Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American dancer, actor, singer and songwriter. His breakthrough role was as the dance instructor in the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing", and he also had a hit with the 1990 film "Ghost"

Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor best known for his starring role as Det. Lennie Briscoe in the "Law & Order" television series and for his musical theater roles.

Lonny Price (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor, writer, and director, primarily in theatre. Born in New York City, Price attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. His early career was spent performing in off-Broadway productions. His first major Broadway credit was the ill-fated Stephen Sondheim musical "Merrily We Roll Along" (1981), …

Emile Ardolino (born May 9, 1943 in Queens, New York; died November 20, 1993) was an American film director and producer, best known for making films which featuring dancing and song, such as "Dirty Dancing" (1987) and "Sister Act" (1992). He also won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1983, for "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'. He began his career as an actor in off-Broadway productions, but soon moved to the production side of the business.

Actor Wayne Knight achieved television immortality assaying the role of the overweight mailman Newman, nemesis of the eponymous lead character in the classic TV series "Seinfeld" (1990). He also appears in one of the most notorious scenes in American cinema, as one of the detectives interrogating Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992). Wayne Knight was born on August 7, 1955 in Cartersville, Georgia, where he was raised and lived until matriculating at the University of Georgia....

Legendary disk jockey in New York City since the late 1950s. Bruce Morrow was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.

Tap dancer. With Cholly Atkins, formed the tap dance team of Coles and Atkins. Won Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "My One and Only." He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1991 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.

Died of an injection of undiluted heroin while writing an article on New York City's lower east side and addiction for The Village Voice. Journalist. Was an understudy for the Vic Aviles musical production Doonesbury: A Broadway Musical (1983) at the Biltmore Theatre, November 1983-February 1984.