Alain Delon is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Delon’s star rose quickly, and by the age of twenty-three he was garnering comparisons to French screen legends such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. Not wanting to fall back on his looks, Delon tried to take roles that presented him with more of a challenge.

Sir Michael Murray Hordern (October 3, 1911 - May 2, 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre.

Lance Percival (born July 26 1933) is a British actor, comedian and noted after dinner speaker born in Sevenoaks, Kent. Lance Percival first became well known for performing topical calypsos on television satire shows such as "That Was The Week That Was". He appeared in the Carry On film "Carry On Cruising" (1962). He provided the voice of central character "Young Fred" in The Beatles's animated film "Yellow Submarine", …

Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom, known as Edmund Purdom is an English actor and voice actor. He was born on December 19, 1924 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.

Grégoire Aslan is an Armenian actor. Born Krikor Aslanian in Switzerland or in Istanbul, according to different sources, Aslan made his professional debut at 18 as a vocalist and drummer with a Paris dance band, then launched an acting career under the name of Koko Aslan. His first film appearance was in "Feux de joie" (1938). He became an indispensable feature in many British and American films, usually playing foreigners - Russians, Frenchmen, …

Reginald Beckwith was an English actor born on 2 November 1908 in York. He made almost one hundred film and television appearances in his career. He died on 26 June 1965 in Bourne End, England.

A native of Oakland, California, Robert Nichols got his start as an entertainer in the Army during World War II. After his discharge, he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art while working as a song-and-dance man at the Players Theater (Victorian music hall). Hollywood director Howard Hawks, visiting London, cast Nichols in a small part in his 1949 comedy I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Nichols' scene was shot in Germany. Relocating to Hollywood, he appeared in dozens of...

1240th guest on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs" [3 August 1974] His first wife, Daphne Rye, became the casting agent for H.M. Tennant and was instrumental in the careers of many stars, including Kenneth More. She is reputed to have discovered Richard Burton. In her later years she was seen as somewhat "formidable"; Nigel Hawthorne said, "How daunting it was to hear her voice coming from a darkened auditorium during auditions". Wrote the play "A River Breeze" in 1958. Was nominated...

Omar Sharif, the Franco-Arabic actor best known for playing Sharif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire. Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and too a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major....

Born in 1908 in Lancashire, England, Reginald Carey Harrison changed his name to Rex as a young boy, knowing it was the Latin word for King. Starting out on his theater career at age 18, his first job at the Liverpool Rep Theatre was nearly his last - dashing across the stage to say his one line, made his entrance and promptly blew it. Fates were kind, however, and soon he began landing roles in the West End. "French Without Tears", a play by Terence Rattigan, proved to be his...

George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of screen, stage and television who was born in Virginia in 1927. At the age of eight his mother died and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945 he joined the Marines and spent four years with them, no doubt an inspiration for portraying Gen. 'George S. Patton' years later. When Scott left the Marines he enrolled in journalism classes at the University of Missouri, but it was while performing in a play there that the...

Brother of actor/director Fred Carney. Father of actor Brian Carney. He was the voice of "Red Lantern:The Fish Priminister" on "The Land Of The Lost" children's radio show, which also starred Mae Questel and Naomi Lewis. "The Land Of The Lost" was heard on The ABC Radio Network during the mid 1940s. Mr. Carney also performed on another TV puppet special with "The Bil & Cora Baird Puppets" - "Art Carney Meets The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on The ABC TV Network. The show aired in the early...

Daughter, actress Sarah Vernon Played Slartibartfast in the cult BBC radio series "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Died while filming The Last Valley

Wally Cox was a beloved character actor who made his mark in television and ranks as one of the medium's most memorable performers. His ability to show his range likely was limited by his short stature, slight frame, and high-pitched voice, which along with his talent for being very funny, made him ideal for comedy parts such as his memorable turn as Professor P. Caspar Biddle in "The Bird-Watchers" episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) in 1966. His television persona was...

Brother of director Sergio Garrone.

He is the son of Lord David Cecil.