was the start of Robert's journey into acting, and it was then he changed from Robert Simpson Jr to Robert Fuller.
After joining SEG Robert started doing extra work and in 1952 got his first job in the movie Above and Beyond with Robert Taylor. This was followed by extra work in a great many films including Raintree County with Liz Taylor, The Harder They Fall with Humphrey Bogart and The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit with Gregory Peck.
His Dad convinced him to look for jobs as a dancer which he did successfully getting roles in I Love Melvin with Debbie Reynolds, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe and Latin Lovers with Lana Turner.
In 1953, while the Korean war was on, Robert at the age of 19 was drafted into the United States Army where he served 2 years, 15 months of which was in Korea. His unit was 19th Infantry Regiment and he was chosen 3 times as the outstanding soldier on Guard Mount, a decision based upon appearance, knowledge of military subjects and bearing.
When he returned home in 1955 he decided to give up his career in show business as he did not see any future in it. However his dad, along with his long time pal Chuck Courtney, convinced him to attend Richard Boone's acting class. This was a pivotal move for Robert as the class impressed him so much he changed his mind, decided to stay in show business and take a shot at becoming an actor. After studying with Boone for a year, Boone was impressed enough with Robert's potential that he recommended him to Sanford Meisner who accepted Robert into the New York Neighbourhood Playhouse School Of Theatre. Meisner was a highly respected acting teacher who taught future stars like Gregory Peck, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, Edmund O'Brien and Grace Kelly. Robert was in good company.
In 1956 came his first speaking part in a movie where he played a union soldier and said to Gary Cooper "Bet you a dollar you can't do that again." The film was "Friendly Persuasion," and not only was it Robert's first talking part in a movie, it was also the first time he worked with his Laramie co-star John Smith. Originally director William Wyler had wanted another actor to play the part Robert was given, however he was unimpressed with the fact the other actor had false sideburns. Robert's sideburns were real and when Wyler saw Robert he called him over and asked him if he could act - Robert said "You Bet." Wyler then said "Say this line - "I bet I can knock down more than you can." Robert repeated the line and Wyler without hesitation said "Give this kid the part."
This was a turning point for Robert and the beginning of a great career.
Following Friendly Persuasion Robert had a number of small speaking parts and then in 1956 came his big break in Teenage Thunder.
To get the part he and his good friend Chuck Courtney staged a fight to convince the Director, Paul Helmick, that he was the man for the part. Originally Helmick had wanted Edd Byrnes but after seeing Chuck and Robert perform Helmick gave the role of bad guy Maurie Weston to Robert. The very same year Robert did another film for the same company that produced Teenage Thunder and again worked with the same production team. This film was the cult science fiction movie "The Brain From Planet Arous" with John Agar. After over 50 years this film is still available on DVD.
This was followed by a part in a science fiction series where he played a bad guy and was killed in the 3rd episode. The name of this series was Outpost In Space.
He spent the next couple of years doing featured and guest star roles in a variety of TV programs mainly westerns.
In February 1959 Robert appeared again with John Smith, this time in a western series called Cimarron City and now Robert's career had progressed to the point where he was getting guest star billing. It was this appearance that led to his being offered the role of Jess Harper in "Laramie."
The story goes as follows;
While filming Cimarron City Robert was summoned to the Vice President of Talent, Patrick Kelly's office. He went there actually thinking he was going to be fired. However Kelly told him that he liked the work he had done in a number of shows over the previous year and wanted him to do a TV series. This was a very exciting prospect for Robert, however excitement soon turned to disappointment when Kelly offered him the second lead in a detective series starring Ray Milland called "Markham" Robert refused the role on the grounds he wanted to do a good western. Kelly was naturally dumbfounded that his offer was being refused but he accepted Robert's decision and Robert left his office. Then a couple of weeks later Robert was summoned again to Patrick Kelly's office. This time he offered Robert a part in a new 30 minute western called Laramie. Robert was delighted and read the script and loved it, but again things were about to turn awkward. Kelly offered Robert the role of Slim Sherman - Robert wanted the part of Jess Harper!!! So again Kelly found himself being refused. He explained to Robert that the role of Jess had already been given to John Smith who was already under contract with Revue. Yet again Robert stuck to his guns and again the two men parted without agreement. Robert left Patrick Kelly's office thinking that was the end of his career - you don't turn down those opportunities once let alone twice! However there was a twist - The very same day Robert's agent called him to say that he was required to test for the part of Jess Harper. The next day he was given the role that he wanted so much, a role that was truly made for him, a role that would make him an international star and transform his life.
John Smith was given the role of Slim Sherman and hindsight shows that these were the right roles for each of them. Robert Fuller WAS Jess Harper and John Smith WAS Slim Sherman. Had that role change not happened then Laramie would not have worked anywhere near as well as it did. Over the next 4 years Robert immortalized the character of Jess Harper and gained millions of fans worldwide. Robert said of this role that it was the best part he ever had.
In December 1962, while Laramie was still at its peak Robert married Patty Lyon.
Laramie ran from 1959-1963 and from there Robert went straight into "Wagon Train" as chief scout Cooper Smith. Coop was a less volatile character than Jess Harper and Robert played him very differently. The move into Wagon Train gave Robert the opportunity to work with some of the best stars in the business, people like John McIntire, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine and Rhonda Fleming.
When "Wagon Train" finished in 1965, Robert moved onto the big screen, and in 1966 got his first starring role in a movie. This was the western "Incident At Phantom Hill" where he was re-united with his close friend Dan Duryea, a man for whom Robert had the greatest respect, and who had made a couple of guest spots in Laramie. It was an all action western where Robert's character Matt Martin had many of the characteristics of Jess Harper. Also in 1966 Robert was given second billing to Yul Brynner in the sequel to "The Magnificent Seven," a film aptly titled "Return Of The Seven." He was so busy in 66 that for the filming of Return Of The Seven they had to shoot around him while he was in Munich for the premiere of "Incident At Phantom Hill."
The character of Vin he portrayed in "Seven" was the part previously occupied by Steve McQueen who had now gone on to become a superstar. McQueen was not offered the role in the sequel because it is likely that if he had been in the film then Yul Brynner would not. The stories of Brynner's less than cordial relationship with McQueen are now legendary. With Robert it was very different and he and Yul got along very well, and in fact remained close friends until Brynner died in 1985.
Robert remained busy doing movies in Germany, Israel and the States over the next few years, then in 1970 he made one of his best ever movies "The Hard Ride." This was a stunning film about a Vietnam vet, Phil Duncan who brought his dead buddy's body home and sets out to find his buddy's old biker friends to get them to attend the funeral. This was Robert Fuller at his best and while there were good performances he carried the film. Today you can still buy the soundtrack and the DVD.
Jack Webb saw Robert's performance in "The Hard Ride" and decided he wanted him to star in a new TV medical drama series called Emergency. Robert was grateful for the offer but did not want to play a doctor and he told Webb so. But Webb was determined and finally persuaded Robert to take the part. True, it was a departure from the action roles his fans were so used to, but Emergency was a major television success which ran for 7 years and resulted in another generation of fans - the show continues to be very popular still. Over 30 years after it ended there was an Emergency re-union which was attended by most of the stars plus fans from all over the world. Robert's old friend John Smith appeared in a couple of episodes playing a Fire Captain.
Since then Robert has been very busy in a wide variety of roles, sometimes to the delight of his fans, he returns to the western genre.
Robert's marriage to Patty Lyon ended in 1984 after 22 years. They had 3 children Robert, Christine and Patrick. Robert later married the lovely Jennifer Savidge who played Nurse Lucy in "St Elsewhere" and appeared regularly in the hit TV series JAG.
Robert's last performance was playing 2 roles in the final episode of Walker Texas Ranger. He played Ranger Wade Harper, who was a descendant of Jess Harper, and an old west Town Sheriff. Robert retired after that show and it is fitting that his final part was in a western role.
In July 2004 Robert and Jennifer re-located from Los Angeles to Texas where they now live on a beautiful ranch. He still enjoys his lifelong passions of fishing and shooting and he now has more time to enjoy them.
Despite being retired he attends a number of western festivals each year where he spends a lot of time with his fans who have stayed loyal for over 60 years. Indeed at the National Festival Of the West in Phoenix Robert hosted many private parties with his fans where he would sit for hours talking to them and enjoying telling stories of his time in show business. It is testament to the talent and personality of Robert Fuller that fans still travel from the four corners of the earth just to spend a couple of days with him at the Festivals he attends. He has always loved his fans and that remains true today. He still has an international fan club - The Robert Fuller Fandom.
Robert Fuller has had a long and very successful career which is proven by the awards he has received. Look at this!
1961 - Best Actor Award in Japan
1961 - Japanese Golden Order Of Merit - awarded to him by the Empress of Japan. Robert was the first American to receive this award
1970 - Best Actor in Germany. Robert actually won 5 Ottos which are German awards that are the equivalent of the Emmy.
1970 - Buffalo Bill Award for outstanding western entertainment.
1975 - Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
1989 - Golden Boot Award
2002 - Honoree Kanab Western Legends Roundup
2004 - Cowboy Spirit Award - National Festival Of The West, Phoenix
October 2007 - Silver Spur Award
April 2008 - Inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma, Hall Of Great Western Performers- Actor
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Richard Horvitz began acting professionally at the age of 10. As a
child, he appeared in numerous stage productions. Among the most
notable, the musical "Oliver!", starring
Dick Shawn and
Stubby Kaye. Also as a child, Richard
starred in numerous commercials and made many television guest
appearances on such shows as
Diff'rent Strokes (1978),
Head of the Class (1986),
You Can't take it with you, Rags to Riches and many more. As an adult,
Richard attended UCLA before leaving to star in the TBS original TV
series Safe at Home (1985). In
1987, Richard starred along with
Mark Harmon and
Kirstie Alley in the
Carl Reiner-directed film,
Summer School (1987), for Paramount
Studios. Most recently, Richard co-starred in the Warner Bros. film,
The Informant! (2009) as
Matt Damon's attorney, "Bob Zaideman". In
2011, Richard can be seen, alongside
Steve Carell, in
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011).
Other notable films include
Race to Space (2001),
The Legend of Galgameth (1996) for the Disney Channel
and also the film Storm (1999),
starring Martin Sheen. Richard also
continues to make guest appearances on television, including numerous
appearances on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
and
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003).
Fans of animation will recognize many of Richard's iconic characters,
including "Zim" on Nickelodeon's
Invader ZIM (2001), "Billy" on
Cartoon Networks'
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001) ("The Grim
Adventures of Billy and Mandy"), "Dagget" on Nickelodeon's
The Angry Beavers (1997)
and many more. Video game titles include, "Psychonauts", "Destroy All
Humans", "Kinectimals", "Metal Gear Solid 4" "Ratchet and Clank: Crack
in Time" and many other games. Savvy viewers will also recognize
Richard as the "Green Grapes" in the Fruit of the Loom commercials.- Actor
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Ato Essandoh was born on 29 July 1972 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Jason Bourne (2016), Garden State (2004) and Blood Diamond (2006).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Alexandra Paul was modeling when she decided to forego college at Stanford University and pursue acting. With lead roles in 75 feature films and television programs, she can also be seen in the award-winning documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006).
Internationally recognized for her 5-year starring role as "Lt. Stephanie Holden" in the hit series Baywatch (1989), Alexandra began her acting career in 1982 at age 18, starring in the highly rated telefilm Paper Dolls (1982). She was then cast in studio flicks like Stephen King's Christine (1983); American Flyers (1985) opposite Kevin Costner; 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) opposite Jeff Bridges and Andy Garcia; Dragnet (1987) opposite Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd, and Spy Hard (1996) with Leslie Nielsen.
Alexandra hosted the extreme sports series Wild Waters on the Outdoor Life Network for 4 years, and hosted the WE network series Winning Women for two seasons. She co-hosted 150 episodes of the environmental TV talk show Earth Talk Today through 2008.
Throughout the 1990s, Alexandra had regular roles in several television series: Baywatch (1989), Fox's Fire Co 132, Daytona Beach (pilot), and the last 8 episodes on Melrose Place (1992). She also filmed two movies in war-torn Croatia with Pierce Brosnan and did many independent films. In the first decade of the 21st Century, Alexandra starred in 11 movies on Lifetime Movie Network. She also played a lesbian 4 times, opportunities she appreciates since her identical twin sister is gay.
In 2006, she shot 6 films, including a cameo in Borat:Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and although her part was edited out, she remains in the DVD extras.
From 2010 - 2017, Alexandra has shot independent movies and an online series. She is producing 2 movies, a movie based on the book Free The Animals with her producing partner, Nik Tyler; and The B Team, an action comedy starring 8 of her Baywatch castmates.- Actor
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Mike Starr was born on 29 July 1950 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Ed Wood (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Uncle Buck (1989). He has been married to Joanne since 1975. They have three children.- Actor
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Gavan O'Herlihy was born on 29 July 1951 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Descent: Part 2 (2009), Willow (1988) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Juliette. He died on 15 September 2021 in Bath, England, UK.- Actor
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Dennis Stewart was born on 29 July 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) and Moonlighting (1985). He died on 20 April 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jeannetta Arnette was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Pineapple Express (2008) and Pay It Forward (2000).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Se-Kyung Shin is an actress from South Korea. She is also a singer and model. She is famous in South Korean film industries. She started her film career as an child actress. She is a beautiful actress and has strong acting skill. She also worked in TV series in South Korea.- Emelia Hartford is a versatile and multi-talented SAG-AFTRA Actress, and Alumna of iO West Improv. She can currently be seen in theaters in Sony's biographical sports drama Gran Turismo (2023) as 'Leah Vega' opposite Orlando Bloom, David Harbour and Archie Madekwe. From director Neill Blomkamp, the film tells the true story of a teenage Gran Turismo video game player who becomes a professional race car driver. The film opened #1 at the Box Office on August 25, 2023.
Her other recent credits include HBO Max's A Hollywood Christmas (2022) and the Netflix romantic comedy That's Amor (2022). She was also seen in the Netflix holiday romantic comedy A California Christmas: City Lights (2021), From Mexico with Love (2009) and Nightfall (2009).
Hartford's on-screen hosting appearances include Discovery's "Young Guns" special episode of SEMA: Battle of the Builders (2019), Netflix's Fastest Car (2018), and Chevrolet's highly anticipated Next Generation Corvette Z06 National commercial and documentary 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: Putting the World on Notice (2021), alongside NBA star Devin Booker. It was also recently announced that she will be a featured host of Super Turbo Story Time (2023) alongside actor/comedian Rob Corddry, an all-new adult animated series telling larger than life, untold and (mostly) true stories from the automotive world, from MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company.
Hartford co-hosts a weekly podcast "Car Stories" with actor Sung Kang ("Fast & Furious"
franchise). The podcast takes listeners into the wild and eccentric world of car people, the gear heads
and fanatics who live and breathe car culture and uncover what this obsession tells us about ourselves.
Hartford's versatility also includes her accolades as a leading personality in the automotive industry as a record-breaking performance car builder, driver, and content creator. Out of her own small garage, she has built a world record breaking new-generation Corvette with one of the highest horsepower engines in the world, beating out major automotive companies to have one of the world's fastest C8 Corvettes.
In the last 4 years she has amassed well over 4M followers across her platforms, all while challenging societal norms as a leading woman in the very man-dominated automotive industry. As a content creator and digital force, Emelia independently hosts her own YouTube Channel, where she builds and races a broad genre of cars generating well over 250M+ views.
Emelia grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and resides in Los Angeles. - Actor
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Robert Horton was born on July 29, 1924 into a Mormon family in Los Angeles, California as Meade Howard Horton Jr. He began his contract career at MGM in 1952 and adopted the acting name of Robert Horton.
Following his final role (as a guest star on Murder, She Wrote (1984)), Horton retired from acting in 1989. He had appeared in films, musical theatre, and many television series in both starring and guest roles, including Apache War Smoke (1952), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Wagon Train (1957), The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960), Matinee Theatre (1955), As the World Turns (1956), and The Green Slime (1968).
Horton was thrice married: to Mary Catherine Jobe, to Barbara Ruick, and to Marilynn Bradley, who survived him. He died on March 9, 2016, aged 91, in his native Los Angeles.- Lloyd Bochner had that wonderfully sonorous type of voice that
was always tailor-made for radio or for the stage. Unsurprisingly then,
by the time he was eleven, Lloyd was already employed as part-time
voiceover artist and reader of drama serials by radio stations in
Vancouver.
Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Frieda (Kenen) and Charles Abraham Bochner. He was of Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent. He made his acting debut as a youth with the Joseph
Barrington Juveniles. Lloyd's education at the University of Toronto
was interrupted in 1943 by wartime service in the Royal Canadian Navy.
However, in 1947, he graduated with a B.A. and a few years later moved
to New York to further hone his acting skills. In 1953, he returned to
Canada to participate in the inaugural season of the Stratford Festival
getting to enact choice Shakespearean roles from Horatio in "Hamlet" to
Orsino in "Twelfth Night".
Having made his screen bow in a small Canadian production,
The Mapleville Story (1946),
Lloyd's first significant exposure in television was as British army
officer Nicholas Lacey in the half-hour NBC serial
One Man's Family (1949),
which had first been performed on radio and starred
Bert Lytell and
Marjorie Gateson. His real breakthrough
came quite a few years later, once having moved to Hollywood, as
co-star of the studio-bound crime series
Hong Kong (1960). He played local
British police-chief Neil Campbell, solving crime in tandem with an
American newspaper correspondent (played by Australian actor
Rod Taylor). This, in turn, led to
other key roles including his almost legendary appearance in the
classic
The Twilight Zone (1959)
episode "To Serve Man" in 1962 (at one time voted 11th in a TV guide
poll of 100 best TV episodes of all time). Based on a short story by
Damon Knight written in 1950, "To
Serve Man" unfolds in flashback as narrated for the viewer by Lloyd's
decoding expert Michael Chambers. It has all the elements of great
television, with an excellent cast (including
Richard Kiel, later known as
'Jaws' from the 'James Bond' movies; and Theodore Marcuse
as Citizen Grigori giving an indelible impression of Nikita
Khrushchev); and an unexpected and disturbing denouement when it turns
out that the supposedly altruistic alien Kanamits have come to earth to
harvest humans for food. Lloyd repeated his famous punch-line, "it's a
cook book!", years later as a spoof in
Leslie Nielsen's
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991).
For most of the 1960s and 1970s, Lloyd was cast in supporting roles,
often as mellifluous, meticulously-attired, upper-class snobs,
practically guaranteed to harbour treacherous intent. He appeared in
several motion pictures, notably as the malicious, smooth villain
Frederick Carter who unsuccessfully tangles with Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967), and
in the same year, as homosexual drug dealer Vic Rood on the receiving
end of the beating from Frank Sinatra in
Tony Rome (1967). However, on the
whole, Lloyd's preferred medium was television. He had a recurring role
in the long-running soap-opera
Dynasty (1981) as Blake Carrington's
manipulative rival, Cecil Colby, in league with archvillain Alexis
Carrington (Joan Collins). A
versatile character actor, Lloyd's clean-cut, aquiline features and
quiet air of authority lent themselves to portraying a vast gallery of
medical men, soldiers, politicians and executives. Some of these were
men of integrity, but like many a good actor, Lloyd rather enjoyed the
challenge of playing the scoundrel.
During his half century-long acting career, Lloyd Bochner garnered two
Liberty Awards as best television actor, Canada's equivalent of the
Emmy Awards. He was also an active member in the Association of
Canadian Radio and Television Artists. He died at age 81 of cancer on
October 29, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. His children are actors Hart Bochner, Paul Bochner, and Johanna Courtleigh. - Actor
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- Additional Crew
Maestro Harrell was born on 29 July 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Wire (2002), Fear the Walking Dead (2015) and Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018).- Actor
- Soundtrack
William Powell was on the New York stage by 1912, but it would be ten
years before his film career would begin. In 1924 he went to Paramount
Pictures, where he was employed for the next seven years. During that
time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was
elusive. He did finally attract attention with
The Last Command (1928) as Leo,
the arrogant film director. Stardom finally came via his role as Philo
Vance in
The Canary Murder Case (1929),
in which he investigates the death of
Louise Brooks, "the Canary."
Unlike many silent actors, sound boosted Powell's career. He had a
fine, urbane voice and his stage training and comic timing greatly
aided his introduction to sound pictures. However, he was not happy
with the type of roles he was playing at Paramount, so in 1931 he
switched to Warner Bros. There, he again became disappointed with his
roles, and his last appearance for Warners was as Philo Vance in
The Kennel Murder Case (1933).
In 1934 Powell went to MGM, where he was teamed with
Myrna Loy in
Manhattan Melodrama (1934).
While Philo made Powell a star, another detective, Nick Charles, made
him famous. Powell received an Academy Award nomination for
The Thin Man (1934) and later
starred in the Best Picture winner for 1936,
The Great Ziegfeld (1936).
Powell could play any role with authority, whether in a comedy,
thriller, or drama. He received his second Academy Award nomination for
My Man Godfrey (1936) and was on
top of the world until 1937, when he made his first picture with
Jean Harlow,
Reckless (1935). The two clicked,
off-screen as well as on-screen, and shortly became engaged. One day,
while Powell was filming
Double Wedding (1937) on one MGM
sound stage, Harlow became ill on another. She was finally taken to the
hospital, where she died. Her death greatly upset both Powell and
Myrna Loy, and he took six weeks off from
making the movie to deal with his sorrow. After that he traveled, not
making another MGM film for a year. He eventually did five sequels to
"The Thin Man," the last one in 1947. He also received his third
Academy Award nomination for his work in
Life with Father (1947). His
screen appearances became less frequent after that, and his last role
was in 1955. He had come a long way from playing the villain in 1922.- Producer
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- Cinematographer
Celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable
reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly
traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves
of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage,
photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the
latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a
deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history.
Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his
projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music
director in addition to producing and directing. He achieved his
apotheosis with
The Civil War (1990), a
phenomenally popular 11-hour documentary that won two Emmys and broke
all previous ratings records for public TV. The series' companion
coffee table book--priced at a hefty $50--sold more than 700,000
copies. The audio version, narrated by Burns, was also a major
best-seller. In the final accounting, "The Civil War" became the first
documentary to gross over $100 million. Not surprisingly, it has become
perennial fund-raising programming for public TV stations around the
country. Burns arrived upon the scene with the Oscar-nominated
Brooklyn Bridge (1981), a
nostalgic chronicle of the construction of the fabled edifice. The film
was more widely seen when rebroadcast on PBS the following year. Though
Burns has made other nonfiction films for theatrical release, notably
an acclaimed and ambiguous portrait of Depression-era Louisiana
governor Huey Long (1985), PBS would
prove to be his true home. He cast a probing eye on such American
subjects as
The Statue of Liberty (1985),
The Congress (1989)
(PBS), painter
Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
(PBS) and early radio with
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
(PBS). Burns returned to long-form documentary with his most ambitious
project to date, an 18-hour history of
Baseball (1994), which aired on PBS
in the fall of 1994. He approached the national pastime as a template
for understanding changes in modern American society. Ironically, this
was the only baseball on the air at the time, as the players and owners
were embroiled in a bitter strike.- Actor
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Kevin Chapman was born on 29 July 1962 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CODA (2021), City on a Hill (2019) and Sneaky Pete (2015). He is married to Meaghan. They have two children.- Stunts
- Actor
Jay Hieron is an actor who currently stars as the undefeated boxer "The Prophet" in the new Amazon Prime drama, 7TH AND UNION, opposite Mexican superstar, Omar Chaparro. Previously, he appeared in THE EQUALIZER 2 opposite Academy Award Winner, Denzel Washington. Additional TV credits include hit series RAY DONOVAN; DAREDEVIL; LETHAL WEAPON and IRON FIST. He will next be seen in BOBCAT MORETTI opposite Vivica A. Fox and Taryn Manning.- Todd Bosley was born on 29 July 1984 in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Little Giants (1994), Jack (1996) and Scrubs (2001).
- Andrea Darvi was born July 29, 1952 as Andrea Margolis, the daughter of Samuel and Evelyn Margolis. She made her television debut at age 8 with a bit part in an episode of "The Twilight Zone", "The Night of the Meek". After another appearance in the same series, she made about a dozen appearances over the next four years on television, including four episodes playing different characters in the war series Combat! (1962). She had only two movie roles (both uncredited), Torn Curtain (1966) and The Night God Screamed (1971).
Darvi left show business in 1966 to pursue a normal life. In 1979, she married journalist Thomas Plate, who later became a professor at UCLA; the couple had one child, Ashley (born 1986). Darvi has worked as a journalist and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Ian Roberts was raised in Secaucus, New Jersey, and attended Grinnell
College in Iowa. From 1987-1990, he lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
performing plays with various local companies including the Acacia
Theater, Hansberry Sands and Milwaukee Players. In 1990, he moved to
Chicago and studied Improvisation at ImprovOlympic under
Charna Halpern and
Del Close and was a member of the Second City
National Touring Company. It was at this time that Ian and some fellow
improvisers founded the Upright Citizens Brigade. He has written and
performed in every UCB show since the group's inception in 1990.
In August of 2000, Ian received rave reviews for his debut feature film
role as the tyrannical choreographer Sparky Polastri in the
Kirsten Dunst film
Bring It On (2000). His most recent
performance was in the box office smash
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Born in Bandung, Indonesia, Tania Gunadi moved to LA when she won a green card
lottery. She began her career as an actress when a friend invited her to go along on an
audition for a Disneyland commercial, where to her delight, she booked the role and was
hooked on acting. Not long after that, she landed television and film roles for both live
action and animation shows including Transformers Prime, Aaron Stone, The Magic of
Ordinary Days, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bizaardvark, Enlisted, Penn Zero, Trese,
Pixel Perfect, DC Super Hero Girls, and Avatar Generations. In 2024-2025 you can see her on
Curb Your Enthusiasm and on Disney's STUGO.
Alongside her love for acting and storytelling, Tania has recently been exploring her
desire to write. Having spent the last couple of years learning from professional writers,
she finished her first screenplay entitled Teddy, a story about a man and his dog.
That said, she is thrilled at being the winner of the 2024 Cassian Elwes Screenwriting
Fellowship at the Sundance Film Festival.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Munro Chambers was born on July 29, 1990 in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He
has been acting since he was 7. He has a twin brother named Thomas, as
well as a younger brother named Michael. He is an actor and is best
known for his character, Eli Goldsworthy, on Degrassi and for his role
on "The Latest Buzz", as Wilder. He then starred in a spin off called
Meet The Wilders' (that wasn't picked up). He has worked with Aislinn
Paul on the set of "Murder in the Hamptons", before co-starring with
her on Degrassi.- Actress
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- Director
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Megan Hayes knew from a young age,
that entertaining would be her calling. Megan spent most of her youth
either playing superhero, while in her Wonder Woman Underoos or looking
like a boy in a dress.
At 15 she discovered that an audience's laughter is a euphoric drug,
when she starred in her high school production of The Pajama Game. This
performance sealed her fate, to pursue a life as an actor. After high
school, Megan attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, wondering all
the while, "What am I doing in the middle of Amish Farmland?" After her
freshman year at Kenyon, she transferred to New York University's Tisch
School of the Art, where she studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing.
After graduating with honors in Acting, Megan began writing and
performing her own work. She started Southern Belle Productions (SBP),
a company dedicated to giving a voice to emerging artists. SBP produced
a short film, several One Acts and Megan's own full-length play,
Opelika, which had two sold out runs in New York. Despite loving New
York and all that it had to offer, Megan decided to move back to
Atlanta, which was a great decision considering this is where her film
and television career truly got its start.
While continuing to do countless theater projects, Megan was cast in
HBO's Eastbound and Down, What to Expect When You Are Expecting, the
IFC thriller +1, from the director of The Last House on the Left Dennis
Iliadis, as well as numerous commercials and TV guest spots. However,
as luck would have it, the second film in the Hunger Games trilogy,
Catching Fire, was shooting in Atlanta. Megan was cast as The
Morphling, the tribute from District 6.
Now in Los Angeles, Megan continues to hone her craft, acting in all
mediums, teaching drama, and writing. Megan loves dogs, and had two
pups of her own, one now lives with her family in Atlanta. She is also
passionate about bringing awareness to the stigma attached to Mental
Health issues, as her father suffered from them for many years.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
A native Texan who moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams of acting
at the age of 16, Matt Prokop is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's
hottest, most- coveted young stars. After making appearances on the hit
comedies The Office (2005) and
Hannah Montana (2006), Prokop
competed globally and was cast in a highly sought-after role Disney's
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008).
Prokop joins the cast as "Jimmie
'The Rocket' Zara" and will star alongside Zac Efron,
Vanessa Hudgens &
Ashley Tisdale, as the film opens
nationwide in October of 2008. Kenny Ortega
returns as director and choreographer of the third installment of this
franchise phenomenon. In his spare time, Prokop enjoys streaming on Twitch
and resides in South Texas. He is represented by Brevard Talent Group.- Marcus Gilbert was born on 29 July 1958 in Bristol. England, UK. He is an actor, known for Army of Darkness (1992), Rambo III (1988) and Uncle Silas (1989). He was previously married to Homaa Khan-Gilbert.
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- Soundtrack
Thelma Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, an industrial city near the New Hampshire state line. She was a lovely child with good academic tendencies, so much so that she decided early on to become a schoolteacher. After high school she went on to college but at her mother's insistence entered several beauty contests (apparently her mother wanted her to be more than just a "schoolmarm"). Thelma was so successful in these endeavors that she entered on the state level and won the title of "Miss Massachusetts" in 1925 and went on to the "Miss America" pageant; though she didn't win, the pageant let her be seen by talent scouts looking for fresh new faces to showcase in films. She began to appear in one- and two-reel shorts, mostly comedy, which showcased her keen comic timing and aptitude for physical comedy--unusual in such a beautiful woman.
She had been making shorts for Hal Roach when she was signed to Paramount Pictures. Her first role--at age 21--was as Lorraine Lane in 1927's Fascinating Youth (1926), a romantic comedy that was Paramount's showcase vehicle for its new stars. Thelma received minor billing in another film that year, God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926). The next year she starred with Gary Cooper and William Powell in the western Nevada (1927). That year also saw her in three more films, with The Gay Defender (1927) being the most notable. It starred Richard Dix as a man falsely accused of murder.
As the 1920s closed, Thelma began to get parts in more and more films. In 1928 and 1929 alone she was featured in 20 pictures, and not just comedies--she also did dramas and gothic horror films. Unlike many silent-era stars whose voices didn't fit their image or screen persona, Thelma's did. She had a bright, breezy, clear voice with a pleasant trace of a somewhat-aristocratic but unsnobbish New England accent and easily made the transition to sound films. In 1930 she added 14 more pictures to her resume, with Dollar Dizzy (1930) and Follow Thru (1930) being the most notable. The latter was a musical with Thelma playing a rival to Nancy Carroll for the affections of Buddy Rogers. It was a box-office hit, as was the stage production on which it was based. The following year Thelma appeared in 14 more films, among them Let's Do Things (1931), Speak Easily (1932), The Old Bull (1932), and On the Loose (1931). Her most successful film that year, however, was the Marx Brothers farce Monkey Business (1931). While critics gave the film mixed reviews, the public loved it. In 1932 Thelma appeared in another Marx Brothers film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Horse Feathers (1932). She also starred in This Is the Night (1932), a profitable film which featured Cary Grant in his first major role. In 1934 Thelma made 16 features, but her career would soon soon come to a grinding halt. In 1935 she appeared in such films as Twin Triplets (1935) and The Misses Stooge (1935), showcasing her considerable comic talents. She also proved to be a savvy businesswoman with the opening of "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café", a nightclub/restaurant that catered to show-business people. Unfortunately, it also attracted some shady underworld types as well, and there were rumors that they were trying to take over her club and use it as a gambling establishment to fleece the wealthy Hollywood crowd. According to these tales, Thelma and her boyfriend, director Roland West, wouldn't sell their establishment once they found out what the gangsters had in mind, which incurred the enmity of the wrong people with whom to have differences of opinion. Whether or not the stories were true, on December 16, 1935, 29-year-old Thelma was found dead in her car in her garage in Los Angeles. Her death was ruled suicide-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning. At the time, as today, many felt that her death was actually a murder connected to the goings-on at her club, a theory that was lent credence by the fact that no one who knew her had ever seen her depressed or morose enough to worry about her committing suicide. Another factor that aroused suspicion was that her death was given a cursory investigation by the--at the time--notoriously corrupt Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the case was quickly and unceremoniously closed. Her death has remained controversial to this day.
Three films she made before her death weren't released until the following year: Hot Money (1936), An All American Toothache (1936), and The Bohemian Girl (1936). The latter saw her quite substantial role cut down so much that she was barely glimpsed in the picture. Thelma had made an amazing 115 films in such a short career, and her beauty and talent would no doubt have taken her right to the top if not for her untimely demise.- Actress
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"Born and raised in Southern California, Kimberly Brooks is an industry proven voiceover dynamo, gaining recognition for her performances on many respected animated shows and interactive video games. In addition to having one of the more sought after commercial voices, Kimberly is also known for her extensive on-air promo work with networks such as NBC, FOX, SoapNet, Investigation Discovery and is currently "the voice" of E! South Africa.
Kimberly has been performing since she was eight years old. Growing with her craft, she became a theater major in college and ultimately leveraged her years of performance experience and got her start in animation voiceover on the cult-classic Nickelodeon show "Rugrats". She also voiced LUNA the keyboardist/back-up singer for the HEX GIRLS, the eco-goth rock band, featured in "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated." Some of Kimberly's more recent animated work can be heard on Disney Jr's show "Doc McStuffins" playing a dynamic range of characters including Doc's Mom, Dr. Maisha McStuffins as well as the spunky SURFER GIRL. She can also be heard on Netflix's reboot of the classic cartoon "Voltron" voicing the brave & honorable PRINCESS ALLURA, on Nickelodeon's "Winxs Club" voicing the fiendishly wicked STORMY, on Cartoon Network's show "Steven Universe" as the tough & gritty baddy, JASPER, and on the critically acclaimed Comedy Central show "South Park" as the ethically questionable CLASSI, as well as many other animated shows.
Kimberly's work in interactive video games includes the "tough-but-fair" ASHLEY WILLIAMS on the beloved "Mass Effect" Series. She can also be heard on the "Batman: Arkham" game series as the ORACLE, as well as the notable roles as DAISY FITZROY in "BioShock Infinte: Burial at Sea" and BAD JUJU in the more recent "Skylanders: Imaginators".
With a voiceover resume that rounds out with well-known NARRATION performances on shows such as Oxygen's Killer Couples, Kimberly Brooks is truly a voiceover tour de force."- Actor
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Sanjay Dutt, son of Nargis and
Sunil Dutt, was first featured in
Rocky (1981), the movie was a box office hit.
He emerged as a sensitive actor, alongside being the top prominent action hero of 80s & 90s Bollywood, whilst also finding noteworthy praise in the comedic genre.
Sanjay's personal life was exacerbated by drug problems, and he later lost his wife
Richa Sharma, to cancer. He was also arrested for having illegal
weapons, and was imprisoned.
After his release, he appeared in three consecutive hits;
Daag: The Fire (1999),
Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999)
and
Vaastav Vaastav: The Reality (1999),
His performance in
Vaastav Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
earned him many Best Actor Popular awards, including FilmFare.
Sanjay then appeared in many movies
such as Mission Kashmir (2000), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) which also
earned him many awards.
Recently a biopic on his life was made called Sanju (2018).- Jessica Lord is a British-Canadian actress best known for her lead starring role on the hit international series "Find Me In Paris", which began streaming on Disney+ in March 2022. Born to be a star, Jessica is a professional-level dancer, training since the age of 4 - everything from ballet, to hip-hop, to heels. A true triple threat, Jessica loves to play her guitar and is an excellent singer. Now L.A.-based with her Green Card, she also has both UK and Canadian passports and can speak with flawless American and European accents, as Jessica is originally from the north of England.
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Ophélie Bau was born on 29 July 1992 in Besançon, Doubs, France. She is an actress and director, known for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017), Grace (2020) and Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due.- Actress
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Diane Keen was born on 29 July 1946 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Sweeney! (1977), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) and The Athena Syndrome.- Richard Egan has four daughters and one son with Patricia Hardy, to whom he
was married for nearly 30 years before he passed away. He honorably
served as an officer in the Army during World War II, teaching Judo and
bayonet & knife fighting. Mr. Egan attended the University of San
Francisco for undergrad, and Stanford for graduate studies. He also
taught at and attended Northwestern. He was well known for his talent
as a leading man, as well as helping once struggling, now successful
actors in getting their big break. - Actress
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Kaitlyn Black was born on 29 July 1983 in Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Relationship Deli (2018), Hart of Dixie (2011) and Traffic Light (2011).- Beefy, Philadelphia-born Charles Hallahan was often cast as cops, both
good and bad, mainly because the map of Ireland was written all over
his face. A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Master of Fine
Arts degree from Temple University in his hometown. After spending some
time in regional theater, he headed west to Los Angeles to break into
films and television. He spent a good deal of time on stage in L.A.,
and quickly began racking up television and movie credits. He was a
regular on the detective series Hunter (1984) - as, what else, a cop - and
turned in a standout performance as a corrupt, racist detective in a
story arc on Hill Street Blues (1981). He also appeared in such films as Silkwood (1983),
Kidco (1984), Executive Decision (1996) and Dante's Peak (1997). He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles
in 1997. - Actress
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Siobhan Thompson moved from England to New York City to seek her
fortune, but found comedy instead. She started taking classes at UCB in
2010. She is an actor/writer on the Maude team Alamo and was previously
an actor on The Prom, and can be seen doing very stupid characters in
many ridiculous comedy shows around town. She is a proud member of
indie sketch group The Charlies, with whom she has performed at various
festivals throughout the country. You may have seen her on your
televisions saying words. Or maybe not. Maybe you don't even own a
television.- Lino was born in Brazil, where he used to live until moving to London
in 2005 (aged 4) with both his parents. His father is a graphic artist
and animator, his mother an architect and jewellery designer.
Being brewed in a creative environment, Lino always showed a very
inquisitive nature, and has had since tender age an unusually strong
interest in wearing costumes and performing characters.
Aged 7 he said that he wanted to become an actor and take part in films
to his mother, who then enrolled him at a drama school where he got an
agent. Following this he was invited to audition for a major film by
director Charles Shyer, who was so taken with Lino that he wrote a
special part for him as an additional leading role.
So far Lino was lucky enough to have got a wide range of roles in
various different projects: from comedy to drama, feature and short
films, TV and stage (where he performed opposite Imogen Stubbs, playing
her son and title character of Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf").
Appart from acting, Lino loves reading, writing, drawing, riding,
traveling and photography. He also loves roller skating and is enjoying
his Aikido classes. - Delia Sheppard was born on 29 July 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an actress, known for The Big Short (2015), Rocky V (1990) and Now You See Me (2013).