- Bobby Murcer
Bobby Ray Murcer (born May 20, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was a professional baseball player for 17 seasons. After coming up briefly in with the New York Yankees in 1965 and 1966, Murcer fulfilled his military obligation before being called up to the majors to stay in 1969. Murcer averaged 21 home runs, 89 RBIs, and a .277 average over a full season during his career. A switch hitter, Murcer ended with 252 home runs, 1,043 RBIs, and a .277 average. - Skip Bayless
Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II (August 27,1951), is a nationally syndicated sportswriter. He can be seen on ESPN2's morning sportstalk show, "ESPN First Take", and its afternoon show, "1st and 10". Bayless also wrote regular columns for ESPN.com and its "Page 2" section - Pamela Tiffin
Pamela Tiffin (born October 13 1942 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American film actress. She had several starring roles in American films in the early 1960s, including "One, Two, Three", "State Fair" and "Come Fly with Me". She co-stared with Paul Newman in "Harper" in 1964. The February 1969 issue of Playboy Magazine did a photo feature on her entitled "A Toast to Tiffin". - Mickey Tettleton
Mickey Lee Tettleton (born September 16, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), was a Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. Tettleton played at catcher, designated hitter, first base, and outfield. In fourteen major league seasons, Tettleton played 1485 games and hit at a .241 average, hit 245 home runs, had 732 RBI, and scored 711 runs. - Suzy Amis
Suzy Amis (born January 5, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American film actress and model. Advertised as "the face of the 1980s", one-time model and Actors Studio graduate Suzy Amis made her film debut in "Fandango" (1985). While making the film, she met her future husband Sam Robards, the son of Jason Robards Jr. and Lauren Bacall. - Sandi Patty
Sandi Patty (born July 12, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), known as "The Voice" is an American Contemporary Christian music singer. She is renowned for her impeccable musicality and the breadth of her voice, once described as "nuclear powered," both in terms of its range and flexibility. - Gerald Brisco
Floyd Gerald ("Jerry") Brisco (born January 24, 1950) is an American retired professional wrestler, now working as a Producer for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for the RAW Brand. In the course of his career, Brisco wrestled for several National Wrestling Alliance member promotions and won dozens of championships. Although in the course of his career he was largely overshadowed by his elder brother, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco, he, … - Danny Dark
Danny Dark (December 19, 1938 - June 13, 2004) was an announcer who came to be known as the "voice" of the NBC television network for several years. Dark's voice also gained him jobs with RCA TV commercials and Keebler cookies, as well as the role of Superman and Clark Kent on the 1970s cartoon "Super Friends" throughout its various incarnations. Perhaps his most enduring vocal role is as the announcer who says, "Sorry, … - Chelcie Ross
Chelcie Ross (born on 26 October 1942 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American character actor. He currently resides in the Chicago area. - Lou Antonio
Lou Antonio (born January 23, 1934 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA) is an actor and TV director. Two of the most notable movies he has acted in are "Cool Hand Luke" and "America, America". He also starred in two short-lived TV series, "Dog and Cat", and "Makin' It". Antonio's only recurring TV guest role character was on "Here Come the Brides", … - Albert S. Rogell
Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 - April 7, 1988) was an American film director of more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958, including "Li'l Abner" (1940), "Private Affairs" (1940), "Air Hostess" (1933), "No More Women" (1934), "The Hell Cat" (1934), "Name the Woman" (1934), "Fugitive Lady" (1934), "Unknown Woman" (1935), "Roaming Lady" (1936), "You May Be Next" (1936), … - Jennifer Miriam
Jennifer Miriam (born May 2, 1972 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American model and actress. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1997 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda. After a brief acting career with bit parts in the movies Pressurecooker and The Newton Boys, Jennifer "retired" and settled into a more domestic life with her husband and two children. Her current career is as an artist. - Louise Albritton
An alumnus of the Pasadena Playhouse, Louise Allbritton's beauty and talent quickly got her jobs in the film industry, and she spent several years at Universal, where she played leads in mainly second features. She married CBS news reporter Charles Collingwood in 1946, and retired from the screen a few years later. - Cody Cundiff
- Lon Jr
American character actor whose career was influenced (and often overshadowed) by that of his father, silent film star Lon Chaney. The younger Chaney was born while his parents were on a theatrical tour, and he joined them onstage for the first time at the age of six months. However, as a young man, even during the time of his father's growing fame, Creighton Chaney worked menial jobs to support himself without calling upon his father. He was at various times a plumber, a meatcutter's... - Louise Curry
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Louise Currie attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, became interested in acting and began taking courses at Max Reinhardt's drama school in Hollywood. Talent scouts spotted the aspiring actress in the acting workshop's stage productions and pressed her to make the rounds of the Hollywood studios, but Currie remained adamant about staying out of the limelight until she felt she was ready. After graduation, she found an agent (Sue Carol,... - Steve Barkett
Father of Christopher Barkett - Richard Gaines
Father of Virginia Holden. - Jennifer Darling
Ms. Darling was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and started dancing at the age of the three at the Gene Kelly Dance Studio. By the age of six, she was performing in shows at the dance studio. At the age of 14, she appeared twice on the "Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour" (1948), after having started singing at the age of 13. As a teenager, Darling attended the Pittsburgh Playhouse School of Acting, then went on to Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated from the... - Thomas Sanford Austin
Received his M.F.A. from Temple University. Founding partner of Angry Baby Monkey Pictures. Direct descendent of American Lead industry pioneer: Moses Austin, who is also responsible for creating the first Anglo-American settlement in Spanish occupied Texas which he then bequeathed to his son, Stephen F. Austin (Father of Texas), who finalized the deal to make Texas statehood a reality. Is a F(IND) director/producer and member of The Writer's Boot Camp in Santa Monica, California.... - Tisha Campbell Martin
Tisha Campbell's first TV appearance was at the age of 8, on episode #006 of the PBS show "The Big Blue Marble" (1974). The show featured stories on the life and culture of children from around the world. In her segment, Tisha was shown playing with her brother, going to school with her mother who was also her voice coach, and singing at a jazz concert in New York's Greenwich Village. - Katherine Edwina Gibbs
Left most of her $1 million estate to train dogs at Seeing Eye, Inc. Birth year has been in speculation for some time, with sources stating the year as anywhere between 1899-1908. Studio records (which occasionally were used to her detriment when the studio got mad at her) reflect the year of birth as 1899. However, her listing in the U.S. Census taken in April 1910, when she was living at a convent school, gives her age as five years. Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located... - Jimmy Hampton
Raised in Dallas, Texas, James Hampton attended John H. Reagan Elementary, N.R. Crozier Technical High School and the University of North Texas (Theatre Arts Major). He studied acting with Michael Howard in New York and Leonard Nimoy in Los Angeles. He worked with Baruch Lumet at Knox Street Theatre in Dallas and did summer stock at Casa Manana in Fort Worth (1961). He performed off-Broadway in "Easy Does It" with Tom Poston and Elizabeth Allen, and toured with Burt Reynolds in... - Paul Schwartz
An actor, singer, composer, lyricist, and writer, Paul Hampton is listed as one of the one hundred major architects of American rock and roll, in the British rock journal, "Footsoldiers and Kings". He attended Dartmouth college, where by his sophomore year he was simultaneously signed by Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. He has written songs which have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Jean Pitney, Elvis Presley, Rick Nelson, Merle... - Jim Antonio
Brother of actor-director Lou Antonio. Brother-in-law of actress Lane Bradbury. - Melinda Leighton
One of her closest friends was Gale Storm. As a teenager she was a winner in the Gateway to Hollywood contest in Texas. Retired in the 1960s from acting. Starred in the first national television soap opera "One Man's Family" (1949). - Larry Whittaker
Is developing an animated feature film adaptation of the popular CrossGen comic book titled "Meridian." The fantasy/adventure book centers on a young woman named Sephie who must take lead her people against her evil uncle Ilahn after he murders her father, the minister of the the floating island nation known as Meridian. - Corey A Jackson
A talented new presence, Corey Allen Jackson, at age 38, is a versatile composer whose work to date spans the gamut from animation to the thriller/horror genre. Known for his dramatic sensibility and mastery of the orchestral genre, he has composed music for over 25 projects in 3 years, including Left in Darkness starring Monica Keena and Tim Thomerson, It Waits with Cerina Vincent, NBC's Emmy-nominated Starting Over and Sci-Fi Channel's Sasquatch Mountain with Lance Henriksen. His music... - Craig Machen
Craig Machen was raised on and off in Oklahoma, with stops along the southeast coast of Florida and central Arizona. He got his start, and a healthy dose of inspiration, from a college job working for the Improv Comedy Clubs in Tempe and San Diego. After graduation Craig moved to Los Angeles and became a story analyst for several studios and production companies including Jim Henson Pictures where he got his first break as a screenwriter. The Jim Henson Company, with Columbia Pictures,... - Ronnie Claire Edwards
With extensive repertory experience, she has recently put out a memoir entitled "The Knife Thrower's Assistant" in which she recalls her vast, often quirky career experiences. Graduated from Classen High School, Oklahoma City, OK. Class of 1951. - Jay M Roach
Jay Mackenzie Roach was born in Oklahoma City, where he was raised by loving parents John and Caryn Roach. At the age of nineteen, with no direction in his life, Jay was in a car accident. Being unable to walk for six months meant a lot of movie watching. It was during this time that Jay developed his interest in movies. He spent the next five years developing his craft (acting, writing, editing). In 2003, Jay formed Roach Productions and began work on his first feature. - Todd Trotter
First show biz gig was to accompany Peter Weller on his early morning jogs during the shooting of "Robocop." Graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with a BFA in film. Father is a doctor. Mother is an attorney. Once hired a Jamaican posse don as a bodyguard for a literary research trip to Trenchtown, Jamaica. Worked for acclaimed music video director Nigel Dick on videos for Matchbox 20, Savage Garden, and Love Spit Love, a Post-Punk band fronted by Richard Butler... - Matt Payne
Matt Payne grew up the child of migrant farmers in a small farming community called Nichols Hills, in Oklahoma. His family helped start the community in the early 1900s, after an uncle hit it rich in the oil boom. The same uncle was actually arrested for trying to burn the town down when he lost it all in the oil bust. Matt's father stuffs dead birds and his mother milks things. His first big film project The Metro Chase (2002) was shot in Paris for just under 5 million well spent... - Jay Bernstein
Farrah Fawcett's former manager. Producer and Hollywood personal manager. He always carried a loaded .38 or Beretta pistol in a holster on his back. He got his start in Hollywood in the mail room of the William Morris talent agency. He eventually opened his own public relations firm, and his clients included Tony Bennett, Faye Dunaway and Brooke Shields. He left PR work to work as a producer, and also promoted the careers of Suzanne Somers and Kristy McNichol, in addition to - Carrie Johnson
Carrie B. Johnson grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and attended Bishop McGuinness High School. She then attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English with a Creative Writing emphasis. After moving back to Oklahoma, Carrie entered the film program at Oklahoma City Community College and found her calling. She volunteered as Assistant to the Director on The Hunt (2006) and earned college credit as Location Manager on Surveillance... - Carolyn Coates
Coates was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., where she acted in children's theater. She went on to major in acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in stock companies in the East. She met her husband James Noble - who played Governor Gatling on the TV show "Benson" - in 1951 in Worcester, Mass., while playing Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion." The couple appeared in many plays together, notably "Long Day's Journey into Night" and "A Delicate... - Tiffany Gravel
Niece of Football Hall of Fame member Forrest Gregg Cousin of Gene Autry. Attended Oklahoma City University majoring in Religious Philosophy and Theater. Rowed crew while attending Oklahoma City University. Friends with Bridget Oberlin. - Jon Price
Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1991) - Larry Latham
Graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1975. - Brian Bosworth
Won the Butkus Award (The Nation's Outstanding Linebacker) in 1985 and 1986 while playing for Oklahoma. Played football for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Won a National Championship in 1985. He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." Former NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks. Commentator for the XFL football leaugue. [2001] Was drafted by the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 12th round in the 1987 draft because as...
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