- Paul Gallico
Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897-July 15, 1976) was a successful U.S. novelist and short story writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for the story "The Snow Goose", which was his only real critical success, and for his novel "The Poseidon Adventure", primarily because it has been made into several films, particularly the generally well-received 1972 version. Gallico was born in New York City.
- Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model under the name "Carolyn Lee", and when she started acting (after appearing on the cover of Life magazine at 15), she discovered that another actress had already registered the name, so she modified it. Early on, …
- Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen OC is a Canadian-American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen’s acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and movies, he achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series of films. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious of (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave Nielsen a reputation as a comedian.
- Kevin Dillon
Kevin Dillon (born August 19, 1965) is an American actor. Born in Mamaroneck, New York, he is the younger brother of actor Matt Dillon. Dillon began acting in both television and films in the 1980s and first received wide attention for his role as Bunny in the 1986 film "Platoon." In 1988, he portrayed Brian Flagg in a remake of the 1958 American science fiction film "The Blob".
- Pamela Sue Martin
Pamela Sue Martin (born January 5, 1953 in Westport, Connecticut), is an American actress, best known for playing Nancy Drew on "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" TV series and Fallon Carrington Colby on the night time soap opera "Dynasty". Martin began modeling at 17, and appeared in the original film version of "The Poseidon Adventure" (opposite Gene Hackman) at the age of 19.
- Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Dale Silliphant (16 January 1918 - 26 April 1996) was a prolific American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and educated at the University of Southern California. He is probably best known for his Academy-award winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night". Other acclaimed features as screenwriter include Irwin Allen productions "The Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure".
- Joel Hirschhorn
Joel Hirschhorn, was an American songwriter. During a vastly successful career, he won the Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of prominent musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison (the combined sales of albums to which he contributed is over 90 million). Hirschhorn was born in the Bronx, New York City and attended the LaGuardia Performing Arts High School in Manhattan.
- Eric Shea
Eric Shea (born February 14, 1960 in Los Angeles County, California) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Robin Shelby in the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure". Actors Christopher Shea and Stephen Shea are his brothers.
- Al Kasha
Al Kasha (born 22 January 1937) is a Brooklyn-born multi-talented composer, songwriter and arranger, as well as businessman. He has won two Oscars for Best Song, "The Morning After" from "The Poseidon Adventure" in 1972 and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from "The Towering Inferno" in 1974. He has also received two Tony nominations for "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and the musical of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield", …
- L. B. Abbott
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, also known as L.B.Abbott (13 June 1908, Pasadena, California - 28 September 1985, Los Angeles) was a special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman. He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. He was called out of retirement, however, to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based).
- Alexa Hamilton
Alexa Hamilton is an American actress. Her only starring role on American television was as Sandy Martinson in "The Invisible Woman", an unsold television pilot broadcast over NBC as a Sunday night telefilm in 1983. For approximately 10 years, she lived in London with David Soul, although they were never legally married. Hamilton had supporting roles on the TV series "1st & Ten" and "Santa Barbara".
- Peter Dobson
Peter Dobson (b. July 16, 1964 in Red Bank, New Jersey) is an American actor who has appeared in "Drowning Mona", "The Frighteners", "The Poseidon Adventure", and the film adaptation of "Last Exit to Brooklyn". He also had a cameo role in "Forrest Gump" as Elvis Presley. Peter is also credit himself under alternate names of "Derek Hoyle".
- Gabriel Jarret
Gabriel Jarret (born Gabriel Kronsberg, January 1, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the young genius Mitch Taylor in the 1985 comedy movie "Real Genius" where he co starred with Val Kilmer. Jarret's first film was "Going Ape!" in 1981, and other film roles include "The Karate Kid Part III", "Apollo 13", "Last Days", and "Dry Cycle".
- Jeannie Berlin
Jeannie Berlin (born November 1, 1949) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Berlin was born in Los Angeles, California to screenwriter/playwright Elaine May. May directed her daughter in the 1972 film "The Heartbreak Kid", which garnered Berlin Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She made her Broadway theatre debut in May's play "After the Night and the Music" in 2005.
- Tinarie van Wyk
'Tinarie Van Wyk was born on December 17, 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is known for her roles in The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film) and Mojave Phone Booth. Age: 26
- Andrew Brent
Andrew Brent is believed to be a French or English actor or South African for little is known about him. He has appeared in "Maigret et le Liberty Bar" 1997 Tv Movie as Client Du Bar, "Borderline" as Judge Thornquist, "Pavement" as Doctor Orenbach, "Charlie" as Jack Duval, "The Poseidon Adventure" 2005 film as Ronald Acre, …
- Elizabeth Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers (May 18, 1934 - November 6, 2004) was an American actress. Born Betty Jayne Rogers in Austin, Texas she is famous for being the relief communications officer for Lt. Uhura in some episodes of the 1960s television series "Star Trek". During the 1970s she also appeared in a string of Irwin Allen produced disaster films including "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" as she was a good friend of Allen.
- Steve Broidy
Samuel Broidy (14 June 1905 in Malden, Massachusetts - 28 April 1991 in Los Angeles, California) was a notable figure in the 20th-century U.S. motion picture industry. He attended Boston University and entered the film industry as a salesman with the Franklin Film Company in 1925, moved to Universal Studios in 1926, and in 1931 began working for Warner Bros. Studios.
- Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian actor. Manesh was born in Mashhad, Iran. He has appeared in the television shows "Will & Grace", "Entourage", "Scrubs", "How I Met Your Mother", "Law & Order" and "The X-Files". He has also acted in the movies "True Lies" (his debut), "The Poseidon Adventure", and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End".
- Waddy Wachtel
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24 1947 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City) is a Los Angeles session musician and producer, most notable for his guitar work. Waddy learned to play the guitar at a young age, taking lessons with teacher Gene Dell (who forced him to play right-handed despite being naturally left-handed) from the ages of 9-14. In 1970, he served as a musician for the film score of "The Poseidon Adventure", …
- Brent Whiteside
I am a graduate of Sam Houston State University (with Masters and Bachelors degrees in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement) who has been co-writing movie screenplays for 7 years with a couple of longtime friends. My personal favorite of our scripts is "Dorm Room Psycho", a thriller/comedy about a college student accused of a bizarre series of murders.
- Ryan Pitt
I like cheese. And ice cream. I like my vodka on the rocks and my gin straight up. I prefer beer. I smoke. I swear. I aspire to be the greatest. I fall back on my laurels. I do the best I can under the best circumstances and the better under the worst. I detest the word "random" used in the popular vernacular. I despise party people and everything they stand for. I like pop music. And zombie movies. And long showers. And stir-fry.
- Shari Middleton
My name is Curlee. I am happily married to my husband of 30 1/2 years. We have five children. Two girls and three boys. Although they are all grown up and on their own now, we miss them, but enjoy any time that we are able to get together. We have six Grandchildren. Five "Grand"daughters and one terrific "Grand"son! They are the the frosting on the cake!! One thing about me that stands out, is my love for children.
- Sabina
- Robert Prohaszka
Son of actor Janos Prohaska. He was killed in a plane crash along with his father and the film crew returning from location in Mammoth Mountain, near Bishop California for the Wolper Production 'Primal Man'.
- Stuart Perry
- Bob McLaughlin
- George Bailey
- Oliver Bailey
- Dorothy Cole
- Tommy Morris
- Lance Rimmer
- Marilyn Bower
- Shane Manie
- Paul Petersen
- Ronn Cragg
- Craig Barley
- Neels Van Jaarsveld
- Andries Ngaleka
- John Campbell