Advanced search

Jerome "Curly" Howard, the rotund, bald Stooge with the high voice was the most popular member of The Three Stooges. His first stage experience was as a comedic conductor for the Orville Knapp Band in 1928. Curly joined The Three Stooges in 1932, replacing his brother Shemp Howard. He made more than 100 film appearances with the team before a massive stroke on the set of Half-Wits Holiday (1947) forced him to retire. He recuperated enough to appear in Hold That Lion! (1947) and hoped to eventually return to the team. But another series of strokes deteriorated his health until he died at the age of 48.

Lloyd Hughes was born on 21 October 1897 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lost World (1925), The Runaway Bride (1930) and Clipped Wings (1937). He was married to Gloria Hope. He died on 6 June 1958 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Herbert Ellis was born on 17 January 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Party (1968), The Killing (1956) and Peter Gunn (1958). He was married to Sylvia Rappaport. He died on 26 December 2018 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Herbert Evans was born on 16 April 1882 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Hot Scots (1948), The Third Degree (1919) and Slightly Married (1932). He was married to Etta Maud Bignell. He died on 10 February 1952 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Merrill McCormick was born on 5 February 1892 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor and director, known for A Son of the Desert (1928), The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) and The Last Chance (1926). He died on 19 August 1953 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Jack Boyle was born on 9 October 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Chick Carter, Detective (1946) and Ladies of the Chorus (1948). He died on 15 October 1965 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Sheldon Lewis was born on 20 April 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Monster Walks (1932), Orphans of the Storm (1921) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). He was married to Virginia Pearson. He died on 7 May 1958 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

James Crane was born on 9 August 1889 in Rantoul, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mummy (1932), A Dark Lantern (1920) and Sinners (1920). He was married to Alice Brady. He died on 2 June 1968 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Lawrence Gabriel Jr. was born on 22 May 1937 in Totowa, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Muppet Movie (1979), The Hard Easy (2006) and The Job (2003). He died on 13 July 2007 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Distinguished looking Gary Bohn was discovered on Muscle Beach in the 1950s. While many of his friends went on to become stars, he found steady work in the background of films and television shows from the 1950s through the 1990s appearing in such shows as The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magician, and Murder She Wrote.

Antonio Filauri was born on 9 March 1889 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Spy Hunt (1950), Road to Happiness (1941) and The Mask of Diijon (1946). He died on 18 January 1964 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Ed Brandenburg was born on 15 May 1896 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Name the Woman (1934), Good Cheer (1926) and Putting Pants on Philip (1927). He was married to Fanny Corleila Brandenburg. He died on 21 January 1969 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Marvin Davis was born on 28 June 1931 in Tina, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for A Scandal in Paris (1946) and American Portrait (1940). He died on 6 October 2005 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Mary Jo Desmond was born on 7 April 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Last Frontier (1932) and Young Hollywood (1927). She was married to Robert R. Robertson. She died on 6 May 2014 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Rita Duncan was a stage and screen actress, singer and dancer from early years. She appeared in several feature films and TV-.series from 1947 - 1961. Her movie debut was in "The Invisble Wall" (1947). Her first husband was prize fighter Nick Canzoneri. She later married novelist-screenwriter David Chandler and opened her own talent agency in Hollywood, representing writers and actors well into the 1980s. She closed her agency in 1988.

Adabelle Driver was born on 6 December 1875 in Settle, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Twisted Rails (1934), The Dream Melody (1929) and The Fighting Terror (1929). She was married to Major William Driver. She died on 23 October 1952 in South San Gabriel, California, USA.

Marion Dix was born on 5 June 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Marion was a writer, known for Everything Is Thunder (1936), Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) and Down to Their Last Yacht (1934). Marion died on 7 February 1992 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Ralph Gilliam was born on 29 August 1926 in Waco, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mighty Treve (1937). He died on 24 November 1995 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance was born Sylvester Clark Long in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was the son of Joseph S. Long.

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance's career started when he was employed by a wild west show, whose owner mistook him for native American. It being the 1920's, he knew that the racial prejudices of the time would keep him from advancing his career if he ever did correct anyone as to what his background was.

Long Lance took the opportunity to emerge himself in the culture of his co-workers and even was so skilled as to become fluent in Cherokee.

He went on to star in "The Silent Enemy" a film that exposed how hunger was silently killing Native Americans across the reservations at the time.

When it became common knowledge that Long Lance was part African American, he lost his career and many friends. This drove him to battle alcoholism and eventually lend to his death.

On March 20th, 1932 he committed suicide.

Orrin Tucker was born on 17 February 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Founder (2016), You're the One (1941) and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956). He was married to Aline Cameron Tucker and Jill Powell. He died on 9 April 2011 in San Gabriel Valley, California, USA.

William Bell was born on 19 May 1931 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Unforeseen (1958), Encounter (1952) and Bigfoot in the Park (2003). He died on 4 September 2013 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Chief Tahachee, was born Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert, 4 March 1904 in James Mill, Arkansas, he died of a heart attack 9 June 1978 in San Gabriel, California. He was an American-born, Old Settler Cherokee Indian, who was a stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor, stuntman, expert horseman, circus and wild west show entertainer, contortionist and fire-walker. He also worked as a makeup artist, costume designer, and directed a few motion pictures.

Chief Tahachee's stage and motion picture career spanned the 1920s to the 1960s. His first motion picture acting was in the silent film, The Last of the Mohicans, in 1920. The Chief was 16-years old at the time, although he told the casting director he was 21.

Through his friends, silent film actors Ben Turpin, a relative of his first wife, and Ramon Navarro, Chief Tahachee obtained the roles of a henchman in A Small Town Idol, and a Gaucho in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, both produced in 1921.

Though Chief Tahachee was in motion pictures starting in the 1920s, his career did not take off until his chance meeting with Rollin S. Sturgeon, who cast Chief Tahachee in a bit-part as a cowboy in North of the Rio Grande in 1922, a film starring Jack Holt and BeBe Daniels. The bit-part was given to him by chance, as the Chief was picked from a crowd of fans, extras, actors, and directors loitering around the film location in Northern California (either Bishop or Lone Pine) where North of the Rio Grande was being shot.

Mr. Sturgeon groomed Chief Tahachee after this, and from this point on parts were a little easier to come by because of this new friendship. Mr. Sturgeon is also credited with convincing the youthful Cherokee actor to add Chief to his name for publicity purposes, and to change his second-middle-name Tahchee to Tahachee, making his new name Chief Tahachee. Tahachee used the title "Chief" reluctantly at first but became more comfortable with the title as time went on. Chief Tahachee eventually was given the honorary title of "Chief" later in his motion picture career in honor of his involvement with a variety of American Indian causes. When asked about his title, the Chief would tell people, "Didn't you know everyone is a Chief in Hollywood! It's a land of make believe!

Unlike many of his counterparts, Chief Yowlatchie, Chief John Big Tree and Chief Richard Thunderbird, Chief Tahachee did not limit himself to American Indian roles during his 40-year career. His friends Charles Stevens and Charles Brunner advised him not to typecast himself, and as a result of this timely advice Chief Tahachee would not turn down a part or other work on a movie. First, he portrayed every form of American Indian. He also portrayed gangsters, thugs, henchman, cowboys, Mexicans, Anglos, Hindus, soldiers, policeman, sheriffs, deputies, townsman, barflies, Mongols, sailors and Asians.

Chief Tahachee also tried his hand at costume design, makeup artist, directing and of course stunt work. Chief Tahachee would not turn down a role no matter how insignificant. Chief Tahachee's close friends, actors and various associates in the motion picture business were Carl Matthews, Bill Hazlett, Jay Silverheels, Chief Yowlatchie, Chief John Big Tree, Charles Stevens, Charles Brunner, Luther Standing Bear and Billy Wilkerson.

Chief Tahachee authored four books, the most successful being Poems of Dreams.

Douglas Grange was born on 1 September 1915 in Delhi, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Space Patrol (1950) and Annie Oakley (1954). He died on 29 June 2002 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Sergio de Karlo was born on 15 December 1911 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor and composer, known for Ven mi corazón te llama (1942), The Newspaper Boys (1937) and Peluquería de señoras (1941). He was married to Dora Luz. He died on 10 January 2010 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

Roy Barnes was born on 9 February 1936 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an art director, known for Jurassic Park III (2001), War of the Worlds (2005) and Serenity (2005). He was married to Alta M. Stevens. He died on 29 October 2006 in San Gabriel, California, USA.