2010-2019 RIP

by cgay | created - 06 Sep 2011 | updated - 4 weeks ago | Public

1. Art Clokey

Director | Gumby 1

Art Clokey was born on October 12, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Gumby: The Movie (1995), Gumby Adventures (1988) and The Gumby Show (1956). He was married to Gloria Clokey and Ruth Clokey. He died on January 8, 2010 in Los Osos, California, USA.

2. Mina Bern

Actress | It Could Happen to You

Mina Bern was born on May 5, 1911 in Bielsk Podlaski, Podlaskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for It Could Happen to You (1994), Celebrity (1998) and Flawless (1999). She was married to Ben Bonus. She died on January 10, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

3. Elizabeth Moody

Actress | Braindead

Elizabeth Moody was born on October 29, 1939 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Braindead (1992), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and Heavenly Creatures (1994). She was married to Terence Moody. She died on January 12, 2010 in Christchurch, New ...

4. Teddy Pendergrass

Soundtrack | The Nutty Professor

Teddy Pendergrass was born on March 26, 1950 in Kingstree, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Nutty Professor (1996), Undercover Brother (2002) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). He was married to Joan Pendergrass and Karen Still. He died on January 13, 2010 in Bryn ...

5. Mark Jones

Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Mark Jones was born on April 22, 1939 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Under Milk Wood (1971) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on January 14, 2010 in Shropshire, England, UK.

6. Madeline Charanis

Actress | The Deadly Spawn

Madeline Charanis was born on February 4, 1911 in Lier, Belgium. She was an actress, known for The Deadly Spawn (1983). She died on January 18, 2010 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

7. Jean Simmons

Actress | Guys and Dolls

Demure British beauty Jean Simmons was born January 31, 1929, in Crouch End, London. As a 14-year-old dance student, she was plucked from her school to play Margaret Lockwood's precocious sister in Give Us the Moon (1944). She had a small part as a harpist in the high-profile Caesar and Cleopatra (...

8. Pernell Roberts

Actor | Bonanza

Best recalled as the eldest son and first member of the "Bonanza" Cartwright clan to permanently leave the Ponderosa in the hopes of greener acting pastures, dark, deep-voiced and durably handsome Pernell Roberts' native roots lay in Georgia. Born Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. on May 18, 1928, in ...

9. Erika Young

Actress | The Princess Diaries

Erika Young was born on May 18, 1918 in Germany. She was an actress, known for The Princess Diaries (2001), Clownhouse (1989) and Sounder, Part 2 (1976). She died on February 25, 2010 in Marysville, California, USA.

10. Betty Lou Keim

Actress | Yancy Derringer

Betty Lou Keim was born, in 1938, in Malden, Massachusetts. She made her debut as Peggy Allison in the television series, My Son Jeep (1953). She later appeared on The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and The Alcoa Hour (1955). Two movie roles followed in 1956, those being These Wilder Years (...

11. Zelda Rubinstein

Actress | Poltergeist

A marvelously quirky and distinctive 4' 3" character actress, with a larger-than-life presence on film and TV, Zelda Rubinstein gave up a long and stable career in the medical field as a lab technician in order to strive for something more self-fulfilling as middle age settled in. At the age of 45,...

12. J.D. Salinger

Writer | My Foolish Heart

U.S. writer whose novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. His entire corpus of published works consists of that one novel and 13 short stories, all originally written in the period 1948-...

13. Jack Brisco

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

Jack Brisco was born on September 21, 1941 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), WCW Worldwide (1975) and Saturday Night's Main Event (1985). He was married to Jan Carol Bateman and Sandra Lee Riney. He died on February 1, 2010 in Tampa, Florida,...

14. David Brown

Producer | The Player

David Brown was born on July 28, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for The Player (1992), Cocoon (1985) and Deep Impact (1998). He was married to Helen Gurley Brown. He died on February 1, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

15. Sam Gray

Actor | Wolfen

Sam Gray was born on July 18, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Wolfen (1981), Celebrity (1998) and The Cowboy Way (1994). He died on February 1, 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.

16. Frances Reid

Actress | Days of Our Lives

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was raised in Berkeley, California, she attended/graduated at The Pasadena Community Playhouse where her major was acting, and she pursued her career immediately. The Emmy Award nominee who has played Alice Horton for the entire 37 years that Days of Our Lives has ...

17. Ian Carmichael

Actor | I'm All Right Jack

Unassuming, innocent-eyed and undeniably ingratiating, Brit comedy actor Ian Carmichael was quite the popular chap in late 50s and early 60s film. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England on June 18, 1920, the son of Arthur Denholm Carmichael, an optician, and his wife Kate (Gillett). After ...

18. Bob Hoy

Actor | The Enforcer

Robert F. Hoy was equally at home as a stuntman and as an actor. He appeared as Joe Butler on the acclaimed TV Western, The High Chaparral. He stunt-doubled for such actors as Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis, Robert Forrester, Ross Martin, Tyrone Power, David Jansen, and Telly Savalas. He appeared in ...

19. Caroline McWilliams

Actress | Mermaids

Caroline McWilliams was born on April 4, 1945 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Mermaids (1990), Benson (1979) and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). She was married to Michael Keaton. She died on February 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Andrew Koenig

Actor | InAlienable

Andrew Koenig was born on August 17, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for InAlienable (2007), Batman: Dead End (2003) and Growing Pains (1985). He died on February 14, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

21. John Davis Chandler

Actor | Adventures in Babysitting

Character actor John Davis Chandler was born on January 28, 1935, in Hinton, West Virginia. He was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. Tall and thin, with fair hair, piercing blue eyes, a pale complexion and a nasal, whiny voice, Chandler specialized in portraying mean, neurotic and dangerous ...

22. Kathryn Grayson

Actress | Kiss Me Kate

Kathryn Grayson was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, NC, on February 9, 1922. This pretty, petite brunette with a heart-shaped face was discovered by MGM talent scouts while singing on the radio. The studio quickly signed her to a contract, and she was given acting lessons ...

23. Jamie Gillis

Actor | The Opening of Misty Beethoven

Born in New York City, Jamie Gillis trained as a legitimate actor. In the early 1970s he drifted into performing in pornographic films, and continued to work in that field through the late 1990s. Despite the occasional foray into "legitimate" film, such as a cameo in Nighthawks (1981), Gillis ...

24. Lionel Jeffries

Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of ...

25. Richard Devon

Actor | Magnum Force

Richard Devon wanted to be an actor from the time he was in first grade and played a small part in a school production. After finishing high school he answered a small ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for a school that offered training to the novice actor. This drama school, "Stage Eight", allowed him...

26. Martin Benson

Actor | The Omen

Martin Benson was born on August 10, 1918 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Omen (1976), The King and I (1956) and Goldfinger (1964). He was married to Joan Hayward and Joy. He died on February 28, 2010 in Markyate, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

27. Nan Martin

Actress | Shallow Hal

Nan Martin was born on July 15, 1927 in Decatur, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Shallow Hal (2001), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Cast Away (2000). She was married to Harry Harmer Gesner and Robert Emmett Dolan. She died on March 4, 2010 in Malibu, California,...

28. Charles B. Pierce

Director | Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

Charles Bryant Pierce was an independent filmmaker from Arkansas whose movies have become cult classics. Films that he wrote, directed and/or produced were not only made in Arkansas with local actors but also drew their inspiration from Arkansas themes. He is believed to be the source of one of the...

29. Carol Marsh

Actress | Dracula

Carol Marsh was an English actress from Southgate, an urban area which at the time of her birth was outside London. She was in the prime of her career during the late 1940s and the 1950s. She worked frequently in radio plays until the 1980s. Her later life was reportedly reclusive.

Marsh was ...

30. Corey Haim

Actor | The Lost Boys

Corey Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, a clothing sales representative. He has a sister, Carol, and a half-brother, Daniel. His family is Jewish. He was raised mostly in Willowdale.

Corey appeared in 26 episodes of the early 1980s ...

31. Merlin Olsen

Actor | Mitchell

Merlin Olsen was born on September 15, 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Mitchell (1975), The Undefeated (1969) and Fathers and Sons (1986). He was married to Susan Wakely. He died on March 11, 2010 in Duarte, California, USA.

32. Peter Graves

Actor | Stalag 17

Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Army Air Force, he studied...

33. Lisle Wilson

Actor | The Incredible Melting Man

Lisle Wilson was born on September 2, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Incredible Melting Man (1977), Falcon Crest (1981) and Sisters (1972). He was married to Barbara Collins. He died on March 14, 2010 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

34. David Steinberg

Actor | Willow

David first started acting in college stage productions and received his professional training in the theatre. Best known for his fine and appealing performance as Warwick Davis's loyal friend Meegosh in the enjoyable epic fantasy adventure "Willow," Steinberg's other film credits include "Love & ...

35. Fess Parker

Actor | The Great Locomotive Chase

A former college athlete at the University of Texas, Fess studied drama in the early fifties and debuted in Springfield Rifle (1952). He made only a handful of movies until he was signed by Walt Disney to star in the "Davy Crockett" series. When Walt was looking for an actor to play the part of ...

36. Mikel Scicluna

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

Mikel Scicluna was born on July 29, 1929 in Malta. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Spectrum Wrestling (1977) and WWF All-Star Wrestling (1972). He was married to Gloris. He died on March 20, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

37. Robert Culp

Actor | I Spy

Tall, slim and exceedingly good-looking American leading man Robert Culp, a former cartoonist in his teen years, appeared off-Broadway in the 1950s before settling into polished, clean-cut film leads and "other man" supports a decade later. Hitting the popular TV boards in the hip, racially ...

38. June Havoc

Actress | Gentleman's Agreement

Musical theater devotees will undoubtedly know that the song "Let Me Entertain You" was from the classic musical "Gypsy", the born-in-a-trunk story of resilient kid troopers Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc who were mercilessly pushed into vaudeville careers by an unbearably headstrong mother. While ...

39. Jadin Wong

Actress | Year of the Dragon

Jadin Wong was born on May 24, 1913 in Marysville, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Year of the Dragon (1985), Skin Art (1993) and Circus of Love (1954). She was married to Edward Dowling. She died on March 30, 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.

40. John Forsythe

Actor | The Trouble with Harry

John Forysthe was born Jacob Lincoln Freund in Penns Grove, New Jersey, the son of Blanche Materson (Blohm) and Samuel Jeremiah Freund, a Wall Street businessman. He chose to pursue acting over the objections of his father. He did some work in radio soaps and on Broadway before signing a movie ...

41. Bill Mullikin

Actor | The Arrogant

Bill Mullikin was born on April 19, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Arrogant (1988), Hell Is for Heroes (1962) and Mod Squad (1968). He was married to Regina Bahlman. He died on April 3, 2010 in Aptos, California, USA.

42. Lori Martin

Actress | Cape Fear

Lori Martin was born Dawn Catherine Menzer in Glendale, California. She was born at 10 am, four minutes before her twin sister, Doree, arrived. Having an elder sister, Jean, and a younger brother, Stephen, she had plenty of company at an early age. At the age of six, her mother took her to an agent...

43. James Aubrey

Actor | Lord of the Flies

James Aubrey was born on August 28, 1947 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria [now Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria]. He was an actor and casting director, known for Lord of the Flies (1963), Spy Game (2001) and The Hunger (1983). He was married to Agnes Kristin Hallander. He died on April...

44. Corin Redgrave

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

Corin Redgrave, a towering, award-winning force on the British stage but a lesser universally recognized third-generation scion of the acting dynasty, was the reddish-haired middle brother of his more internationally famous sisters, Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave who achieved widespread ...

45. Christopher Cazenove

Actor | A Knight's Tale

Christopher Cazenove was born on December 17, 1943 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Knight's Tale (2001), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) and Dynasty (1981). He was married to Angharad Rees. He died on April 7, 2010 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.

46. Malcolm McLaren

Soundtrack | Suicide Squad

In the mid 1970s, as a young man not yet thirty, Malcolm McLaren owned and operated a London shop simply called "Sex" and dreamed of fame and fortune. He met a half formed group of teenage rock star hopefuls and fed them happy half truths about the great bands he had led to stardom. With his help ...

47. Meinhardt Raabe

Self | Little People

Raabe was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1915. In 1934, he was a member of the Midget City cast at the Chicago World's Fair. The money from his appearances at the fair and other places was how he paid for his bachelor's in accounting and master's in business administration.

His wife, Marie ...

48. Dixie Carter

Actress | Designing Women

Dixie is the middle of three children. Her father owned several small retail stores. Early on, she dreamed of being an opera singer, but a botched tonsillectomy at age 7 spoiled any chances for that dream. Still, she sang regularly and studied classical music. She can play the piano, trumpet, and ...

49. Peter Haskell

Actor | Child's Play 3

Peter Haskell was born on October 15, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Child's Play 3 (1991), Child's Play 2 (1990) and Bracken's World (1969). He was married to Dianne Tolmich and Annie Compton. He died on April 12, 2010 in Northridge, California, USA.

50. Peter Steele

Soundtrack | Freddy vs. Jason

Peter Steele was born on January 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Night of the Demons (2009) and Oz (1997). He died on April 14, 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.

51. Robert Brubaker

Actor | The Book of Acts Series

Robert Brubaker, son of George Brubaker and descendant of Jonas Sparks, a friend of frontiersman Daniel Boone, was born October 9, 1916 in Robinson, Illinois, a little town located two hundred and ten miles south of Chicago and seven miles from the Wabash River. Probably the towns only claim to ...

52. Michael Pataki

Actor | Rocky IV

Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Michael Pataki had a long, varied and impressive career in both movies and TV shows, alike, that spanned a little over 50 years. Pataki was born on January 16, 1938 in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California as a double ...

53. Sid Conrad

Actor | King Kong

Sid Conrad was born on August 10, 1923 in Otsego, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for King Kong (1976), ER (1994) and Chicago Hope (1994). He was married to Sheila Conrad. He died on April 16, 2010 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

54. Shay Duffin

Actor | Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Shay Duffin was born on February 26, 1931 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor and writer, known for Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Leprechaun (1992) and Seabiscuit (2003). He died on April 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55. Gail Jensen

Actress | Future Zone

Gail Jensen was born on October 5, 1949 in Sanger, California, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Future Zone (1990), Maniac Cop (1988) and The Fall Guy (1981). She was married to David Carradine. She died on April 23, 2010 in Fresno, California, USA.

56. Dorothy Provine

Actress | The Great Race

Flashy, leggy, bouffant blonde Dorothy Provine was a solid screen representation of the Kennedyesque era when life seemed so full of fun, so innocent and so optimistic. This sparkling beauty also gave TV audiences a double dose blast to the past via her popular co-starring roles on late 50s/early ...

57. Susan Reed

Actress | The Doctors

Susan Reed was born on January 11, 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for The Doctors (1963), Glamour Girl (1948) and Goodyear Playhouse (1951). She was married to James Karen. She died on April 25, 2010 in Greenport, New York, USA.

58. Lynn Redgrave

Actress | Gods and Monsters

Actress of both the English and American stage and screen, Lynn Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, England, into one of the world's most famous acting dynasties. As the daughter of Rachel Kempson and Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and granddaughter of Roy...

59. Jimmy Gardner

Actor | Frenzy

Jimmy Gardner was born on August 24, 1924 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Frenzy (1972), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He died on May 3, 2010 in London, England, UK.

60. David E. Durston

Writer | I Drink Your Blood

David E. Durston was born on September 10, 1921 in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for I Drink Your Blood (1971). He died on May 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

61. Adele Mara

Actress | Sands of Iwo Jima

She was born Adelaide Delgado on August 28, 1923 (some references list 1925) to Spanish-speaking parents. The future Adela Mara began dances lesson at age 6 and was discovered as a young teenager by the legendary Xavier Cugat. Singing and dancing with his in the Detroit area, Cugat took the ...

62. Lena Horne

Soundtrack | Cabin in the Sky

Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her biography she stated that, on the day she was born, her father was in the midst of a card game trying to get money to pay the hospital costs. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler. Her mother left later in order ...

63. Doris Eaton

Actress | Man on the Moon

Doris Eaton was born in Norfolk, Virginia, into a show business family. The young Doris began appearing on stage with her brothers Charles and Joseph and her sisters Mary and Pearl when she was five years old. She made her Broadway debut aside her brother Charles in "Mother Carey's Chickens" in ...

64. Massimo Sarchielli

Actor | Ladyhawke

Massimo Sarchielli was born on April 9, 1931 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Ladyhawke (1985), The Conformist (1970) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003). He died on May 11, 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

65. Ronnie James Dio

Soundtrack | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

How many rock stars can brag about recording and touring consistently in six different decades? That's just one of the many claims to fame enjoyed by Ronnie James Dio. Born on July 10, 1942, this Cortland, New York native began his recording career back in 1958. Even back then, the seeds of Ronnie ...

66. Art Linkletter

Actor | Champagne for Caesar

Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California...

67. Eddie Barth

Actor | Fame

Eddie Barth was born on September 29, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Fame (1980), Babe: Pig in the City (1998) and Bananas (1971). He was married to Sally Hada. He died on May 28, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

68. Gary Coleman

Actor | Diff'rent Strokes

Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...

69. Dennis Hopper

Actor | Easy Rider

Multi-talented and unconventional actor/director regarded by many as one of the true "enfant terribles" of Hollywood who led an amazing cinematic career for more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas. The young Hopper expressed interest in acting from a ...

70. George Martin

Actor | Dead Poets Society

George Martin was born on August 15, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990) and Léon: The Professional (1994). He was married to Katherine Helmond. He died on June 1, 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

71. Rue McClanahan

Actress | The Golden Girls

A New York stage actress in the 1950s, McClanahan was plucked from the stage by Norman Lear for roles on All in the Family (1971) and later Maude (1972). For two years (1982 - 1984), she played "Aunt Fran" on Mama's Family (1983) until her character was killed off and she joined the cast of The ...

72. Andréas Voutsinas

Actor | The Producers

Andréas Voutsinas was born on August 22, 1930 in Khartoum, Sudan. He was an actor and director, known for The Producers (1967), History of the World: Part I (1981) and The Big Blue (1988). He died on June 8, 2010 in Athens, Greece.

73. Jimmy Dean

Actor | Diamonds Are Forever

Jimmy Dean, the musician, actor and entrepreneur, was instrumental in the mainstreaming of country music, a genre that now enjoys popularity in some regions of the United States but which, back in the 1960s, was accorded little respect by mass media. Jimmy Dean had a #1 hit in the US and England ...

74. John Tracy

Actor | Mister Buddwing

John Tracy was born on January 11, 1938 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Mister Buddwing (1966), The Drifter (1966) and IOWA (2005). He was married to Carolan Daniels. He died on June 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

75. Joe B. Barton

Actor | Slaughterhouse

Joe B. Barton was born on November 18, 1955 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Slaughterhouse (1987), Blood Diner (1987) and Water Rats (1996). He died on June 16, 2010 in Missouri, USA.

76. Ronald Neame

Producer | Great Expectations

A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at...

77. Stephen Gilbert

Writer | Willard

Stephen Gilbert was born on July 22, 1912 in Newcastle, County Down, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He was a writer, known for Willard (2003), Willard (1971) and Ben (1972). He died on June 23, 2010 in Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

78. Aldo Giuffrè

Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Aldo Giuffrè was born on April 10, 1924 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Ghosts, Italian Style (1967) and When Women Had Tails (1970). He was married to Liana Trouche and Elena Pranzo Zaccaria. He died on June 26, 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

79. Corey Allen

Actor | Rebel Without a Cause

Corey Allen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954. While there, he received the department's Best Actor award and starred in the UCLA film, "A Time Out of War", which won the Academy Award & Cannes & Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film. Upon graduation, he appeared in ...

80. Ilene Woods

Actress | Cinderella

Ilene Woods was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the daughter of a backstage mom who was responsible for Ilene getting her show biz start on the stage at 2. At 14, she received an offer to top-line her own radio show once she became available at the end of that school year during a vacation in ...

81. Greg Dawson

Actor | Berserker

Greg Dawson was born on May 25, 1958 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Berserker (1987). He died on July 3, 2010 in the USA.

82. Tom Signorelli

Actor | Thief

Tom Signorelli was born on October 19, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Thief (1981), Sleepers (1996) and Dick Tracy (1990). He died on July 6, 2010 in New York, New York, USA.

83. Vonetta McGee

Actress | Repo Man

Born Lawrence Vonetta McGee, she got her break in Melinda (1972) and Hammer (1972) and hit paydirt as the love interest of the vampire in Blacula (1972), then starred with her then-boyfriend Max Julien in Thomasine & Bushrod (1974). In 1978 she starred opposite Bernie Casey and Ron O'Neal in ...

84. Aldo Sambrell

Actor | Per qualche dollaro in più

Prolific, versatile, and ubiquitous character actor Aldo Sambrell was featured in over 140 international motion pictures in a remarkably long, varied, and illustrious career that spanned four and a half decades. Swarthy and burly, usually sporting a thick mustache, and often projecting an air of ...

85. James Gammon

Actor | Major League

Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. From there, his weatherbeaten features, somewhat menacing attitude and a tough-as-nails voice--the kind that used to be described in detective novels as "whiskey-soaked"--reminiscent of '...

86. Holly Harris

Actress | Once Upon a Tune

Holly Harris was born on December 27, 1920 in St. Charles, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Once Upon a Tune (1951), Act of Vengeance (1974) and Dogs (1977). She was married to Duhhaine Waeker. She died on July 23, 2010 in North Newton, Kansas, USA.

87. Maury Chaykin

Actor | My Cousin Vinny

The award-winning Canadian-American character actor Maury Chaykin was born on July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Professor Irving J. Chaykin and his wife Clarice. Irving Chaykin, an American citizen, taught accountancy at the City College of New York. The former Clarice Bloomfield, his...

88. Derf Scratch

Soundtrack | Class of 1984

Derf Scratch was born on October 30, 1951 in Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Class of 1984 (1982), Good-bye Cruel World (1982) and Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982). He died on July 28, 2010 in Camarillo, California, USA.

89. Tom Basham

Actor | An Eye for an Eye

Tom Basham was born on May 16, 1942 in Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for An Eye for an Eye (1973), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) and Squares (1972). He died on July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

90. Lorene Yarnell Jansson

Actress | Spaceballs

Lorene Yarnell Jansson was born on March 21, 1944 in Inglewood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Spaceballs (1987), The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). She was married to Bjorn Jansson, Robert Shields and John R. Hartmann. She died on July 29, 2010 in ...

91. Dan Resin

Actor | Caddyshack

Dan Resin was born on February 22, 1931 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Caddyshack (1980), Richard (1972) and Music Box (1989). He was married to Margaret Gacke. He died on July 31, 2010 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.

92. Patricia Neal

Actress | The Day the Earth Stood Still

Patricia Neal, the Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress, was born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky, where her father managed a coal mine and her mother was the daughter of the town doctor. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended high school. She was first bit by the acting bug...

93. Ahna Capri

Actress | Enter the Dragon

Beautiful, buxom, and shapely blonde bombshell Ahna Capri was born Anna Marie Nanasi on July 6, 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. Capri moved with her family to the United States when she was a child and started acting in television series at age 11. She made her film debut at age 13 in the Western ...

94. David Dortort

Producer | Bonanza

David Dortort was born on October 23, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Bonanza (1959), The High Chaparral (1967) and The Lusty Men (1952). He was married to Rose Seldin. He died on September 5, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

95. Glenn Shadix

Actor | Beetlejuice

William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.

Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (...

96. Bunny Summers

Actress | Re-Animator

Bunny Summers was born on February 23, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Re-Animator (1985), From Beyond (1986) and The Last Starfighter (1984). She died on September 9, 2010 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

97. Harold Gould

Actor | Patch Adams

Harold Gould earned a Ph.D. in theater and taught speech and drama at Cornell University.

Pursuing off-Broadway work in the 1950s, he decided to practice what he preached and became a full-time professional actor in the 1960s.

He appeared in hundreds of TV programs during his distinguished performing...

98. Kevin McCarthy

Actor | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He also had some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He played the disillusioned son Biff Loman in the 1951 screen ...

99. Grace Bradley

Actress | Wake Up and Live

A petite and extremely lovely blonde "B" film actress who eventually deserted her career in favor of standing by her man (cowboy icon William Boyd, aka, "Hopalong Cassidy"), Grace Bradley spent the rest of her life in his shadow and devoting herself to her husband's career. Bill's Hoppy was the ...

100. John Crawford

Actor | The Poseidon Adventure

Burly, handsome and rugged character actor John Crawford appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows combined in a career that spanned over 40 years, usually cast as tough and/or villainous characters.

Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was discovered by...



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