James Garner

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musician, Television presenter, film producer, film director, nichols, scout…actor, Sunset actor, Fire in the Sky actor, The Fan actor, Cash McCall actor
The son of an Oklahoma carpet layer, James Garner (born James Baumgarner) dropped out of high school at 16 to join the Merchant Marine. He worked...

Claude Marion Akins (ClaudeAAkins)

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actor, gunsmoke, Movin' On, died from cancer, Don't Give Up the Ship actor, Hot Summer Night actor…The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm actor, The Killers actor, The Raid actor, Battle Stations actor, Battle for the Planet of the Apes actor
Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he...

William Dennis Weaver

male
musician, Television presenter, film producer, film director, composer, actor…Seven Angry Men actor, Gentle Giant actor, Dragnet actor, Ten Wanted Men actor, Law and Order actor
Was a track and field athlete from the University of Oklahoma. Placed 6th in the 1948 Olympic Trials in the Decathlon. Bob Mathias placed first;...

John Marlieb

male
actor, City College of New York, Born in New York, New York, Kiss of Death actor, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town actor, On the Edge actor…The Godfather actor, Faces actor, Framed actor, In Enemy Country actor, Utilities actor
Veteran character actor John Marley was one of those familiar but nameless faces that TV and filmgoers didn't take a shine to until the late 1960s,...

Allan Jones

male
musician, Songwriter, writer, actor, performer, died from lung cancer…Honeymoon Ahead actor, True to the Army actor, The Boys from Syracuse actor, Moonlight in Havana actor, Senorita from the West actor
Father, with actress Irene Hervey, of pop singer Jack Jones. As singer, most identified with his rendition of Rudolf Friml's "Donkey Serenade."...

Tony Young

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actor, Taggart actor, born in New York City, New York, died from lung cancer, Guyana Cult of the Damned actor, Superchick actor…Charro! actor, Walk Like a Dragon actor, AManCalledSledgeactor, The Outfit actor, Act of Vengeance actor
As the son of radio, TV and film character actor Carleton G. Young, dark, dexterous and good-looking Tony Young was exposed early on to the...

Luciano Rossi

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actor, born in Rome, Italy, AManCalledSledgeactor, Savage Island actor
Short and hunchbacked, but lively character actor Luciano Rossi first appeared in small background roles in a number of Spaghetti Westerns in the...