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Actors: Stars & Unknowns
These actor pages are perpetually under construction. As new people and films and subjects are added, we begin with hyperlinks
— webpage link, IMDb & Wikipedia listings, and books & videos/DVDs for purchase —
then expand each person to detailed page/s with biographical information, filmography, and further links to official sites, fansites, etc.
You can suggest links for this page via email.
here on page one
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Actors A thru F ®
on page two: Actors G thru L ® on page three: Actors M thru R
on page four: Actors S thru Z • Animal Actors • Hollywood Collection videos
"A girl should realize that a career on the screen demands everything, promising nothing."
— Helen Ferguson [1900-77]
Magic Lantern's Actors & Movie Stars of Today Page
Magic Lantern's Books & Videos about Actors & Acting Page
L i n k s
UGO Actress Archives
Actor Archives
Silver Screen Sirens
Latinos 4 Movies {talent database}
Denny C. Jackson's Actresses of the Silver Screen
Bombshells.com: Where Classic Hollywood Actresses Aren't Just Babes
Silent Ladies & Gents fansite
New Mexico Actors website
Important and Noteworthy Films with U.S. Asians
Doug's Great Character Actors website
Child Starlets: image gallery of child actresses [est. 1998]
Stanley Livingston's "The Actor's Journey" Project
Native American Film Festival / Actors Section
![Screen Actors Guild [for recent information]](images/SAGlogo.jpg)
![Intl. Federation of Actors [est. 1952]](images/IntlFederationofActorsFIA.gif)
Magic Lantern's Foreign Cinema Pages
Actors of Asia
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Actors of Canada
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Actors of China
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Actors of France
Actors of Germany
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Actors of India
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Actors of Italy
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Actors of Japan
Actors of Mexico
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Actors of Russia
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Actors of Spain
• other Foreign Actors
Cowboy Stars & Actors at 'Readers of The Purple Sage'
Movie Series & Comedy Teams Pages
Movie Star Soldiers of WWII (and Others)
Movie Actors posters category at AllPosters.com
Movie Actresses posters category at AllPosters.com
browse Actors & Actresses (A to Z) on DVD at Amazon
Film Reference website / Actors & Actresses pages
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![WARNING: Casting 360 [est. 2005] is based in San Francisco, California and their first order of business when you call is to get you to pay for a portfolio on a credit card, which they then also charge for monthly membership without telling you - rated F by Better Business Bureau (2013)](images/casting360.jpg "WARNING: Casting 360 [est. 2005] is based in San Francisco, California and their first order of business when you call is to get you to pay for a portfolio on a credit card, which they then also charge for monthly membership without telling you - rated F by Better Business Bureau (2013)")
Recent Passings — Movie & TV Actors
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Harry Belafonte, trailblazing singer and activist, died at age 96
comedian & actor Richard Belzer died at 78 - known both for his edgy stand-up comedy and his role as cynical TV detective John Munch on "Homicide: Life On The Street"
and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", died at his home in southwest France at age 78. Belzer's film debut came in the cult comedy "The Groove Tube" [1974]
singer and actress Jane Birkin died at 76
Barbara Bosson, an Emmy-nominated actor known for her role as Fay Furillo on "Hill Street Blues", died at age 83
Michael Gambon, best known for playing the wizard Dumbledore in the later 'Harry Potter' films, died at 82
Barry Humphries, a Tony Award-winning Australian comedian known for his stage persona Dame Edna Everage, has died at the age of 89 following complications from hip surgery
Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson died at 87
three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie died at age 91
Michael Lerner, a veteran character actor who received an Oscar nomination for his role in the 1991 film "Barton Fink", died at age 81. With film and TV credits dating back to the 1960s, Lerner also appeared in the holiday classic "Elf" alongside Will Ferrell, and in TV shows like "Law and Order: SVU", "The Good Wife", and "Glee"
Italian screen star Gina Lollobrigida died at age 95
actor Mark Margolis, known for his role as the scene-stealing (and downright creepy) drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul",
died at age 83 after battling a short illness
actor David McCallum, known for his role chief medical examiner Donald 'Ducky' Mallard on the long-running CBS show "N.C.I.S.," died at age 90
"Friends" star Matthew Perry died at age 54 of an apparent drowning
actor Paul Reubens (known for character Pee-Wee Herman) died from cancer at 70
Richard Roundtree, the actor best known for playing the title role in Gordon Parks' 1971 action thriller "Shaft," died at age 81 of pancreatic cancer. Roundtree made
his feature debut as detective John Shaft in the classic that helped start a decade of so-called Blaxploitation filmmaking.
Tom Sizemore, actor from "Saving Private Ryan", died at 61
TV actress Suzanne Somers died, one day short of her 77th birthday
Jerry Springer died - Megan Garber writes, "[Springer's] show’s concessions predicted the ease with which American politics would give way
to entertainment. He was an omen of all that can go wrong when audiences treat boredom as vice."
Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection
in "The Nutty Professor", died at age 84
Chaim Topol, Israeli actor and "Fiddler On The Roof" star, died at 87
Raquel Welch passed away at age 82
Cindy Williams, who played Shirley Feeney in "Laverne & Shirley", died
Treat Williams, a veteran actor who starred in the TV dramas "Blue Bloods" and "Everwood", died as the result of a motorcycle accident in Vermont at age 71
Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in the ‘Rocky’ films, died at 83
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Glynis Johns, the British actress best known for her role in 1964's "Mary Poppins", has died. She was 100. Starring alongside Julie Andrews,
Dick Van Dyke and David Tomlinson, Johns played Mrs. Banks, a feminist icon who sang ‘Sister Suffragette’ in the Oscar-winning film
Charles Osgood of CBS [1933-2024], the longtime "CBS Sunday Morning" anchor and radio host, died at 91
Richard Lewis, the critically-acclaimed stand-up comic known for his droll delivery and brutal candor, died at 76
M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from "Blood Simple" & "Blade Runner", died at 88
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Afro-American man to win a best supporting actor Oscar (for his role in "An Officer and A Gentleman"), died at age 87
Joe Flaherty, the comedian and actor best known for his roles in "SCTV", "Freaks and Geeks", and "Happy Gilmore", died at 82
beloved Canadian actor Donald Sutherland died at 88
Martin Mull, actor in "Fernwood Tonight" and "Roseanne", died at 80
"The Shining" actress Shelley Duvall died at age 75
Richard Simmons, legendary TV fitness guru, died at 76
actress Shannen Doherty, "Beverly Hills, 90210" star, died at 53
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's diminutive and pioneering TV sex therapist, died at 96
Bob Newhart, who transitioned from comedy-records success into a well-known TV actor, died at age 94
Oscar-nominated actress Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes;
she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019, died at age 94
French actor Alain Delon died at 88; the angel-faced tough guy of international cinema vaulted to fame playing the murderous opportunist Tom Ripley in
"Purple Noon" in 1960; Delon died at his home in France; his family said that he had recently been diagnosed with a form of lymphoma
Phil Donahue, a legend of daytime TV, died at age 88
James Darren, an actor, director, and singer who starred in "Gidget" and "TJ Hooker", died at 88
iconic Afro-American actor James Earl Jones died at age 93 at his home in Dutchess County, New York
Dame Maggie Smith, who died at the age of eighty-nine, won two Oscars and just about every other acting award available
country music icon and actor Kris Kristofferson died at 88
the groundbreaking Afro-American actor John Amos died at 84 at home in Los Angeles
Mitzi Gaynor died at age 93
Ron Ely, TV’s 1960s ‘Tarzan’, died at 86
Teri Garr, star of "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie", died at 79
Books & Videos About Movie Actors & Acting
As with many topics here on Magic Lantern, this section grew so large that it was cut to a separate page (2/2012)
top of page / books • videos
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acted in 110 films, 1910-1930 - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010134/
"Art Acord and The Movies" [] by Grange B. McKinney
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Acord-Movies-Grange-McKinney/dp/0615117201/
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  | 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson [1880-1971] Page He wrote, produced, directed & starred in almost 400 silent movies |
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Magic Lantern's
silent-era comedian
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle [1887-1933] Page
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"Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle: A Biography of The Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933" [2005] by Stuart Oderman McFarland & Co. 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2005] for $35.00 |
George Arliss [1868-1946]
browse George Arliss on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Bob Fells's 'Arliss Archives' fanblog [est. 2011]
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actor-author Alan Arkin [1934-2023] of Santa Fe, NM
browse books • browse DVDs •
IMDb listing •
credits on Broadway •
Wikipedia
 | "An Improvised Life: A Memoir" [2011] by Alan Arkin Da Capo Press 8x5½ pb [3/2011] for $11.20 |
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Edward Arnold [1890-1956]
browse Edward Arnold on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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Jean Arthur [1900-91]
browse Jean Arthur on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Broadway credits •
Wikipedia
 | ”Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew” [1997] by John Oller Limelight Editions 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $12.89 Limelight Editions 9¾x6¼ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used |
 | "Shane" [Paramount April 1953] Directed by George Stevens, screenplay by A.B. Guthrie Jr. from the Jack Schaefer story; starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Jack Palance & Ben Johnson; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Supporting Actor (JP & BDW), won for Best Cinematography; listed at National Film Registry 1993 Paramount color DVD [8/2000] for $22.49 Hungry Minds color VHS [4/98] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb |
actor Ed Asner [1929-2021] lived in West Los Angeles, California
browse Ed Asner on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against  Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs" [2017] by Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [10/2017] for $13.99 Simon & Schuster 9x6 hardcover [10/2017] for $14.73 |
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Mary Astor [1906-87]
browse Mary Astor on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
portrayed Brigid O'Shaughnessy in "The Maltese Falcon" [1941]
"My Story: An Autobiography" [1959 bestseller]
later book "A Life On Film" [1969 bestseller] specifically about her career
Agnes Ayres [92 credits, 1914-37]
including "The Sheik" opposite Valentino
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Baby Peggy [career 1921-1926]
{ born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, changed later to Diana Serra Cary } [b. 1918]
At age two she was a Hollywood star; performed on vaudeville stage for four years; by age eleven she was washed up - her earnings stolen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Peggy
"Baby Peggy: The Elephant In The Room" []
documentary by Vera Iwebor tells how 'Baby Peggy', the family breadwinner as a toddler, grew up and reinvented herself as Diana Serra Cary,
a respected film historian and advocate for laws protecting child performers.
http://www.milestonefilms.com/products/baby-peggy-the-elephant-in-the-room
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Lauren Bacall [1924-2014]
Bogart & Bacall Section on Magic Lantern's Humphrey Bogart [1899-57] Page
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Lucille Ball [1911-89] /nm0000840/
"Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie" TV documentary [1993] /tt0296731/
"Laughs, Luck ... and Lucy: How I Came To Create The Most Popular Sitcom of All Time"
(with "I Love Lucy's Lost Scenes" on audio CD) [4/99] by Jess Oppenheimer /0815605846/
"I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special" TV documentary [2001] /tt0297959/
"The Desilu Story" TV documentary [2003] /tt0454596/
Announced 9/2015: Cate Blanchett will star as the legendary Lucille Ball in a biopic written by Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin; authorized by the late actress/producer’s estate, the film will chronicle Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi Arnaz, her co-star on the classic sitcom "I Love Lucy"; film will be produced by the pair’s two children • not yet listed at IMDb (2016)
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Tallulah Bankhead [1902-68]
browse Tallulah Bankhead on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | ”Tallulah: My Autobiography” [1952 bestseller] by Tallulah Bankhead Univ Press of MS 8x5½ pb [7/2004] for $22.50 V. Gollancz hardcover & other editions [1952+] out of print/used |
 | ”Tallulah!: The Life and Times of A Leading Lady” [2004] by Joel Lobenthal Harper 9x5¾ pb [6/2008] for $15.26 HarperEntertainment 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2004] for $29.95 |
Vilma Bánky [1901-91]
http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Dream-Rediscovering-Films/dp/0982770928/
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Magic Lantern's
silent-era star Theda Bara [1885-1955] Page
 | "Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara" [1997] by Eve Golden Vestal Press 9x5¾ pb [11/97] for $13.57 Vestal Press 9x6 hardcover [11/97] out of print/used |
The Barrymore Clan
 | "The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family" [2001] by Carol Stein Hoffman; Foreword by Leonard Maltin Univ Press of KY 13¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $34.80 |
 | "The House of Barrymore" [1990] by Margot Peters Touchstone 9¼x6¼ pb [11/91] out of print/many used Knopf 9½x6¾ hardcover [11/90] out of print/many used |
"Rasputin and The Empress" [1932] /tt0023374/
the only movie in which John & Ethel & Lionel all appeared together
Ethel Barrymore [1879-1959]
browse Ethel Barrymore on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
John Barrymore [1882-1942]
browse John Barrymore on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life & Times of John Barrymore" [1943] by Gene Fowler Mercury House 8½x5½ pb [5/89] out of print/many used Viking hardcover [1/43] out of print/used |
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" silent feature film
[Famous Players-Lasky / Paramount-Artcraft March 1920]
Directed by John S. Robertson; based on the 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson; starring John Barrymore,
Charles Lane & Nita Naldi •
full credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
watch free online [1:21:59] at Internet Archive
"Barrymore" [B.Y.E./Image Ent. Nov 2012]
 | Filmed version of the 1997 Broadway one-man show for which Christopher Plummer received the Drama Desk & Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor; adapted & directed by Érik Canuel, from the stageplay by William Luce; co-produced by & starring Christopher Plummer, with John Plumpis; won a Jury Prize at Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available 1997 Broadway play credits at IBDb • full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch 5/2012 trailer [2:11] at YouTube |
Lionel Barrymore [1878-1954]
browse Lionel Barrymore on DVD • IMDb listing •
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daughter of John, Diana Barrymore [1921-60]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
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son of John, John Drew Barrymore [1932-2004]
browse John Drew Barrymore on DVD • IMDb listing •
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granddaughter of John, Drew Barrymore
browse Drew Barrymore on DVD • IMDb listing •
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listed as Top Ten Actress by Hollywood Reporter (12/2007)
husband Will Kopelman & first child Olive Barrymore Kopelman [b. 9/26/2012]
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Richard Barthelmess [1895-1963]
browse Richard Barthelmess on DVD • IMDb listing [1916-42] •
Broadway credits •
Wikipedia
 | "Richard Barthelmess: A Life in Pictures" biography [2009] by David W. Menefee BearManor Media 8¾x6 pb [2/2009] for $29.95 author entry at Wikipedia |
James Baskett [1904-48]
Both Hedda Hopper and Walt Disney lobbied for an Adademy Award for James Baskett; he received an Honorary Oscar in 1948. Baskett was a longtime stage & movie actor
based in Harlem (New York City) who is most famous for his role as Uncle Remus in Disney's "Song of The South" [1946].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baskett
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Anne Baxter [1923-85]
search Anne Baxter on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-1959]
http://www.amazon.com/Intermission-True-Story-Anne-Baxter/dp/0345257731/
http://www.amazon.com/Intermission-true-story-Anne-Baxter/dp/0399115773/
"The Magnificent Ambersons" [1942]
"The Razor's Edge" [1946] - won Oscar
"All About Eve" [1950]
"I Confess" [1953]
"The Blue Gardenia" [1953]
"The Spoilers" [1955]
"The Ten Commandments" [1956]
"Jane Austen In Manhattan" [indep U.K. July 1980, USA Nov 1981]
Produced by Ismail Merchant; directed by James Ivory; written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based in part on works of Jane Austen [1775-1817];
starring Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Kurt Johnson & Sean Young • full credits at IMDb •
official movie site
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| | Warner Baxter [1889-1951] search Warner Baxter on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
starred in a series of Cisco Kid films at Fox in the 1930s
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author-actor Robert Benchley [1889-1945]
search Robert Benchley on DVD • browse books •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
The Robert Benchley Society [est. 2003]
DB's "Benchley Mania!" fansite
Algonquin Round Table official site
Robert Benchley Radio Collection - 16 performances on CD
"Robert Benchley: A Biography" [McGraw-Hill 1955] by Nathaniel Benchley
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”Robert Benchley: His Life and Good Times” [1970] by Babette Rosmond Paragon House Publrs pb [5/89] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [1970] out of print/used |
 | ”Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Robert Benchley” [1997] by Billy Altman W.W. Norton 8¾x6 pb [4/97] for $23.95 W.W. Norton 9¾x6½ hardcover [4/97] out of print/many used |
 | "Robert Benchley and The Knights of The Algonquin" [2000] 26 Paramount comedy shorts [1928-42], with 3 that feature Alexander Woollcott & Donald Ogden Stewart Kino Video b&w DVD [2/2006] for $26.99 Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used |
The Bennett Sisters
Barbara Bennett [1906-58]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Constance Bennett [1904-65]
browse Constance Bennett on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Joan Bennett [1910-90]
browse Joan Bennett on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Richard Bennett [1872-1944]
father of Barbara, Constance & Joan; a veteran stage & vaudeville actor before his movie career [1914-43]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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| | Ingrid Bergman [1915-82] |
starred in "Casablanca" [1942] with Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957]
official Ingrid Bergman™ website
grandson's Ingrid Bergman official website
daughter Pia Lindström
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
daughter Isabella Rossellini
browse Isabella Rossellini on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "Ingrid Bergman 1: Portrait of A Star" [1991]
M.P.I. Home Video VHS [5/94] out of prodn/used "Ingrid Bergman 2: Remembered" [2000] narrated by daughters Pia Lindström & Isabella Rossellini M.P.I. Home Video VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used |
Karen Black [1939-2013]
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Betsy Blair [1923-2009]
browse Betsy Blair on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
wife of Gene Kelly [1912-96] from 1941-57
on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s
starred in "Marty" [1955], Oscar nomination for Best Actress
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Robert Blake [1933-2023] /nm0086706/
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Rascal-Robert-Blake/dp/0615591949/
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| | Magic Lantern's Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957] Page |
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Olive Borden [51 credits, 1923-34]
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Ernest Borgnine [1917-2012]
browse Ernest Borgnine on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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silent-era star Clara Bow [1905-65]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "The Actors: Rare Films Of Clara Bow" [2009]
Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $14.99 contains two Famous Players-Lasky silent features: "Mantrap" [1926] directed by Victor Fleming, with Ford Sterling; and "Dancing Mothers" [1926] |
Peter Boyle [1935-2006]
browse Peter Boyle on DVD • IMDb listing •
Broadway credits •
Wikipedia
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| | Marlon Brando [1924-2004]
browse Marlon Brando on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
official Marlon Brando™ website
WC's Brandoland fansite {last update 7/2004}
Magic Lantern's 'The Godfather Saga' Page
 | "The Marlon Brando Collection" DVD box set [2006]
Warner Home Video b&w color DVD set [11/2006] 6 disks for $53.99 contains "Julius Caesar" [1953] co-starring James Mason & John Gielgud; "The Teahouse of The August Moon" [1956] co-starring Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert & Machiko Kyô; "Mutiny On The Bounty" [1962] co-starring Trevor Howard; "Reflections In A Golden Eye" [1967] directed by John Huston, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor; "The Formula" [1980] co-starring George C. Scott & John Gielgud |
Lloyd Bridges [1913-98]
Two sons are major actors Jeff Bridges & Beau Bridges
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Wilford Brimley [1934-2020]
browse Wilford Brimley on DVD • IMDb listing •
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Paul Brinegar [1917-95] was born in Tucumcari, NM
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109495/
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Charles Bronson [1921-2003]
browse Charles Bronson on DVD •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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Magic Lantern's
Louise Brooks [1906-85] Page
starred in "Pandora's Box" [1929]
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Joe E. Brown [1891-1973]
browse Joe E. Brown on DVD • IMDb listing [1927-64] •
Wikipedia
 | "Joe E. Brown Comedy Collector's Set" on DVD [2006]
V.C.I. Home Video b&w DVD [7/2006] 4 movies on 2 disks for $17.99 contains 4 feature films: "Earthworm Tractors" [1936] with June Travis; "The Gladiator" [1938] with June Travis; "Wide Open Faces" [1938] with Jane Wyman; and "Flirting With Fate" [1938] with Leo Carrillo; extras include trailers, actor bios, "Fractured Flickers Sampler" |
"The Tenderfoot" [First National Pictures / Warner Bros. 1932] /tt0023560/
starring Joe E. Brown & Ginger Rogers
http://www.amazon.com/Tenderfoot-Joe-Brown/dp/B003R3ZCL4/
"Alibi Ike" [1935]
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" [1935]
"Earthworm Tractors" [Warner Bros. July 1936]
 | Alexander Botts gets a job as salesman for the Earthworm Tractor Company; he isn't really good at sales and he's not as good a mechanic as he believes, but he perseveres in selling to grouchy lumberman Johnson, who refuses to mechanize, and eventually wins the contract – and Johnson's pretty daughter • Directed by Ray Enright; based on stories by William Hazlett Upson; starring Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes & Gene Lockhart
Alpha Video b&w DVD [6/2004] for $7.98 V.C.I. Home Video b&w VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/used Movies Unlimited b&w VHS [undated] for $54.99 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch "Earthworm Tractors" [1936] free online at Internet Archive |
"Fit For A King" [1937]
"Wide Open Faces" [1938]
"Pin Up Girl" [1944] Starring Betty Grable
"The Tender" Years [1948]
"Show Boat" [1951]
"The Joe E. Brown Show" [1950s]
"This Is Your Life" TV series [1954] /tt0721397/
starred in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" [1959]
"Comedy of Terrors" [1963]
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| | Yul Brynner [1920-85] browse Yul Brynner on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
starred in "The Magnificent Seven" [1960]
"Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King" [2000]
Hollywood Collxn VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used
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character actor Walter Burke [1908-84]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
Broadway credits •
Wikipedia
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George Burns [1896-1996]
browse George Burns on DVD • IMDb listing •
official website •
Wikipedia
starred in "Oh, God!" [1977]
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Raymond Burr [1917-93]
Burr is most famous as the star of "Perry Mason" and "Ironsides" on TV
 | "Hiding In Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr" [2008] by Michael Seth Starr Biography of movie & TV actor Raymond Burr [1917-93] that bills itself as the 'first in-depth' look at Burr's very secret life, which included his life partner of 35 years, actor Robert Benevides. Kindle Edition from Applause Books [9/2009] for $13.26 Applause Books 8½x5¾ pb [9/2009] for $13.96 Applause Books 9x6¼ hardcover [4/3008] out of print/many, many used |
Francis X. Bushman [1883-1966]
browse Francis X. Bushman on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Francis X. Bushman at Golden Silents
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James Cagney [1899-1986]
browse James Cagney on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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silent-era star Alice Calhoun [1900-66]
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John Candy [1950-94] from Canada
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'Everything John Candy' fansite
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stuntman Yakima Canutt [1896-1986] no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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The Carradine Clan
John Carradine [1906-88]
browse John Carradine on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
son Bruce Carradine
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing •
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son David Carradine [1936-2009]
browse David Carradine on DVD • IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia
son Keith Carradine
browse Keith Carradine on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
son Robert Carradine
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Keith's daughter Martha Plimpton
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Robert's daughter Ever Carradine
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Lon Chaney [1883-1930]
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his son Lon Chaney, Jr. [1906-73]
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| | Magic Lantern's Sir Charles Chaplin [1889-1977] Page |
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comedian Charley Chase [1893-1940] Page
 | "Smile When The Raindrops Fall: The Story of Charley Chase" [1997] by Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds Scarecrow Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [12/97] for $38.49 |
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Charles Coburn [1877-1961]
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| | Ronald Colman [1891-1958]
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JGS's Ronald Colman fansite
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| | Sean Connery [1930-2020] from Scotland
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portrayed Agent 007 James Bond in 7 films
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Hans Conreid [1917-82]
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character actor Elisha Cook, Jr. [1903-95]
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| | Gary Cooper [1901-61]
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"The Hollywood Collection: Gary Cooper - The Face of A Hero" [2000] MPI Home video b&w/color VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/scarce |
 | "Gary Cooper: The Signature Collection" [2006]
contains "Sergeant York" [1941] directed by Howard Hawks; Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" [1949] directed by King Vidor, co-starring Patricia Neal; "Dallas" [1950]; "Springfield Rifle" [1952] directed by André De Toth; and "The Wreck of The Mary Deare" [1959]; extras include 'new' featurettes on "Fountainhead" & "Sgt. York" Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD set [11/2006] 5 disks for $38.99 |
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"Gary Cooper M-G-M Movie Legends Collection" [2007]
contains "The Winning of Barbara Worth" [1926 silent] directed by Henry King, co-starring Vilma Bánky & Ronald Colman; "The Cowboy and The Lady" [1938] co-starring Merle Oberon; "The Real Glory" [1939] directed by Henry Hathaway, co-starring David Niven; and "Vera Cruz" [1954] co-starring Burt Lancaster M.G.M. Home Video b&w/color DVD set [5/2007] 4 disks for $35.99 |
Jackie Cooper [1922-2011]
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set footprints in the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre {12 Dec 1931}
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Buster Crabbe []
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Joan Crawford [1905-77]
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 | "The Joan Crawford Collection" DVD box sets [2005 & 2008]
Volume 1: Warner Home Video DVD set [6/2005] 5 disks for $44.99 contains "The Women" [1939] directed by George Cukor, co-starring Norma Shearer; "Mildred Pierce" [1945] directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the novel by James M. Cain, co-starring Ann Blyth & Zachary Scott; "Humoresque" [1946] directed by Jean Negulesco, co-starring John Garfield; "Possessed" [1947] co-starring Van Heflin; and "The Damned Don't Cry" [1950] Volume 2: Warner Home Video DVD set [2/2008] 5 disks for $37.99 contains "Sadie McKee" [1934] co-starring Franchot Tone & Edward Arnold; "Strange Cargo" [1940] directed by Frank Borzage, co-starring Clark Gable, Ian Hunter & Peter Lorre; "A Woman's Face" [1941] directed by George Cukor, co-starring Melvyn Douglas; "Flamingo Road" [1949] directed by Michael Curtiz, co-starring Zachary Scott & Sydney Greenstreet; and "Torch Song" [1953] |
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actor-director [blacklistee] John Cromwell [1887-1979]
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comedian Rodney Dangerfield [1921-2004]
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1970s? commercial for Miller Lite: Mickey Spillane, Bob Uecker & Rodney Dangerfield at a party [1:01] on Youtube
Rodney Dangerfield on the Dean Martin TV show from 1973 [5:02] on YouTube
Rodney Dangerfield TV performance from 1978 [5:17] on YouTube
Rodney Dangerfield performance at M.G.M. Grand, Las Vegas in 1995 [48:03] on YouTube
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actress Bebe Daniels [1901-71]
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Royal Dano [1922-94]
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actress Grace Darmond [67 credits, 1914-61]
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actress Dorothy Davenport {Reid} [1895-1977]
/nm0202590/ acted in over 140 films, directed six; wife of actor Wallace Reid [1891-1923]
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actress Marion Davies [1897-1961]
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Marion Davies Section on Spirit of America Bookstore's
Wm. Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] Page
 | "The Times We Had: Life With William Randolph Hearst - The Publishing Czar & The Hollywood Star" [1975] by Marion Davies, Edited by Pamela Pfau & Kenneth S. Marx, Foreword by Orson Welles - "with more than 150 outrageous photographs" Ballantine Books mass pb [3/85] for $7.99 Bobbs-Merrill 10x7¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Captured On Film: The True Story of Marion Davies" [2001 Turner/Milestone TV documentary] Co-written & directed by Hugh Munro Neely; narrated by Charlize Theron Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [12/2002] for $26.99 Milestone color/b&w VHS [1/2002] out of prodn/used documentary's credits at IMDb the DVD includes the 1-hour documentary, a stills gallery, and the silent period comedy feature "Quality Street" [1927] co-starring Conrad Nagel |
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Bette Davis [1908-89]
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 | "Bette Davis: Larger Than Life" biography [2009] by Richard Schickel & George Perry Running Press 12¼x9¼ bargain hardcover [10/2009] for $12.98 Running Press 12½x9½ hardcover [10/2009] for $25.20 |
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Films-Bette-Davis-Ringgold/dp/0806509546/
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Victory-Life-Bette-Davis/dp/0805088636/
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Walked-Home-Alone/dp/0743262085/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Biography-Davis-Charles-Higham/dp/0450055094/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Photographs-Christopher-Nickens/dp/038519675X/
http://www.amazon.com/This-n-That-Bette-Davis/dp/0425106241/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Great-Stars-Thomson/dp/0865479313/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Speaks-Boze-Hadleigh/dp/1569801061/
http://www.amazon.com/Fasten-Your-Seat-Belts-Passionate/dp/0451169506/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Roy-Moseley/dp/0813190371/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Performances-That-Great/dp/0786434996/
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Goddam-Story-Career-Bette/dp/0352311428/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-pictorial-treasury-stars/dp/088365167X/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Times-Laura-Moser/dp/1904341489/
http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Life-Bette-Davis/dp/0425123502/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Celebration-Applause-Legends/dp/1557833370/
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http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Life-Davis-Charles-Higham/dp/B000NVE7XM/
http://www.amazon.com/Bette-Davis-Library-Famous-Women/dp/1567110282/
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Doris Day [b. 1922]
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"Doris Day Collection" vols 1 & 2
"I'll See You In My Dreams" [1951]
"On Moonlight Bay" [1951] & sequel "Light of The Silvery Moon"
"Calamity Jane" [1953] > Western
"Love Me or Leave Me" [1955] mus + gangsters
"The Pajama Game" [1957] from play
"Please Don't Eat The Daisies" [1960] with David Niven
"The Glass Bottom Boat" [1966]
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James Dean [1931-55]
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"The Complete James Dean Collection" DVD Box Set
"James Dean" TV movie [NBC-TV 1976] /tt0074708/
starring Stephen McHattie, Michael Brandon & Brooke Adams
"A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951" [Wolfe Releasing Dec 2012]
 | "An intimate portrait of the actor as he is on the cusp of achieving fame as both an actor and an icon";
b&w film written & directed by Matthew Mishory; starring James Preston, Dan Glenn, newcomer Dalilah Rain, Edward Singletary Jr., Robert Gant & Erin Daniels DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site official 2010 b&w teaser trailer [1:15] at Vimeo • official Jan 2012 b&w trailer [2:39] at Vimeo |
Andy Devine [1905-77]
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Anthony Dexter [1913-2001]
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Marlene Dietrich [1901-92]
"The Devil Is A Woman" [1935] by Josef von Sternberg
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performer 'Divine' {real name Harris Glenn Milstead} [1945-88]
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"I Am Divine" [2/2014] by director Jeffrey Schwarz
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Billy Dooley [1893-1938]
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 | "Billy Dooley: Seven Shorts" on DVD [2011]
Grapevine Video b&w DVD [10/2011] for $14.38 Seven comedy shorts from Paramount-Christie Comedies featuring the crazy sailor Billy Dooley, total 83 minutes; obscure comedy actor Dooley is credited with 27 silent shorts from 1925 to 1929; exactly which ones are on this DVD is unclear (likely they are all of the surviving and-or public domain films) |
Kirk Douglas [b. 1916]
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
"The Big Trees" [1952] starring Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan
watch full movie [1:34:17] online at YouTube
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Melvyn Douglas [1901-81]
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 | "See You At The Movies: The Autobiography of Melvyn Douglas" [1986] by Melvyn Douglas & Arthur Tom Univ Press of America 9x6 textbook hardcover [1/86] out of print/used Univ Press of America hardcover [11/86] out of print/used |
Marie Dressler [1868-1934]
autobiography "The Life Story of An Ugly Duckling" []
"Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star" []
"Marie Dressler: A Biography" []
"A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler" []
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Irene Dunne [1898-1990]
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singer-actress Deanna Durbin [1921-2013]
The Deanna Durbin Collection VHS B000G96ABS/
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Minta Durfee [1889-1975]
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first wife of silent comedy star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle [1887-1933]
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Dan Duryea [1907-68]
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Denholm Elliott [1922-92]
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Elinor Fair [53 credits, 1916-34]
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his son Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. [1909-2000]
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Peter Falk [1927-2011]
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Stephen & Ted's Ultimate Lt. Columbo website
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Frances Farmer [1913-70]
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 | "Frances" [Brooksfilms/Universal Dec 1982] A rebellious Seattle teenage beauty is signed for a 7-year Hollywood contract, but resists the promotion game. She is accepted by the Group Theater in New York City, but against her wishes they exploit her Hollywood fame. Her attempt to restart her film career falters; she resorts to heavy drinking, suffers a mental breakdown, and is committed to a series of mental institutions. (The lobotomy never happened.) She works at a series of menial jobs, finally breaks with her overbearing mother, is honored on the TV program "This Is Your Life", and then finds success on a local TV interview show in Indianapolis. Directed by Graeme Clifford; starring Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley & Sam Shepard; Oscar noms for Best Actress (JL) & Best Supporting Actress (KS) Republic Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/99] out of prodn/used Republic Pictures color VHS [1998] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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Richard Farnsworth [1920-2000]
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José Ferrer [1912-92] from Puerto Rico
son actor Miguel Ferrer [1955-2017]
son voice-over actor Rafael Ferrer [b. 1960]
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Albert Finney [1936-2019] from England
received 5 Oscar noms, no wins; 13 BAFTA noms, won 2; won an Emmy Award in 2002; won 2 SAG Awards; several other awards
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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The Fonda Clan
| | Henry Fonda [1905-82]
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son Peter Fonda [1940-2019]
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daughter Jane Fonda
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Peter's daughter Bridget Fonda
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Glenn Ford [1916-2006]
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DMK's Glenn Ford fansite
biography by son Peter Ford
autobiography "Glenn Ford R.F.D. Beverly Hills" []
"The Sheepman" aka 'Stranger With A Gun' feature film [studio May 1958]
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actor Frederic Forrest [1936-2023]
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Kay Francis [1905-68]
top star at Warner Bros. Studios during the mid-1930s, had an 'endearing' lisp
credits listing [1929-51] at Internet Movie Database
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cinema/collections/francis.html Kay Francis Archives at Wesleyan University
http://www.amazon.com/Kay-Francis-Passionate-Life-Career/dp/0786423668/
 | "Murder At The Belmar: A Kay Francis Mystery" [2013] by B.C. Stone Author is planning a series of mystery novels set in the 1930s and featuring real-life movie star Kay Francis [1905-68]. In this first effort, the actress is on vacation at the Belmont Hotel in Mazatlán, Mexico. The dead body dumped in her hotel suite is an author attending a writers' conference, the police chief needs any help available, and Kay willingly joins the chase. Cameos by Errol Flynn, Somerset Maugham, and Frida Kahlo, among others. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2013] for $4.99 CreateSpace 8x5¼ pb [2/2013] for $11.40 author's blog at Wordpress |
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