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Katherine (Kat) Barrell is best known for her work as Officer Nicole Haught on Wynonna Earp (2016) (Syfy) and Alicia Rutherford on Workin' Moms (2017) (Netflix/CBC). Most recently she joined the series cast of Good Witch (2015) (Hallmark) and played the notorious Stella Grimes on Star Trek: Discovery (2017) (CBS).
Katherine has worked as both a director and producer on 7 short films of which Issues (2013), Cannonball (2016), Dissecting Gwen (2017), and Mature Young Adults (2015) have screened at film festivals across North America.
She is a graduate of George Brown Classical Theatre School and trained at the Groundlings School of Comedy in Los Angeles. When not on set, Kat can be found picking fruit on her family farm and cuddling a notorious pooch named Bernie.
Awards and Notable Nominations:
2020 Canadian Screen Award Winner- Audience Choice, Katherine Barrell 2018 People's Choice Award Winner- Wynonna Earp TV Line Performer of the Week - Katherine Barrell Spoiler TV Performer of the Month - Katherine Barrell 2018 International Emmy Nominee - Workin Moms- Actor
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- Katarina Cas was born in Slovenia. She is an actress, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Guard (2011) and Danny Collins (2015).
- Sardonic-looking English character actor, often seen in sullen or nefarious roles. John Michael Frederick Castle was born one of four siblings in Croydon, Surrey, and educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin. He did not, at first, pursue acting as his chosen profession. Instead, he held down diverse short-term jobs, including as clerks, a hotel waiter, travel agent, salesman, landscape gardener and geography teacher. Eventually persuaded by his wife to resume acting training, he enrolled at RADA on a scholarship, graduating in 1964. Castle made his theatrical debut that year as Westmoreland in Henry V and as Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew, both at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. He then went on a six months-long tour of the Far East with the New Shakespeare Company. Upon his return, he acted for a season with the Royal Court Theatre (1965-1966) and, in later years, with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Bristol Old Vic. He headlined as Gandhi in a 1982 stage production at the Tricycle Theatre (Richard Attenborough's motion picture was also released that same year). On screen from 1965, Castle has appeared in many a prestige production. However, despite his considerable screen presence and acting acumen, he has not been able to attain the stature of a Derek Jacobi or a Michael Gambon.
Castle's early screen credits included the powerful Oscar-winning acting piece The Lion in Winter (1968), in which he excelled as the cold, manipulative Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, fourth of the five sons of Peter O'Toole's Henry II. He portrayed Octavius in Charlton Heston's unsuccessful adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra (1972) and the brutish Agrippa Postumus (grandson of Octavius) in BBC's I, Claudius (1976). A natural casting choice for the classics and for period drama, Castle has appeared in Man of La Mancha (1972) (as the student Sanson Carrasco, who joins in the 'quest'), The Shadow of the Tower (1972) (as Thomas Flamank, co-leader of the 1497 Cornish rebellion), Lillie (1978) (as Prince Louis of Battenberg), The Life and Death of King John (1984) (the Earl of Salisbury) King David (1985) (as Abner, the cousin of King Saul and commander-in-chief of his army) and Gods and Generals (2003) (Confederate Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, nicknamed 'Old Penn').
Castle has been most typically cast in cold, unsympathetic parts, best exemplified by the likes of lecherous art teacher Teddy Lloyd (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)), hit man Peter Crabbe (The Professionals (1977)), ruthless 'Rehab' commander Paul Mc Daggett (RoboCop 3 (1993)) and as the scowling, hard-hearted stage conjurer Nick Ollanton (Lost Empires (1986)) (a character whom the actor himself described as "a ghastly desolate creature whose only redeeming qualities are his love for his nephew and his total rejection of any authority other than his own." More recently, Castle appeared in a leading role as a rival heir to the estate of a deceased clergyman in The Tractate Middoth (2013), adapted from a short ghost story by M.R. James. He has, on occasion, worn the white hat, notably as Detective Inspector Craddock in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) and Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992). Very much the serious, dramatic thespian, he has rarely ventured into comedy.
Castle retired from acting in 2016. He has been married since 1963 to the novelist and screenwriter Maggie Wadey. - Writer
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Nick Castle was born on 21 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and Escape from New York (1981). He has been married to Mary Charlene Napp since 31 December 1981. They have one child.- Actor
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An actor for all seasons and all kinds of roles (from dark, difficult characters to more loving ones) Paul Dano has an extensive body work that includes working with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Steve McQueen, Dayton & Ferris, Ang Lee, Denis Villenueve and Paolo Sorrentino; acting with heavyweights such as Harrison Ford, Daniel Day-Lewis, Alan Arkin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette, Michael Caine, Kevin Kline - just to mention a few names; and easily making a fine transition in between independent cinema, art-house films and mainstream Hollywood blockbusters.
Paul Franklin Dano was born on 19 June, 1984 in New York City, the son of Gladys (Pipp) and Paul Dano. He is of Rusyn, Slovenian/Czech, and Swedish descent. At an early age he was already appearing in community plays and by his early teens he got his first TV appearance on an episode of Smart Guy (1998). His first major role was as Howie Blitzer, a trouble teenager who gets involved with an older man, played by Brian Cox, in the controversial and acclaimed L.I.E. (2001). For the role, Dano was awarded an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Debut Performance category, along with some other awards from Indie cinema. From the on, he moved on to supporting roles in The Girl Next Door (2004), Taking Lives (2004), The King (2005), Fast Food Nation (2006) and The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).
Dano's rise to stardom came in consecutive films that showcased his talents and made him an important name in the business: as Dwayne, a rebel teen who copes with his teen angst by refusing to speak to everyone in his family, only using of his cold expressions and a notepad in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), he was praised by critics and audiences, a role that earned him among other awards the Screen Actors Guild as Best Ensemble Cast. The following year, he appeared on a dual role as twin brothers Paul and Eli Sunday - the latter character, a devoted preacher, is more extensive and challenging than the mysterious Paul, in Paul Thomas Anderson critically acclaimed There Will Be Blood (2007). The role was given to Dano after a recommendation from Daniel Day-Lewis who had worked with the young actor in The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) and found him a very talented and interesting role. Anderson followed Day-Lewis suggestion, and the result was another hit for Dano, who received several awards nominations, including the Bafta as Best Supporting Actor.
After that, he went on with his career with Taking Woodstock (2009), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Ruby Sparks (2012) - in which he appears alongside his girlfriend Zoe Kazan, Looper (2012), as the tortured suspect in Prisoners (2013); the Oscar winning 12 Years a Slave (2013); as a young Method actor in Youth (2015); the freak comedy Swiss Army Man (2016); Okja (2017); and the miniseries War & Peace (2016) and Escape at Dannemora (2018), the latter being a role completely the opposite he ever played in previous years, as an inmate who escapes jail, a very physical work for him. In between those films and projects, he gained notoriety by playing the young Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014), the Beach Boys leader who suffers a nervous breakdown while trying to compose an epic album. That role gave Paul Dano plenty of buzz during awards season, some deserved recognition and his first Golden Globe nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category.
His career seems to always be going further each year goes by, always promising. He made his directorial debut in Wildlife (2018), which was co-written with Zoe Kazan. They're living together for a decade and have one daughter.
In the 2020's, he provided the voice from a character in the thriller The Guilty (2021) and played the Riddler in the box-office hit The Batman (2022), in one of his most challenging roles. During 2022/2023 awards season he received a lot of praise and attention for his role in the acclaimed The Fabelmans (2022) where he plays a version of Steven Spielberg's father.- Actress
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Gloria Dickson was born Thais Alalia Dickerson on August 13, 1917, in Pocotello, Idaho. After her father died, her mother took Gloria and her sister to California. During high school she started acting in local theater productions. When she was nineteen a Warner Brothers talent scout saw one of her performances and offered her a contract. For her first film she was given the leading role in They Won't Forget (1937). Her performance got rave reviews and she was called the "luckiest girl in Hollywood". Gloria continued to get good roles in Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), They Made Me a Criminal (1939), and I Want a Divorce (1940). In 1938 she married makeup artist Perc Westmore. He wanted her to be more glamorous and persuaded her to have a nose job. After leaving MGM, Gloria's career stalled and she could only get small roles in B-movies like Lady of Burlesque (1943) and The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942). Gloria divorced Perc and married director Ralph Murphy in 1941. Unfortunately, Ralph had a wandering eye, and their marriage only lasted two years. By 1944, Gloria was unemployed and overweight and was also struggling with a serious alcohol problem. She married former boxer William Fitzgerald and rented a house in West Hollywood. On April 10, 1945, Gloria was taking a nap when the house caught fire. She tried to escape but ended up trapped in a bathroom. Gloria suffered second-degree burns and died from asphyxiation. She was only 27 years old. Gloria is buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery with a tombstone reading "Thais A. Dickerson, My Baby".- George Dolenz was born in Italy in 1908 to a large family. He left Italy in the 1920s to start a new life and it seemed that he didn't want to look back on his old one. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1940s and it was there that he somehow met up with Howard Hughes. Hughes signed him up as a leading man at RKO Pictures--which he owned--but, under Hughes' contract, George only starred in one film, Vendetta (1950), with Faith Domergue. He became a master of several dialects, and could play urbane Continental roles such as "Baron Sergei" in In Society (1944), with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Latin-American types such as the mysterious "Cortega" in Scared Stiff (1953), with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and even Roman-era royalty such as "Emperor Theodosius" in Sign of the Pagan (1954). When his contract with Hughes ran out, George appeared in many films for other studios throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and starred in the TV series The Count of Monte Cristo (1956). George was the father of actor Micky Dolenz of The Monkees (1965), husband of actress Janelle Johnson Dolenz and the grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz.
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Micky Dolenz was born in Los Angeles on March 8, 1945. His dad, George, had starred in a number of films, and played the title character in the mid-1950s television series The Count of Monte Cristo.
Micky first established himself as a performer at age ten when, under the stage name of 'Mickey Braddock,' he starred in his first TV series, Circus Boy, which aired from 1956 to 1958. In his teens, Micky guest-starred on a number of television shows. He also learned to play guitar and performed with a number of rock 'n roll bands, including one called The Missing Links.
In autumn 1965, Micky was one of 400 applicants who responded to a trade ad announcing auditions for a new TV show about a rock band. Micky auditioned for The Monkees TV show playing Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," and was chosen along with three other actors - Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork.
The Monkees' debut single, "Last Train to Clarksville," featuring Micky on lead vocals, hit the charts September 10, 1966 and rocketed to number one. Two days later,
The television show debuted on NBC to great success. The TV ratings remained high for two seasons and Micky and the band starred in their own feature film, Head, a 1968 psychedelic romp co-written by a young Jack Nicholson. The movie is now considered a cult classic.
Ultimately, The Monkees achieved their greatest success as recording artists selling in excess of 65 million units and achieving worldwide success.
Their first four albums-The Monkees (1966); More of the Monkees (1967);
Headquarters (1967); and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. (1967) reached number one on the charts and launched three number-one singles: "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer" (with lead vocals by Micky), and "Daydream Believer." The group's first five albums also went gold.
In 1977, Micky flew to London to star in Harry Nilsson's West End Musical, The Point! He planned to stay three months but remained for twelve years. During that time, Micky honed his behind-the-camera skills (which he first practiced by directing several TV episodes of The Monkees) as producer-director for the BBC and London Weekend Television. He also directed a short feature film, The Box, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python, and helmed numerous music videos.
In 1986, MTV broadcast episodes of The Monkees show and exposed a whole new generation to 'Monkeemania.' Micky and Peter Tork recorded new tracks for Arista Records and the single, "That Was Then, This Is Now," became their first Top 20 record since 1968. Micky, Peter and Davy Jones subsequently reunited for a 1986 summer tour that was so successful it sparked the reissue of all The Monkees' classic LPs as well as Pool It! on Rhino Records. At one point in 1987, there were seven Monkees' albums on Billboard's Top 200 LP's Chart. In 1996, The Monkees again joined together, this time for a "30 Year Reunion" summer tour around America. The response was so great that they also toured the following year, this time finishing up in England.
When Micky returned to the United States, he went out on the road with the National Touring Company of Grease. Micky enjoyed musical theater so much that he accepted the lead role in a Canadian production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1993, and in 2004 he starred in Elton John's Broadway musical Aida, as Zoser.
In 1993, Micky's autobiography I'm A Believer; My Life Of Monkees, Music, And Madness (Hyperion/Disney) was released. In addition to writing, Micky has divided his time between acting (The Drew Carey Show, Days Of Our Lives, and General Hospital); directing (Boy Meets World for ABC/Disney and Pacific Blue for USA Networks); and touring with his own band featuring his sister, Coco Dolenz.
In 2005 Dolenz was also on WCBS FM as an on-air personality, and released his first children's book Gakky Two-Feet (Penguin), as well as Micky Dolenz' Rock & Riollin' Trivia (Square One Publishers). He also appeared in the revival of Pippin'.
In March 2007, it was announced that Micky would appear in Rob Zombie's Halloween remake as 'Derek Allen' - a gun-shop owner.
Also, Micky was featured in VH1's recent Rock Doc Monterey Pop At 40, and in CMT's Gone Country, alongside George Clinton; Taylor Dane; and, Sheila E.
Micky began 2010 with a run in the West End production of the play Hairspray; playing the character of 'Wilbur Turnblad.'
Micky's album, King For A Day; is a tribute to the songs of Carole King (Gigatone Records) was released August 31 2010.
The three Monkees (Micky, Davy and Peter) re-group for a worldwide tour beginning in June of 2011. Spanning both England and the U.S., the group garnered some of their best reviews ever - even from Rolling Stone magazine. The reviews on Dolenz were particularly impressive- the review in the Huffington Post compared his voice to a brilliant-cross between Roy Orbison and Freddie Mercury. The close of the tour, held at L.A.'s Greek Theatre was especially joyous; as fans and friends turned out for the event. They also appeared in August on the nationally broadcast talkfest The View, with Dolenz's old compatriot Whoopi Goldberg as one of the hosts.
In 2012, word leaked out that Micky was beginning (or, finishing) a yet, untitled solo album. The only concept revealed was that each of the songs was to represent a particular moment in Dolenz's life. The album Remember (Robo Records-Universal) will be released on September 25, 2012. Then, while in New York, preparing for a possible new role in a musical called Garage Band, Davy Jones unexpectedly passed away. With a series of tributes scheduled, one done in early April at B.B. King's in New York, Micky spent the summer of 2012 on a series of solo shows with his band and as part of the 2012 Happy Together Tour. Micky will also record a live album on October 19, 2012, at B.B. King's in NYC; and, will re-group in November with mates Micahel Nesmith and Peter Tork for a series of Monkee-reunion shows.- Actress
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Pamelyn Ferdin was born on 4 February 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Beguiled (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973) and A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969). She was previously married to Jerry Vlasak.- Actor
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Ethan Flower was born Ethan Alan Manus in Stockbridge Massachusetts to Gladys Carbo, a Cuban born singer songwriter/artist and Erwin Manus an Odessa Jewish grifter. He was adopted at the age of 4 by his British father Edward Fordham Flower. Ethan's great great great grandfather was an English brewer in Stratford Upon Avon and author who campaigned for a Shakespeare memorial theatre and against cruelty to animals. Ethan later moved to England and attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began his career in the theatre. His first play was with Cicely Tyson and Hector Elizondo at The Berkshire Theatre Festival at age twelve.- Actor
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Wayland Flowers was born on 26 November 1939 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Madame's Place (1982), Old Is Somebody Else: Aging, Everybody Is Doing It (1974) and Norman... Is That You? (1976). He died on 11 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Frank John Gorshin, Jr. was born on April 5, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a railroad worker and his mother, Frances (Preseren), was a seamstress. His family was originally from Novo Mesto, Slovenia. While in high school, young Frank worked as an usher at the Sheridan Square Theatre and began doing impressions of some of his screen idols: Al Jolson, James Cagney, Cary Grant and Edward G. Robinson. At age 17, he won a local talent contest. The prize was a one-week engagement at Jackie Heller's Carousel nightclub, where Alan King was headlining. It was young Frank's first paid job as an entertainer and launched his show business career. Frank attended local Catholic schools and, later, Carnegie-Mellon Tech School of Drama. He acted in plays and performed in nightclubs in Pittsburgh in his spare time.
In 1953, at age 19, he was drafted into the United States Army and was posted in Germany. Frank served for two years, 1953-1955, as an entertainer attached to Special Services. In the Army, Frank met Maurice A. Bergman, who would introduce Frank to a Hollywood agent when his hitch with Uncle Sam was up. Frank quickly landed a role in The Proud and Profane (1956) and other roles in television dramas followed.
In 1957, while visiting his family in Pittsburgh, his agent phoned him to rush back to Hollywood for an audition for Run Silent Run Deep (1958). For some odd reason, instead of catching a plane, Frank decided to drive his car to Los Angeles. Driving 39 consecutive hours, he fell asleep at the wheel, crashed, suffered a fractured skull and woke up in the hospital four days later. To add insult to injury, a Los Angeles newspaper reported he was killed, and the plum movie role of Officer Ruby went to Don Rickles.
Frank appeared in a number of lovable B-movies for American-International Pictures: Hot Rod Girl (1956) and Dragstrip Girl (1957), and everybody's favorite, Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957). Frank finally got a substantial role in the A-movie, Bells Are Ringing (1960), with Dean Martin and Judy Holliday. He did a thinly-disguised Marlon Brando impression. he also appeared in Hollywood nightclubs, including the Purple Onion. He did Las Vegas engagements, opening for Bobby Darin at The Flamingo. On television, Frank appeared on The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956) and had a dozen guest shots on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
In 1966, he gave his breakout performance, performing what has become his best-known role: The Riddler on Batman (1966), for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also played The Riddler in the movie, Batman: The Movie (1966), based on the television series. "I could feel the impact overnight", he recalled later. Because of his nationwide recognition, he was given headliner status in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, Sahara and Aladdin Hotels. He received more good reviews for his performance in Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969).
In 1970, Frank made his Broadway debut as the star of "Jimmy", for which he got rave reviews. He also starred in many touring company productions, such as "Promises, Promises", "Peter Pan", "Prisoner of Second Street" and "Guys and Dolls". In the 1980s, Frank served as Honorary Chairman, Entertainment Division, for the American Heart Association. Perhaps recalling his early AIP films, Frank worked with the legendary Roger Corman, appearing as Clockwise on the television series Black Scorpion (2001) and on Corman's The Phantom Eye (1999). He had appeared in over 70 movies and made over 40 guest appearances in television series.
Gorshin died at age 72 in Burbank, California on May 17, 2005. He had suffered from lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia.- Producer
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Paula Hart was born on 25 April 1956 in New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Nine Dead (2009), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) and Between Us. She has been married to Leslie Gilliams since 18 September 1994. They have two children. She was previously married to William Hart.- Actor
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Rick Hill is the author of the New York Times' #1 Best-Seller: "Pete Rose, My Prison Without Bars". He appeared in more than 50 episodes of network television, including Today's F.B.I. (1981). Hill directed multiple episodes of Born Free (1998) and Hollywood Safari (1998). He served as a "script doctor" or ghost-writer on several successful film and book projects. While starring in Today's F.B.I. (1981), Hill was invited on a tour of the White House during the Reagan Administration.- Producer
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Hill was born in Long Beach, California and educated at Mexico City College and Michigan State University. He worked in oil drilling and construction in the 60s before becoming a 2nd assistant director in 1967. He has written and co-written screenplays, including several uncredited works. He has produced and directed films since 1975.- Writer
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Anthony Jeselnik was born on 22 December 1978 in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers (2015), Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward (2019) and Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2010).- Ted King began his show business career at age 9, "shovling" lion, tiger and elephant dung for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailley Circus. Finally, his hard work paid-off and he was selected to be Dopey of the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White, holding Dopey's hand, paraded the three-ring circus and got many laughs for his antics.
He later shoveled horse dung for the Rodeo of Rodeos, first with Gene Autry and Champion. Then, at age 10, in 1945, he met Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, and kept Trigger's stall clean. At the "urging" of his mother and the truant officer, Ted resumed his fourth grade studies. While in the 4th grade, he was cast in a principal role in the Eternal Way, a play that was performed by high school and college students in various school venues in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area.
Ted is currently preparing to launch into production of his own screenplay, "Tonight I Die". He is winding up financing for the $3 million project that will be filmed in Hollywood (SAG Contract). Even though Ted has produced a number of industrial films, this will be his first feature. - Attractive, dark-featured character actor with a voice like thunder, and eyes like a wolf, who was featured in less than sympathetic roles throughout his career. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Albert Paul Shenar attended the University of Wisconsin. Soon after graduation, he relocated to New York City, where he quickly landed roles on the stage. These experiences led to a Broadway debut in 'Tiny Alice' as 'Brother Julian.' After a few satiating years on and off Broadway, Paul found himself again relocating, this time to Philadelphia. It was here where he made a considerable contribution to the arts. Along with fellow actors Rene Auberjonois and Bill Ball, to name a few, he co-founded the American Conservatory Theater, where he was not only a regular performer until the day he died, but a teacher and advisor as well. From there, roles on television, and the big screen followed. Shenar made a splash, portraying Orson Welles in The Night That Panicked America (1975). He received some of the best reviews of his career for this famous television film. Soon after he received more for his portrayal of another famous celebrity, as Florenz Ziegfeld in Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978). He continued working steadily on television, even appearing in shot-for-television replacement footage for the disaster film, Two-Minute Warning (1976). And then feature films came calling. Shenar turned in credible and memorable performances in film, such as the diabolical Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa, in Brian De Palma's Scarface (1983) (1983), and most notably, voicing the evil conspiring rat, "Jenner", in Don Bluth's The Secret of NIMH (1982). Other roles of note include Dr. Lawrence in Luc Besson's The Big Blue (1988), Joshua Adams in Deadly Force (1983), Paulo Rocca in the action packed Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Raw Deal (1986), and Ben Gardner, the father of a troubled Kristy McNichol, in Alan J. Pakula's Dream Lover (1986), respectively. Though not a household name in his time, his candor, energy, and aesthetic performances have left a long lasting impression, that only gets better with age, and will not soon be forgotten.
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Tom Smothers was born on 2 February 1937 in Governors Island, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), Speed Zone (1989) and The Informant! (2009). He was married to Marcy Carriker, Rochelle Ruth Robley and Stephanie R. Shorr. He died on 26 December 2023 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.- Actor
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Elvis Stojko was born on 22 March 1972 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Death to Smoochy (2002), Enhanced (2019) and BrawlStars (2023). He has been married to Gladys Orozco since 20 June 2010.- Melania Knauss was born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia and raised in Sevnica, Slovenia to Amalija Knavs, a patternmaker & Viktor Knavs, a car dealer.
She attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. She then studied Architecture and Design at the University of Ljubljana for one year before leaving to pursue a modeling career.
She started modeling in her home country of Slovenia, and other places in Europe, in cities such as, Paris and Milan, later moving to New York City. Melania is fluent in Slovene and English, and also speaks Italian, French, German and Serbo-Croatian.
On January 22, 2005, she married Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida. On March 20, 2006, she gave birth to their son Barron Trump in Manhattan, New York City. She became a US citizen in 2006.
On January 20, 2017, she became the First Lady of the United States. - Music Artist
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Few would have guessed that "Weird Al" Yankovic - who as a shy, accordion-playing teenager got his start sending in homemade tapes to the Dr. Demento Radio Show - would go on to become a pop culture icon and the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time, with classic song and music video parodies such as "Eat It," "Like a Surgeon," "Smells Like Nirvana," "Amish Paradise," "White & Nerdy" and "Word Crimes." Now in his fourth decade as America's foremost song parodist, he has been honored with four Grammy® Awards and fifteen nominations, including a 2015 win for his 14th studio album Mandatory Fun.
Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born on October 23, 1959, in the Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood, to Mary Elizabeth (Vivalda) and Nick Louis Yankovic. His father was of Yugoslavian descent and his mother was of Italian and English ancestry. He first took up the accordion when a salesman came around to solicit business for a music school. His parents decided on the accordion because of polka king Frankie Yankovic (no relation). As a child and young teen, Al watched a lot of television, which gave him much inspiration for his later work. He also became a fan of such musician/comedians as Allan Sherman and Spike Jones. He became especially acquainted with these musicians through the radio show of Barry Hansen, aka "Dr. Demento", which would later become a great source of publicity for his talents. After an extraordinary career at Lynwood High School, where Al graduated as valedictorian, he attended the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo to study architecture, a field he is said to have chosen because it was listed first in the catalog (although he has said that he really chose it on the advice of a guidance counselor). It was at Cal Poly that Al had a radio show and earned the nickname "Weird Al". Although he had sent tapes to Dr. Demento in the past, it was at Cal Poly where he recorded his first real published piece, a parody of the popular "My Sharona" by The Knack, called "My Bologna". After the astounding success of that song, forever to be known as the "bathroom recording" as it was recorded in the acoustically perfect mens' room, Al began his phenomenal career, which has spanned twelve albums, numerous compilations, a box set, movies, videos and edible underwear. He has also done a great deal to advance the cause of accordion-wielding weirdos, for which we can all be thankful.
In addition to his 1989 cult hit feature film UHF, his late 1990s CBS Saturday morning series The Weird Al Show and numerous AL-TV specials he has made for MTV and VH1 over the years, Yankovic has remained a staple of film and television, from appearances on The Simpsons and 30 Rock to performing on the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards. More recently he guested on ABC's Galavant (as a singing monk) and The Goldbergs (as the '80s version of himself). In the spring of 2015 Yankovic joined the fifth and final season of IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! as its co-host and bandleader. Al can be heard as the voice of the title character in Disney XD's animated series Milo Murphy's Law. Additional voiceover work includes Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, Adventure Time, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, The 7D, Teen Titans Go!, We Bare Bears, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Uncle Grandpa, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Bojack Horseman, and the DC animated feature Batman vs. Robin. Other notable past projects include the 2009 themed attraction Al's Brain: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain, featuring cameos by everybody from his mother-in-law to Paul McCartney. Two years later, Comedy Central broadcast and released the concert special "Weird Al" Yankovic Live: The Alpocalypse Tour, filmed at Toronto's venerable Massey Hall. Yankovic added "New York Times bestselling author" to his resumé in 2011 with the release of his children's book, When I Grow Up (HarperCollins), followed two years later by My New Teacher and Me! An animated series based on his children's books is being developed in partnership with the Jim Henson Company. 2012 saw the release of Weird Al: The Book (Abrams), an illustrated hardcover on Al's life and career, and in 2015 Yankovic became not only MAD Magazine's cover boy, but the first Guest Editor in their 63-year history. 2016 saw the release of George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison, featuring Al's live performance of "What is Life?" The past year has seen the June premiere of the Dreamworks animated film Captain Underpants, for which Al co-wrote and performed the film's theme song, and the release by NECA Toys of the second in its line of retro-clothed Weird Al action figures. In August, Al wrote and performed "The North Korea Polka (Please Don't Nuke Us)" on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
In May 2017, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Weird Al would be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In November of this year, Legacy Recordings will release Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic, a career-spanning box set of all 14 of Al's studio albums remastered for 150-gram vinyl and CD formats, plus an exclusive rarities album and 120-page book of archival photos, all housed in a replica of Weird Al's trademark accordion. Released in July 2014, Mandatory Fun became the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and the first to reach the top of the chart since 1963. Yankovic set the U.S. record on Spotify for having the most tracks from one album in the viral top 10 at one time, taking the first four spots. Internationally, the album debuted in the Top 10 in both Canada and Australia (#3 and #9 respectively). In addition, "Word Crimes" debuted in the Billboard Top 40, making Al one of only four artists to have had Top 40 singles in each of the last four decades - the other three are Michael Jackson, Madonna and U2. For Mandatory Fun, Al blew up the internet by releasing eight music videos in eight days, including "Tacky" (the star-studded parody of Pharrell Willliams' "Happy") and "Word Crimes" (an animated grammar lesson to the tune of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines"). Combined, the videos accrued more than 46 million views in their first week. In 2015 and 2016, Weird Al's Mandatory World Tour encompassed 200 shows throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia, including two nights with a full orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl and a tour-ending sold-out show at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Among his many other past music and video milestones, Yankovic's 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood spawned the Platinum Billboard Top 10 anthem "White & Nerdy," while the video spent two straight months at #1 on iTunes.
Weird Al has launched The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, playing stripped-down shows in smaller, more intimate theatres across North America with his band of over three decades.- Writer
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Emmy award winning screenwriter, Steve Koren, began his career writing monologue jokes for comedians such as David Letterman, Dennis Miller, and Kevin Nealon. This led to "Saturday Night Live" where he worked on Weekend Update and created sketches for stars such as Will Ferrell, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Molly Shannon.
Steve left late night TV to write on Seinfeld. He is best known for his episode "The Serenity Now," in addition to penning "The English Patient," and "The Abstinence" and "The Dealership."
Following Seinfeld, Steve created several sitcoms for actors such as Steve Carrell, Valerie Harper and Ron Liebman.
In the feature world, Steve's best known for co-writing "Bruce Almighty" as well as "Click," and SNL cult films "Night At the Roxbury" and "Superstar." He's also worked as an on-set producer for Adam Sandler on films such as "Grown Ups," "Just Go With It," "Blended," and "Pixels" among others.
More recently, he's contributed to "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and worked as a writer/producer on the hit HBO series "Veep."- Additional Crew
Alexander Stulac was born on 23 January 1993 in Milford, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Sunlight Jr. (2013).- Actor
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The character actor Herschel Bernardi was born into a theatrical family on October 30, 1923, in New York, New York. The Yiddish-language theater in the United States was centered in New York City's Lower East Side, on Second Avenue, and the Bernardi family were stage people who plied their craft in Yiddish, as did the Adler Family (Jacob and his children Luther and Stella), Paul Muni and the young Sidney Lumet. The young Herschel was a trouper and appeared on the stage as a child and as a teenager. As a teen, he appeared in the movies Green Fields (1937) and Yankel the Blacksmith (1939), which were shot in Yiddish and directed by future Hollywood B-movie director Edgar Ulmer.
The adult Bernardi, who briefly used the name "Harold" professionally in place of the more ethnic-sounding "Herschel," appeared in bit parts in Hollywood B pictures. In the early 1950s, his movie and television career suffered when he was blacklisted for alleged communist sympathies. After being cleared, Bernardi began to work steadily on TV, in the movies and on the stage.
In 1958, he made his first impact on popular American culture as Lieutenant Jacoby, the hapless policeman who was a friend of Craig Stevens's eponymous private detective Peter Gunn (1958) in Blake Edwards' influential TV series. "Peter Gunn" was heavily indebted to film noir, German expression, and California cool jazz, and the contrast of the harassed Jacoby with the coolly patrician Gunn was part of the dynamic that drove the series. For his role as Lt. Jacoby, Herschel Bernardi received his sole Emmy nomination, in 1959.
Possessed of a resonant voice, Bernardi did a lot of voice over work on television, providing the "Ho ho ho!" of the Jolly Green Giant and the voice of Charley the Tuna in TV commercials. Most famously, he used his singing voice to take over for Zero Mostel as Tevye the milkman in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof (1971), which was a smash hit when it debuted in 1964. In addition to two stints on Broadway, in both the original show and the revival, Bernardi played Tevye in several road show tours. He was nominated for a Tony in the Broadway revival. He received his first Tony nomination in 1969 for playing the lead in the musical "Zorba."
Off the Broadway stage, Herschel Bernadi was a supporting character owing to his average face. Yet in 1970, Bernardi finally played a leading man in a filmed entertainment when he was cast as Arnie Nuovo, an ethnic blue-collar worker who is promoted off of the loading dock into management by an eccentric business owner. As the eponymous Arnie (1970), Bernardi was twice nominated for a Golden Globe. The series was canceled after two seasons.
Bernardi continued to find steady work as a character actor, mostly on TV. In 1976, he appeared in support of Woody Allen in Martin Ritt's The Front (1976), a movie about the Hollywood blacklist that also featured another of the Big Three Tevyes, Zero Mostel. (Both Bernardi and Mostel were beaten out for the role in the Fiddler on the Roof (1971) movie by Topol, who received an Oscar nomination in the role and took over Bernardi's place as Tevye in traveling road shows of "Fiddler on the Roof" after Bernardi's death.) Mostel, like Ritt, had been blacklisted in the 1950s.
Herschel Bernardi died on May 9, 1986, at the age of 62, still a working actor whose services had been in demand from childhood.- Actor
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Richard Epcar is an actor/voice actor-director who has voiced over 1,200 characters in Video games, Animation and Anime. Best known as the voice of Batou in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, The Joker in several Batman games, including Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2, Raiden in Mortal Kombat, and Ansem in Kingdom Hearts. Starting out in Robotech, you've heard him in Korra, Lupin, Monster, Transformers, Star Wars, Bleach, Gundam, Babylon 5, and Power Rangers to name a few. He's also in many games, including: Final Fantasy, Saints Row, Arkham Origins, Skyrim, MK vs. DC, Call of Duty, X-Com, Command & Conquer, Dead or Alive, Dead Space, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Splinter Cell, Guilty Gears, and Resident Evil. Richard has voice directed many games including: Arkham Origins, Dead Island, Blue Dragon, Star Ocean, Unreal Tournament, Smackdown vs. Raw, and many shows including: GitS 2, The Reef, Robotech Shadow Chronicles, Lupin the Third, etc. Richard has also appeared on-camera, including: Warehouse 13, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Matlock, Cheers, Days of our Lives, and General Hospital.- Danny Terlip is known for Look at Me Again (2010).
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Stan Winston was born on 7 April 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Karen Winston. He died on 15 June 2008 in Malibu, California, USA.- Actor
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Dean Cameron was born on 25 December 1962 in Morrison, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Summer School (1987), Straight Outta Compton (2015) and Sleep with Me (1994). He has been married to Jessie S. Marion since 9 April 2004. They have one child.- Actress
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Ami Dolenz was born on 8 January 1969 in Burbank, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Can't Buy Me Love (1987), Rescue Me (1992) and Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993). She has been married to Jerry Trimble since 10 August 2002.- Actor
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John Dixon Paragon was born in Alaska, but grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. He got his start in the Los Angeles-based improvisation group The Groundlings alongside Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. John is best known for his work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), John also co-wrote with Paul Reubens the acclaimed "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" in 1988, for which they were nominated an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special. He has also collaborated with fellow Groundling Cassandra Peterson on numerous projects, including the recurring role of The Breather, an annoying caller, for her first television series Movie Macabre on KHJ-TV-Los Angeles and was co-writer on her 1988 feature film, Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Some of his other memorable roles include Cedric, one half of the homosexual couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the title character in the children's movie The Frog Prince; the sex shop salesman in the cult favorite Eating Raoul; and the owner of a Strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film Echo Park. In recent years, John has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering on ways to incorporate improvisational performance into attractions at Disney parks. He returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the new "Pee-wee Herman" stage show that began performances October 26, 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.- Cinematographer
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J. Peverell Marley was born on 14 August 1901 in San Jose, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Winterset (1936), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and The Ten Commandments (1956). He was married to Linda Darnell, Virginia McAdoo and Lina Basquette. He died on 2 February 1964 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Actress
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Jennifer Sterger was born on 29 November 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Tenant (2010), Eddie Pence's (Un)Special Comedy Special (2020) and Funny Fat Guy (2018). She has been married to Cody Decker since 19 January 2018.- Actor
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- Ben Marley was born on 1 June 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Jaws 2 (1978) and From the Earth to the Moon (1998).
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John Bregar was born on 1 March 1985 in North York, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Servitude (2011) and Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001).- Actress
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Kate Debelack is known for Two-Minute Heist (2009), Trapped by the Mormons (2005) and The Least of These (2002).- Editorial Department
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Rachel Bozich is known for Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (2023), LuLaRich (2021) and Kingdom of Silence (2020).- Special Effects
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For more than thirty years, A. D. Flowers worked his magic in movies and on TV and ended his career as one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after special effects experts. His craft, however, predated the now-universally employed computerized high-tech FX that the movie and TV industry relies upon today. Explosives, flashbulbs, miniatures, water tanks, unique recipes for blood, and a lot of improvisation (not to mention chance) comprised Flowers' bag of tricks. Affirming that he used his bag of tricks to its best advantage, the Academy Awards presented Flowers with Oscars for his contributions as a "powder man" in the 1970 production of "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and for his skillful creation of disaster in the 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure." He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work with Steven Spielberg in the 1979 movie "1941" -- one of Flowers last efforts in his field. He was born in Texas and raised in Sayre, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school in 1935, like so many others from Oklahoma in the '30s, he hitchhiked to California, the golden state, where he hoped to find work. Within three years he was married and, with the help of his father-in-law, a painter at MGM studios, had a job as a studio handyman. Starting right at the bottom, literally, Flowers spent his first 19 nights at his new job on his hands and knees polishing a dance floor that Mickey Rooney used. He eventually moved from floors to grounds and was given the "greenman" assignment wherein his responsibility included feeding and nursing and otherwise maintaining plants, flowers, and any turf on movie sets. By the mid-'40s, Flowers had worked his way into the studio property department and from there onto assignments working with special effects. Explosives became his forte, but anything mechanical proved his domain. Whether employing hydraulics, electronics, or pyrotechnics -- skills that he studied at trade schools while practicing them in movies -- Flowers helped create or re-create fires, floods, dog fights (the aerial kind), bombs bursting in air, etc. For many years he enjoyed the role of chief of mechanical special effects at 20th Century-Fox. And his specialties were not limited to movies. He also plied his trade in television on shows such as "Gunsmoke" and Combat!" for example. A. D. Flowers retired to Camarillo, California, in 1979.- Actress
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Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters, Trisha Hart, Elizabeth Hart, Emily Hart, Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Samantha Hart, and Mackenzie Lee Hart, who is the only sibling who never appeared on Melissa's TV series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). Her brother is Brian Hart.
Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's Circle Repertory Lab Company: "Beside Herself" in 1989 (starring Lois Smith and William Hurt) and "Imagining Brad" in 1990. She was also in the National Actors Theater production of "The Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen (as understudy of three of the children in the play). Melissa cites Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn as early acting inspirations and still collects memorabilia of the former. For the past few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York University. She's now living in Connecticut.- Actor
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Zeljko Ivanek was born on 15 August 1957 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is an actor and producer, known for Seven Psychopaths (2012), Argo (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).- Actress
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One is certainly hard-pressed to think of another true "bad girl" representative so closely identifiable with film noir than hard-looking blonde actress Audrey Totter. While she remained a "B"-tier actress for most her career, she was an "A" quality actress and one of filmdom's most intriguing ladies. She always managed to set herself apart even in the most standard of programming.
Born to an Austrian father and Swedish mother on December 20, 1917, in Joliet, Illinois, she treaded lightly on stage ("The Copperhead," "My Sister Eileen") and initially earned notice on the Chicago and New York radio airwaves in the late 1930s before "going Hollywood." MGM developed an interest in her and put her on its payroll in 1944. Still appearing on radio (including the sitcom "Meet Millie"), she made her film bow as, of course, a "bad girl" in Main Street After Dark (1945). That same year the studio usurped her vocal talents to torment poor Phyllis Thaxter in Bewitched (1945). Her voice was prominent again as an unseen phone operator in Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Audrey played one of her rare pure-heart roles in The Cockeyed Miracle (1946). At this point she began to establish herself in the exciting "film noir" market.
Among the certified classics she participated in were The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) in which she had a small role as John Garfield's blonde floozie pick-up. Things brightened up considerably with Lady in the Lake (1946) co-starring Robert Montgomery as detective Philip Marlowe. The film was not well received and is now better remembered for its interesting subjective camera technique. Audrey's first hit as a femme fatale co-star came on loanout to Warner Bros. In The Unsuspected (1947), she cemented her dubious reputation in "B" noir as a trampy, gold-digging niece married to alcoholic Hurd Hatfield. She then went on a truly enviable roll with High Wall (1947), as a psychiatrist to patient Robert Taylor, The Saxon Charm (1948) with Montgomery (again) and Susan Hayward, Alias Nick Beal (1949) as a loosely-moraled "Girl Friday" to Ray Milland, the boxing film The Set-Up (1949) as the beleaguered wife of washed-up boxer Robert Ryan, Any Number Can Play (1949) with Clark Gable and as a two-timing spouse in Tension (1949) with Richard Basehart.
Although the studio groomed Audrey to become a top star, it was not to be. Perhaps because she was too good at being bad. The 1950s film scene softened considerably and MGM began focusing on family-styled comedy and drama. Audrey's tough-talking dames were no longer a commodity and MGM soon dropped her in 1951. She signed for a time with Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox as well but her era had come and gone. Film offers began to evaporate. At around this time she married Leo Fred, a doctor, and instead began focusing on marriage and family.
TV gave her career a slight boost in the 1960s and 1970s, including regular roles in Cimarron City (1958) and Our Man Higgins (1962) as a suburban mom opposite Stanley Holloway's British butler. After a period of semi-retirement, she came back to TV to replace Jayne Meadows in the popular television series Medical Center (1969) starring Chad Everett and James Daly. She played Nurse Wilcox, a recurring role, for four seasons (1972-1976). The 70-year-old Totter retired after a 1987 guest role on "Murder, She Wrote." Her husband died in 1996. On December 12, 2013, Audrey Totter died at age 95 in West Hills, California.- Soundtrack
Frankie Yankovic was born on 28 July 1915 in Davis, West Virginia, USA. He died on 14 October 1998 in New Port Richey, Florida, USA.- Director
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Robert Kovacik is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and is a nationally recognized television news media industry leader with directorial credits and expertise in investigative journalism. The multi-Emmy award-winning and nominated journalist currently anchors and reports for NBC's affiliate station in Los Angeles (NBC-4).
Kovacik's viewership often extends nationally through simulcasts on MSNBC. The recognized television personality is known for his versatility as a reporter and field correspondent, as well as his editorial news coverage, which spans across hard, soft and technical genres. Before joining the second largest media market in the United States, the Brown University and Columbia University School of Journalism alumnus worked for several prominent news media outlets.
Having been elected to a maximum three-term Presidency of the Los Angeles Press Club, a nearly 500-member organization serving journalists throughout Southern California, Kovacik is widely recognized as a professional resource and liaison between news and entertainment media professionals, and respective industry executives. The journalist also claims the illustrious distinction of having been hired as the youngest television news person to anchor a station in the largest market in the United States (New York City) when he was named an anchor for NIGHTWORLD, a PBS member station (WNET), at age 23.
Among his eclectic career highlights on the West Coast, Kovacik was recruited by the National Geographic Society to serve as a West Coast correspondent, anchor, and the bureau chief of its newly formed television division-The National Geographic Channel. As the first person to serve in this capacity for the Society, Kovacik reporting ultimately reached a worldwide audience in his post as the inaugural host of National Geographic Today, a nightly news program.
Beyond his professional responsibilities, the newscaster's career-long social and environmental activism and stewardship has served the greater good and contributed to the well-being of human and animal kind. He has touched lives in Southern California and where ever he has lived and traveled to.
Author: Jordan Carlton Schaul (Principal, Schaul PR - Publicist for Mr. Kovacik)- Producer
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Ed Crasnick is known for The Sopranos (1999), Funny You Never Knew (2019) and Win Ben Stein's Money (1997).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Stephen Cloud is known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Victory by Submission (2017) and Beyond the Trophy (2012).
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Michael Medved was born on 3 October 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977), The American Miracle and It Came from Hollywood (1982). He has been married to Diane Edwards since 27 January 1985. They have three children.- Christopher Kuhar-Pitters is known for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), Rogue Warfare (2019) and Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation (2020).
- Kristen Clement was born on 19 March 1986 in Alameda County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for A Christmas Wedding Date (2012), Bundy: A Legacy of Evil (2009) and Illusion (2004).
- Kendall Clement was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Life (2007), Silicon Towers (1999) and Alias (2001).
- Clay Clement was born on 19 May 1888 in Lebanon, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The World Changes (1933), The Power and the Glory (1918) and Whipsaw (1935). He was married to Mary Frey. He died on 20 October 1956 in Watertown, New York, USA.
- After wartime naval service, Alan North began his show business career as a stage manager in New York. He first worked on Broadway in "Plain and Fancy", doubling up as understudy for the small part of Isaac Miller. The play had a successful run between 1955 and 1956 (461 performances) and this led to further acting work in diverse productions, ranging from musical comedy to straight dramatic parts, both on and off Broadway. Alan last appeared as a quaint curmudgeonly character in "Lake Hollywood" at the Signature Theater in 1999.
Early in his career, Alan, an avid baseball fan, hosted a television program for the Baltimore Orioles as well as doing a regular sports broadcast at WRC-TV in Washington. However, he did not become a regular feature on the screen until the early 1970's, when he appeared in two big budget films, Plaza Suite (1971) and Serpico (1973). After that, Alan became a more familiar presence on the small screen, invariably portraying cops, priests and academics. He is most fondly remembered as the perpetually vague Chief Ed Hocken in the hilarious, sadly short-lived, spoof Police Squad! (1982), starring Leslie Nielsen. Alan was given some very funny lines to deliver and he did so in a perfect dead-pan manner. He was not afforded the chance to repeat his role for the 'Naked Gun' series (the studio insisted on a higher marquee value actor, casting Academy Award-winner George Kennedy instead).
Alan North died of cancer at the age of 79 in January 2000. - Actress
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Rita Marie Sever was born in San Francisco, California to Rita F. and Albert G. Sever, an Engineer for Pacific Bell Telephone Co. & later AT&T. She is of Austrian, French, & Irish ancestry. Rita grew up in the Bay Area as the youngest of seven children and attended San Jose State University, majoring in Aeronautics, and Radio, Television, & Film before moving to Los Angeles to work as an NBC Page. While pursuing her love of acting, Rita also worked as an Executive Assistant in NBC's Advertising and Promotion Department, in the Development Department at Fred Silverman Productions, and behind the scenes in production at The Tonight Show. Her first big break came when she heard about auditions for NBC's Friday Night Videos, which was moving to the west coast and changing its format to become the Friday Night variety program with comedic sketches and stand up routines. She earned the role as the late night show's Co-Host and sketch player, and after two years, Rita took over as the popular show's Host for the next 6 years. She is an actress, also known for Wake the Dead (2017), 90210 (2008), and Be Good to Eddie Lee (2010.). Rita is married to Gary Considine.- Grant Woods arrived in Hollywood after a stint in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a stuntman, occasionally using the name Grant Lockwood. Most notably he is known to Star Trek (1966) fans as Lieutenant Kelowitz in three episodes, This Side of Paradise (1967), Arena (1967), and The Galileo Seven (1967).
Woods died in a motorcycle accident in late October 1968, his girlfriend who was riding with him lost the ability to speak. - Actress
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Courtney Blythe Turk grew up in the small town of Monroeville, Alabama and later studied at Auburn University with a major in Mass Communications, concentration in sports broadcasting, and a theatre minor. Courtney's career in entertainment was sparked when she landed the role as co-host of the sports travel show 'Fantactics' in 2011. Since then, she has appeared in numerous roles on both film and television, such as VH1's 'Hit the Floor' and a leading role in the feature film 'Black Water'.
Courtney earned her first producing credit with the feature film 'The Ticket' (Tribeca Film Festival 2016) starring Malin Akerman, Dan Stevens and Oliver Platt. Both her passion and her experience working behind the camera on the film led her to later produce the thriller 'Assassination Nation' (Sundance Film Festival 2018) starring Colman Domingo, Suki Waterhouse, and Bill Skarsgård, Netflix and Marti Noxon's 'To the Bone' (Sundance Film Festival 2017) starring Keanu Reeves and Lily Collins, and the award-winning documentary 'The Last Animals' (Tribeca Film Festival 2017). She is in development on a full slate of productions, including a police drama inspired by true events alongside Hidden Empire and a hallucinatory thriller with Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean).- Actor
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Brian Turk was born on 29 May 1970 in Northglenn, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Carnivàle (2003), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). He was married to Emily Wu. He died on 13 September 2019 in Orange, California, USA.- Producer
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Eric Wheelwright is a Stellar Award nominated director, film and television producer, screenwriter, actor, recording artists, music producer, songwriter, singer and musician. Because of his many abilities, Wheelwright is considered one of the most versatile and gifted individuals in the entertainment industry. His talents have branded him the title "Prince of all media." He is also the founder and CEO of United Pictures, co-founder of Legacy Productions and founder and CEO of Wrightway Enterprises Online, Inc (WE) a multi-media company which has serviced such clients as Global Hue (one of the largest advertising companies in the U.S.), Clear Channel, Honda, Verizon and Chrysler, to name only a few.
In a career spanning more than two decades, Wheelwright has more than 120 film, TV shows and music videos under his belt. Wheelwright has also stared in 10 theatrical plays and he has produced more than 200 songs and 5 albums. And through the leadership of Wheelwright, his company, WE, has continued to grow and thrive, making it's presence well known in the entertainment and corporate industry as the true one stop for multi-media services. And while WE has continued to flourish through the provision of services such as video production for television and film, audio production, graphic designing and web design, recently Eric Wheelwright elected to create another division of his company which specializes in the servicing of faith based organizations. The extension of WE, called "Christian Media Resources, Inc." (CMR), quickly became recognized for it's exceptional quality work and service. It's client base has grown exponential, to include some of the most recognized names in the gospel and Christian community. CMR has produced TV shows, advertisements and music videos, featuring such names as Bishop J.D. Jakes, Marvin Winans, Vickie Winans, J. Moss, Antwuan Stanley, 21:03, PAJAM and Bishop Andrew Merritt. In 2008, Antwaun Stanley's first music video "Teach Me" which was filmed by WE/CMR and directed by Eric Wheelwright and Keisha Allen, was nominated for a Stellar Award for Best Video of the Year. And in 2011, Wheelwright received his second Stellar Award nomination as director for Vickie Winans' "Release It" music video, which was also nominated for Best Video of the Year.
Though WE and CMR have continued to blossom, Wheelwright knew that if he truly wanted to make his mark in television and film, he would have to be centrally located in a place such as California to do it. It was this thought that lead him to partner with noted TV and Film producer, Robert Rangle, and invest in No Que No Entertainment. Their credits now include involvement in such projects as Timbaland's - "Give it to me" Music Video, Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSound" , Camp Timbaland, I've Got A Secret (First Season), Trigger Happy TV (First Season), Battlebots (Seasons 2 - 5), Who Knows The Band (First Season), Academy Awards Pre & Post Show, American Music Awards, Golden Globe Arrivals Special (LIVE), Trigger Happy TV, The Osbournes (2 Seasons), Unexplained Mysteries, Shafted, An Evening at the Academy Awards (Live), The X Show, Totally Pauly, Miss U.S.A. / Miss Universe, Donny & Marie and The Arsenio Hall Show.
Along side is accolades in film, television and video production, Wheelwright is also a noted musician, songwriter and recording artist whose musical background includes the studying of the violin, piano, guitar and drums.
In addition to Eric Wheelwright's contribution to entertainment, he has also made significant contributions to communities world wide. In 2008, Wheelwright was sought out by the office of the governor of Michigan and asked to be an Ambassador for the State of Michigan. He was also appointed an advisor to the governor and tasked with helping to grow the Michigan Film Industry. Prior to the implementation of the tax incentive program that they created, the Michigan Film Office generated an average of $2million per year. After the implementation of the new tax incentive program, the Michigan Film Office generated $290million in a single year.
Wheelwright was also appointed an Inaugural Executive Board Member of the Michigan Skills Alliance (MiSA) by Richard Jewel, the Director of Business Affairs for the State of Michigan. He was appointed an Executive Board Member of Metro Detroit Youth Day, the largest youth event in the Midwest and recipient of the presidential Point of Light Award. He is an Executive Board Member of the Detroit Public School Advisory Board and he is a Committee Member of the St. John Providence Foundation. Wheelwright has also been a mentor to a great number of rising starts in film, television and music.
He is a former Ambassador for the State of Michigan, he was an appointed adviser to the Michigan Film Commission and an advisor to the governor of Michigan, tasked with assisting with the growth of the Michigan film industry. Eric Wheelwright is an executive member of Metro Detroit Youth Day and the Youth Appreciation Foundation and he is also an inaugural board member of the historical organization formed by the State of Michigan's governor's office, the MiSA, which includes Michigan leader's in film and television production. He is also a member of the funding committee for the St. John Providence (St John Hospital) Foundation, which has raised millions of dollars to help provide care for those in need.
Not only has Eric Wheelwright been a donor of his time to several worthy causes and events, he has also been a financial contributor. Over the past few years, Wheelwright has donated five collage scholarships to graduating high school seniors in an effort to help them further their education. He has also been a financial contributor to the building of a state of the art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for St. John Providence Hospital.- Producer
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Gregory J. Bonann (born June 28, 1952) is an American lifeguard, television producer, director, writer, and show-runner. He is best known for co-creating the internationally syndicated television series, "Baywatch", which ran for eleven seasons, and was listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records as the most widely viewed TV series in the world. His later work includes She Spies, and the syndicated action drama, SAF3.- Actress
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Soleil Moon Frye began acting at the age of two, after seeing her father, veteran actor Virgil Frye, and brother, Meeno Peluce, on TV. Her father got her an agent, Herb Tannen & Associates in Hollywood, and her career soon took off. Her mother, Sondra Peluce, became her manager. At age eight, she became known worldwide as the title character in the Punky Brewster (1984) TV series on NBC. Since that show ended, she has appeared in numerous movies, directed a film and written a screenplay for a movie about experiences a group of teenagers encounter in a café.- Producer
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Alex Lovy was born on 2 September 1913. He was a producer, known for Jonny Quest (1964), Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969) and The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976). He died on 14 February 1992 in California, USA.- Actor
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Stephen Geoffreys made a strong and distinct impression with his winning blend of wild energy and manic intensity that he brought to a handful of hugely enjoyable comedies and horror films made throughout the 1980s. He was born Stephen Geoffrey Miller on November 22, 1964, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Geoffreys first began acting at a performing arts high school in Cincinnati and attended acting classes at New York University. Geoffreys gave an excellent and inspired performance as obnoxious horror movie geek "Evil" Ed Thompson in the terrific Fright Night (1985). Stephen displayed a real flair for comedy with his amusing turns as the antsy Williams in Heaven Help Us (1985) and the nerdy Wendell in Fraternity Vacation (1985). Other memorable roles include persecuted wimp Hoax in 976-EVIL (1988), hardened inmate Roach in the dreary haunted prison dud The Chair (1988), and slimy drug dealer Cookie in Moon 44 (1990). Geoffreys did guest appearances on the TV anthology shows Amazing Stories (1985) and The Twilight Zone (1985). Stephen has also had a very respectable stage career: he's acted in the Off-Broadway productions "The Human Comedy" (Geoffreys was nominated for a Broadway Tony Award for Best Actor for the subsequent Broadway production of this play), "Maggie/Magalita," and "Songs on the Shipwrecked Sofa." In a startling and unexpected career move, Geoffreys wound up acting in numerous gay hardcore porno pictures under the pseudonyms Sam Ritter and Stephan Bordeaux. Outside of acting, Geoffreys writes short stories and is an avid bodybuilder. After a regrettably lengthy absence from the big screen, Stephen Geoffreys made a welcome comeback with a co-starring role in the indie fright feature Sick Girl (2007).- Actor
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Kenneth Mars was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972), and Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987), and Shadows and Fog (1991).- Jay Kocen was born on 3 October 1958 in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Brady Bunch (1969).
- John Stalker was born on 11 March 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). He died on 23 August 1990 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Mitch Mitchell was born on 29 October 1921 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968) and Deathmoon (1978). He died on 23 September 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- David Lee Smith was born on 8 September 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for The Man from Earth (2007), A Walk to Remember (2002) and Mysterious Skin (2004).
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Antoinette Spolar was born on 31 October 1964 in California, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for American Wedding (2003), Puss in Boots (2011) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000). She has been married to James Jonathan Levine since 9 September 2001.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Dick Moder was born on 11 December 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Sea Hunt (1958) and Johnny Ringo (1959). He was married to Mary Ellen Fritzlen. He died on 17 April 1994 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Mike Castle is known for Brews Brothers (2020), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) and Guest House (2020). He has been married to Lauren Lapkus since 5 October 2018. They have one child.- Producer
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The fresh-faced appeal and promising talent of darkly handsome "B" actor Don Castle was evident from the late 30s into the 40s, but it wasn't enough for him to reach topgrade stardom. Born Marion Goodman, Jr. in Beaumont Texas in 1918 and raised in Houston, Don enrolled at the University of Texas before heading West to California to try his luck in acting.
An agent was struck by his resemblance to a young Clark Gable and took him to MGM, who went on to sign the 20-year-old actor wannabe (young Marion had already changed his name to Don Castle). The nascent actor was groomed very slowly and started at the bottom step of the billing ladder with numerous small, often uncredited roles in such films as Young Dr. Kildare (1938), Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939), Strike Up the Band (1940), The Ghost Comes Home (1940) and I Take This Woman (1940). On a very rare occasion MGM would better feature their client in support as in the comedy Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) which starred Robert Young and Ruth Hussey in the title roles with Don as part of Hussey's zany family, and also as Dennis Hunt in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), a role he played again in Out West with the Hardys (1938). Appearing in several MGM shorts but, for the most part, interest in their client quickly waned.
Paramount picked the young actor up and cast him in a smallish role in You're the One (1941), a vehicle for the then-popular jazz and popular standards singer (Wee) Bonnie Baker. His second film, the war-era drama Power Dive (1941), a loanout, finally gave Don a chance to show his potential in a second lead role as test pilot Richard Arlen's brother and rival for Jean Parker. Don also showed strong ability in Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942) with Richard Dix playing Wyatt Earp and Don fourth billed as Johnny Duanne.
WWII interrupted his career when he was drafted into the Army Air Force. During that time he made training films for the First Motion Picture Unit. Don returned to Paramount following his 1946 discharge but little interest was shown. A small role in The Searching Wind (1946), a war drama, was all he could muster. On his own, Don finally received top billing in the "Poverty Row" programmer Lighthouse (1947) in which he and fellow lighthouse keeper (played by John Litel) vie for the affections of pretty June Lang. He then went and co-starred with Johnny Sands and Vivian Austin in the cheapjack racing yarn Born to Speed (1947).
Don forged a strong friendship with former child actress Bonita Granville after co-starring with her in the Monogram film noir The Guilty (1947), The friendship proved quite fruitful. He was then cast in the Wrather Production Company's drama High Tide (1947) with Lee Tracy and Julie Bishop and again appeared opposite Bonita in Strike It Rich (1948). Don went on to serve as "best man" when Bonita married studio head Jack Wrather in 1947.
Most of Don's lead/support parts in subsequent bargain-basement independents were equally unrewarding -- The Invisible Wall (1947), Roses Are Red (1947), Perilous Waters (1948), Madonna of the Desert (1948), Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948), I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) and Stampede (1949). He subsequently signed a three-picture contract with Lippert Productions but only one, Motor Patrol (1950), was ever filmed. When movie offers completely dried up in 1950, Don found some brief work as a guest on TV anthology programs.
During the lean years in the early 1950s, Don and his second wife, Zetta, opened Castle's Red Barn (1959) in Palm Springs which became a popular place to stay. They ran it for seven years. In 1957, he was given minor roles in the films The Big Land (1957) and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Jack and Bonita Wrather came to Don's rescue once again when Jack made Don president of International Television Corporation. He also served as an associate producer of Wrather's classic series Lassie (1954) from 1960-1962.
Don's later years were marred by depression. Divorced from his second wife in 1962, he died from a drug overdose at the age of 47.- Diana Castle was born on 18 August 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Picket Fences (1992) and Sharky's Machine (1981). She is married to Steve Tietsort.
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- Charlie Koznick is known for Veronica Mars (2004), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Imagine That (2009). He has been married to Kinsey Packard since 27 July 2012. They have one child.
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In addition to his film scores, Peter Golub has worked as a composer concert music, theatre and dance. Recent scores for broadway include: The Country House (by Donald Marguiles, directed by Daniel Sullivan, with Blythe Danner), The Heiress (directed by Moises Kaufman, with Jessica Chastain) and Hedda Gabler (directed by Nicholas Martin, with Kate Burton). His early career in the downtown theatre scene saw him as Composer-in-Residence for Charles Ludlam's legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company in Greenwhich Village, along with considerable work composing music for the theatre with Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival (including numerous productions at the Delacorte in Central Park as well as at the Public downtown) and at La Mama, including work with people like Ethyl Eichelberger, Ellen Stewart, Jospeh Chaikin and others. His musical, "Ampigorey", with book, lyrics and designs by Edward Gorey, was produced at the American Music Theater Festival (Philadelphia), as well as at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) in Cambridge, culminating in an off-Broadway run at the Perry Street Theatre in NY. (The show was nominated for a Drama Desk Award). He also composed a ballet based on Gorey's "The Gilded Bat", choreographed by Peter Anastos, commissioned by Ballet West, and performed by them at the Kennedy Center and throughout the US. Recent concert music includes: Ghost Songs (for voice and piano, to texts by Thomas Hardy), Garden Paths (for flute, viola and Harp) and A Child of Children and Art. He studied composition with Henry Brant.
Golub is the current director of the Sundance Film Music Program and teaches film music and composition at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. He is a member of the Acadmey of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Stunts
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Joel Kramer was born on 10 September 1957 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Furious 7 (2015), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Innerspace (1987).- Actress
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Katherine (Kat) Barrell is best known for her work as Officer Nicole Haught on Wynonna Earp (2016) (Syfy) and Alicia Rutherford on Workin' Moms (2017) (Netflix/CBC). Most recently she joined the series cast of Good Witch (2015) (Hallmark) and played the notorious Stella Grimes on Star Trek: Discovery (2017) (CBS).
Katherine has worked as both a director and producer on 7 short films of which Issues (2013), Cannonball (2016), Dissecting Gwen (2017), and Mature Young Adults (2015) have screened at film festivals across North America.
She is a graduate of George Brown Classical Theatre School and trained at the Groundlings School of Comedy in Los Angeles. When not on set, Kat can be found picking fruit on her family farm and cuddling a notorious pooch named Bernie.
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2020 Canadian Screen Award Winner- Audience Choice, Katherine Barrell 2018 People's Choice Award Winner- Wynonna Earp TV Line Performer of the Week - Katherine Barrell Spoiler TV Performer of the Month - Katherine Barrell 2018 International Emmy Nominee - Workin Moms- Actress
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Barbara Darinka Zatler, 29, professionally known as Barbara Zatler, was born November 7th, 1980 in Horsens, Denmark to parents Miriam Zatler (of Slovenian/Italian descent) and Poul H. Joergensen (of Danish descent). She is a Danish fashion and glamour model, actress and television personality. Barbara started her career as a model in 2002 when she was discovered! She has now build up an international career and has appeared on several magazines worldwide and she was on the cover of Playboy with the title as playmate of the month September 2009 in Slovenian Playboy.
Her passion for acting came at an early stage when she was 12 and played in some school plays. She started acting at the age of 27. In 2007 Barbara moved to Copenhagen and began her acting career. She starred in some movies and TV series. She made her screen debut in Kim Soenderholms Mental Distortion (2007) where she played the part as Sarah Burton.
Her fame grew from that point with her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the TV series Og det var Danmark , 2900 Happiness, Kristian for her appearances and has had roles in Mental Distortion, and Klovn the movie.
Barbara was featured in Maxim magazine in both Slovenia and Greece in 2009 and has also been featured in FHM magazine in Denmark and Turkey.
She has appeared in several music videos with Danish artists like L.O.C, Suspekt, Alias, Static and Nat Ill. She worked as a dancer for a few years before modeling and acting took over the interest.
She appeared as guest star on several radio shows like GO FM radio Denmark, Twin Towers radio L.A. and on Playboy radio where she also won and award at Playboy radio the morning show where she has appeared several times.
Barbara has been nominated in magazines like Euroman magazine Denmark where she was nominated as one of the ten remarkable people in Denmark. Danish Se&Hør magazine where she was nominated between 100 of Denmarks lovely women and came in 7th place.
Maybe you feel like you have seen or heard about Barbara somewhere? You might have seen her in Playboy magazine Slovenia, Maxim magazine Greece, Slovenia or FHM Denmark, Turkey. Zoom magazine Denmark, Ace magazine Denmark. Masculin magazine France, Q magazine Denmark, Euroman Magazine Denmark, The Rock N Roll magazine Denmark.
Or maybe on the music video with artist's as Alias, L.O.C, Static N Nat ill.
She has appeared in TV shows like Go aften Denmark, Aften Showet and on Radio GO FM Denmark, Twin Towers Radio L.A, Playboy radio L.A. She has also appeared in TV commercials for Nordisk Film, Ekstra Bladet and 3Mobil. Barbara has also had roles in movies like Mental Distortion and Klovn The Movie and in TV series like Kristian, 2900 Happiness Og det var Danmark.- Born and raised in Tampa, FL, Sean Heslep graduated college at the University of South Florida where he was able to study under Professors such as Fanni Green, Dora Arreola, Daniel Granke and Dr. Sybil Johnson. Classically trained, Sean has played roles from Shakespeare to Ellen Byron. With these influences he was able to sharpen his acting skills by stretching his range in both classical and contemporary theatre. In Sean's acting career he has had the pleasure of working with remarkable individuals who have presented many opportunities for him. He has performed in a number of independent short and feature films throughout the Southeast Region. In his roles on film he had the opportunity to play everything from slapstick comedy to heart felt dramas. His passion to dive in and create memorable characters motivates him on and off the screen.
- Lizzie Rovsek was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She has been married to Christian Rovsek since 12 September 2009. They have two children.
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Successful NBA basketball player and Olympic athlete, Dan Majerle was born on September 9, 1965 in Traverse City Michigan. He attended college at Central Michigan near where he grew up. His breakthrough performance was during the 1988 Olympics in Soeul, Korea where he helped the United States take home the bronze metal. The attention he received from the Olympics and his college play, helped him to become the 14th player selected in the 1st round of the 1988 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He soon became known more for his at the buzzer, off-balanced, cluch three-pointers. In a game against the Seattle Supersonics, he set a then new NBA record for three-pointer made in a single game. Dan helped the Suns make a trip to the 92-93 NBA Finals to face Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. He holds the record for three-pointers made in a series, with 17 against the Chicago Bulls during that only NBA finals trip. He also led the NBA in 1993-94 in three-pointers made (192) and attempted (503); his 192 three-pointers set a then-NBA single-season record.- Lisa Cloud was born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is known for American Beauty (1999), The Parent Trap (1998) and Sliver (1993).
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William Hill was born and raised in the North Ward of Newark, New Jersey. After doing Theatre in the NJ area, he trained as an actor with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. In addition to film and television projects he has appeared on Broadway and in theaters across the country.- Actress
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Jamie Hill Fuller was born on 25 July 1983 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Sleepless (2017), Death Sentence (2007) and NCIS (2003).- Actress
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Madisen Hill is an actress, singer, dancer, host, and blogger, who moved to Los Angeles from St. Louis, Missouri when she was 15 years old. Since then, Madisen has worked on numerous TV shows, commercials, and films.
She is most known as a host and segment reporter for entertainment news show Made in Hollywood, as well as Live Life & Win, a national television series highlighting inspirational teen success stories. More of her work includes the 2019 release of Gully (staring Terrence Howard, Amber Heard, and Charlie Plummer) iCarly, Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?, and A Knock At The Door.
Most recently, Madisen has been working on recording Christian music and launching her new brand Being: Me. Being: Me was created by Madisen to bring young women together and remind them of the importance of being exactly who God created you to be. Madisen is busy speaking at conferences across the United States to inspire youth and also just released her first original track with her new sound titled "Verified", available on all major downloading/streaming services.- Actress
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Jennifer Bartels was born on 25 October 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Woman (2018), Broken (2016) and Friends of the People (2014). She is married to Ed Bartels.- Louis John Bartels was born on 19 October 1895 in Bunker Hill, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Nothing But the Truth (1929), Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) and The Florodora Girl (1930). He was married to Martha Wood. He died on 4 March 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- James Klobuchar was born on 9 April 1928 in Ely, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Susan Wilkes and Rose Heuberger. He died on 12 May 2021 in Burnsville, Minnesota, USA.
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Ted Butcher was born on 3 October 1929 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a production manager and assistant director, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967).- Cinematographer
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Cinematographer George T. Clemens was born on July 26, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Clemens started out in the film industry in 1923 as an assistant cameraman and camera operator for many of the leading cinematographers of the silent movie era. George spent the bulk of his career at Paramount, where he was a second cameraman to acclaimed cinematographer Karl Struss. Clemens worked on more than fifty Paramount features between the years 1929 and 1931. Moreover, George holds the distinction of shooting more episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959) than any other cinematographer and even won a well-deserved Emmy Award for his outstanding visual contributions to this particular TV series in 1961. Clemens died of a heart attack at age 90 while vacationing on a cruise ship off the East Coast on October 29, 1992.- Actor
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Since playing Happy Hopagog the Man in the Moon in fourth grade, Kevin wanted to be an actor. So he become one. Kevin was born on April 25 in Passaic, New Jersey to proud parents Maryellen and Marty. His mother told him he was a huge newborn, "Shaped almost like a football" but happily they both made it out alive...Kevin has lived and acted in Clifton, NJ; Bethlehem, PA; Marlborough, MA; Succasunna, NJ; Montclair, NJ; Louisville, KY; Dallas, TX; Ashland, OR; Seattle, WA and Los Angeles. Kevin has a BFA in Acting from Montclair University and an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University. During his acting career he has met many wonderful, talented, generous people and has played a variety of roles on stage, TV and in film.- Actress
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Phoebe Dollar was born on 26 July 1972 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Charlie's Death Wish (2005), Hell's Highway (2002) and Goth (2003). She has been married to Daniel "Danny" Sinatra since 29 May 2009.- Lynn Dollar was born on 14 August 1924 in Selfridge, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Key to Murder (1956), The Phil Silvers Show (1955) and Report to New York (1959). She was married to Richard Herbert Hedin, Jack Zoltan Gardy (Zoltan Robert Goldberger) and Douglas Rodgers. She died on 22 July 1985 in Yucaipa, California, USA.
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Alan Gornick was born on 18 March 1942 in the USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Back to School (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and House (1985).