People who have ties to Oklahoma

101. Leon Russell

Soundtrack | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Leon Russell was born on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), The Kids Are All Right (2010) and Ghost Rider (2007). He was married to Janet Lee Constantine and Mary McCreary. He died on November 13, 2016 in Nashville, ...

102. Frank Abagnale Jr.

Actor | Catch Me If You Can

During the 1960s, Abagnale attended high school in Long Island. His father built a profitable stationery store on Madison Avenue in New York City. When his father suffered a business loss and his parents divorced, the son left home in 1964 with around $100 in his pocket. The sixteen-year-old vowed ...

103. Roman L. Jasinski

Actor | Live from Lincoln Center

Roman L. Jasinski is known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Fancy Dancer (2014) and Omnibus (1952).

104. Anita Bryant

Soundtrack | Roger & Me

Anita Bryant was born on March 25, 1940 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Roger & Me (1989), Drugs Are Like That (1969) and Mrs. America (2020). She has been married to Charlie Dry since 1990. She was previously married to Bob Green.

105. Joe Diffie

Soundtrack | Twister

Joe Diffie was born on December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Twister (1996), All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). He was married to Tara Terpening Diffie, Theresa Crump, Debbie Jones and Janise Parker. He died on March 29...

106. Roy Clark

Soundtrack | Hee Haw

Roy Clark was born on April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hee Haw (1969), Uphill All the Way (1986) and The Kallikaks (1977). He was married to Barbara Joyce Rupard. He died on November 15, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

107. Rodney Carrington

Actor | Rodney

Rodney Carrington was born on October 19, 1968 in Longview, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Rodney (2004), Beer for My Horses (2008) and Rodney Carrington: Live at the Majestic (2007). He was previously married to Terri.

108. David Cook

Soundtrack | American Idol: The Search for a Superstar

David Cook grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri where he graduated high school then went to Central Missouri State for Graphic Design. He formed a band, Axium, with friends Bobby Kerr and Jeff Shrout, and recorded 3 albums, plus a live album. His band Axium created a great fan base in Kansas City area...

109. Ronnie Dunn

Soundtrack | On Deadly Ground

Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ronnie performed in his father's band before he won the Marlboro Talent Search, which led to a recording session in Nashville, where he got his recording contract. He later joined Kix Brooks to form the legendary country duo, Brooks & Dunn. Ronnie has three children, ...

110. Willie George

Actor | Gospel Bill

Willie George is known for Gospel Bill (1981), The Gunslinger (1992) and Fire by Nite (1986).

111. David Gates

Soundtrack | 3 Days to Kill

David Gates was born on December 11, 1940 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for 3 Days to Kill (2014), Maid in Manhattan (2002) and The Little Death (2014).

112. Jim Keltner

Music_department | Man of Steel

Jim Keltner was born on April 27, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Across the Universe (2007).

113. Phil Driscoll

Soundtrack | Pendulum Swings

Phil Driscoll is known for Pendulum Swings (2011), Karla Faye Tucker: Forevermore (2004) and Long Day Journey.

114. Ryan Tedder

Soundtrack | Sing

Ryan Benjamin Tedder was born on June 26, 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is a self-taught musician, learning to play the piano at age three and spending a minimum of two hours a day on vocals. His family relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado his senior year where he attended Colorado Springs ...

115. Paul Harvey

Self | New Books in Religion

116. Cindy Chupack

Writer | Otherhood

Cindy Chupack is best known as a Writer/Executive Producer of Sex and the City, where several episodes she penned (Evolution, Attack of the 5'10" Woman, Just Say Yes, Plus One is the Loneliest Number, I Love a Charade, and Splat!) were individually nominated for Writer's Guild and Emmy awards. In ...

117. Iron Eyes Cody

Actor | Sitting Bull

Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera or "Oscar" DeCorti, the son of two first-generation immigrants from Italy. In 1924 he moved to California, changed his name from "DeCorti" to "Corti" to Cody, and started working as an actor, presenting himself as a Native American. In 1936, he married Bertha Parker, ...

118. Larry Drake

Actor | Darkman

Larry Drake was born on February 21, 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Darkman (1990), L.A. Law (1986) and The Karate Kid (1984). He was married to Ruth de Sosa. He died on March 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

119. Clu Gulager

Actor | The Return of the Living Dead

Clu Gulager was born William Martin Gulager in Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. His nickname was given to him by his father for the clu-clu birds (known in English as martins, like his middle name) that were nesting at the Gulager home at the time Clu was born. He grew up on his uncle's ranch ...

120. Bill Hader

Actor | The Skeleton Twins

Bill Hader is an American comedian and actor who is known for playing in Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013. He created and starred in the HBO show Barry. He also played Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Colonel Custer from Night at the Museum 2, Fear from Inside Out and ...

121. Eva Jinek

Self | De Verenigde Staten van Eva

Eva Jinek was born on July 13, 1978 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for De Verenigde Staten van Eva (2016), Jinek (2013) and Rundfunk: Duco & Roy (2023). She has been married to Dexter van der Voorn since 2020. They have one child.

122. Heather Langenkamp

Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Heather Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She got her start in acting when she was cast as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), which were both filmed in Tulsa. Her scenes were deleted from the final cut of both films. While studying at ...

123. Mary Kay Place

Actress | Being John Malkovich

Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series....

124. Jack Roberts

Writer | Dad, Inc.

Jack Roberts was born on March 5, 1979 in Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dad, Inc. (2018), The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher (2010) and In the Land of Canaan (2016).

125. Judy Woodruff

Editor | The Robert MacNeil Report

Judy Woodruff was born on November 20, 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an editor and director, known for PBS NewsHour (1975), Inside Politics (1992) and PBS NewsHour Prince Philip: A Royal Life (2021). She has been married to Al Hunt since April 5, 1980. They have three children.

126. Ted Shackelford

Actor | Knots Landing

Ted Shackelford was born on June 23, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Knots Landing (1979), The Outer Limits (1995) and Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002). He has been married to Annett Wolf since October 5, 1991. He was previously married to Janis Leverenz.

127. Elvin Bishop

Soundtrack | Guardians of the Galaxy

Elvin Bishop grew up on a farm in Iowa with no electricity and no running water. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was ten. Raised in an all-white community, he had no exposure to blacks or their music except though the radio, and the piercing sound of Jimmy Reed's harmonica got his attention. ...

128. Dean Julian

Actor | Beavis and Butt-Head

Dean Julian is known for Beavis and Butt-Head (1993), Kirby Buckets (2014) and ILL-ustrated (2003). He has been married to Amanda Julian since December 28, 2016.

129. Mae Young

Actress | WWE SmackDown

Mae Young was born on March 12, 1923 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). She died on January 14, 2014 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

130. Arriane Alexander

Actress | American Crime Story

Accomplished and inspiring, Arriane combines her irresistible star quality with a dynamic energy that people can't get enough of. With over a decade of experience hosting, singing, acting and always making people laugh, Arriane didn't set out to be an actor in Hollywood.

Originally a Cowgirl from ...

131. Irene Miracle

Actress | Midnight Express

Irene Miracle was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but has made the world her home: San Francisco, Kenya, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Los Angeles, Helsinki and Barcelona are some of the places she has made her home.

Irene started her thespian career in Rome, and indeed thinks of that city as her most ...

132. Countess Vaughn

Actress | Moesha

Countess Danielle Vaughn was born August 8, 1978 in Idabel, Oklahoma, a small town of approximately 7500 people. She was born to Sandra & Leo Vaughn who taught in the local schools. Very early Countess established herself as a young singer with a dynamic voice. In 1988, she sang her way to stardom ...

133. Jeffrey James Lippold

300: Rise of an Empire

An American Theatre, Film/TV Actor, Singer, Dancer and Martial Artist. He began studying Judo/Ju-Jutsu, in Hawaii and Japan, Continuing Martial arts in San Diego, he studied Kang's Tae Kwon-Do/Judo, and Aamka-jutsu. Having Achieved Black Belts in Karate, Tae Kwon do, Judo, Japanese ju-jutsu, ...

134. Lynn Cartwright

Actress | A League of Their Own

Frequently appearing for or alongside her actor/writer husband of 50 years, noted stage, screen and TV heavy and writer Leo Gordon, actress Lynn Cartwright is probably best remembered for one of her early screen roles as the brusque, Brooklyn-accented switchboard operator in the cult horror The ...

135. Sheila James Kuehl

Actress | The Stu Erwin Show

Baby Boomers remember well the dark-haired, diminutive (4'10") comedienne Sheila James, who raised a smile with her portrayals of tomboyish kid sisters and boy-crazy high schoolers on late-'50s and early-'60s TV. For a while she was a huge hit, backed by her characters' plaintive, pony-tailed ...

136. Josh Fadem

Actor | Better Call Saul

Josh Fadem is an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles. He is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He trained at venues including The Upright Citizens Brigade LA and The Groundlings.

Josh was named one of Daily Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" for 2011.

Some of his television credits include Better Call Saul, Twin ...

137. Judee Morton

Actress | The Slime People

Though she was born in Detroit, Michigan, Judee Morton's family moved a great deal, living in Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dallas, Texas; Akron, Ohio; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Los Angeles, California. Her mother was a waitress, telephone operator and radio parts technician, who worked overtime to provide...

138. Gary Sievers

Actor | Public Enemies

Gary Sievers was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of 6 children Brothers Robert and Phillip and Sisters, Carol, Johanna, and Theresa Parents, Mother, Rosamond, from Anthony Kansas and Father, Henry, an immigrant from Eissen Germany. Gary started self employment with a paper route at age 11 for 6 years....

139. Jesse Vint

Actor | Chinatown

Jesse Lee Vint III was born and raised in Tulsa. While at Oklahoma University he decided that the film business is where he should be, so he left for NYC to study acting. Within a year after arriving in L.A. he was on location for the film "Little Big Man", about Custer's last stand. He also played...

140. Tom Mix

Actor | Dick Turpin

The son of a lumberman, Tom Mix joined the army as a young man and was an artillery sergeant during the Philippine campaign from 1898 to 1901, though he never saw action. In fact, Mix deserted from the army and carefully kept the facts about his military service a closely guarded secret. About 1903...

141. Johnny Kastl

Actor | Scrubs

Johnny Kastl is known for Scrubs (2001), War of the Worlds (2005) and Hulk (2003).

142. Nancy Barrett

Actress | Dark Shadows

Barrett was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and she grew up in Oklahoma. Like many youngsters who would go on to find acting success, as a child Nancy put on plays in her backyard, co-starring her sister, Martha. Nancy attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, for two years. There, she met Ivan ...

143. Peggy Dow

Actress | Harvey

This Universal-International player had the beauty, brains and talent to go the distance, only to surprise herself by choosing marriage and family over her career. Now remembered more for her charitable work than her Hollywood roles, pretty and wholesome blonde Peggy Dow was christened Peggy ...

144. Herschell Gordon Lewis

Director | This Stuff'll Kill Ya!

Only one film-maker can claim the title "Godfather of Gore." That peculiar but apt identification seems to be the exclusive property of Herschell Gordon Lewis. With an unusual background that included teaching English Literature to college students, producing and directing television commercials, ...

145. Troy Aikman

Actor | Jerry Maguire

Troy was born in West Covina, California, but before the age of twelve his family moved to Henryetta, OK. After high school he was offered a position with the New York Mets, but turned it down for college at the University of Oklahoma. Troy left the Oklahoma and transfered to UCLA, where he studied...

146. Ryan Cutrona

Actor | The West Wing

Ryan Cutrona is an American actor. He shares two Screen Actors Guild Awards with the Ensemble of Mad Men for his role as 'Grandpa Gene', Betty Draper's father. He is perhaps best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in films and on television, in both dramatic and comedic ...

147. Lonny Chapman

Actor | The Birds

Utilitarian actor Lonny Chapman remains one of those highly familiar character faces to which you can't quite place the name. While he appeared in over 30 films and well over 300 TV programs over a five-decade career, the theater remained his first and foremost passion and for which he is best ...

148. E.J. Peaker

Actress | Hello, Dolly!

E.J. (short for Edra Jean) portrayed the role of Minnie Fay in the motion picture Hello, Dolly! (1969). Originally from Oklahoma, E.J. had numerous experience in high school plays, and studied drama at the University of New Mexico as well as experiencing Drama training in Vienna. She also played ...

149. Julie Cypher

Director | Teresa's Tattoo

Julie attended Bates Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1974-1976 (4th -6th grade). She took dance lessons and initiated violin lessons during these years. She also participated in Girl Scouts where she attended Camp Scott and Tiawah Hills Ranch.

150. Bailee Watters

Director | Parasitic

Bailee Watters was born in Oklahoma with her two younger brothers. She began her film-making career working behind the scenes of "The Jogger" with her former English professor, Jeff Robison, as a production assistant. Since a very young age, she has been writing novels and screenplays aspiring to ...

151. Justin Arnold

Actor | Mother Fucker

Justin Arnold's on-screen performances have been favored at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Berlin, Fantastic Fest, DIFF & more. Highlights are at the helm of Academy Award winning director Spike Jones in collaboration with Arcade Fire's, Scenes from the Suburbs. Also, Justin stars in Whiskey Myers, ...

152. Christopher Goodman

Actor | Yellowstone

Chris was born in Izmir, Turkey to Maria Aliberti (ITA) and Wayne Goodman (USA). His father worked for the U.S. Air Force, and after brief stations in Karamursel, Turkey and Bittburg, Germany, Wayne brought his wife and three boys to Midwest City, Oklahoma (home of Tinker Air Force Base).

While ...

153. Blake Garrett

Actor | How to Eat Fried Worms

Born on September 14, 1992, Garrett discovered his love for performing at the age of 8, after appearing in numerous local productions, including the lead roles of the magician in Aladdin and his Magical Lamp and as Charlie Brown in "Peanuts: A Charlie Brown Tribute." Other credits in theatre ...

154. Joyce Meyer

Writer | Life in the Word

Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading Bible teachers and speakers who has her own syndicated television and radio program called "Enjoying Everyday Life". She is the leader of Joyce Meyer Ministries worldwide. She is a New York Times bestselling author, and her books have helped millions of ...

155. Richard Kelton

Actor | Quark

Richard Duane Kelton was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was the only child of Fred and Glenna Kelton. While growing up in Miami, Oklahoma, he remembered watching James Dean and cites him as his main influence on becoming an actor. After studying drama at The University of Kansas, he made his way to...

156. Wiley Post

Actor | Air Hawks

Wiley Hardeman Post (1898-1935) was interested in aviation from his boyhood days in Texas, and became a parachute jumper with an aerial-exhibition team. After an oil-field accident in which he lost an eye, he purchased an airplane and learned to fly it in 1927. He than became a 'barnstormer." After...

157. Derek Blankenship

Old Henry

Hometown is Tulsa, Oklahoma. In high school, starred in various plays while also letter-winning in football and baseball. Has been playing guitar and keys for various bands since age 9. Attended Baylor University on an NCAA baseball scholarship and majored in Film and Digital Media, focusing on ...

158. Hoot Gibson

Actor | The Horse Soldiers

A pioneering cowboy star of silent and early talking Westerns, Hoot Gibson was one of the 1920s' most popular children's matinée heroes. In his real life, however, he had a rather painful rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags career, a problem that seemed to plague a number of big stars who fell victim ...

159. Neal Schon

Soundtrack | Independent Lens

Neal Schon was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma on February 27th, 1954 to Matthew and Barbara Schon. Neal dropped out of school when he was 15 to join Carlos Santana's rock group Santana. Four years later Carlos Santana and his band split up, so Neal and Gregg Rolie formed Journey. Journey released ...

160. John Ross

Director | Things Are Really Insane

John William Ross grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Southern California earning a degree in Cinema-Television Production, then continued his studies at the California Institute of the Arts receiving an MFA in Writing. He is a director and writer, known for The Thing in the...

161. Christopher Villar

Producer | The Indigo Project: Redemption

Christopher was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma at Oral Roberts University, City of Faith hospital. Shortly after birth his family relocated to the south bay of Los Angeles where he would grow up in Palos Verdes on the beach. Kin to a lineage of evangelism and Christian Faith ministries, most thought his ...

162. Donna Cherry

Actress | The Ultimate Gift

Donna is an actor, comic, voice-over artist and singer extraordinaire. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.

Donna received a Bachelor in Music (with a concentration in Voice and a minor in Theatre) from California State University, Northridge after attending Oral Roberts University. She also ...

163. Mark Steele

Writer | VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables

Mark is the Founder of Mark Steele Creative and a well-known author, speaker, comedian, songwriter, playwright, and film writer/director. For 20 years, he was the Co-Founder and Executive Creative of Steelehouse Productions, where he led a team of creatives as they crafted narratives for film, ...

164. Ahmad Dugas

Actor | You People

Ahmad Dugas is an American film and television actor born in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. While attending Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma he felt there was something calling him beyond his academic studies, so he made the decision to leave school and pursue his creative dreams. Acting on ...

165. Tige Charity

Casting_director | Pink Slip

Tige Charity (pronounced TIE-jee) is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana who now resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, actor Antonio D. Charity and their daughter, Ebony Jewel Charity. She is the oldest daughter of Michael & Wilma Johnson. She has one sister, Melanie Johnson.

Mrs. ...

166. Si Hawk

Actor | The Exigency

Graduated from Oral Roberts University with a BS in Media and Entertainment. A successful VO actor, Hawk's credits began with his working as a news-reporter over the Associated Press Radio Network, United Press International Radio Network and the Armed Forces Radio Network. Hawk also voiced a ...

167. Torence White

Actor | Breaking Brokenness

One of Torence Brandon White's family members he seems to go from one extreme to another, as prior to acting he was a reporter/photographer, board operator at a radio station in San Antonio, and he even worked a few years for the government. He was born in Pineville, Kentucky and raised in San ...

168. Jo Jett

Actress | The Screen Junkies Show

Filmmaker, musician, improviser, medical practitioner and weirdo, Jo Jett, has been fearlessly creating and directing projects out of New York City and Los Angeles since 2009. Yes, that's her real name. She is best know for her film, "Turkey Fools Day," a bizarre, experimental comedy that is ...

169. Jeffrey Brucculeri

Actor | The Last Rodeo

Jeff Brucculeri grew up in Jamestown, New York, the hometown of Lucille Ball, and at a young age became a big fan of Lucy and many other great comedians. As a young boy he watched television and movies with the desire to someday become a comedian or actor. Jeff's acting career began on stage in ...

170. Kinga Philipps

Actress | Torque

Born in Warsaw, Poland. Moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma at age 5. Attended Oklahoma State University and Auburn University. Graduated with B.S. in Broadcast Journalism.

Kinga's on camera work has encompassed a broad range of characters and projects. From acting in stirring dramatic pieces playing a ...

171. Markus Baldwin

Actor | Get Dead

Markus grew up in Miami, Oklahoma. He has a BS in Journalism from Oklahoma State University. He's married to actress Julie Mitchell and their production company, NonHip Pictures, co-produces the web series Betty & DD (2010). They have also produced two comedy-horror features titled Dead Man's ...

172. Travis Brorsen

Actor | JAG

Travis Brorsen is one of the most sought after dog trainers in America today. Travis is Founder and CEO of Greatest American Dog Trainers, and is Animal Planet's pet expert and trainer, hosting their new series, My Big Fat Pet Makeover. Growing up on a farm and ranch in Oklahoma, Travis has been ...

173. Randy Ross

Actor | Scandal

A classic case of small town boy goes to the big city. Randy is originally from a little Oklahoma town of 1600 give or take a few. Great place to grow up and still a great place to visit but how he got out of there without a serious "Okie" accent is still a mystery.

His stage debut was the lead role...

174. Dustin Wilson

Writer | The Comedian

Dustin Wilson is known for The Comedian, Hay Days (2014) and Kings of the Rodeo.

175. Robert Tucker

Stunts | Epicurious

A native of Virginia, Robert showed an interest in Acting as a child. While attending college at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, he studied under Dennis Letts, and others.

After college, Robert joined the military and continued to pursue acting. At Fort Bragg in North Carolina, he received ...

176. David J. Silver

David Jason Silver, AKA: David J. Silver, was born November 17, 1967, in Bellevue, Washington to a school teacher and attorney. In the early 1970s, the family moved to Paradise Valley, Arizona. The area was considered the Beverly Hills of Phoenix. He attended his entire schooling in Arizona. At age...

177. Phillip Barnett

Phillip went to High School in Cedarville, Arkansas where he was active in sports and started three years for the varsity basketball team. After graduation, he did not plan to attend college, but ended up at Westark Junior College in Fort Smith, AR where he received an Associate degree. During this...

178. Andrew Stroup

Self | The Big Brain Theory

Born in South Korea, Andrew Stroup was adopted and raised in a suburb near Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then attended and graduated from Oklahoma State University, majoring in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering with minors in Mathematics and Business Management. He is a serial technology entrepreneur, ...

179. Matt Hader

Writer | Dead Horse

Matt Hader's circuitous route to becoming a professional writer followed an unlikely path through post-collegiate classes at The Second City, on-air shifts in Chicago-area radio station studios, and working as an emergency 9-1-1 Communications Officer. He's had numerous screenplay options and ...

180. Kelly Lynn Lawson

Actor | Thunderstruck

Kelly Lynn Royer, an American actress, was born in Bryan, Texas, on September 28, 1988 to Professor Tom Royer and teacher Joleen Royer. Kelly graduated from Oklahoma State University where she studied theatre. She found a love for improv in high school, and was accepted into the sketch comedy group...

181. The Five Americans

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

The Five Americans were a rock group formed in Durant, Oklahoma, in 1962. The band members were Mike Rabon (guitar / vocals), John Durrill (keyboards / vocals), Norman Ezell (guitar / vocals), Jimmy Wright (drums) and Jim Grant (bass / maracas).

Founding members Rabon and Durrill first met at a frat...

182. Talyn Edelson

Stunts | Barry

Talyn Edelson is a Tennessee-born action actress and stunt performer from Stillwater, OK who briefly attended school in England when she was a child. Talyn currently lives in Malibu, CA.

Edelson has a deep passion for expressing herself through movement. Since age seven, Talyn has studied varying ...

183. Joseph Cooper

Composer | Sacred Blood

Joseph Cooper is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition for the Screen. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Music and a minor in Philosophy. His primary instrument is piano and his secondary ...

184. George Meyers

Actor | Mom

George L, Meyers (1917-2011) George L. Meyers, 93, a retired vice president of Petrolite Corp.'s Bareco Division, died Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Heritage Villa Nursing Center, Bartlesville, after a brief illness. Born July 25, 1917, at El Paso, TX, he was the son of George Lentton Meyers, Sr., ...

185. Robb Read

Casting_department | Who's Still Standing?

Born in Abilene, Texas to parents from Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, Robb was raised all over the country, and even some time in Europe, specifically Norway, as an Air Force Brat.

Within weeks of graduating from Oklahoma State University, Robb moved to Los Angeles to begin what has ...

186. Mike Downey

Producer | Elvis Walks Home

Mike Downey, producer, and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), launched his independent UK production company on the Frankfurt DAX in 2009. Since then, he has produced more than 40 feature films, with producing partner Sam Taylor and company chairman Stephen Daldry.

F&ME's catalogue includes...

187. Kini Kay

Sound_department | Cyborg

Born in Oklahoma City, adopted at about one year old, raised in Norman, Oklahoma from age 7 to 23. Studied and inspired at Oklahoma University under Professor Colonel Charles "Ned" Hockman. Moved to Los Angeles in 1979 with intentions of staying one summer to scope things out and then returning to ...

188. Susan Kelly

Actress | Wild Harvest

Lovely and well-built blonde Susan Kelly was born on February 15, 1938 in Oklahoma. She's of mixed French, Irish, and Cherokee Indian descent. Susan has a degree in education from Oklahoma University. Kelly was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1961 issue of "Playboy." Susan acted in a few ...

189. George Pilgrim

Actor | Tammy and the T-Rex

George Pilgrim has an extraordinarily unusual, and very colorful background that includes significant work as an actor. His credits include a three year contract as the original J Chamberlain on CBS's longest running Soap Opera of all time, Guiding Light, which was filmed New York City. Upon ...

190. Jamie Loy

Actress | The Veil

Jamie Loy is an American actress known for her role as Elizabeth Canoe in the feature film The Cherokee Word for Water and as Tara in the short Running Deer.

Jamie was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma as the second of three children of James and Annie Loy. She grew up in the country near many small towns...

191. Montgomery Pittman

Writer | The Twilight Zone

Born in Louisiana and raised in Oklahoma, Pittman was a talented writer/director in Hollywood in the 1950s and early 60s before his death, from cancer, at a very young age. He came to Hollywood as an actor from Broadway, but turned to writing and directing soon thereafter. Pittman's career is ...

192. Jim Mitchell

Special_effects | Killers of the Flower Moon

Jim Mitchell (James Douglas Mitchell) was born at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. His father Douglas was originally a research engineer with Formica Corporation in Cincinnati-his mother Linda was a high-school English teacher. However, when Jim was six months old, his ...

193. Marcus Shirock

Scarface

Marcus was born in the suburbs of Washington D.C. at Alexandria hospital. His father was a Irish Strongman who masked the covers of fitness magazines throughout the 60's. His grandfather, Chief Turkey Tayac, of the Piscataway Indians, was the last chief who was born in the 19th century to die in ...

194. Candy Loving

Actress | Stardust Memories

Gorgeous brunette stunner Candy Loving was born Candis Loving on September 4, 1956 in Oswego, Kansas. Candy grew up in Oklahoma after her family moved from Kansas to Oklahoma when she was three years old. She graduated from Ponca City High School in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Loving was the Playmate of ...

195. J. Alan Davidson

Actor | Electric Nostalgia

J Alan Davidson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Dale and Cheryl Davidson.

When he was 12 years old, he joined Youth Onstage, an independent acting troupe in Tulsa, OK, where he played his first role as "Father Wood" in the classic play, Jane Eyre. Davidson continued as a constant member of Youth ...

196. Tyler James Jacobs

Actor | Crunchies

Tyler Jacobs was born in Ellensburg, Washington to Cindy Jacobs and Don Jacobs. Tyler began his film work with an old DVC Camcorder that had a broken Mic. Spending about a year making silent movies with his dog Toni, Tyler began playing fun at the film industry with sarcastic spoofs. After the ...

197. Buck Jones

Actor | The Range Feud

Buck Jones was one of the greatest of the "B" western stars. Although born in Indiana, Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and there learned the riding and shooting skills that would stand him in good stead as a hero of Westerns. He...

198. Hali Lula Hudson

Actress | Drama Kings

Hali Lula Marie Hudson was born in Oklahoma City, the second child out of 6, born to Mike and Liz Hudson.

She was raised in the suburbs of Tulsa Oklahoma until she was 21 years old. She moved to south Florida to finish school and to begin her career as a graphic artist, but joined a comedy troupe on...

199. Kim Blair

Actress | Mulberry St

Kim Blair grew up in Oklahoma. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in Drama and Music. She resides, studies and performs in New York City.

She has shared the stage and screen with talents Sandy Duncan, Ben Vareen, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Phillip ...

200. Valerie Baber

Actress | Emmanuelle: The Private Collection

Valerie took her first print modeling job at the age of 16 in Oklahoma City, where she attended high school and took her first acting classes. At the age of 19, she arrived in Los Angeles, where she accepted an internet modeling job that opened the doors to her career as a TV personality and pin-up...