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Carradine was an actor best known for his role of Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu. Eventhough he was known as David, he was actually born John Arthur Carradine in Hollywood, California in 1936. He had one brother, Bruce Carradine, and two half-brothers Keith and Robert Carradine. Caradine got his big [...]
Arthur was a comedian, singer and actress who is probably best known for her roles in the widely popular television shows Maude and The Golden Girls. In 1972 Arthur was cast as the title character in the series entitled Maude. In the series, Maude lived in the community of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with [...]
Richardson was a fairly well known stage & cinema actress and wife of Liam Neeson. Richardson began her career at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England. In 1984 she began her film career with Every Picture Tells a Story, followed by a CBS miniseries, Ellis Island. Some of her other works include Nell, The [...]
Harvey was a radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He is probably best known for his News and Comment broadcasts, and his The Rest of the Story segments. His voice was unmistakable, with his dramatic pauses and undeniable quirks. A large part of Harvey’s success came from being able to blend monologue with reading [...]
Montalbán was a theatre, film, and television actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles on Fantasy Island and as Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Many of his early roles were Westerns that saw him playing “Indians” or a “Latin Lover”. Montalbán appeared in a wide assortment of [...]
Page was a model who became infamous for her 1950’s fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She was also one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. Page got into modeling when she met Jerry Tibbs, a police officer with an interest in photography. The two worked together and created a pinup portfolio. [...]
Jimmy Stewart is one of the most famous actors of classic film, having starred in such pictures as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “The Big Sleep”. He was also an Alfred Hitchcock favorite starring in “Rear Window”, “Vertigo”, “Rope”, and “The Man Who Knew Too Much”. He is remembered alongside greats such as Gregory Peck, [...]
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American songwriter, electric guitarist, and record producer. He played with the band the Mothers of Invention before going on to a solo career that earned him cult status. He eventually got into filmmaking as well.
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, although he had other passions as well – being an entrepreneur, directing film, and racing cars. The films for which Newman was probably most known for include: Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The COlor of Money, The Sting, Exodus, Cat on a [...]
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor best known for his performance in the classic film Casablanca. He won one academy award for The African Queen, and was married to actress Laruen Bacall with who he starred in Key Largo. Other notable films that starred “Bogie”, are The Big Sleep, and The Maltese Falcon. Bogart [...]
Roy Kelton Orbison was a singer/songwriter and guitarist. Some of his most popular songs include: “Only the Lonely”, “Ooby Dooby”, “In Dreams”, “Oh, Pretty Woman”, and “You Got It”. He was considered a pioneer of rock and roll music, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In ’89 after [...]
Page was an actress and one of the few surviving people who acted as an adult in silent films. She was also the last known living attendee of the very first Academy Awards in 1929. She was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, and Clark Gable (among others).
Ossie Davis was a film actor, director, and writer. He was married to actress Ruby Dee. Mostly known for his acting, he appeared in such notable films as Doctor Doolittle, I’m Not Rappaport, Grumpy Old Men, Jungle Fever, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Bubba Ho-Tep in which he played JFK. Davis was also a political [...]
Janis Joplin was a singer/songwriter from Texas who sang for the band Big Brother and the Holding Company before going on the solo route. Her biggest hits were “Piece of My Heart” (with Big Brother and the Holding Company) and “Me and Bobby McGee” (a cover of a Kris Kristofferson song).
Gregory Hines had a variety of talents. He was probably best known as an actor, but he was also a singer, a tap dancer, and a choreographer. He even displayed his tap dancing talent in the film Tap, in which he acted. Other films that he is remembered for are Running Scared, Eve of Destruction, [...]
William “Engineer Bill” Stulla was a children’s television host in the 50s and 60s who hosted “Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill”. He also spent time in the army, even earning a Bronze star as a World War II Veteran. Later on, he became a stockbroker after leaving television.
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was an English actor with a huge filmography in movies and television. He starred in many notable films such as the original Planet of the Apes movies, The Poseidon Adventure, The Legend of Hell House, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, That Darn Cat!, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Overboard, Fright [...]
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (more commonly known as Raul Julia) was a Puerto Rican Actor who appeared in a number of American films. Notable films included Tequila Sunrise, Presumed Innocent, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Mack the Knife, the Adams Family, and Addams Family values. His last film before the aforementioned Down Came the Blackbird, [...]
There is no question that Roy Richard Scheider was most famous for his role as Martin Brody in the mega-hit Steven Spielberg film Jaws. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in All That Jazz, and his other most famous role was Captain Nathan Bridger on the Emmy-Winning TV Show SeaQuest DSV, [...]
Gibb was a teen idol the youngest brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice…more commonly known as the Bee Gees. Gibb became the first male solo artist to have three consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. The first of his hits was the song “I Just Want to Be Your Everything”. The pressures [...]
Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. is probably best known for his talk show, The Merv Griffin Show that ran for 21 years winning 11 Emmy awards. Griffin was also a singer in his younger days, and even appeared on broadway and in movies. He had his share of business ventures as well investing in real [...]
John Ritter was an American actor and comedian most famous for his role as Jack Tripper on the sitcom Three’s Company. He had also appeared in a number of movies such as Sling Blade, Stay Tuned, Problem Child, Bride of Chucky, and the TV Movie of Stephen King’s IT (which also featured the late Jonathan [...]
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was a professional basketball player who played for the Warriors, the 76ers, the Lakers, and even the Harlem Globetrotters. At 7 foot 1 inch, many consider him to be one of the best basketball players in history. After basketball, he became sort of a jack-of-all-trades. He played Volleyball and was even a [...]
Fred McFeely Rogers will forever be known as the beloved sweater-wearing, shoe-changing Mr. Rogers from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. He dazzled children for decades with his land of make believe – a kingdom of talking puppets that you were transported to via a small red trolley. The show ran new episodes from 1968 to 2001, and [...]
Gregory Peck was an American actor and won an Academy Award in 1962 for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, which was based on the book by Harper Lee. He was also honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award that had once been won by E.B. White. Other notable [...]
Maila Nurmi is best known as Vampira, the TV horror movie host from the 1950s. She has been imitated over the years, most notably by “Elvira – Mistress of the Dark”, and perhaps even the cryptkeeper from Tales from the Crypt, because Vampira was known for her “witty” graveyard humor and puns. Aside from her [...]
Béla Lugosi was a Hungarian actor who starred in a variety of old horror films, some classic, some not so classic. In his prime, he of course played the legendary Count Dracula (a character based on a combination of Vlad the Impaler and the Countess Elizabeth Bathory from a book by Bram Stoker) and though [...]
Harold Lloyd Jenkins (aka: Conway Twitty) was a hugely successful country music singer. He had 32 Number 1 hits and 15 that reached the top 5. Some of his most recognizable songs include: Hello Darlin’, That’s My Job, and Tight Fittin’ Jeans. He didn’t feel that his real name was marketable, so he came up [...]
Burgess Meredith was an actor from Cleveland who not only appeared in the Rocky movies with Sylvester Stallone, but like Cesar Romero, was a villain to Adam West’s Batman. He was the Penguin, and although his performance was perhaps not as critically acclaimed as that of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, he is remembered [...]
Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian wrestler whose career was greatly celebrated by wresting fans, but whose reputation took a sharp u-turn over the course of a weekend once he murdered his family and killed himself. He wrestled from 1985 to 2007 in the WCW, the WWF/WWE, and ECW sometimes using names like The Rabid [...]