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Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978), Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990), the evil Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and deranged Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993).
Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut. His parents were lawyer Samuel R. Lloyd and singer Ruth Lapham (1896-1984). His maternal uncle was politician Roger Lapham, Mayor of San Francisco (1883-1966, term 1944-1948). His maternal grandfather was businessman Lewis Henry Lapham (1858-1934), co-founder of Texaco Oil Company. Lloyd is a distant descendant of indentured servant John Howland (c. 1592-1673), one of the passengers of the ship Mayflower and signers of the Mayflower Compact.
Lloyd was raised in the town Westport, Connecticut, which changed from a community of farmers to a suburban development during the 20th century. Many artists and writers from New York City settled in the town. Lloyd was educated at Staples High School. He was a co-founder of the Staples Players, the school's theatre company. Lloyd was interested in an acting career, and served as an apprentice at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York and Hyannis, Massachusetts. In 1957, he started pursuing acting classes in New York City. He took lessons at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, a full-time professional conservatory for actors. His acting teacher was Sanford Meisner (1905-1997), eponymous creator of the Meisner technique.
Lloyd made his New York theatrical debut in a 1961 production of the play "And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers" by Fernando Arrabal (1932-). He was reportedly a replacement for another actor. He made his Broadway debut in a 1969 performance of Red, White and Maddox (1969). Until the mid-1970s, Lloyd was primarily a theatrical actor. He performed both on Off-Broadway shows and in Broadway. Lloyd made his film debut in the role of psychiatric patient Max Taber in the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). His first major role in television was drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978). His character was an aging hippie, son of an affluent Boston family , and former student of Harvard University. Ignatowski was one of the sitcom's most colorful characters and Lloyd won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Lloyd played most of his most notable film roles. Lloyd was first nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in Back to the Future (1985). The award was instead won by rival actor Roddy McDowall (1928-1998). He was nominated for the same award for his role as the evil Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). The award was instead won by rival actor Robert Loggia (1930-2015). Lloyd also performed as a voice actor, voicing the evil sorcerer Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) and historical figure Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) in Anastasia (1997). Lloyd had another notable television role when cast in the role of villain Sebastian Jackal in the sci-fi series Deadly Games (1995). He also played the character Dr. Jordan Kenneth Lloyd, the despised father of the series' protagonist Dr. Gus Lloyd (played by James Calvert).
Lloyd's last notable film role in the 1990s was playing the Martian Uncle Martin in My Favorite Martian (1999). The film was an adaptation of the classic sitcom My Favorite Martian (1963), and the character was previously played by Ray Walston (1914-2001). The film under-performed at the box office. In the 2000s, Lloyd played the role of recurring character Cletus Poffenberger in the comic sci-fi series Tremors (2003), and recurring character Professor Harold March in the sitcom Stacked (2005). As March, Lloyd played a retired rocket scientist who was a regular customer of the bookstore which served as the series' setting. In the 2010s, Lloyd returned to the role of Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in cameo appearances in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016), and as the protagonist of the short film Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World (2015). By 2020, Lloyd has never retired from acting and continues to appear in various roles.- Actor
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Richard Treat Williams was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Marian (Andrew), who dealt in antiques, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. At the age of three, his family moved to Rowayton, Connecticut. Educated at prep-school, he first made a serious commitment to his craft during his days at Pennsylvania's Franklin and Marshall College. Working summers with the nearby Fulton Repertory Theatre at Lancaster in the heart of Amish country, Williams performed the classics as well as contemporary dramas and musicals. After graduating, Williams--whose first name, incidentally, is a family surname on his mother's side--headed for Manhattan where he understudied the Danny Zuko role in "Grease." After working in the The Andrews Sisters musical "Over Here," he made his film debut as a cop in Deadly Hero (1975), then returned to "Grease," this time in the starring role. While he took leaves for two small film roles, in The Ritz (1976) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976), it was his stage work in "Grease" that led to his cinematic breakthrough in Hair (1979). Spotted by director Milos Forman, Williams was asked to read for the role of Berger, the hippie. It took 13 auditions to land the part, but the film's release catapulted Williams into stardom. He then portrayed a GI on the make in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and starred in the romantic comedy Why Would I Lie? (1980) before tackling the role of Danny Ciello, the disillusioned New York City cop who blew the whistle on his corrupt colleagues in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City (1981). He followed that with The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), in which he played the legendary plane hijacker who successfully eluded capture (by Robert Duvall); Flashpoint (1984), in which he and Kris Kristofferson starred as a pair of maverick border patrolmen who come upon a large cache of stolen money; Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), in which he played a Jimmy Hoffa-like labor organizer; and Smooth Talk (1985), a screen adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going?" Television viewers have seen Williams in a prestigious pair of dramas, Dempsey (1983), a three-hour story of the hard-living heavyweight champ, and John Erman's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic "A Streetcar Named Desire," which pitted Williams' Stanley Kowalski against Ann-Margret's Blanche Dubois. Williams has also returned to Broadway sporadically -- first to appear in "Once in a Lifetime" while filming "Hair," and in 1981 to play the role of the pirate king in "The Pirates of Penzance."- Actor
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William Lambert Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) and The Devil's Rejects (2005). His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) as Chop Top. On the HBO TV series Carnivàle (2003), Moseley had a recurring role as camp cook "Possum". He has released records with guitarist Buckethead in the band Cornbugs, as well as featuring on the guitarist's solo work.- Actor
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Zach Tyler Eisen is an American former voice actor from Connecticut who is widely known for voicing Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender and its video game tie-ins. He also voiced Pablo the Penguin from The Backyardigans and Lucas Nickle from The Ant Bully franchise. He also worked on Little Bill.- Actor
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Henry Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, one of three children to Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Sr., an IRS agent. One of his sisters is his twin. Simmons earned a basketball scholarship at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire. He graduated with a business degree and went to work for a Stamford financial firm. He quickly realized that was not his calling and left to pursue acting.
He moved to New York City to study and pursue a career in acting. His first acting job was the movie Above the Rim (1994), starring Tupac Shakur. He made his TV debut in a 1994 Saturday Night Live (1975) skit, that infamously starred Martin Lawrence. He then got numerous guest star roles on television, roles in film, as well as making his New York theater debut in William Inge's "Boy In The Basement". After working six years in New York, he then moved to Los Angeles to pursue more opportunities. He went on to star on "NYPD Blue" for six seasons, CBS drama "Shark", and has been featured in The Cleaner (2008), Raising the Bar (2008), Bones (2005) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He most recently was the lead for the Ava DuVernay series, "Cherish The Day".- Actress
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Connecticut native Kim Greist spent her late teen years in Europe as a professional model. She returned to the US at age 20 and launched an acting career in the off-Broadway comedy "Second Prize: Two Months in Leningrad"; her later stage credits included appearances in the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1984, Greist made her movie bow in the scuzzy horror epic C.H.U.D. (1984); the following year, she was cast in what remains her best film role, the elusive blonde fantasy girl of futuristic bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce in director Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985). Greist has continued to appear in films and television into the 1990s, with substantial roles in such productions as Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Roswell (1994).- Jen Psaki was born on 1 December 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is a writer, known for Inside with Jen Psaki (2023), PBS NewsHour (1975) and THE END: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House (2017). She has been married to Gregory Matthew Mecher since 1 May 2010. They have two children.
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Warren Mitchell was born on 14 January 1926 in Stamford Hill, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Jabberwocky (1977), The Crawling Eye (1958) and In Sickness and in Health (1985). He was married to Constance Wake. He died on 14 November 2015 in Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, England, UK.- Actor
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(2022) Award Winning Actor, Award Winning Author, Celebrity Radio Talk Show Host Michael Dante has starred/co-starred in 30 films, 150 television shows and was under contract to 3 major studios; MGM, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox. An ex-professional baseball player and winner of numerous prestigious awards, Michael has a street named for him in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut, 'Michael Dante Way.' Michael Dante's autobiography, 'Michael Dante - From Hollywood to Michael Dante Way' was published in 2014 and he received the Ella Dickey Literacy Award. Michael hosted his own celebrity radio talk show, 'The Michael Dante Classic Celebrity Talk Show' interviewing the top classic names in entertainment and sports for 12 years on the radio in Palm Springs, California. His book, 'My Classic Radio Interviews With The Stars - Volume One' highlights 60 out of 200 classic celebrities he interviewed. Volume Two and Three will follow with the radio shows to be streamed through his website.He has become a legend in his field, through his westerns on TV and in films, dramas on TV and in films and always as Maab in 'Friday's Child' on the Original Star Trek series. Michael Dante played the title role in the classic film Winterhawk and wrote the sequel to the film in his book, 'Winterhawk's Land - Collector's Edition.' Michael was selected by the great director Sammy Fuller to play the part of Grant in his Film Noir cult film, The Naked Kiss. Michael Dante co-starred in two films with Audie Murphy, Apache Rifles and Arizona Raiders and starred in his first film Westbound with Randolph Scott and Virginia Mayo. Michael wrote a book entitled 'Six Rode Home,' dedicated to all soldiers, in all wars throughout history, not knowing what they are coming home to. He co-starred in Seven Thieves with Joan Collins, Edgar G. Robinson, Eli Wallach and Rod Steiger. His many awards include the Golden Boot Award, the Oscar of Westerns in 2003. It is a most prestigious award; a career award selected by his peers for his fine work in the western genre; not just for one performance, but based on all his fine work in westerns on television and in films. Also, the recipient of the Silver Spur Award, the Southern California Motion Picture Council Award, the Spirit of the West Award, Apacheland Spirit Award, Wall of Fame Henager American History Museum Award, 2014 Honoree of the Year Award by the Sons of Italy in America, to name just a few. Michael Dante has been invited to attend as a special celebrity guest at many Conventions and Festivals throughout the years. Go to his web site at michaeldanteway.com to see more and read more about Award Winning Actor, Award Winning Author, Celebrity Radio Talk Show Host Michael Dante.- Actor
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Dennis Holahan was born on 7 November 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and legal representative, known for Scarface (1983), Halloween II (1981) and Collision Course (1989). He was previously married to Loretta Swit and Wylie Delaney O'Hara.- Producer
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Dan Levy's mother placed him in a comedy class at the age of nine.
Enrolled at Emerson College in Boston, Dan jump-started his career as a stand-up comedian while maintaining his full-time student status. By the end of his freshman year, Dan performed regularly at The Comedy Connection, Nick's Comedy Stop, and The Comedy Studio. He spent that summer interning for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and performing at various New York City venues, such as The Comic Strip Live.
His comedy career took off when he was chosen to compete for the title of "Funniest College Comedian in America" at the 2001 Aspen U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Dan won the title and signed a deal with the All-True Network in New York City, where he wrote and created the comedic reality show "The Dan Levy Show."- Actor
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John Henson started acting when he was eight years old and tried everything he could--even singing and dancing. It was at Boston University that he began performing improvisational comedy. He loved the adrenaline rush it gave him so he quit school at the age of 20 to do stand-up full time.- Actress
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Louise Platt was born on 3 August 1915 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for Stagecoach (1939), Captain Caution (1940) and Tell No Tales (1939). She was married to Stanley Gould and Jed Harris. She died on 6 September 2003 in Greenport, New York, USA.- James Bradshaw was born on 20 March 1976 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Endeavour (2012), Close to the Enemy (2016) and Primeval (2007).
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Candace Owens was born on 29 April 1989 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Lady Ballers (2023), Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents? (2019) and The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM (2022). She has been married to George Farmer since 31 August 2019. They have one child.- Producer
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Mark Tinker was born on 16 January 1951 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Deadwood (2004), St. Elsewhere (1982) and NYPD Blue (1993). He has been married to Chandra West since 1 October 2005. He was previously married to Kristin Harmon and Rosemary Helen O'Malley.- Producer
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Tom's films have been featured at the American Museum of Natural History, the Walker Art Center, and the Guggenheim. His work has screened at hundreds of film festivals and has been televised internationally. He wrote and directed IFC short film favorites Das Clown, Don't Run Johnny, and Rubber Gloves, IFC's first film to stream online (Tom's old!). Other notable shorts include Tradesman's Exit and Edvard Takes a Lover. Tom is a veteran of the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute's Screenwriters and Directors Labs. He wrote and directed the dramatic comedy Pushing Dead, a love story between a man and his disease. The film was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring James Roday, Robin Weigert, and Danny Glover. It screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering 10 best-feature audience and jury awards along the way-and a few handsome awards for the actors too. Tom lives in Oakland with his scrappy mutt and a number of puppets.- Producer
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Jeph Loeb is a Peabody Award-winning and two-time Emmy Nominated Writer/Producer. His television credits include Jessica Jones (2015), Luke Cage (2016), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Legion (2017), as well as Lost (2004) and Smallville (2001). His career started with writing and producing the films Teen Wolf (1985) and Commando (1985). His graphic novels Batman: The Long Halloween and Superman for All Seasons have been cited as influences on Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Smallville and Gotham.- Sandra Diaz-Twine was born on 30 July 1974 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is married to Marcus Twine. They have two children.
- Margaret Brennan was born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She has been married to Yado Yakub since 11 April 2015. They have two children.
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Danielle Kaplowitz was born on 28 May 1981 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Community (2009), Mulaney (2014) and Ronna & Beverly (2009).- Producer
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Grant Tinker was born on 11 January 1926 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer, known for Going Places (1973), The Lily Tomlin Special (1975) and Great Television Moments: What We Watched (1993). He was married to Brooke Knapp, Mary Tyler Moore and Ruth Prince Byerly. He died on 28 November 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK as Norman Colin Dexter, he was an English writer, best known for the Inspector Morse series of novels. His parents were Alfred and Dorothy Dexter, his father run a small taxi company. He had a brother, John, and a sister, Avril. He attended St. John's Infants School, Bluecoat Junior School, and then - gaining a scholarship - Stamford School. After graduation, Dexter served in the Royal Corps of Signals as his national service. He then studied Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, which he graduated in 1953, followed by receiving a master's degree in 1958. He worked a teacher in various schools from 1954 to 1966, when an onset of deafness forced him to change jobs. He then worked as a senior assistant secretary at the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations until his retirement in 1988. In 1972 Dexter published his first mystery fiction book, entitled Last Bus to Woodstock. The book introduced the character of inspector Morse, who appeared in further 12 novels written by Dexter. In 1987 the first episode of a screen adaptation of the novels, Inspector Morse (1987), was aired. The show run for 7 seasons followed by 5 special episodes, the last one of which aired in 2000. It was followed by a spin-off entitled Inspector Lewis (2006) and a prequel entitled Endeavour (2012). Dexter was involved in the making of all these shows and had small cameos in most episodes. His writings received a number of awards from the Crime Writers' Association and in 2000 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature. He was married to Dorothy Cooper from 1956 until his death; they had daughter, Sally, and a son, Jeremy. Dexter died on 21 March 2017 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Actress
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Ageless, blond and beautiful Cindy Guyer is a Stamford, Connecticut native. She resides in New York City and Los Angeles. Known to her fans worldwide as the "Poster Girl for Passion", the actress, producer, host, model, Celebrity Playmate and business woman inspires romance wherever she goes.
Guyer is most recognized for gracing the covers of thousands of romance novels. At last count, she had appeared on at least 2,000 romantic novel covers, an arguably unrivaled and unprecedented figure for a cover model associated with any commercial publication genre (digital or print). Her modeling career and prolific cover work has not only helped sell billions of books to the delight of just as many readers, but she has elevated the profile for print models catering to one of the largest retail consumer demographics on the planet.
Along with Fabio Lanzoni, Guyer has cultivated a niche in book cover modeling, been instrumental in catapulting literary publication sales, and has inspired a growing and sustainable profession for aspiring print professionals. Romance novels continue to support a billion dollar industry, exceeding the economic impact of any other category of retail consumer market for literature (fiction or nonfiction).
More recently, Guyer hosted "Mr. Romance" a TV series on the Oxygen Network, appeared as a celebrity guest and featured participant in the iconic reality hit The Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo).
Her eclectic filmography, includes credits for the "The Perfect Nanny", "Jack's Back", "Fatal Kiss", "Hit and Runway", "Cool Blue", "Psycho Cop", "Soldier's Fortune" which were primarily costarring roles. She was featured in "The Mirror Has Two Faces", and even appeared in the animated comedy "Space Ghost Coast to Coast".
The bi-coastal restaurateur has owned two dining establishments and in 2016 opened Guyer's as the sole proprietor on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In addition to running the Columbus Ave. establishment, she is the spokesperson for StyleshopUSA.com and a new face for cosmetic giant Elizabeth Arden, Inc., a subsidiary of Revlon, Inc.- Actor
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Veteran character actor ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Desperate Housewives, "Law & Order"; recurring role as Judge William McGough on "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice"). Broadway credits include the original companies of Neil Simon's "Rumors" and Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" and the revivals of "Little Me" (starring James Coco) and "Peter Pan" (starring Sandy Duncan). Also spent two and a half years as Cogsworth the Clock in Disney's long-running musical hit "Beauty and the Beast," both in New York and Los Angeles. In 1986, Brand went to Moscow with William Gibson's "Rag Dolly" as part of the first international exchange between the United States and the former Soviet Union. He has performed at some of the nation's top regional theaters, including the Kennedy Center, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, the Hollywood Bowl, the Geffen and the Mark Taper Forum. A resident of Los Angeles, Brand is married to writer Lucy Chase Williams.- Joe Benson was born on 7 September 1915 in Stamford, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rifleman (1958) and Perry Mason (1957). He died on 27 March 1989 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
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Born in Stamford, Connecticut and one of three brothers, Robert graduated from Stamford Catholic High School in 1984. After attending Eckerd College in St. Petersberg, Florida on a baseball scholarship, an injury forced him to transfer to the University of Connecticut, where he graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Political Science. Robert then graduated from Pace University School of Law in 1991. He passed the Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania bar exams on his first attempt and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1991. He is currently a practicing attorney, as well as an actor and accomplished voice over artist. Robert hosted a local radio program back in the mid 1990's called "The Law Show", and more recently, hosted a radio show called "Ask the Lawyer." Robert's first venture into the acting field was a show called "American Experience: Hijacked!" which aired nationally on PBS-TV and was narrated by Campbell Scott. Since that time, he has appeared in numerous national projects with many big name stars, both in acting and voice overs.- Harry Harrison was born on 12 March 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Soylent Green (1973), Soylent Green and Bill the Galactic Hero (2014). He was married to Joan Merkler. He died on 15 August 2012 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Willy DeVille was born on 25 August 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Princess Bride (1987), Cruising (1980) and Death Proof (2007). He was married to Lisa Leggett, Susan Berle a.k.a. Toots and Nina Lagerwall. He died on 6 August 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Producer
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Larry Grimaldi was born on 17 March 1969 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Camp Out (2006), Why Can't I Be You? (2006) and Falling Inn Love (2019).- Producer
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Ilene S. Landress was born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is a producer and production manager, known for The Sopranos (1999), Girls (2012) and Mildred Pierce (2011).- Steven Kaplan was born on 30 August 1988 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Smash (2012), Indignation (2016) and The Rewrite (2014).
- Voiceover artist par excellence Hal Douglas was born Harold Cone on September 1, 1924 in Stamford, Connecticut. The son of Samuel and Miriam Levenson Cone, Hal and his brother Edwin were primarily raised by their grandparents Sarah and Tevya Levenson after their mother died when Hal was only nine. (Their father later remarried.) Douglas trained as a pilot and served three years in the Navy during World War II. Hal wrote fiction in his spare time and upon finishing his tour of duty enrolled on the G.I. Bill at the University of Miami, where he studied acting. He changed his last name to Douglas after moving to New York and began supplementing his slight income from acting gigs with voiceover and announcer work on both radio and television. Hal soon became one of the most sought after (and instantly recognizable) vocal talents for commercials and lead-ins for TV shows. Douglas worked steadily out of New York and not only continued to lend his distinctive gravelly baritone to television, but also narrated the occasional documentary and countless film trailers in a diverse array of genres. Hal was still working two years prior to his death from pancreatic cancer at age 89 at his home in Lovettsville, Virginia on March 7, 2014. He's survived by his wife of forty-three years, Ruth Francis Douglas; their daughter Sarah Douglas; and two sons from a previous marriage, Jon and Jeremy.
- Gary Vitti was born on 14 January 1957 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Blue Chips (1994), Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022).
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R. Martin Klein was born on 1 October 1947 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and casting director, known for Perfect Blue (1997), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016) and .hack//Mutation (2002).- Actor
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Grinnell Morris was born on 27 April 1970 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for 96 Souls (2016), Married Without Kids (2015) and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). He has been married to Julie Lancaster since March 2010.- Michael LaGuardia was born on 9 June 1947 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Ghost in the Machine (1993) and The Equalizer (1985). He was married to Gail L. Dujack. He died on 2 April 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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William A. Levey was born on 31 March 1943 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Monaco Forever (1984), To Be a Rose (1974) and Skatetown U.S.A. (1979). He was previously married to Elaine Young.- Ron Godfrey is the definition of persistence, consistency, and resilience. His motto and brand, Grind & Conquer, transcends his personal accomplishments and body of work as an award-nominated and accredited sag-eligible actor, producer, award-winning published author, entrepreneur, and musician into the lives of those around him and those who support him. His ability to use his relatable personal experiences and his relentless ambition to completely transform into another character is the reason why he continues to land roles as an actor on multiple major platforms that feature major films and television series like American Soul on BET, The Staircase on HBO Max, Fatal Attraction on TV One, MIKE on Hulu, and more.
His awe-inspiring story of conquering his battle with severe depression is depicted in his book series, Crying Out In The Dark, which offers hope and healing to all who read it. He has dedicated his life to using his gifts, talents, and lessons to lead by example, encourage, teach, and entertain others so they too, will be able to apply the principles of 'Grind & Conquer' to their own lives in order to be successful in all areas of life. - Director
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Irvin Willat was born on 18 November 1890 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and writer, known for On the High Seas (1922), The Grim Game (1919) and The Isle of Lost Ships (1929). He was married to Billie Dove. He died on 17 April 1976 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
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Luther Creek was born on 28 January 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Across the Universe (2007), Chaos Walking (2021) and Zoolander (2001).- Visual Effects
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Andrew Racho is an actor and also a writer, director, and artist, most notably in the field of animation.
After graduating from Syracuse University in 2004 with a degree in Television, Radio, and Film, Andrew moved to Los Angeles to explore a career in television. After months of struggling to find work, in October of 2004 he found a random Craigslist listing for an internship for an untitled stop-motion animated show. At the time, he only knew stop-motion animation as, "it's like The Nightmare Before Christmas, right?" He took on the job. That show later turned out to be Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken, and Andrew went on to work on over 100+ episodes for them and for the shows Moral Orel, Frankenhole, and Titan Maximum.
During his time as a visual effects/graphic artist, Andrew discovered acting, primarily voice over. It was his first class with Starcraft actor Robert Clotworthy where he caught the acting bug. He then studied Meisner Technique at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studios and continued his voice over studies. He also filmed the majority of the behind-the-scenes videos for the first five seasons of Robot Chicken. During this time, he was able to glean from the pros and learned from watching the major players in television and film perform behind the microphone.
Though Andrew has worked commercially, theatrically, and in animation for years, he credits his big break in voice over to Adam De La Peña, who cast him as a costar and leading role in Geek and Sundry's animated series Outlands. Andrew continues to work with Adam on various projects.
Andrew also writes the weekly comic strip Convenience Store Diet and recently finished its fourth volume. Convenience Store Diet is also in production on a number of animated shorts and an animated episode, both penned by and starring Andrew.
Today, Andrew's voice over work can be heard in a number of animated shows including Comedy Central's TripTank. Also, he often is hired to direct for animation and direct voice over sessions, especially for celebrity talent.- Director
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Eric Naud is a writer, director, and stop-motion animator residing in Burlington, VT. Despite his diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism at a young age, he has become quite successful as a student, graduating from Champlain College in Spring 2018 with a BFA in Creative Media and Specialisations in Film, Writing, and Sonic Arts.
Ever since a young age, he has always wanted an occupation which can allow him to tell stories, which includes both writing and filmmaking. It was in middle school that he grew to realize that film as his path in life. Being a movie buff with very good memory, he is able to recite long portions of his favorite films and TV shows, a trait that he has had since childhood.
He applied for a behind the scenes job for the web series Queen Dad (2013), he ended up playing a cameo role as the videographer, shooting behind the scenes footage for a making-of documentary. Later, he had his first behind the scenes role in Hidden Blueprints: The Story of Mikey (2018), a film directed by a fellow classmate and good friend Jeremy Lee MacKenzie . Since then he has directed his capstone project, available on YouTube via his account, RaidMaster Productions, which is also the name of his production company of which he has maintained since adolescence.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing computer games and making videos for his YouTube account. An only child to his mother, he has two younger half-siblings on his father's side.- Producer
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Christine Lee Mahin was born on 10 January 1985 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Christine Lee is a producer, known for The Haunted (2009), A Gothic Tale (2008) and Paranormal State (2007).- Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Blatty; brother of Christine, Michael, Mary Jo, William Jr., Jennifer and Paul. A Father Remembers......When Peter was born, I did something remarkably out of character. All my children had the names of saints: Michael Peter, William Peter, Christine Ann, Mary Joanne, Jennifer Ann. But with Peter, I found myself strangely overcome by a compulsion to give him an added middle name. A very specific one. Galahad. Whose "strength was as the strength of ten", because his heart was pure. I told Julie, Pete's Mom," I don't know, I've just got this feeling that's what he's going to turn out to be". And so he did. It's the rare individual who on first meeting Pete, that imposing young man with the quick, warm smile, didn't sense that he was somehow in the presence of an extraordinary human being. There were never any halfway measures with Peter. Fiercely loyal and fiercely faithful, his love burned brightly and intensely like the love of angels massed before God. For many years he thought everyone was built that way, and so it was easy to break his heart. But like his other namesake, Pete would have cut off the High Priest's servant's ear without a moment of hesitation. He was incredibly brave, and kind. I couldn't drive past a beggar on a median strip without Peter pleading that I give the man money. "We'll hold up traffic, son. Can't do it." "Come on Dad, PLEASE!" And did I say brave? A former Heights classmate of Peter's came by with a very young dogwood tree this week. He wanted to plant it in our yard in memory of Peter. "In gratitude," he said. He then told me a story of when he and Peter were both 15. The friend had challenged a boy from another school to a fight. They met in a field, surrounded by about 80 boys from both schools. They fought and Peter's friend won the bout. But the vanquished boy threatened he'd fetch a cousin who would then beat the friend to a pulp. Peter's friend said, "Fine. Bring him on. Bring an army." What showed up was almost worse: a hulking, muscular 26-year-old ex-convict who had just been released from prison. Within minutes, Peter's friend was on the ground, taking blow after blow to the face and head, and recognizing that he was in danger of serious injury he shouted," Stop! Stop! I give!" But the man didn't stop. Among those 80 watching the fight were two hulking football players. But they didn't intervene. No one moved. Except Peter. He slipped out of the crowd, walked up to the convict, who was flailing away, and said commandingly, "Didn't you hear him say stop? He said stop! So now do it!" And in an almost mysterious, otherworldly moment, the hulking ex-con looked up at Peter with a numb and bewildered look on his face...and then got up without a word and walked away. On the day he brought the tree to our house for planting, Peter's friend said he'd chosen a species of dogwood called, "Cherokee Brave". Youthful idealism sometimes prompts a boy to utter, "Oh, I'd give up my life for him or her." What made Peter unique was that if he ever said such a thing you knew that Peter would actually do it. Julie Blatty kept a diary of unusual statements that Peter had made from earliest childhood, and I think that recounting one or two of them now would give you a fuller, though sometimes haunting and mysterious, picture of Peter. At age 3 he once asked me, "Dad, how do you learn?" I said, "Well, most people learn from experience or principle, and I guess I learn from both." Pete said, "That's not how I learn I learn from the sky. God teaches me." At the same age the diary records that one day, while his baby brother Paul was being dressed, Peter turned away from looking out a window at the ocean and said, "Mom, do you know why I came here?" His Mother said, "No, son, why?" His answer was, "I came here to help people". As to Peter's spirituality, which was deeper than the heart of the world, the diary reveals quite an interesting range. When he was six he told his Mother that while he believed everything written in the Bible, he said, and I quote, " But Mom...I just can't get behind a talking snake!" But now jump ahead to a diary entry made in this final year of his earthly life: "Oh, Mom...if I had lived in the time of Christ and had been able to see Him and hear Him, I just know I couldn't have resisted Him!" I could go on: Peter's former Heights classmates gathered and talked about him from 8:00 p.m. until four in the morning last week, and one of them told me they still hadn't run out of stories of " wonderful Pete." So here's just one more glimpse into Peter's breathtakingly beautiful soul. He was 5 years old when he said to his Mother, and this, like the other diary quotes is word for word what he said: "Mommy, when God was making me, I was a little bit scared and a little bit sad...until I saw you." When Peter was two, his Mother was watching him as he packed a little child's tin lunchbox. "I'm a little star boy," he said, and that he was packing his suitcase for a trip. "Where are you going?" Julie asked him. Peter answered, "I'm going to a star." And now too soon, he has made that journey. Like those memorable comets that now and then flash across the night sky with a sudden and beautiful blazing brilliance and then all too quickly fade from our sight, our beloved little star boy has gone home. A Mother Remembers...... Peter's last year was one of tremendous suffering. Through it all, however, he never lost his faith in the God he loved so much. Friday, November 3rd, he went to confession and Mass with me. He spent his weekend saying,"Look on the bright side mom...I'm good with God!" He called all his closest friends and shared his good news. It was the last thing he said to many of them. Early in the morning of November 7th, our tender and merciful Lord called Peter home. He passed peacefully in his sleep. Our pain is excruciating and our human natures tremble, but there is deep peace within our souls, because we know our beloved child is finally, and forever, at peace. The official cause of death was Myocarditis. It is a rare condition, often triggered by a viral illness, in which a person's own immune system attacks their heart.
Copied from 'Find A Grave' - Malcolm Knight was born on 2 June 1935 in Stamford Hill, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959), Quatermass II (1955) and Live Now - Pay Later (1962). He was married to Donna. He died on 15 November 2006 in London, England, UK.
- Sandra Herold was born on 8 May 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She died on 24 May 2010 in the USA.
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Kailand C. Reilly was born on 15 April 1986 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Honeymoon (2014) and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).- Actor
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Jerold Pearson was born on 9 February 1954 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Evil Laugh (1986), Access Code (1984) and The Happy Worker.- Editor
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Andrew Cohen is a Chicago-based comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. He is known for co-writing the 2021 horror movie The Unkind in collaboration with acclaimed VFX specialist Luca Gabriele Rossetti. He is also known for his podcasts Getting Real With Andrew Cohen and Two Broke Sophomores which he hosted from 2015-2018 and 2019-2020 respectively. The podcasts featured guests such as Robert Capron, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Michael Campion, J. Gaven Wilde, and more.
Cohen graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2022 with a degree in comedy writing and performance. He has performed comedy at a variety of institutions including Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, Caroline's On Broadway, and IO Chicago. He graduated from the Second City Comedy Studies program in 2022. Cohen is currently working on writing a variety of feature films and plans to take classes at the Actors Studio in Chicago.