Gertrude Niesen (1911 - 1975)

Actress, Singer. Born in New York City, she was a natural singer whom achieved her greatest successes, in music and in movies, during the big-band era. In 1934, she was cast in the Broadway musical “Calling All Stars” followed by “The Ziegfeld Follies” of 1936. During the 1940s, she recorded for Decca records with hits […]

Marguerite Nichols (1895 - 1941)

Actress. Born Marguerite Nichols,  she played blonde ingenues and leading ladies in some 20 early Hollywood films. Her credits include “Counsel for the Defense” (1915), “Little Mary Sunshine” (1916), “The Torch Bearer” (1916),  “The Power of Evil” (1916),  and “The Girl o’ Dreams” (1918).  Nichols retired from the screen in 1918 to marry comedy producer […]

Barbara Nichols (1929 - 1976)

Actress. She is known for roles in such movies as “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,” “Sweet Smell of Success,” and “The Human Duplicators.” (bio by: Ron Moody)

Anne Nichols (1891 - 1966)

Actress, Writer. Born in Dales Mill, Georgia, she began her in the early 1900s as a play writer for Broadway productions which were later made into motion pictures. Her most noted works were “In the Hot Lands” (1911) and “Abie’s Irish Rose” (1922). She also produced and wrote “Hey Diddle, Diddle” (1937), which featured Lucille […]

Ethel Newman (1902 - 1995)

Actress. She appeared in “Rodney Stone,” “The Old Country,” and “Money,” all filmed in the 1920s. She also had a role in the film “The Streets of London” in 1934. Ethel was married to Actor/body builder Joe Bonomo. (bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)  Family links:  Spouse:  Joe Bonomo (1901 – 1978)* *Calculated relationship

Mary Stuart Houchins Neumann (1926 - 2002)

Actress, singer and songwriter. Very early in life, Mary’s father moved the family to Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was in Tulsa that she showed an interest in performing. When she was nine years old Count Basie’s orchestra came to Tulsa looking for talented performers. He held a talent contest and she performed “Little Girl Blue”. She […]

Will Hay (1888 - 1949)

Actor. He achieved renown and acclaim as comic actor, appearing in many British comic motion picture, most notably the Gainsborough Studio comedies, and was popular in British film from 1934 to 1943. His film credits include “Where There’s a Will” (1936), “Oh, Mr Porter!” (1937), “The Ghost of St. Michaels” (1941) and “My Learned Friend” […]

Charles Hawtrey (1914 - 1988)

Actor. Born George Frederick Joffre Hartree in 1914, in Hounslow, Middlesex, he entered acting at a very early age coming, as he did, from a theatrical family.  He is often confused with the Edwardian actor Sir Charles Hawtrey, who is no relation, the name was borrowed by Hawtrey two years after his death. As a […]

Sir Nigel Hawthorne (1929 - 2001)

Actor. He is best known to American audiences for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the British television comedy series “Yes Minister” and its follow-up companion sequel “Yes Prime Minister.” Born in the West Midlands of England, he was raised in South Africa before returning home to the United Kingdom in early 1950 to […]

Peter Hawkins (1924 - 2006)

Actor. He was born in Brixton, England. He first appeared as a TV actor in 1949 in a production of The Good Companions, but Hawkins become famous  as the voice of many characters in children’s classics such as Bill and Ben in “Flower Pot Men,” Zippy from “Rainbow” and particularly, with sinister tones developed with […]

Jack Hawkins (1910 - 1973)

Actor. Born in Wood Green, England, four over four decades he was a popular leading man in theatre, films and television. He made his London theatrical debut at age 12 and he made his debut on Broadway by age 18. Although he had appeared in several films during the 1930s, it was after World War […]

Corwin Anthony Hawkins (1965 - 1994)

Actor, Comedian. A native of Houston, Texas, he is best remembered for playing the role of ‘Wayman’ in the 1994 film, “A Low Down Dirty Shame.” A 1982 graduate of the St. Peter’s Catholic High School in Houston, Texas, he later became a stand up comedian working at first in both Houston and Dallas, Texas. […]

Jerry Hausner (1909 - 1993)

Actor. He had an acting career that included motion pictures and television, and spanned from the 1940s to the 1980s. His film roles consisted mainly of voicing the part of “Waldo” in the ‘Mr. Magoo’ animated shorts. Cause of death: Congestive heart failure

Minas Hatzisavvas (1948 - 2015)

Greek Actor. Hatzisavvas was an actor who achieved fame in the theater, on the big screen, and on television. He initially trained at the Rene Simon drama school in France and then studied at the National Theatre of Greece drama school in Athens. Hatzisavvas started in the theater in 1965 at the Ancient Theatre of […]

Frank Hatch (1970 - 1938)

Actor. A writer, director and performer on Broadway, some of his appearances in original productions were “The Countess Chiffon” ((1900), “Lover’s Lane” (1901), “The Fatted Calf” (1912), and “The Octoroon” (1929). He directed “Life” (1914) and “The Land of the Free” (1917). (bio by: Ginny M)

Otto Eduard Hasse (1903 - 1978)

Actor. He appeared in over sixty films, including “The Big Lift” (1950), “I Confess” (1952) with Montgomery Clift and “Canaris” (1954). He also dubbed the voice of Spencer Tracy. (bio by: Bauer Ute) Cause of death: Cancer

Peter Haskell (1934 - 2010)

Actor. He is best known for his role of Kevin Grant in the TV series “Bracken’s World” (1969 to 1970). The son of geophysicist Norman A. Haskell, he was born in Boston and educated at Harvard University,  where he received his BA. He began his acting career on stage in Boston, New York and Canada, […]

Albert B. Haskell (1886 - 1969)

Character Actor. He appeared in over 200 movies and serials over 35 years in his lifetime, mostly in uncredited background bit roles in Westerns, sometimes playing a villainous gang member or as a part of the crowd in a scene.  Born in California, he started out as a Country and Western music performer, playing the […]

Kazuo Hasegawa (1908 - 1984)

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Rodney Michael Harvey (1967 - 1998)

Actor. He appeared in several movies such as “Five Corners,” “Guncrazy,” and “My Own Private Idaho.” His career was beginning to expand when a heroin addiction claimed his life. He died at the age of 30 in the Barbazon Hotel, Room 222, in Los Angeles, California. (bio by: Annette(Chavie) Rivera) Cause of death: Complications of […]

Laurence Harvey (1928 - 1973)

Actor. Born Laruschka Mischa Skikne in Lithuania, he made his cinema debut in the British film “House of Darkness” in 1948. He was most noted for his roles as Colonel Travis in the film “The Alamo”(1960) and as Raymond Shaw in “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962). His many other credits included “Knights of the Round Table” […]

Harry Harvey, Sr (1901 - 1985)

Actor. Born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, he was a veteran character performer of countless films and television shows. In 1934, he went to Hollywood and began his fifty year film career with his debut in “Kentucky Blue Strike” (1935). His other notable film credits include “The Oregon Trial” (1936), “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942), […]

Don Carlos Harvey (1911 - 1963)

Actor. Born in Council City, Kansas, he began his career playing in tent shows, repertory companies and radio, before relocating to Hollywood in the 1940s. He signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1949 and began appearing in series of serials such as “Batman and Robin” and “Atom Man vs. Superman. For feature films, his […]

Paul Hartman (1904 - 1973)

Actor. Born in San Francisco, California, he was best remembered for the role of Emmett Clark on the “Andy Griffith Show” TV series. He began his career as a comic stage performer with his wife Grace as the dancing team The Hartmans, appearing in several in several Broadway hits during the 1930s and 1940s. The […]

Elizabeth Hartman (1943 - 1987)

Actress. Elizabeth Hartman made her film debut in “A Patch of Blue” opposite Sidney Poitier.  Her efforts earned her a nomination for an Academy Award as best Actress.  She did not win, but later received a Golden Globe award .  Her career quickly took hold and other movies followed…”The Group” “Your’re a Big Boy Now” […]

Brynn Omdahl Hartman (1958 - 1998)

Model, Actress, and wife of television actor and comedian Phil Hartman. She died by killing herself with a gun after shooting her husband as he slept. Born Vicki Jo Omdahl, the daughter of an engineer and owner of a retail shop, she was an average student growing up in an average family in a small […]

William Surrey Hart (1864 - 1946)

Actor. Born in Newburgh, New York, he started his acting career in the 1920s.  At the age of 49, he proceeded west to Hollywood launching his motion picture career.  During the next eleven years, he became a prolific western movie actor and pioneer during the hay day of silent movies, earning the nickname “Two-Gun Bill,” […]

Bill Hart (1934 - 2015)

Actor, Stuntman. Born Billy Gene Welch, he was regarded as one of the best stuntmen in Hollywood, who acted and appeared in over 150 movies and numerous television shows. After serving in the US Marine Corps in Korea, he moved to North Hollywood, California, in the late 1950s and began a career in the movie […]

Robert “Bobby” Harron (1893 - 1920)

Silent movie actor of the early 1900s. He is featured in “Judith of Bethulia,” and played four different roles in D.W. Griffith’s classic “Birth of a Nation.” His career faltered after numerous tragedies in his family and he was found dead at the Hotel Seymour in New York City in September of 1920. Some sources […]

John Harron (1903 - 1939)

Actor. The younger brother of actor Robert Harron, he made his screen debut with a small role in D. W. Griffith’s “Hearts of the World” (1918). After Robert Harron’s mysterious death in 1920, John suddenly found himself in demand and he went on to appear in over 160 films. During the 1920s he played wholesome, […]