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Alphonse de Lamartine was born on 21 October 1790 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was a writer, known for Jocelyn (1933), Jocelyn (1922) and Graziella (1955). He was married to Marianne-Elisa Birch. He died on 1 March 1869 in Paris, France.- Charles B. Jefferson was born on 20 March 1851 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Biggest Fish He Ever Caught (1897). He was married to Lauretta Vultee and Edna Carey (1859-1933). He died on 23 June 1908 in New York City, New York, USA.
- William Shepherd Benson was born on 25 September 1855 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He died on 20 May 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Harry M. Rubey was born on 25 July 1865 in Macon, Missouri, USA. He was a producer, known for The Son of Tarzan (1920). He was married to Lucille Rubey. He died on 10 July 1929 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Zenaide Williams was born on 22 August 1866 in Macon Noxube, Mississippi, USA. She was an actress, known for Divorce and the Daughter (1916), The Servant in the House (1921) and The Working of a Miracle (1915). She was married to George H. Thatcher and Odell Williams. She died on 30 May 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
George Reed was born on 27 November 1866 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Huckleberry Finn (1920), The River of Romance (1929) and Going Places (1938). He was married to Julia Ridley. He died on 6 November 1952 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Park Trammell was born on 9 April 1876 in Macon County, Alabama, USA. He died on 8 May 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his Old South manners and charm. In 1918 he and his first wife formed the Coburn Players and appeared on Broadway in many plays. With her death in 1937, he accepted a Hollywood contract and began making films at the age of sixty.- Actor
- Writer
Kenneth Davenport was born on 20 February 1879 in Macon, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Nut (1921), Masked Fate (1915) and The Confession (1915). He died on 10 November 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- James B. Lowe was born on 12 October 1879 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927), Hour of Reckoning (1926) and Blue Blazes (1926). He died on 19 May 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Édouard-Émile Violet was born on 8 December 1880 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was a director and actor, known for L'accusateur (1921), King of the Circus (1924) and Le voile du bonheur (1923). He died on 4 January 1955 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Jack Fuqua was born on 23 September 1882 in Macon, Missouri, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Free Lips (1928), The Love Pirate (1923) and Phantom Justice (1924). He died on 31 January 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- A. Van Buren Powell was born on 31 March 1886 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She is known for The Beloved Impostor (1918), Clover's Rebellion (1917) and Sally in a Hurry (1917).
- Walter Brogsdale was born on 2 December 1887 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe? (1918). He died on 17 April 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- American short-story writer and novelist Ben Ames Williams was born in Macon, Mississippi, in 1889. Shortly afterwards his father, a newspaperman, bought the "Jackson Standard Journal" in Jackson, Ohio, and the family moved there. Williams grew up in the newspaper business, and while in high school he worked at the paper, starting at the bottom and eventually working his way up to writing and editing.
He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1910 and was offered a job teaching at a boys school in Connecticut, but instead took a position as a reporter for the "Boston American" newspaper. His first love was writing fiction, however, and each day after work he would go home and work on his writing. In 1915 he had his first story published, "Deep Stuff", in a publication called "The Popular Magazine". In 1917 he had a story, "The Mate of the Susie Oakes", published in "The Saturday Evening Post" magazine, a publication that over the next quarter-century would publish almost 200 of his stories. Many of them--more than 125--were set in the fictional town of Fraternity, Maine (be owned a summer home in rural Maine and loved the area) and they were wildly popular with readers.
Williams is probably best known for the film adaptations of his novels, such as Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953).
He died of a heart attack in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1953. - Laurence Stallings was born on 25 November 1894 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Jungle Book (1942) and Song of the West (1930). He was married to Louise St. Leger Vance and Helen Purefoy Poteat. He died on 28 February 1968 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
- Emmett Miller was born on 2 February 1900 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951). He died on 28 February 1962 in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Two-time Oscar-winner Melvyn Douglas was one of America's finest actors, and would enjoy cinema immortality if for no other reason than his being the man who made Greta Garbo laugh in Ernst Lubitsch's classic comedy Ninotchka (1939), but he was much, much more.
Melvyn Douglas was born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg on April 5, 1901, in Macon, Georgia. His father, Edouard Gregory Hesselberg, a noted concert pianist and composer, was a Latvian Jewish emigrant, from Riga. His mother, Lena Priscilla (Shackelford), from Clark Furnace, Tennessee, was from a family with deep roots in the United States, and the daughter of Col. George Taliaferro Shackelford. Melvyn's father supported his family by teaching music at university-based conservatories. Melvyn dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.
He made his Broadway debut in the drama "A Free Soul " at the Playhouse Theatre on January 12, 1928, playing the role of a raffish gangster (a part that would later make Clark Gable's career when the play was adapted to the screen as A Free Soul (1931) ). "A Free Soul" was a modest success, running for 100 performances. His next three plays were flops: "Back Here" and "Now-a-Days" each lasted one week, while "Recapture" lasted all of three before closing. He was much luckier with his next play, "Tonight or Never," which opened on November 18, 1930, at legendary producer David Belasco's theater. Not only did the play run for 232 performances, but Douglas met the woman who would be his wife of nearly 50 years: his co-star, Helen Gahagan. They were married in 1931.
The movies came a-calling in 1932 and Douglas had the unique pleasure of assaying completely different characters in widely divergent films. He first appeared opposite his future Ninotchka (1939) co-star Greta Garbo in the screen adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's As You Desire Me (1932), proving himself a sophisticated leading man as, aside from his first-rate performance, he was able to shine in the light thrown off by Garbo, the cinema's greatest star. In typical Hollywood fashion, however, this terrific performance in a top-rank film from a major studio was balanced by his appearance in a low-budget horror film for the independent Mayfair studio, The Vampire Bat (1933). However, the leading man won out, and that's how he first came to fame in the 1930s in such films as She Married Her Boss (1935) and Garbo's final film, Two-Faced Woman (1941). Douglas had shown he could play both straight drama and light comedy.
Douglas was a great liberal and was a pillar of the anti-Nazi Popular Front in the Hollywood of the 1930s. A big supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he and his wife Helen were invited to spend a night at the White House in November 1939. Douglas' leftism would come back to haunt him after the death of FDR.
Well-connected with the Roosevelt White House, Douglas served as a director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civilian Defense before joining the Army during World War II. He was very active in politics and was one of the leading lights of the anti-Communist left in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Helen Gahagan Douglas, who also was politically active, was elected to Congress from the 14th District in Los Angeles in 1944, the first of three terms.
Returning to films after the war, Douglas' screen persona evolved and he took on more mature roles, in such films as The Sea of Grass (1947) (Elia Kazan's directorial debut) and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). His political past caught up with him, however, in the late 1940s, and he - along with fellow liberals Edward G. Robinson and Henry Fonda (a registered Republican!) - were "gray-listed" (not explicitly blacklisted, they just weren't offered any work).
Then there was the theater. Douglas made many appearances on Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, including in a notable 1959 flop, making his musical debut playing Captain Boyle in Marc Blitzstein's "Juno." The musical, based on Sean O'Casey's play "Juno and the Paycock", closed in less than three weeks. Douglas was much luckier in his next trip to the post: he won a Tony for his Broadway lead role in the 1960 play "The Best Man" by Gore Vidal.
Douglas' evolution into a premier character actor was completed by the early 1960s. His years of movie exile seemed to deepen him, making him richer, and he returned to the big screen a more authoritative actor. For his second role after coming off of the graylist, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Paul Newman's father in Hud (1963). Other films in which he shined were Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), CBS Playhouse (1967) (a 1967 episode directed by George Schaefer called "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", for which he won a Best Actor Emmy) and The Candidate (1972), in which he played Robert Redford's father. It was for his performance playing Gene Hackman's father that Douglas got his sole Best Actor Academy Award nod, in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). He had a career renaissance in the late 1970s, appearing in The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979), Being There (1979) and Ghost Story (1981). He won his second Oscar for "Being There."
Helen Gahagan Douglas died in 1980 and Melvyn followed her in 1981. He was 80 years old.- Henri Guillemin was born on 19 March 1903 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France. He died on 4 May 1992 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- George Douglas was born on 7 August 1903 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), Rebellious Daughters (1938) and City of Chance (1940). He died on 11 June 1983 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Kathryn Jackson was born on 3 July 1904 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Black Hooker (1974), Sunnyside (1979) and A Different Story (1978). She died on 5 February 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Henry McLemore was born on 2 December 1906 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Millionaire (1955), Swing with Bing (1940) and You Bet Your Life (1950). He died on 23 June 1968 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Felix Knight was born on 1 November 1908 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934), The Bohemian Girl (1936) and Springtime in Holland (1935). He was married to Alice Moore and Ethel Blume Knight. He died on 18 June 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.- Helen Pickens was born on 10 July 1910 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Sitting Pretty (1933), 20, 000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933) and Good Luck - Best Wishes (1934). She was married to Thomas W. Acheson. She died in August 1984 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- Hal Lamar was born on 10 January 1911 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He died on 11 September 2002 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jane Pickens was born on 10 August 1912 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Good Luck - Best Wishes (1934), Sitting Pretty (1933) and Sing and Be Happy (1946). She died on 21 February 1992 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Patricia Wilder was born on 8 September 1913 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Speed (1936), Wanted! Jane Turner (1936) and Little Miss Broadway (1938). She died on 11 August 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.- Eugenia Rawls was born on 11 September 1913 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), The Doctors (1963) and Producers' Showcase (1954). She was married to Donald R. Seawell. She died on 8 November 2000 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Patti Pickens was born on 20 December 1914 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Sitting Pretty (1933), 20, 000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933) and Good Luck - Best Wishes (1934). She died on 16 November 1995 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Sam Edwards grew up in a show business family, having made his debut on stage while he was just a baby (his mother, the actress Edna Park, was holding him). With his family, he acted on radio in "The Adventures of Sunny and Buddy," and on his family's show, "The Edwards Family."- Raymond Hamrick was born on 14 June 1915 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was a legal representative. He was married to Joyce Darlene Rape. He died on 24 November 2014 in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- John O. Killens was born on 14 January 1916 in Macon, Georgia, USA. John O. was a writer, known for Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) and Slaves (1969). John O. died on 27 October 1987 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Macon, Missouri-born Henderson Forsythe was a respected film, stage and television actor, best-known for his 30-year run as "Dr. David Stewart" on the long-running American soap opera As the World Turns (1956). He won a Tony Award in 1979 for his work in the original Broadway production of 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' and later played the role again in London's West End. He only appeared in around 10 films during a 25-year period, preferring to devote most of his time to stage and television work. He died in Williamsburg Landing, Virginia, in 2006 at age 88 from undisclosed causes.- Louise Lane was born on 18 September 1918 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Mod Squad (1968), Perry Mason (1957) and Conflict (1956). She died on 10 March 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Charly Bailly was born on 14 April 1921 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was a composer, known for Les vagabonds du rêve (1949), Menace de mort (1950) and Le furet (1950). He died on 28 August 2010 in Montfermeil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Sound Department
- Director
- Composer
Henri Gruel was born on 5 February 1923 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was a director and composer, known for La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession (1958), Le roi du village (1963) and Le voyageur (1956). He died on 23 November 2007 in Figanières, Var, France.- George Leonard was born on 9 August 1923 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was married to Annie Styron. He died on 6 January 2010 in Mill Valley, California, USA.
- Bob Corley was born on 29 May 1924 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Legend of Blood Mountain (1965), J.C. (1972) and Forty Acre Feud (1965). He died on 18 November 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Robert Corley was born on 29 May 1924 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Sixteen (1972) and Swamp Girl (1971). He died on 18 November 1971 in the USA.
- Music Department
Ben Johnston was born on 15 March 1926 in Macon, Georgia, USA. Ben is known for A la carrera (1991). Ben was married to Betty Hall. Ben died on 21 July 2019 in Deerfield, Wisconsin, USA.- Eddie Tigner was born on 11 August 1926 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He died on 18 April 2019 in Lithonia, Georgia, USA.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Don Pippin was born on 25 November 1926 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Great Performances (1971), Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994) and Eat and Run (1986). He was married to Marie Santell. He died on 9 June 2022 in Nyack, New York, USA.- Judson Randolph was born on 19 July 1927 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was married to Susan Comfort Adams. He died on 17 May 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Camille De Mave was born on 12 January 1929 in Macon, Georgia, USA. Camille was an assistant director, known for The World According to Garp (1982), Funny Farm (1988) and The Little Drummer Girl (1984). Camille was married to Jack De Mave. Camille died on 5 July 2013 in Macon, Georgia, USA.- Sammy Terry was a television horror host based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The role was originated by Robert "Bob" Carter in 1962, and Carter's son Mark Carter took over the role from his father in 2010. Bob Carter (1929-2013) was a television personality who appeared mostly on Indianapolis local television station WTTV, regularly during the 1960s and 1970s, and sporadically through the late 1980s. The format of Carter's show as Sammy Terry, Nightmare Theater, usually involved the showing of two films. During the commercial breaks, Carter, in character as Sammy Terry (a pun based on the word "cemetery"), would engage in camp banter with the audience and his floating rubber spider, "George". This banter often included some commentary on the films being shown, which included classic films as well as many less-than-stellar productions common to the horror film era of the 1930s through the early 1960s. Carter died on June 30, 2013.
- Tall and rangy, usually sporting long mangy hair, and frequently projecting a strong and intense on-screen presence, character actor Luke Askew made a potent and lasting impression playing a substantial volume of mean and fearsome villains in both motion pictures and television shows alike in a career that spanned over forty years.
Askew was born on March 26, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, of English and Scandinavian descent. He first developed an interest in acting towards the end of his high school years. He attended the University of Georgia (where he initially planned on getting a B.A. in Business Administration), Mercer University, and the Walter F. George School of Law. Askew served in the U.S. Air Force in strategic air command intelligence during his college years.
Following college Askew worked as a radio deejay and television announcer prior to beginning his acting career in Off-Broadway stage productions in New York City (Askew lived in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and kept himself afloat working as a furniture mover). Luke moved to Los Angeles in 1966 and made his film debut in 1967 in "Harry Sundown". Best known as the stranger on the highway in the hippie counterculture cult classic "Easy Rider", Askew's other memorable roles included the redoubtable Boss Paul in "Cool Hand Luke", the peaceful hippie commune leader Jonathan Tremaine in "Angel Unchained", the scary and brutal thug Automatic Slim in the grim revenge thriller "Rolling Thunder", the sleazy coroner Dexter Ward in "The Beast Within," and the no-nonsense Irish gypsy crime lord Boss Jack Costello in "Traveller".
Askew also appeared in a sizable number of Westerns made throughout the 1960s and 1970s: he had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" and gave an especially fine performance as tough and stoic veteran cowpoke Luke in the gritty gem "The Culpepper Cattle Co."
Among the many TV series Askew popped up in throughout the years are "The High Chaparral", "Mission: Impossible", "Cannon", "Quincy, M.E.", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Fantasy Island", "T.J. Hooker", "The Fall Guy", "Airwolf", "Murder, She Wrote", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Everwood", and "Cold Case". He had a recurring role as the dangerous polygamist Hollis Greene on the acclaimed cable TV program "Big Love".
Askew died at age 80 at his home in Portland, Oregon on March 29, 2012. He was survived by his wife and his son, Christopher, a painter and tattoo artist. - Betty Lou Groover was born on 17 October 1932 in Macon, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Wise Blood (1979). She died on 25 March 2018 in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actor
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "Architect of Rock 'n' Roll", traveled in his early days with the legendary vaudeville star Spencer "Snake" Anthony. One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston, and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. His first recording session took place at WGST in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; he was backed by a local band led by Billy Wright. This session produced a local hit called "Every Hour" which enjoyed heavy airplay on Atlanta's WERD radio station which was the first completely Black-owned radio station in the United States. Little Richard was backed up by his idol Billy Wright, once referred to him as the most fantastic entertainer he had ever seen. Indeed, it was Wright who used a brand of makeup called Pancake 31.
Little Richard admitted to copying Wright's penchant for heavy makeup and wild stage theatrics. With a public persona and personal life marked by sexual ambiguity, he would make his mark with later hits such as the suggestive "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly". Unbeknownst to many fans, Richard overcame a debilitating drug habit and eventually became an ordained minister. Beginning in the 1980s, he saw a resurgence in his popularity as he acquired small acting roles where he impressed fans, old and new, with his unique comedic timing. As versatile and ageless as ever, Little Richard continues to delight fans the world over with his extraordinary stage presence and flamboyant antics. Now inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the American Songwriters Hall of Fame, he remains one of the most popular entertainers in the world.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Reynolds Price was born on 1 February 1933 in Macon, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for American Playhouse (1980), Cathedral (1999) and You Don't Know Jack (2010). He died on 20 January 2011 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.- Jim Parker was born on 3 April 1934 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was married to Esther Hester. He died on 18 July 2005 in Columbia, Maryland, USA.