- Hubert Eaton
Hubert Eaton was an American businessman. Born in Liberty, Missouri, he is noted as the creator of the Forest Lawn Glendale and Hollywood Hills cemeteries in the Los Angeles, California area that became the burial site for many movie stars and other film industry members. As well, with its several chapels spread throughout the park-like setting, it is also the marriage place for such personalities as U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. - Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 - May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. She was known as "America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "the girl with the curls." She was one of the first Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and one of film's greatest pioneers. Her influence in the development of film acting was enormous. Because her international fame was triggered by moving images, … - W. C. Fields
W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American juggler, comedian, and actor. Fields created one of the great American comic personas of the first half of the 20th century-a misanthrope who teetered on the edge of buffoonery but never quite fell in, an egotist blind to his own failings, a charming drunk; and a man who hated children, dogs, and women, unless they were the wrong sort of women. - Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was an American actor in the silent film era of the 1910s and 20s. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Harrison Ford began acting on stage and made his Broadway debut in 1904. He turned to film beginning in 1915 and moved to Hollywood. He became a leading man opposite early stars such as Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Marie Prevost, Marion Davies, and Clara Bow. Ford's acting career ended with the advent of talkies. - George Burns
George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum (January 20 1896 - March 9 1996) to a Jewish family, was an American comedian and actor. His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his equally legendary wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three quarters of a century. Enjoying a remarkable career resurrection that began at age 79, … - Walt Elias Disney
Walter Elias Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. - Red Skelton
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18 1913 - September 17 1997) was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV, clubs and casinos, while pursuing another career as a painter. - Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. - Clark Gable
William Clark Gable was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. He has been nicknamed "The King of Hollywood." His most famous role was in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind", in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. - Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. Burns himself phrased it perfectly in a gag that got laughs no matter how often he repeated it for the rest of his life: "One day, the audience realized I had a terrific talent. They were right. I did have a terrific talent. And I was married to her for 38 years." In a career spanning vaudeville through television, … - Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown was an All-American college football player and successful film actor. Born and raised in Dothan, Alabama, Brown was a star of the high school football team, earning a football scholarship to the University of Alabama. Playing the halfback position on his university's Crimson Tide football team, Brown helped his team to become the 1926 NCAA Division I-A national football champions. - Larry Fine
Larry Fine (October 5, 1902 - January 24, 1975) was an American comedian and actor, who is best-known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges. - Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid was an actor in silent film referred to by "Motion Picture Magazine" as "the screen's most perfect lover". - Chico Marx
Leonard Marx, known as Chico, (March 22, 1887 - October 11, 1961) was one of the Marx Brothers. He was originally nicknamed Chicko due to his reputation as a ladies man, or a "chicken chaser" in the popular slang of the day. A typesetter accidentally dropped the "k" in his name and it became Chico. It was still pronounced "Chick-o" although those who were unaware of its origin tended to pronounce it "Cheek-o". - Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery was an American actor. Born Noah Nicholas Beery in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, he and his younger brothers William Beery and the legendary Wallace Beery all became Hollywood actors. The three Beery brothers were the children of Frances Margaret Fitzgerald and Noah Webster Beery, which made them full brothers (contrary to many sources). Noah Beery worked in the theatre starting at the age of sixteen and by 1905 was performing on Broadway. - Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 - April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in "Treasure Island" (1934) as well as more than 200 other movie roles over a 36-year span. - Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. In his 38 years of life he played with hundreds of world-class artists and was featured on countless records. - Freddie Prinze Jr.
Frederick Karl Pruetzel, better known as “Freddie Prinze” was an American actor and stand-up comedian. In his short career he was best known as the star of "Chico and the Man". He was the father of actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. - Clara Gordon Bow
There are some actresses who are adored by critics and the public alike, and some who find adulation with fans despite critical derision. Clara Bow falls into the latter category. Virtually ignored by the press in her day - the roaring 20s, when cinema's silent days were approaching the highest levels of artistic achievement - Clara was the greatest sensation for legions of admirers. A lovely woman with ethereal beauty, Clara also had talent. - Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 - January 23, 1978) was an American actor, largely starring in films (but also working on stage, radio, and television). He was born Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri, but grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, whence he obtained his "Oakie" nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. - Theda Bara
Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (July 29, 1885 - April 7, 1955), a silent film actress. Movie executives made promotional claims that her stage name was chosen because it is an anagram for "Arab Death." In reality, "Theda" was a childhood nickname for Theodosia. "Bara" was a shortened form of her maternal grandfather's last name, Baranger. Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, … - Tom Keene
Tom Keene (born George Duryea) (December 30, 1896 - August 4, 1963) was an American actor born in Rochester, New York known mostly for his roles in B Westerns. Little is known of his earlier life but he arrived in Hollywood in the late 20s after college studies at Columbia and Carnegie Tech and immediately made some impact co-starring in "The Godless Girl" (1929) directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Known for his sharp, pleasant looks and physique, … - Gutzon Borglum
(John) Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 - March 6, 1941) was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, as well as dozens of other impressive public works of art. - Anita Louise
Anita Louise (January 9, 1915 - April 25, 1970) was an American film actress. Born Anita Louise Fremault in New York, New York, she made her acting debut on Broadway at the age of six, and within a year was appearing regularly in Hollywood films. By her late teens she was being cast in leading and supporting roles in major productions, and was highly regarded for her delicate features and blonde hair. - Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram (January 12, 1893 - July 21, 1950) was a film director, producer, writer and actor. Born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock in Dublin, Ireland, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at Saint Columba's College, near Rathfarnam, County Dublin. He spent most of his adolescent life living in the Old Rectory, Kinnity, Birr, County Offaly where his father was The Church of Ireland rector. He emigrated to the United States in 1911. - Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965) was an American actress. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress category and the third African American to receive a nomination in any category overall (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). - Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 - February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. His birth year is commonly mistakenly given as 1901. He received 45 Academy Award nominations (a record in the music categories, now shared with John Williams), winning 9 times; in 1940 he was nominated for 4 different films. Between 1938 and 1957, he was nominated an incredible twenty years in a row. - Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ "Pôromôhongsho Joganondo", Hindi: परमहंस योगानन्द; January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga to the West. His book, "Autobiography of a Yogi", has introduced several generations of readers to the teachings of yoga and Hinduism. - Ben Turpin
Ben Turpin (September 19, 1869 - July 1, 1940) was a comedian, best remembered for his work in silent films. - L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15 1856-May 6 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books ever written in American children's literature, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", better known today as simply "The Wizard of Oz". He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, … - Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100. He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor. - Bruno Frank
Bruno Frank (Stuttgart, June 13, 1878 - Beverly Hills, June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, dramatist and a humanist. Frank studied law and philosophy in Munich where he later worked as a dramatist and novelist until the Reichstag fire in 1933. Fearing the new government because of his Jewish heritage, he left Nazi Germany with his wife Liesl and lived for four years in Austria and England, … - Robert Young
Robert Young (February 22 1907 - July 21 1998) was a popular American actor, best known for his leading roles in two long-running television series, Jim Anderson, the father of "Father Knows Best", and Doctor Marcus Welby in "Marcus Welby, M.D." - King C. Gillette
King Camp Gillette was an American businessman, popularly, but incorrectly, known as the inventor of the safety razor. (The "Encyclopædia Britannica", among others, has falsely so credited him.) While Gillette did improve the design of the safety razor (patent US775134), his true invention was an inexpensive, high profit-margin stamped steel disposable blade and a unique business model. This beat out competitors and became the most popular razor of its time. - Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter (March 29, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was an American actor. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he moved to San Francisco, California when he was nine. Following the 1906 earthquake, he and his family lived in a tent for two weeks. By 1910 Baxter was in vaudeville, and from there began acting on the stage. Warner Baxter began as an extra in 1918 and quickly rose to become a star. He had his first starring role in 1921, … - Frank P. Flint
Frank Putnam Flint was a politician and banker. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1897 to 1901 and as a U.S. Senator from California from 1905 until 1911. He was a Republican. He served one term in the Senate and did not run for reelection. The town of La Cañada Flintridge, California is named for him (in part), as he was a developer of Flintridge, which merged with La Cañada in the late 20th century. - Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter) (1 September 1893 - 7 April 1972) was an American silent-screen star who became a supporting actress during the talkies. Blythe was married to actor and film director Paul Scardon. - Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy, wisecracking, blonde she was a pre–Hays Code (meaning, simply, before the adoption of the Motion Picture Association's guidlines for film production) staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. - Terry Kath
Terry Alan Kath born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He died in 1978 at the age of 31 from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. - Art Acord
Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 - January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. Born to Mormon parents in Prattsville, Utah, Acord as a young man worked as a cowboy and ranch hand. He went on to become one of the first true cowboys of Western films. He was sometimes called the Mormon Cowboy. A celebrated rodeo champion, Acord not only acted but also wrote scripts and performed as a stuntman.
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