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- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Richard Treat Williams was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Marian (Andrew), who dealt in antiques, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. At the age of three, his family moved to Rowayton, Connecticut. Educated at prep-school, he first made a serious commitment to his craft during his days at Pennsylvania's Franklin and Marshall College. Working summers with the nearby Fulton Repertory Theatre at Lancaster in the heart of Amish country, Williams performed the classics as well as contemporary dramas and musicals. After graduating, Williams--whose first name, incidentally, is a family surname on his mother's side--headed for Manhattan where he understudied the Danny Zuko role in "Grease." After working in the The Andrews Sisters musical "Over Here," he made his film debut as a cop in Deadly Hero (1975), then returned to "Grease," this time in the starring role. While he took leaves for two small film roles, in The Ritz (1976) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976), it was his stage work in "Grease" that led to his cinematic breakthrough in Hair (1979). Spotted by director Milos Forman, Williams was asked to read for the role of Berger, the hippie. It took 13 auditions to land the part, but the film's release catapulted Williams into stardom. He then portrayed a GI on the make in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and starred in the romantic comedy Why Would I Lie? (1980) before tackling the role of Danny Ciello, the disillusioned New York City cop who blew the whistle on his corrupt colleagues in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City (1981). He followed that with The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), in which he played the legendary plane hijacker who successfully eluded capture (by Robert Duvall); Flashpoint (1984), in which he and Kris Kristofferson starred as a pair of maverick border patrolmen who come upon a large cache of stolen money; Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), in which he played a Jimmy Hoffa-like labor organizer; and Smooth Talk (1985), a screen adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going?" Television viewers have seen Williams in a prestigious pair of dramas, Dempsey (1983), a three-hour story of the hard-living heavyweight champ, and John Erman's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic "A Streetcar Named Desire," which pitted Williams' Stanley Kowalski against Ann-Margret's Blanche Dubois. Williams has also returned to Broadway sporadically -- first to appear in "Once in a Lifetime" while filming "Hair," and in 1981 to play the role of the pirate king in "The Pirates of Penzance."- Robert LuPone was born on 29 July 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Funny Games (2007), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and The Doors (1991). He was married to Virginia Rae Robinson and Kathryn M Duke. He died on 27 August 2022 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Visual Effects
Legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer, Douglas Trumbull, was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and Blade Runner (1982), each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.
Mr. Trumbull directed Silent Running (1972), Brainstorm (1983), Back to the Future... The Ride (1991) and numerous other special format films.
He is the recipient of an Academy Award in the area of Scientific and Technical Achievement, as well as the International Monitor Award and American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of filmmaking. Douglas is currently involved in the evolution of visual effects using virtual digital sets and electronic cinematography.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Large and hearty Monty Woolley was born to privilege on August 17, 1888, the son of a hotel proprietor who owned the Marie Antoinette Hotel on Broadway. A part of Manhattan's elite social circle at a young age, he studied at both Yale (Master's degree) and Harvard and returned to Yale as an English instructor and coach of graduate dramatics. Among his students were Thornton Wilder and Stephen Vincent Benet.
Directly involved in the theater arts via his close association with intimate Yale friend and confidante Cole Porter, Monty directed several Broadway musicals and reviews, many in collaboration with Porter, including "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929) (an early success for Porter), "The New Yorkers" and "Jubilee" (1935). In 1936, at age 47, the witty, erudite gent had a career renaissance and gave up his Ivy League professorship once and for all in order to pursue the stage professionally. He took his first Broadway bow in the hit musical "On Your Toes" alongside Ray Bolger. Hollywood soon took notice and he began receiving supporting credit as assorted judges and doctors for such MGM fare as Live, Love and Learn (1937), Everybody Sing (1938), the Margaret Sullavan tearjerker Three Comrades (1938), Lord Jeff (1938), the Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical The Girl of the Golden West (1938) and Young Dr. Kildare (1938).
Typically playing cunning character leads and support roles, he was affectionately nicknamed "The Beard" by friend Cole Porter for his distinguished, impeccably-trimmed white whiskers. It was Monty who introduced Porter into the famed New York theater circle. Known for his sartorial elegance, ribald sense of humor and snob appeal, he and Porter were highly prominent carousers in the New York gay social underground.
Monty came into his own in 40s films, earning a best actor Oscar nomination for his role in the WWII drama The Pied Piper (1942), a supporting actor nod in another war classic, Since You Went Away (1944), and portrayed himself in the absurdly fictionalized (and sanitized) "biography" of Cole Porter entitled Night and Day (1946) starring a woefully miscast but admittedly flattering Cary Grant in the lead. A flashy delight in other movie roles, Monty received top billing in Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) with June Haver and Dick Haymes, playing a twinkle-eyed con man; appeared opposite Brit comedienne Grace Field in the English-humored Molly and Me (1945) and Holy Matrimony (1943); again with Cary Grant along with Loretta Young and David Niven as a professor in the perennial Christmas classic The Bishop's Wife (1947); plots against his own retirement in the mild comedy As Young as You Feel (1951) opposite another scene-stealing favorite, Thelma Ritter; and ended his film career with the role of Omar Khayyam in the glossy MGM operetta Kismet (1955).
Above all, however, Monty will be forever and indelibly cherished as the irascible (and definitive) radio personality Sheridan Whiteside in the stage and film versions of Kaufman and Hart's screwball classic The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941). Playing the razor-tongued, wheelchair-bound celebrity who wreaks havoc for everyone within knife-throwing distance, this would be the hallmark of his never-too-late-to-try career. He played another uppity and bombastic celebrity, this time a washed-up classical actor, in the more sentimental Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), another role dripping with crusty sarcasm.
Monty appeared sporadically on radio and TV before and after his last filming in 1955. He died of kidney/heart problems in 1963 at the age of 74.- Ronald DeFeo was born on 26 September 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Nissa Burkhalter, Tracey Defeo and Barbara Puco. He died on 12 March 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bert Sommer was a singer-songwriter and musician whose first live gig was Woodstock, 1969, where he sang the songs "America" and "Jennifer" as part of a 10-song set. He was also in the original production of "Hair" on Broadway and was on the poster for the LA program. Bert released four albums between 1968-1977, and had one hit single, "We're All Playing in the Same Band." His songs were on the soundtrack of Ultra Violet's "Hot Parts"(1972). He was in the Krofft Supershow Saturday-morning TV variety show as the character Flatbush of "Kaptain Kool and the Kongs" in 1976. He resumed his singing career in Albany in the 1980s and died of respiratory failure on July 23, 1990.- Richard Boes was born on 8 October 1949. He was an actor, known for Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986) and Night on Earth (1991). He died on 21 February 2009 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Kishan Mehta was born on 21 February 1941 in Delhi, India. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Courage (1992), Caravan (1971) and Apradh (1972). He was married to Katy Irani. He died on 22 December 2017 in Albany, New York, USA.- According to narrator Gene Galusha, he may not be a crime-solver, but if he retains a fraction of the information he reads each week on The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996), he may consider a career change. Gene began his announcing career when he graduated from high school and was hired as a summer replacement disc jockey at a local radio station in his hometown of Schenectady, N.Y. Then, while pursuing a philosophy degree at the College of William and Mary, he worked at several radio stations in Tidewater, Va., including one where he shared airtime with a nascent Wolfman Jack.
Gene then moved to New York, where he worked on several soap-opera sets as well as off- and off-off-Broadway stages. He concentrates now on commercials and documentary narration. He has recorded hundreds of commercials for major national advertisers. Among the documentary shows and series he has narrated for PBS, NFL Films, Court TV, National Geographic Explorer, TLC and others, none is more fascinating to him than "The New Detectives". - Vivian Gordon was born on 15 April 1934 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for Sugarcoated Arsenic (2014). She died on 15 March 1995 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Ronnie McNutt was born on 23 May 1987. He died on 31 August 2020 in New Albany, Mississippi, USA.
- Director
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Jerry Foley is best known as the Director and Supervising Producer of The Late Show with David Letterman and Executive Producer/Director of the Live on Letterman concert series. As a network Technical Director, Foley moved from NBC to CBS with David Letterman in 1993. In June of 1995, he succeeded Hal Gurnee as Director of the Late Show. After leaving Late Show for about a month in 2003, Foley returned as Director and was named Supervising Producer. He produced and directed the America Salutes You benefit concert for the Tribune/Sinclair networks in November of 2016. In December of 2016, he directed the NBC prime time special Tony Bennett Celebrates 90-The Best Is Yet To Come. Jerry Foley has also directed episodes of The View and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. After directing an off-Broadway presentation of Dorothy Dandridge-Hollywood's Sepia Goddess for The Amas Musical Theater group, Foley directed the ABC series Sundays With Alec Baldwin (fall 2018). Jerry Foley has received thirteen directing Emmy nominations.- Leonard Stadd was born on 23 October 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for Our Five Daughters (1962), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Arlene Stadd. He died on 21 September 2019 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Animation Department
Terry Tarricone was born on 7 April 1924 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is known for Spider-Man (1967), The Mighty Hercules (1963) and Billy Bounce (1963). He was married to Frances Kathleen Miraglia. He died on 8 June 2005 in Albany, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Allen Kearns was born on 14 August 1894 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Tanned Legs (1929), Lovin' the Ladies (1930) and The Very Idea (1929). He died on 20 April 1956 in Albany, New York, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Producer
Larry Marinelli was born in February 1939. He was an editor and director, known for Da Heist (2010), Monkey Theory (2009) and Wrongs (2012). He was married to Deborah Aydt Marinelli and Judy Dugan Marinelli. He died on 20 May 2018 in Albany, New York, USA.- Kay Hollywood was born on 12 July 1994. She was an actress, known for Kay Hollywood: Faneto Remix (2015), Kay Hollywood: I Made It (2016) and Kay Hollywood: Stick to da Code (2016). She died on 3 July 2022 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Director
- Cinematographer
Luis Fernandez de la Reguera was born on 20 October 1966 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Rockets Redglare! (2003). He died on 14 August 2006 in Albany, New York, USA.- Ruth Allen was born on 23 February 1884 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Down to Earth (1917). She died in October 1969 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Ross Durfee was born on 17 October 1909 in Albany, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Two-Minute Warning (1976) and The Lucifer Complex (1978). He died on 26 May 1994 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Bill Stoneking is a critically acclaimed Chicago based screen actor, voice-over artist, comedian as well as writer, director and producer.
Born in Oak Park, IL to parents William Andrew Stoneking Sr. and Yvette Doreen Dube, Bill grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from the Columbia School of Broadcasting in 1988. Aside from the big and television screens, Bill's voice has been heard nationwide and internationally on radio, television and the Internet.
A published author "The Diary of a Patient Man, A Father's Struggle" (297 pages), and loving father, Bill also provides the voice for the nationally syndicated television shows, "The Merge" and "The Merge Outloud as well as is the voice of "Pure Stock", a mid-western racing program. He is also the voice of El Monte RV, your vacation home on wheels.
As to his voice talent, Bill has done numerous voice-overs and does numerous character voices and dialects and can be heard as the voice of the animated character of "Juan Phillipe (Latin)" in the film, "Burning Tale of Desire" from Mati Media Productions. He is currently "The Voice" of DJ International Records, Radio and Television, as well as the narrator for "Pure Stock" a Midwestern racing docu-soap and the nationally syndicated television shows, "The Merge" and "The Merge Outloud."
Bill rose to acclaim for his performance in the lead role of Dr. Michael Frank in the audience choice award winning horror short, Chemical 12-D and for his performance as Barry O'Brian, reality television host in the comedy film, Shine Baby Shine.
In addition to his acting and voice talents, Bill is also an accomplished writer, director and producer that has produced two movie shorts, "Spy Town" and "Milk Man" and produced his first full length feature, "Divorced Dudes" in 2010 and is scheduled for release October 19th, 2012.
As a writer, Bill is a published poet, with his poetry featured in "From the Mountain Top." He also released his first book, "The Diary of a Patient Man, A Father's Struggle" in 2006. An autobiographical that shows you the events of his tragic second marriage and the ills of the family court system and its prejudice against fathers. The Diary of a Patient Man, A Father's Struggle is available at Amazon.com, Lulu.com, as well as at BarnesAndNoble.com formatted for the Nook, and from the Apple iTunes store formatted for the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhones.
And rounding out his talents, Bill is also a professional stand-up comedian that performs around Chicagoland when his busy voice and filming schedules permit.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Brendan Fahy Bequette was born on 22 June 1996 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (2015), How to Tell a True War Story (2014) and Éire (2015). He died on 28 February 2022 in Albany, New York, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Lawrence Pitkethly was a producer and director, known for Ezra Pound: American Odyssey (1985), Comrade Duch: The Bookkeeper of Death (2011) and American Cinema (1995). He died on 24 February 2023 in Albany Medical Center, Hudson, New York, USA.- Bernard Vonnegut was born on 29 August 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Tornado: Approaching the Unapproachable (1972). He died on 25 April 1997 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
John F. Roach was born on 5 June 1949 in Loudonville, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Paradise Alley (1978), Jake Speed (1986) and The in Crowd (1988). He was married to Elizabeth Karl-Roach. He died on 10 November 2018 in Albany, New York, USA.- 'Legs' Diamond was born on 10 July 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Alice Kenny. He died in December 1931 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Joanne Haas was born on 31 January 1934 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Empire of the Ants (1977), The Other (1972) and McMillan & Wife (1971). She died on 5 July 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.- Phyllis Gottung was born on 9 June 1925 in Troy, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ironweed (1987). She was married to William H. Gottung. She died on 23 February 2011 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Jon McAllister was born Jonathan Edward McAllister in Albany, New York. His first taste of acting came when he enrolled in a drama class as a college freshman, thinking it would be an easy "A". He caught the acting bug, and continued classes, as well as going on auditions in NYC.
- Joseph E. Persico was born on 19 July 1930 in Gloversville, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Nuremberg (2000), About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II (2020) and Timewatch (1982). He was married to Sylvia LaVista. He died on 30 August 2014 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Gerald P. Carr was born on 22 August 1932 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was married to Patricia L. Musick and Joann Ruth Petrie. He died on 26 August 2020 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Kenneth Stewart was born on 3 March 1927 in New Albany, Indiana, USA. He died on 10 November 2018 in New Albany, Indiana, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jan Howard Finder was born on 2 March 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Her Telling Heart (2012), Super Knocked Up (2012) and Breaking Up (2007). He died on 25 February 2013 in Albany, New York, USA.- Lee Shaw was born on 25 June 1926 in Cushing, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Lee's 88 Keys (2015) and Jazzy Toons! - Nursery Rhyme Mix Volume 1 -Kids Songs & Nursery Rhymes (2018). He died on 25 October 2015 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Johnny Evers was born on 21 July 1881 in Troy, New York, USA. He died on 28 March 1947 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Charlie Leigh was born on 29 October 1945 in Halifax, Virginia, USA. He died on 26 October 2006 in Albany, New York, USA.
- John Pioggia Jr. was born on 1 August 1932 in Albany, New York, USA. He died on 23 July 2019 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Dick Bennard worked as a juggler and acrobat in traveling circuses; as a comedian and actor on the vaudeville stage; as an actor in silent films produced in Ithaca, New York; as a makeup man for Paramount Pictures, and as the manager of the Manhattan Theater in Ithaca before settling down as a barber in the town of Kingston, New York. A native of Germany, he emigrated to Albany, New York as a child, served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, and worked as an entertainer for over twenty years. He was active in the life of Kingston, being a member of the Elks, the Masons and the American Legion. He also put on a number of amateur theatricals, and was best known for his skill as a baton twirler--serving as the drum major in parades--as well as his stories of life on the road.
- Visual Effects
- Actor
- Additional Crew
David McCabe was born on 14 November 1940 in Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dalgliesh (2021), Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007) and Three Families (2021). He was married to Susan Cipolla and Christine Scott. He died in February 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.- Eddie Cohen was born on 6 September 1923 in Rensselaer, New York, USA. Eddie was a writer, known for Shoestring Theatre (1959). Eddie was married to Eleanor Ann Brennan. Eddie died on 17 May 1990 in Albany, New York, USA.
- George Chesebro was born on 4 June 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975). He was married to Robin Chesbro, Oranus Ravar and Donna Troch. He died on 18 November 2008 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Red Sutton is an actor from the Catskill region of New York known primarily as a stage performer. Red has taken on the rolls of MacBeth , Henry the VIII , King Lear, RP McMurphy in one flew over the cuckoo's nest as well as having played Captain Ahab at the Albany Performing arts center . Red had rolls in a number of small screen projects as well as playing Mr. Thyme in the Raggedy Ann's Kitchen Children's theater project. Red has been a staple in the Capital region theater seen for decades.
- Hypoboy Jo was born on 1 April 2002 in Albany, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hypoboy Jo x Tay Boogz: No Hook (2019), Hypoboy Jo: Right Here Pt. 2 (2020) and Hypoboy Jo: Snapple & Woky (2020). He died on 1 August 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Maggie Estep was born on 20 March 1963 in Summit, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for MTV Unplugged Spoken Word II (1994), Alchemy (1995) and Beavis and Butt-Head (1993). She died on 12 February 2014 in Albany, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Richard C. Craven was born in 1871 in England. Richard C. died on 30 December 1957 in Albany, New York, USA.- Composer
- Sound Department
Joel Chadabe was born on 12 December 1938 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Dead Tree Hotel (2007), The Movement of People Working (2003) and I Dream of Wires (2014). He died on 2 May 2021 in Albany, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Fanny Watson was born on 3 June 1887 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Wedding Night-Mare (1931), Of All People (1931) and Shake a Leg (1932). She died on 17 May 1970 in Albany, New York, USA.- Tammara Hachey was born on 1 May 1961 in Syracuse, New York, USA. Tammara was married to Michael Hachey. Tammara died on 25 October 2009 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Pauline de Palla was born on 29 February 1868 in Quincy, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Midnight Girl (1919) and Oh! Louise! (1919). She died on 9 April 1940 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Rosa Rudami was born in 1899 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lily (1926), The Wedding Song (1925) and The Masked Dancer (1924). She died on 2 February 1966 in Albany, New York, USA.