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Recently Added
- June Allyson - the perfect wife for movie stars and American GIs.
- Robert Sterling - actor who couldn't top "Topper."
- Chris Penn - baby-faced criminal Eddie Cabot in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs."
Actors & Actresses
- Jonathan Adams - "Rocky Horror" star.
- June Allyson - the perfect wife for movie stars and American GIs.
- Keith Andes - a second leading man.
- Anne Bancroft - played Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate."
- Alan Barry - British character actor.
- Lady Mills (Mary Hayley Bell) - actress, writer, wife.
- John Bennett - British character actor.
- Mahipal Bhandari - Bollywood actor.
- Michael Billington - appeared in "UFO" and auditioned for the role of James Bond more times than any other actor.
- Ed Bishop - appeared in "UFO" and several James Bond films.
- Thomas Ross Bond - "Butch" in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series.
- Jocelyn Brando - Marlon's sister.
- Richard Bright - Al Neri in "The Godfather" trilogy.
- Phil Brown - Owen Lars in "Star Wars."
- Argentina Brunetti - Mrs. Martini in "It's A Wonderful Life."
- Eddie Bunker - played Mr. Blue, wrote books and screenplays, and was the youngest inmate ever sent to San Quentin.
- Imogen Claire - "Rocky Horror" star.
- Robert Clarke - B-movie star.
- Jack Colvin - character actor "The Incredible Hulk."
- Constance Cummings - American who had her greatest success in Britain.
- Winifred Dangerfield - one of Britain's earliest child film stars.
- Bill Dearth - character actor.
- James Doohan - actor, chief engineer.
- Sunil Dutt - Bollywood actor and Indian government minister.
- Richard Eastham - character actor.
- Jason Evers - character actor, "The Brain That Wouldn't Die."
- John Fiedler - best known as voice of Piglet.
- Geraldine Fitzgerald - won Best Supporting Actress nomination for "Wuthering Heights" but was then let fall through Hollywood's cracks.
- Suzanne Flon - worked with Welles, Huston and other greats.
- Cay Forrester - actress and writer.
- Anthony Franciosa - "A Face in the Crowd," "The Long, Hot Summer."
- Gemini Ganesan - Tamil actor.
- June Haver - the "pocket Grable."
- John Hollis - Lobot, Lando Calrissian's silent aide in "Star Wars."
- William Hootkins - Jek Porkins aka Red Six in "Star Wars."
- Ruth Hussey - fourth on the bill in "Northwest Passage" and "The Philadelphia Story."
- David Kossoff - actor, "The Mouse That Roared" and "The Mouse On The Moon."
- Jack Kosslyn - character actor, drama coach and casting director.
- Frances Langford - played herself in 1954's "The Glenn Miller Story."
- Marc Lawrence - the best hood in film.
- Gordon Lee - "Porky" in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series.
- June MacCloy - Marx Brothers favourite.
- Alex McAvoy - played Teacher in "Pink Floyd's The Wall."
- Lon McCallister - vowed to retire before age 30.
- Sir John Mills - the face of British cinema.
- Brigitte Mira - actress who primarily worked for German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
- Martha Montgomery - Goldwyn Girl.
- Pat Morita - played Mr. Miyagi in the "Karate Kid" movies.
- Howard Morris - character and voice actor, film and TV director.
- Sheree North - 20th Century Fox's back-up plan.
- Cicely Paget-Bowman - British character actress.
- Chris Penn - baby-faced criminal Eddie Cabot in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs."
- Brock Peters - played the wrongfully-accused rapist in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
- Louis Pitoscia - a pro-wrestler and screen heavy.
- Ford Rainey - usually cast as presidents, judges and other authority figures.
- Ron Randell - character actor.
- Maria Schell - renowned German actress who chose obscurity.
- Vincent Schiavelli - droopy-eyed character actor.
- Margaretta Scott - last surviving signatory on the document that created Equity, the British actors' union, and one of television's earliest performers.
- Michael Sheard - Admiral Ozzel in "The Empire Strikes Back."
- Lane Smith - prosecutor in "My Cousin Vinny."
- Robert Sterling - actor who couldn't top "Topper."
- Harold Stone - veteran character actor.
- Lorna Thayer - held Jack Nicholson's chicken in "Five Easy Pieces."
- Jimmy Thompson - British actor who was once successfully sued by Liberace for suggesting the pianist was a homosexual.
- Geoffrey Toone - British character actor.
- Kay Tremblay - Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea.
- George D. Wallace - Commando Cody, Sky Marshall of the Universe.
- Kay Walsh - actress, uncredited screenwriter and wife of director David Lean.
- Charles White - character actor.
- Paul Winchell - ventriloquist, voice of Tigger.
- Shelley Winters - from bombshell to broad she played them all.
- Teresa Wright - only actress to be nominated for Academy Awards for her first three films.
- Harrison Young - played the elder Pvt. James Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan."
- Gu Yue - played Mao Zedong 80 times in film and on TV.
- Ahmed Zaki - Egyptian actor.
Directors & Producers
- Luisa Alessandri - assistant director, Italian film.
- George Cosmatos - Euro director who worked with some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
- Morris Engel - independent film pioneer.
- Fernando Ghia - producer of "The Mission."
- Debra Hill - producer and writer of "Halloween."
- Gregg Hoffman - producer, "Saw"
- Gordon Kay - producer of B-movie westerns.
- Alberto Lattuada - Italian film director.
- Julian "Bud" Lesser - producer who secured the rights for movies based on Tarzan.
- Ismail Merchant - producer and director, half of the longest partnership in cinema's history, Merchant-Ivory Productions.
- Subodh Mukherjee - influential Bollywood film director.
- Yoshitaro Nomura - Japanese director who made 89 movies in three decades.
- Charles Okun - assistant director.
- Raju Patel - produced of one of Tom Hanks' first movies.
- Eddie Saeta - assistant director, production manager.
- Daniel Sales - producer and distributor.
- Robin Spry - Canadian documentary filmmaker.
- Pastor Vega - Cuban film icon.
- Sy Wexler - educational film pioneer.
- Robert Wise - editor/producer/director who won four Academy Awards for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music."
Animation
- Vance Gerry - Disney animation artist.
- Joe Grant - animation writer who worked on many Disney classics.
- Dale Messick - creator, "Brenda Starr," reporter for the Daily Flash.
- Hal Seeger - creator of Batfink & Milton The Monster.
- Romano Scarpa - Italian creator for Disney comics.
Voice Actors
- Henry Corden - second voice of Fred Flintstone.
- Len Dresslar - provided "Ho Ho Ho" for Green Giant.
- John Fiedler - best known as voice of Piglet.
- Robie Lester - voice actress.
- Howard Morris - character and voice actor, film and TV director.
- Thurl Ravenscroft - voice of Tony The Tiger.
- Paul Winchell - ventriloquist, voice of Tigger.
Writers
- Lady Mills (Mary Hayley Bell) - actress, writer, wife.
- Eddie Bunker - wrote books and screenplays and was the youngest inmate ever sent to San Quentin.
- Doran Cannon - screenwriter, "Brewster McCloud."
- Larry Collins - author of "Is Paris Burning?"
- Cay Forrester - actress and writer.
- Christopher Fry - playwright who re-wrote "Ben Hur."
- Willis Hall - author, Billy Liar.
- Jim Haskins - author of The Cotton Club.
- Ernest Lehman - screenwriter whose films won more than 50 Oscar nominations.
- Philip Nicholson - author of "Man on Fire."
- Charles Purpura - screenwriter, "Satisfaction" and "Heaven Help Us."
Composers
- Robert Farnon - Canadian-born composer who became a success in the UK.
- Jaime Mendoza-Nava - composer who wrote for Disney and "Mr. Magoo."
Camera, Sound & Editing
- David Batchelor - top UK sound mixer.
- James L. Fisher - boom and dolly innovator.
- Albert R. Kahn - co-founder of Electro-Voice.
- Donovan Leighton - editor, worked on Cinerama film "South Seas Adventure."
- Richard Leiterman - renowned Canadian cinematographer.
- Tom Schwalm - edited the Amnesty International comedies.
- Richard Sperber - sound editor.
Other Crafts
- Milt Burton - skydiving stuntman.
- John S. Detlie - set designer.
- Jack Kosslyn - drama coach and casting director.
- Michael Lee McLean - casting director who promoted Australian talent.
- Jocelyn Rickards - costume designer for landmark 1960s British films.
- Robert J. Schiffer - legendary Hollywood make up man.
- Edward Smith - formed the Black Stuntmen's Association.
- Onna White - Oscar winning choreographer.
Film-related Personalities
- George Atkinson - pioneer, movie video rental.
- Shirley Eder - show-biz columnist.
- Henry G. Greene - movie house designer.
- Walter H. Halloran - the priest who took part in exorcism that spawned the book and movie "The Exorcist."
- Domino Harvey - daughter of Laurence Harvey, her life as a bounty hunter was the subject of the movie "Domino."
- John Hornick - Universal marketing exec, designed product tie-ins.
- Bernard Kamber - Hollywood press agent.
- Ed Kelleher - film and music journalist.
- Patricia McQueeney - Harrison Ford's longtime manager.
- Ramon L. Posel - Philadelphia art-house cinema operator.
- Robert F. Slatzer - author who claimed that he was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe.
Star Wars
- Phil Brown - Owen Lars, Luke's uncle.
- John Hollis - Lobot, Lando Calrissian's silent aide.
- William Hootkins - Jek Porkins aka Red Six.
- Michael Sheard - Admiral Ozzel.
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