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- Brandy Burre was born on 27 September 1974 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Wire (2002), Perfect Poison (2004) and Poor Jane (2018).
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- Director
- Writer
Fred Kelsey was born on 20 August 1884 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for On Trial (1928), The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) and Red-Haired Alibi (1932). He was married to Katherine Miller. He died on 2 September 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Jon Gruden was born on 17 August 1963 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Longest Yard (2005), Draft Day (2014) and Corona Extra TV Commercial Featuring Jon Gruden (2016). He has been married to Cindy Brooks since 6 July 1991. They have three children.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Dave Dixon was known as the Culture Czar. His last job was broadcasting from the "Tesla Center in beautiful downtown Southfield." He was once the lead DJ of the legendary "Air Aces" on Detroit's rock station WABX. Dixon was a major influence on Detroit's FM revolution in the late 1960s. Dixon was a radio pioneer in Detroit who was among the first to play The Doors, Hendrix, Blind Faith, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and many other artists now taken for granted in pop culture. Dixon also had a co-writing credit on Peter, Paul and Mary's hit tune "I Dig Rock & Roll Music."
Dixon left WABX in 1974. He spent ten years in Miami; where he hosted a popular overnight movie program (The Dave Dixon Show). His television show was on Channel 51 which broadcast from Hollywood, Florida. Dixon would introduce the movies each night (usually two movies and one fill-in episode of any number of old television shows) with a little critique of what he saw as the highlights and the flaws of the particular movie. Then he would take phone calls after the commercial breaks and he would discuss the movies with the callers. Often he would have some animated discussions with the callers regarding the movies or almost any other issue that came up. In effect, Dixon was hosting a talk show about movies! Sometimes callers would receive prizes such at radios, television sets, or other merchandise from The Dave Dixon Show's sponsors.
In 1985, he landed at the Detroit public radio station (WDET) where his gruff, cynical radio persona won him a loyal audience. However, his frequent confrontations with management led to his eventual firing.
In 1996, AM talk station WXYT hired him to host "Dave Dixon's Radio Magazine" where he talked about Detroit's arts community. He transferred his gruff, no-nonsense attitude to a good-vibes community forum, where he often reminisced with his friends from the 1960s rock music scene. Dave Dixon died of a heart attack on Memorial Day in 1999.- Actor
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Kenneth Gibson was born on 17 January 1898 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Turmoil (1924), The Idle Rich (1929) and Passion's Pathway (1924). He was married to Pauline Paquette. He died on 26 November 1972 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
Earl Felton was born on 16 October 1909 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Happy Time (1952) and Bengal Tiger (1936). He died on 2 May 1972 in Studio City, California, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
John Emerson was born on 29 May 1874 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and director, known for San Francisco (1936), Come on In (1918) and Good-Bye, Bill (1918). He was married to Anita Loos. He died on 7 March 1956 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Actress
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Tacey Willis was born on 25 September 1984 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Tainted (2010), The Lost Tribe (2010) and Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars (2004).- Amanda Michaels was born on 6 December 1963 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA.
- Jennifer Rose was born on 12 July 1982 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Path of the Wind (2009) and Parallel (2015).
- Jay Crawford was born on 4 July 1965 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Rocky Balboa (2006), Buy Sell Kill: A Flea Market Story (2004) and Roadside Memorial: Devi's Face (2012). He has been married to Tracy Robinson since 26 December 1987. They have two children.
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- Producer
Many people today know the names of George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., but Charles Frohman, though lesser known, reigned supreme in the theatrical world for over a generation. From a young age Frohman's heart and soul belonged in the theatre. His lower-middle-class family moved from Sandusky, Ohio, to New York City in 1874 and he landed a job as a night clerk for the New York Graphic. In 1876 the paper sent him to Philadelphia to expand its circulation during the Centennial Exposition, and it was there he first demonstrated his entrepreneurial talents by organizing newsboys to more efficiently exploit the market. He then moved over briefly to the New York Tribune and moonlighted by selling theatre tickets at night, soaking in everything he could learn about the theatrical business. In 1880, at the age of 20 with 50 cents to his name after paying for a seat for the hit play "Shenandoah", he successfully schmoozed its producers into selling him its road-show rights. From this point onward there was no stopping Charles Frohman in his desire to conquer the entertainment business, which at the time was headquartered in New York City with the Broadway theater district its nerve center.
He began by leasing an unprofitable house named Proctor's Theatre and gradually created a stock production company. In the early 1890s he built his own theatre, the Empire. He, younger brother Gustave Frohman and older brother Daniel Frohman became the leading theatre impresarios of the Gilded Age. By the turn of the century Charles Frohman was the #1 theatrical producer in the world. He solidified his position by creating a theatrical monopoly with a handful of Broadway and regional theatre owners, known as the Theatrical Syndicate, which would come to dominate virtually every aspect of theatrical production through its proprietary booking network. His syndicate controlled not only first-run and revival Broadway shows, but dozens of road-show companies that continuously traversed the US and Canada, in addition to a number of productions that almost always illuminated London and Paris.
Despite his titular status within his company, however, Frohman was always detail-oriented. He believed that a large degree of his success was due to his actors and paid an unusual amount of attention to their development (or non-development), billing, promotion, costumes, etc., down to the tiniest booking details. In brief, he was a hands-on producer and he held a seemingly hypnotic hold over his troupes (no less a legend than Ethel Barrymore idolized him). He also worked extensively in London and formed a separate stage company to fill his five leased theatres there. By the outbreak of World War I, he could claim to have produced over 700 plays and employed a staff that exceeded 1,000 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Back in the States he owned or leased six theatres on Broadway and some 200 across the country, and had dozens of road-show companies traversing the nation by rail at any given time. Oddly, he rarely attended opening nights at any of his theatres, preferring to keep tabs on audience reactions by employing dozens of runners who kept him informed at intermissions and final curtains. Few of his business associates knew him intimately; he was shy and steadfastly avoided socializing, preferring to remain ensconced inside his suite at the Knickerbocker Hotel whenever in New York City. By modern definition, Frohman would be considered moderately neurotic and perhaps mildly obsessive-compulsive. He was occasionally practically agoraphobic, had an intense fear of darkness and rigidly held to theatrical superstitions, all rolled into a shroud of secrecy surrounding his private life (accused of being a homosexual by his detractors, he was also rumored to be secretly married to Maude Adams, a stage actress who would be termed a "superstar" today). In business Frohman was considered cold and calculating, often ruthlessly crushing competitors to the extent that lesser producers only survived on Broadway because he let them. He suffered a debilitating fall while at his home in White Plains, New York, in 1912 and the resulting arthritis proved so painful that he required use of a cane. Back in the Knickerbocker Hotel, Frohman became a virtual invalid.
In 1915 he opted to make a European trip to check on the crop of productions in London with playwright Charles Klein and his valet. Unfortunately he chose passage on the Lusitania, then the fastest ship to London. His friends and associates were aghast at his decision and tried to dissuade him from making the voyage. The German Embassy had issued a proclamation declaring the Lusitania a military target; Frohman reacted by dictating his company's entire 1916 season in advance and dismissed their fears for his safety, telling his friend Al Hayman, "If you want to write to me, just address the letter care of the German Submarine U-4." By eyewitness accounts, Frohman remained characteristically calm after the torpedoing of the ship, dismissing offers of assistance and offering his life belt to a female passenger. Among his last reported words was a line from J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan": "Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life."
Frohman's body was recovered and arrived in New York on May 24, 1915. He was given two funerals (John Barrymore was one of the pallbearers), with simultaneous memorial services across the US and in London. Maude Adams retired from acting upon his death. By the following year, Frohman's all-powerful theatrical syndicate would be broken by the Shubert Brothers.- Dale got into minor roles as an extra in movies late in life. He appeared in Marvel's The Avengers filmed in Cleveland,OH. Casted as a New York City Bus Driver and a NYPD Cop. He also appeared as an extra in the movie The Wind is Watching. He was cast as Rebel Soldier and a UMA Soldier. He also worked on Captain America; The Winter Soldier at an Agent of Sheild and a Mall Pedestrian. Most recent project is "The Untitled Fred Hampton project " filmed in Cleveland where he plays a FBI agent.
- Kermit Echols was born on 11 May 1921 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Roots (1977), Grizzly (1976) and The Delinquents (1957). He died on 4 January 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Scott Zuber was born in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Scott is known for Transformers (2007), The Prestige (2006) and John Carter (2012).- Sound Department
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- Composer
Joshua Chase was born on 5 April 1978 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is a composer, known for Freaks (2018), Daredevil (2015) and Take Shelter (2011). He has been married to Elizabeth Carlton Chase since 4 June 2005.- Art Department
- Art Director
- Visual Effects
Chad Greene was born on 20 May 1970 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an art director, known for Shrek (2001), The Polar Express (2004) and Antz (1998).- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
William Frederick Peters was born on 9 August 1871 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for Orphans of the Storm (1921), The Four Feathers (1929) and When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922). He died on 1 December 1938 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Jacquelyn Mayer was born on 20 August 1942 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She is married to John Townsend.
- Actor
Reggie Streeter was born on 21 January 1925 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 11 September 2006 in Orange, California, USA.- Orlando Pace was born on 4 November 1975 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Arli$$ (1996), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965).
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- Actor
- Cinematographer
Tony Spalla was born on 6 November 1931 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for My Brother's Wife (1966), Lust and the Flesh (1965) and The Girl from S.I.N. (1966).- Producer
- Actress
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Darcy Jill Munden was born on 16 August 1968 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for We Forgot (2020), The Darkness Within (2023) and Interstate Love Film.- Jackie Davis was born on 28 June 1984 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Timbertown (2019). She died on 20 July 2023 in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA.
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Dan Chudy was born on 22 February 1978 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Soul's Midnight (2003) and How Clean Is Your House? (2004).- Actor
George Lehrer (stage name Norman Lane) was born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio. It was there that he met and married Catherine Rickenbaugh, the mother of his four children (3 sons, 1 daughter). His grandfather, George Lehrer, was the first in the family to emmigrate from Germany, and became the first minister at Sandusky's oldest Lutheran Church. His son, George, became the City Manager of Sandusky, and it was HIS son George that ventured to Hollywood with his family.
Before moving to California, in 1927 and 28 George directed the first two plays at what has become Ohio's oldest continually existing community theatre, Harlequins, Inc. It is still located in an old coachhouse in Sandusky, and is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Upon his return to Sandusky, Ohio in 1941, he spent the rest of his life working in various venues. One of his best known roles was that of Abraham Lincoln, whom he impersonated in a one-man show throughout Ohio. George Lehrer died in the summer of 1966 from complications of cancer. He was survived by his wife, 4 children, and 9 grandchildren. (3 more grandchildren were born after his death, and now he has many great-grandchildren.)- Additional Crew
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Daniel Frohman was born on 22 August 1851 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Niobe (1915), Leah Kleschna (1913) and A Lady of Quality (1913). He was married to Margaret Illington. He died on 26 December 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.- Peter Ruginis was born on 7 September 1932 in Sandusky, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Under the Mistletoe (2006), Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire (2004) and Christmas Town (2008). He died on 8 August 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Aaron Kromer was born on 30 April 1967 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The NFL on CBS (1956), Move the Ball (2020) and NFL on FOX (1994).
- Kendra was born to Julie Lane and Ken Horn, although was raised by her grandparents Ed and Mary Colon Arvelo. She is a Perkins Pirates alumni. She attended Terra Tech for 3D Animation/VR, Multimedia Communication, Web Design and Digital Graphics. By the end of college she found out that her true passion was the tangible arts not the digital. She started to seek out traditional art venues in the entertainment industry to work for. She was, and still is, determined against all odds to make it as an artist.
Quickly falling in love with Clive Barker, Tim Burton, Alfred Hitchcock, HR Giger, Wes Craven, Aurelio Voltaire, HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe she found her niche in life; horror and thrillers. Burton, Giger, Lovecraft and Voltaire have been major players in her inspiration.
Since moving to Los Angeles, CA in 2004 she's gotten into acting, story boarding, concept design and even assistant directing. Her eyes are set on expanding her work in the film and art industry. Her first appearance was in the student film version of Not Without Reason, which is now in full production. - Bo Rather was born on 7 October 1950 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He died on 2 April 2018 in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.
- Kenneth Allen Taylor was born on 4 November 1954 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He died on 2 December 2019 in Stanford, California, USA.
- Walter Benjamin Hare was born on 20 February 1880 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952). He died on 30 June 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Actress and singer Hannah Parker was born in Sandusky, Ohio, USA on February 13, 1996. Adopted at five days old, Hannah Parker was raised primarily by maternal grandparents in small city Monroe, Ohio, USA. She graduated from Monroe High School in 2014.
Upon graduating high school, Hannah Parker attended University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; however, she subsequently withdrew from the university after two semesters. - Additional Crew
Rob Harshbarger was born on 17 October 1970 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Rob is known for The Big Fall (1997).- Producer
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Donnell Alexander was born on 30 July 1966 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He is a producer, known for Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No (2010), No No: A Dockumentary (2014) and Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017).- Bill Mallory was born on 25 May 1935 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was married to Ellie. He died on 25 May 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
- Richard H. Bauman was born on 10 February 1923 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Girl of the Night (1960), Cavalcade of America (1952) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). He died on 31 July 2003 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
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- Producer
Gustave Frohman was born on 7 November 1854 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for The Fairy and the Waif (1915), Just Out of College (1915) and The Builder of Bridges (1915). He was married to Marie Hubert Frohman. He died on 16 August 1930 in New York City, New York, USA.- Script and Continuity Department
Todd Benefiel was born on 31 January 1963 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Todd is known for To Hell with Love (1998), Push (1998) and High Tide (1994).- Thom Darden was born on 28 August 1950 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA.
- Peter A. Zorn Jr. was born on 8 May 1940 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Peter A. was a writer, known for Small Town Conspiracy (2002). Peter A. died on 1 January 2017 in Miami, Florida, USA.
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Fred Feichter was born on 11 October 1883 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Fred is known for Ladies Must Love (1933). Fred died on 17 August 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.