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Timothy Omundson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on July 29, 1969, the youngest of four children. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, where his family moved when he was one. His father is a former railroad man and his mother was a teacher. Tim started to study theatre at the age of 12 at the Seattle Children's Theater, and interned at theaters throughout high school. With acting as his main focus, he spent the summer of his junior year in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and he was a Washington State Debate Champion in Dramatic Interpretation for two years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from USC and received the Jack Nicholson Award and the James A. Doolittle Award for outstanding achievements in acting. Shortly after graduation, he got his first professional job as a guest shot on Seinfeld (1989). Next was the recurring role of Dr. Joshua Levin on SeaQuest 2032 (1993). Tim lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife, Allison, and their dogs, Betty and Sally.- Katherine Elizabeth Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Shelley Fawn (Davis), a state tennis champion from Texas, and Jefferson Matthew Upton, a high school athletics director. Her uncle is Michigan congressman Fred Upton. Upton always knew she wanted to be a model. Since signing with IMG Models in 2010, Kate has taken the world by storm. For the past two years, Kate has graced the cover of the legendary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, which has led to an onslaught of media buzz about the 21-year-old. Kate's stardom was elevated to an even higher level with her June 2013 American Vogue cover shot by Mario Testino, whose byline proclaims "American Dream Girl: How Kate Upton Became the Hottest Supermodel on Earth." She has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Show, The Late Show, Saturday Night Live, The Dan Patrick Show, and Le Grand Journal, and continues to be one of the most searched-for names on Google.
Beyond Sports Illustrated, Kate has been featured on the covers of Vogue Italia, British Vogue, CR Fashion Book, Cosmopolitan, French ELLE, GQ, Italian GQ, German GQ, Jalouse, Sunday Times Style, Esquire, The Daily, and Muse Magazine. She has appeared in fashion editorials for American Vogue, Vogue Spain, V Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and Russian Interview, and has worked with photographers such as Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Terry Richardson, Alasdair McLellan, Bruce Weber, Sebastian Kim, Guy Aroch, Matt Jones, Miguel Reveriego, Norman Jean Roy, Josh Olins, Gilles Bensimon, Yu Tsai, Sebastian Faena, Walter Iooss, Ellen von Unwerth, and Stewart Shining. A favorite of high-fashion notables such as Stephen Gan, Tonne Goodman, Carlyne Cerf, Carine Roitfeld, and Katie Grand, Kate was also shot for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" Exhibition Catalogue in 2012. Models.com exclaims, "The sexy market just got a little more competitive thanks to the meteoric rise of Kate Upton. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition was a major coup, but the momentum keeps building with cover after cover. We can't remember the last time a newbie made such a splash!"
Kate's YouTube video of her dancing to Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" last year was the number one watched video on Twitter and Google for multiple weeks. She has an enterprising reputation for creating viral hits, and the clip has over 8 million views.
Known for her vivacious personality and incredible physique, Kate has been the face for Sam Edelman, Accessorize, Guess Lingerie, Guess Jeans, Guess Accessories, Liverpool, Dylan George, and Dooney & Burke. She has also worked with Gillette, Skullcandy Headphones and Beach Bunny Swimwear, even designing a Beach Bunny Swimwear collection herself. She has starred in commercials for Mercedes-Benz, Carl's Junior and Sobe, and starred in The Other Woman (2014), by director Nick Cassavetes.
Kate resides in New York City. Kate is a five-time world champion equestrian, and she enjoys hanging out at the barn, horseback riding, and is an avid sportsfan. - Actor
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Voice actor and former stand-up comic Roger Craig Smith is a man of a thousand voices. In just one animation production alone, Roger voiced more than 170 characters for the Emmy award-winning Cartoon Network series Regular Show. He's the titular character "Mouse", as well as "Moose" for Amazon Prime's Emmy-nominated children's series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. For Netflix, Roger voices "Brock", "Mayor Fowler", "Cousin Ashley" and many more on Dreamworks' hit series from Tony Hale, Archibald's Next Big Thing. Also on Netflix, Roger voices "Pinkeye", "Bobby", and "Billy" in Dreamworks Animation's Harvey Girls Forever. On Cartoon Network, he voices "Sonic the Hedgehog" in Sonic Boom, "Hawkodile" and "Richard" for WB/LEGO's Unikitty!, "Diamondhead", "Forever Knight" and "Steam Smythe" on Ben-10, "Percy" and "Belson" in Clarence, "Bob" and "Schedulebot" in Powerpuff Girls. On Disney XD's NAACP Image Award-nominated Avengers: Black Panther's Quest, Roger has been voicing legendary superhero "Captain America" since 2012. He voices "Batman" in in the DC/WB film Superman: Red Son, as well as in the trilogy Batman Unlimited. His impact in the genre of anime includes voicing "Batman" in WB's feature film Batman Ninja, the maniacal "Deidara" in Naruto and "Shinji Hirako" in Bleach. Roger voiced "Sonic the Hedgehog" in Disney's blockbuster features Wreck-It Ralph and Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet and was called on by Disney in 2013 to voice lead villain "Ripslinger" in Disney's hit feature Planes.
Roger's legacy as an actor in video games is extensive. Voice of gaming icon "Ezio Auditore da Firenze" from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, with more than 28 million copies sold worldwide. He's the voice of the charming Legend "Mirage" in Respawn's record-setting Apex Legends, with over 70 million players in 2019 alone. WB chose Roger to voice the legendary "Batman" in WB's Batman: Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins: Blackgate. Roger has been voicing "Sonic the Hedgehog" for SEGA since 2010 and earned early gaming fandom when he voiced "Chris Redfield" in the Resident Evil series of games.
Roger is the announcer/narrator for NBC's smash hit World of Dance, averaging millions of viewers each episode. He's narrated more than 1,000 episodes of other shows, including TLC's longest-running prime-time series Say Yes to the Dress and DIY Network's Crashers series. He's voiced multiple promo campaigns for major networks and is the imaging/promo voice for the world-famous KROQ 106.7FM in Los Angeles. Multiple national retail campaigns continue to utilize Roger to enhance their message to consumers across all mediums.
An average day begins with sessions from his home studio at 7am for national retail clients, heading into LA from 9am-6pm for animation/game sessions, then back to his home studio for more promo/narration sessions in the evening.
Raised in SoCal and voted "Class Clown" in 8th grade, he focused his creativity toward training in musical theater. He spoke at both his 8th and 12th grade graduations, was elected freshman class president in high school, and hosted a live local TV talk show while earning his B.A. in Screenwriting from Chapman University...all while pursuing a career in stand-up comedy. After working as a comic for 5 years, he left stand-up to pursue voice acting full-time in 2005.
Knowing he's got fans of all ages on social media, Roger keeps his posts apolitical and family-friendly. An avid supporter of CHOC (Chidlren's Hospital Orange County), he frequently visits the hospital to meet with patients. He's currently learning ASL (American Sign Language) and enjoys getting outdoors as often as possible to pursue his passion for nature, hiking/mountain biking, and nightscape/astrophotography, which he shares regularly with his followers on Instagram and Twitter. (@rogercraigsmith).- Actor
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Sean Giambrone portrays youngest son "Adam Goldberg" on ABC's comedy series, The Goldbergs (2013), the younger version of the show's creator, Adam F. Goldberg. He can also be seen in the co-lead role as "Ron Stoppable" in Disney's new live-action Kim Possible (2019) movie. Giambrone is an accomplished voice-over with appearances in The Emoji Movie (2017), as well as Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019). Giambrone is also a series regular on Cartoon Network's Clarence (2013) and Hulu's Solar Opposites (2020), and makes regular appearances on Disney's Big Hero 6: The Series (2017).
Giambrone began his acting career at the age of 9 and starred in various television commercials, including those for "McDonald's" and "Friendly's" Restaurants. He gained particular attention in the nationwide campaign for "Sea World", even making an appearance in a spoof on "The Tonight Show", and also appeared as "Afro Boy" in the film, I Heart Shakey (2012).
Born in St. Joseph, Michigan, and raised in the Chicago area suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. Giambrone is a big fan of the Michigan Wolverines. He loves working on his artwork and playing either soccer or basketball. He loves films and enjoys watching his favorite actors, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr. and the late Heath Ledger. Giambrone has moved to Los Angeles with his parents, Vonda and David, as well as older brother, Luke.- Actress
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Jane Wyman was born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917, in St. Joseph, Missouri (she was also known later as Sarah Jane Fulks). When she was only eight years old, and after her parents filed for divorce, she lost her father prematurely. After graduating high school she attempted, with the help of her mother, to break into films, but to no avail. In 1935, after attending the University of Missouri, she began a career as a radio singer, which led to her first name change to Jane Durrell. In 1936 she signed a contract with Warner Bros. Pictures and that led to another name change, the more familiar one of Jane Wyman. Under that name she appeared in "A" and "B" pictures at Warners, including two with her future husband, Ronald Reagan: Brother Rat (1938) and its sequel, Brother Rat and a Baby (1940). In the early 1940s she moved into comedies and melodramas and gained attention for her role as Ray Milland's long-suffering girlfriend in The Lost Weekend (1945). The following year she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Ma Baxter in The Yearling (1946), and won the coveted prize in 1949 as deaf-mute rape victim Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda (1948). She followed that with a number of appearances in more prestigious films, such as Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950), Frank Capra's Here Comes the Groom (1951), Michael Curtiz's The Story of Will Rogers (1952) and the first movie version of The Glass Menagerie (1950). She starred opposite Bing Crosby in the musical Just for You (1952). She was Oscar-nominated for her performances in The Blue Veil (1951) and Magnificent Obsession (1954). She also starred in the immensely popular So Big (1953), Lucy Gallant (1955), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Miracle in the Rain (1956). In addition to her extensive film career, she hosted TV's Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955) and starred in most of the episodes of the show, which ran for three seasons. She came back to the big screen in Holiday for Lovers (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and her final film, How to Commit Marriage (1969). Although off the big screen, she became a presence on the small screen and starred in two made-for-TV movies, including The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979). In early 1981, in the 49th year of her career, she won the role of conniving matriarch Angela Channing Erikson Stavros Agretti in the movie "The Vintage Years", which was the unaired pilot for the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest (1981), later in the year. For nine seasons she played that character in a way that virtually no other actress could have done, and became the moral center of the show. The show was a ratings winner from its debut in 1981, and made stars out of her fellow cast members Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, Abby Dalton and Susan Sullivan. At the end of the first season the story line had her being informed that her evil son, played by David Selby, had inherited 50% of a California newspaper company, and the conflicts inherent in that situation led to even bigger ratings over the next five years. Wyman was nominated six times for a Soap Opera Digest Award, and in 1984 she won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series Drama. By the show's eighth season, however, she was emotionally drained and the strain of constantly working to keep up the quality of a hit show took its toll on her. In addition, there was friction on the set among cast members. All of these events culminated in her departure from the show after the first two episodes of the ninth season (her character was hospitalized and slipped into a coma) for health reasons. After a period of recuperation, she believed that she had recovered enough to guest-star in the last three episodes of the season (her doctor disagreed, but she did it anyway). She then guest-starred as Jane Seymour's mother on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) and three years later appeared in Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995). In the late 1990s she purchased a home in Rancho Mirage, California, where she lived in retirement. Her daughter, Maureen Reagan (who died in August 2001), was a writer who also involved herself in political issues and organized a powerful foundation. Also, she placed her 3200-sq.-ft. Rancho Mirage condominium on the market. Jane Wyman died at the age of 90, at her Palm Springs, California home, on September 10, 2007, having long suffered from arthritis and diabetes. It was reported that Wyman died in her sleep of natural causes at the Rancho Mirage Country Club.- Music Artist
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Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Marshall attended Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, 1986-1989.
Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence. At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M&M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row, he quit school, but has remarked that he does not consider himself stupid and does not advise that people should follow his example. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott.
Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash prize which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo.
Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album. Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Eminem made a movie, 8 Mile (2002). Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall has explained his life in one word: "Claimer".- Actress
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Reedy and regal actress Ruth Warrick will be remembered for two names and two names alone. In films, she will indelibly be referred to as the castoff first "Mrs. Citizen Kane," and on TV she will forever be synonymous with her character of Phoebe Tyler Wallingford, the obnoxiously wealthy, viper-tongued, manipulative and meddlesome Pine Valley grande dame who held court for 35 years until her death in 2005.
Born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1915, Ruth moved to Kansas City while in high school and later studied at the University of Kansas City. An essay contest winner, a resulting promotional tour brought her to New York where her interest in acting was increasingly piqued. Stage-trained in New York, she appeared in such plays as "Bury the Dead" (1933) and was a radio singer at one point. She met her first husband during one her many broadcasts. This in turn led her to Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater, and the rest is history. In 1941 Welles escorted her and his company of members to Hollywood...and major stardom.
Exclusively chosen by Welles to make her ladylike debut as Emily Norton Kane in what most consider the greatest American film of all time, she followed Citizen Kane (1941) with nearly two dozen films, most of which were "B" melodramas and rugged adventures. She could play the altruistic wife with stoic ease but enjoyed more enthusiastic notices when controlling, tightly-wound or neurotic. Appearing with some of Hollywood's most illustrious male and female stars, she played a countess opposite Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Corsican Brothers (1941); co-starred with Mercury Theater compatriots Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Everett Sloane in the classic film noir Journey Into Fear (1943); and starred in several war-themed movies including Secret Command (1944) with Chester Morris, Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) with Edward G. Robinson, and China Sky (1945), with 'Randolph Scott' (I). Post-war credits tended to regress her to second lead status opposite the likes of Joan Crawford and Ingrid Bergman, yet she still managed a few top femme roles in such films as Driftwood (1947) and One Too Many (1950), the latter in which she played an alcoholic.
The focus of Ruth's career switched to the "Golden Age" of TV in the 1950s. Aside from her many live dramatic showcases, she made a lasting mark in daytime soap opera. Her tight-lipped matrons on Guiding Light (1952) and As the World Turns (1956) were only a warm-up for her once-in-a-lifetime portrayal of one of daytime's most dominant, colorful and enduring characters. Cast on All My Children (1970) from the show's inception, Phoebe Tyler became a clear and instant favorite -- the lady you relished hating. Her priggish socialite character carried strong story lines for nearly two decades until advancing age and failing health restricted her time. Her well-received (and aptly titled) autobiography "The Confessions of Phoebe Tyler" (1980) chronicled the lives of both her and her alter-ego. Prime time also made use of Ruth's sudsy-styled talent as her Emmy nomination for the role of Hannah Cord in Peyton Place (1964) will attest.
Making her Broadway debut with "Miss Lonelyhearts" in 1957, Ruth's talents also included singing and, in between on-screen assignments, enjoyed the musical stage now and then. She understudied in "Take Me Along" (1959) with Jackie Gleason and in 1973 enjoyed a successful return to Broadway with the revival of "Irene" starring Debbie Reynolds. In regional and summer theater she starred in "Dial M for Murder," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night," among others. She also toured as Anna in "The King and I" and appeared in the musicals "Pal Joey" and "Roberta."
Her life, however, was not dedicated to just on-camera pursuits. On the contrary, long active in arts-in-education programs, including programs for the disadvantaged, Ruth received the first national Arts in Education Award in 1983 from the Board of Directors of Business and Industry for Arts in Education, Inc. The award was subsequently named the Ruth Warrick Award for Arts in Education and continued to be given annually. In 1991, she received her certification as a licensed metaphysical teacher. In her senior years, she became an avid spokesperson for the rights of senior citizens as well as the disabled, and was appointed to the U.N. World Women's Committee on Mental Health.
In frail health in later years, the still feisty, five times married-and-divorced actress made occasional appearances on her beloved daytime show, even while confined to a wheelchair after a serious fall in 2001. She made her final appearance on the show in early January, 2005 to commemorate its 35th anniversary, and passed away shortly after at age 89 of complications from pneumonia.- Actress
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A sunny singer, dancer and comic actress, Betty Garrett starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement.
As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was. With his admission of Communist Party membership from 1941-1945 and refusal to name names, he made it to the Hollywood Blacklist. After the incident, Garrett and Parks worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he did win a role in John Huston's film, Freud (1962). Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.- Actor
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Benny Baker was born on 5 May 1907 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Paint Your Wagon (1969), Rose Bowl (1936) and Blonde Trouble (1937). He was married to Edith Turgell and Margery Chapin. He died on 20 September 1994 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Nicole Taylor is a Los Angeles-based actress originally from Austin, TX. She began her career as a teenager and has appeared on many television shows (Friday Night Lights, Entourage, iCarly, CSI: NY & Miami), films (Just Go With It, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and starred in over 40 national commercials (i.e. Aussie, ProActiv, Skechers, Corona, Dos Equis).
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A minor character actor who appeared in literally hundreds of films, actor Irving Bacon could always be counted on for expressing bug-eyed bewilderment or cautious frustration in small-town settings with his revolving door of friendly, servile parts - mailmen, milkmen, clerks, chauffeurs, cab drivers, bartenders, soda jerks, carnival operators, handymen and docs. Born September 6, 1893 in the heart of the Midwest (St. Joseph, Missouri), he was the son of Millar and Myrtle (Vane) Bacon. Irving first found work in silent comedy shorts at Keystone Studios usually playing older than he was and, for a time, was a utility player for Mack Sennett in such slapstick as A Favorite Fool (1915). Irving made an easy adjustment when sound entered the pictures and after appearing in the Karl Dane and George K. Arthur two-reel comedy shorts such as Knights Before Christmas (1930), began to show up in feature-length films. He played higher-ups on occasion, such as the Secretary of the Navy in Million Dollar Legs (1932), police inspector in The House of Mystery (1934), mayor in Room for One More (1952), and judge in Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958), but those were exceptions to the rule. Blending in with the town crowd was what Irving was accustomed to and, over the years, he would be glimpsed in some of Hollywood's most beloved classics such as Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), San Francisco (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and A Star Is Born (1954). Trivia nuts will fondly recall his beleaguered postman in the Blondie (1938) film series that ran over a decade.
Irving could also be spotted on popular '50s and '60s TV programs such as the westerns Laramie (1959) and Wagon Train (1957), and "comedies December Bride (1954) and The Real McCoys (1957). He can still be seen in a couple of old codger roles on I Love Lucy (1951). One was as a marriage license proprietor and the other as Vivian Vance's doting dad from Albuquerque, to whom she paid a visit on her way to Hollywood with the Ricardos. Irving died on February 5, 1965, having clocked in over 400 features.- Amy Robach was born on 6 February 1973 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Ocean's Eight (2018), Castle (2009) and Sesame Street (1969). She was previously married to Andrew Shue and Thomas Monroe McIntosh.
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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist. He signed up with CBS News in 1962 and retired in 1981. Cronkite remained active throughout retirement. He died on July 17, 2009 in New York City. He was 92 years old.- Laconic, "good ole boy" type Texan raised actor with appropriate drawl who has notched up several dozen film and TV appearances playing working class men from various backgrounds such as farmers, soldiers, bartenders etc. Best known as the country and western music fan, Bob....the owner of "Bob's Country Bunker" in the cult hit The Blues Brothers (1980), and also as the wise cracking Pvt. Cowboy in the very noisy Clint Eastwood WWII war film Kelly's Heroes (1970).
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Actress. Leggy, platinum-haired supporting player. She came to Hollywood in 1934 after some modeling experience in St. Louis, and was successively under contract to Columbia Pictures, Universal, and 20th Century-Fox. A scene-stealing comedienne and, when given the opportunity, a capable romantic lead, Kent was mostly pegged as a dumb blonde in B programmers. She is probably best remembered as the scheming office worker who gets spanked by Jean Arthur in "More Than a Secretary" (1936) and as Betty Grable's man-hungry best friend in "Pin-Up Girl" (1944). Her other films include "Carnival Queen" (1936), "Some Blondes Are Dangerous" (1937), "Strange Faces" (1938), "Million Dollar Legs" (1939), and "Stage Door Canteen" (1943). Kent's career faded quickly after Fox dropped her in 1945. Her last screen appearance was an uncredited bit in "The Babe Ruth Story" (1948).- Actress
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Karen Ziemba was born on 12 November 1957 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for The Producers (2005), Shortcut to Happiness (2003) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She has been married to Bill Tatum since 5 May 1984.- Actress
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Georgia Theodora Hale was born on June 27, 1900 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her parents were George Washington Hale and Laura Imbrie, and her two older sisters were Eugenia and Helen. Soon, her family moved to Illinois. In 1922, she won a beauty contest in Chicago and despite strong disapproval from her father, she used the award money to go to New York City to break into theater. Unsuccessful, she left New York for Hollywood. She immediately found work as a bit player in By Divine Right (1924), and she danced in the chorus of Vanity's Price (1924). Josef von Sternberg was an assistant director on both of these films, and he gave Georgia her first break came when he cast her for the film that he directed titled The Salvation Hunters (1925). It was from this picture that Charles Chaplin hired her to play the Georgia, the dance-hall girl who wins Charlie's heart, in The Gold Rush (1925). With a very successful film, Georgia became an instant celebrity and was signed by Paramount Pictures. Her big film with Paramount was The Great Gatsby (1926) where she played the role of Myrtle Wilson. But her career never went anywhere and her last silent picture would be the film The Last Moment (1928). Deemed unsuitable for talkies, she was one of the first to be released in 1931. She found solace in Christian Science. She never married and remained loyal to Chaplin, who had her on his payroll on-and-off until 1953. She ran a dance school for a while. She also wrote her two versions of her autobiography in the 1960s but couldn't find a publisher at the time. She eventually went into real estate that made her wealthy and also found a companion, who had no idea of her film career, until she gave an interview about Charlie Chaplin in the PBS documentary Unknown Chaplin (1983). He received most of her estate when she died at the age of 85 on June 17, 1985. Her second version of her autobiography, which was more detailed than her first, that she had written in the 1960s, would finally be published ten years after her death in 1995, and it's title is "Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Closeups".- Brooke Mills was a very capable and beautiful redhead actress and dancer who popped up in a handful of movies and TV shows during her regrettably short-lived career. She was born as Dolores Ann Williams on January 17, 1949 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Mills made her film debut with an uncredited bit part as a model in Live a Little, Love a Little (1968). Brooke gave an especially inspired and animated performance as pathetic whacked-out heroin addict prison inmate Harrad in Jack Hill's excellent babes-behind-bars drive-in exploitation romp The Big Doll House (1971). Her other memorable roles include the troubled Grace MacDonald in the odd horror feature Dream No Evil (1970), the crazy Leslie Dean in the sleazy Will to Die (1971), and liberated photography teacher Tracy Davis in the immensely fun The Student Teachers (1973). Moreover, Mills had guest spots on such TV shows as The F.B.I. (1965), Night Gallery (1969), Mod Squad (1968), Mission: Impossible (1966), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Barbary Coast (1975), and Police Story (1973). Alas, Mills called it a day as an actress in 1977.
- Zon Murray was born on 13 April 1910 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Rainbow Over the Rockies (1947), Captain China (1950) and Jungle Jim (1955). He was married to Dorothy J. Sands. He died on 2 February 1979 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Mary Cooper was born on 4 December 1914 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Dark Shadows (1966), Bright Victory (1951) and The Edge of Night (1956). She was married to Payne-Jennings, Victor. She died on 22 October 2008 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Raised just outside of Branson, Missouri, Shelley grew up in small town fashion. "Everyone knows everyone there." Although Branson was becoming a large part of the country music scene, there wasn't much else in the way of other entertainment avenues.
Shelley first knew she was destined to be an actor when she was 3. She would act out shows she had seen for her friends at school. By the time she graduated high school she was determined to pursue a career in acting. She enrolled in Plaza Three Academy, a performing arts school in Phoenix, AZ.
After moving to Los Angeles, she was cast in several commercials and even a few infomercials. She did some film and TV, including a role in the Lifetime TV series, "What Should You Do?".
She has also done some writing.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jason Stafford is an assistant director and producer best known for Jesus Revolution (2023), Nefarious (2023), The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli (2023), I Can Only Imagine (2018), I Still Believe (2020), Unplanned (2019), The Christmas Candle (2013), and Reagan (2024), which is set to release in theaters the spring of 2024.
I Can Only Imagine (2018) was the highest grossing independent film of 2018.
Jason got his start in the entertainment industry touring with a live-stage production before transitioning into film after 8 years of travel both domestically and internationally.- Frank M. Thomas was born on 13 July 1889 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Behind the Headlines (1937), Criminal Lawyer (1937) and The Philco Television Playhouse (1948). He was married to Mona Bruns. He died on 25 November 1989 in Tujunga, California, USA.
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Another vivacious blonde who made a tiny splash in Hollywood during the 30s was June Clyde. Her career was perhaps more substantial than that of many of her contemporaries. A talented songstress and dancer, June began on the vaudeville circuit in 1917 as an eight-year old, billed as 'Baby Tetrazini'. Though born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, she grew up in San Francisco. Her proper stage career kicked off in 1925 by being part of the chorus line in Topsy and Eva, which starred The Duncan Sisters. In 1929, she was signed by RKO. A couple of bit parts later, June was thrust into the limelight as the female lead in Tanned Legs (1929), a minor musical comedy set in high society (with songs by celebrated wit Oscar Levant). The picture did just enough to secure her next role in RKO's second A-grade musical Hit the Deck (1929). In 1932, June was voted one of the year's WAMPAS Baby Stars (along with Ginger Rogers). In between film work, June posed for fan magazines. Now freelancing, she received third-billing in a John Wayne western, Arizona (1931), made at Columbia. A worthier acting role was that of Teola Garfield in Fox's pre-code drama Tess of the Storm Country (1932), alongside the popular pairing of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Two years later, June also co-starred in Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet (1933), with Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes. That pretty much sums up the better part of her screen résumé. By the mid-30's, June was pretty much relegated to leads in second features and therefore decided to try her luck on the other side of the Atlantic, eventually alternating theatrical work between London's West End ("Lucky Break" (1934) and "The Flying Trapeze" (1935)) and Broadway (""Hooray for What!" (1937) and "Banjo Eyes" (1941). She also toured Australia in the late 1940s with "Born Yesterday" and "Annie Get Your Gun".
Though she was quoted in a 1935 interview (at Twickenham Studios) declaring that "Hollywood Is the dullest place on earth!", she nonetheless persevered there for most of the 40s, but, alas, cast in pictures for Poverty Row studios like Republic, or worse, PRC. Towards the end of her career, she made several films in England, the last of which was a minuscule role in a maudlin Joan Crawford melodrama, The Story of Esther Costello (1957). June eventually gave up acting and retired to Florida with her husband, the director Thornton Freeland. Her hobbies were said to have been riding, tennis and ping-pong.- Actress
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Amy Gaipa was born in 1970 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. She is known for Titanic (1997), Whiskey Kills the Hunger (2018) and Dirty Rhetoric.- Producer
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Sid Rogell was born on 16 January 1900 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Design for Death (1947), You May Be Next! (1936) and Murder, My Sweet (1944). He was married to June Clayworth. He died on 15 November 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Patrice Godin was born on 5 April 1968 in Lac-St-Joseph, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Manigances: Notice Rouge (2013), René Lévesque (2006) and Grande ourse (2003). He has been married to Nathalie Jobin since 2000. They have three children.
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Michael Alan Herman is a Webby-honored actor and writer best known for Head Count, The Mad Whale, and The Call of the Void Podcast. He was born and raised in St. Joesph, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Southern California with an MFA in Screenwriting. He is the winner of the Jay Roach Scholarship for excellence in screenwriting.- Goodee Montgomery was born on 28 March 1906 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Stolen Harmony (1935), Beware of Ladies (1936) and Lightnin' (1930). She was married to Frank McDonald. She died on 5 June 1978 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Jacob Hays was born on 21 August 1995 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009), Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice (2011) and Futurestates (2010).
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LeRoy Prinz started his career after running away from a boarding school. He came to France prior to WWI, where he earned his money dancing in nightclubs. After the outbreak of the war he became a pilot. He was shot down 15 times. After the war he fought as a mercenary in a civil war in Nicaragua, until US forces landed and intervened. Deciding he had pressed his luck as far as it would go, and having had his fill of fighting, he found work as a dance director on Broadway. He worked mostly for Paramount (1933-41) and Warner Bros. (1942-57). Among his best remembered works are The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) and the bizarre All-American Co-Ed (1941).- Caryl Chessman was born on 27 May 1921 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Cell 2455, Death Row (1955), Teledrama (1955) and Cela da Morte (1958). He died on 2 May 1960 in San Quentin, California, USA.
- One of the 1970s most-loved and respected TV personalities, Jack Clark was best known as host of the highly successful syndicated game shows "Dealer's Choice" (1973-75) and "Cross Wits" (1975-80). Born in St. Joseph, Missouri around 1925, he moved to California where after the service he worked at KROW in Oakland. After graduating college in 1948, he worked as a CBS staff announcer, moving to New York in 1952 and working for 20 years as announcer and substitute host on shows like "To Tell the Truth", "Password", and the original "Price Is Right", as well as hosting the short-lived "100 Grand". Late in 1973, Clark took over as host of "Dealer's Choice", and segued into his most successful series, "Cross Wits" in December of 1975. After the demise of "Cross Wits" in 1980, Clark became the announcer on the top-rated "Wheel of Fortune" until his untimely passing in 1988.
- Gary Murray was born on 31 August 1936 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Ghost Town (1956), Escape from Red Rock (1957) and Law of the Plainsman (1959).
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Coleman Hawkins was called "The father of the tenor sax". He was a pioneer in this instrument, starting his career with the blues singer Mamie Smith in 1921. In 1923 he played with Fletcher Henderson until 1934. In this orchestra he was a partner of Louis Armstrong in 1924. In the mid-thirties he went to Europe and played with many musicians, for example Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and Benny Carter. In 1939 he returned to the USA and made a classic recording of "Body and Soul". The next year he formed his own big band. He was in activity until his death in 1969, in these last years he played with a small group with the trumpet player Roy Eldridge.- Writer
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Wayne Kaatz was born on 7 October 1957 in St. Joseph, Michigan. He is a writer and actor, known for Tiny Toon Adventures (1990), The Brave Little Toaster (1987) and Pound Puppies (1985).- Additional Crew
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Brandon Galvan was born on 6 June 1977 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Brandon is an editor, known for Suicide Squad (2016), Inherent Vice (2014) and Bright (2017).- Actor
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John Pringle was born on 13 July 1865 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and art director, known for Clothes Make the Pirate (1925), Black Lightning (1924) and Travelin' Fast (1924). He was married to Ada Adair Apperly. He died on 12 August 1929 in San Diego, California, USA.- Fred Upton was born on 23 April 1953 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. He is married to Amey Richmond Rulon-Miller. They have two children.
- Rocky Rockwell was born on 2 March 1923 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was married to Pauline. He died on 14 December 2013 in Sun City, Arizona, USA.
- Flamboyant televangelist Paul Crouch first gained notoriety as the founder of the "Trinity Broadcasting Network" (TBN), an evangelical/charismatic Christian television network, on which he and his wife, Jan Crouch, had their own religious (but very controversial among conservative evangelicals) talk show called Praise (1973). In 1999, Crouch came under much criticism for his network's relentless promotion of the film, The Omega Code (1999), which involved having members of the film's cast and its producers and director making appearances on several of the network's religious talk shows, promoting the film as one that "Christian families" should see as an alternative to the "sexually explicit, violent and Godless" films coming out of Hollywood, and claiming that it was a "huge box office hit" (it wasn't); what Crouch didn't tell his audience was that he was in fact an executive producer of the film, his organization financed it and he stood to make quite a bit of money if the film became a hit (it didn't). After the Crouch organization's connection with the film became public knowledge (and after many letters from outraged viewers), he admitted his role in the film's production on subsequent promotional efforts that were run on his network.
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Norbert Brodine was born on 16 December 1896 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Loretta Young Show (1953), Merrily We Live (1938) and The Frogmen (1951). He was married to Catherine Ferguson. He died on 28 February 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Deborah R. Nelson was born on 6 January 1955 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States.
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Beulah Poynter was born on 6 June 1886 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Lena Rivers (1914), The Little Girl That He Forgot (1915) and The Miracle of Money (1920). She was married to George Leffler (producer), John Bowers and Burton S. Nixon (actor and manager). She died on 13 August 1960 in Manhasset, New York, USA.- Actor
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Steve Walsh was born on 15 June 1951 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for The Suicide Squad (2021), James at 16 (1977) and I Go Pogo (1980).- Mona Malden was born on 9 May 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Mona was married to Karl Malden. Mona died on 13 July 2019 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Fred Lau was born on 29 July 1897 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Fred is known for West Side Story (1961), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and The Apartment (1960). Fred died on 18 January 1971 in Orange, California, USA.- Writer
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Michael K. Anderson was born on 15 May 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Earthfall, The Wonder Show (2013) and Polka Trip (1999).- Sound Department
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Joel Moss was born on 26 October 1904 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Mannix (1967) and Captain Scarface (1953). He died on 13 November 1989 in Orange, California, USA.- Composer
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Composer ("Carol of the Drum" ["Little Drummer Boy"]), author and teacher, educated at Wellesley College and a student of Stuart Mason and Nadia Boulanger. She taught at Wellesley and in private schools in Philadelphia and Concord, and was a freelance editor and arranger from 1910. She joined ASCAP in 1941.