Truman Van Dyke (1897 - 1984)

Actor. Born in Natchez, Mississippi, he was a graduate of Mississippi A&M College and an amateur actor when he was signed to Triangle Studios at the age of 21. He made his film debut in “A Lady’s Name” (1918), followed by “The Wishing Ring Man” (1919). His other film credits include “The Midlanders” (1920), “Dust […]

Tony Randall (1920 - 2004)

Actor, Entertainer. Fondly remembered for his role of ‘Felix Unger’ on the hit 1970s television series, “The Odd Couple,” for which he won an Emmy Award. A highly respected and accomplished stage actor, he was popular in numerous Broadway plays. He appeared in many motion pictures, including “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1957), “Pillow Talk” […]

Luis Sanchez (1926 - 1999)

Popular actor and humorist. He and his partner José Luis Coll (Tip y Coll was his artistic name) performed surrealistic and absurd humor that triumphed in the Spanish Transition.

Fernando Sancho (1918 - 1990)

Actor. One of the most popular performers in Spanish cinema. Born in Zaragoza, Sancho began acting in the theatre. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he entered films in 1940 and amassed over 400 credits in a career that spanned 50 years. During the 1960s and 1970s he played villains in several spaghetti westerns. […]

Jerry Orbach (1935 - 2004)

Actor. Although he had an acting career that began in the 1950s, he is best known for his portrayal of ‘Detective Lennie Briscoe’ in the NBC Police-Courtroom drama television series “Law and Order” from 1992 to 2004. He was nominated three times for an Emmy in that role. Spending much of his early career acting […]

Bernard Nedell (1893 - 1972)

American motion picture actor with a long career spanning the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Interred along with his wife, actress Olive Blakeney.

Robin Nedwell (1946 - 1999)

Along with the late Barry Evans, Robin Nedwell was one of the most popular comedy stars of British sitcoms. He also narrated many TV series.

David Opatoshu (1918 - 1996)

American motion picture and television actor of the 1930s through 1980s. Father of screenwriter Danny Opatoshu.

Steve Landesberg (1936 - 2010)

Actor, Comedian. Best remembered as Arthur P. Dietrich, the intellectual, unflappably deadpan detective from the long-running 1970s television series “Barney Miller”. Born and raised in New York City, Landesberg began his career in the late 1960s as a stand-up comedian, alongside comics such as David Brenner and Jimmie Walker. He appeared in commercials and made […]

Wilbur Mack (1874 - 1964)

American character actor in motion pictures of the 1920s trough the 1960s. Appeared in the 1946 film classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

David Landau (1879 - 1935)

Actor. Born David Magee in Philadelphia, he had a long but unremarkable stage career until 1930, when he played a murderous cuckold in the road show production of Elmer Rice’s “Street Scene”. He powerfully recreated the role in director King Vidor’s 1931 film adaptation. Armed with a menacing look and a cavernous bass speaking voice, […]

Bernard Lancret (1912 - 1983)

Actor. Leading man in a number of French movies. Most remembered in “That Naughty Girl,” “Julietta,” “Foolish Husbands,” “Le Corbeau” and “Heroes of the Marne.”

Frank Keenan (1858 - 1929)

Actor. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, he was a stage and screen actor in the silent film era. In the early 1900s, he was a celebrated Shakespearean actor and was a noted Broadway matinee idol. He was among the first stage performers to enter into Hollywood films and appeared in over 40 features. His credits include […]

Sir Lancelot (1902 - 2001)

Known as the “King of Calypso,” Sir Lancelot wrote and performed calypso (with some acting on the side) for movies, live theater, and radio beginning in the 1940s. One of his several motion picture appearances was with Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 classic “To Have and Have not.”

Bud Jamison (1895 - 1944)

Actor. He entered vaudeville as a teenager, and by 1915 had begun appearing in Keystone comedies. Jamison was Charlie Chaplin’s foil in short subjects such as ‘In the Park,’ ‘The Bank,’ ‘Shanghaied,’ ‘By the Sea,’ and ‘A Jitney Elopement,’ working as Chaplin’s foil before Eric Campbell had. Chaplin considered Jamison to be one of his […]

Malcolm Keen (1887 - 1970)

British Actor. He was born in Bristol, England. Film and television credits include “Two and Two Make Six,” “Life for Ruth,” “Francis of Assisi,” “Amelia,” “Macbeth,” “Fortune Is a Woman,” “Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue,” “Lorna Doone,” “The Mating Season,” “Mama,” “Sixty Glorious Years,” “Androcles and the Lion,” “The Lonely Road,” “The Night of the […]

Antonio Iranzo Escorihuela (1933 - 2003)

Screen, Stage and Television Actor. He was born in Valencia (Spain) and began his career in Radio shows and on stage with classic works in plays of Berltolt Brecht or Valle-Inclán. He appeared in film such as “La Piel Quemada” (1966), “Flor de Santidad” (1972), “La Regenta” (1974), “¿Quién Puede Matar a un Niño?” (1975), […]

John Ireland (1914 - 1992)

Actor. His film and television career spanned across five decades, from 1945 up until his death in 1992. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he moved to New York City, New York at the age of 18 where he took minor stage roles on Broadway, performing Shakespeare on tour with them in the late 1930s […]

Steve James (1952 - 1993)

Actor. Muscular character player of Hollywood films and TV. Born in New York City, he entered films as a stuntman and went on to play sidekicks in action movies, even though he was often a better actor than the stars he supported. James’ credits include “The Warriors” (1979), “The Exterminator” (1980), “The Brother From Another […]

Jester Hairston (1901 - 2000)

Actor, Musician. An arranger, composer, traveling choir leader, actor and story teller, his career took him all over the world. Best remebered for his TV role as Rolly Forbes on the TV show “Amen.” The grandson of slaves, he was born in 1901 in Belews Creek, north Carolina. A star athlete in high school and […]

Alan Hale (1892 - 1950)

Actor. Born Rufus Alan McKahan in Washington, D.C. he first attempted to gain entry to the stage via opera, but his career as an operatic singer was effectively stillborn. By 1911 his attention had been diverted to Hollywood where he made his film debut in the silent film ‘The Cowboy and the Lady.’ With his […]

Richard Farnsworth (1920 - 2000)

Actor. A stuntman for more then 30 years before gradually moving into acting. Farnsworth’s abilities at horseback riding got him regular work as stunt doubles for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. It wasn’t until after he was 50 that he began to be recognized as an actor. He got an Oscar nomination in […]

James Gandolfini (1961 - 2013)

James Gandolfini Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey. His mother, Santa (née Penna), a high school lunch lady of Italian ancestry, was born in the United States and raised in Naples, Italy. His father, James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a native of Borgo Val di Taro, Italy, was a bricklayer and cement mason and later […]

Jack Ganzhorn (1881 - 1956)

American actor in the silent era (1910s and 20s).

Louis Edmonds (1923 - 2001)

Actor. He worked in the theater, primetime television and had various roles on the television series “Dark Shadows” and the daytime soap opera “All My Children.” He died from respitory problems.

William Edmunds (1886 - 1981)

Actor. He appeared in minor roles. Among others “Going Spanish” (1934), “Angels with Dirty Faces” (1938), “Idiot’s Delight” (1939), “Casablanca” (1942), “House of Frankenstein” (1944), “A Bell for Adano” (1945), “Anna and the King of Siam” (1945), “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946), “The Lost Moment” (1947), “The Pirate” (1948), […]

Morgan Farley (1898 - 1988)

Actor. Born in Mamaroneck, New York, he was a wide-ranging performer on stage, film and television. He began his career on Broadway in the play “Seventeen” in 1918 and gained prominence in the 1920s, starring in many other stage productions. For feature films, he made his debut in “The Love Doctor” (1929), followed by “The […]

John Bambury (1891 - 1960)

Actor. Born in Pennsylvania, he was a dwarf best remembered for his role as a Munchkin in the film, “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). A popular character performer, his other credits included “The Plot Thickens” (1936), “The Terror of Tiny Town” (1938), “Maisie Was a Lady” (1941), Lady in the Dark” (1944) “Superman and the […]

John Call (1908 - 1973)

Actor. His film roles include ‘Santa Claus’ in “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964) and ‘O’Leary’ in “The Anderson Tapes” (1971). He ws in the origianl casts of “So Proudly We Hail” (1936), “Bet Your Life” (1937), “The Merchant of Yonkers” (1938), “The Life of Reilly” (1942), and “Oliver!” (1963). Father of actor Anthony Call 

James Callahan (1930 - 2007)

Actor. He is best remembered for his role as the cranky but lovable grandfather, Walter Powell, on the television comedy series “Charles In Charge” from 1987 to 1990. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Callahan began his acting career in the late 1950s. His other roles include the films, “The Walking Target” (1960), “Tropic Of Cancer” […]