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1. Lionel Stander Lionel Stander Actor, Once Upon a Time in the West Lionel Stander, the movie character actor with the great gravelly voice, was born on January 11th, 1908 in The Bronx borough of New York City. Stander's acting career was derailed when he was blacklisted during the 1950s after being exposed as a Communist Party member during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings...
2. Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Director, To Be or Not to Be From Ernst Lubitsch's experiences in Sophien Gymnasium (high school) theater, he decided to leave school at the age of 16 and pursue a career on the stage. He had to compromise with his father and keep the account books for the family tailor business while he acted in cabarets and music halls at night...
3. Jean Parker Jean Parker Actress, The Flying Deuces Jean Parker was born Lois Mae Green in Deer Lodge, Montana, in 1915. Her father was Lewis Green, a gunsmith and hunter, and her mother was Melvina Burch, one of 18 children of a pioneer family that came to Deer Lodge from Missouri and Iowa. Jean's maternal grandfather was a Presbyterian minister. She was an accomplished gymnast and dancer...
4. Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Writer, Dorian Gray A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England. He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin before leaving the country to study at Oxford University in England when he was in his early 20s...
5. Tiny Tim Tiny Tim Self, Private Parts Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. A high school dropout, his interest in the popular music of the 1890s through the 1930s manifested itself early...
6. Zeppo Marx Zeppo Marx Actor, Duck Soup The youngest of The Marx Brothers, Zeppo was put into the role of the straight man after his brother Gummo left the act. Zeppo also acted as an understudy to all three of his brothers, and he has been said to have played Grouchos part better than Groucho himself. After playing small parts in the first five Marx Brothers movies...
7. Chris Rebello Chris Rebello Actor, Jaws
8. Paul Naschy Paul Naschy Actor, Night of the Werewolf Paul Naschy reigns supreme as the true king of Spanish horror cinema. He was born Jacinto Molina Alvarez on September 6, 1934 in Madrid, Spain. His father ran a successful fur business. Naschy grew up during the Spanish Civil War. Paul sought escape from the real life horrors around him in adventure...
9. Robert H. Harris Robert H. Harris Actor, How to Make a Monster
10. Eric Thompson Eric Thompson Actor, Pollux et le chat bleu
11. Sarina C. Grant Sarina C. Grant Actress, Candyman
12. Evel Knievel Evel Knievel Self, Viva Knievel!
13. Joyce Grenfell Joyce Grenfell Actress, The Americanization of Emily Toothy Britisher Joyce Grenfell with her stark, equine features charmed and humored audiences both here and abroad on radio, stage, revues, film and TV for nearly four decades. Lovingly remembered as a delightfully witty monologist and raconteur, she inherited her bold talents from her eccentric socialite mother...
14. René Cresté René Cresté Actor, Judex
15. Philip Sterling Philip Sterling Actor, Guiding Light
16. Terence Rattigan Terence Rattigan Writer, Separate Tables Terence Mervyn Rattigan was born on June 10, 1911, in London, the son of a career diplomat and serial philanderer whose indiscretions resulted in his being cashiered by the Foreign Office. As a member of the lower upper-middle class in the inter-war period, the young Rattigan received a first-rate education at Harrow and Trinity College...
17. Buck Jones Buck Jones Actor, The Gunman from Bodie Buck Jones was one of the greatest of the "B" western stars. Although born in Indiana, Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and there learned the riding and shooting skills that would stand him in good stead as a hero of Westerns. He...
18. Ruth Clifford Ruth Clifford Actress, Wagon Master Leading lady in Hollywood silents from the 20's; later a character actress in occasional talkies.
19. Ted Sorel Ted Sorel Actor, Guiding Light
20. Michael Witney Michael Witney Actor, Darling Lili
21. Richard Llewellyn Richard Llewellyn Writer, How Green Was My Valley
22. Earl Bellamy Earl Bellamy Director, Seven Alone Directed more than 1,600 episodes of television. Graduated from Hollywood High School in 1935 and got a job as a messenger at Columbia Studios, working his way up to second assistant director by 1939. Served in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit near the end of World War II.
23. Simone Silva Simone Silva Actress, The Shadow Man Simone Silva was born to French-Italian parents in Cairo as Simone de Bouillard. She was known mainly in England, where the great majority of her films were produced, as an actress of B-movies, who usually played supporting roles and bit parts.This mostly forgotten actress in some ways was more bright in life than in her very short career...
24. Joni Richards Joni Richards Thanks, Saying Goodbye
25. Fritz Rasp Fritz Rasp Actor, Metropolis Fritz Heinrich Rasp was the thirteenth child of a county surveyor. He was schooled from 1908-1909 at the Theaterschule Otto Königin in Munich where, due to a speech impediment, Rasp developed a Frankish dialect. Rasp debuted on the stage in 1909, as Amandus in Max Halbe's "Skandalstück Jugend" as the Münchner Schauspielhaus...
26. Ulrich Wildgruber Ulrich Wildgruber Actor, Die Siebtelbauern
27. Verna Fields Verna Fields Sound Department, El Cid
28. Dolores Mantez Dolores Mantez Actress, The Cat with Ten Lives
29. Pedro Lazaga Pedro Lazaga Director, Maniac Mansion
30. Allen Joseph Allen Joseph Actor, Eraserhead
31. Françoise Prévost Françoise Prévost Actress, Le scomunicate di San Valentino
32. Mary Adams Mary Adams Actress, Executive Suite
33. Fred F. Sears Fred F. Sears Director, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers A graduate of Boston College, Fred F. Sears got his show-business start in regional theater, where he was an actor, director and producer. He started "little theater" groups and was a drama instructor at Southwestern University when Columbia Pictures hired him as a dialogue director. He also worked in front of the cameras...
34. Martha Mansfield Martha Mansfield Actress, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stunning silent screen actress Martha Mansfield was a musical comedy star in New York City by the time she entered films in 1916 for Max Linder. Before long she advanced to second leads in features, including the role of Millicent Carew in the John Barrymore starrer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which to this day remains her best known...
35. Guy Debord Guy Debord Writer, La société du spectacle
36. Bruce Yarnell Bruce Yarnell Actor, Irma la Douce
37. Til Kiwe Til Kiwe Actor, The Great Escape
38. Adrian Morris Adrian Morris Actor, The Grapes of Wrath
39. Compton MacKenzie Compton MacKenzie Writer, Whisky Galore
40. Beniamino Gigli Beniamino Gigli Soundtrack, The Addams Family Beniamino Gigli was born in Recanati, Italy, on March 20, 1890, into a poor family. He possessed a fine singing voice and, after struggling to make a living for many years, he eventually made his operatic debut as a tenor on October 15, 1914, appearing in "La Giaconda" in Rovigo, Italy. Over the following years his reputation and stature grew...
41. Stretch Stretch Soundtrack, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
42. Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen Director, A Intrusa Born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1914, Carlos Hugo Christensen is considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Latin American history. A pioneer in the film industry, his love of literature combined with a forward-thinking attitude towards sexuality, resulted in a unique point of view...
43. Glyn Dearman Glyn Dearman Actor, Scrooge
44. Herbert L. Strock Herbert L. Strock Director, The Crawling Hand Boston-born Herbert Strock's introduction to the movie business was as director of the Fox Newsreel crew, visiting Hollywood stars in their homes. After serving with the Ordnance Motion Picture Division, he found employment as an editor at MGM and later moved into the infant medium of TV, producing and directing The Cases of Eddie Drake...
45. Zdenek Miler Zdenek Miler Director, Jak krtek ke kalhotkám prisel
46. William Roerick William Roerick Actor, Guiding Light
47. Chef Milani Chef Milani Actor, The Seventh Victim Joseph Milani was a well-known radio and television personality in Los Angeles from the 1930s to the 1950s. Among his shows were "Chef Milani" on KFWB, on which his announcer was Johnny Olson; and the "Chef Milani Show" on KCOP-TV. During World War II, he was in charge of food at the Hollywood Canteen, the celebrity-run club for servicemen.
48. Syed Alwi Syed Alwi Actor, Anna and the King
49. Ahmet Ulucay Ahmet Ulucay Director, Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds
50. Charles Cane Charles Cane Actor, The Killing
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