Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Charles Williams
1926 - 1988 (accidental overdose)
British born London

Nickname Casey, Kenny . Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) . The acting bug bit Kenneth Williams when, as a student, his English teacher suggested he try out for a school play. He found that he enjoyed it tremendously, but when he raised the possibility at home of becoming an actor, his father forbade it. Williams was eventually sent to art school in London in 1941. In 1944 he was drafted into the army, and although posted to the Royal Engineers, he managed to land a job in the Combined Services Entertainment unit, where he got a chance to act in shows that were put on to entertain the troops, and even designed the posters that advertised the shows.After his discharge from the army he began to work as a professional actor, and traveled the country in repertory companies. It was in a production of "Saint Joan", where he played the Dauphin, that a radio producer saw him and hired him to do voice characterizations on a popular radio comedy show, "Hancock's Half Hour". His penchant for wild, off-the-wall characters led to his being hired by the producers of the "Carry On" comedy series, where he performed in 26 entries in the long-running series. When the series ended, Williams returned to radio work, and also made the rounds of the TV talk shows in addition to writing several books, including his autobiography. Later in his life Williams developed a serious ulcer, and was given medication to combat the pain. On April 15th 1988, he was found dead in his bed; it was determined that in addition to his regular pain pills, he had apparently taken some sleeping pills the night before, and the combination of those and his regular medication proved fatal.

The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) , "Jackanory" (1975) , "Galloping Galaxies!" (1985) ,"Some You Win" (1984) , "Willo the Wisp" (1981) , "Whizzkid's Guide" (1981) , Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) , The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) , Let's Make a Musical (1977) , Carry on Behind (1975) , Carry on Dick (1974) , Carry on Abroad (1972) , Carry on Matron (1972) , Carry on at Your Convenience (1971) , "Meanwhile on BBC2" (1971) , Carry on Henry (1971) , Carry on Loving (1970) , "The Kenneth Williams Show" (1970) , Carry on Again Doctor (1969) , "Join Jim Dale" (1969), Carry on Camping (1969) , Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) , Carry on Doctor (1967) , Follow That Camel (1967) , Don't Lose Your Head (1966) , Carry on Screaming! (1966) , Carry on Cowboy (1965) , Carry on Cleo (1964) , "The Wednesday Play" (1964) , Carry on Spying (1964) , French Cricket (1964), Carry on Jack (1963) , Carry on Cruising (1962) , Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) , Carry on Regardless (1961) , His and Hers (1961) , Raising the Wind (1961) , Make Mine Mink (1960) , Carry on Constable (1960) , Tommy the Toreador (1959) , Carry on Teacher (1959) , Carry on Nurse (1959) , The Noble Spaniard (1958) , Carry on Sergeant (1958) , Saint Joan (1958) , "Hancock's Half Hour" (1956) , "Dick and the Duchess" (1957) , "Sword of Freedom" (1957) , Three Men in a Boat (1956) ,Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) , The Seekers (1954) , Misalliance (1954) , Innocents in Paris (1953) , The Beggar's Opera (1953) , Valley of Song (1953) , Trent's Last Case (1952) , The Wonderful Visit (1952)

Gene Wilder

Jerome Silberman
1933 -
American born Milwaukee

Height 5' 10½" (1.79 m) . Gene Wilder caught his first big break playing a small role in the off-Broadway production of Arnold Wesker's "Roots" and followed quickly with his Broadway debut as the comic valet in "The Complaisant Lover" (both 1961), for which he won the Clement Derwent Award. His other Broadway credits included "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1963, with Kirk Douglas), "The White House" (1964, with Helen Hayes) and "Luv" (1966), but it was a 1963 Broadway production of "Mother Courage and Her Children" that altered the course of his life forever. In its cast was Anne Bancroft, who was dating Mel Brooks at the time, and the relationship established between the two men eventually led to Wilder's becoming part of Brooks' "stock company". Wilder's Actor's Studio connection may have helped him land his first feature, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), in which he drew much favourable attention in a small but memorable role as a frightened young undertaker abducted by the legendary duo. Wilder's performance as the endearingly frantic Leo Bloom in The Producers (1968) kicked off his celebrated collaboration with Mel Brooks and garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. His career gained momentum as he played a swashbuckler in Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), the candy impresario of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and a sheep-smitten doctor in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). Wilder re-teamed with Mel Brooks for the inspired lunacy of Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), earning his second Oscar nomination for his first-time screen-writing efforts (along with Mel Brooks) on the latter. Spurred by these triumphs, Wilder made his directorial debut (in addition to acting and starring) with The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975). His first association with Richard Pryor had come on Blazing Saddles (1974), but Richard Pryor (co-screenwriter) had lost out in his bid for the Cleavon Little role. Richard Pryor and Wilder first acted together in the highly entertaining and commercially successful Silver Streak (1976) and scored at the box office again with Stir Crazy (1980), but their later efforts were mediocre. Ironically, Hanky Panky (1982), Wilder's first of three films with his late wife Gilda Radner, originally was written to pair him with Richard Pryor again, but Richard Pryor's unavailability necessitated rewriting the part for Gilda Radner. Spouse Karen Boyer (8 September 1991 - present), Gilda Radner (18 September 1984 - 20 May 1989) (her death), Mary Joan Schutz (27 October 1967 - 1974) (divorced) 1 child, Mary Mercier (22 July 1960 - 1965) (divorced).

"Will & Grace" (2002) , The Lady in Question (1999) , Alice in Wonderland (1999) , Murder in a Small Town (1999), "Something Wilder" (1994) , Another You (1991) , Funny About Love (1990) , See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) , Haunted Honeymoon (1986) , The Woman in Red (1984) , Hanky Panky (1982) , Stir Crazy (1980) , Sunday Lovers (1980) , The Frisco Kid (1979) , The World's Greatest Lover (1977) , "The Electric Company" (1977) , Silver Streak (1976) , The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) , Young Frankenstein (1974) , Annie and the Hoods (1974) , The Little Prince (1974) , Thursday's Game (1974) , Blazing Saddles (1974) , Rhinoceros (1974) , Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) , The Scarecrow (1972) , Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) , Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) , Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) , The Producers (1968) , Bonnie and Clyde (1967) , Death of a Salesman (1966) , "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1962) , "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1962) , "The Defenders" (1962)

Richard Widmark

1914 -
American born Sunrise

Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) . Richard Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest (IL) College, where he first began acting. He taught acting at Lake Forest after graduation until 1938, when he made his radio debut in New York in "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories". Widmark made his Broadway stage debut in 1943 in "Kiss and Tell". He had been rejected as unsuitable for military service because of a perforated eardrum. In 1947 he got his big break, making film history as Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death (1947), beginning a seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox. His hand and footprints were cast in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1949. After his contract with Fox expired, Widmark went independent. He first appeared on TV as himself in an episode of "I Love Lucy" (1951), and began producing films om the late 1950s. His film career slowed after the 1970s, but he remained active in made-for-TV movies. He starred in his own TV series in 1972, "Madigan" (1972), based on his hit movie of 1968, but only six episodes were produced before the show was canceled. In 1988 The American Movie Classics cable TV channel honored Widmark by airing "The Richard Widmark Film Festival." Spouse Susan Blanchard (September 1999 - present), Jean Hazlewood (5 April 1942 - 2 March 1997) (her death) 1 child.

Lincoln (1992) , True Colors (1991) , Cold Sassy Tree (1989) , Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) , A Gathering of Old Men (1987) , Blackout (1985) , Against All Odds (1984) , Who Dares Wins (1982) , Hanky Panky (1982) , National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1982) , A Whale for the Killing (1981) , All God's Children (1980) , Bear Island (1979) , Mr. Horn (1979) , The Swarm (1978) , Coma (1978/I) , Rollercoaster (1977) , The Domino Principle (1977) , Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) , The Sell-Out (1976) , To the Devil a Daughter (1976) , The Last Day (1975) , Murder on the Orient Express (1974) , "Benjamin Franklin" (1974) , Brock's Last Case (1973) ,
"Madigan" (1972) , When the Legends Die (1972) , Vanished (1971) , The Moonshine War (1970) , Death of a Gunfighter (1969) , A Talent for Loving (1969) , Madigan (1968) , The Way West (1967) , Alvarez Kelly (1966) , The Bedford Incident (1965) , Cheyenne Autumn (1964) , Flight from Ashiya (1964) , The Long Ships (1963) , How the West Was Won (1962) , Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) , Two Rode Together (1961) , The Secret Ways (1961) , The Alamo (1960) , Warlock (1959) , The Trap (1959) , The Tunnel of Love (1958) , The Law and Jake Wade (1958), Time Limit (1957) , Saint Joan (1957) , The Last Wagon (1956) , Run for the Sun (1956) , Backlash (1956) , The Cobweb (1955) , A Prize of Gold (1955) , Broken Lance (1954) , Garden of Evil (1954) , Hell and High Water (1954) , Take the High Ground! (1953) , Pickup on South Street (1953) , Destination Gobi (1953) , My Pal Gus (1952) , O. Henry's Full House (1952) , Don't Bother to Knock (1952) , Red Skies of Montana (1952) , The Frogmen (1951) , Halls of Montezuma (1950) , No Way Out (1950) , Panic in the Streets (1950) , Night and the City (1950) , Slattery's Hurricane (1949) , Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) , Yellow Sky (1948) , Road House (1948) , The Street with No Name (1948) , Kiss of Death (1947)

Mae West

Mary Jane West
1892 - 1980 (complications from strokes)
American born Brooklyn

Height 5' 1" (1.55 m) . Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York, to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger. She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to write her own plays, including "SEX", for which she was arrested. Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night (1932), her scene has become famous. A coat check girl exclaims, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!", after seeing Mae's jewelry. Mae replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it". Her next film, in which she starred, came the following year. She Done Him Wrong (1933) was based on her earlier and very popular play, "Diamond Lil". She went on to write and star in seven more films, including My Little Chickadee (1940) with W.C. Fields. Her last movie was Sextette (1978), which also came from a play. She died two years later. Spouse Frank Wallace (11 April 1911 - 21 July 1942) (divorced).

Sextette (1978) , Myra Breckinridge (1970) , The Heat's On (1943) , My Little Chickadee (1940) , Every Day's a Holiday (1937) , Go West Young Man (1936) , Klondike Annie (1936) , Goin' to Town (1935) , Belle of the Nineties (1934) , I'm No Angel (1933) , She Done Him Wrong (1933) , Night After Night (1932)

Orson Welles

George Orson Welles
1915 - 1985 (heart attack)
American born Kenosha

Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m) . His father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died (he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. When his father died (he was fifteen) he became the ward of Chicago's Dr. Maurice Bernstein. In 1931 he graduated from the Todd School in Woodstock, Illinois; he turned down college offers for a sketching tour of Ireland. He tried unsuccessfully to enter the London and Broadway stages, traveling some more in Morocco and Spain (where he fought in the bullring). Recommendations by Thornton Wilder and Alexander Woollcott got him into Katherine Cornell's road company, with which he made his New York debut as Tybalt in 1934. The same year he married, directed his first short, and appeared on radio for the first time. He began working with John Houseman and formed the Mercury Theatre with him in 1937. In 1938 they produced "The Mercury Theatre on the Air", famous for its broadcast version of "The War of the Worlds" (intended as a Halloween prank). His first film to be seen by the public was Citizen Kane (1941), a commercial failure losing RKO $150,000, but regarded by many as the best film ever made. Many of his next films were commercial failures and he exiled himself to Europe in 1948. In 1956 he directed Touch of Evil (1958); it failed in the U.S. but won a prize at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. In 1975, in spite of all his box-office failures, he received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1984 the Directors Guild of America awarded him its highest honor, the D.W. Griffith Award. His reputation as a film maker has climbed steadily ever since. Spouse Paola Mori (8 May 1955 - 10 October 1985) (his death) 1 child, Rita Hayworth (7 September 1943 - 1 December 1948) (divorced) 1 child, Virginia Nicholson (14 November 1934 - 1 February 1940) (divorced) 1 child.

The Hitch Hiker (2004) , Moby Dick (1999) , Someone to Love (1987) , The Transformers: The Movie (1986) , The Enchanted Journey (1984) , Hot Money (1983) , Where Is Parsifal? (1983) , Butterfly (1982) , Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982) , History of the World: Part I (1981) , "Tales of the Klondike" (1981) , "Magnum, P.I." (1981) , Shogun (1980/I) , "Shogun" (1980/II) , Tajna Nikole Tesle (1980) , The Greenstone (1980) , The Double McGuffin (1979) , The Muppet Movie (1979) , The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) , A Woman Called Moses (1978) , Grande attacco, Il (1978) , It Happened One Christmas (1977) , Hot Tomorrows (1977) , Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977), Some Call It Greed (1977) , Voyage of the Damned (1976) , Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) , And Then There Were None (1974) , Necromancy (1972) , The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) , Treasure Island (1972) , Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) , Décade prodigieuse, La (1971) , "Night Gallery" (1971) , A Safe Place (1971) , Freedom River (1971) , Malpertuis (1971) , London (1971) , Waterloo (1970/I) , "The Name of the Game" (1970) , Catch-22 (1970) , Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) , The Kremlin Letter (1970) , Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) , The Deep (1970) , Upon This Rock (1970) , The Golden Honeymoon (1970) , Bitka na Neretvi (1969) , 12 + 1 (1969) , The Southern Star (1969) , Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969) , The Merchant of Venice (1969) , Kampf um Rom I (1968) , House of Cards (1968) , The Immortal Story (1968) , Tepepa (1968) , I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) , Oedipus the King (1967) , The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) , Casino Royale (1967) , A Man for All Seasons (1966) , Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) , Campanadas a medianoche (1965) , Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo, La (1965) , A King's Story (1965) , The V.I.P.s (1963) , Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) , Procès, Le (1962) , Tartari, I (1961) , King of Kings (1961) , La Fayette (1961) , Austerlitz (1960) , Crack in the Mirror (1960) , David e Golia (1960) , Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) , Compulsion (1959) , High Journey (1959), The Roots of Heaven (1958) , The Fountain of Youth (1958) , The Vikings (1958) , Touch of Evil (1958) , The Long, Hot Summer (1958) , Man in the Shadow (1957/I) , Moby Dick (1956) , "Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) , "The Orson Welles Sketchbook" (1955) , Mr. Arkadin (1955) , Napoléon (1955) , Three Cases of Murder (1955) , Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) , Trouble in the Glen (1954) , Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) , King Lear (1953) , Uomo, la bestia e la virtù, L' (1953) , Trent's Last Case (1952) , The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952) , Petit monde de Don Camillo, Le (1952) , The Black Rose (1950) , Prince of Foxes (1949) , Black Magic (1949) , The Third Man (1949) , Macbeth (1948) , The Lady from Shanghai (1947) , Duel in the Sun (1946) , The Stranger (1946) , Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) , Jane Eyre (1944) , Journey Into Fear (1943) , The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) , Citizen Kane (1941) , Swiss Family Robinson (1940) , Too Much Johnson (1938) , The Hearts of Age (1934)

Tuesday Weld

Susan Ker Weld
1943 -
American born New York City

Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) . Susan Ker Weld was born on August 27, 1943, in New York City. When her father, Lathrop Motley Weld, died three years later at the age of 49, the cute little girl, whose name by then had somehow been transmogrified into "Tuesday", took over the role of the family breadwinner. She became a successful child model, posing for advertisements and mail-order catalogs. Her work and the burden of responsibility estranged her from her mother Aileen and her two elder siblings and catapulted the preteen girl into adulthood. At nine years of age she suffered a nervous breakdown, at ten she started heavy drinking. One year later she began to have affairs, and at the age of twelve she tried to commit suicide. In 1956 she debuted in the low-budget exploitation movie Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) and decided to become an actress. After numerous TV appearances in New York she went to Hollywood in 1958 and was cast for Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), something of a breakthrough for her. Over the next few years Tuesday became Hollywood's queen of teen, playing mainly precocious sex kittens. Her wild private life added to the entertainment of her fans. Critics acknowledged her talent, directors approved of her professionalism, and in the late 1960s she even managed to grow out of her child/woman image and find more demanding roles - she had been "sweet little 16" for about 16 years. However, Tuesday Weld didn't achieve first-magnitude stardom. Maybe she was just unlucky with her selection of jobs (she turned down Lolita (1962), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), True Grit (1969), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), among others); maybe her independence-loving mind made her instinctively shrink back from the restraints of superstardom. In any case, she kept on performing well in films that had either not much flair or not much success. From the mid-'70s on she focused more and more on made-for-TV movies, which was ironic in that the best (Once Upon a Time in America (1984)) and the most successful (Falling Down (1993)) films that came her way happened after her big-screen career had pretty much petered out. Spouse Pinchas Zukerman (18 October 1985 - 1998) (divorced) 1 child, Dudley Moore
(20 September 1975 - 1980) (divorced) 1 son, Claude Harz (October 1965 - 1970) (divorced) 1 child.

Chelsea Walls (2001) , Investigating Sex (2001) , Feeling Minnesota (1996) , Falling Down (1993) , "Cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith, Les" (1990) , Heartbreak Hotel (1988) , Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986) , Something in Common (1986) , Scorned and Swindled (1984) , Once Upon a Time in America (1984) , The Winter of Our Discontent (1983) , Author! Author! (1982) , The Rainmaker (1982) , Thief (1981) , Madame X (1981) , Serial (1980) , Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980) , Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) , A Question of Guilt (1978) , Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) , F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1976) , Reflections of Murder (1974) , Play It As It Lays (1972) , A Safe Place (1971) , I Walk the Line (1970) , Pretty Poison (1968) , "Cimarron Strip" (1968) , The Crucible (1967) , Lord Love a Duck (1966) , The Cincinnati Kid (1965) , I'll Take Sweden (1965) , "The Fugitive" (1964) , "Mr. Broadway" (1964) , Soldier in the Rain (1963) , "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1963) , "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1963) , "The Eleventh Hour" (1963) , "The Dick Powell Show" (1961) , "Ben Casey" (1962) , "Route 66" (1962) , "Naked City" (1962) , "Adventures in Paradise" (1962) , Bachelor Flat (1962) , "Bus Stop" (1961) , "Follow the Sun" (1961) , Wild in the Country (1961) , Return to Peyton Place (1961) , The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) , "The Tab Hunter Show" (1960) , High Time (1960) , Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) , "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1960) , Because They're Young (1960) , "The Millionaire" (1959) , "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1958) , The Five Pennies (1959) , Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) , "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1957) , Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)

Raquel Welch

Jo Raquel Tejada
1940 -
American born Chicago

Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) . A new reigning 60s international sex symbol took her cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini get-up. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C. (1966), if nothing else, captured the hearts and libidos of modern men (not to mention their teenage sons) while producing THE most definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of that time. After a major dry spell following the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, the auburn-maned Ms. Welch effortlessly assumed Marilyn's title and forever wiped away the notion that enduring sex goddesses came only in one form -- bottled blonds.She was born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, the first of three children born to Bolivian Armando Carlos Tejada, an aerospace engineer, and his Irish-American wife Josephine Sarah Hall. The family moved to San Diego, California (her father was transferred) when Raquel was only two. Taking dance lessons as a youngster, she grew up to be quite a knockout and nailed a number of teen beauty titles ("Miss Photogenic," "Miss La Jolla," "Miss Contour," "Miss Fairest of the Fair" and "Miss San Diego"). With her sights set on theater arts, she studied at San Diego State College on a scholarship starting in 1958 and married her first husband, a high school sweetheart named James Welch, the following year. They had two children Damon (born 1960) and Tahnee (born 1961). Tahnee would go on to take advantage of her own stunning looks as an actress, most notably a prime featured role in Cocoon (1985).On the sly, Raquel became a local TV weather girl in San Diego and eventually quit college because of her responsibilities. Following the end of her marriage in 1961 (they divorced in 1965), she packed up her two children and moved to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a barmaid for a time. Regrouping, she returned to California, migrated to Los Angeles, and made the rounds of film/TV auditions. Providing sexy/perky decoration on such shows as "Bewitched," "McHale's Navy" and "The Virginian," she also paid her dues in filler bits with such movies as Elvis Presley's Roustabout (1964) and Doris Day's Do Not Disturb (1965). In the midst of the "beach party" craze, it's not surprising to find that her first prime role would be in the obvious A Swingin' Summer (1965), which concentrated more on musical guests 'Righteous Brothers, The and 'Gary Lewis & the Playboys' than on Raquel's outstanding contributions. But 20th Century Fox certainly took notice and signed her up.With her very first film under contract (actually, she was on loan out to Britain's Hammer Studios at the time), she took on the remake of One Million B.C. (1940) in the Carole Landis role and the rest is history. Raquel remained an international commodity for her first few years of celebrity. In England, she was quite revealing as the deadly sin representing "lust" for the comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their vehicle Bedazzled (1967), and as the title secret agent in the sexy spy spoof Fathom (1967). In Italy, she appeared in mediocre vehicles opposite such heartthrobs as Marcello Mastroianni. Back in the U.S. by 1968, she caused quite a stir in her brazen sex scenes with black athlete Jim Brown in the "spaghetti western" 100 Rifles (1969), and as the trans-gendered title role in the unfathomable Myra Breckinridge (1970), adapted from Gore Vidal novel while locking horns with the aging diva Mae West. The instant cult movie was a laughing stock to all concerned and certainly damaged Raquel's attempt at being taking seriously as an actress.Box office bombs abounded after this. Try as she might with dramatic stabs, the writing was pretty much on the wall that Hollywood was resistant, even though her performances in .Kansas City Bomber (1972) and The Wild Party (1975) drew good reviews. With determination, she partly offset this with modest supporting roles in large ensemble pieces. She showed definite spark and won a Golden Globe for the swashbuckler The Three Musketeers (1973), and appeared to good advantage in the mystery thriller The Last of Sheila (1973). She planned on making a comeback in Cannery Row (1982), even agreeing to appear topless (which she had never done before), but during production, she was suddenly fired without notice. She sued MGM for breach of contract and ultimately won a $15 million settlement, but this didn't help her film career. TV movies became a positive milieu for Raquel as she developed serious vehicles for herself such as The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982) (TV) and Right to Die (1987) (TV). She also found a lucrative avenue pitching beauty products in infomercials and developing exercise videos à la Jane Fonda. Moreover, Raquel took advantage of her modest singing and dancing abilities, by performing in splashy Las Vegas showrooms and starring in such plausible stage vehicles as "Woman of the Year" and "Victor/Victoria." Still a dazzler at age 60+, she has been seen sporadically over the years and still able to turn heads. More recently she co-starred in the Hispanic-oriented TV series "American Family" (2002) and in the film Tortilla Soup (2001). She is currently married to fourth husband Richard Palmer, who is 15 years her junior. Spouse Richard Palmer (17 July 1999 - present) (separated), André Weinfeld (5 July 1980 - 1990) (divorced), Patrick Curtis (14 February 1967 - 1972) (divorced), James Welch (8 May 1959 - 1964) (divorced) 2 children.

Forget About It (2006) , "8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (2004) , "American Family" (2002) , Legally Blonde (2001) , Tortilla Soup (2001) , "Spin City" (1997) , Folle d'elle (1998) , Chairman of the Board (1998) , "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) , "Central Park West" (1996) , "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1995) , Central Park West (1995) , Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993) , Torch Song (1993) , Tainted Blood (1993) , Trouble in Paradise (1989) , Scandal in a Small Town (1988) , Right to Die (1987) ,The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982) , "Mork & Mindy" (1979) , Animal, L' (1977) , Crossed Swords (1977) , Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) , "Saturday Night Live" (1976) , The Wild Party (1975) , The Four Musketeers (1974) , The Three Musketeers (1973) , The Last of Sheila (1973) , Kansas City Bomber (1972) , Fuzz (1972) , Bluebeard (1972) , Hannie Caulder (1971) , Myra Breckinridge (1970) , The Beloved (1970) , The Magic Christian (1969) , Flareup (1969) , "Bracken's World" (1969) , 100 Rifles (1969) , Lady in Cement (1968) , Bandolero! (1968) , The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) , Bedazzled (1967) , Fathom (1967) , Plus vieux métier du monde, Le (1967) , Spara forte, più forte, non capisco (1966) , One Million Years B.C. (1966) , Fantastic Voyage (1966) , Fate, Le (1966) , Do Not Disturb (1965) , "Wendy and Me" (1965) , A Swingin' Summer (1965) , "The Baileys of Balboa" (1965) , "The Rogues" (1964) , Roustabout (1964) , "Bewitched" (1964) , "McHale's Navy" (1964) , "The Virginian" (1964) , A House Is Not a Home (1964) , "The Hollywood Palace" (1964)

Sigourney Weaver

Susan Alexandra Weaver
1949 -
American born New York City

Height 5' 11½" (1.82 m) . Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver, on October 8, 1949, in Leroy Hospital in New York City. Her father, TV producer Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., originally wanted to name her Flavia, because of his passion for Roman history (he had already named her elder brother Trajan). Her mother, Elizabeth Inglis, was a British actress who had sacrificed her career for a family. Sigourney grew up in a virtual bubble of guiltless bliss, being taken care by nannies and maids. By 1959, the Weavers had resided in 30 different households. In 1961, Sigourney began attending the Brearly Girls Academy, but her mother moved her to another New York private school, Chapin. Sigourney was quite a bit taller than most of her other classmates (at the age of 13, she was already 5' 10"), resulting in her constantly being laughed at and picked on; in order to gain their acceptance, she took on the role of class clown.In 1962, her family moved to San Francisco briefly, an unpleasant experience for her. Later, they moved back east to Connecticut, where she became a student at the Ethel Walker School, facing the same problems as before. In 1963, she changed her name to "Sigourney", after the character "Sigourney Howard" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (her own birth name, Susan, was in honor of her mother's best friend, explorer Susan Pretzlik). Sigourney had already starred in a school drama production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and, in 1965, she worked during the summer with a stock troupe, performing in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "You Can't Take It With You" (she didn't star in the latter because she was taller than the lead actor!). After graduating from school in 1967, she spent some months in a kibbutz at Israel. At that time, she became engaged to reporter Aaron Latham, but they soon broke up.In 1969, Sigourney enrolled in Stanford University, majoring in English Literature. She also participated in school plays, especially Japanese Noh plays. By that time she was living in a treehouse, alongside a male friend, dressed in elf-like clothes! After completing her studies in 1971, she applied for the Yale School of Drama in New York. Despite appearing at the audition reading a Bertolt Brecht speech and wearing a rope-like belt, she was accepted by the school but her professors rejected her, because of her height, and kept typecasting her as prostitutes and old women (whereas classmate Meryl Streep was treated almost reverently). However, in 1973, while making her theatrical debut with "Watergate Classics", she met up with a team of playwrights and actors and began hanging around with them., resulting in long-term friendships with Christopher Durang, Kate McGregor-Stewart and Albert Innaurato.In 1974 she starred in such plays as Aristophanes' "Frogs" and Durang's "The Nature and Purpose of the Universe" and "Daryl and Carol and Kenny and Jenny", as Jenny. After finishing her studies that year, she began seriously pursuing a stage career, but her height kept being a hindrance. However, she continued working on stage with Durang (in "Titanic" [1975]) and Innaurato (in "Gemini" [1976] ). Other 1970s stage works included "Marco Polo Sing a Song", "The Animal Kingdom", "A Flea in Her Ear", "The Constant Husband", "Conjuring an Event" and others. However, the one that really got her noticed was "Das Lusitania Songspiel", a play she co-wrote with Durang and in which she starred for two seasons, from 1979 to 1981. She was also up for a Drama Desk Award for it. During the mid-70s she appeared in several TV spots and even starred as Avis Ryan in the soap opera "Somerset" (1970).In 1977 she was cast in the role Shelley Duvall finally played in Annie Hall (1977), after rejecting the part due to prior stage commitments. In the end, however, Woody Allen offered her a part in the film that, while short (she was onscreen for six seconds), made many people sit up and take notice. She later appeared in Madman (1978) and, of course, Alien (1979). The role of the tough, uncompromising Ripley made Sigourney an "overnight" star and brought her a British Award Nomination. She next appeared in Eyewitness (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), the latter being a great success in Australia that won an Oscar and brought Sigourney and co-star Mel Gibson to Cannes in 1983. The same year she delivered an honorary Emmy award to her father, a few months before her uncle, actor Doodles Weaver, committed suicide. That year also brought her a romance with Jim Simpson, her first since having broken up two years previously with James M. McClure. She and Simpson were married on 1 October 1984. Sigourney had meanwhile played in the poorly received Deal of the Century (1983) and the mega-hit Ghost Busters (1984). She was also nominated for a Tony Award for her tour-de-force performance in the play "Hurly Burly". Then followed Une femme ou deux (1985), Half Moon Street (1986) and Aliens (1986). The latter was a huge success, and Sigourney was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar.She then entered her most productive career period and snatched Academy Award nominations, in both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, for her intense portrayal of Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) and her delicious performance as a double-crossing, power-hungry corporate executive in Working Girl (1988). She ended up losing in both, but made up for it to a degree by winning both Golden Globes. After appearing in a documentary about fashion photographer Helmut Newton, Frames from the Edge (1989), and reprising her role in the sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), she discovered she was pregnant and retired from public life for a while. She gave birth to her daughter Charlotte on 13 April 1990, and returned to movies as a (now skinhead) Ripley in Alien³ (1992) and a gorgeous Queen Isabella of Spain in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), her second film with director Ridley Scott. She starred in the political comedy Dave (1993) alongside Kevin Kline, and then a Roman Polanski thriller, Death and the Maiden (1994).In 1995 she was seen in Jeffrey (1995) and Copycat (1995). The next year she "trod the boards" in "Sex and Longing", yet another Durang play. She hadn't performed in the theater in many years before that play, her last stage performances occurring in the 1980s in "As You Like It" (1981), "Beyond Therapy" (1981), "The Marriage of 'Bette and Boo'" (1985) and "The Merchant of Venice" (1986). In 1997 she was the protagonist in Grimm's Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997), The Ice Storm (1997) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). Her performance in "The Ice Storm" got her a BAFTA prize and another Golden Globe nod. She also gave excellent performances in A Map of the World (1999) and the sci-fi spoof Galaxy Quest (1999). Her next comedy, Company Man (2000), wasn't quite so warmly welcomed critically and financially, however. She next played a sexy con artist in Heartbreakers (2001) and had a voice role in Big Bad Love (2001). Her father died at the age of 93. Sigourney herself has recently starred in Tadpole (2002) and is planning a cinematic version of The Guys (2002), the enthralling September 11th one-act drama she played on stage on late 2001. She remains a remarkable and enormously talented actress, and at the age of 52 is still one of the world's great beauties. Spouse Jim Simpson (1 October 1984 - present) 1 child.

The Tale of Despereaux (2008) , The Girl in the Park (2007) , Vantage Point (2007) , Happily N'Ever After (2007) , Infamous (2006) , The TV Set (2006), Snow Cake (2006) , The Village (2004) , Imaginary Heroes (2004) , Holes (2003) , The Guys (2002) , Futurama" (2002) , Tadpole (2002) , Big Bad Love (2001) , Heartbreakers (2001) , Company Man (2000), Galaxy Quest (1999) , A Map of the World (1999) , Alien: Resurrection (1997) , Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) , The Ice Storm (1997) , Copycat (1995) , Jeffrey (1995) , Death and the Maiden (1994) , Dave (1993) , Rabbit Ears: Peachboy (1993) , 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) , Alien³ (1992) , Ghostbusters II (1989) , Working Girl (1988) , Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) , "Saturday Night Live" (1986) , Half Moon Street (1986) , Aliens (1986) , Une femme ou deux (1985) , Walls of Glass (1985) , Ghost Busters (1984) , Deal of the Century (1983) , The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) , Eyewitness (1981) , 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! (1979) , 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin (1979), Alien (1979) , Madman (1978) , "The Best of Families" (1977) , Annie Hall (1977) , "Somerset" (1970)

John Wayne

Marion Robert Morrison
1907 - 1979 (lung & stomach cancer)
American born Winterset

Nickname Duke, JW (family nickname) . Height 6' 4½" (1.94 m) . John Wayne (born Marion Morrison) was the son of pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his wife Mary. Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed, Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school. When the ranch failed, the family moved to Glendale, California, where Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. His first featured film was Men Without Women (1930). After more than 70 low-budget westerns and adventures, mostly routine, Wayne's career was stuck in a rut until Ford cast him in Stagecoach (1939), the movie that made him a star. He appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-43 he was in a radio series, "The Three Sheets to the Wind", and in 1944 he helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a right-wing political organization, later becoming its President. His conservative political stance was also reflected in The Alamo (1960), which he produced, directed and starred in. His patriotic stand was enshrined in The Green Berets (1968) which he co-directed and starred in. Over the years Wayne was beset with health problems. In September 1964 he had a cancerous left lung removed; in March 1978 there was heart valve replacement surgery; and in January 1979 his stomach was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and finally got the Oscar for his role as one-eyed Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969). A Congressional Gold Medal was struck in his honor in 1979. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in Ford's cavalry trilogy - Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950). Spouse Pilar Wayne (1 November 1954 - 11 June 1979) (his death) 3 children, Esperanza Baur (17 January 1946 - 1 November 1954) (divorced), Josephine Alicia Saenz (24 June 1933 - 25 December 1945) (divorced) 4 children.

The Shootist (1976) , Rooster Cogburn (1975) , Brannigan (1975) , McQ (1974) , Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) , The Train Robbers (1973) , The Cowboys (1972) , Big Jake (1971) , Rio Lobo (1970) , Chisum (1970) , The Undefeated (1969) , True Grit (1969) , Hellfighters (1968) , The Green Berets (1968) , The War Wagon (1967) , El Dorado (1966) , Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) , The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) , In Harm's Way (1965) , The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) , Circus World (1964) , Donovan's Reef (1963) , McLintock! (1963) , How the West Was Won (1962) , "Alcoa Premiere" (1962) , The Longest Day (1962) , Hatari! (1962) , The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) , The Comancheros (1961) , "Wagon Train" (1960) , North to Alaska (1960) , The Alamo (1960) , The Horse Soldiers (1959) , Rio Bravo (1959) , The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) , I Married a Woman (1958) , Legend of the Lost (1957) , Jet Pilot (1957) , The Wings of Eagles (1957) , The Searchers (1956) , The Conqueror (1956) , "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1955) , Blood Alley (1955) , The Sea Chase (1955) , The High and the Mighty (1954) , Hondo (1953) , Island in the Sky (1953) , Trouble Along the Way (1953) , Big Jim McLain (1952) , The Quiet Man (1952) , Miracle in Motion (1952) , Flying Leathernecks (1951) , Operation Pacific (1951) , Rio Grande (1950) , Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) , The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) , Wake of the Red Witch (1948) , 3 Godfathers (1948) , Red River (1948) , Fort Apache (1948) , Tycoon (1947) , Angel and the Badman (1947) , Without Reservations (1946) , Dakota (1945) , They Were Expendable (1945) , Back to Bataan (1945) , Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) , Tall in the Saddle (1944) , The Fighting Seabees (1944) , In Old Oklahoma (1943) , A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) , Reunion in France (1942) , Pittsburgh (1942) , Flying Tigers (1942) , In Old California (1942) , The Spoilers (1942) , Reap the Wild Wind (1942) , Lady for a Night (1942) , The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) , Lady from Louisiana (1941) , A Man Betrayed (1941) , Seven Sinners (1940) , The Long Voyage Home (1940) , Three Faces West (1940) , Dark Command (1940) , Allegheny Uprising (1939) , New Frontier (1939) , Wyoming Outlaw (1939) , Three Texas Steers (1939) , The Night Riders (1939) , Stagecoach (1939) , Red River Range (1938) , Santa Fe Stampede (1938) , Overland Stage Raiders (1938) , Pals of the Saddle (1938) , Born to the West (1937) , Adventure's End (1937) , Idol of the Crowds (1937) , I Cover the War (1937) , California Straight Ahead! (1937) , Conflict (1936) , Sea Spoilers (1936) , Winds of the Wasteland (1936) , The Lonely Trail (1936) , King of the Pecos (1936) , The Lawless Nineties (1936) , The Oregon Trail (1936) , Lawless Range (1935) , The New Frontier (1935) , Westward Ho (1935) , Paradise Canyon (1935) , The Dawn Rider (1935) , The Desert Trail (1935) , Rainbow Valley (1935) , Texas Terror (1935) , 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) , The Lawless Frontier (1934) , The Trail Beyond (1934) , The Star Packer (1934) , Randy Rides Alone (1934) , The Man from Utah (1934) , Blue Steel (1934) , West of the Divide (1934) , The Lucky Texan (1934), Sagebrush Trail (1933) , College Coach (1933), Riders of Destiny (1933) , The Man from Monterey (1933) , Baby Face (1933) , The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) , His Private Secretary (1933) , Somewhere in Sonora (1933) , Central Airport (1933) , The Three Musketeers (1933) , The Telegraph Trail (1933) , Haunted Gold (1932) , The Big Stampede (1932) , That's My Boy (1932) , Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) , The Hurricane Express (1932) , Lady and Gent (1932) , Two-Fisted Law (1932) , Texas Cyclone (1932) , The Shadow of the Eagle (1932) , Running Hollywood (1932) , The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1932) , Maker of Men (1931) , Range Feud (1931) , The Deceiver (1931) , Arizona (1931) , Three Girls Lost (1931) , Girls Demand Excitement (1931) , The Big Trail (1930) , Cheer Up and Smile (1930) , Rough Romance (1930) , Born Reckless (1930) , Men Without Women (1930) , The Forward Pass (1929) , Salute (1929) , Words and Music (1929) , The Black Watch (1929) , Speakeasy (1929) , Noah's Ark (1928) , Hangman's House (1928) , Four Sons (1928) , Mother Machree (1928) , The Drop Kick (1927) , Annie Laurie (1927) , The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) , Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) , Brown of Harvard (1926)

Dennis Waterman

1948 -
British born London

Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) . Spouse Rula Lenska (3 January 1987 - 31 March 1998) (divorced), Patricia Maynard (2 April 1977 - ?) (divorced) 2 children, Penny Dixon (1972 - 1976) (divorced).

Back in Business (2007) , "New Tricks" (2006) , "Where the Heart Is" (2003) , "The Canterbury Tales" (2003) , New Tricks (2003) , "Murder in Mind"(2002) , Arthur's Dyke (2001) , "Dalziel and Pascoe" (1999) , "The Knock" (1997) , Circles of Deceit: Kalon (1996) , Vol-au-vent (1996) , Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret (1995) , "Stay Lucky" (1991) , Circle of Deceit (1993) , "On the Up" (1992) , "Boon" (1991), "Fiddley Foodle Bird" (1991) , Cold Justice (1989) , Minder: An Officer and a Car Salesman (1988) , "Tube Mice" (1988) , Mr. H Is Late (1988) , The First Kangaroos (1988) , Who's Our Little Jenny Lind (1987) , "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986) , "Minder" (1980) , Minder on the Orient Express (1985) , The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) , Comedy Tonight (1980) , "The Sweeney" (1978) , Sweeney 2 (1978) , Sweeney! (1977) , "Churchill's People" (1974) , Regan (1974) , "Special Branch" (1974) ,"Play for Today" (1974) , "Man About the House" (1974) , "Play of the Month" (1973) , "Thriller" (1973) , "The Pathfinders" (1973) , "New Scotland Yard" (1973) , The Belstone Fox (1973) , "Colditz" (1972) , Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) , Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) , "The Sextet" (1972) , Man in the Wilderness (1971) , "Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1967) , Fright (1971) , Scars of Dracula (1970) , "Paul Temple" (1970) , My Lover My Son (1970) , "Journey to the Unknown" (1969) , "The First Lady" (1969) , I Can't... I Can't (1969) , A Promise of Bed (1969) , School for Unclaimed Girls (1969) , Up the Junction (1968) , "The Secret Agent" (1967), "Half Hour Story" (1967) , Go Kart Go (1964) , "William" (1962) , Crooks Anonymous (1962) , "Fair Exchange" (1962) , Pirates of Blood River (1962) , Snowball (1960) , Night Train for Inverness (1960)

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Jr.
1954 -
American born Mt Vernon

Nickname D . Height 6' 0½" (1.84 m) . Tall, strikingly handsome leading man of films and television in the 1980s and 1990s, Denzel Washington was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He was the middle child of the 3 children of a Pentecostal minister father and a beautician mother. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University intent on a career in journalism. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions and upon graduation he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater. He left A.C.T. after only 1 year to seek work as an actor. With his acting versatility and powerful sexual presence, he had no difficulty finding work in numerous television productions. He made his first big screen appearance in Carbon Copy (1981) with George Segal. Through the 1980s he worked in both movies and television and was chosen for the plum role of Dr. Chandler in NBC's hit medical series "St. Elsewhere" (1982), a role that he would play for 6 years. In 1989 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Tripp, the runaway slave in Edward Zwick's powerful historical masterpiece Glory (1989). Through the 1990s Denzel co-starred in such big budget productions as The Pelican Brief (1993) ; Philadelphia (1993); Crimson Tide (1995); The Preacher's Wife (1996); and Courage Under Fire (1996) - a role for which he was paid $10 million. He lives quietly in Los Angeles with his wife Pauletta and their 4 children. Cerebral and meticulous in his film work, he made his debut as a director in 2002 with Antwone Fisher (2002). Spouse Pauletta Washington (25 June 1983 - present) 4 children.

American Gangster (2007) , Deja Vu (2006) , Inside Man (2006) , The Manchurian Candidate (2004) , Man on Fire (2004) , Out of Time (2003/I) , Antwone Fisher (2002) , John Q (2002) , Training Day (2001) , Remember the Titans (2000) , The Hurricane (1999) , The Bone Collector (1999) , The Siege (1998/I) , He Got Game (1998) , Fallen (1998) , Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997) , The Preacher's Wife (1996) , Courage Under Fire (1996) , Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) , Virtuosity (1995) , Crimson Tide (1995) , "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) , Philadelphia (1993) , The Pelican Brief (1993) , Much Ado About Nothing (1993) , Malcolm X (1992) , Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (1992) , Ricochet (1991) , Mississippi Masala (1991) , Mo' Better Blues (1990) , Heart Condition (1990) , Glory (1989) , The Mighty Quinn (1989) , For Queen and Country (1988) , "St. Elsewhere" (1983) , Cry Freedom (1987) , Baka: The People of the Rainforest (1987) , Power (1986), The George McKenna Story (1986) , A Soldier's Story (1984) , License to Kill (1984) , Carbon Copy (1981) , Flesh & Blood (1979) , Coriolanus (1979) , Wilma (1977)

David Warner

1941 -
British born Manchester

Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) . David Warner once described his childhood as "messy". His father changed jobs often and moved from town to town. David attended eight schools and "failed his exams at all of them". His parents separated when he was a teenager and he only saw his mother again seven years later - on her deathbed. After a series of odd jobs, he was accepted at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts (RADA) where he was very unhappy. After RADA, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and got the part of Blifil in Tom Jones (1963). With the title role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and a two-year stint as Hamlet with the RSC, Warner became a star at 24. Spouse Sheilah Kent (1979 - present) 1 child, Harriet Lidgren (1969 - 1972) (divorced).

Hogfather (2006) , "The Battle for Rome" (2006) , "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" (2006) , Sweeney Todd (2006) , "Sensitive Skin"(2005) , The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) , Straight Into Darkness (2005) , Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (2004) , "Conviction" (2004) , Avatar (2004) , Ladies in Lavender. (2004) , Cortex (2004) , "Grim & Evil" (2001) , Hearts of Gold (2003) , Kiss of Life (2003) , "Battle Force: Andromeda" (2003) , The Investigation (2002) , Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) , Superstition (2001) , Back to the Secret Garden (2001) , Hornblower: Retribution (2001) , Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) , Planet of the Apes (2001) , The Code Conspiracy (2001) , "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" (2000) , "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" (2000) , In the Beginning (2000) , "Batman Beyond" (2000) , Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000) , Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate II - Shadows of Amn (2000) , Star Wars: Force Commander (2000) , Cinderella (2000/I) , "The Hunger" (1999) , "Love & Money" (????) , "Superman" (1999) , Shergar (1999) , "The Outer Limits" (1995) , "Total Recall 2070" (1999) , Wing Commander (1999) , Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999) , Descent 3 (1999) , The Last Leprechaun (1998) , Houdini (1998) , "Three" (1998) , "Toonsylvania" (1998) , The Little Unicorn (1998) , Scream 2 (1997) , Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) , Titanic (1997) , "Men in Black: The Series" (1997) , "Spider-Man" (1997) , Money Talks (1997) , Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) , "Perversions of Science" (1997) , "Freakazoid!" (1995) , "Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys" (1996) , The Leading Man (1996) , Seven Servants (1996) , Beastmaster: The Eye of Braxus (1996) , Rasputin (1996) , Felony (1996) , Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996) , Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996) , "A Mind to Kill" (1996) , "Gargoyles" (1995) , Final Equinox (1995) , "Iron Man" (1995) , Zoya (1995) , "Batman" (1992) , "The Choir" (1995) , "Biker Mice from Mars" (1995) , In the Mouth of Madness (1995) , Signs and Wonders (1995) , Naked Souls (1995) , Ice Cream Man (1995) , Inner Sanctum II (1994) , "Mighty Max" (1994), "Babylon 5" (1994) , "The Larry Sanders Show" (1993) , Necronomicon (1994) , "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1994) , Loving Deadly (1994) , Tryst (1994) , "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) , "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." (1993) , "Murder, She Wrote" (1990) , Body Bags (1993) , "Wild Palms" (1993) , "Dinosaurs" (1993) , Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993) , Oeil qui ment, L' (1993) , Piccolo grande amore (1993) , Quest of the Delta Knights (1993) , The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) , Taking Liberty (1993) , "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1992) , "Tales from the Crypt" (1992) , The House on Sycamore Street (1992) , The Lost World (1992) , Return to the Lost World (1992) , De terre et de sang (1992) , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) , Drive (1991) , Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) , Uncle Vanya (1991) , "Twin Peaks" (1991) , Blue Tornado (1991) , "Father Dowling Mysteries" (1990) , The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) , Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990) , Tripwire (1990) , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) , "The Wars of the Roses" (1989) , Mortal Passions (1989) , Magdalene (1989) , Grave Secrets (1989) , Hansel and Gretel (1988) , Hanna's War (1988) , "Worlds Beyond" (1988) , Mr. North (1988) , Waxwork (1988) , My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988) , Spies Inc. (1988) , Hostile Takeover (1988) , Keys to Freedom (1988) , "Crossbow" (1987) , Desperado (1987) , "Hold the Back Page" (1985) , Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985) , Love's Labour's Lost (1985) , A Christmas Carol (1984) , "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) , The Company of Wolves (1984) , "Charlie" (1984) , Frankenstein (1984/I) , Summer Lightning (1984) , "Hart to Hart" (1983) , "Remington Steele" (1983) , The Man with Two Brains (1983) , Tron (1982) , "Marco Polo" (1982) , "Nancy Astor" (1982) , The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) , Time Bandits (1981) , "Masada" (1981) , The Island (1980) , S.O.S. Titanic (1979) , Time After Time (1979) , The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979) , Nightwing (1979) , "How the West Was Won" (1979) , Clouds of Glory: William and Dorothy (1978) , Silver Bears (1978) , "Holocaust" (1978) , The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978) , Clouds of Glory: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1978) , The Disappearance (1977) , Age of Innocence (1977) , Cross of Iron (1977) , Providence (1977) , The Blue Hotel (1977) , The Omen (1976) , Summer Rain (1976) , The Old Curiosity Shop (1975) , Little Malcolm (1974) , A Doll's House (1973/II) , From Beyond the Grave (1973) , Straw Dogs (1971) , The Uniform (1971) , Perfect Friday (1970) , The Engagement (1970) , The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) , Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (1969) , The Sea Gull (1968) , The Fixer (1968) , A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) , Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968) , The Bofors Gun (1968) , The Deadly Affair (1966) , The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) , Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) , "War of the Roses" (1965) , A King's Story (1965) , Tom Jones (1963) , The King's Breakfast (1963) , "Z Cars" (1963) ,
The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) , We Joined the Navy (1962)

Rachel Ward

Rachel Claire Ward
1957 - British born Manchester

Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) . Spouse Bryan Brown (16 April 1983 - present) 3 children.

"Monarch Cove"(2006) , "Blackbeard" (2006) , Johnson County War (2002) , Bobbie's Girl (2002) , And Never Let Her Go (2001) , On the Beach (2000) , Seasons of Love (1999), My Stepson, My Lover (1997) , "Twisted Tales" (1996) , The Ascent (1994) , Double Obsession (1994) , Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) , Double Jeopardy (1992) , Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) , Black Magic (1992) , And the Sea Will Tell (1991) , After Dark, My Sweet (1990) , Shadow of the Cobra (1989) , How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) , The Good Wife (1987) , Hotel Colonial (1987) , Fortress (1986) , Against All Odds (1984) , The Final Terror (1983) , "The Thorn Birds" (1983) , Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) , Sharky's Machine (1981) , Night School (1981) , "Dynasty" (1981) , Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)

Sam Wanamaker

1919 - 1993 (cancer)
American born Chicago

Actor and director, born in Chicago, IL. He studied at Drake University, IA, then trained at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, worked with summer stock companies in Chicago as an actor and director, and made his London debut in 1952. In 1957, he was appointed director of the New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, and in 1959 joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre company at Stratford-upon-Avon. He produced or directed several works at Covent Garden and elsewhere in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations in 1974. He worked both as director and actor in films and television, his appearances included Spiral Staircase (1974), Private Benjamin (1980), Superman IV (1986), and Baby Boom. Spouse Charlotte Holland (1940 - 18 December 1993) (his death) 3 children.

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993) , Killer Rules (1993) , "Wild Justice" (1993) , City of Joy (1992) , Pure Luck (1991), Guilty by Suspicion (1991) , Always Remember I Love You (1990) , Running Against Time (1990) , The Shell Seekers (1989) , "Baby Boom" (1988) , Tajna manastirske rakije (1988) , Judgment in Berlin (1988) , Sadie and Son (1987) , Baby Boom (1987) , Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) , The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) , Raw Deal (1986) , "Berrenger's" (1985) , Embassy (1985) , The Aviator (1985) , Deceptions (1985) , Heartsounds (1984) , Irreconcilable Differences (1984) , The Ghost Writer (1984) , I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982) , Our Family Business (1981) , "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years" (1981) , The Competition (1980) , Private Benjamin (1980) , Charlie Muffin (1979) ,Contro 4 bandiere (1979) , "Return of the Saint" (1979) , Death on the Nile (1978) , "Holocaust" (1978) , "Rafferty" (1977) , Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) , Voyage of the Damned (1976) , The Sell-Out (1976) , The Billion Dollar Bubble (1976) , The Spiral Staircase (1975) , The Law (1974) , Mousey (1974) , Arturo UI (1972) , "Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1971) ,"Judd for the Defense" (1968) , Danger Route (1967) , The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) , "The Baron" (1967) , Warning Shot (1967) , "Run for Your Life" (1967) , "Gunsmoke" (1966) , "The Wild Wild West" (1965) , The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) , Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965) , "The Defenders" (1961) , "The Outer Limits" (1964) , Man in the Middle (1964) , "Espionage" (1963) , "Man of the World" (1963) , Taras Bulba (1962) , "Danger Man" (1960) ,"Armchair Theatre" (1960) , The Criminal (1960) , The Battle of the Sexes (1959) , "Habatales" (1959) , The Secret (1955) , Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) , "Cameo Theatre" (1950) ,Give Us This Day (1949) , My Girl Tisa (1948)

Julie Walters

Julia Mary Walters
1950 -
British born Birmingham

Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) . For decades Brit actress and comedienne Julie Walters has served as a sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy portrayals on England's stage, screen and TV. A bona fide talent, her infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually captured the hearts of international audiences. The small and slender actress with the prominent cheekbones has yet to give an uninteresting performance.She was born Julia Mary Walters on February 22, 1950, the youngest of three and only daughter of Irish-Catholic parents. Convent schooled in Birmingham, she expressed an early desire to act. Her iron-willed mother had other ideas, however, and geared her towards a nursing career. Dutifully applying at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, Julie eventually gave up nursing when the pull to be an actress proved too strong. Studying English and Drama at Manchester Polytechnic, she subsequently joined a theatre company in Liverpool and apprenticed as a stand-up comic. A one-time company member of the Vanload improv troupe, she made her London stage debut in the aptly-titled comedy "Funny Peculiar" in 1975, and went on to develop a successfully bawdy act on the cabaret circuit. While at Manchester, Julie befriended aspiring writer/comedienne Victoria Wood and the twosome appeared together in sketch comedy. A couple of their works, "Talent" and "Nearly a Happy Ending," transferred to TV and were accompanied by rave reviews. Eventually they were handed their own TV series, "Wood and Walters" (1982).In 1980, Julie scored a huge solo success under the theatre lights when she made her London debut in Willy Russell's "Educating Rita." For her superlative performance she won both the Variety Critic's and London Critic's Circle Awards as the young hairdresser who vows to up her station in life by enrolling in a university. She conquered film as well when Educating Rita (1983) transferred to the big screen opposite Michael Caine as her Henry Higgins-like college professor, collecting a Golden Globe Award and Oscar nomination.Reuniting with Victoria Wood in 1984, the pair continue to appear together frequently on TV, most recently with the award-winning series "Dinnerladies" (1998). On stage Julie has impressed in a variety of roles ranging from the contemporary ("Fool for Love," "Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune") to the classics ("Macbeth," "The Rose Tattoo" and "All My Sons"), winning the Olivier Award for the last-mentioned play.Following her success as Rita, she immediately rolled out a sterling succession of film femmes including her seedy waitress-turned-successful brothel-owner in Personal Services (1987); the unsophisticated, small-town wife of Phil Collins in Buster (1988); a boozy, man-chasing mum in Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989); and Liza Minnelli's abrasive tap student in Stepping Out (1991). Playing a wide variety of ages, she also mustered up a very convincing role as the mother of Joe Orton in the critically-acclaimed Prick Up Your Ears (1987). She capped her career in films as the abrasively stern but encouraging dance teacher in Billy Elliot (2000) which earned her a second Oscar nod and a healthy helping of quirky character parts, including her charming, charity-driven widow who poses à la natural in Calendar Girls (2003), and the maternal witch-wife Molly Weasley in the J.K. Rowling "Harry Potter" series. For her work on film and TV, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has honored Julie five times, including four awards in a row (2001-2004).Married to Grant Roffey since 1997 after a 12-year relationship, the couple tend to a 70-acre organic farm they bought in Sussex. They have one child. Julie was honored with an OBE for her services to drama in 1999. A biography was published in 2003 entitled "Julie Walters: Seriously Funny." Spouse Grant Roffey (1997 - present) 1 child.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) , The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) , Becoming Jane (2007) , Driving Lessons (2006) , Wah-Wah (2005) , Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2005) , Ahead of the Class (2005) , Mickybo and Me (2004) , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) , The Return (2003) , "The Canterbury Tales" (2003) , Calendar Girls (2003) , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) , Before You Go (2002) , Murder (2002) , My Beautiful Son (2001) , Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) , Billy Elliot (2000) , "Dinnerladies" (1999) , All Forgotten (2000) , "Oliver Twist" (1999) , Martine McCutcheon: This Is My Moment (1999) , Wetty Hainthropp Investigates (1999) , Titanic Town (1998) , Girls' Night (1998) , "Talking Heads 2" (1998) , Jack and the Beanstalk (1998) , "Melissa" (1997) , Bathtime (1997) , Brazen Hussies (1996) , Intimate Relations (1996) , "Jake's Progress" (1995) , Sister My Sister (1994) , Pat and Margaret (1994) , Bambino mio (1994) , Requiem Apache (1994) , Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) , Clothes in the Wardrobe (1992) ,Just Like a Woman (1992) , All Day Breakfast (1992) , Julie Walters and Friends (1991) , Stepping Out (1991) , "G.B.H." (1991) , Mack the Knife (1990) , "Victoria Wood" (1989) , Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989) , Buster (1988) , Prick Up Your Ears (1987) , Personal Services (1987) , "Talking Heads" (1987) , "Acorn Antiques" (1986) , The Birthday Party (1986) , "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4" (1985) , Dreamchild (1985) , "Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV" (1985) , Car Trouble (1985) , "Love and Marriage" (1984) , Unfair Exchanges (1984) , She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1984) , Educating Rita (1983) , "Objects of Affection" (1982) , "Play for Today" (1978) , "Boys from the Blackstuff" (1982) , "Wood and Walters" (1982) , Happy Since I Met You (1981), Nearly a Happy Ending (1981) , Days at the Beach (1981) , "Screenplay" (1979) , Talent (1979) , Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) , "Empire Road" (1978)

Christopher Walken

Ronald Walken
1943 -
American born Astoria

Nickname Chris, Ronnie . Height 6' 0½" (1.84 m) . Amazingly versatile stage & screen actor with sandy colored hair, pale complexion and a somewhat nervous disposition. Has a reputation for playing mentally unbalanced characters on-screen, however that generalisation would not do justice to Walken's depth and breadth of performances. He learnt his stage craft, including dancing, at Hofstra University & ANTA, and picked up a Theatre World award for his performance in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play "The Rose Tattoo".Walken then first broke through into cinema in 1969 appearing in Me and My Brother (1969), before appearing alongside Sean Connery in the sleeper heist movie The Anderson Tapes (1971). His eclectic work really came to the attention of critics in 1977 with his intense portrayal of Diane Keaton suicidal younger brother in Annie Hall (1977), and then he scooped the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1977 for his role as Nick in the electrifying The Deer Hunter (1978). Walken was lured back by The Deer Hunter (1978) director Michael Cimino for a role in the financially disastrous western Heaven's Gate (1980), before moving onto surprise audiences with his wonderful dance skills in Pennies from Heaven (1981), taking the lead as a school teacher with telepathic abilities in the Stephen King inspired The Dead Zone (1983) and then as billionaire industrialist Max Zorin trying to blow up Silicon Valley in the 007 adventure A View to a Kill (1985).Looking at many of Walken's other captivating screen roles, it is easy to see the diversity of his range and even his droll comedic talents with humorous appearances in Biloxi Blues (1988), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Joe Dirt (2001), Mousehunt (1997) and America's Sweethearts (2001). Most recently, he continued to surprise audiences again with his work as a heart broken and apologetic father to Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can (2002). Christopher Walken's talents continue to remain in high demand and movie audiences relish watching how capably he re-invents himself for each new challenging role. Spouse Georgianne Walken (January 1969 - present).

The Dirt (2008) , Hairspray (2007) , Citizen Brando (2007) , Balls of Fury (2007) , Fade to Black (2006/I) , Man of the Year (2006) , Click (2006/I) , True Crime: New York City (2005) , Domino (2005) , Romance & Cigarettes (2005) , Wedding Crashers (2005) , Around the Bend (2004) , The Stepford Wives (2004) , Envy (2004) , Man on Fire (2004) , True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) , The Rundown (2003) , Gigli (2003) , "Saturday Night Live" (1992) , Kangaroo Jack (2003), Julius Caesar (2002) , Catch Me If You Can (2002) , Plots with a View (2002) , Engine Trouble (2002/II) , The Country Bears (2002) , Poolhall Junkies (2002) , The Affair of the Necklace (2001) , America's Sweethearts (2001) , Joe Dirt (2001) , Scotland, Pa. (2001) , Jungle Juice (2001) , The Opportunists (2000) , The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000) , Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999) , Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999) , Sleepy Hollow (1999) , Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) , Vendetta (1999) , Blast from the Past (1999) , Antz (1998) , Trance (1998) , New Rose Hotel (1998) , Illuminata (1998) , The Prophecy II (1998) , Mousehunt (1997) , Suicide Kings (1997) , Excess Baggage (1997) , Touch (1997) , Last Man Standing (1996/I) , The Funeral (1996) , Basquiat (1996) , Celluloide (1996) , Ripper (1996) , Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996) , Nick of Time (1995) , The Addiction (1995) , The Prophecy (1995) , Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) , Search and Destroy (1995) , Wild Side (1995) , Pulp Fiction (1994) , A Business Affair (1994) , Wayne's World 2 (1993) , True Romance (1993) , Scam (1993) , Skylark (1993) , All-American Murder (1992) , Grand pardon II, Le (1992) , Batman Returns (1992) , Mistress (1992) , McBain (1991) , Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) , The Comfort of Strangers (1990) , King of New York (1990) , Communion (1989) , Homeboy (1988) , Cannon Movie Tales: Puss in Boots (1988) , Biloxi Blues (1988) , The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) , Deadline (1987) , At Close Range (1986) , A View to a Kill (1985) , The Dead Zone (1983) , Brainstorm (1983) , Who Am I This Time? (1982) , Pennies from Heaven (1981) , The Dogs of War (1981) , Heaven's Gate (1980) , Last Embrace (1979), The Deer Hunter (1978) , Shoot the Sun Down (1978) , Roseland (1977) , Annie Hall (1977) , "Kojak" (1977), The Sentinel (1977) , Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) , Valley Forge (1975) , The Happiness Cage (1972) , The Anderson Tapes (1971) , "Hawaii Five-O" (1970) , Me and My Brother (1969) , The Three Musketeers (1969) , Barefoot in Athens (1966) , "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1966) , "Naked City" (1963) , "The Guiding Light" (1952) , "The Motorola Television Hour" (1954) , "The Wonderful John Acton" (1953)

Ken Wahl

1954 -
American born Chicago

Nickname Anthony, Tony . Height 6' 3" (1.91 m) . Born in October 1954, Ken Wahl was one of 10 siblings and left school at age 17 to drift through a variety of jobs such as pumping gas before heading to California with a burning desire to succeed in the dramatic arts. Wahl was tall, handsome and athletically gifted, plus he oozed on screen appeal to both sexes. Talented Wahl's first key role was as the lead character of "Richie Genaro", the head of a Bronx, NYC street gang, in the scintillating The Wanderers (1979).Within two more movies he was appearing alongside his onscreen hero 'Paul Newman' in the explosive cop drama _Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)_ . Wahl headlined again in his next film The Soldier (1982), about a covert assassin tracking down stolen nuclear arms and eliminating the opposition! He appeared alongside Cheryl Ladd in the Vietnam war romance of Purple Hearts (1984) and roles in several other films, before landing the key TV role of undercover FBI agent "Vinnie Terranova" in _Wiseguy (1987)_. Wiseguy ran successfully from 1987 to 1990 scoring Wahl a Golden Globe Award, and it was resurrected again briefly for a TV movie in 1996.Unfortunately, Wahl was involved in a terrible accident in 1992 with near life threatening neck injuries and for many years battled several addictions in an attempt to ease the chronic pain. Thankfully, he overcame these demons and presently he is managing his pain with professional medical assistance and sharing his life with his third wife, Shane Barbi, plus his four children Louie, Raymond, Cody & Kyra. One can only hope that one day we see this exciting, passionate and sensitive actor back in front of the cameras. Spouse Shane Barbi (17 September 1997 - present), Corinne Wahl (1984 - 1991) (divorced) 1 child.

Wiseguy (1996) , Search for Grace (1994) , The Favor (1994) , The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) , "Wiseguy" (1989) , Wiseguy (1987) , Omega Syndrome (1987) , The Gladiator (1986) , "Double Dare" (1985) , The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) , Purple Hearts (1984) , Jinxed! (1982) , The Soldier (1982) , Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) , Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) , Running Scared (1980) , The Wanderers (1979)

Robert Wagner

Robert John Wagner
1930 -
American born Detroit

Nickname RJ, The Brylcreem Kid . Height 5' 11" (1.80 m) . Robert Wagner was born in Detroit, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven. Always wanting to be an actor, he held a variety of jobs (including one as a caddy for Clark Gable while pursuing his goal, but it was while dining with his parents at a restaurant in Beverly Hils that he was "discovered" by a talent scout. He had a bit part in The Happy Years (1950) but it was a small part as a crippled soldier in the Susan Hayward film With a Song in My Heart (1952) that got him attention. His fresh, all-American looks landed him a contract with 20th Century-Fox, which put him in a succession of undemanding roles in Technicolor pictures where his looks were more important than his talent (Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), Prince Valiant (1954)), but he did manage to show that he was indeed an actor of talent in several showy roles in smaller pictures (A Kiss Before Dying (1956), Between Heaven and Hell (1956)). As he became one of Fox's rising young stars, the studio, as was customary back then, set him up with a host of nubile young actresses, among them Debbie Reynolds. While the pairing didn't lead to any romance, it did lead to a lifelong friendship. In 1956 Wagner, then 26, found the love of his life, 18-year-old actress Natalie Wood. They married on December 28 1957, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hollywood trumpeted their marriage as the most "glittering union of the 20th century". Robert (RJ to his friends) and Natalie Wood quickly moved into a $150,000 mansion on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills. He and Natalie Wood were deeply in love and appeared to be the perfect couple, but were actually living on the edge and were strapped for cash. RJ was being overshadowed by new male leads like Marlon Brando and Paul Newman. Natalie Wood was placed on a 14-month suspension with Warner Bros. for refusing to do a movie in England.These problems led them to divorce on April 27 1962. He took the divorce hard. Trying to escape his pain he went to Europe to make the movie The Longest Day (1962). In Europe he met with his old friend Marion Marshall. They married in 1963 and had a daughter, Katie Wagner, but the marriage was short-lived. In 1968 he reluctantly went into television to star in "It Takes a Thief" (1968) (later he would say it was the right move). By 1969 he was thriving professionally, but his personal life wasn't. He was still in love with Natalie Wood and kept in touch with her. However, she had married British producer Richard Gregson and they had a daughter Natasha (later Natasha Gregson Wagner). In 1971 Natalie Wood and RJ saw each other by accident in a restaurant and suddenly the old magic was back. She divorced Richard Gregson, and RJ and Natalie Wood remarried June 16 1972, on their yacht "Splendour". In 1974 they had a daughter, Courtney Brooke. Their second marriage was full of love and happiness. They were a real family and loved raising their three daughters, Katie Wagner, Natasha Gregson Wagner and Courtney Brooke.Wagner went on to do a succession of successful television series ("Switch" (1975), "Hart to Hart" (1979)) and his professional and personal lives seemed to be right on track. Then on November 29 1981, his life was shattered by the news that Natalie Wood had fallen off of "Splendour" and drowned. He was devastated and inconsolable, but insisted on arranging a funeral to honor the love of his life. He spent the next ten years raising Natalie Wood's and his daughters alone. It was 1991 when he married Jill St. John. To this day he finds it difficult to talk about Natalie Wood's death.Wagner has since revived his career with a recurring role as the eye-patch-wearing henchman Number Two to Mike Myers' sinister Dr. Evil in the "Austin Powers" series of spy spoofs and as the host of Fox Movie Channel's "Hour of Stars" (2002), which shows recently discovered and restored episodes of the old TV anthology series "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955), some of which Wagner himself had starred in. Spouse Jill St. John (26 May 1990 - present), Natalie Wood (16 July 1972 - 29 November 1981) (her death) 1 child, Marion Marshall (22 July 1963 - 1970) 1 daughter, Natalie Wood (28 December 1957 - 27 April 1962) (divorced).

Last of the Mustangs (2006) , Netherbeast Incorporated (2007) , Man in the Chair (2007) , Everyone's Hero (2006) , "Boston Legal" (2006) , Hoot (2006) , "Hope & Faith" (2004) , "Las Vegas" (2006) , Category 7: The End of the World (2005) , Little Victim (2005) , The Fallen Ones (2005) , Padrino, El (2004) , Mystery Woman (2003) , "On the Spot" (2003) , The Calling (2002/I) , Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) , Nancy & Frank - A Manhattan Love Story (2002) , The Kidnapping of Chris Burden (2001) , The Retrievers (2001) , Jungle Juice (2001) , Sol Goode (2001) , Becoming Dick (2000) , Rocket's Red Glare (2000) , Abzocker - Eine eiskalte Affäre, Die (2000) , Play It to the Bone (1999) , Forever Fabulous (1999) , Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) , No Vacancy (1999) , Fatal Error (1999) , Crazy in Alabama (1999) , Dill Scallion (1999) , "Camino de Santiago" (1999) , Something to Believe In (1998) , Wild Things (1998) , Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) , "Seinfeld" (1997) , Overdrive (1997) , Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996) , Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996) , Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995) , Dancing in the Dark (1995) , Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995) , Parallel Lives (1994) , Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994) , Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994) , "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III" (1994) , Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994) , Hart to Hart: Hart to Hart Returns (1993) , Audacieux, Les (1993) , Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) , Jewels (1992) ,"The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" (1991) , False Arrest (1991) , Delirious (1991) , This Gun for Hire (1991) , "Saturday Night Live" (1989) , "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) , Indiscreet (1988) , Windmills of the Gods (1988) , Love Among Thieves (1987) , There Must Be a Pony (1986) , "Lime Street" (1985) , To Catch a King (1984) , I Am the Cheese (1983) , "Hart to Hart" (1981) , Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) , Hart to Hart (1979) , The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979) , "Pearl" (1978) , The Critical List (1978) , "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1977) , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) , Death at Love House (1976) , Midway (1976) , "Switch" (1975) , The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975) , The Towering Inferno (1974) , "Colditz" (1973), The Affair (1973) , "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) , The Streets of San Francisco (1972) , Journey Through Rosebud (1972) , Madame Sin (1972) , Killer by Night (1972) , Crosscurrent (1971) , "The Name of the Game" (1970) , City Beneath the Sea (1971) ,"It Takes a Thief" (1968) , Winning (1969) , Don't Just Stand There! (1968) , The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) , Banning (1967) , How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967) , "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1966) , Harper (1966) , The Pink Panther (1963) , "The Eleventh Hour" (1963) , Sequestrati di Altona, I (1962) , The War Lover (1962) , The Longest Day (1962) , Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) , All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) , Say One for Me (1959) , Mardi Gras (1958) , In Love and War (1958) , The Hunters (1958) , Stopover Tokyo (1957) , The True Story of Jesse James (1957) , The Mountain (1956) , Between Heaven and Hell (1956) , A Kiss Before Dying (1956) , "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955) , White Feather (1955) , Broken Lance (1954) , Prince Valiant (1954) , Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) , Titanic (1953) , The Silver Whip (1953) , Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) , What Price Glory (1952) , With a Song in My Heart (1952) , Let's Make It Legal (1951) , The Frogmen (1951) , Teresa (1951) , Halls of Montezuma (1950) , The Happy Years (1950)

Lindsay Wagner

Lindsay Jean Wagner
1949 -
American born Los Angeles

Height 5' 11" (1.80 m) . Lindsay Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California, on June 22, 1949. Her parents divorced when she was seven years old. Her first career was as a model, but she soon grew to hate it and turned to acting, guest-starring in such television shows as "Night Gallery" (1970), "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (1969) and "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969). Although she starred in the critically acclaimed The Paper Chase (1973), TV stardom beckoned when she guest-starred on "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974). Her appearance was so well received that she was offered her own show, "The Bionic Woman" (1976), even though her character Jamie Sommers died on the "The Six Million Dollar Man." Fortunately for Lindsay, Universal Pictures--the studio that made SMDM--had let her contract lapse, and she was able to cut a lucrative deal for herself. She went on to win an Emmy Award for "The Bionic Woman" (1976), and her talent, beauty and popularity enabled her to parlay that show into a career as the "queen" of made-for-TV movies and miniseries, starring in 30 of them. Besides her Emmy award, she has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Cable Ace Award. Spouse Lawrence Mortorff (6 May 1990 - June 1993) (divorced), Henry Kingi (1981 - 1984) (divorced) 2 children, Michael Brandon (19 December 1976 - 1979) (divorced), Allan Rider (1971 - 1973) (divorced).

Four Extraordinary Women (2006) , The Surfer King (2006) , Buckaroo (2005) , Thicker Than Water (2005) , "The Division" (2002) , A Light in the Forest (2002) , Frog and Wombat (1998) , Voyage of Terror (1998) , Their Second Chance (1997) , Contagious (1997) , A Mother's Instinct (1996) , Sins of Silence (1996) , Fighting for My Daughter (1995) , Bionic Ever After? (1994) , Once in a Lifetime (1994) , Men Who Hate Women & the Women Who Love Them (1994) , Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993) , A Message from Holly (1992) , To Be the Best (1992), "Against All Odds" (1992) , Treacherous Crossing (1992) , She Woke Up (1992), Fire in the Dark (1991) , Ricochet (1991) , Babies (1990) , Shattered Dreams (1990) , Voice of the Heart (1990) , "A Peaceable, Kingdom" (1989) , Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) , From the Dead of Night (1989) , Police Story: Burnout (1988) , Scandals (1988) , Nightmare at Bitter Creek (1988) , The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1988) , Evil in Clear River (1988) , Student Exchange (1987) , The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) , "Kate & Allie" (1986) , Convicted (1986) , Young Again (1986) , Child's Cry (1986) , Stranger in My Bed (1986) , This Child Is Mine (1985) , The Other Lover (1985) , Passions (1984) , Jessie" (1984) , Jessie (1984) , Martin's Day (1984) , Two Kinds of Love (1983) , Princess Daisy (1983) , "The Fall Guy" (1983) , I Want to Live (1983) , Memories Never Die (1982) , Callie & Son (1981) , High Risk (1981) , Nighthawks (1981) , "Scruples" (1980) , The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979) , The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979), "The Bionic Woman" (1977) , "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1975) , Second Wind (1976) , The Bionic Woman (1975) , "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1971) , "The Rockford Files" (1974) , The Rockford Files (1974) , The Paper Chase (1973) , Two People (1973) , "Night Gallery"(1971) , "The F.B.I." (1972) , "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" (1972) , "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1971) , "Sarge" (1971) , "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (1971) , "The Man and the City" (1971) , "Adam-12" (1971)

Max Von Sydow

Max Carl Adolf von Sydow
1929 -
Swedish born Lund

Height 6' 3½" (1.92 m) . He was born in a middle-class family in Lund, where his father was an ethnologist. When he was in high school, he and a few fellow students, including Yvonne Lombard, started a theatre club which encouraged his interest in acting. After conscription he began to study at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1948-1951), together with Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook and Ingrid Thulin. His first role was as Nils the crofter in Alf Sjöberg's Bara en mor (1949). After graduation he worked at the city theatres in Norrkoeping and Malmö. His work in the movies by Ingmar Bergman made him well-known internationally, and he started to get offers from abroad. His career abroad began with The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and Hawaii (1966). Since then, his career includes very different kind of characters, like Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon (1980) or the artist Frederick in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). In 1987 he made his directing debut with Ved vejen (1988). He has become one of Sweden's most admired and professional actors. Spouse Cathrine Brelet (30 April 1997 - present), Christina Olin (1 August 1951 - 1996) (divorced).

Rush Hour 3 (2007) , Emotional Arithmetic (2007) , Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2008) , Inchiesta, L' (2006) , Heidi (2005/I) , Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) , "Fuga degli innocenti, La" (2004) , Minority Report (2002) , Amants de Mogador, Les (2002) , Intacto (2001) , Vercingétorix (2001) , What Dreams May Come (1998) , "Professione fantasma" (1998) , Solomon (1997) , Principessa e il povero, La (1997) , Hostile Waters (1997) , Enskilda samtal (1996) , Samson and Delilah (1996) , Jerusalem (1996) , Hamsun (1996) , Truck Stop (1996) , "Radetzkymarsch" (1995), Judge Dredd (1995) , Citizen X (1995) , Dypets ensomhet (1995) , A che punto è la notte (1995) , Onkel Vanja (1994) , Time Is Money (1994) , "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1993) , Needful Things (1993) , Morfars resa (1993) , Och ge oss skuggorna (1993) , Dotkniecie reki (1992) , Goda viljan, Den (1992) , "Goda viljan, Den" (1991) , Oxen (1991) , Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991) , Europa (1991) , A Kiss Before Dying (1991) , Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1991) , Awakenings (1990) , Father (1990) , Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) , Vita scellerata, Una (1990) , Red King, White Knight (1989) , Pelle erobreren (1987) , Duet for One (1986) , Oviri (1986) , "Gösta Berlings saga" (1986) , Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) , The Second Victory (1986) , Pentito, Il (1985) , Code Name: Emerald (1985) , "Christopher Columbus" (1985) , "Quo Vadis?" (1985) , Kojak: The Belarus File (1985) , "The Last Place on Earth" (1985) , Dune (1984) , Dreamscape (1984) , Samson and Delilah (1984) , The Ice Pirates (1984) , A Soldier's Tale (1984) , Never Say Never Again (1983) , The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) , Cercle des passions, Le (1983) , Dernier civil, Le (1983), Jugando con la muerte (1982) , Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982) , Conan the Barbarian (1982) , Victory (1981) , Flash Gordon (1980) , Mort en direct, La (1980) , Bugie bianche (1980) , Hurricane (1979) , Brass Target (1978) , March or Die (1977) , Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) , Gran bollito (1977) , Voyage of the Damned (1976) , Deserto dei Tartari, Il (1976) , Foxtrot (1976) , Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) , The Ultimate Warrior (1975) , Three Days of the Condor (1975) , Trompe-l'oeil (1975) , Ägget är löst! (1975) , Cuore di cane (1975) , Steppenwolf (1974) , The Exorcist (1973) , "Kvartetten som sprängdes" (1973), Nybyggarna (1972) , Embassy (1972) , "I havsbandet" (1971) , Äppelkriget (1971) , Beröringen (1971) , Utvandrarna (1971) , The Night Visitor (1971) , The Kremlin Letter (1970) , Passion, En (1969) , Made in Sweden (1969) , Skammen (1968) , Svarta palmkronor (1968) , Vargtimmen (1968) , The Diary of Anne Frank (1967) , Här har du ditt liv (1966) , The Quiller Memorandum (1966) , Hawaii (1966) , The Reward (1965) , 4 x 4 (1965) , The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) ,
Nattvardsgästerna (1962) , Älskarinnan (1962) , Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (1962) , Såsom i en spegel (1961) , Bröllopsdagen (1960) , Jungfrukällan (1960) , Ansiktet (1958) , Rabies (1958) , Spion 503 (1958) , Nära livet (1958) , Smultronstället (1957) , Prästen i Uddarbo (1957) , Herr Sleeman kommer (1957) , Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) , Rätten att älska (1956) , Ingen mans kvinna (1953) , Fröken Julie (1951) , Bara en mor (1949)

Erich Von Stroheim

Hans Erich Maria Stroheim Vom Nordenwall
1885 - 1957 (cancer)
Ausrian born Vienna

Nickname The Man You Love to Hate . Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . Spouse Valerie Germonprez
(1920 - 1936) (separated) 1 child, Jones, Mae (1916 - July 1919) (divorced) 1 child, Knox, Margaret (19 February 1913 - May 1914) (filed for divorce), Denise Vernac (? - 12 May 1957) (his death).

Napoléon (1955) , Série noire (1955) , Madone des sleepings, La (1955) , Alerte au sud (1953) , Envers du paradis, L' (1953) , Minuit... Quai de Bercy (1953) , Alraune (1952) , Sunset Blvd. (1950) , Portrait d'un assassin (1949) , Signal rouge, Le (1949) , Danse de mort (1948) , Foire aux chimères, La (1946) , On ne meurt pas comme ça (1946) , The Mask of Diijon (1946) , Scotland Yard Investigator (1945) , The Great Flamarion (1945) , Storm Over Lisbon (1944) , The Lady and the Monster (1944) , The North Star (1943) , Five Graves to Cairo (1943) , Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1942) , So Ends Our Night (1941) , I Was an Adventuress (1940) , Tempête (1940) , Menaces (1940) , Pièges (1939) , Rappel immédiat (1939) , Derrière la façade (1939) , Monde tremblera, Le (1939) , Disparus de Saint-Agil, Les (1938) , Affaire Lafarge, L' (1938) , Gibraltar (1938) , Ultimatum (1938) , Under Secret Orders (1937) , Alibi, L' (1937) , Grande illusion, La (1937) , Marthe Richard au service de la France (1937) , Pirates du rail, Les (1937) , The Crime of Dr. Crespi (1935) , Crimson Romance (1934) , Fugitive Road (1934) , As You Desire Me (1932) , The Lost Squadron (1932) , Friends and Lovers (1931) , Three Faces East (1930) , The Great Gabbo (1929) , The Wedding March (1928) , The Honeymoon (1928) , Greed (1924) , Foolish Wives (1922) , Blind Husbands (1919) , The Heart of Humanity (1918) , The Hun Within (1918) , Hearts of the World (1918) , The Unbeliever (1918) , Who Goes There? (1917) , Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917) , Reaching for the Moon (1917) , Draft 258 (1917) , For France (1917) , In Again, Out Again (1917/II) , Panthea (1917) , The Social Secretary (1916) , Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) , Macbeth (1916) , The Flying Torpedo (1916) , His Picture in the Papers (1916) , Old Heidelberg (1915) , A Bold Impersonation (1915) , Farewell to Thee (1915) , Ghosts (1915/I) , The Failure (1915/I) , Captain Macklin (1915) , The Country Boy (1915)

Jan Michael Vincent

1944 -
American born Denver

Virile, handsome and square-jawed youthful star of the 1970s and 1980s whose early potential at super-stardom fizzled out. Jan-Michael Vincent originally made a name for himself portraying rebellious young men bucking the system, as in Tribes (1970) (TV), White Line Fever (1975) and Baby Blue Marine (1976) or as a man of action on either side of the law, as in The Mechanic (1972), Vigilante Force (1976) and "The Winds of War" (1983) (mini).He was born in Denver, Colorado, in July 1944, and was finishing a stint in the National Guard when a talent scout was struck by his all-American looks. He made his first appearance on-screen in The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967), before appearing in Journey to Shiloh (1968) and in "Danger Island" on the Hanna-Barbera kids TV show "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (1968). He remained very busy during the 1970s, appearing in high-profile productions alongside such stars as John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Charles Bronson, Slim Pickens and Robert Mitchum.In 1984 Vincent landed the role of Stringfellow Hawke in the helicopter action series "Airwolf" (1984), co-starring Ernest Borgnine. The show wrapped after three seasons and from then on he was primarily appearing in low-budget, B-grade action and sci-fi films, including Alienator (1989), The Divine Enforcer (1992), Deadly Heroes (1994) and Lethal Orbit (1996) (TV). His last film to date was the woeful gang movie White Boy (2002), and ongoing health issues and personal problems seem to preclude his return to the screen.Vincent will be best remembered by film fans as a smirking, apprentice hit man to Charles Bronson in The Mechanic (1972), as feisty "Matt" in the superb surf movie Big Wednesday (1978) with Gary Busey and William Katt, or as rebel trucker Carol Jo Hummer battling corruption in White Line Fever (1975). Spouse Joanne Robinson (1985 - 1997) (divorced), Bonnie Portman (1974 - 1975) (divorced) 1 child.

White Boy (2002) , Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000) , The Thundering 8th (2000) , Buffalo '66 (1998) , No Rest for the Wicked (1998) , "Nash Bridges" (1997) , Red Line (1996) , The Last Kill (1996) , Jurassic Women (1996) , Lethal Orbit (1996) , Codename: Silencer (1995) , Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 (1995) , Ice Cream Man (1995) , Deadly Heroes (1994) , "Renegade" (1994) , Abducted II: The Reunion (1994) , Indecent Behavior (1993) , Midnight Witness (1993) , Singapore Sling (1993) , Sins of Desire (1993) , Hidden Obsession (1993) , Animal Instincts (1992) , The Divine Enforcer (1992) , Beyond the Call of Duty (1992) , Haunting Fear (1991) , Raw Nerve (1991) , Hangfire (1991) , In Gold We Trust (1991) , The Final Heist (1991) , Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1990) , Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) , Hit List (1989) , Alienator (1989) , Deadly Embrace (1989) , Demonstone (1989) , Dirty Games (1989) , Born in East L.A. (1987) , Enemy Territory (1987) , Six Against the Rock (1987) , "Airwolf" (1987) , "Hotel" (1986) , Get Out of My Room (1985) , "Airwolf" (1984) , Airwolf (1984) , Last Plane Out (1983) , "The Winds of War" (1983) , "Disneyland" (1983) , Hard Country (1981) , Defiance (1980) , The Return (1980) , Hooper (1978) , Big Wednesday (1978) , Damnation Alley (1977), Vigilante Force (1976) , Shadow of the Hawk (1976) , Baby Blue Marine (1976) , White Line Fever (1975) , Bite the Bullet (1975) , "Police Story" (1973) , Buster and Billie (1974) , "Toma" (1973) , Deliver Us from Evil (1973) , "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1973) , The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) , The Mechanic (1972) , Sandcastles (1972) , The Catcher (1972) , Going Home (1971) , "Gunsmoke" (1971) , "Storefront Lawyers" (1971) , "Dan August" (1971) , The Last of the Powerseekers (1971) , Tribes (1970) , Double Jeopardy (1970) , The Undefeated (1969), "The Survivors" (1969) , "Bonanza" (1968), "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (1968) , Journey to Shiloh (1968) , "Lassie" (1968) , The Bandits (1967) , "Dragnet 1967" (1967) , The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967)