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- He first made a name for himself in the late 1970s and early 1980s, performing several shows of raunchy comedy a day at outdoor parks in New York City, most notably in Washington Square Park, where he competed for crowds with musicians, Frisbees players, jugglers and other entertainers. Charlie was one of the only street performers able to 'fill the fountain' (an amphitheater in a large circular fountain) in Washington Square Park. In September 1980, Barnett auditioned for Saturday Night Live and producer Jean Doumanian was ready to hire him, but after a last-minute audition, Barnett's spot in the cast was given to Eddie Murphy.
Barnett's last film role was in 1996 in the film 'They Bite'. He died that year of AIDS. He contracted HIV through heroin abuse.
Comedian Dave Chappelle has acknowledged Barnett as an influence. - Actor
- Additional Crew
Prolific character actor Ralph Dunn was born in Titusville, PA, in 1902. He attended college for a while, but dropped out to join a traveling vaudeville troupe, and performed in minstrel shows and melodramas until 1935, when he headed to Hollywood, but not for the usual reasons vaudevillians made that trip--his parents lived there and his father was in poor health, so he went to help his mother take care of him. In order to make some money he signed up with Central Casting, where his stocky tough-guy look secured him a succession of jobs as cops, thugs, bouncers, bartenders, fight managers, and the like.
His Hollywood career lasted more than 30 years, during which time he kept his hand in stage work. He appeared in the 1951 Broadway production of "The Moon Is Blue" and played the pajama factory owner in the Broadway classic "The Pajama Game", a role he repeated when it was made into a film in 1957. He had more than 300 credits to his name, including television work. His last film role was as a priest in Black Like Me (1964), and his final appearance was in an episode of the series N.Y.P.D. (1967).
He died in Flushing, NY, in 1968.- Tom Gorman was born on 21 April 1907 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and The Plainclothesman (1949). He was married to Madeleine Hooley. He died on 2 October 1971 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Jerome Collamore was born on 25 September 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie (1982), Arthur (1981) and Five Corners (1987). He died on 18 July 1987 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Terry Carroll was born on 29 October 1900 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Before Morning (1933), The Love Kiss (1930) and Personal Maid (1931). She died in June 1985 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Bruno Wick was born on 2 May 1892 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for The House on 92nd Street (1945), Walk East on Beacon! (1952) and Rocky King, Detective (1950). He died in November 1979 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Joe Morrison was born on 19 November 1904 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Love in Bloom (1935), It's a Great Life (1935) and Home on the Range (1935). He died in March 1972 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Katherine Lee was born on 6 February 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Bludgeon (1915), A Daughter of the Gods (1916) and The Ragged Princess (1916). She was married to Ray Miller. She died on 22 October 1968 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Paul Florenz was born on 18 August 1906 in New York, New York, USA. He is known for The Mild West (1933), Picture Palace (1934) and Kissing Time (1933). He died in September 1972 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Jock McGraw was born on 13 April 1890 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Suspense (1949), Starlight Theatre (1950) and The Philco Television Playhouse (1948). He died in July 1971 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Marie La Manna was born on 6 August 1895. She was an actress, known for A Chip of the Old Block (1915), Fantasma (1914) and The Slavey Student (1915). She was married to Horace G. Plympton. She died on 6 August 1988 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Larry Smith was born on 11 June 1951 in St. Albans, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Psych (2006), Mad for It (1998) and Doug, Mitch, and the Ironclad Argument (2006). He died on 18 December 2014 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Dan Morgan was born on 18 December 1906 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Charly (1968). He died on 4 March 1975 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Walter Lure was born on 22 April 1949 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for CBGB (2013), The Offenders (1980) and End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003). He died on 22 August 2020 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Alexander Asro was born on 10 February 1888 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Room Service (1938) and Bashful Ballerina (1937). He was married to Sonia Asro. He died in January 1963 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Jason Holliday was born on 8 June 1924 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He died on 15 June 1998 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), composer and pianist. He toured in vaudeville in Australia, and served in the US Army during World War I, then was a pianist for music-publishing firms and accompanied vaudeville singers. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborator was Irving Fields, and his other popular-song compositions include "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss", "My Sweetie Went Away", "I Can't Get the One I Want", "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston", "What Good Would It Do?", "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?", "No Nothing", "Me and the Moon", "Was It Rain?", "Don't Ever Change", "Baby Me", "Blue", and "Puddin' Head Jones".- Art Department
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Leo H. Braun was born on 19 September 1890 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. Leo H. was a writer, known for The Sea Lion (1921), The Leopard Woman (1920) and The Jailbird (1920). Leo H. died on 12 November 1954 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Cyril Scott was born on 9 February 1866 in Bambridge, County Down, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Arizona (1913), Not Guilty (1915) and The Lords of High Decision (1916). He was married to Louise J. Eissing. He died on 16 August 1945 in Flushing, New York, USA.- David Kurlan was born on 25 January 1909 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Joe Louis Story (1953), Kraft Theatre (1947) and The Knife Thrower (1951). He died in August 1983 in Flushing, Queens, New York, USA.
- Red Foley was born on 26 December 1928 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 14 July 2008 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Animation Department
- Director
- Writer
Leon Searle was born on 28 October 1881 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Monty and the Missionary (1915), Mile-a-Minute Monty (1915) and Mile-a-Minute Monty (1916). He was married to Victoria F.. He died on 27 January 1919 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Maurice Sigler was born on 30 November 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Sailing Along (1938), Marie Galante (1934) and This'll Make You Whistle (1936). He died on 6 February 1961 in Flushing, New York, USA.- Larry Seymour was born on 8 November 1917 in Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Swing! (1938) and Underworld (1937). He died on 18 September 1989 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Ruth Jeffries was born on 19 September 1917. She was a writer, known for Invisible Avenger (1958). She was married to Emanuel H. Demby. She died on 15 July 1995 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Maurice Krohner was an actor, known for Overture to Glory (1940), The Yiddish King Lear (1935) and Motel the Operator (1940). He died on 29 May 1964 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Frank D. O'Connor was born on 20 December 1909 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for The Wrong Man (1956). He died on 2 December 1992 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Richard F. Outcault was born on 14 January 1863 in Lancaster, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Buster and His Dog: The Instructions (1904), Buster and His Dog: Buster, Quiet! (1904) and Buster and His Dog: Be a Good Boy (1904). He was married to Mary Jane Martin. He died on 25 September 1928 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Kenneth M. Ellis was born on 6 October 1891 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Kenneth M. was a writer, known for The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932). Kenneth M. was married to Gertrude Wallace. Kenneth M. died on 12 February 1950 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Joen Arliss was born on 14 October 1916 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Naked City (1958). She died on 2 January 2008 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Emanuel Demby was born on 12 December 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Invisible Avenger (1958). He was married to Ruth Jeffries. He died on 26 March 1995 in Flushing, Queens, New York, USA.
- Arthur Barry was born in 1866 in Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Room and Board (1921) and Mumsie (1927). He was married to Grace C. ?. He died on 21 December 1938 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
Edwin E. Ludig was born on 9 August 1887 in the USA. He was a composer, known for The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939), Jon Boschen's Classic Industrial Film Showcase (2014) and Your Town: A Story of America (1940). He died in February 1970 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Monty Banks Jr. was born on 1 January 1920 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951), The Clock (1949) and Martin Kane (1949). He was married to Erma. He died on 13 March 2002 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Jack Abel was born on 15 July 1927 in Manhattan, New York, USA. Jack died on 6 March 1996 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Leon Hollis Caverly is believed to be the first cinematographer sent overseas to film combat in France, Belgium and Germany during World War I.
Caverly was born in Dover, New Hampshire, to John W. and Elnora Mary Caverly. His father was a paper hanger. Young Caverly worked as a cameraman for motion pictures and later a newsreel photographer for Gaumont Film Company and Mutual Weekly.
In Hollywood he was a cameraman for Fox Film Corporation and Universal Studios. At Universal he assisted cinematographer Andre Barlatier in filming "Neptune's Daughter" (1914). At Mutual Weekly, he covered news events in South America.
On May 9, 1909, he married Mary E. Shaw in Boston, Massachusetts, at the People's Temple Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a daughter, but Mary died in 1918 during the flu pandemic while Caverly was overseas in France.
Short and stout - he only stood 5 feet, 4.5 inches tall - Caverly appeared to be an unlikely candidate for combat duty. Yet he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 30, 1917. By the end of 1917, he was given the designation of "official photographer" for the AEF and left New York for France on June 14, 1918, to become the first cinematographer for the American Expeditionary Forces. He was attached to the Fifth Division of the Marines as a quartermaster sergeant. His early work in the trenches resulted in the documentary "America's Answer to the Huns." It is unknown whether a print survives. During this period, his personal assistant was killed and he witnessed other cameramen sustain serious wounds photographing the war.
Toward the end of the war he was promoted to second lieutenant. He continued working in Europe following the Armistice, shooting film of Russian POW camps and rioting in Berlin. During this period he was attached to the AEF headquarters in Paris with the Second Division. He left Europe in September 1919 with the Marines to shoot documentary films in Cuba and Haiti. He also served a stint with the Marine Corps' Recruiting Publicity Bureau in New York City.
In 1920 he was discharged from the Marine Corps and became a still photographer for E.M. Newman, who produced "Newman Traveltalks" and resulted in such books as "Seeing Paris" in 1931. The book contained more than 300 of Caverly's photographs.
On Sept. 20, 1925, he married Grace V. Kopp and nine years later the couple had one daughter, Lynn Gail Caverly. Following the stock market crash of 1929, Caverly suffered severe financial losses and took a job in New York City as a photostat operator for a printing company. He remained on the job until his retirement in 1956.
He died on Dec. 12, 1966, in Flushing, Queens, New York, and buried at the Long Island National Cemetery.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Actor, songwriter ("Cast Away on an Island of Love"), "composer and author, educated in public schools and then a performer in minstrel shows, carnivals, burlesque and vaudeville. He was frequently called upon to write special material. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his other popular-song compositions include "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" and "Tell 'Em About Me When You Reach Tennessee".- Mlle. Ottowa was born on 23 August 1897 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was an actress, known for The Woman, the Lion and the Man (1915), The Rajah's Sacrifice (1915) and M.T. Dome's Awful Night (1916). She was married to Paul Ingolio. She died in October 1985 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- George S. Dougherty was born on 5 April 1865 in Cressona, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 16 July 1931 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Alice Yorke was born in 1886. She was an actress, known for The Chocolate Soldier (1914). She died on 22 October 1938 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Rusty Rastelli was born on 31 January 1918 in Maspeth, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Irene McKee and Concetta Pietrafesa. He died on 24 June 1991 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
Henry Herbert was born on 17 March 1878 in London, England, UK. He was an actor. He was married to Gladys Rosalie Vanderzee. He died on 20 February 1947 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA.- Baby faced and petite, Madeline Belt was a well-known dancer in Broadway shows, floor shows at such places as the Cotton Club, the Apollo Theatre and the West End Theater, all in Harlem, and on the vaudeville circuit from about 1922 to the late 1940s. Her mother's second husband was the famous band leader James Reese Europe. Madeline was a native of Baltimore, and grew up in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Harlem before going on the stage. She appeared in many shows including "Plantation Days" (1925) with Florence Mills and "Hot Rhythm" (1930) with her second husband, tap dancer Eddie Rector as master of ceremonies and a cast including comedian Pigmeat Markham with songs by Porter Grainger and Eubie Blake.
- Frederick Bock was born in 1846 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Port of Missing Men (1914). He was married to Jessaline Rogers. He died on 12 January 1916 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Rudy Wiedoeft was born on 3 January 1893 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Caretaker (2016), Darn Tootin (1931) and Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 (1932). He was married to Mary Murphy. He died on 18 February 1940 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA.- Neil Postman was born on 8 March 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Shelley Ross. He died on 5 October 2003 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Sound Department
Terry Ross was born on 14 July 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. Terry is known for Dark Shadows (1966), Ryan's Hope (1975) and Sesame Street (1969). Terry died on 18 August 1997 in Flushing, New York, USA.