- Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek-immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history - Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was an American scriptwriter and producer. He is best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of "Star Trek". He would also become one of the first people to be buried in space. - Don S. Davis
Don Sinclair Davis, born August 4, 1942 in Aurora, Missouri, a town in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, is an American actor. Davis is best known for playing Major General/Lieutenant General George S. Hammond in the science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1" (1997-2004), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991). In the TV show MacGyver, he was the stunt/photography double for Dana Elcar. - Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American comedy actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple" and his frequent collaborations with fellow "Odd Couple" star Jack Lemmon. - Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He is the father of actor-turned-director Rob Reiner (1947-), and husband of Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914-). Reiner won nine Emmys during his career. On December 24, 1943 he married Estelle Lebost. Estelle is 8 years his senior and the two have been married 63 years now. At the time of the marriage he was 21 and she was 29. Born of Jewish descent in the Bronx, New York, … - Jack Palance
Jack Palance (February 18, 1919 - November 10, 2006) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. With his rugged facial features and gravelly voice, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two "City Slickers" movies, but his career spanned half a century of film and television appearances. - Jack Paar
Jacques Harold "Jack" Paar (May 1, 1918 - January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host. - Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 - November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. His best-known work is "The Phil Silvers Show", a 1950s sitcom set on a US Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko; the show was also often referred to by this name. The show's chief writer, Nat Hiken, was TV's first writer-producer, and Hiken helped set a high comic tone for the show through his inventive plots and snappy comedic repartee for the characters. - Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (September 1 1933 - June 5 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of the 20th century. He had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music (among others). - John Mahoney
John Mahoney (born June 20, 1940) is an English actor known for playing the retired police officer father, Martin "Marty" Crane, of Kelsey Grammer's character, Dr. Frasier Crane, in the popular American TV series "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004). - Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902-December 22, 1979) was a producer, writer, actor and director who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career being rivalled only by that of Adolph Zukor). Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of Louise Torpin and Frank Zanuck, a hotelier; his last name is of Dutch origin, and his father had Dutch and German ancestry. - Tim Conway
Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway. He was born in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb Willoughby and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, majoring in speech and radio. - Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman on April 27, 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television and movie actor. Klugman began acting after serving in the United States Army during World War II. A struggling actor in New York City, Klugman was a roommate of another starving actor, Charles Bronson, before the two went onto bigger and better things. - Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor. - Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. - Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott (August 3, 1926 - April 30, 2007) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) from 1955 to 1960. - Harold Russell
Harold John Russell (b. January 14, 1914 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, d. January 29, 2002 in Needham, Massachusetts) was a Canadian-American World War II veteran who became one of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award for acting. Harold Russell was born in Canada and moved to Massachusetts with his family in 1933. He was so profoundly affected by the attack on Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the Army on 1941-12-08. - Dick Jones
Dick Jones (born February 25, 1927) is an American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and television. He is best known as the voice of "Pinocchio" in the 1940 Walt Disney film. Jones was born in Snyder, Texas. The son of a newspaper editor, Jones was a prodigious horseman from infancy, billed at the age of four as the "World's Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper". - Forrest Tucker
Forrest Tucker (February 12, 1919 - October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television from the 1940s to the 1980s. Tucker, who stood 6'4" and weighed 200 lbs. (91 kg), excelled as both hero and villain in nearly 100 action films throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Tucker was born in Plainfield, Indiana. He began his performing career at age 14 at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, pushing the big wicker tourist chairs by day and singing "Throw Money" at night. - Don Lafontaine
Don LaFontaine (born August 26, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota), also known as That Announcer Guy, is a voice actor famous for recording over 5,000 movie trailers, television commercials, network promotions, and video game trailers. His signature voice is both ominous and sonorous. He is often nicknamed "The King of Movie Trailers", "Mr. Voice," "Thunder Throat" or "The Voice of God", and credited with helping to create the modern movie trailer. - Frank Sutton
Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 - June 28, 1974) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role as the loud, hard-nosed drill instructor Sergeant Vincent Carter on the CBS television series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1923. When he was eight years old, his father took a position as a linotype operator at the "Nashville Tennessean" in Nashville. - Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume (born November 30, 1927) is an acclaimed Tony Award-nominated and two-time Emmy Award-winning American stage and television actor, perhaps best known for portraying the character Benson DuBois. - Tim McCoy
Tim McCoy (born April 10, 1891 - died January 29, 1978) was an American actor. Born Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy in Saginaw, Michigan, he became a major film star most noted for his roles in Western films. He was so popular with youngsters as a cowboy star that he appeared on the cover of Wheaties cereal boxes. For his contribution to the film industry, McCoy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. - Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf KCB, also known as "Stormin' Norman" (b. August 22, 1934) is a retired United States Army General who, while he served as Commander-in-Chief (now known as "Combatant Commander") of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf War of 1991. Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, New Jersey (but resided in Lawrenceville, New Jersey) to Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, … - J. D. Cannon
J.D. Cannon (born April 24, 1922 in Salmon, Idaho; died May 20 2005 in Hudson, New York), was an American actor. Also known as John Donovan Cannon, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is probably best known for his costarring role of Chief Clifford in the television series "McCloud", and for his role in "Cool Hand Luke". Cannon also played General Hampton on "Call to Glory" (1984). - Jack Riley
Jack Riley (born December 30, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a comedic actor probably most recognizable as the irascible Elliot Carlin from Bob Newhart's 1970s TV sitcom, "The Bob Newhart Show", and as the voice of Stu Pickles in "Rugrats". He also voiced the character "PC Modem, the computer genius" in radio commercials for CompUSA that aired in the 1990s. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the US Army. - Wes Studi
Born in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, Studi was schooled on a reservation. Until he attended grade school, he spoke only Cherokee. In 1967, he was drafted into the Army and served 18 months in Vietnam. After his discharge, Studi studied at Tulsa Junior College. He is best known for his roles as both brave and vicious Indians, in such roles as the Pawnee warrior in Dances With Wolves and as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans. - Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy (February 9 1901 - April 6 1972) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s to the 1960s. Particularly known for playing "tough guy" roles, he mainly appeared in supporting roles on screen. Amongst the films for which he was best known were "Beau Geste" (1939) and "The Great McGinty" (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste" he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. - Philip Ahn
Philip Ahn was a Korean-American actor. Ahn was born 안필립 安必立 AHN Pil-rip in Highland Park, California, believed to be the first American citizen of Korean parents born in the United States. - Beatrice Straight
Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2 1914 - April 7 2001) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American theatre, film, and television actress. Born in Old Westbury, New York, she was the daughter of investment banker Willard Dickerman Straight and Dorothy Payne Whitney. - Susan Blakely
Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1952), Frankfurt/Main, Germany, is an American movie actress who has mainly played supporting roles. As the daughter of a career Army officer, Blakely was born in Germany. Her first career break came while she was living in El Paso, Texas, where her father was stationed at Ft. Bliss. Around 1967, a photograph of Blakely posed poolside in a stylish black and white "op art" swimsuit was used by a local TV station, KELP-TV, … - John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963 in El Paso, Texas) is an American writer, actor, and director. He is best known for his motion pictures "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and "Shortbus". - Richard Egan
Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American actor. In some films he is credited as Richard Eagan. Born in San Francisco, California, Egan served in the United States Army as a judo instructor during World War II. A graduate of the University of San Francisco (B.A.) and Stanford University (M.A.), he studied and taught at Northwestern University for a time. - Red West
Red West (born 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. Born Robert "Bobby" Gene West, he was a close high school friend of rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. An excellent athlete and former U.S. Marine, West played football for his high school and junior college teams and was a boxer in the Golden Gloves championships. In 1955, Red West was the driver for Presley and band members Scotty Moore, Bill Black, … - Gary Merrill
Gary F. Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of TV guest appearances. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army. Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as Batman in the "Superman" radio series. - Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard (July 21, 1895 - March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. Born Kenneth Olin Maynard in Vevay, Indiana he was an accomplished horseman. As a young man, he performed in rodeos and was a trick rider with "Buffalo Bill 's Wild West Show" and a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. During World War I, he served in the United States Army. He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923 and in addition to acting also did stunt work. - Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood (born Barton Lee Hazelwood, 9 July 1929, Mannford, Oklahoma) is an American country singer, songwriter, and record producer. - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is a Japanese American actor. In addition to his extensive film work, he has appeared on television in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - "Encounter at Farpoint" (1987), "Thunder in Paradise" (1995), "Nash Bridges" (1996), and "Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding" (2003). He also provided the voice of Sin Tzu for the video game "Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu". - Nipsey Russell
Julius "Nipsey" Russell was an African-American comedian, best known today for his many appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially "Match Game", "Password", "Hollywood Squares", "To Tell the Truth" and "Pyramid". His appearances were distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. - Pat Corley
Pat Corley was an American actor. He was perhaps best known for his role as bar owner Phil on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" from 1988-1996, where he served sage advice along with drinks. He also had a recurring role as Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf on the television drama "Hill Street Blues" (1981-1987). Additionally, he had supporting roles in a number of films, including "Night Shift" (1982), "Against All Odds" (1984), and "Mr.
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