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Moon Bloodgood was born on 20 September 1975 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. She is an actress, known for Terminator Salvation (2009), Faster (2010) and Eight Below (2006). She was previously married to Grady Hall.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Originally from Alliance, Ohio, which was the first of many homes for Yuri: he lived in Virginia, Tennessee, West Africa, Japan, and New York before settling in Los Angeles.
Yuri discovered his talent and passion for acting near the end of high school and since then has made a reputation of being a committed and creative artist on both stage and screen internationally.
He made his debut in writing, producing, and starring in the independent short "Faithful." He is a student of martial arts and speaks fluent Japanese, French, and German.
Yuri is becoming well-known for his work in voice over in video games and animation. Some of his roles include Superman in Legion of Super Heroes (2006), Sasuke in Naruto (2002), and the Prince in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003) video-game series.
In 2004, he started his own production company, Monkey Kingdom Productions, with business partner Tara Platt.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Perry King was born on 30 April 1948 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Mandingo (1975) and Class of 1984 (1982).- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
American stuntman, long associated with John Wayne, who doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and sought work as a wrangler. He began doing stunts in 1949 on The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), doubling John Wayne. The two became pals and Hayward subsequently stunted and doubled Wayne on nearly two dozen of the latter's films. Excelling at all sorts of horseback stunts, Hayward doubled most stars of the period who found themselves in Westerns or otherwise astride a horse, including Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Gregory Peck. He graduated into stunt coordination, arranging the stunts on films such as The Deadly Companions (1961) and the TV series The Rat Patrol (1966). He played small roles in numerous films and TV shows, and his appearance often served as an accurate predictor of an upcoming fight scene. He retired from stuntwork in 1981, and from acting in 1989. Hayward was a member of the unofficial "John Ford Stock Company," a lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. He died from Hodgkin's Disease at his home in North Hollywood, California, in 1998.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Busy American supporting actor of Italian parentage who was a familiar face on the small screen during the golden years of television. Balduzzi chose his career path while serving in the U.S. Navy. After studying at the Goodman Theatre School of Drama in Chicago he moved to New York and began to act in off-Broadway plays. To make ends meet, he also held a job at Toots Shor's iconic restaurant in Manhattan, a famous meeting place for Hollywood celebrities. A fortuitous encounter with the casting director of The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) led to several gigs on the show from 1957, Balduzzi playing a variety of minor characters, from waiters to elevator operators. It took another seven years and a move to Los Angeles for the actor to secure regular work. From 1964, he was served best by being cast in sitcoms -- helping to enliven, among others, I Dream of Jeannie (1965), Gidget (1965), Bewitched (1964), That Girl (1966) and Barney Miller (1975) --, often as police officers, salesmen or in friendly servile parts. Infrequent offerings in motion pictures included a private soldier in the war picture Kelly's Heroes (1970) (filmed in Yugoslavia), a party guest in Pete 'n' Tillie (1974) and a prisoner in Michael Keaton's zany Johnny Dangerously (1984). Until his retirement from the screen in 1990, Balduzzi supplemented his income by working a variety of other jobs, including as hotel clerks and bellhops (roles he often essayed on TV), short order cooks, as a dance instructor and acting teacher.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Steph was born in the very small town of Alliance, Ohio. She had a very unusual childhood. Well, maybe to some. She was always fascinated with horror. She was watching horror films at age four, both classic and new at the time. So growing up, she loved the B-movie/horror genre. Steph had always dreamed of becoming an actress and doing horror films. But being in Ohio there never seemed to be a chance of that happening. So she decided to become a Veterinarian. At the age of fourteen, in 1986, she moved to California! This is where she started to make her dream of becoming an actress a reality and started to do something about it. Steph attended high school in Oxnard, was in the "Who's Who of American High School Students" for two years in a row, and graduated with high honors. In high school, she began to take drama classes and in college, she majored in Dramatic Arts. After graduation, she took some professional classes to perfect her craft. She did the whole bit...cold reading, scene study, etc. However, she soon began to realize that until she would move to Los Angeles, things were just not going to happen! So in 1992, Steph moved to LA. She then studied many different techniques with several different coaches, and in 1995, she landed her first role in a film titled Unnaturally Born Killers (1996). She played the part of Jennifer Cartwright and it was there that her status began as a "Scream Queen". From 1995 to 1996, she worked in some music videos, including Joykiller's Go Bang and Prime Evil's Ghastly Beast. After that, she returned to films such as Teen Witches and Monopoly. Steph also did two NBC movies, Shattered Mind (1996) starring Heather Locklear and Through The Looking Glass. When not working on movies, she worked in some commercials. The end of 1996 to the present has been her busiest time ever! She filmed _Witchcraft IX: Bitter Flesh (1996)_ in which she played Detective Lutz. She also shot a video for Penthouse magazine entitled The Penthouse Variety Show. In the fall, she began shooting Zombie Gang Bangers (1997). In 1997, she did a film for Showtime titled A Mid Cyber's Night Dream where she played a Swedish maid. Even though this film and the films for NBC and the music videos took her away from the Scream Queen title, she was brought back through 'Witchcraft' and 'Zombie Ninja' and othere to follow. In the late summer of 1997, Steph flew to Minneapolis to shoot three films for Nightmare Productions. They were Twilight (1998)_, Tales from the Cannibal Side (1998) and a cameo in Dying to Meet You (1997). Then, in October, she flew to London to reprise her role as Detective Lutz in Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft (1998). In October of 1998, she played a female Terminator in _Passion to Kill, A (1999)_. In February of the following year, she flew to the windy city, Chicago, to shoot Headcrusher (1999) and back to Los Angeles where she filmed Eyes of the Werewolf (1999), which was in 3-D. In May, she was back once again as Detective Lutz in Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood (2000). In August, Steph filmed _V-World Matrix (1999)_, yet another 3-D film. In October, she flew to Oregon to shoot The Evilmaker (2000). She also began writing a monthly column for a magazine titled, "Autograph News Magazine". Steph wrote articles on several directors, producers, and actors as well as her Q&A column. She now produces and directs her own films. All types from low budget "B" films to "A" list productions. Her first film she is producing is The Bagman (2002). In October of 2000, she was the lead in A Passion (2001) for USA Network. 2001 has been a very busy year for Steph. In March, she flew up to Oakland, California, to shoot the science fiction comedy, Bikini Planet (2002).- Jeff Hollis was born on 10 November 1950 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Big Easy (1986), Youngblood (1978) and CPO Sharkey (1976). He died on 12 January 2000 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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- Producer
- Actor
John Florea was born on 28 May 1916 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Not for Hire (1959) and Sea Hunt (1958). He was married to Marjie Millar and Ruth Johnson. He died on 25 August 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Writer
- Editor
Gilbert Vivian Seldes was an American journalist, music and drama critic, author and playwright. A native of Alliance, New Jersey, and a Harvard graduate, Seldes is best remembered as the author of "The Seven Lively Arts" (1924).
While at Harvard, his roommate, Irving Pichel, wagered one dollar that he could memorize the full text of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" faster than Seldes could. Pichel managed the feat in seven days, two days longer than it had taken Seldes.
As a young man, Seldes worked as a critic, columnist and a war correspondent for papers in Philadelphia and New York.
He was also remembered for his books "The Public Arts" and "The Great Audience" and for his translation of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata". Seldes was additionally the author of several murder mysteries under the pen name Foster James.
His book "The Seven Lively Arts" would the inspire a 1953 radio show by the same name (that he hosted) and the television series The Seven Lively Arts (1957).
Later in life he worked as a television director at CBS. In 1959 he was appointed the first director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication. Seldes would retire in 1963.
Gilbert Vivian Seldes passed away in Manhattan at the age of 77. He was survived by a daughter and a son. His wife, Alice Hall, died in 1954 after 30 years of marriage.- Sissy Schaefer was born on 21 February 1971 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. She has been married to Roger DePenti since October 1998. They have two children.
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Bruce Bellas was born on 7 July 1909 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. Bruce was a director and producer, known for Cowboy Wash-Up (1962), A Stolen Swim (1962) and Patio Antics (1962). Bruce died in 1974 in Canada.- Allan Funk was born on 7 July 1971 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WCW Thunder (1998) and Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors (2010).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
David D. Scott was born on 7 December 1966 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. David D. is known for Blonde (2022), The Terminal List (2022) and Big Little Lies (2017).- Len Dawson was born on 25 June 1935 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Personal Best (1982), The Love Butcher (1975) and AFL on ABC (1960). He was married to Jacqueline Puzder and Linda Louise. He died on 24 August 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- George Henry Seldes was a native of Alliance, New Jersey, and the older brother of writer Gilbert Seldes. He was probably one of the more controversial American journalists and authors of the first half of the 20th century. Drew Pearson would often pass on news stories to Seldes that Pearson deemed too hot to print in his own syndicated column. Between 1940 and 1950 Seldes and his wife Helen, published "In Fact", a weekly newspaper that covered stories that other papers either ignored or downplayed. At its height "In Fact" had a circulation of 750,000 readers. Among those readers who credited "In Fact" as an influence in their life, were consumer activist Ralph Nader and columnist Jack Anderson.
Seldes began his career at age 18 as cub reporter for the Pittsburgh Leader after attending Harvard for one year. After the First World War broke out he decided become a war correspondent and soon began reporting from the European theater. At war's end, Seldes and several other reporters were court marshaled for entering Germany without military permission to interview Hindenburg. They got their interview but were later forbidden to print it. Seldes decided to stay in Europe working as foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. There his reporting on Bolshevik purges and murders would eventually get him expelled from Soviet Russia. Later, similar reporting in Mussolini's Italy would earn him persona non grata status there as well. Seldes would later write a rather unflattering book about Il Duce entitled "Sawdust Caesar" (1936).
On 2 May, 1931, Seldes married 25 year old Countess Dursilla Ladine Young de Martino in Toulon, France. The Countess, who was born in Moody, Texas, was said to have been married to a Spanish Count, at one time held captive in a Moroccan harem, starred in Russian movies and a cast member in the Broadway play "Street Singer" (1929/30). Apparently the union did not last long for the following year he married Cincinnati, Ohio native, Helen Larkin Wiesman, whom he had met several years earlier in Paris when she was a graduate student studying chemistry at the Sorbonne.
While in Madrid covering the Spanish Civil War for the New York Post, the hotel Seldes and his wife were staying at came under artillery fire. This was particularly irksome to Helen Seldes who was bathing at the time of the attack. Years later, whenever the couple visited Madrid, they would try to book the same hotel room their friend Ernest Hemingway lived in when he was reporting on the conflict. Seldes and his wife were close friends of several other 20th century literary greats, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, Dorothy Thompson], and Vincent Sheean, to name a few.
Seldes was the author of numerous controversial books about the press, politics and religion. Starting with, "You Can't Print That!" (1929) and "Can These Things Be!" (1931) and later "The Vatican: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow," (1934), "Iron, Blood and Profits," (1934), "Freedom of the Press" (1935), "Lords of the Press" (1938), "You Can't Do That! " (1938), "The Catholic Crisis" (1940), "Witch Hunt," (1940), "Facts and Fascism" (1943) and others. As a journalist, he exposed corrupt politicians and corporate lobbyist and was one of the first to report on the results of product testing by consumer unions. "In Fact" once printed a report linking tobacco and longevity that no other publication would touch at that time. In the early 1950s Seldes fell victim to McCarthyism and was blacklisted for a number of years. During this time he was able to publish at least one work, "Tell the Truth and Run" (1953).
Seldes went on to author several more books before passing away at the remarkable age of 104, "The Great Quotations" (1961), "Never Tire of Protesting" (1968), "Even the Gods Can't Change History " (1976), "The Great Thoughts" (1985) and "Witness to a Century" (1987. His wife and assistant, Helen Seldes, passed away in 1979, at the age of 73. - Joe Wack was born on 13 October 1970 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Girlfriends (1993), Bride of Killer Nerd (1992) and Payback is a Bitch (1994). He has been married to Megan Joplin since 14 July 2002.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Composer, author, pianist and songwriter, educated at Mount Union College and the Philadelphia Music School, also in private music study. In 1937 he announced at WHBC in Canton, Ohio, then became production manager. In 1939 he announced at WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1943 to 1962 he was the sales manager for RCA Recorded Program Services and General Teleradio Film Division, and vice-president of sales for Bonded TV Film Services. Between 1962-1964 he was a consultant to the Ringling Brothers Circus. He composed the scores and was assistant film producer for the National Science Foundation exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair. He directed special projects for the National Association for Retarded Children, and he composed the TV score for "Quillow and the Giant". Joining ASCAP in 1963, his chief musical collaborator was Ralph Blane. His popular-song compositions include "How Many Stars?"; "I Believe in Me"; "No Such Word as Can't"; "I Believe in Something"; and "Nothing Is the Hardest Thing In the World to Do".- Art Director
Bill Newberry was born on 3 January 1912 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. Bill was an art director, known for The Misfits (1961), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) and Kelly and Me (1956). Bill died on 17 March 1991 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Daniel Smith was born on 12 March 1953 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He died on 20 September 2013 in Danville, Kentucky, USA.
- Michael Chiporo was born on 14 June 1980 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Stalker: The Movie - Party in the Woods (2002).
- Nicholas Baronzzi was born on 12 September 1992 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Unwavering Faith (2020) and Gretchen's Lock (2016).
- David Bunnell was born on 25 July 1947 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. He was married to Jaqueline Dowds Poitier and Linda Essay. He died on 18 October 2016 in Berkeley, California, USA.
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- Actor
- Producer
David C. Phillippi was born on 15 September 1962 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Summer Catch (2001) and Monster Kid Home Movies (2005).- Stefan Langer was born on 13 April 1973 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Das Biest vom Planeten Venus (2011), Green Card Fever (2003) and Second Thoughts: Fatale Begierde (2014).
- Daniel Diehl was born on 7 May 1948 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. Daniel is a writer, known for Tales from the Tower (2001), The Fall of Berlin (2014) and Hitler in His Own Words (2002).
- Fred Hoaglin was born on 28 January 1944 in Alliance, Ohio, USA.
- Joe Swartz was born on 14 June 1942 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He died on 11 June 1985 in San Francisco, California, USA.