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- Abra Gould was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for The Probe (2024) and The Johns Bar (2017).
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Adriana was born into an operatic family. Her father Guido, an immigrant from Italy, taught music in New York City. Her mother Maria, originally from Naples, sang at the Royal Opera. Her sister Louise was a noted opera singer & voice teacher. At 18, she was chosen by Walt Disney to voice Snow White in his first full-length animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He had been looking for a fresh as well as natural voice & asked her father if any of his students might be suitable. Upon hearing Adriana's voice, he realized his search was over. In the days of studio contracts & indenture, Walt wanted to keep the mystery of Snow White's voice, so except for a bit part in The Wizard of Oz (1939), she didn't do any other film work. When Jack Benny wished to have her appear on his radio show, Walt refused-he owned the voice & it couldn't be used anywhere else. She tried opera singing, invested in real estate & the stock market while living a full life.- Al Niestemski was born on 19 October 1965 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
- Alex Breckenridge was born on May 15 1982 in Darien, Connecticut before moving to California when she was 12. Breckenridge first got an interest in acting at 13 when she performed in local theater productions and soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Her first film was the independent comedy picture Locust Valley (1999). She followed up this performance with guest spots on several successful series, including Dawson's Creek (1998) and Freaks and Geeks (1999), and supporting roles in the films Big Fat Liar (2002), Orange County (2002) and the short film D.E.B.S. (2003), which won the award for Best Short at the 2003 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. After appearing on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Alex was offered her own series, the UPN drama pilot Mystery Girl. Sadly, UPN chose to have only one female-led detective series in the 2004-2005 season and Mystery Girl was not picked up. In 2005, Alex appeared in the ABC Family movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) and took on the role of Michele Weinberger, played by Lisa Kudrow in the original 1997 film. She also began work on the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), voicing celebrities such as Cybill Shepherd and Christina Aguilera. In 2006, Alex is breaking into the mainstream with a lead role in the comedy movie She's the Man (2006). She currently lives in Hollywood.
- Alexis Lariviere was born in July 2003 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Ethan Song (2021), The Last Visit (2017) and Stalker's Prey (2017).
- Alicia Calaway was born on 1 May 1968 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Half & Half (2002), Survivor (2000) and Hollywood Squares (1998).
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Allyson Mandelbaum was born on 1 April 1981 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Tough as Nails (2010), Hollywood Girls Night (2011) and My Super Sweet 16 (2005).- Angel Echevarria was born on 25 May 1971 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He died on 7 February 2020 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Angus MacLise was born on 14 March 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Gent (2009), The Velvet Underground (2021) and Chumlum (1964). He was married to Hetty MacLise. He died on 21 June 1979 in Kathmandu, Nepal.- Ann Charters was born on 10 November 1936 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She was previously married to Samuel Charters.
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Anthony Borges was born on 20 December 1986 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is a production manager, known for One Life to Live (1968), Crowd Control (2014) and Our Little Family (2015).- Actress
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This pert and pretty number was probably better known for her not-so-private off-camera escapades than for her commendable "B" work as a light comedienne in 30s and 40s films. Nevertheless, actress Arline Judge enlivened a number of them with her blue-eyed, brunette beauty and colorful characterizations. Her numerous marriages and divorces (8) equaled that of the more notable Hollywood husband-hunter Lana Turner. She topped Ms. Turner only if you consider that Arline married 8 different men; Lana's eight marriages included one remarriage (to actor Stephen Crane). The two ladies even shared an ex-husband!
Connecticut-born Arline arrived on February 21, 1912. Her father, a newspaperman, moved his family to New York City while Arline was still young. She was eventually enrolled at the Ursuline Academy in the Bronx where, among other things, she studied dance. Briefly working in vaudeville, nightclubs and other New York musical shows, the petite-framed, eye-catching chorine was noticed for films in 1930 by an RKO talent agent who spotted her in the Broadway revue "The Second Little Show," and signed.
Arline made her film debut with a flashy bit part in Bachelor Apartment (1931). After appearing fairly non-descriptively in An American Tragedy (1931) and Three Who Loved (1931), among others, she finally had people taking notice of her as a tawdry good-time girl in Are These Our Children (1931). 1931 also marked the year of marriage #1 to Wesley Ruggles, nearly 24 years her senior (she was 19; he was 42), who directed her in the afore-mentioned movie. She subsequently gave birth to their son Wesley, Jr. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally", Arline proved adaptable at both snappy comedy and teary drama, easily alternating her services between a wacky Wheeler and Woolsey farce such as Girl Crazy (1932) or Helen Twelvetrees weepie such as Young Bride (1932). Her characters were often more trouble than they were worth as her scheming waitress in Is My Face Red? (1932) and adulterous wife in Flying Devils (1933) can attest.
After losing her RKO contract in 1933, Arline freelanced with lesser studios as various suspiciously-motivated ladies and was often cast for amusement. She enjoyed her many couplings with comic actor Jack Oakie in Looking for Trouble (1934), Shoot the Works (1934) and King of Burlesque (1936), and also worked time and again with her husband in the films Roar of the Dragon (1932), Shoot the Works (1934)Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936). Arline could always be counted on to sparkle up lightweight comedy material such as College Scandal (1935), Here Comes Trouble (1936) and, the Sonja Henie capade One in a Million (1936) with her trademark effervescence.
Divorced from Ruggles by 1937, she immediately got caught up in a tabloid triangle that resulted in marriage #2 (only hours after her divorce was finalized) with one of her battling beaus, Daniel Reid Topping, owner of football's Brooklyn Dodgers. This marriage to Topping, who in 1945 (after their 1940 divorce) co-purchased the New York Yankees, lasted about two years and produced another son, Daniel, Jr. Marriage #3 less than a month and came in the form of hotel executive James Bryant.
The trials and tribulations of Arline's hectic private life took up a lot of time and severely hampered the momentum of her film career. Five years after her last movie, she finally resurfaced again in the uneventful comedy Harvard, Here I Come! (1941), which led to a few war-era "B" and "C" rankers including The Lady Is Willing (1942), Song of Texas (1943), G.I. Honeymoon (1945) and From This Day Forward (1946). A bit part as a manicurist in the Harold Lloyd comedy The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) (aka _Mad Wednesday) ended her 1940s movie run. In between there an eight-day marriage #4 to Royal Air Force Captain James Adams in 1942; a slightly longer marriage #5 to ad exec Vincent Morgan Ryan in 1945); and marriage #6 to wealthy sportsman Henry (Bob) Topping, brother of second husband Daniel. After her second Topping family divorce, Henry went on to marry Lana Turner. Marriage #7 was to insurance man George Ross III (1949-1950), and marriage #8 in 1955 to Beverly Hills inventor Edward Cooper Heard, her final union ending a lengthy (for her) 5 years.
Interspersed with all this marriage mayhem were some isolated TV guest roles in the 50s and early 60s in such series as "Perry Mason" and a final leap back in films as the mom of William Wellman Jr. in the poorly acted drama A Swingin' Summer (1965), which included surf music (!), and a role as one of the strangling victims of The Crawling Hand (1963), a low-grade horror opus.
By the mid-60s Arline had given up on pursuing both career (save a few commercials) and husbands. She lived out her final years in her West Hollywood digs and was found dead of natural causes ("aspiration of gastric contents") on February 7, 1974, just shy of her 62nd birthday . She was survived by her two sons and buried in her home state of Connecticut.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Austin Goss was born on 15 May 1961 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Stargate (1994), Universal Soldier (1992) and The Blob (1988). He died on 31 March 1998 in Calais, Vermont, USA.- Producer
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One of the most powerful men in Hollywood during the 1920's, Benjamin Percival Schulberg began his career as a reporter on the streets of New York. He had his first fling with the film industry after being hired as an assistant editor for a movie magazine. This work later enticed him to write several screenplays of his own, having joined the publicity department of a small studio, William Swanson's Rex (which, in June 1912, was absorbed into Universal). Schulberg then moved on to Famous Players as head of publicity, and, in 1919, founded his own production company, Preferred Pictures. Having secured a prestige signing of the actor Lon Chaney, Schulberg first hit the big time with the oriental drama Shadows (1922). However, his greatest coup as an independent producer was to discover and promote the 'It Girl', 18-year old red-head Clara Bow, who became the definitive 'jazzbaby' of the 1920's. Having acquired the right for the risqué novel by Percy Marks about jazz and flappers, he starred Clara in The Plastic Age (1925). In the same picture, he also introduced an unknown actor named Luis Alonso, who was destined for stardom under the name Gilbert Roland.
Unable to compete with the majors, Preferred Pictures filed for bankruptcy in 1925. However, the immense box-office success of "The Plastic Age" prompted Adolph Zukor at Paramount to offer Schulberg the position of head of the West Coast studios (while William LeBaron presided over the Eastern unit) and vice-president in charge of production, working directly under Jesse L. Lasky. Moving to Paramount, he took his company and Clara Bow with him. During his tenure between 1925 and 1932, Schulberg became one of the most popular and creative producers in the business. He was instrumental in making Paramount the leading film company in Hollywood during the 20's, by recruiting top directors, like Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch and William A. Wellman. He was also in the forefront of technical innovation and helped the studio make a smooth transition from silent to sound films. Alas, Clara Bow, whom he had touted as the 'Anna Held of the Talkies', failed to make the grade, despite attempts to change her image. As a result, she left Paramount in 1931. The following year, Schulberg himself was ousted from his position during a studio-wide purge, which also claimed Lasky and head of sales Sidney Kent.
Schulberg continued on as an independent producer, with Paramount's B-unit and with Columbia, but with little financial or artistic success. Among the films he made during this period, only a few stand out, notably the comedy Three Cornered Moon (1933) and the crime drama Meet Nero Wolfe (1936), which first introduced the corpulent, sedentary detective in the shape of actor Edward Arnold. Disenchanted, Schulberg retired in 1943, lamenting an 'indifferent and forgetful industry'.- Producer
- Actor
Benson Gilchrist was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Benson is a producer and actor, known for XXI Century (2003), The Peace! DVD (2005) and Water (2002).- Additional Crew
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Bernard Victor Dryer was born on 5 February 1918 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Port Afrique (1956), Challenge: Science Against Cancer (1950) and The Fight: Science Against Cancer (1950). He died on 15 February 1995 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.- Actor
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Connecticut-born actor Bill Smitrovich (on May 16, 1947) started his acting career rather late. A Masters degree holder from Smith College and a former acting teacher at the University of Massachusetts, the hefty actor earned his big break in an understudy role in the world premiere of Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" at the Spoleto Festival, a production that went to Broadway. Other stage parts have included "Food from Trash," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Far East" and "Frankie & Johnny at the Claire de Lune." Bill was a founding member of the No Theatre Company, now in association with the Wooster Group, whose members included Willem Dafoe and the late Spalding Gray. Bill made his 1978 New York debut in the company's production of "The Elephant Man."
In the early 1980s he started tackling film and TV roles, often playing good cops and assorted villainous types. He made his film debut in a small role in A Little Sex (1982) and went on to play a prime part in the TV-movie pilot of Miami Vice (1984). A co-starring detective part on the series Crime Story (1986) led to more visibility. He finally became a household face (if not quite a name) as former construction worker-turned-restaurateur Drew Thatcher, the father of three on the critically acclaimed dramatic series Life Goes On (1989). Co-starring with Patti LuPone (of "Evita" fame), they played parents to a son born with Down Syndrome (portrayed by Chris Burke). The much-admired family-oriented show, which went on to deal with other topical themes such as AIDS, lasted four seasons.
Since then Bill has involved himself in raising public consciousness and sensitivity of Down Syndrome. He has hosted the annual "Life Goes On Celebrity Golf Classic" for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. Following this TV success, Bill co-starred on the A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001) with Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin, had a recurring chief prosecutor role on The Practice (1997) and played a lieutenant in the Fox hit series Millennium (1996). His many film roles include Key Exchange (1985), Renegades (1989), The Trigger Effect (1996) with Dermot Mulroney, Independence Day (1996) with Will Smith, a strong role as a public defender in Rob Reiner's Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Air Force One (1997) and, more recently, as a general in Kevin Costner's Cuban Missile Crisis drama Thirteen Days (2000). He also played Alexander Haig in the TV-movie biopic on Ronald Reagan starring James Brolin and Judy Davis.
Married to Shaw Purnell and the father of two, he has played a number of high-ranking officials, both good or corrupt, over the years. Most of Bill's recent work into the millennium has been on the small screen with guest appearances on such popular shows as "Nash Bridges," "NYPD Blue," "24," "Numb3rs," "Law and Order," "Criminal Minds," "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives," "Boston Legal," "Castle," "Californication," "Two and a Half Men" and "Grey's Anatomy," with regular/recurring roles on such series as The Practice (1997), Without a Trace (2002), The Event (2010), The Last Ship (2014) Dynasty (2017). Occasional big screen supports include Thirteen Days (2000), Iron Man (2008), The Rum Diary (2011),Eagle Eye (2008), Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), The November Man (2014), Bitch (2017) and Valley of Bones (2017)- Additional Crew
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Bob Wheway was born on 20 February 1983 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Bob is an assistant director, known for Hancock (2008), Shark Swarm (2008) and Wake (2009).- Bobby Dean was born on 19 August 1921 in Bridgeport, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Spook Spoofing (1928), Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928) and Rainy Days (1928). He died on 13 April 1931 in Hughson, California, USA.
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Bonnie Dennis, who started her acting career over 20 years ago and has appeared in several theatre, film and television productions. Bonnie cut her acting teeth in the famed Cabaret Theatre of Bridgeport, Connecticut before migrating to New York City. Bonnie studied at Weist-Barron Acting for Television, Film and Theatre and with the illustrious Alice Spivak when she furthered her acting studies at Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre Acting Workshop to name a few. Bonnie has since performed and produced Off-Broadway, produced a voice over recording and appeared in several commercials, one in particular about Louis Armstrong that aired on the History Channel. After performing for several years, Bonnie became increasingly interested in becoming more hands on of her own career destiny by producing. After producing and co-producing with others, Bonnie decided to open her own film production company. In 2005 B.U.M. Productions Film Company was formed. "BUM is not an acronym. I care about the disenfranchised. The name BUM was already taken" is the quote when explaining where the company name came from. The first film she produced and directed was a short "Can We Be Honest?" the same year the company opened. In 2006 she wrote her second feature film "Those People", which she also produced and directed in late 2007. Bonnie has produced on the short films "Stolen Love" and "Batina's World" in which she co-executive produced with director Miki Holiday. Bonnie also produced on the short films "Tortured Life" and "P.O.M.E" in which she also served as assistant director on both films as well as executive produced the trailer "Wax Seal". Not to let any grass to grow under her feet, Bonnie wrote, directed and produced her first commercial "Train Entertain" a spec commercial for Tide you can find on YouTube channel 2013. Bonnie is currently working on the highly anticipated "Pretty Like Me" in 2016. The best is yet to come for this B.U.M. writer, director and producer Bonnie Dennis.- Additional Crew
Brad A. Grantham was born on 3 July 1972 in Bridgeport, Texas, USA. He is known for Iron Man 2 (2010), Full Throttle (1995) and Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (2006). He was previously married to Grayzel Grantham.- Brandon Stoddard was born on 31 March 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer, known for You Know My Name (1999), The Wonderful World of Disney (1997) and Television Event (2020). He was married to Mary Ann Dolan and Alexandra Green Johns. He died on 22 December 2014 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Producer
Brendon Rogers, born in Bridgeport, CT is an award winning actor, director and producer. Despite an early interest in being a writer, Rogers was encouraged by his Stratford High School theater arts teacher, Francis Piazza, to continue to pursue acting. Rogers followed his advice and enrolled in The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where he would go on to meet his future friend and collaborator Jamian Nass. After college, Rogers appeared in several theatrical and independent film productions in CT before moving to central Florida in 2000 look after his parents, who had moved there earlier, and to take advantage of that state's film incentives at the time.
His time in the Orlando area saw Rogers develop a prolific theater resume, including his award winning performances as "Nick" in Joe DiPietro's "Over the River and Through the Woods", "David Kahn" in Andrew Bergman's "Social Security", "Roat" in Frederick Knott's "Wait Until Dark" and as "Lucifer" in the world premiere production of Jamian Nass' "Alice and the Angels". Often cast as ruthless villains or cold blooded cynics, some of Rogers other notable stage roles include "Jack Lawson" in David Mamet's "Race", "Gary/Roger" in "Noises Off", "Van Helsing" in "Dracula", "Jonathan" in "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Mr. Franklin" in "Children of a Lesser God", "Ross" in "The Elephant Man", "Willie Conklin" in "Ragtime", "Henry VIII" in "A Man For All Seasons" and "Hollywood" in "The Eight: Reindeer Monologues" among many others. In addition to acting, Rogers also won awards for directing a number of stage productions including Ira Levin's "Deathtrap", "Hello, Dolly!" and Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" along with several others.
While working in the Orlando-area theater circuit, Brendon came to meet his friend and producing partner Sonny Dyon. Together they became two of the core members of QiCo Films and have gone on to collaborate on the crime thriller short film Clarity (in which they both appeared) and the horror short, The Grove. Clarity became the first short film to ever win the Audience Choice Award at the Central Florida (CENFLO) Film Festival in 2015 and The Grove became the second to do so in 2016. The Grove also went on to win "Best Horror Short" at the Studio City Film Festival. In addition to working on their first feature length QiCo film together, Dyon and Rogers are also developing an animated series called Relatively Super starring Gary Anthony Williams, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Jon Heder and Micheal Dorn. While continuing to collaborate with Dyon, Rogers also keeps busy with acting projects independent from QiCo Films, including playing the titular role on the mystery/thriller audio podcast The Adventures of Gerard Dupris.
In 2017 Brendon Rogers succeeded Bob Cook as Executive Director of the CENFLO Film Festival and has since relocated the festival to the Epic Theatres at Mount Dora, FL for it's 13th year.
When not acting, producing and developing a literary series, Brendon enjoys traveling home to New York and New England, catching up on his DVR queue and writing about himself in the third person.- Writer
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- Actor
Brett C. Persson was born on 18 September 1973 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Brett C. is a writer and producer, known for Just a Passing Moment in Time (2022), A Lost Soul Found in the Darkness (2023) and A Leaf on the Wind (2022). Brett C. has been married to Kimberly Persson since 17 April 1993. They have three children.- Actor
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Imposing, barrel-chested and often silver-haired Brian Dennehy was a prolific US actor, well respected on both screen and stage over many decades. He was born in July 1938 in Bridgeport, CT, and attended Columbia University in New York City on a football scholarship. Brian majored in history, before moving on to Yale to study dramatic arts. He first appeared in minor screen roles in such fare as Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Semi-Tough (1977) and Foul Play (1978) and proved popular with casting directors, leading to regular work. However, he really got himself noticed by movie audiences in the box-office hit First Blood (1982) as the bigoted sheriff determined to run Vietnam veteran "John Rambo" (played by Sylvester Stallone) out of his town. Dennehy quickly escalated to stronger supporting or co-starring roles in films including the Cold War thriller Gorky Park (1983), as a benevolent alien in Cocoon (1985), a corrupt sheriff in the western Silverado (1985), a tough but smart cop in F/X (1986) and a cop-turned-writer alongside hit man James Woods in Best Seller (1987). In 1987, Dennehy turned in one of his finest performances as cancer-ridden architect "Stourley Kracklite" in Peter Greenaway's superb The Belly of an Architect (1987), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1987 Chicago Film Festival. More strong performances followed. He reprised prior roles for Cocoon: The Return (1988) and F/X2 (1991), and turned in gripping performances in three made-for-TV films: a sadistic small-town bully who gets his grisly comeuppance in In Broad Daylight (1991), real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the chilling To Catch a Killer (1992) and a corrupt union boss in Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992). In 1993, Dennehy appeared in the role of police "Sgt. Jack Reed" in the telemovie Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993), and reprised the role in four sequels, which saw him for the first time become involved in co-producing, directing and writing screen productions! Demand for his services showed no signs of abating, and he put in further memorable performances in Romeo + Juliet (1996), as bad-luck-ridden "Willy Loman" in Death of a Salesman (2000) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award), he popped up in the uneven Spike Lee film She Hate Me (2004) and appears in the remake Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). The multi-talented Dennehy also had a rich theatrical career and appeared both in the United States and internationally in dynamic stage productions including "Death of a Salesman" (for which he picked up the 1999 Best Actor Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award), "A Touch of the Poet", "Long Day's Journey into Night" (for which he picked up another Tony Award in 2003) and in Eugene O'Neill's heart-wrenching "The Iceman Cometh."- Music Department
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Brian was born and grew up in Bridgeport, CT. He started playing guitar at the age of 13 after a school teacher decided to give him one of her old acoustic guitars. Brian began learning the instrument and started a band with his friends. After high school, he was accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he studied Music Production and Engineering. He graduated with his Bachelor's degree in 1997.
After graduation, Brian moved to southern California. There, he began his career by working with many well known recording artists and companies through his work with local recording studios, such as Barry Manilow, Mickey Rooney, ABC, The CW Network, and Disney. Since then, he has served as playback editor for countless live performances, and as music supervisor/editor for both network television and several book-on-tape projects for The National Archives.
In recent years, Brian has been doing more songwriting, composing, and voiceover work. He can write fluently in many styles, most notably pop/rock, orchestral, and hard rock. Occasionally, he releases a record of his own personal pop/rock music as well.
Recently, Brian composed the scores for 2 web series, Fratitude and Sweethearts Of The Galaxy, as well as did voice over work on a promotional video for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.- Brook Geraghty was born on 20 November 1976 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Bruce Rasmussen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Conners (2018), Dallas (2012) and Freddie (2005). He has been married to Leslie Rasmussen since 1989. They have two children.- Additional Crew
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Bryan Kalfus was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Serenity (2005), Hairspray (2007) and Premonition (2007).- Calvin O. Butts III was born on 19 July 1949 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Patricia Reed. He died on 28 October 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Carnell Breeding was born on 30 November 1991 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
- Actor
Charles Doehrer was born on 19 July 1923 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 June 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Music Department
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Songwriter ("It's a Lonesome Old Town"), composer, pianist and conductor, educated at business college and a private music student of his father and John Adam Hugo. At 14, he was a pianist in a vaudeville orchestra, and he recorded player-piano rolls. Between 1924 and 1929 he accompanied and was music director for the Duncan Sisters, including their film "It's a Great Life", and he came to Hollywood in 1930 to work in films as a pianist, music supervisor and composer. Joining ASCAP in 1936, his chief musical collaborators include Harry Tobias, Ralph Freed, Henry Tobias, Sam Coslow, Leo Robin, Neil Moret, Al Hoffman, Jack Scholl and Harry Pease. His other popular-song compositions include "The Daughter of Peggy O'Neill", "Song of Troy", "Love in the Moonlight", "Love Is a Dream", "It's Not a Secret Anymore", "You Really Started Something", "Somewhere in Monterey", "Spring Is in the Air", and "Annapolis Farewell".- Additional Crew
Charles Nagy was born on 5 May 1967 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Les Recettes Pompettes (2016), 1997 American League Championship Series (1997) and Sunday Night Baseball (1990).- Charles O'Neil was born on 28 October 1909 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Tales of Tomorrow (1951), Johnny Trouble (1957) and Martin Kane (1949). He died on 19 June 1997 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.
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Charles Schnee was born on 6 August 1916 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Red River (1948), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and The Crowded Sky (1960). He was married to Mary Zavian. He died on 29 November 1962 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Charles Zucker was born on 28 May 1958 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Teen Wolf (1985), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) and Modern Girls (1986).- Art Department
Charlie Zdravesky was born on 15 March 1944 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Charlie is known for Crash (2008). Charlie died on 11 June 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.- Stunts
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Born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Chris began studying Martial Arts in grade school and further developed an interest in Stunt work and Filmmaking. He taught Martial Arts privately focusing on Aikido and other styles of Japanese martial arts. He holds several ranks in various Martial Arts including Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Jeet Kune Do, and Shotokan Karate. He is 1 of only 3 Full Certified Jeet Kune Do Instructors in Connecticut with direct teaching lineage to Bruce Lee.
He was inspired by Steven Spielberg after meeting him in 1997 on the set of "Amistad" and subsequently Wrote, Directed and Edited his first feature length film "Murals".
His first film experience was working as a Stuntman and Fight Scene Coordinator in the film "On the Burn".
He later went on to work with Shonda Rhimes (creator of TV's Grey's Anatomy) and Will Smith, Omar Epps & CCH Pounder as a still photographer for the film "Blossoms and Veils".
After seeing the film "Above the Law" in 1988 he was inspired to become a Police Officer. He has maintained a very active and very intense career in Law Enforcement for over 19 years earning some of the departments highest awards including The Police Medal of Merit, The Police Combat Cross, multiple Achievements for Outstanding Arrests and as well as being promoted to the rank of Police Sergeant.
Ironically this profession lead him to later become a personal bodyguard to Steven Seagal almost 20 years after first being inspired by him. While on the set of "Pistol Whipped" Robinson grew a common bond with Steven Seagal and was even cast as a Stuntman in the film as well as playing the role of a responding Police Officer after a major shootout scene involving Steven Seagal.
In 2016 he was subsequently cast as the lead Sergeant for his Department in A&E's New Series called "Live PD" a Police Documentary Series hosted by Dan Abrams in which 6 individual towns/cities nationwide are followed and filmed live as police officers respond to calls for service. He is featured in Season #1, (Episodes #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 & 9 playing himself as Sgt. Chris Robinson.
In one of the episodes of Live PD, he responded to a fire where he and other responding officers helped clear an entire house of people where he himself also took in a lot of smoke inhalation and later required medical attention. As the episode continued, he responds to the call of an unresponsive 1 year old infant, in which his compassion and emotional response was caught live on camera nationwide as he began breaking down in tears speaking about the loss of a child and the effects it has on some officers. This incident went viral instantaneously in which multiple posts on Twitter and other forms of social media quickly became overwhelming supportive, showing the true human side to police officers nationwide. It was a response that changed the way people looked at cops nationwide. Dan Abrams "the host of Live Pd" himself tweeted just moments afterwards that the entire studio and even himself got choked up over Sgt. Robinson's emotional and heartfelt response.- Visual Effects
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Chris Olivia was born on 13 December 1967 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Predators (2010) and Spy Kids (2001).- Actor
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Chris was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and moved to Florida at the age of 15. He was a professional dancer in the early to mid-nineties as a "house" dancer for clubs in the Tampa Bay area. He also danced with "Todd Heffner & Company" and in several Florida Hip-Hop groups. He toured in Connecticut, New York, Florida, Cincinatti and Cleveland. He began pursuing an education and was quickly recruited into the dance departments of St. Petersburg College and the University Of South Florida. His choreographers have included, Debra Jo Hughes, Katurah Robinson, John Parks, Colette Harding and Klaus "Step" Reinert. While in college performing musical theater, he was then recruited into the drama department where he began acting and writing.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Chris Soule was born on 5 February 1973 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for G.I. Jane (1997), In Plain Sight (2018) and Felt (2013). He has been married to Masako Konishi since 16 March 2012.- Christopher J. Marcinko was born on 27 August 1974 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Walker, Texas Ranger (1993).
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From a young age, Valantis Stamelos has been a filmmaker whose inspirations dwell from his exposure to international cinema and world music. As a growing director, producer, and writer, Valantis unrelentingly collaborates his love for classic cinema with that of gritty New York City filmmaking. Valantis Stamelos is a graduate from S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University, and a current producer at MTV Networks in New York.- Cindy Glover was born on 3 October 1970 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Curtis Canfield was born on 29 July 1903 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Curtis was a producer and director, known for Academy Theatre (1949), Cameo Theatre (1950) and Julius Caesar (1949). Curtis was married to Katharine Fitzrandolph Newbold. Curtis died on 8 June 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.- Producer
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Dan Curtis was born on 12 August 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Burnt Offerings (1976), Dark Shadows (1966) and War and Remembrance (1988). He was married to Norma Mae Curtis. He died on 27 March 2006 in Brentwood, California, USA.- Actor
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Dan Settani was born on 23 April 1970 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Wrong Way to Sundance (2002), The Night Ferris Bueller Died (1999) and Playground Girls (2001).- Dave Graham was born on 1 February 1939 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
- David Leone was born on 28 April 1978 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Rock Obama: The Barack Obama Musical (2008) and Tour (2004).