Howard Green Duff was a radio and stage performer before he began appearing in films in the late 1940s. He played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade while a radio actor. Duff starred in "The Adventures of Sam Spade" on three different networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - from 1946 to 1950. In 1951 Steve Dunne took over the role of Sam Spade. Born in Bremerton, Washington, his first film role was as an inmate in "Brute Force".

David Brian (August 5, 1914 - July 15, 1993) was a film actor. This New York City-born leading man began his acting career on stage in musicals as a dancer. Brian was signed by Warner Bros. in 1949 and appeared in such films as "The Damned Don't Cry!" and "Flamingo Road" with Joan Crawford, and "Beyond the Forest" with Bette Davis. He also had a role in the John Wayne movie "The High and Mighty" of 1954 as Ken Childs.

John Beck (born 28 January, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned for being a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known for his many roles as a hard-ball businessman.

Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor. He is the brother of the late author Mary McCarthy, and a distant cousin of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. He graduated from Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1932. McCarthy has had a long and distinguished career as an in-demand character actor. He has had some starring roles sprinkled in his career, …

Barbara Rush (born January 4, 1927 in Denver, Colorado) is an American stage, film, and television actress. A student at the University of California, Barbara Rush performed on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse before signing with Paramount Pictures. She made her screen debut in the 1951 movie " The Goldbergs" and went on to star opposite the likes of James Mason, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, and Kirk Douglas.

Cristina Raines (birth name Tina Herazo, born 28 February 1952 in Manila, Philippines) is an American actress. She co-starred in the TV mini-series "Centennial", a 22 hour epic depicting the history of Colorado. She appeared as Lucinda McKeag-Zendt, a woman who lived in the 1840's and married a Pennsylvania farmer. She is probably best known for her role as Lane Ballou in the 1980s prime-time soap opera "Flamingo Road".

Peter Donat (born Pierre Collingwood Donat on 20 January 1928) is a Canadian/American actor known for his roles in American television.

Woody Brown (born February 26, 1956, in Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor, best known for his role as Skipper Weldon in the 1980s television series "Flamingo Road". Other TV credits include: "Love of Life", "The Love Boat", "Knight Rider", "The Facts of Life", "Dynasty", "JAG" and "Roswell".

Frederick Leonard Clark (born March 19, 1914; died December 5, 1968) was an American film character actor. Born in Lincoln, California, Clark made his film debut in 1947 in "The Unsuspected". His twenty year film career included almost seventy films, and numerous television appearances. As a supporting player, with his gruff voice, intimidating build, bald pate, and small moustache beneath an often scowling visage, he was cast as a testy film producer, crime boss, …

Fernando Allende (born November 10, 1952) is a Mexican singer, actor producer and director. Allende began singing at the age of seven. By the 1970s, Allende had ventured into Spanish soap operas as well as Photo Soap Operas (magazine soap operas widely produced during the 1970s in many Latin American countries). His matinee idol looks helped Allende become a super star and teen idol across Latin America almost immediately.

Gina Gallego is an American actress, best known for her work in television. During her role in Seinfeld, Gallego played a neighbor of Jerry's whose intimidating boyfriend Martin, played by C. E. Grimes, falls into a suicidal coma. Gallego's character was coming on to Jerry despite her boyfriend being in a severe coma. Her credits include: "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", "Flamingo Road", "Remington Steele", "Airwolf", "Rituals", …

Joe Penny is an actor who was born on June 24, 1956, in London, England, UK. Alumnus of Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA (1974). He is known for his role as Nick Ryder in the detective series "Riptide" from 1984 to 1986 and for his role as Jake Styles in the series "Jake and the Fatman" from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on "Forever Fernwood" in 1977, …

Denise Galik (b. Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actress who has starred on television and in film. She is now credited as Denise Galik-Furey. Denise has starred in television on soap operas, daytime and night time soaps. Her first soap opera role was in the 1980s CBS soap "Knots Landing" as Linda Stricker from 1980-1981. She has also appeared in "Flamingo Road" as Christie Kovacs and "General Hospital" as Rhonda Wexler from 1992-1994.

Charles S. Robinson (born April 13, 1945, in Houston, Texas) is a television actor who has been performing since the 1960s. Robinson's credits include appearances in "The White Shadow", "Flamingo Road", "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "Touched by an Angel", and "Antwone Fisher". Robinson was cast in the role on Newdell in the NBC comedy "Buffalo Bill". Not the smash hit it was expected to be, …

Dianne Kay (born March 29, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress best known for her role as Nancy Bradford in the ABC television show "Eight is Enough" (1977-1981; reunion movies in 1987 & 1989). Dianne also appeared in the "Flamingo Road" series pilot, and the short-lived series "Glitter". She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son and is a full-time wife and stay-at-home mother.

Richard Young (born in Kissimmee, Florida, USA) is an American actor who has starred in film and in television. His first feature film was in the 1972 movie "Night Call Nurses", but his well known films roles was in the 1984 movie "The Ice Pirates", the 1985 horror film "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" as Matt, and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in 1989 as Fedora, the character Fedora gives young Indiana Jones his hat.

Jason Bernard (May 17 1938 - October 16, 1996) was an American actor who starred in movies and on television. Bernard was born in Chicago, Illinois. His first starring role was in the television series "The White Shadow" as Jim Willis in the pilot episode, his other well known tv role was in the 1980s TV series "Cagney & Lacey" as Inspector Marquette from 1982-1983, "Days of Our Lives" as Preston Wade in 1982.

Alice Hirson (b. March 10 1929, New York City) is an American actress best known for her roles on television. She appeared regularly in soap opera with roles as Stephanie Martin on "The Edge of Night", as Marcia Davis on "Somerset", and as Eileen Riley Siegel (#3) on "One Life to Live". Later in her career, she had a recurring role in the prime-time drama "Dallas" as Mavis Anderson, friend and confidante of "Miss Ellie".

Donald E. Wildmon, born 18 January 1938 in Dumas, Mississippi, is the founder and chairman of the American Family Association. He graduated from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1960. In 1961 he married Lynda Lou Bennett with whom he has two sons and two daughters. From 1961 to 1963, he served in the U.S. Army. He was ordained as a minister of the United Methodist Church in 1964 and served as a pastor until 1977, …

Played Dashiell Hammett's famous character in "The Adventures of Sam Spade" on radio. Father of Bridget Duff. He played the detective, "Sam Spade" on TV, and before that on radio. He was scheduled to star in a 1958 detective/mystery series called "The Green Peacock" following the cancellation of his sitcom "Mr. and Mrs. Eve," but even though episodes were produced, they were never broadcast. Episodes were written by writers such as Daniel Mainwaring and William Spier. Ramon Navarro was...

Handsome, chiseled-jaw character actor Kevin McCarthy has appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that has spanned seven decades. He also had some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He played the disillusioned son, Biff, in the 1951 screen adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Death of a Salesman for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and won the Golden Globe Award for most promising newcomer (male). He is the...

A native of Hot Coffee, Mississippi, Stella was married at 15, a mother at 16 and divorced at 17. While attending Memphis State College, Stella became interested in acting and modeling. Her film debut was a bit part in Say One for Me (1959), but her appearance in Li'l Abner (1959) as Appassionata Von Climax is the one that got her noticed. Then her centerfold spread in Playboy was one of the most popular issues. She co-starred with some of the biggest names in movies such as Bobby Darin...

The epitome of poise, charm, style and grace, beautiful brunette Barbara Rush was born in Denver, Colorado in 1927 and enrolled at the University of California before working with the University Players and taking acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. It didn't take long for talent scouts to spot her and, following a play performance, Paramount quickly signed her up in 1950, making her debut with The Goldbergs (1950). Just prior to this, she had met fellow actor Jeffrey Hunter, an...

With an athletic father and an actress mother, it is no surprise Harmon played college football and has found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. While most of his roles have relied on little more than good looks, Harmon was impressive as the suave doctor on "St. Elsewhere" (1982) who contracted AIDS. Uncle of musicians Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson. Uncle of Sam Nelson. Brother-in-law of singer Ricky Nelson. Mother is actress Elyse Knox. Father is football star Tom...

Nephew of actor Robert Donat. Naturalized U.S. citizen. Father of 3 sons: Chris, Caleb and Lucas Donat.

"You can never be too rich or too thin." This elegant lady defined the TV version of the rich, sophisticated businesswoman who knows what she wants, and will do whatever it takes to get it. She was born Patsy Ann McClenny on February 3, 1950, in Dallas, Texas. She began acting as a child, when her mother enrolled her in drama lessons after she was too shy to give a book report in class. From the age of 10, she performed in children's plays. Later she would do dinner theater and stock...

Actor David Selby, highly regarded for his villainous work on both daytime and nighttime soap classics, was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University and graduated with both B.S. and M.A. degrees from West Virginia University, then earned a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Following many years on the stock stage (from 1961), David finally attracted infamous attention when he signed on as Quentin Collins, a werewolf, on the gothic...

Measurements: 33-23-33 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). Sister-in-law of Zachary Crowe.

After teaching for 7 years at a regional campus of Ohio State, I've decided to go back for my doctorate. I'm looking forward to having a nice big choir to work with and teaching some undergrad courses. My freelance composing/arranging gigs are plentiful but I'm looking to focus more on writing than arranging.