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Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.- Actress
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Catherine E. Coulson began her professional association with director David Lynch when she worked as assistant director on Lynch's legendary feature debut Eraserhead (1977). This is when the two began discussing the idea of a woman who carried a log around with her. Coulson spent much of her career working behind-the-scenes before finally bringing the Log Lady to life on Lynch's cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990). The Log Lady was one of the most puzzling and emblematic of the show's characters, and she has ensured Coulson a permanent place in the hearts of cult TV fans.- Actor
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Joe Sawyer's familiar mug appeared everywhere during the 1930s and 1940s, particularly as a stock player for Warner Bros. in its more standard college musicals, comedies and crime yarns. He could play both sides of the fence, street cops and mob gunmen, with equal ease. He was born Joseph Sauers in Guelph, Canada, on August 29, 1906, and eventually moved to California to pursue a film career. Trained at the Pasadena Playhouse, he had a perfect "tough guy" look: sturdy build, jutting chin and beady eyes, made more distinctive by his shock of light hair and a slightly high-pitched voice. Sawyer made his film debut in 1931 under his real name, which, contrary to popular opinion, was German and not Irish, though he made a career out of playing Irishmen, and appeared mostly in strongarm bit parts in his early career until hitting his stride playing a variety of coaches, cops and sidekicks with imposing names like "Spud," "Slug" and "Whitey." He appeared in hundreds of films, in just about every genre, over a four-decade-long career, among them College Humor (1933), College Rhythm (1934), The Westerner (1934), The Informer (1935), in which his portrayal of an IRA gunman got him noticed by the public and critics alike, Pride of the Marines (1936), Black Legion (1937), The Petrified Forest (1936) (another "tough-guy" role that got him good reviews), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Sergeant York (1941), Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943), Gilda (1946), It Came from Outer Space (1953), North to Alaska (1960) and How the West Was Won (1962). He also guest-starred on many TV series and was a regular on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954) as Sgt. Aloysius "Biff" O'Hara. His first wife was actress Jeane Wood, the daughter of Gone with the Wind (1939) uncredited director Sam Wood. His second wife, June, died in 1960. Sawyer died in Ashland, Oregon, on April 21, 1982 of liver cancer at the age of 75.- Morgan Paull was born on 15 December 1944 in West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Blade Runner (1982), Patton (1970) and Centennial (1978). He was married to Jenny Elam, April, Carmen Nelson and Gaye Huston. He died on 17 July 2012 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
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Harry Bartell was born on 28 November 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for I Love Lucy (1951), Dragnet (1951) and The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956). He died on 26 February 2004 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Director
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A hard-working director throughout his long and varied career, Robert Clouse was best-known for his two most successful films: Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death (1978). Born in 1928, he was a director. After being hired by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest to direct Enter the Dragon (1973), Clouse was escalated into the realm of profitable directors. But, unlike others in this category, doors in Hollywood were not entirely open to him. In 1974, he was hired to direct Black Belt Jones (1974) for Warner Brothers Pictures. The film proved to be a moderate success.
In 1978, Clouse returned to Hong Kong where he was hired by Golden Harvest's Raymond Chow to direct a comeback movie for Martial Artist Bruce Lee, despite the fact that Lee had died five years earlier. Clouse was given the incomplete footage from Lee's original version of Game of Death, but decided that only a small amount of this footage should be used (mainly because the original film's plot had been re-created countless times in Hong Kong cinema since Lee's death). With the help of Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Robert Wall, among others, Clouse shot several Bruce Lee lookalikes and stand-ins as well as cutting back to footage from other Lee movies and, of course, the original Game of Death takes. Clouse was never able to match the success of his two Lee films later in his career. He died in 1997, aged 68.- Judith-Marie Bergan was born on 25 November 1948 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Abduction (1975), Rage (1995) and Hart to Hart (1979). She was married to João Fernandes. She died on 20 August 2016 in Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA.
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Colin McKean was born on 16 February 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Mighty Wind (2003), Temptation (2003) and The Kiss (2003). He died on 3 December 2012 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Jim Perry is a former television game show host, singer and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. He has had success on both Canadian and American television.
He started out as a singer in special services, working on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean war, and then replaced Eddie Fisher as the staff vocalist at Grossingers in the Catskill Mountains in New York and later did comedy working with Sid Caesar as his straight man for several years (which included a three-year stint with Caesar in Las Vegas and appearing on the short lived TV series "As Caesar Sees It"). These were under his birth name of Jim Dooley. Due to a name conflict with AFTRA, he took his mothers maiden name of Perry when he began his TV work.
Jim Perry became a popular game show host in Canada in the early 1970s after a stint as an overnight announcer and DJ fill in on radio station WABC in New York. His first effort in Canada was the popular game show Fractured Phrases, and afterwords presided over several other game shows, including Eye Bet and Money Makers -- the latter also airing on syndicated television in some markets across the United States.
Jim also served as an announcer for The Joan Rivers Show, a short-lived two month series that aired in 1969 on syndicated television.
In 1973, Perry became host of the CTV game show Definition (replacing original host Bob McLean), a pun based game which was the longest running game show in Canadian Television history, lasting until 1990. (the show was never cancelled - instead, Perry and the Producers agreed it was time to retire the show). Perry also hosted another long-running game show, Headline Hunters, which lasted from 1972 until 1981, with a year of repeats the following year.
In addition, Jim presided as emcee of the annual "Miss Canada" Pageant, a job he held from 1967 until 1990, about the same length of time his U.S. counterpart Bob Barker presided over the Miss USA Pageant on CBS. Like Bert Parks in the United States, Perry would sing the pageant's closing song, The fairest girl in Canada soon after the new Miss Canada was crowned.
In the 1970's, during the filming of the live broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant, a female protester broke into the studio. She threw something at Perry and contestants, while shouting that the pageant was sexist. Perry' instincts were to protect the female contestants and subsequently, he was hit with the flour. Amazingly, he continued on with the broadcast as if nothing happened.
Perry's first major American network hosting tenure came in 1967, with a short-lived charades-type game called "It's Your Move". The series, however, was produced in Canada for ABC television in the United States. Another game show also produced in Canada for syndicated TV in the U.S., "Money Makers" (a game based on Bingo), aired in 1969, originally titled Bingo at Home, in which contestants and home viewers had a chance to win money (albeit less than $100).
His biggest break in his native United States came in 1978 when NBC and Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions casted him for their new show Card Sharks. Perry hosted the entire NBC version and the two pilots that preceded the series, airing from April 24, 1978 until October 23, 1981.
Jim also hosted two game show pilots that never made it to television: Casino in 1981 (from Heatter-Quigley Productions), a game show combining elements of High Rollers, Gambit and The Joker's Wild; and Twisters in 1982, which was similar in format to Jackpot and was produced by Bob Stewart Productions.
In 1982, NBC named Perry host of $ale of the Century, a revived version of the 1969 - 1973 series, airing from January 3, 1983 until March 24, 1989 (the same day Super Password ended its run), including the syndicated version which aired from January 1985 until September 1986. For more than six seasons, he presided over the fast-paced Q&A game.
His style and sensational salesmanship helped to make the show a big hit for the network in the last golden era of game shows, and made Perry one of the top game show personalities of the 1980s in the United States. Not forgetting the time he spent with Sid Caesar, Perry would often tell jokes related to some of the questions asked on $ale.
As the result of his successful work in both the United States and Canada, Jim spent over a decade commuting between Southern California and Toronto, Ontario (except between late-1981 and late-1982). By hosting Card Sharks in the United States and Definition and Headline Hunters in Canada, Perry in 1978 became the first game show host in the industry to emcee game shows concurrently on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border.
Perry and Trebek also hold the distinction of hosting three different game shows simultaneously. As noted before, Perry pulled the Card Sharks/Definition/Headline Hunters triple hosting duty, while Trebek hosting Jeopardy!, Classic Concentration, and the 1990 revival of To Tell the Truth at one point in 1991. Jim also appeared as a celebrity player on Wheel of Fortune, Password Plus and Family Feud and was the guest host of various morning talk shows in Canada (ie The Alan Thicke show)
In total, Jim Perry hosted approximately ten different game shows (including unsold pilots) in a career that spanned about 25 years. He was also involved in charitable causes and was a regular host of the annual Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan for many years in support of the Kinsmen Clubs in that province. His daughter Erin also appeared on several of these telethons, and on each occasion, performed a song together.
Jim is retired from the game show industry and lives with his wife, June, in Florida and North Carolina. In recent years he authored two self-awareness books, and hosted one infomercial (produced by his daughter Erin for In-Finn-Ity Productions). His last television appearance was on CNBC in the late-1990s to discuss one of his books.
Perry is attended the University of Pennsylvania and was at one time an outstanding basketball player in high school thanks in part to his height (at 6' 4"). He was often nicknamed Big Jim because of his height. - Jack Mann was born on 1 November 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Thriller (1960) and The Plainclothesman (1949). He died on 5 April 1993 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
- Dorothy B. Hughes was born on 10 August 1904 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Dorothy B. was a writer, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), The Fallen Sparrow (1943) and Ride the Pink Horse (1947). Dorothy B. died on 6 May 1993 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
- Sandy McCallum was born on 17 December 1926. He was an actor, known for Death Race 2000 (1975), Animated Stories from the Bible (1987) and The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978). He died on 24 October 2008 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
- Marcia Van Dyke was born March 26, 1922 to Evelyn and Edward Van Dyke. Raised in Menlo Park, California, Marcia became an accomplished violinist, in fact, the first female violinist in the San Francisco Symphony. Van Dyke toured the US with the orchestra, and was on the cover of LIFE Magazine on Jan. 19, 1948. She went on to play with the New York Philharmonic and the New York Opera.
Her talent as a violinist was showcased when she played Louise, Van Johnson's friend, in "In The Good Old Summertime". Besides films, she also appeared on Broadway. Later in life she was active on many different music and chamber boards.
Upon retiring from acting, Van Dyke continued to play violin professionally until she retired in the 1990s. - Cinematographer
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Gerald Hirschfeld was born on 25 April 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Young Frankenstein (1974), Mr. Smith (1983) and The Car (1977). He was married to Julia Tucker and Sarnell Ogus. He died on 13 February 2017 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Writer
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Skip Webster was born on 15 October 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Knight Rider (1982), Fantasy Island (1977) and The Rookies (1972). He was married to Gloria. He died on 14 December 1997 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Actress
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Elizabeth McNeill was born on 6 November 1940 in Graz, Austria. She was an actress and writer, known for 9½ Weeks (1986), Another 9½ Weeks (1997) and In England (2007). She was married to Donald Sweet and Dennis Day. She died on 18 May 2011 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Gloria Greer was born on 7 March 1908 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930). She was married to Carlos Noelle. She died on 6 June 1931 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
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He was an athlete, inventor, and writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential surfers in history, and a key figure in transforming surfing from a regional Hawaiian specialty to a nationally popular sport. he's considered the founder of California surf culture. Blake was a self-taught man and a wealth of knowledge. His contributions to surfboard design are immeasurable. From his varied inventions to his progressive templates, his biggest impact in surfing can be whittled down to the work he did with those era-defining boards. He made the first hollow board ever, calling it first a cigar box then later a kook box. The fin, a keel of sorts for the giant boards of the era, was his brainchild, as was the leash, which he at first attached around his waist. He invented the sailboard, which in itself invented windsurfing, and then there was the collapsible surfboard experiment, which is only worth mentioning out of novelty. He was doing so much on the water he wanted it documented, so he created the first waterproof camera housing, changing surf photography and kick starting what was probably the early genesis of a movement to compile those photos in a magazine. His surf photos was published in National Geographic in 1935- Jean Thomas was born on 14 November 1881 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for What Will People Say? (1916) and The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913). She died on 7 December 1982 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA.
- G. Valmont Thomas was an actor, known for Danger Diva (2020), I Love You to Death (1990) and Narco Hitman (2016). He died on 18 December 2017 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
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Craig Howard was born on 29 January 1952 in Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA. He is known for Planet 51 (2009) and Tim Tebow's Wild Rise (2012). He was married to Valerie. He died on 19 January 2017 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Writer
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S.S. Schweitzer was born on 17 March 1925 in the USA. He was a writer, known for Pryor's Place (1984), Deadly Games (1995) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Margaret Anne Hecht. He died in 2006 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.- Jamison Peil was born on 4 May 1990 in Clayton, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Grimm (2011), A Dog Day Night (2015) and Bardo, the Message (2014). He died on 17 December 2019 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
- Michael Pies was born on 28 February 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He died on 1 November 2011 in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA.
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Charlie R. Carson was born on 15 April 1940 in Memphis tn. He is known for Falling in Love Again (1980). He died on 4 June 2020 in Ashland Mississippi, USA.