- Sam Raimi
Samuel Marshall Raimi (born October 23, 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing the classic cult-horror film "The Evil Dead" and the blockbuster "Spider-Man films".
- Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (born October 29 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. She has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Ryder made her screen debut in "Lucas" (1986) playing a teenage girl with a crush on the film's title character, Lucas.
- Paul Bartel
Paul Bartel (August 6,1938 - May 13,2000) was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an American actor, writer and director. Bartel was most known for his 1982 hit black comedy "Eating Raoul", which he wrote, starred in and directed. However, it was his groundbreaking short film, "Secret Cinema", which has been most imitated, notably by the Peter Weir picture, "The Truman Show" as well as having been referenced in several David Lynch films, …
- Bill Moseley
William Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films. His first big role was in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2" as Chop Top.
- Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates (born on July 16, 1963) is an American film actress known for her roles in several teen films, most notably "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Gremlins". In 1984, at the height of her popularity, "Harper's Bazaar" named her as one of America's 10 Most Beautiful Women.
- David Gale
David Quentin Gale (1936-1991) was an British actor. He is primarily known for his role as the evil, autocratic (and re-animated) Dr. Carl Hill in the 1985 cult classic film "Re-Animator", and its 1990 sequel "Bride of Re-Animator". After "Re-Animator's" success, he was cast as a villain in a number of other Sci-Fi and horror films (such as "Guyver", "The First Power", and "The Brain"), …
- Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951, in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. Among his most recognized television roles were eccentric billionaire Jimmy James on NBC's "NewsRadio" and as the voice of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on "King of the Hill". Recently, he had a recurring role on the final two seasons of "The West Wing" as Republican campaign consultant Bob Mayer, for which he received an Emmy nomination.
- M. Emmet Walsh
Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions. He first came to prominence in the 1978 crime drama, "Straight Time," in which he played a sadistic parole officer. One of his most acclaimed roles was as Bryant in Ridley Scott's cult classic "Blade Runner".
- Jonathan Haze
Jonathan Haze (born April 1, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in Roger Corman films, and especially for the black comedy cult classic, "The Little Shop of Horrors".
- Uschi Digard
Uschi Digard, is a former Swedish porn star and model best known for her prodigious breasts and her roles in Russ Meyer movies. Despite many rumors, Digard was not born in North Dakota, she was born and grew up in Scandinavia. Of her childhood Digard has said: "I was sent to a boarding school with nuns at an early age because those were the best schools in the country and I was pretty promiscuous as a little one -- not with men, but with books.
- John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law (born September 7, 1937) is an American film actor, with move than a hundred movie roles to his credit. He is the son of actress Phyllis Sallee, and the brother of actor Thomas Augustus Law. He is best known for his roles as the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction classic "Barbarella", and as news anchor Robin Stone in "The Love Machine".
- Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and a leading popular scholar of comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium.
- Aubrey Morris
Aubrey Morris born 1926 in Portsmouth, Hampshire is a British actor. His grandparents were from Kiev and escaped the pogroms, arriving in London in about 1890. The family moved to Portsmouth at the turn of the century. Aubrey was one of nine children born to Morry and Becky Morris. An elder brother, Wolfe, was also an accomplished actor. He has starred in over fifty films and been in many television programmes since the late-1950s.
- David Rasche
David Rasche (born August 7, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor. He started in theatre, but also has appeared on numerous movies and television series. He became a member of the Chicago Second City, after John Belushi moved on to "Saturday Night Live". In 1974, he fronted $1,000 to help start Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.
- Bernard Rose
Bernard Rose, born in London, England on August 4, 1960, is a film director famous for his direction in the 1992 horror cult classic, Candyman. He began making super 8 films when he was 9. By 1975, he won an amateur movie competition hosted by BBC which led to the broadcasting of his works. He worked for Jim Henson on the last season of The Muppet Show and then again on The Dark Crystal in 1981.
- Charles McGraw
Born Charles Butters in Ohio May 10, 1914, square-jawed Charles McGraw grew up to become an actor and eventually made his first movie in 1942. At first it seemed as though McGraw would spend his movie career playing bit parts as movie tough guys and gangsters, but the actor later developed into an unconventional but appealing leading man.
- Boris Sagal
Boris Sagal (October 18, 1917 - May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director. Born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Sagal emigrated to the United States where he attended the Yale School of Drama. Probably best known for directing the cult classic film "The Omega Man", Sagal had a long and relatively undistinguished career in Hollywood as a television director. His many TV credits include episodes of "The Twilight Zone", …
- Michael Cole
Michael Cole has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, beginning in 1961 with a role in the film drama, "Forbid Them Not". Other film credits include the role of Mark in the science fiction film "The Bubble" (1967). Later titled, "The Fantastic Invasion". ; Alan Miller in "The Last Child" (1971), which was nominated for a Golden Globe; Cliff Norris in "Beg, Borrow or Steal" (1973); and an unnamed musician in the cult classic, "The Wicker Man" (1973).
- A. J. Langer
Allison Joy Langer Courtenay, Lady Courtenay (born May 22, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio), credited as A. J. Langer is an American actress best known for her work on the cult classic television series "My So-Called Life".
- Herman Cohen
Herman Cohen II was a producer of B-movies during the 1950s, who helped to popularize the teen horror movie genre with films like the cult classic "I Was a Teenage Werewolf". Cohen began his career in show business as a gofer and later an usher at the Dexter Theater in Detroit, starting he was just 12. By 18, he was managing the Dexter. From there he went on to become assistant manager of the Fox Theatre (also in Detroit) — a theater featuring 5200 seats.
- Kevin Rafferty
Kevin Rafferty is an American filmmaker. Coming from a rather influential New York family, he has spent his entire life living in or near New York City. He helped teach the craft of filmmaking to Michael Moore during the production of "Roger & Me" in 1989. Rafferty teamed up with his brother Pierce and Jayne Loader to produce the cult classic film The Atomic Cafe (1982) His grandfather was Marvin Pierce, president and later chairman of McCall Corporation, …
- Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford (born March 6, 1948) is an American television and film actress known for her role as Thelma Frye on the sitcom "Amen", and her role as Craig Jones' mother Betty Jones in the 1995 comedy "Friday". Horsford was born in Harlem, New York to parents from the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda. She attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts, where she studied and perfected her acting abilitites.
- Joseph Mazzello
Joseph Mazzello is an American actor born on September 21, 1983. He grew up in Rhinebeck, New York. His most notable roles were Tim Murphy in the 1993 film "Jurassic Park", and Dexter in the 1995 cult classic, "The Cure". He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2005. Joseph will be making his directorial debut with the film, …
- George Gaynes
George Gaynes (George Jongejans) (born May 16 1917) is a Finnish-born American actor.
- Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell (November 28, 1927 - June 22, 1992) was an American actor from Connecticut. He was well known for his role as "Porky" in the raunchy 1982 cult classic movie "Porky's". Mitchell reprised his role in the 1985 sequel "Porky's Revenge". Mitchell is also remembered as the mean owner of the restaurant called "Pig Burgers" in the 1985 hit comedy "Better Off Dead". He starred in the TV soap opera "General Hospital" as Big Ralph, …
- Angelique Pettyjohn
Angelique Pettyjohn (March 101943- February 141992) was an American actress and ecdysiast. She is best known for her appearance in the "Star Trek" episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion". Pettyjohn has appeared under a number pseudonyms, including Angelique, Roxanne Roll, Angel St. John and Heaven St. John. Pettyjohn was born in Los Angeles, California.
- Jonathan Tiersten
Jonathan Tiersten (born August 11, 1965) is an American actor, who is mostly known for his role as Ricky in the 1983 cult classic "Sleepaway Camp". He returned to the role in the 2005 sequel, "Return to Sleepaway Camp". Tiersten is currently the lead singer of his own band, Ten Tiers.
- Paul Linke
Paul Linke (born May 6, 1948) is an American actor, best known for his role as Officer Artie Grossman in "CHiPs", an American television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Born in New York, New York, Linke has worked in film and extensively in television. During the timeframe of his character on the television series "CHiPs", …
- David Mullich
David: I was just about to accept a job offer from a large game publisher when I noticed a game producer want ad in the Los Angeles Times, from a small company called ISG. I decided to check them out, and learned that they wanted to develop games for CD-I. I was somewhat familiar with the platform, having been invited to demonstrations at PIMA when I worked at Disney, but wasn't very impressed with it as a game machine.
- George Markstein
George Markstein (1929 - January 15, 1987) was a British writer of thrillers and teleplays. He was born in Germany but emigrated to England with the rise of the Nazis. Together with Patrick McGoohan, he was the co-creator of the British cult classic series "The Prisoner" starring and often written and/or directed by McGoohan. He was also the producer for the 1970-1971 series "Man at the Top".
- Nico Mastorakis
Nico Mastorakis (born 28 April 1941 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer. He was essential in the creation of ANTENNA TV and later Star TV in Greece. He is most famous, however, for his B movies wherein he employs blatant nudity and off-the-wall cinematography in order to captivate lowbrow audiences. Several of his films have since become certified cult classics.
- Stephen Blackehart
Stephen Blackehart (born 1 December 1967 in New York City) is an American actor and producer from Hell's Kitchen, New York. Blackehart is most known for playing Benny Que in the cult classic film "Tromeo and Juliet", but he has also acted in many other low-budget B-movies, such as "Rockabilly Vampire" and "Retro Puppet Master". In addition to his film work, Blackehart has acted in such TV series as "Grey's Anatomy", "The Big Apple", …
- Costa Dillon
Constantine Dillon (born 1953), usually known as Costa, is an American writer and actor of Greek ancestry. He is most famous as the creator of the cult classic film "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!" and its sequels: "Return of the Killer Tomatoes!", "Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!" and "Killer Tomatoes Eat France"; he also wrote "Happy Hour". Dillon is also a career employee of the National Park Service, …
- Pierce Rafferty
Filmmaker Pierce Rafferty (born 1952) grew up in Connecticut and moved to New York City in 1982. Some of his relatives include grandfather Marvin Pierce, president and later chairman of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's; and an early New England colonist named Thomas Pierce, also an ancestor to Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States.
- Susannah Harker
Susannah Harker (born on 26 April 1965 in London, England) is an English film, television, and theatre actress. She is the daughter of English actress Polly Adams and the great-niece of Gordon Adams. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1991 for her role in "House of Cards". Harker has also appeared in the play "On the Shore of the Wide World", …
- Spencer Milligan
Spencer Milligan played Rick Marshall, the father of Will and Holly Marshall, on the first two seasons of the 1970s children science fiction TV series, "Land of the Lost". The fictional Marshalls were a typical American family who found themselves transported to a mysterious realm overrun with dinosaurs and other exotic, fearsome creatures. The show was the creation of Sid and Marty Krofft, and has since become a cult classic, and is now available on DVD.
- Allan Havey
Allan Havey is an American stand-up comic and actor. He started his career as a comedian in New York City in 1981. He made his national debut in 1986 on "Late Night with David Letterman" and made several appearances on the show throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In November 1989 he was chosen by HBO host his own show on The Comedy Channel, which later became Comedy Central. His show, "Night After Night with Allan Havey", which ran for three hours nightly, …
- Mark Alan Stamaty
Mark Alan Stamaty is an American cartoonist and children's book writer and illustrator. During the 1980s and 1990s, Stamaty's work appeared regularly in the "Village Voice". He is the creator of the long-running comic strip "Washingtoon", as well as the earlier comic strip "MacDoodle Street", and the online strip "Doodlenium" for "Slate" magazine. He is also a spot illustrator for "Slate".
- Elly Annie Schneider
Elly Annie Schneider (1914?-September 6, 2004) was an actress who played one of the Munchkin villagers in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Born in Stolpen, Germany, she moved to the United States in 1925 to join three siblings who were also midgets. She was 39 inches (99 cm) tall and weighed 46 pounds (21 kg). The four siblings-Harry, Gracie, Daisy and Tiny-were among the little people who welcomed Dorothy to Munchkinland in a 10-minute scene in "The Wizard of Oz".
- Melanie Hutsell
Melanie Hutsell is a comedic actress best known for her tenure on "Saturday Night Live". She began her career starring in a Chicago stage production, "The Real Live Brady Bunch" in 1990. The theatre shows consisted of eight actual episodes of the cult classic TV show "The Brady Bunch", with Hutsell cast as Jan Brady. The company toured to New York City, where Hutsell was chosen for the seventeenth season of "SNL".