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With a decades-long career as an actor and stuntman, Verne Troyer was best known for playing "Mini-Me," Dr. Evil's smaller and more concentrated pure evil protégé, in the hit comedies Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and for his role in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). Troyer, born in Sturgis, Michigan, had always dreamed of getting into showbiz. Shortly after his high school graduation in 1987, he moved with some friends to Arlington, Texas, where, in 1993, he got his first break as a stunt double for a 9-month-old baby on the film Baby's Day Out (1994). In his early years of film and television work, he often portrayed animals or small children.- Warren Hammack was born on 14 February 1934 in Sturgis, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967), The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene (2004) and Johnny Vik (1977). He was married to Harriet Schoch and Pamela White. He died on 13 February 2023 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
- Dennis DePue was born on 13 June 1943 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. He was married to Marilynn DePue. He died on 21 March 1991 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Director
Paul Weatherwax was born on 8 July 1900 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Naked City (1948), Exclusive (1937) and Men on Call (1930). He died on 13 September 1960 in West Hollywood, California, USA.- Sound Department
- Music Department
- Actress
Jax Griffin was born on 22 December 1987 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for After Earth (2013), Still? Still. (2023) and L'essere umano moderno (2011).- Actress
- Soundtrack
June Mary MacCloy was born in Sturgis, Michigan on June 2, 1909. When she was a child her family moved to Toledo, Ohio. With her radiant smile, her tall, blonde, good looks and unusual voice, she brightened many a film and stage with her talent. After 1940 she became an obscure part of Hollywood and Broadway history. When she was a deep-voiced, 5' 71/2" teenage girl, she was chosen by song writer Lew Brown (of the prolific team DeSylva, Brown & Henderson) to do an impersonation of Broadway star Harry Richman, singing "I'm On The Crest of a Wave" in the ninth edition of George White's Scandals (Apollo Theater, July 2, 1928; 230 performances), starring Richman, Frances Williams, Willie & Eugene Howard and Ann Pennington. She and her mother moved to New York, and before embarking on a film career she was featured in the Parkington unit vaudeville shows, designed by Vincente Minnelli. In 1930 she was signed by Paramount Pictures to make film shorts in Astoria, L.I. Before making any features for Paramount, she was loaned out to United Artists to make her first feature, "Reaching for the Moon" with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Bebe Daniels. She's the memorable, tall, pretty blond with the deep voice, singing 16 measures of "When the Folks High Up Do The Mean Low Down!" by Irving Berlin. That same year, Paramount co-starred her with Frances Dee and Jack Oakie in "June Moon" (based on the Lardner-Kaufman play). Next came "The Big Gamble" (R-K-O Pathe) starring Bill Boyd, with Dorothy Sebastian, Warner Oland and ZaSu Pitts. In the early 1930s MacCloy made at least nine film shorts, including a series of short comedies called "The Gay Girls" with Marion Schilling and Gertrude Short. Three of her shorts were directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, using the name "William Goodrich." In 1932 she appeared with Lupe Velez, Bert Lahr, Buddy Rogers and June Knight in Hot-Cha, Florenz Ziegfeld's last production (Ziegfeld Theater, March 8, 1932; 119 performances). Her featured song was "Little Old New York" (unpublished) by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. When Hot-Cha closed, June sang on the cruise ship, "S.S. Transylvania, " and spent the rest of the decade performing in Chicago, New York and San Francisco clubs and theaters, with the orchestras of Johnny Hamp, Henry King, Ben Pollock and Griff Williams (with whom she recorded for Decca). Some of these spots included New York's Paramount Theater, Chicago's Chez Paree, and San Francisco's Hotel Mark Hopkins. For Warner Bros./Vitaphone, she made a Technicolor two-reeler with Leon Erroll called "Good Morning, Eve, " directed by Roy Mack (September, 1934). Because of her contralto voice, she felt she was overlooked by radio producers. She suspected, many years later, that film producers may have thought she was a Lesbian. At Columbia Studios, she made "Glamour for Sale" in 1940, with Anita Louise and Roger Pryor. Her last real role was in "Go West" (MGM, 1940) in which she tried to seduce Groucho Marx, and sang a song, "You Can't Argue With Love" (unpublished) in the beer hall. She retired from performing when she married California architect Neal Wendell Butler, with whom she raised two children in Southern California. She met her husband through their mutual love of jazz music. She was widowed in 1985.- Perle Mesta was born on 12 October 1889 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. She was married to George Mesta. She died on 16 March 1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
- Marty Jackley was born on 13 October 1970 in Sturgis, South Dakota, USA. He is married to Angela. They have two children.
- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Additional Crew
Jeremy Evan Kerr was born on 12 May 1978 in Sturgis, Michigan, USA. He is a casting director, known for The Final Destination (2009), The Baytown Outlaws (2012) and The Waters: Phase One (2012).- Larry Rhoden was born on 5 February 1959 in Sturgis, South Dakota, USA. He is married to Sandy. They have four children.