Collaborated with his cousin, Frederic Dannay, under the joint pseudonym Ellery Queen. For some works, the two also used the joint pseudonym Barnaby Ross.

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Im a easy goin type of person and im real easy to get along with. Im really goofy and I laugh alot (maybe a lil more than others). But im also shy around alot of people i dont know. ALot of people in my family call me an observer cause I always look at people and try to figure them out before I get my self involved with them.

John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names include Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, Jay Kavanse.

David Wayne (January 30 1914 - February 9 1995) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning nearly half a century. Born Wayne James McMeekan in Traverse City, Michigan and growing up in Bloomingdale, Michigan, Wayne's first major Broadway role was Og the leprechaun in "Finian's Rainbow", for which he won the Theatre World Award and the first ever Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 - November 29, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning 62 years.

William Link (born December 15, 1933) is a film and television writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with Richard Levinson. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania prior to serving in the United States Army from 1956-1958. William Link and Richard Levinson co-created and produced the detective television series "Columbo", "Mannix", "Ellery Queen" and "Murder, …

William Gargan (July 17, 1905 - February 17, 1979) was an American motion picture and television actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, "Martin Kane, Private Eye", sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. Gargan's career came to an end in 1958 when he developed throat cancer, …

Stephen Marlowe (born Milton S. Lesser, 7 August 1928) in New York, NY, is an American author of science fiction and mystery novels. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel "The Second Longest Night". Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway and Ellery Queen.

Richard Levinson (August 7, 1934 - March 12, 1987) was an American writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956. He served in the United States Army from 1957-1958. He married Rosanna Huffman in 1969.

Margaret Lindsay (September 19, 1910 - May 9, 1981) was an American film actress with 88 film credits, the most significant of which occurred during her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s era of James Cagney, Bette Davis and Paul Muni.

Timothy Hutton is an American Academy Award-winning actor - the youngest ever to win the award for Best Supporting Actor. Hutton received the award for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in "Ordinary People" (1980), the Oscar-winning directorial debut of Robert Redford.

Paul W. Fairman (1916-1977) was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and pseudonyms. He published his first story in 1950 in "Amazing Stories". Two years later, he was the founding editor of "If", but only edited four issues. In 1955, he became the editor of "Amazing Stories" and "Fantastic". He held that dual position until 1958. After leaving Ziff-Davis, the magazines' publisher, he focused on writing his own work, …

Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor. He is sometime credited as Donn Cook. He appeared on Broadway from 1926 to 1959; and in over 60 films from 1930 to 1959. Among his notable roles are as James Cagney's brother in "The Public Enemy", as Steve Baker in the 1936 "Show Boat" (a non-singing role), and as the first screen incarnation of Ellery Queen. He also starred in the touring company of the play "A Shot in the Dark", …

Charles E. Grapewin was an American vaudeville performer, and a stage and film actor. Grapewin first worked as an aerialist and trapeze artist in a traveling circus before turning to acting. He performed on stage with various stock companies and wrote stage plays as a vehicle for him to star in. He married actress Anna Chance and they remained a devoted couple until her death some 47 years later.

Joseph Commings (born in 1913, in New York) was an American writer of locked room mysteries. He wrote a series of soft-core sex novels, but is best known for his locked-room mystery/impossible crime stories featuring Senator Brooks U. Banner." Commings began writing in 1947, and was first published in "10-Story Detective" magazine in March, 1947. After three stories, Commings also began writing for "Ten Detective Aces".

Martin Grams, Jr. (b. April 19, 1977, Baltimore, Maryland) is an old time radio historian who has written authoritative articles and books on radio, television and films. The son of magician Martin Grams, Sr. and librarian Mary Pat Grams, he was educated at South Eastern School District in York County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Kennard Dale High School in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania in 1995.

Ernest E. Chappell (1903 - July 4, 1983) was an American radio announcer and actor, best remembered for his featured role in the late 1940s radio program "Quiet Please". The show ran from 1947 to 1949, and "Quiet Please" was Chappell's major acting credit. His signature line was: "And so, until next week at this same time, I am quietly yours, Ernest Chappell." On February 10, 1925, Chappell was the announcer, …

Nancy Kovack (b. March 11 1935, Flint, Michigan) is an American actress.

Ellen Weston (born Ellen R. Weinstein on April 19, 1939 in New York City) is an American actress, producer, and writer.

John Lawlor is an American actor. His best known role is Headmaster Steven Bradley on the television series "The Facts of Life" from 1979 to 1980. He also guest-starred in "L.A. Law", "Knots Landing", "Mr. Belvedere", "Barney Miller", "Phyllis", "The Rockford Files", "Ellery Queen", "Baa Baa Black Sheep, and "Alice". He appeared in the movies "National Lampoon Goes to the Movies" (1982), …

Alfred Bennett Harbage (July 18 1901 - May 1976) was an influential Shakespeare scholar of the mid-20th century. He was born in Philadelphia and received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured on Shakespeare both there and at Columbia before becoming a professor at Harvard University, where he taught for many years. He was the General Editor of the Pelican Books edition of the works of Shakespeare.

His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four. He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company. Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York. He was rejected by the army in World War II but volunteered as an ambulance driver in North Africa. He returned to critical acclaim on Broadway (Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill). He was the first to receive a Tony...

In Jim Hutton's early career, he was romantically paired with Paula Prentiss in 4 consecutive films: Where the Boys Are (1960); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); Bachelor in Paradise (1961) and The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962). According to Paula Prentiss in her DVD narrative to Where the Boys Are (1960), they were paired because they were, at the time, Hollywood's tallest contract players, he at 6' 5" and she at 5' 10".

Tom Reese (real name: Tom Allen) was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on August 8, 1928; his father and uncle were country-western singers, "The Chattanooga Boys," traveling around performing their bluegrass music with the family, including Tom, in tow. Around 1940 the Allens relocated to New York, where Tom's dad supported the family working as a steelworker in the daytime and a singing waiter at night. Tom later held the expected assortment of odd jobs (Automat busboy, usher, etc.) in...

I'm a really nice guy and a retired New Jersey police officer since 2001. At the moment, I'm a United Nations Peacekeeper in Serbia and loving the experience. I have always been a hopeless romantic. I love animals, fast cars, fast women, fast motorcycles, fast anything. I fly planes, teach martial arts and run marathons. Exercise is my life! I build computers, play chess and write music. I can't say that I hate anything or anyone.