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1. Abraham Polonsky

Writer-director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, one of the most prominent victims of the Hollywood blacklisting of communists and social progressives in the post-World War II period, was born on December 5, 1910, in New York, New York. An unreconstructed Marxist, Polonsky never hid his membership in the ...

2. John Garfield

Actor | Four Daughters

John Garfield was born Jacob Julius Garfinkle on the Lower East Side of New York City, to Hannah Basia (Margolis) and David Garfinkle, who were Jewish immigrants from Zhytomyr (now in Ukraine). Jules was raised by his father, a clothes presser and part-time cantor, after his mother's death in 1920,...

3. Dalton Trumbo

Writer | Roman Holiday

Dalton Trumbo, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, arguably the most talented, most famous of the blacklisted film professionals known to history as the Hollywood 10, was born in Montrose, Colorado to Orus Trumbo and his wife, the former Maud Tillery.

Dalton Trumbo was raised at 1124 Gunnison Ave. in ...

4. Edward Dmytryk

Director | The Caine Mutiny

Edward Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. After his mother died when he was 6, his strict disciplinarian father beat the boy frequently, and the child began running away while in his early teens. Eventually, juvenile authorities allowed him to live alone at the age ...

5. Ring Lardner Jr.

Writer | MASH

The Oscar-winning screenwriter, Ring Lardner, Jr., will always be known for one of two things: that he was the son of one of the greatest humorists American literature has produced, and he was one of the Hollywood 10, the ten film-makers who refused to cooperate with the House Un-American ...

6. Albert Maltz

Writer | Broken Arrow

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Albert Maltz was born on October 28, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Columbia University in 1930, he attended the Yale School of Drama for two years as a tyro playwright. After striking out on his own as a dramatist, he developed sociopolitical plays ...

7. John Howard Lawson

Writer | Blockade

John Howard Lawson is not the most famous member of the Hollywood 10, those filmmakers who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities' inquiry into alleged "Communist subversion" in the Hollywood movie industry in 1947, but he was the central figure of the group--the mind if not the heart...

8. Lester Cole

Writer | The Invisible Man Returns

Screenwriter Lester Cole, who is known in cinema history primarily as a member of the "Hollywood Ten," a group who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigation into their political beliefs who were black-listed by the industry for their defiance, was born on June 19, 1904 in ...

9. Samuel Ornitz

Writer | It Could Happen to You

Samuel Ornitz, a novelist and screenwriter best remembered now as as one of the "Hollywood Ten" of accused communists who defied the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and was blacklisted, was born on November 15, 1890 in New York, New York, at the height of the Progressive Era of ...

10. Adrian Scott

Producer | Crossfire

Adrian Scott, the producer of progressive films who was blacklisted as one of the Hollywood 10, was born into a middle-class Irish Catholic family in Arlington, New Jersey, on February 6, 1912, to Mary (Redpath) and Allan Scott. He established his reputation as a writer on various magazines before ...

11. Zero Mostel

Actor | The Producers

Zero Mostel was born Samuel Joel Mostel on February 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, one of eight children of an Orthodox Jewish family. Raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the young Zero, known as Sammy, developed his talent for painting and drawing at art classes provided by the ...

12. Julian Zimet

Writer | Pánico en el Transiberiano

Julian Zimet was born on July 4, 1919 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Horror Express (1972), Crack in the World (1965) and The Naked Dawn (1955). He died on March 9, 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

13. Nedrick Young

Writer | The Defiant Ones

Nedrick Young was born on March 23, 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960) and Gun Crazy (1950). He was married to Elizabeth MacRae and Frances Sage. He died on September 16, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, ...

14. Michael Wilson

Writer | Lawrence of Arabia

Michael Wilson was born on July 1, 1914 in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and 5 Fingers (1952). He was married to Zelma Wilson. He died on April 9, 1978 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

15. John Wexley

Writer | Angels with Dirty Faces

John Wexley was born on September 14, 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Last Mile (1932) and Hangmen Also Die! (1943). He died on February 4, 1985 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.

16. Hannah Weinstein

Producer | Stir Crazy

Hannah Weinstein was born on June 23, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Stir Crazy (1980), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) and Claudine (1974). She died on March 9, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.

17. Richard Weil

Writer | Shine on Harvest Moon

Richard Weil was born on October 29, 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Shine on Harvest Moon (1944), The Great Flamarion (1945) and Talk About a Lady (1946). He was married to Isabelle Keith. He died on August 16, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Michael Uris

Writer | Four Days Wonder

Michael Uris was born on March 25, 1902. Michael was a writer, known for Four Days Wonder (1936), Happy Go Lucky (1943) and Plainsman and the Lady (1946). Michael was married to Dorothy Tree. Michael died on July 17, 1967 in Truro, Massachusetts, USA.

19. Bernard Vorhaus

Assistant_director | Roman Holiday

Born in New York, director Bernard Vorhaus made his name in England during the 1930s and later became a victim of the Hollywood blacklist. His most well-known film was The Last Journey (1935), but his quirky thriller about phony spiritualists, The Amazing Mr. X (1948), has a loyal following. A ...

20. Peter Viertel

Writer | Saboteur

Peter Viertel, a WWII veteran whose first novel was published to glowing reviews when he was only 18, was born of parents of the European intelligentsia, refugees from Adolf Hitler's Europe. Brought up in Hollywood, in a household where Greta Garbo (his mother's closest friend), Bertolt Brecht ...

21. George Tyne

Actor | A Walk in the Sun

George Tyne was born on February 6, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for A Walk in the Sun (1945), It Takes a Thief (1968) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). He was married to Ethel Tyne. He died on March 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

22. Paul Trivers

Producer | He Ran All the Way

Paul Trivers is known for He Ran All the Way (1951) and The Men in Her Life (1941).

23. Dorothy Tree

Actress | The Asphalt Jungle

After a long career on stage and film, in New York and Hollywood, Dorothy Tree, as Dorothy Uris, had a second career, as a speech and voice coach at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, privately, and teaching speech and acting at the Mannes College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. She ...

24. Shepard Traube

Director | The Bride Wore Crutches

Shepard Traube was born on February 27, 1907 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Bride Wore Crutches (1940), For Beauty's Sake (1941) and Street of Memories (1940). He died on July 23, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.

25. Frank Tarloff

Writer | Father Goose

Frank Tarloff was born on February 4, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Father Goose (1964), A Guide for the Married Man (1967) and The Double Man (1967). He was married to Lee Tarloff. He died on June 25, 1999 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Julius Tannenbaum

Producer | The Dismembered

Julius Tannenbaum is known for The Dismembered (1962), Black Like Me (1964) and Indian Summer (1960).

27. Arthur Strawn

Writer | Flight to Mars

Arthur Strawn was born on September 29, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Flight to Mars (1951), The Black Room (1935) and The Man Who Lived Twice (1936). He died on March 28, 1989.

28. Donald Ogden Stewart

Writer | The Philadelphia Story

Donald Ogden Stewart was born on November 30, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Not So Dumb (1930). He was married to Leonore (Ella) Sophie Winter Steffens and Beatrice Ames. He died on August 2, 1980 in...

29. Philip Stevenson

Writer | Story of G.I. Joe

Philip Stevenson was born on December 31, 1896 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Counter-Attack (1945) and The Man from Cairo (1953). He died on September 30, 1965 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, USSR.

30. Janet Stevenson

Writer | Counter-Attack

Janet Stevenson was born on February 4, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Counter-Attack (1945), The Man from Cairo (1953) and The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954). She was married to Benson Rotstein and Philip Stevenson. She died on June 9, 2009 in Warrenton, Oregon, USA.

31. Ray Spencer

Writer | Crack-Up

Ray Spencer is known for Crack-Up (1946), Star Bright (1944) and Bonnie Lassie (1944).

32. Louis Solomon

Writer | Snafu

Louis Solomon was born on February 27, 1911. He was a writer, known for Snafu (1945), Mark of the Renegade (1951) and Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944). He died on June 12, 1981 in Southold, New York, USA.

33. Art Smith

Actor | In a Lonely Place

Art Smith was born on March 23, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), Brute Force (1947) and Edge of Darkness (1943). He died on February 24, 1973 in West Babylon, New York, USA.

34. George Sklar

Writer | Afraid to Talk

George Sklar was born on May 31, 1908 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Afraid to Talk (1932), City Without Men (1943) and First Comes Courage (1943). He died on May 15, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Hilda Simms

Actress | The Joe Louis Story

Hilda Simms was born Hilda Moses in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of nine children. Prior to becoming an actress, Hilda planned to enter the teaching profession. Hilda and enrolled at the University of Minnesota and engaged in her studies until lack of funds forced her abandon them. She relocated to ...

36. Viola Brothers Shore

Writer | Lucky Boy

Viola Brothers Shore was born on May 26, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. Viola Brothers was a writer, known for Lucky Boy (1929), Sailor Be Good (1933) and The Life of the Party (1937). Viola Brothers was married to Henry Braxton and William J. Shore. Viola Brothers died on March 29, 1970 in ...

37. Reuben Ship

Writer | The Life of Riley

Reuben Ship was born on October 18, 1915 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a writer, known for The Life of Riley (1948), The Girl on the Boat (1962) and There Was a Crooked Man (1960). He was married to Elaine Grand. He died on August 23, 1975 in England, UK.

38. Madeleine Sherwood

Actress | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Madeleine Sherwood was born on November 13, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Changeling (1980) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). She was married to Robert Sherwood. She died on April 23, 2016 in Lac Cornu, Quebec, Canada.

39. Joshua Shelley

Actor | All the President's Men

Joshua Shelley was born on January 27, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for All the President's Men (1976), The Front Page (1974) and The Front (1976). He was married to Molly McCarthy. He died on February 16, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

40. Robert Shayne

Actor | Christmas in Connecticut

Born in turn-of-the-century Yonkers, New York, Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe) worked at a variety of jobs before his interests ultimately turned toward acting. He appeared in a succession of legit theater productions throughout the 1930s and even appeared in a few films, making a comedy ...

41. Martha Scott

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Martha Ellen Scott was born in Jamesport, Missouri, to Letha (McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott, an engineer and garage owner. She entered films in the early 1940s, following an initial appearance in stock. Her first film appearance was Our Town (1940), playing the same character as she played on the...

42. Bill Scott

Actor | Rocky and His Friends

Bill Scott was born on August 2, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Bullwinkle Show (1959), Hoppity Hooper (1964) and The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966). He was married to Dorothy Scott. He died on November 29, 1985 in Tujunga, California, USA.

43. John Sanford

Writer | Honky Tonk

Born Julian Lawrence Shapiro on 31 May 1904 in Harlem, John Sanford was a descendant of Russian immigrants, and trained as a lawyer, practising with his father, Philip. A chance encounter with a childhood friend, Nathanael West caused him to change his focus to writing. Abandoning his New York law ...

44. Waldo Salt

Writer | Midnight Cowboy

Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 ...

45. Madeleine Ruthven

Writer | The Accusing Finger

Madeleine Ruthven was born on August 26, 1893 in Harwick, Iowa, USA. She was a writer, known for The Accusing Finger (1936), Wyoming (1928) and And Sudden Death (1936). She was married to Samuel L. Ruthven. She died in 1960.

46. Shimen Ruskin

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Shimen Ruskin was born on February 25, 1907 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Producers (1967) and Love and Death (1975). He was married to Kate Urkowitz and Rae Spiegel. He died on April 23, 1976 in ...

47. Jean Rouverol

Actress | It's a Gift

Jean Rouverol was born on July 8, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for It's a Gift (1934), Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to Hugo Butler. She died on March 24, 2017 in Wingdale, New York, USA.

48. Louise Rousseau

Writer | Swing Hostess

Louise Rousseau was born on July 22, 1910 in Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Swing Hostess (1944), Air Hostess (1949) and Mississippi Rhythm (1949). She died on September 25, 1981 in Ventura, California, USA.

49. Naomi Robison

50. Marguerite Roberts

Writer | True Grit

Marguerite Roberts was born on September 21, 1905 in Greeley, Colorado, USA. She was a writer, known for True Grit (1969), College Scandal (1935) and Honky Tonk (1941). She was married to John Sanford. She died on February 17, 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

51. W.L. River

Writer | The Adventures of Martin Eden

W.L. River was born on December 15, 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942), The Great Man's Lady (1941) and Reaching for the Sun (1941). He died on November 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

52. Martin Ritt

Director | Hud

Martin Ritt, one of the best and most sensitive American filmmakers of all time, was a director, actor and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. His films reflect, like almost none other, a profound and intimate humane vision of his characters.

He originally ...

53. Frederic I. Rinaldo

Writer | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Frederic I. Rinaldo was born on September 27, 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Hold That Ghost (1941) and The Invisible Woman (1940). He died on June 22, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

54. Robert L. Richards

Writer | Winchester '73

Robert L. Richards was born on March 3, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Winchester '73 (1950), The Last Crooked Mile (1946) and Gorgo (1961). He died in June 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico.

55. Rosaura Revueltas

Actress | Salt of the Earth

A star in her native Mexico, Revueltas was branded a Communist and deported from the U.S. after making her one U.S. film, "Salt of the Earth" (1954), a Mexican-American film about striking miners. She continued her acting career in Mexico, and was also a dancer and author. In her later years she ...

56. Maurice Rapf

Writer | Sharpshooters

Maurice Rapf, the Hollywood screenwriter who became one of the pioneers of cinema studies, was born on May 19, 1914, in New York City to producer Harry Rapf and his wife, Tina Uhfelder Rapf. Harry Rapf was one of the founders of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and an Oscar-winner for producing MGM's first ...

57. John Randolph

Actor | You've Got Mail

Veteran performer John Randolph was a Tony Award-winning character actor whose union and social activism in the '40s and '50s caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era. The balding performer may not have been a household name, but he was a regular face in movies and TV for over four ...

58. Stanley Prager

Actor | Gun Crazy

Stanley Prager was born on January 8, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Gun Crazy (1950), ABC Stage 67 (1966) and Force of Evil (1948). He was married to Georgann Johnson. He died on January 18, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

59. Vladimir Pozner

Writer | The Dark Mirror

Vladimir Pozner was born on January 5, 1905 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for The Dark Mirror (1946), Another Part of the Forest (1948) and The Conspirators (1944). He died on February 19, 1992 in Paris, France.

60. Louis Pollock

Writer | The Gamma People

Louis Pollock was born on February 16, 1904 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Gamma People (1956), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) and The Richard Boone Show (1963). He was married to Cleta L. Pollock. He died on August 23, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.

61. Irving Pichel

Director | Destination Moon

Irving Pichel was born on June 24, 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Destination Moon (1950), Dracula's Daughter (1936) and Tomorrow Is Forever (1946). He was married to Violette Wilson. He died on July 13, 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA.

62. George Pepper

Producer | The Young One

George Pepper is known for The Young One (1960), Los pequeños gigantes (1960) and Robinson Crusoe (1954).

63. Leo Penn

Director | Ben Casey

Leo Penn was born on August 27, 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Ben Casey (1961), The Mississippi (1982) and Remington Steele (1982). He was married to Eileen Ryan and Olive Deering. He died on September 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

64. Larry Parks

Actor | The Jolson Story

When amiable Columbia Pictures actor Larry Parks was entrusted the role of entertainer Al Jolson in the biopic The Jolson Story (1946), his career finally hit the big time. Within a few years, however, his bright new world crumbled courtesy of the House Un-American Activities Committee after the ...

65. Alfred Palca

Writer | The Harlem Globetrotters

Alfred Palca was born on March 23, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), Go Man Go (1954) and Manhunt (1951). He was married to Doris Palca. He died on June 18, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.

66. Mortimer Offner

Writer | The Saint in New York

Mortimer Offner was born on November 3, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Saint in New York (1938), Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and Radio City Revels (1938). He was married to Pauline B Wilson. He died on September 15, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.

67. Henry Myers

Writer | Hey, Rookie

Henry Myers was born on June 24, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Hey, Rookie (1944), The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936) and College Holiday (1936). He died on October 30, 1975.

68. Karen Morley

Actress | Scarface

Born Mildred Linton in Ottumwa, Iowa on December 12, 1909, Karen Morley was adopted by a well-to-do family who moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1920s. She enrolled at Hollywood High School and studied for a career in medicine at UCLA, but a class in theater changed her career ambitions.

After ...

69. Josef Mischel

Writer | Prison Ship

Josef Mischel was born on March 2, 1899 in Szczyrzyc, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Szczyrzyc, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Prison Ship (1945), Danger Woman (1946) and Isn't It Romantic (1948). He died on November 17, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

70. John 'Skins' Miller

Actor | Men of San Quentin

John 'Skins' Miller was born on November 6, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Men of San Quentin (1942), The Time of Your Life (1948) and The Last Express (1938). He died on July 15, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

71. Bill Melendez

Producer | A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Bill Melendez was born on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on September 2, 2008 in ...

72. Ruth McKenney

Writer | Song of Surrender

Ruth McKenney was born on November 18, 1911 in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Song of Surrender (1949), Margie (1946) and My Sister Eileen (1955). She was married to Richard Bransten. She died on July 25, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA.

73. John McGrew

Animation_department | The Aristo-Cat

John McGrew was born on March 19, 1910 in New York, New York, USA. He is known for The Aristo-Cat (1943). He died on January 11, 1999 in Le Bois-D'Oingt, Rhone, France.

74. Arnold Manoff

Writer | No Minor Vices

Arnold Manoff was born on April 25, 1914 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for No Minor Vices (1948), Route 66 (1960) and The Big Break (1953). He was married to Lee Grant, Marjorie Jean MacGregor, Ruth Steinberg and Irene Dworkin. He died on February 10, 1965 in New York City, ...

75. Ben Maddow

Writer | The Asphalt Jungle

Ben Maddow was born on August 7, 1909 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Savage Eye (1959) and The Man from Colorado (1948). He was married to Flier, Freda. He died on October 9, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

76. Norman Lloyd

Actor | Dead Poets Society

Norman Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Sadie (Horowitz), a housewife and singer, and Max Perlmutter, a furniture store manager. His family was Jewish (from Hungary and Russia). He began his acting career in the theater, first "treading the boards" at Eva Le Gallienne...

77. Mitch Lindemann

Writer | The Rockford Files

Mitchell Lindemann started writing for the Federal Theater in the 1930s. He then wrote for The Life of Riley both for radio and television. He moved to a screen writing career in the mid-1940s and was John Howard Lawson's writing partner working for the Hecht-Lancaster production company.

In 1948, ...

78. Helen Levitt

Writer | All in the Family

Helen Levitt was born on December 6, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for All in the Family (1971), The Bionic Woman (1976) and That Girl (1966). She was married to Alfred Lewis Levitt. She died on April 3, 1993 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.

79. Alfred Lewis Levitt

Writer | All in the Family

Alfred Lewis Levitt was born on June 3, 1916 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for All in the Family (1971), Shakedown (1950) and The Bionic Woman (1976). He was married to Helen Levitt. He died on November 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

80. Lewis Leverett

81. Sam Levene

Actor | After the Thin Man

Sam Levene was the actor who originated "craps-shooter extraordinaire" Nathan Detroit in the seminal American musical "Guys and Dolls" on the Great White Way in the original 1950 production. Levene was not a good singer and had trouble staying in key, so his solo number "Sue Me" had to be written ...

82. Irving Lerner

Director | Cry of Battle

Editor/director Irving Lerner got his start in the film business at Columbia University, where he was a research editor on the school's Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and began making documentaries for the school's anthropology department in the early 1930s. He produced documentaries for the ...

83. Carl Lerner

Director | Black Like Me

Carl Lerner was born on June 17, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Black Like Me (1964), Klute (1971) and 12 Angry Men (1957). He was married to Gerda Lerner. He died on August 26, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.

84. Robert Lees

Writer | The Green Hornet

Robert Lees was born on July 10, 1912 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Green Hornet (1966), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Hold That Ghost (1941). He was married to Abel, Jean. He died on June 13, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

He was born in Piestany, Hungary, going to the United States in 1940 having studied at the Sorbonne and working in still and motion picture photography. After studying acting at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon Virginia, he made his 1943 debut on Broadway in "Dark Eyes" under the name Geza Korvin. It...

88. Lester Koenig

Producer | The Heiress

Although never a card-carrying communist himself, Koenig was blacklisted because he refused to name names. The result was that he unable to work in the film business. He began producing jazz records on Commodore Records with some of the best West Coast musicians of that time, among them Art Pepper ...

89. Mickey Knox

Actor | I Walk Alone

Mickey Knox was born on December 24, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for I Walk Alone (1947), The Godfather Part III (1990) and The 10th Victim (1965). He died on November 15, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

90. Alexander Knox

Actor | Wilson

A Presbyterian minister's son, softly-spoken, intellectual-looking Alexander Knox received his education from the University of Western Ontario where he studied English literature. An excellent elocutionist (a member of the university's Hesperian Club) he had his first fling with dramatic acting ...

91. Sidney Kingsley

Writer | Detective Story

Sidney Kingsley was born on October 22, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Detective Story (1951), Dead End (1937) and Men in White (1934). He was married to Madge Evans. He died on March 20, 1995 in Oakland, New Jersey, USA.

92. Victor Kilian

Actor | The Ox-Bow Incident

American character actor of gruff demeanor who played in dozens of films through the Thirties and Forties. A native of New Jersey, he was a wagon driver for his father's laundry business before joining a vaudeville company. He played in stock and touring companies, then was cast in the Walter Huston...

93. Gordon Kahn

Writer | The Death Kiss

Gordon Kahn was born on May 11, 1902 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for The Death Kiss (1932), The People's Enemy (1935) and The Crosby Case (1934). He was married to Barbara Brodie. He died on December 31, 1962 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.

94. Paul Jarrico

Writer | The Girl Most Likely

Producer and screenwriter who, among many in his craft labeled in the late 1940's and early 1950's as 'subversive' by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities, was blacklisted, Jarrico in the prime of his career. His name was left out of the credits of most American films that he wrote ...

95. John Ireland

Actor | All the King's Men

Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in ...

96. Kim Hunter

Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire

Her father, Donald Cole, was a consulting engineer, and died in 1926 when Kim was only three years old. Her mother, Grace Lind, once performed as a concert pianist. She had one brother who was eight years older than she, and she was educated at Miami Beach High.

According to an in-depth article on ...

97. Ian McLellan Hunter

Writer | Roman Holiday

Ian McLellan Hunter was born on August 8, 1915 in London, England, UK. Ian McLellan was a writer, known for Roman Holiday (1953), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) and The Outside Man (1972). Ian McLellan was married to Alice Goldberg. Ian McLellan died on March 5, 1991 in New York...

98. Edward Huebsch

Writer | Millie's Daughter

Edward Huebsch was born on February 20, 1914 in New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Millie's Daughter (1947), The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) and Los pequeños gigantes (1960). He died on July 7, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

99. John Hubley

Animation_department | Of Stars and Men

John Hubley was born on May 21, 1914 in Marinette, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Of Stars and Men (1961), The Hole (1962) and A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966). He was married to Faith Hubley and Claudia Lenora (Ross) Sewell. He died on February...

100. Tamara Hovey

Writer | Bagdad

Tamara Hovey was born on December 16, 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Bagdad (1949), That Midnight Kiss (1949) and Je suis un sentimental (1955). She was married to ? Gold. She died in 2017 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.