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Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an actress known for her versatile work in a variety of film and television projects. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Smashed (2012), for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, as well as genre fare like Final Destination 3 (2006) and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007).
Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina but largely raised in Sandy, Utah, which is where she discovered a love for the performing arts. She grew up training to be a ballerina and attended the Joffrey Ballet School training program at the age of 12. It was also around this time that she began to pursue a career in acting and soon started working steadily in television and film.
Winstead is also a recording artist and performs under the name "Got a Girl" alongside producer Dan the Automotor.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Jesse Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountain range. His mother, Virginia Price, was a college career counselor. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins, was a truck driver. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother then moved his family to Buffalo, New York. He and his four brothers took the surname of his mother's second husband. His family calls him by his middle name, Lamont. As a fourth-grader, a teacher cast him in a play and he found his passion. After graduating from high school, he worked in restaurants to afford the tuition at New York University. He then got work on soaps and did commercials. His breakthrough came in a role in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Rent (1996). That was followed up with TV exposure in his first starring role in the series 413 Hope St. (1997), which aired on Fox.- Also an accomplished stage actor, Michael won a 2011 OBIE Award and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his performance in Lisa Kron's "In the Wake" at The Public Theater in New York City. Michael grew up in Rocky River, Ohio and became interested in acting at an early age. His first role in a play was as "Gandalf" in a stage adaptation of "The Hobbit" when he was just 13 years old. He went on to take classes at the Beck Center in Lakewood, Ohio before graduating from high school and moving to New York. Michael studied acting at Juilliard from 1995-1999. On stage, he has co-starred with David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez in the Manhattan Theater Club production of "Close Up Space" at New York City Center and with America Ferrera in the revival of Terence McNally's "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" at Second Stage. Other New York credits include such theaters as Playwrights Horizons, the Roundabout Theatre Company, Primary Stages, New York Theater Workshop, The Atlantic Theater Company, and many productions at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (where he played the lead role of "KJ" in Annie Baker's play "The Aliens," which Charles Isherwood, of the New York Times, named the best play of 2010). His credits in regional theater include productions at the Williamstown Theater Festival, The Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Guthrie Theater, among others. Internationally, he appeared in Adam Rapp's "Finer Noble Gases" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Fringe First Award) and in London at the Bush Theatre. Michael is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 28). He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Emily Simoness. Michael is very involved with his wife's non-profit SPACE on Ryder Farm.
- Earle Hyman is a distinguished African American actor who had a 46-year-long career on Broadway, where he was nominated for a Tony Award. Hyman also was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for his appearance on The Cosby Show (1984) playing Bill Cosby's father Russell Huxtable.
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on October 11, 1926, Hyman and his family moved to Brooklyn, where he grew up. His parents took him to a production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" starring Alla Nazimova in Brighton Beach as a present for his 13th birthday, which made him want to be an actor. Impressed with Ibsen, he learned Norwegian, a language he became fluent in, enabling him to act in Norway, where he keeps a second home.
In 1944, Hyman made his debut on Broadway in Philip Yordan's Anna Lucasta (1949), a hit that ran for 957 performances. He next appeared on Broadway in 1952, in Moss Hart's "The Climate of Eden", which was a flop, then played the Prince of Morocco the following year in a production of The Merchant of Venice (1973) starring Luther Adler as Shylock. In 1955, he had a role in No Time for Sergeants (1958), a hit that made Andy Griffith a star. Over the next 37 years, he would appear on Broadway another 11 times, ending with his turn in the title role of Ibsen's The Master Builder (1960) in 1992. The circle that had begun back in 1939 had been completed.
In addition to his work on Broadway, he was a charter member of the American Shakespeare Theatre that was created in 1955, playing Othello in 1957. (He had appeared as The Moor two years earlier on a Camera Three (1955) production). He was in the London production of A Raisin in the Sun (1961) in 1959. For his theatrical work in Norway, the Norwegian sovereign awarded him St. Olav's medal in recognition of "outstanding services rendered in connection with the spreading of information about Norway abroad".
Hyman made his movie debut as an uncredited extra in the Oscar-winning The Lost Weekend (1945) in 1945, but it was TV that proved more welcoming to his talent. He appeared on numerous TV programs from 1954 to 2001, most famously on "The Cosby Show".
Having been in a relationship with Rolf Sirnes (1926-2004), Hyman lived with the Norwegian seaman for fifty years. Hyman learned Norwegian through Sirnes, who was originally from Haugesund.
In the 1990s they lived together in New York City. - Actor
- Manager
- Producer
Barry Ratcliffe is an award winning actor best known as "Hollywood's Auctioneer", most recently on NBC's "Night Court" and Marvel's "Hawkeye". His notable characters include CEO Don Foushee on the hit TV series "Outsiders", Lenox Bidlow on M. Night Shyamalan's "Servant", city councilman Jason Tyler on the Lifetime drama "Army Wives", as well as recreating the cowardly lion for the feature film "Dorothy and the Witches of Oz" and the Starz miniseries "The Witches of Oz".
His wide range spans from comedy to drama on such shows as "Hollywood" on Netflix, "Bluff City Law" with Jimmie Smits, "Fresh off the Boat" with Constance Wu, "General Hospital", "The Inspectors", "Manhunt: Deadly Games", "P-Valley", "Enemy Within", "Nashville", "Person of Interest", "House of Cards", Tyler Perry's "The Haves and The Have Nots", "White Collar", "Brothers and Sisters", and many more. His film resume is equally extensive from his latest "Elvis from Outer Space", the Nicholas Sparks film "The Longest Ride", "Juanita" with Alfre Woodard, "Masterminds" with Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson, Seth MacFarlane's "Ted 2" with Liam Neeson and Mark Wahlberg, to an assorted collection of wide ranging memorable characters.
Born and raised on a farm in the mountains of Virginia, Barry Ratcliffe is the youngest of 7 among 5 boys and 2 girls. In high school, Barry was active in sports, politics, and performance arts. Upon graduating, he completed a course at Carolina School of Broadcasting, a 2 year degree in engineering from Virginia Western, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from prestigious Radford University in Journalism and Theatre. While attending Radford, he performed in plays, hosted a television show, was President of the Student Body for 2 years, Chairman of 4 activity organizations, host for the Miss Radford Pageant for 2 years, active in sports, as well as worked a full time job managing the athletic facilities on campus. After earning a degree at Radford, Barry compiled an extensive resume in corporate America and in the entertainment field. His eclectic experience includes life guarding at the beach, managing a state water park, Manager and National Corporate Trainer for Roger Penske, Manager for Hertz Car Rental at their largest revenue location in the world, 13 state Area Manager for Budget Truck Rental, Sales Manager for 65 million dollars Sun Microsystems National Sales Group, and Business Development Manager for the California Drug free Workplace Programs. He is also a licensed financial advisor helping individuals and those in the entertainment industry.
His goals are simple. To be the best performer he can be, whether it is as a great character actor in dramatic or comedic roles, or as a stand up, entertaining with his intelligent, and insightful commentary on today's events.- Actor
- Stunts
- Writer
Torrey B. Lawrence was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Block Trilogies (2024), Infinity System (2022) and Cold Blows the Wind.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Kenneth Nelson was born on 24 March 1930 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Hellraiser (1987), The Boys in the Band (1970) and Nightbreed (1990). He died on 7 October 1993 in London, England, UK.- Maureen Garrett was born on 18 August 1948 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), Ryan's Hope (1975) and The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000). She is married to Janet Morgan.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Kay Kyser was born on 18 June 1905 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for You'll Find Out (1940), That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) and Playmates (1941). He was married to Georgia Carroll. He died on 23 July 1985 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.- Ira David Wood III was born on 19 November 1947 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Brainstorm (1983), B.L. Stryker (1989) and Well Wishes (2015).
- Deloris Jordan was born in September 1941 in Rocky Point, North Carolina, USA. She was previously married to James R. Jordan.
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- Composer
- Actor
Thelonious Monk was born on 10 October 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Omega Man (1971), La La Land (2016) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). He was married to Nellie Monk. He died on 17 February 1982 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Kurt Browning was born on 18 June 1966 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Aladdin on Ice (1995), Life After Hockey (1989) and MisDirected (2021). He was previously married to Sonia Rodriguez.- Bonita Barker was born on 21 July 1916 in Rocky, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Outlaw's Highway (1934) and Back to the Soil (1934). She was married to Bennett Albert Robinson. She died on 11 May 2006 in Auburn, California, USA.
- George Michael Steinbrenner III, one of the most successful sports franchise owners of the modern era, was born in Rocky River, Ohio on the Fourth of July, 1930, which is fitting for the owner of the New York Yankees, the premier baseball club in what is dubbed "America's Pastime". (To fans of the Yankees' archrival, the Boston Red Sox, he is considered the Head of the "Evil Empire").
After graduating from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana (the alma mater of cult director Budd Boetticher), Steinbrenner attended the exclusive Williams College located in western Massachusetts (the alma mater of Elia Kazan, Class of 1930). Steinbrenner's interest in sports led to stints as an assistant football coach at Northwestern University in 1955 and at Purdue University the following year. While making his fortune in the shipping industry (he had joined his father's financially ailing American Shipbuilding Co., where he helped affect a turn-around), Steinbrenner bought the Cleveland Pipers of the National Industrial Basketball League in 1960. The team joined the American Basketball League the next year, and Steinbrenner made sports history by hiring John McLendon, the first African-American head coach in professional sports.
The team won the 1962 ABL championship, and Steinbrenner then pulled off a major coup by signing Ohio State All-American Jerry Lucas, the #1 basketball prospect in the country, thus keeping him from going to the better established National Basketball Association. In fact, to get Lucas into their league, the NBA immediately made a deal with Steinbrenner to absorb the Pipers as its 10th team, but as he was unable to raise the $250,000 franchise fee and was facing a lawsuit from the ABL, the deal collapsed.
The Pipers soon went bankrupt, and Steinbrenner went back to the shipping industry, eventually buying the American Shipbuilding Co. outright. During the 1960s, Steinbrenner was a Broadway "angel" (investing in plays) and later acquired a small ownership stake in the NBA's Chicago Bulls. However, by 1971, Steinbrenner was wealthy enough to make a $9 million bid (approximately $43 million in 2005 dollars, when factored for inflation) to acquire the Cleveland Indians franchise in professional baseball's American League. However, the deal -- which was being negotiated by Indians General Manager Gabe Paul -- fell apart. When Columbia Broadcasting System Chairman William Paley decided to rid the television broadcast network of its New York Yankees subsidiary in 1972, Paul helped broker the $8.7 million deal by which Steinbrenner acquired the team. Steinbrenner then appointed him director of baseball operations for the club.
In January 1920, the Yankees -- then Gotham's also-ran baseball franchise after the fabled Giants of Coopers Bluff -- acquired the Red Sox's left-handed pitcher and star slugger Babe Ruth for $125,000 in cash and a loan to Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, a theatrical entrepreneur, who needed the loot to finance a Broadway show. During the previous season, the Bambino (a 24-game winner and E.R.A. champ as a starting pitcher, the Babe had set the World Series record by pitching 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1916 matchup with the Brooklyn Dodgers, which was finally broken by Whitey Ford in 1961, the same year Roger Maris broke his home run record) had set the modern home run record with 29 dingers for the Boston nine. Behind their new New York strongboy, the Yankees won the 1921, '22 and 23 AL pennants, facing the Giants in three consecutive World Series, losing the first two contests before finally beating them for the World's Championship in 1923).
By the beginning of the 1970s, the Yankees had won 29 pennants and 20 World Series, but hadn't been in the October Classic since 1964. Seeking synergy that would become common in the 1990s, the TV network CBS had bought the franchise for $11.2 million after the 1964 season, from Dan Topping and Del Webb. In the 20 years they had owned the team, Topping and Webb's Yankees had missed appearing in the World Series only five times, racking up a 10-5 record. In contrast, the CBS-owned teams never made it to the World Series, and in 1965, the Yankees finished in the second division for the first time in 40 years. The year 1965 was crucial, as the major league amateur draft was implemented, which meant that the Yankees could no longer use its financial resources to sign any player they wanted. Also, the Kansas City AL franchise that the Yankees had used as a kind of farm club, cherry-picking its best players like Maris in return for worn-out veterans, had been acquired by maverick owner Charles O. Finley, who ended the special relationship. The Yankes in the mid-1960s could not replace their aging stars with quality players, and in 1966, the team finished in 10th place (last) in the AL for the first time since 1912 (when there were only 8 teams), and ninth in 1967.
After taking over the Yankees on January 3, 1973, Steinbrenner -- who knew little about baseball but had coveted a baseball franchise, and now owned the most famous team in North American sports (which is now worth at least 100 times what Steinbreener paid for it) -- pledged that he would not be a hands-on owner. He soon won himself the sobriquet "The Boss" for his autocratic management style, characterized by his criticizing players and managers through the media and the 20 managers he had in his first 23 years owning the club. (In fact, Steinbrenner made 17 managerial changes in his first 17 seasons!).
Controversy has been part of Steinbrenner's tenure as principal owner of the ball club and stadium that Babe Ruth and other Yankee greats made famous. In 1974, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended him for two years following his conviction for making illegal political campaign contributions to President Richard Nixon's reelection committee, although he bitterly protested that - a Democrat- he had been shaken down by the corrupt Nixon administration as part
Steinbrenner was has been criticized by other owners for driving up the cost of ballplayers after the advent of free agency in 1976. Steinbrenner paid Catfish Hunter, who had been freed from his contract with Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's, by an arbitrator, an unprecedented $2.85 million for four years, over $700,000 a year when top stars like Carl Yastrzemski made $100,000 a year and Dick Allen was the highest paid player in the game at $200,000 a year. He then bolstered his pennant-winning 1976 team for the following season by acquiring Reggie Jackson, the 1973 American League M.V.P. when he was with the A's., with a $3 million, 5-year contract.
Reggie, the self-described "straw that stirs the drink", and the core of the '76 A.L. champs won back-to-back World Series in 1977 and '78, the Eastern Division title in 1980 (after winning 103 games under new manager Dick Howser, who was promptly fired for losing in the playoffs and would go on to win a World Series title in Kansas City in 1985), and the A.L. pennant in the strike-shortened 1981 season.
In the 1970s, Steinbrenner relied on solid baseball people such as Al Rosen and Gabe Paul, but in the 1980s, he became erratic, promoting yes-men into high position who rubber-stamped his preference for name-players. At the beginning of the free agency era, the Yankees under Rosen and Paul were able to do what the Yankees of the mid- to late-60s were unable to do since the demise of the "special" relationship with Kansas City and the advent of the amateur draft: sign quality players to fill vital gaps in the team. However, Rosen and Paul really rebuilt the Yankees via judicious trades, acquiring players like Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph to anchor the team.
Steinbrenner went to the extreme of embracing the free agent market as a fix-all solution to build a winning team. Via free agency, the Yankees acquired stars who turned out to be either unable to handle the pressure of playing in New York (with its all-invasive media), unsuited for the uniqueness of Yankee Stadium (a right-handed hitter like Steve Kemp floundered in a stadium built to favor lefties), or who -- like two time Cy Young Award-winner Gaylord Perry -- were on the downside if not the end of their careers.
After the 1980 season, Steinbrenner offered San Diego Padres outfielder Dave Winfield, a four-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner who led the National League with 118 runs batted in in 1979, his biggest budget-busting contract (and the biggest in history at the time, which vastly inflated superstars' future salaries): a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million, according to the New York Times (Dec. 16, 1980). It was at least twice as high as any salary enjoyed by any other superstar. Expected to take the place of Reggie Jackson, who left the team after the 1981 season, Winfield -- a future Hall of Famer who was a consistent run producer and Gold Glove-caliber outfielder -- never lived up to Steinbrenner's expectations. During the 1981 World Series in which Winfield played with Jackson and other holdovers from the 1977 and '78 teams once again faced the Los Angeles Dodgers whom they had bested in both prior Series appearances, Winfield had one hit in 22 at bats for an anemic .045 batting average. After his freshman year with the club, the Yankees never again made the playoffs during his tenure with the team (1981-1990).
Because of Steinbrenner's profligacy, the Yankees would consistently have the highest payroll in baseball, making it hard for teams from small market clubs to compete (as well as to hold on to their players, who could be wooed away by Steinbrenner's gold after they became free agents). For the period of 1982-1995, the Yankees would have nothing to show for the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on players' salaries. After the 1981 World Series, which the Yankees lost two games to four to the Dodgers, the franchise hit a 15-season dry-spell without a championship season, the first time for such a drought since the franchise's initial establishment in Manhattan from 1902 to 1921. The first 23 years of Steinbrenner's regime was characterized by a managerial merry-go-round, a constant firing, rehiring, and firing of managers, including Bob Lemon twice and Billy Martin a ridiculous five times. Steinbrenner once fired Yogi Berra, who had gone to the World Series as manager in 1964 with the Yankees and in 1973 with the Mets, after eight days in the catbird seat. Yogi deserved better.
Steinbrenner's instability reached its high point in 1990, when he accepted a ban for life from managing the Yankees' day-to-day operations levied upon him by commissioner Fay Vincent for illicit dealings with gambler Howie Spira. Steinbrenner had hired Spira to dig up dirt on his star outfielder, Dave Winfield. A contrite Steinbrenner eventually was reinstated in 1993 as his son didn't like running the business and major league baseball had no desire to see its premier franchise flounder. After his return, he seemed to have matured, and three years later, he laid the groundwork for his regime's second dynasty by hiring Joe Torre as manager. Under Torre, who has been Yankees manager for 11 seasons (an unmatched period of managerial calm under Steinbrenner), the team has won ten division titles, five pennants, and four World Series from 1996 through 2005.
Red Sox fans and other Yankee haters wish for the return of the old Steinbrenner, who would have had 10 managers in 11 seasons rather than one in 11, as in the good old days. So far, he refuses to oblige them. - Editor
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- Editorial Department
Robert E. Swink, a top-notch editor favored by directors no less scrupulous than William Wyler and Franklin J. Schaffner, first moved to Hollywood with his family in 1927, and made the place his home for the rest of his life. Following graduation from North Hollywood High in 1936, Swink turned down a football scholarship in favor of an apprenticeship in film editing at RKO, where he remained for years, barring a World War II hitch in the US Army Special Services, editing training films. Beginning in 1944, he was promoted to cutting feature films. In 1952 Swink moved over to Paramount, where he started out with William Wyler's Carrie (1952), and shortly thereafter received his first Academy Award nomination for Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953). In the three decades of steady work to follow, he would edit pictures as various as The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), The Best Man (1964), Papillon (1973) and Three the Hard Way (1974), and receive two further Oscar nominations, for Funny Girl (1968) and The Boys from Brazil (1978). As well, he served as second unit director on a handful of films, though unlike his contemporary Robert Wise he did not make the jump to director. He might have made an excellent one, judging from the crackerjack pacing and faultless dramatic instinct evident behind all the films he touched, and the respect he garnered from the frequently demanding directors who repeatedly hired him. Meaning to retire after completing Franklin Schaffner's Sphinx (1981) in 1981, Swink was coaxed out of retirement to supervise the editing of the finally unreleased feature "And They're Off." He returned to work one final time: as the favorite editor of director Schaffner (they had had five prior collaborations), he was the logical choice to assemble the footage for Welcome Home (1989), as Schaffner had died before the post-production phase.- Tommy Baker was born on 5 March 1925 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Brother Orchid (1940), Danger Flight (1939) and Saga of Death Valley (1939). He died on 18 November 1995 in Lumbarton, North Carolina, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Blaine Gibson was born on 11 February 1918 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, USA. He is known for Sleeping Beauty (1959), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). He was married to Coral Estelle Comstock. He died on 5 July 2015 in Montecito, California, USA.- Christian Carmean was born on 13 March 1994 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Your Worst Nightmare (2014), Murder Among Friends (2016) and Corrupt Crimes (2015). He has been married to Elizabeth Wheelon since 19 May 2017.
- Devin Lloyd was born on 26 December 1985 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for A Time to Kill (1996).
- Thaddaeus Edwards was born on 19 July 1978 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Frequency (2014), Where We're Meant to Be (2016) and The Pink House (2003).
- Additional Crew
Leo Sprinkle was born on 31 August 1930 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, USA. He is known for Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story (2013), The Force Beyond (1977) and Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton (2015). He died on 15 November 2021 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA.- Composer
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- Producer
Kevin Barnes was born on 30 May 1974 in Rocky River, Ohio, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Cloverfield (2008), This Is the End (2013) and The Overnight (2015).- A classically trained actress and fight choreographer, Kris has studied with some of RADA's most distinguished teachers: Julian Glover, Bill Homewood, Richard Ryan and Patsy Rodenburg. As well as with North Carolina School of the Arts drama teacher, Ron Dortch, who influenced her direction as a performer. While in London, Kris's critically acclaimed stage play "Feathers," which she both produced and directed, premiered at the Link Theater. She is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, Society of American Fight Directors, British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat and International Virginia Woolf Society.
- Transportation Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Stancil was born on 20 March 1965 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is known for Cyborg (1989), Death Sentence (2007) and A Walk to Remember (2002).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Director
Michael Popek was born on 8 May 1982 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and director, known for One Among Us (2005), Rolling Hills and Blurred.- Sean Fallon Walsh was born on 9 October 1934 in Rocky River, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Hunter (1984), Logan's Run (1977) and Barnaby Jones (1973). He died on 6 March 2000 in Bay Village, Ohio, USA.
- Lola Gillebaard was born on 15 March 1930 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Change Your Life! (2010). She was married to Hank Gillebaard. She died in October 2023 in San Clemente, California, USA.
- Coach Herman Boone is the legendary high school coach portrayed by Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000). He took over the T.C. Williams High School team in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971 after the school was forced to integrate. Tensions were made worse due to the fact that Coach Boone was given the job over popular White coach Bill Yoast. In the face of significant racial unrest, Coach Boone led the Titans to the Virginia State Championship.
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- Actor
- Writer
Don Sandburg was born on 24 October 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Big Top (1965), Bozo (1960) and Bozo's Circus (1961). He died on 6 October 2018 in Springfield, Oregon, USA.- Anthony Avent was born on 18 October 1969 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Actor and talk show host Michael Cooper aka "Coop" born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is the only child and at a young age he knew that he was destined for greatness. As a young child and a teenager Coop knew that he wanted to act. At the age of 34 he received his opportunity to be involved as an voice over actor and an on screen actor in the popular series that is called The Wicked Series.
God had also manifested in Coop's mind to start a show where he will interview people from all walks of life. This is how the birth of The Big Scoop with Coop was born into existence. On The Big Scoop with Coop I will present to some and introduce to others a wide range of professionals that have become successful in their career. The interviews will be informative and educational to all of my listeners. You will hear how they started in their career and how they received success in their profession. In every interview you will hear advice on how to start in that person career.
Make sure you stay tuned to The Big Scoop with Coop. You can find many of my episodes from past to current season right here on this website under the episode tab and if you want a full line up you can also visit these sites for my past and current season shows at Blog Talk Radio, FaceBook, ITunes, Myspace, YouTube, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Blubrry, double Twist, Google, and more. Make sure you click like or subscribe buttons to any site(s) or station(s) that my show is located at so you can stay up to date for all of my guest and upcoming events with The Big Scoop with Coop.- Ty Thomas Reed was born in 1992 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Brooklyn Rules (2007) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
- Producer
Matt Reilly was born on 22 February 1980 in Rocky Point, New York, USA. Matt is a producer, known for Awaken (2018), Living in the Age of Airplanes (2015) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).- Jack Wilson was born on 30 August 1917 in Rocky Station, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Outer Limits (1963), Chantons quand même (1940) and Space Patrol (1950). He died on 18 December 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Michael F. Easley was born on 23 March 1950 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He has been married to Mary Easley since 1980. They have one child.
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- Actor
- Producer
Allan Gurganus was born on 11 June 1947 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994), The Price of Heaven (1997) and Bright Leaves (2003).- Chris Hovan was born on 12 May 1978 in Rocky River, Ohio, USA.
- Additional Crew
Dr. Paul Gebhard joined Alfred Kinsey's research team at Indiana University in 1946. He was a co-author of the 1953 bestselling research book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, which revealed sexual experiences of women in mid-century America. A Harvard-trained anthropologist, he conducted interviews and also devised the classification scheme for the Institute's extensive collection of photographs.
Following the death of Alfred Kinsey in 1956, Paul served as the second director of the Institute and continued in this position until 1982. Under his leadership, the institute staff continued to conduct interviews and analyze data. Notable books include Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion in 1958 and Sex Offenders: An Analysis of Types in 1965.
During his tenure, the Kinsey Institute researchers continued ground-breaking research on homosexuality, sexual deviance, erotic art around the world, and the social structure of sexuality, among other topics.
In 1979, Gebhard and Alan Johnson published The Kinsey Data: Marginal tabulations of the 1938-1963 interviews conducted by The Institute for Sex Research. The primary purpose was to encourage secondary analysis and facilitate new approaches and ideas. The original Kinsey data continues to be analyzed and compared with new approaches by contemporary researchers.- Bill Murray was born on 9 September 1908 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Carolyn Kirby. He died on 29 March 1986 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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- Producer
- Editorial Department
George E. Swink was born on 2 May 1922 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), When Time Ran Out... (1980) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on 22 August 2003 in Mission Viejo, California, USA.- Actor
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- Editor
Phil Valentine was an award-winning syndicated talk radio host known for his movie, An Inconsistent Truth. He also appeared in Atlas Shrugged 3 and The Secret Handshake. Valentine started his acting career in A Letter From Death Row, starring rock group Poison's front man, Bret Michaels, along with Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen.
In 2012, An Inconsistent Truth, which Valentine wrote, produced and hosted, was released in theaters. An Inconsistent Truth won three film festival awards, including Best Documentary from the Nevada Film Festival. It was the top-grossing movie per screen in the country its first two weeks in theaters, and was the 20th top-grossing nature documentary of all time.
His radio show, The Phil Valentine Show, was the recipient of 18 AIR awards and three prestigious New York Festivals awards including the Gold World Medal for Best Talk Show Host. Valentine was the author of three books including The Conservative's Handbook.
Valentine lived with his wife and three sons on their farm just outside of Nashville. He died in August 2021 of COVID-19. He was 61.- Sound Department
Pete D'Addeo was born on 6 August 1983 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. He is known for The Unidentified (2008).- Kyle Marshall was born on 11 July 1983 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for Madam Reaper (2021) and Putting It Together (2018).
- Jim Clack was born on 26 October 1947 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He died on 7 April 2006 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
- Buck Williams is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. He was well known for his rebounding ability and trademark goggles.
Williams, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, ranks 15th all-time in NBA career rebounds. His 17-year NBA career was highlighted by three All-Star Game appearances, a Rookie of the Year award, an All-Rookie team selection, an All-NBA second team selection and four selections to the first and second NBA All-Defensive teams. Buck Williams led the Nets in rebounding for most of the 1980s and as of the beginning of 2017, he remains the Nets' all-time leader in total rebounds (7,576), games played (635), minutes played (23,100), rebounds per game (11.9), and free throws made (2,476).
Williams served as the president of the NBA Players Association from 1994 to 1997.
In July 2010, Williams was hired by Nate McMillan as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. - Additional Crew
Lauren Bailey was born on 2 July 1985 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. Lauren is known for Hounddog (2007).- Actor
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Jermare Harrison was born on 20 December 1998 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Starlight (2021).- Editorial Department
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Bryan Cantrall was born on 13 December 1974 in Rocky River, Ohio, USA. He is an editor, known for Fool's Gold (2008), The Expendables (2010) and War (2007).- Actor
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Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Joe is the youngest of 4 children. His dad moved the family to Portsmouth, Virginia when Joe was 12. Joe attended Manor High School where he got his start in the performing arts. He loved singing in the mixed chorus and for the Manor Singers. He loved acting and has performed in several musicals and plays. Joe went on to attend Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina and then transferred to Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Since college, he has continued to be active in his community doing church plays and musicals. He has performed back-up vocals for several Christian artists. He married in 1992 and has one child.
Joe continues to perform in front of the camera doing film and television. He also sings in his church choir as well as does solo work.