Robert J. Anderson (1933 - 2008)

American Actor and Television Producer. Credited as Bobby Anderson in his youth, he is best known for his role as the young George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). He was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to a showbiz family. He was the son of Marie Augusta (Fleischer) and Gene Anderson (Eugene Randolph […]

James Anderson (1921 - 1969)

Actor. Born in Wetumpka, Alabama. James was the brother of actress Mary Anderson who played the part of Maybelle Merriweather, in Gone with the Wind. James was best remembered for his role as a villain, Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. James made over 120 appearances, mostly in television and several films between 1941 […]

Gilbert M. “Bronco Billy” Anderson (1882 - 1971)

Actor. He began his career at age 18, as a stage perform in vaudeville and is best known as the first star of the Western film genre. As the character “Bronco Billy”, he was the first silent screen cowboy star appearing in “The Great Train Robbery” (1903). As “Bronco Billy”, he played the first real […]

Eddie Lincoln “Rochester” Anderson (1905 - 1977)

Actor.  He is best remembered for his role of ‘Rochester Van Jones’, on the “Jack Benny Show”. The son of a minstrel, Big Ed Anderson, and a circus tightrope walker, Ella May Anderson, Eddie was born into a show business family, where he joined his brother, Cornelius, in a vaudeville troop.  For a while, he […]

Arthur Anderson (1922 - 2016)

Actor. He began his lengthy association with radio locally in New York which led to his being cast as ‘Peter Absolute’ in the serial “Peter Absolute on the Erie Canal” in 1936. Also in 1936, he began an eighteen year run on the popular children’s program “Let’s Pretend”. In 1937, he joined the players of […]

Glenn Anders (1889 - 1981)

Actor. He began his career  in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in “Just Around the Corner.” He had a long career on Broadway, and appeared in appeared in three Pulitzer Prize winning plays – “Hell Bent for Heaven” (1924), “They Knew What They Wanted” (1924)  and “Strange Interlude” […]

Mircea Anca (1960 - 2015)

Romanian Actor. Anca was a prominent actor in both the theater and film. He graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Cinema IL Caragiale, Bucharest and went directly on to the theater stage.  Anca was well loved for his accomplishments as an actor on the stage.   He also acted in films such as “The […]

Robert Ames (1889 - 1931)

Actor. Acclaimed for his roles on both the theater and motion pictures, he is best remembered for his role as ‘Jack Merrick’ in the 1929 file “The Trespasser,” with Gloria Swanson and Wally Albright. He also was acclaimed for his roles in the films “Double Cross Roads,” “Voice of the City” (1929) and “Behind Office […]

Philip John Amelio, II (1977 - 2005)

Actor. He is best known for his television role as ‘Scott Parker Chandler’ on the long-running soap opera series, “All My Children” from 1988 to 1991. Amelio’s character was the son of Stuart and Cindy Chandler, Adam Chandler’s brother and sister-in-law. In a later episode Cindy died from AIDS. Amelio’s other roles included, an appearance […]

Don Ameche (1908 - 1993)

Actor, Singer. He was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to a father who was a saloon keeper.  At eleven he was attending St. Birchman’s Boys Academy in Marion, Iowa, where the acting bug bit. While enrolled at Loras College in Dubuque he was deemed a promising actor. A stay in Chicago resulted in […]

Lars Amble (1939 - 2015)

Actor. Born Lars Anders Amble-Næss, he was a Swedish actor and director who appeared in numerous motion pictures and plays. He worked for the Royal Dramatic Theater in Sweden after theater school training.  After leaving the Royal Dramatic Theater in 1969, Amble appeared in various plays, musicals, television shows, and movies.   His most notable […]

Eisei Hideyo Amamoto (1926 - 2003)

Actor. He was perennially cast as the bad guy, particularly in most of the films by director Okamoto Kihachi. Most famous for the role of ‘Mr. Death’ in the popular “Kamen Rider” superhero TV series and as ‘Dr. Who’ in “King Kong Escapes.” His most recent high-profile role was as the mysterious old man in […]

Kirk Alyn (1910 - 1999)

Actor. Best remembered for being the first on-screen ‘Superman.’ As the superhero, he appeared in the film serials of the 1940s and 1950s, including. “Superman” (1948) and “Atom Man VS. Superman” (1950). Born John Feggio Jr., in Oxford, New Jersey, in 1910, he began his career as a chorus boy on broadway and as an […]

Carlos Alvarez-Novoa (1970 - 2015)

Actor. Born Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa Sánchez, he was a very prominent Spanish actor and writer. He began his career as an actor in 1957 at the Spanish University Theatre and appeared in plays throughout the country.  Alvarez-Novoa later went into acting in films and television series such as “Solas” (1999), “Lucía, Lucía” (2003) and “Elsa & […]

Francisco Alvarez (1892 - 1960)

Actor. He had roles in 52 motion pictures.

Don Alvarado (1904 - 1967)

Actor. He got his first break as an extra in “Mademoiselle Midnight” in 1924, after which his film roles grew in importance until he became established as a second-string “Latin lover” type in many late silents and early talkies such as “Loves of Carmen”, “Drums of Love”, “Battle of The Sexes” and “Breakfast at Sunrise”. […]

Murray Alper (1904 - 1984)

Actor. He had a memorable role as the ‘Taxi Cab company owner’ in the 1949 musical classic, “On the Town.”  Family links:  Spouse:  Beatrice Alper (1910 – 1989)* *Calculated relationship

Rafael Alonso (1920 - 1998)

He was born in Madrid in 1920. After the Spanish Civil War, he began studying Declamation and Dramatic Art along with Fernando Fernán Gómez and Manuel Alexandre. Once concluded, he began working in the theatre company of Ricardo Calvo, in which he made his premiere in 1940 with the piece “La vida es sueño”. He […]

Edward Alleyn (1566 - 1626)

Actor. One of the greatest performers of the Elizabethan stage, he was rivaled only by Richard Burbage and praised by such authors as Ben Jonson and Thomas Nashe. He was particularly noted for his interpretations of Christopher Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine”, “Doctor Faustus”, and “The Jew of Malta”,  and Robert Greene’s “Orlando Furioso”.  Alleyn was born in […]

Lester Allen (1891 - 1949)

Entertainer. Born in Utica, New York, he made his stage debut in 1905 and joined forces with Nellie Breen to create the popular vaudeville comedy duo, Allen & Breen. He enjoyed even greater success as a solo act and was a frequent emcee at New York’s Palace Theatre. On Broadway, the dapper, mustachioed Allen was […]

Dennis Roy Allen (1940 - 1995)

Actor. Best known for his appearances on the popular 1960s comedy-variety series, “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.” He also appeared on “Love American Style.” (bio by: The Maltese Bippy) Cause of death: Lung cancer

Corey Allen (1934 - 2010)

Actor, Director.  He is best remembered for his role as Buzz Gunderson in the classic 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause”, in which he challenged James Dean to a deadly drag race. Born Alan Cohen, he studied Drama at UCLA and began his acting career in college stage productions, before making his screen debut in […]

Marc Allégret (1900 - 1973)

Motion Picture Director. Icon of the French Cinema. Directed over 60 films, and was also renowned for discovering and directing some of France’s true cinema greats, including such well-known stars as Michèle Morgan, Jean-Louis Barraut,Raimu, Fernandel, Simone Simon, Gérard Philipe, Odette Joyeux, Louis Jourdan, Danièle Delorme, Roger Vadim, and Brigitte Bardot. Among his films were […]

Michael Alldredge (1941 - 1997)

Actor. In a career spanning 3 decades, he appeared on such memorable television shows as ‘All in the Family’, ‘Charlie’s Angels’, ‘Police Story’, ‘The Jeffersons’, ‘Kojak’, ‘Barnaby Jones’, ‘The Bob Newhart Show’, ‘The Greatest American Hero’, ‘Hart to Hart’, ‘Quincy M.E.’, ‘Taxi’, ‘Columbo’, ‘E.R.’, ‘Family Ties, ‘Three’s Company’, ‘Lou Grant’, ‘The A-Team’, ‘Hill Street Blues’, […]

Richard Mann Allan (1923 - 1999)

Actor. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois. Born into a family of three siblings to a farmer. Richard began dance lessons at the age of seven. He began his career in 1945, in the Broadway show The Red Mill, he would later go on tour with them. In 1953 Marilyn Monroe personally picked him to play a […]

Elías Isaac Alippi (1883 - 1942)

Actor. He is considered one of the best actors of the Argentine Theater. He was also a acclaimed tango dancer.

George Alexandru (1957 - 2016)

Actor. Alexandru was a prominent actor in film, television, and on the theatrical stage. He graduated from the Drama and Cinematography Institute IL Caragiale and started in the theater where he would continue even after his acting career took him to films and television.  Alexandru started in films in the 1978 film “Ecaterina Teodoroiu” and […]

Ross Alexander (1907 - 1937)

Actor. Born Alexander Ross Smith, he appeared in the theater and in motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s. Married for a time to actress Anne Nagel. He committed suicide, shooting himself with a .22 caliber pistol.  Family links:  Parents:  Alexander Ross Smith (1879 – 1966)  Maud Adelle Cohen Smith (1877 – 1954)  Spouses:  Aleta […]

Richard Alexander (1902 - 1989)

Actor. He appeared in motion pictures such as “All Quiet in the Western Front” (1930), “The Front Page” (1931), “The Sign of the Cross” (1932), “Cleopatra” (1934), “Modern Times” (1936), “Where the West Begins” (1938), “Raiders of Death Valley” (1941), “Three Little Sisters” (1944) and “Two Guys From Texas” (1948). He also played ‘Prince Barin’ […]

John Alexander (1897 - 1982)

Actor. Born in Newport, Kentucky, he began his career young, making his New York City theater debut in 1902 in “The Children of Kings” which ran for less than a year. He worked his way up through the chorus and walk on roles and appeared in his first name role, ‘Jump Steady’, in the Broadway […]