- Gilda Radner
Gilda Susan Radner (28 June, 1946 - 20 May, 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live". Radner, who died at 42 of ovarian cancer, became an icon for public awareness of both detection and treatment of the disease. - Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer or Matthew Todd Lauer (December 30, 1957) is an American television personality, best known as a co-host of NBC's "The Today Show" (since 1994) after being a news anchor in New York and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, and Richmond. He was also host of "PM Magazine" (or "Evening Magazine" 1980-1986) and worked for ESPN in the 1980s. - Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is a Tony Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, producer, writer, director and Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer. He gained prominence in the starring role of "A Face in the Crowd," before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the long-running 1960s sitcom, "The Andy Griffith Show", for CBS and in the long-running 1980s and 1990s legal drama, … - Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen has been the principal pops conductor for The Phoenix Symphony since 1983. - Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series "Law & Order". He has also appeared in many feature films. - Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows (born February 5 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan) is an American actor and comedian. Meadows' start in show business was as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on "Saturday Night Live" and would go on to become a longtime cast member, appearing on the program until 2000. (This was the record for the longest tenure on the show until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005). - Noah Gray-Cabey
Noah Gray-Cabey (born November 16, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Franklin Aloyisious Mumford on the ABC sitcom "My Wife and Kids", and as Micah Sanders in the NBC science-fiction drama "Heroes". Gray-Cabey was born in Newry, Maine to Whitney Gray and Shawn Cabey. He started playing the piano when he was eighteen months old. At age four, he performed in several venues throughout New England and Washington, … - Don Pardo
Now known best as the Voice of Saturday Night Live, Don Pardo was the longtime staff announcer at WNBC-TV in New York. This also meant that he did plenty of voice overs for the network. His name and distinct voice became synonymous with the faceless announcer. But he was a really approachable really famous guy. Before his semi-retirement, you could call NBC in New York, as for Don Pardo . , and he'd answer his phone and talk to you until he had to go to work. - Richard H. Ranger
Richard Howland Ranger was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of John Hilliard and Emily Anthen Gillet Ranger, He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I, earning the rank of Major. After the war, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1919 to 1923. As a designer for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in 1924, Richard Ranger invented the wireless photoradiogram, … - Steven Hill
Steven A. Hill (born April 26, 1978, Austin, Texas), is best known as a cast member on the twelfth season of "The Real World", MTV's highly rated reality TV show. A native Texan, Hill helped that season garner some of the show's best ratings ever, primarily because of his off and on relationship with fellow castmate Trishelle. Emancipated at age 16, Steven supported himself through business school by working in a Texas gay bar as a topless bartender. - Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American television actor and director, primarily for his roles in sitcoms, movies and television. With appearances and roles on many televisions shows and films, he is best known for his role as Bill Cosby's only son, Theo Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992. - Fred Thompson
Frederick Dalton "Fred" Thompson (born August 19 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and character actor. He represented Tennessee as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1994 thru 2003. Thompson resides in McLean, Virginia near Washington D.C. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence. As an actor, Thompson has performed in film and on television. - Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby was a popular three-time Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actor, director and frequent game show panelist. His career spanned over three decades, appearing on stage, in motion pictures and starring in five TV series. His lead television roles were as Ray Walston's young reporter, Tim O'Hara, … - Drea de Matteo
Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1973) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos" and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom "Joey". - Constance Marie
Constance Marie (b. Constance Marie Lopez on September 9, 1965 in East Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her role as Angie Lopez on the sitcom, "The George Lopez Show". Marie, a third-generation Mexican American, started her career as a dancer on David Bowie's The Glass Spider Tour. She later began an acting career and won the role of Nikki Alvarez on the now defunct, 1989 NBC soap opera, "Santa Barbara". - Ben Grauer
Ben Grauer was an American radio and TV personality, following a career as a child actor in the 1920s, both in film and on Broadway. Among his early credits were roles in films directed by D.W. Griffith. Grauer was born in Staten Island, New York. After graduating from Townsend Harris High School, he received his B.A. from the City College of New York in 1930. - Jeff Richmond
Jeffrey "Jeff" Richmond (born January 7, 1960) is an American composer, actor and television producer. Richmond currently produces and composes the music for "30 Rock", a sitcom created by and starring his wife Tina Fey. The show is part of NBC's fall 2006 schedule. - Don Ohlmeyer
Don Ohlmeyer (born Donald Winfred Ohlemeyer, Jr., February 3, 1945, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television producer and former president of the NBC network's West Coast division. He grew up in the Chicago-area and attended Glenbrook North High School. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1967, with a B.A. in communications. He received the Lifetime Achievement in Sports Broadcasting from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2007. - Kelli Williams
Kelli Williams (born June 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress most well known for her role as Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama "The Practice". She has since had guest appearances on "Scrubs", "The Lyon's Den" and "Hack". Kelli Williams appeared as Dr. Natalie Durant on the NBC television show "Medical Investigation" which began in the fall of 2004 and ran for 20 episodes before being cancelled. - Monty Hall
Maurice "Monty Hall" Halperin, O.C., B.Sc., LL.D (born on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster, best known as the host of the long-running television game show "Let's Make a Deal" - Charles Robinson
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, … - Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens (March 18, 1961,Brooklyn, New York City) is an African American actor. Son of United States Congressman Major Owens. He is perhaps most remembered for his role as Elvin Tibideaux, husband of Sondra Huxtable on the final five seasons of NBC's sitcom, "The Cosby Show". He played this role from 1985 until 1992. He taught classes in Shakespeare at HB studios in New York City. - Selma Diamond
Selma Diamond (b. August 5, 1920, Montreal; d. May 13, 1985, Los Angeles), a Canadian-born but Brooklyn-raised comic actress and radio and television writer, is known best for her high-range, raspy voice and her portrayal of Selma Hacker on the first two seasons of the NBC television comedy series "Night Court". Diamond graduated from New York University and published cartoons and humour essays in "The New Yorker" before making the jump to radio and, … - Sabrina Le Beauf
Sabrina Le Beauf (born March 21, 1958) in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is an American actress who was born to an African-American father and a white mother of English descent. LeBeauf grew up in Los Angeles and currently lives in New York. Le Beauf is best known for her portrayal of Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show". She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick at Nite animated series, "Fatherhood", … - Joseph C. Phillips
Joseph Connor Phillips (born January 17, 1962 in Denver, Colorado) is an African American actor. He is the son of Dr. Clarence Phillips, a distinguished Denver pediatrician. Phillips played Martin Kendall on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show" from 1989 to 1991. A little side fact from the Cosby Show is that Mr. Phillips played a character named Daryl on the second season of the show. Daryl was the man that Dr. Huxtable wanted his daughter, Sondra, … - Julian Goodman
Julian Goodman is a former chairman of the board and chief executive officer for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. - Michael Warren
Michael Warren (born March 5, 1946 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American TV actor and former college basketball player, best known for playing Officer Bobby Hill on the NBC television series "Hill Street Blues". As a college basketball player, Warren was an All-American at UCLA, … - John Terry
John Terry (born January 25, 1944) is an American actor who was educated at the prestigious Loomis Chaffee prep school in Windsor, Connecticut. He was born in Chicago, and began a career building original custom log homes in North Carolina. He played roles in local theater before moving to Alaska where he founded a river rafting company. But his interest in acting did not diminish and at 30 he moved to New York City and became a full time actor. - Anthony Anderson
Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Compton, California, to Doris, a telephone operator and actress; his step-father, Sterling Bowman, owns a chain of clothing stores. Anderson is an alumnus of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Anderson first achieved recognition in the NBC television show "Hang Time" (1995–2000). - Denise Alexander
Denise Alexander (born November 11, 1939) is a well-known American soap opera actress, most known for her role as Lesley Webber on "General Hospital", a role she originally played from 1973 to 1984. Born on Long Island, N.Y., she moved to Los Angeles when her father, an agent who handled at that point such notables as Frank Gorshin and Sal Mineo, decided to make the switch from the east to the west coast. - Karri Turner
Karri Turner, is an American television actress who played Lieutenant Harriet Sims Roberts on the television series "JAG" (1997–2005). Raised in Bentonville, Arkansas, Turner originally had studied to be a minister at Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University before developing an interest in acting and moving to southern California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At one time, she was a member of The Groundlings, a California improvisational comedy troupe. - Giada de Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer and the current host of the Food Network programs "Everyday Italian", "Behind the Bash", "Giada's Weekend Getaways", and "Giada in Paradise". In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor on NBC's "Today". - Philip Ober
Philip Ober (23 March 1902 in Fort Payne, Alabama - 13 September 1982, Mexico City) was an American actor. Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. From 1954 to 1967 he frequently appeared in television series. He was married to actress Vivian Vance, who portrayed Ethel Mertz in the series " I Love Lucy". - Robert E. Kintner
Robert E. Kintner (September 12, 1909 - December 20, 1980) was an American journalist and television executive, who served as president of both the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). A native of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Kintner graduated from Swarthmore College in 1931. Two years later, the "New York Herald Tribune" hired him as its White House correspondent. - Walter Johannes Damrosch
Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862, Breslau, Prussia; died December 22, 1950, New York City) was an American symphony conductor. Damrosch was best known as a conductor of Richard Wagner. He was also a pioneer in the performance of music on the radio, and as such became one of the chief popularizers of classical music in the United States. Though he is now remembered almost exclusively as a conductor, … - Ed Gardner
Ed Gardner (June 29, 1901 - August 17, 1963) was an American comic actor, writer and director, best remembered as the creator and star of the radio hit "Duffy's Tavern". Born in Astoria, New York, Gardner was a representative for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency before going into show business. He began producing for the stage in the early 1930s. - Edward Bowes
Edward Bowes (b. 14 June 1874, San Francisco; d. 14 June 1946, Rumson, New Jersey) was an American radio personality of the 1930s and 40s whose "Major Bowes' Amateur Hour" was the best-known amateur talent show in radio during its eighteen-year (1934-1952) run on NBC and CBS. Bowes (his nickname sprang from his earlier military rank, … - Corinne Bohrer
Corinne Bohrer (born October 18 1958 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina) is an American movie and television actress. Bohrer's work has included a recurring role as Lianne Mars, the wayward mother of the title character in the CW television series "Veronica Mars". Previous roles were more comedic, including her role as a pediatric nurse who had a crush on Elliot Gould in the short-lived CBS situation comedy "E/R", … - Deon Richmond
Deon Richmond (born April 2 1978) is an American actor, known for his semi-regular childhood role as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the popular NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show". Richmond was born in New York, New York. After "The Cosby Show", Richmond went on to appear as a supporting character in sitcoms such as "Getting By" and "Sister, Sister", and in feature fims such as "Scream 3" and "Van Wilder". - Jackée Harry
Jackée Harry is an Emmy Award-winning African-American actress, best known for her role as Sandra Clark on hit NBC sitcom "227" from 1985 until 1989. In 1994, she began starring as Tia Mowry's adopted mother, Lisa Landry, on "Sister, Sister", which continued until 1999. She is sometimes credited as simply Jackée or Jackee. Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, but grew up in New York City, …
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