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1. Tony Randall Tony Randall Actor, Pillow Talk
2. Frank Gorshin Frank Gorshin Actor, General Hospital Frank Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a railroad worker and his mother was a seamstress. While in high school, Frank worked as an usher at the Sheridan Square Theatre and began doing impressions of some of his screen idols: Al Jolson, James Cagney...
3. Donna Summer Donna Summer Soundtrack, Frost/Nixon Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco in the 1970s with a pop/dance/rock sound that was a hybrid of American soul and European synthesizer based music. Summer's musical career was launched on stage in Munich, Germany, in productions of Hair and Porgy & Bess. In Germany, she hooked up with producers, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte...
4. Henry Jones Henry Jones Actor, Vertigo Henry Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he graduated from St. Jospeh's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in 'Maurice Evans'' "Hamlet" (Reynaldo and the second gravedigger). He served in the army in World War II. His highly reviewed stage appearances included the murdered handyman in "The Bad Seed," which he reprised in the film version (The Bad Seed)...
5. Montagu Love Montagu Love Actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood Montague Love - certainly an intriguing name - but his own - started his working life as a newspaper man in London. His primary expertise centered on being a field illustrator and cartoonist who covered the Boer War (1899-1902). His realistic battle sketches gained him popularity among readers, but he was bound for a different career...
6. Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk Self, The Lawrence Welk Show The accordion maestro provided nearly two decades of squeaky-clean music and family entertainment on TV every Saturday night between 1955 and 1971 on prime-time, and for another 11 years in syndication. His trademarks included his "A uh-one, a uh-two" intro and a perpetual bubble machine.
7. Hugh Burden Hugh Burden Actor, The Ruling Class
8. Earl Hammond Earl Hammond Actor, The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Earl Hammond, a thespian who acted in radio, movies, television, and on Broadway in a career that spanned a remarkable 70 years, was born Erwin Saul Hamburger on June 17, 1921 in New York City. He became a professional actor on radio at the age of seven and continued working in that venue for over 50 years...
9. John Gibson John Gibson Actor, The Young and the Restless
10. Robert Knapp Robert Knapp Actor, Gunmen from Laredo
11. Marjorie Cantor Marjorie Cantor Self, Eddie Cantor
12. Prakash Mehra Prakash Mehra Director, Sharaabi
13. Paul E. Burns Paul E. Burns Actor, Son of Paleface
14. Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins Actor, Pups Is Pups
15. Carlos Riquelme Carlos Riquelme Actor, The Milagro Beanfield War Carlos Riquelme studied law and philosophy, but turned to acting and made his stage debut in the mid-1930s. His first screen appearance followed in 1938. Riquelme's meek looks somewhat typecast him as clerks and doctors in his earlier pictures, but from time to time he was given change-of-pace roles...
16. Hugo Friedhofer Hugo Friedhofer Music Department, Casablanca Hugo Friedhofer -- how many times have you seen that name in the credits of 1930s and '40s movies for "orchestration" or "musical arranger" and thought -- Gee, what a busy guy! He was, and, ironically, much of that work went uncredited. He is not usually mentioned with the great film composers of early Hollywood...
17. Abe Burrows Abe Burrows Writer, Just Go with It Songwriter, composer, writer, panelist, director, singer and pianist, educated at City College of New York and New York University. He began his writing career as a script writer for "Duffy's Taven" on radio, and later, the Rudy Vallee program. He sang in his own radio shows , in night clubs, and on television...
18. Silvia Solar Silvia Solar Actress, Cannibal Terror
19. Suzi Bass Suzi Bass Actress, My Cousin Vinny
20. John Shelton John Shelton Actor, The Time of Their Lives
21. Cathy Rosier Cathy Rosier Actress, Le Samouraï
22. Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo Writer, L'avventuriera del piano di sopra
23. David Clyde David Clyde Actor, The Scarlet Claw
24. Ben Bard Ben Bard Actor, 7th Heaven Ben Bard entered theatrical life in his teens, touring under the name "B.D. Bard" with the Jolly Della Pringle theatre company. He played the Schubert Circuit in Vaudeville as the straight man to comic Jack "Baron Munchausen" Pearl. He was brought to Hollywood in the silent movie era to test as a leading man at Fox Pictures but was type cast as a "Suave Heavy" (dresses well...
25. Arthur Lucan Arthur Lucan Actor, Old Mother Riley's Ghosts Arthur Towle was in show business from 1900 when he left school until his dying day. He started as an "Irish" character comedian in British music halls; touring Ireland with this act in 1913, he met and married Kitty McShane (she was 15, he 26). They gradually evolved the act of "Old Mother Riley and her Daughter" (Arthur...
26. James Broughton James Broughton Director, The Pleasure Garden
27. George Albert Smith George Albert Smith Director, A Kiss in the Tunnel Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès George Albert Smith was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantastic themes, often using surprisingly sophisticated special effects. His background was ideal--an established portrait photographer, he also had a long-standing interest in show business...
28. Dolly Tree Dolly Tree Costume and Wardrobe Department, The Thin Man Dolly Tree (1899-1962) had an international reputation as a designer for stage and screen costumes during the 1920's and 1930's in London, Paris, New York and Hollywood. She was England's leading stage designer during the 1920's and her ingenious costumes proliferated in major revues, musicals, pantomimes and cabaret in London and the regions...
29. Eva Maria Bauer Eva Maria Bauer Actress, Papas Tochter
30. Octavia St. Laurent Octavia St. Laurent Self, Paris Is Burning
31. Yue Wong Yue Wong Actor, Dirty Ho
32. Vladimir Medar Vladimir Medar Actor, Fiddler on the Roof
33. Victor Halperin Victor Halperin Director, White Zombie
34. John Miles John Miles Actor, The Tattooed Stranger
35. Barbara Faulkner Barbara Faulkner Actress, Stowaway to the Moon
36. Mario Benedetti Mario Benedetti Writer, The Dark Side of the Heart
37. Donyale Luna Donyale Luna Actress, Fellini Satyricon
38. Göthe Grefbo Göthe Grefbo Actor, Pippi Longstocking
39. F. Hugh Herbert F. Hugh Herbert Writer, The Moon Is Blue
40. Matty Roubert Matty Roubert Actor, Heritage
41. Geoff Brewer Geoff Brewer Stunts, Midnight Run
42. Joe Ploski Joe Ploski Actor, Li'l Abner
43. Paul Dukas Paul Dukas Soundtrack, The Sorcerer's Apprentice Paul Abraham Dukas was born on October 1, 1865 into a Jewish family in Paris, France. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers were Theodore Dubois, César Franck, and 'Ernest Guiraud'. He met Claude Debussy while both were students at the Paris Conservatoire and they remained life-long friends...
44. Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander Writer, The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander is the author of several best selling fantasy series. His most famous works include the Chronicles of Prydain, which were inspired by Welsh mythology. He won the Newbery Medal for the fifth book in the series, "The High King." The second book of the series, "The Black Cauldron" was the basis of the Disney film...
45. Seabiscuit Seabiscuit Self, Seabiscuit: The Lost Documentary
46. S. Sylvan Simon S. Sylvan Simon Director, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood Director S. Sylvan Simon worked as a drama coach, radio executive and stage director before joining Warner Brothers in 1935. He then moved to MGM as director and assistant director in 1937. His sudden death at the age of 41 shocked all who knew him and he was mourned throughout the film industry.
47. Ben Taggart Ben Taggart Actor, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
48. Jerome Reehuis Jerome Reehuis Actor, De boezemvriend
49. Nigel Balchin Nigel Balchin Writer, Separate Lies
50. Yossi Yadin Yossi Yadin Actor, Lies My Father Told Me
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