- Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. (b. 1929, North Carolina) is a former American ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, a historian, and a linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet Affairs during some of the most tumultuous years of the Cold War, and served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991. He is a historian of the Cold War and scholar of Russian history and culture. - Matty Matlock
Matty (Julian Clifton) Matlock (27 April 1907-14 June 1978) was an American Dixieland jazz clarinettist, saxophonist and arranger born in Paducah, Kentucky. From 1929-1934 Matlock replaced Benny Goodman in the Ben Pollack band doing arrangements and performing on clarinet. From 1935-1942, after a falling out with Pollack, Matty began playing on clarinet with Bob Crosby. - Rebecca Matlock
Rebecca Burrum Matlock (born Rebecca Inez Burrum, 1928 in Manchester, TN) is a photographer and the wife of former U.S. Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Jr. She is known for telling good stories. - Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock (born August 27, 1956 in West London, England) was the original bass guitarist of punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Drummer Paul Cook has said that Matlock came up with much of the music for the band's songs, while lead singer Johnny Rotten came up with the lyrics. Matlock is credited as a co-author on 10 of the 12 songs on "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols", the group's only LP. - Victoria Matlock
Victoria Matlock is an American musical theatre actress. She has been involved in several regional theatre productions including Godspell and The Sound of Music. She has also performed in Cats at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY as Grizzabella and in the original production of Saving Aimee by Kathie Lee Gifford. She performed in the national tour of The Full Monty and the 1st national tour of Evita. - Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is a Tony Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, producer, writer, director and Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer. He gained prominence in the starring role of "A Face in the Crowd," before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the long-running 1960s sitcom, "The Andy Griffith Show", for CBS and in the long-running 1980s and 1990s legal drama, … - Linda Purl
Linda Purl was born in Connecticut and raised in Japan, becoming the only foreigner to train at the Toho Geino Academy. At the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, she played the role of Louis in 'The King and I' (in Japanese), Bet in 'Oliver' and the role of Helen in 'The Miracle Worker'. She then went to England to study under Marguerite Beale , before returning to the United States to study at the Lee ... show all - Kene Holliday
Kene Holliday (born Kenneth Earl Holliday on June 25, 1949 in Copiague, Suffolk County, New York) is a prominent character actor best known for his role as Andy Griffith's first private investigator, Tyler Hudson, on the TV series "Matlock" (1986-1989). He was fired from the show, due to his battle with drugs, which led to his arrest, also arriving on the show late and skipping his lines. - Joe Penny
Joe Penny is an actor who was born on June 24, 1956, in London, England, UK. Alumnus of Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA (1974). He is known for his role as Nick Ryder in the detective series "Riptide" from 1984 to 1986 and for his role as Jake Styles in the series "Jake and the Fatman" from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on "Forever Fernwood" in 1977, … - Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski on September 29, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to Polish/German parents) is an American actress best known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in "Tron" and Lacey Underall in "Caddyshack". In 1987, she was cast on "Falcon Crest" as Chase Gioberti's love interest, Gabrielle Short. She made two appearances on "Matlock" as different characters. - Richard Burgi
Richard William Burgi (born July 30, 1958) is an American actor with a varied filmography in television and film. Burgi has been working steadily in the industry since the latter half of the 1980s, when he landed his first full-time role on NBC's "Another World", playing Chad Rollo. Since then he has appeared on many television shows, including "As The World Turns" (playing Glenn Harrington from December 1988 to April 1989), "24", "Firefly", … - Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks was born on January 31, 1947 in Washington, D.C. He is a character actor who has had some small roles and some big roles in film and in television. Some of his movie roles include "48 Hrs.", "Beverly Hills Cop", "Gremlins", "Armed and Dangerous", "Freejack", "Murder Me, Murder You", and "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory". Jonathan Banks has played lots of villains in films. - Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge (born February 27, 1944) is an American actor known for being part of the cast of four television programs: "Man from Atlantis", "Eischied", "Paper Dolls", and "Bodies of Evidence", along with a recurring role (eighteen appearances over eight years, as of 2005) on "7th Heaven". Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas. He has scores of credits, including appearances on many of the top-rated shows in the US, such as "Banacek", … - Patricia McPherson
Patricia McPherson (Born November 27,1954 in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA) is an American actress. She is well known for her role in the 1980s hit TV series "Knight Rider" as Bonnie Barstow, KITT's mechanic from 1982-1983. She was subsequently asked to return to the show, which she did in the season-three opener, remaining until the end of the series (from 1984-1986). Her first movie role was in the (1976) film "The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones". - Chuck Wagner
Chuck Wagner (born June 20,1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the short-lived science fiction 1983 TV series "Automan" as the title character. He also starred on the soap opera "General Hospital" as Randall Thompson in 1987. Chuck has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows, including "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Dynasty", "Matlock", and "As the World Turns". - Nancy Stafford
Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American actress who has portrayed numerous characters on television. She began her career in the 1980s as Andy Griffith's law partner and friend, Michelle Thomas, on "Matlock" (a role she played from 1987 to 1992), before she played Judge Bell on Judging Amy and Patricia Blake on Sidekicks. Stafford was also Miss Florida 1976. - David Birney
David Birney is an American actor. He was born in Washington, D.C.. - Howard Johnson
Howard Louis Johnson (b. August 7, 1941) in Montgomery, Alabama, is a self-taught post-bop jazz musician known mainly for his work on tuba and baritone saxophone, although he plays the bass clarinet, other reed instruments, cornet and penny whistle as well. In the 1960s he worked with Charles Mingus, Hank Crawford, Archie Shepp, and Hank Mobley on the album "A Slice of the Top". He also began a long association with Gil Evans in 1966. - Albert Hall
Albert P. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor. Born in Brighton, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971. That same year he appeared off-Broadway in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and on Broadway in the Melvin Van Peebles musical "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death". - John Smedley
John Smedley is the name of four generations of owners of Lea Mills, near Matlock, Derbyshire. The most famous of these was John Smedley (1803-1879), born Wirksworth, Derbyshire. - Daniel Roebuck
Daniel Randall Roebuck (born March 4, 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) (Lehigh Valley) is a U.S. television and movie actor, writer and producer, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. Roebuck appeared in his first movie role in 1981. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama "Matlock", and from 1996 to 2001, he played Don Johnson's and Cheech Marin's corrupt officer, Insp. - June Chadwick
June Chadwick (born November 30,1951 in Warwickshire, England, UK) is an English actress. Her most well-known TV roles are as Lydia in the science fiction TV series "V: The Series", and as Lt. Joanna Parisi on the series "Riptide". Her best-known film credit is as Jeanine Petitbone in "This Is Spinal Tap". Other film work includes parts in "Forbidden World", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", and "Facing the Enemy". - John D'Aquino
John D'Aquino (born John Aquino on April 14, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Benjamin Kreig in the Sci-Fi TV series "seaQuest DSV" during the show's first season, a role he later reprised in the third season. He has also made guest appearances in a number of notable television series including "Baywatch", "Matlock", "Melrose Place", "Murder, She Wrote", … - Alan Parker
Alan Parker (born in 1944, in Matlock, Derbyshire) is a guitarist and composer best known for his work in the band Blue Mink.Trained by Julian Bream at London's Royal Academy of Music. Was a successful session guitarist in the late 60's also went to play with his own band The Congregation. Much of Parker's session work has gone uncredited but recently he has been named as the electric guitarist on Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man. - Julie Sommars
Julie Sommars was born on April 15, 1942 in Fremont, Nebraska. She acted on the TV series "Matlock" as Assistant District Attorney Julie March (1987-1994) and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for this role. She has appeared in other TV crime shows including "Diagnosis Murder" (1994), "Perry Mason Movie: The Case of the Glass Coffin" (1991), "Magnum, P.I." (1982), "Barnaby Jones" (1979), … - Brynn Thayer
Brynn Laurel Thayer (born October 4, 1949 in North Dallas, Texas) is an American actress who has had numerous roles in a variety of television series, most notably Matlock portraying Matlock's daughter, Leanne MacIntyre. She is the daughter of William Paul Thayer, a Lieutenant Commander in the US Naval Reserve, and Margery Schwartz Thayer. Brynn Thayer co-founded the charitable organization ZazAngels with actor Michael Zaslow and his wife, Susan Hufford, … - Michael Durrell
Michael Durrell (born October 6, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. His well known tv roles are on the CBS hit series "Alice" as Nicholas Stone from 1984 to 1985. His other well known role is in the 1983 NBC science fiction mini series called "V" and the 1984 sequel "V: The Final Battle" as Robert Maxwell. He played D.A. Lloyd Burgess on the hit tv series "Matlock" from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr. John Martin, … - Warren Frost
Warren Frost (born 1925) is an American actor. His work has mainly been in the theatre, but has worked in movie and television sporadically since 1958. He is known for roles in "Twin Peaks", "Matlock", and "Seinfeld". He is the father of novelist, television screenwriter, and producer Mark Frost, actress Lindsay Frost and writer Scott Frost. - Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" films, Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair in the Wing Commander franchise, and as the voice of The Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series". After the "Star Wars" films, Hamill worked on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and computer and video games, … - John Beck
John Beck (born 28 January, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned for being a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known for his many roles as a hard-ball businessman. - Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts (born October 22 1939) is an American actor. - Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman who, on February 7, 2005, broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. - Gregg Henry
Gregg Henry (born May 6, 1952 in Lakewood, Colorado) is an American theater and film character actor and rock, blues, and country musician. He is best known for playing "heavies" in various films, such as in "Payback" (1999) and Brian De Palma's "Body Double" (1984). Henry has also been featured in over 75 television programs, including "The Riches", "Firefly", "Gilmore Girls", "24", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", … - Shane Meadows
"Shady" Shane Meadows (born 26 December, 1972) is a film director and screenwriter, from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. He is regarded as one of the rising stars of British cinema. His entire catalogue of films have been set in the Nottingham area, except "Dead Man's Shoes" which was shot in Matlock, Derbyshire. They recall the kitchen sink realism of filmmakers such as Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, with a post-modern twist. - Tony Mordente
Tony Mordente (born December 3, 1933) is an American dancer, choreographer, and television director. Born in New York City, Mordente attended the High School of Performing Arts and made his professional dance debut at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts. Soon after he joined the ballet company at Radio City Music Hall, where he was discovered by Michael Kidd , who cast him in the 1956 Broadway musical adaptation of the Al Capp comic strip Li'l Abner. - Muse Watson
Muse Watson (born July 20, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana) is an American actor. Watson attended Louisiana Tech on a music stipend for two years before transferring to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where he performed for the first time on stage as Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. During and after his years at Berea, he worked in outdoor dramas, dinner theaters, and small repertory groups. - Brett Cullen
Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is a native of Houston, Texas, who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the football players, Tim Riggins (played by actor Taylor Kitsch), in the NBC drama series "Friday Night Lights". - Glenn Morshower
Glenn Morshower (born April 24, 1959) is an American character actor perhaps known for his recurring role as Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on the television drama "24." Aside from series star Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer), Morshower is the only actor to appear in each of the six seasons of the series. His character Pierce has developed a following among the show's fandom. Morshower was born in Dallas, Texas. He began his acting career at the age of 17. - Geoffrey Lewis
Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935 in San Diego, California) is an American character actor who has been popular since the early 1970s, often featured in offbeat roles. He is also a member of the musical group Celestial Navigations, with Geoff Levin, known for their storytelling abilities, producing eloquent, unforgettable narratives accompanied by haunting, stirring music. Lewis is the father of ten children, including actress Juliette Lewis. - Aneta Corsaut
Aneta Corsaut (b. November 3 1933, Hutchinson, Kansas - d. November 6 1995, Studio City, California) was an American television actress. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on "The Andy Griffith Show". Corsaut also appeared in several episodes of "Matlock (television series)", a later show also starring Andy Griffith. She and Steve McQueen both had their film debuts in the 1958 film, …
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