"Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent ""heartthrob"" of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as ""Magnificent Obsession"" (1954), ""All That Heaven Allows"" (1955) and ""Giant"" (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day in ""Pillow Talk"" (1959), ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send"
"Robert Scheerer Robert Scheerer (December 28, 1929 – March 3, 2018) was an American film and television director, actor, and producer. Scheerer was born in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States. Scheerer's most notable work includes directing """", """" and """". He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing ""Fame"". He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for ""The Danny Kaye Show"". He made his Broadway debut in the musical ""Lend an Ear"" in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also"
"from telecasts of the 1939 classic, Bolger would reply: ""No, just immortality. I'll settle for that."" Bolger's Scarecrow is ranked among the ""most beloved movie characters of all time"" by AMC and the American Film Institute. For his contributions to the film industry, Bolger received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. It is located at 6788 Hollywood Boulevard. Ray Bolger Raymond Wallace Bolger (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American film and television actor, vaudevillian, TV presenter, singer, dancer (particularly of tap) and stage performer (particularly musical theatre) who started in"
"Michael Greer Michael Greer (born James Robert Malley; April 20, 1938 — September 14, 2002) was an American actor, comedian and cabaret performer. He is best known for his appearances in the films ""The Gay Deceivers"" and ""Fortune and Men's Eyes"", and for being one of the first openly gay actors to appear in major Hollywood films. Greer was born James Robert Malley in Galesburg, Illinois to parents Charles and Elizabeth (née Koetter) Malley. Although his birth date has been given as April 20, 1943, his birth year was probably 1938, based on 1940 U.S. census records listing a 2-year-old"
"Ray Bolger Raymond Wallace Bolger (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American film and television actor, vaudevillian, TV presenter, singer, dancer (particularly of tap) and stage performer (particularly musical theatre) who started in the silent film era. He was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond (see below). He is best known for his role as the Scarecrow and his Kansas counterpart farm worker ""Hunk"" in MGM's classic ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939) and the villainous Barnaby in Walt Disney's musical fantasy ""Babes in Toyland"". He was also the host of his eponymous television show,"
"Angeles for which he had been hospitalized six weeks prior. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in an unmarked grave in Glendale, California. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Charles Ray received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, located at 6355 Hollywood Boulevard. Charles Ray (actor) Charles Edgar Ray (March 15, 1891 – November 23, 1943) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Ray rose to fame during the mid-1910s portraying young, wholesome hicks in silent comedy films. Ray was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and moved to Springfield as"
"of the poker players from ""The Odd Couple"", after Larry Haines, who portrayed Speed died in 2008. David Sheiner David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. Sheiner appeared in several films including ""The Greatest Story Ever Told"" (1965) as James the Elder, and Roy in ""The Odd Couple"" (1968). He also guest-starred in many television programs, including ""Columbo"", ""The Big Valley"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""The Invaders"", ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Blue Light"", ""S.W.A.T."", ""Combat!"" ""Quincy, M.E."", """", ""The Fall Guy"", ""Blind"
"appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film ""Mister Big"" and many other films with the tap group ""The Jivin' Jacks and Jills"". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film ""How to Beat the High Cost of Living"", which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James. Scheerer died in Valley Village, California. Robert Scheerer Robert Scheerer (December 28, 1929 – March 3, 2018) was an American film and television director, actor, and producer. Scheerer was born in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States. Scheerer's most notable work includes directing """", """" and """". He has received three Emmy"
"Chuck Hayward Charles Bert Hayward (January 20, 1920 – February 23, 1998) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He was associated particularly with the films of John Wayne. He doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his early youth working cattle, then, at 16, left home to join the rodeo circuit as a bronc rider and horse trainer. In 1947, he arrived in Los Angeles and"
"Howard Caine Howard Caine (born Howard Cohen; January 2, 1926 – December 28, 1993) was an American character actor, probably best known as Gestapo Major, Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series ""Hogan's Heroes"" (1965–71). He also played Lewis Morris of New York in the musical film ""1776"", and Everett Scovill, a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, in the television movie, ""Helter Skelter"". Howard Caine was born on January 2, 1926, in Nashville, Tennessee, into a Jewish family. At the age of 13, Cohen moved with his family to New York City, where he began studying acting."
"Louis, Missouri with his daughter Ruby, son Bodhi and wife Megan.<ref name=""http://www.gazillionmovies.com/Actor/G/Gr/GregorySporleder.htm""></ref> Gregory Sporleder Gregory Sporleder (born April 24, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker, notable for playing military men in films such as ""The Rock"", ""Black Hawk Down"" and ""Renaissance Man"", as well as Calvin Norris in the HBO series ""True Blood"". Sporleder graduated from University City High School in St. Louis, Missouri and was voted the top dancer in his class. Sporleder got his first major role in the 1989 romance ""Say Anything..."" alongside John Cusack. In 1994, he appeared as ""Billy"" in the music video for"
"members of the Hollywood Hillbillies. Tom Murray (actor) Thomas Henderson Murray (September 8, 1874 – August 27, 1935) was an American film actor and musician. He appeared in thirteen films between 1922 and 1931, including roles in two Charlie Chaplin films and was a member of Hillbilly country music groups in the early 30s. Born in Stonefort, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California of stomach cancer. He was married to Louise Carver. He was part of 2 hillbilly music groups, the Beverly Hill Billies and the Hollywood Hillbillies that was also known as Uncle Tom Murray's Hollywood Hillbillies. Roy Rogers"
"6601 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1999, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. Iron Eyes Cody Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an Italian-American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as ""Chief Iron Eyes"" in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, ""Keep America Beautiful"". Living in Hollywood, he began to insist, even in his private life, that he"
"1970, with Lee Marvin in the title role, and again in 2003 as a TV movie starring Tom Selleck. Shane was also made into a movie and a series. Jack Schaefer Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – January 24, 1991) was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known work is ""Shane"", which was made into the film ""Shane"", and the short story ""Stubby Pringle's Christmas"" (1964). Jack Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was the son of a German American attorney. In 1929 he graduated from Oberlin College with a major in English. From 1929-1930 he"
"Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen Steiger (April 14, 1925July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as ""one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars"", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in ""The Pawnbroker"" (1964), and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film ""In the Heat of the Night"""
"business. He died in 1969 and was buried at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, California. Roy D'Arcy Roy D'Arcy (born Roy Francis Giusti, February 10, 1894 – November 15, 1969) was an American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant villains. He appeared in 50 different films between 1925 and 1939, such as ""The Temptress"" in 1926 with actresses such as Greta Garbo. Roy D'Arcy was born in San Francisco but educated in Europe and studied painting in Paris. After several years of traveling and various business ventures"
"the Bible, but then I started to discover the man-made nature of it. I started seeing things that made me ask, 'Is God really speaking through this instrument?' My eyes opened to the reality of the Bible being just a document to control people. At the time I was a real mama's boy and deeply mesmerized by the church."" Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. His breakout role came in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom ""Cheers"". He later became known for his portrayals of Billy Hoyle in"
"David Ogden Stiers David Allen Ogden Stiers ( ; October 31, 1942March 3, 2018) was an American actor, voice actor, and conductor. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Stiers was primarily raised in Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon before enrolling at the Juilliard School in New York City, from where he graduated in 1972. He went on to appear in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in ""The Magic Show"", in which he appeared for four years between 1974 and 1978. In 1977, he was cast as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on the television series"
"of Tom Sawyer"" (1938). He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in The Bronx, New York. Charles Richman (actor) Charles J. Richman (January 12, 1865 – December 1, 1940) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in 66 films between 1914 and 1939. Long before entering films Richman, in his youth one of the handsomest men on the stage, achieved a tremendous amount of stardom and success in the legitimate theatre. Most certainly film acting was an afterthought in his long and distinguished stage career. In Hollywood, he often played supporting roles as a dignified authoritarian figures"
"David Sheiner David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. Sheiner appeared in several films including ""The Greatest Story Ever Told"" (1965) as James the Elder, and Roy in ""The Odd Couple"" (1968). He also guest-starred in many television programs, including ""Columbo"", ""The Big Valley"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""The Invaders"", ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Blue Light"", ""S.W.A.T."", ""Combat!"" ""Quincy, M.E."", """", ""The Fall Guy"", ""Blind Ambition"", ""Bonanza"", and ""The Fugitive"". He retired from acting in 1988. Sheiner is the last surviving member"
"starring John Travolta. Chuck Russell Charles ""Chuck"" Russell (born May 9, 1958) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, known for his work on several genre films. Some of Russell's best known films include the slasher fantasy film """", the 1988 remake of the 1958 monster horror film ""The Blob"", the fantasy superhero comedy film ""The Mask"", the action film ""Eraser"", and the action-adventure ""The Scorpion King"". Russell also executive produced the critically acclaimed Michael Mann-directed neo-noir crime thriller ""Collateral"". Russell was born in Park Ridge, Illinois and grew up in Chicago. He attended Maine South High School"
"Larry Sherman (actor) Larry Sherman (c. 1923 – August 26, 2017) was an American actor, television writer, former sports journalist, and publicist. On screen, Sherman, a New York City-based actor, was best known for his recurring role as Judge Colin Fraser in ""Law & Order"", as well as films like North by Northwest (1959) and ""Midnight Cowboy"" (1969). Off screen, Sherman served as the head writer of the television game show, ""The Joker's Wild"" during its original run on CBS in the 1970s. In 1982, Sherman was hired by businessman Donald Trump as the head of public relations for the"
"motion pictures, and radio. The stars are located at 6425, 6766, and 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, respectively. Edgar Bergen Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. He was also the father of actress Candice Bergen. Bergen was born in Chicago, Illinois, one of five children and the youngest of two sons of Swedish immigrants Nilla Svensdotter (née Osberg) and Johan Henriksson Berggren. He lived on a farm near Decatur, Michigan until"
"Charles Ray (actor) Charles Edgar Ray (March 15, 1891 – November 23, 1943) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Ray rose to fame during the mid-1910s portraying young, wholesome hicks in silent comedy films. Ray was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and moved to Springfield as a child where he attended elementary school. He then moved to Needles, California for a time before finally relocating to Los Angeles where he finished his education. He initially began his career on the stage before working for director Thomas H. Ince as a film extra in December 1912. He appeared in several"
"Michael Fox (American actor) Michael Fox (born Myron Melvin Fox, February 27, 1921 – June 1, 1996) was an American character actor who was in numerous movies and television roles. Some of his most famous recurring roles were as various autopsy physicians in ""Perry Mason"", as Coroner George McLeod in ""Burke's Law"", as Amos Fedders in ""Falcon Crest"", and as Saul Feinberg in ""The Bold and the Beautiful"". Fox was born in Yonkers, New York to Jacob Fox, an Austrian-born salesman, and his wife, the former Josephine Berkowitz. He was the youngest of four children, and the third son. Michael"
"in Los Angeles. He was 63. He was survived by his wife and son. Hadley has a star at 6553 Hollywood Boulevard in the Television section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960. Reed Hadley Reed Hadley (born Reed Herring, June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American film, television and radio actor. Hadley was born in Petrolia, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one sister, Bess Brenner. He was reared in Buffalo, New York, where he attended and graduated from Bennett High School."
"Richard Schaal Richard ""Dick"" Schaal (; May 5, 1928 – November 4, 2014) was an American film and television actor. In 1962, Schaal joined Chicago's Second City, becoming skilled in sketch and improvisational comedy. He was featured in a number of episodes of the 1970s sitcoms ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" (where he played no fewer than four different characters: Howard Arnell, his brother Paul, Chuckles the Clown and Dino), ""The Bob Newhart Show"" (as three characters: Don Fezler, Don Livingston and Chuck Brock), ""Rhoda"" (as Charlie Burke) and ""Phyllis"" (23 episodes as Leo Heatherton). His earliest appearance with Mary"
"Roy Horan Roy Horan III (born January 1, 1950) is an American actor and martial artist. Horan is perhaps best known as Lewis in 1981 martial arts film ""Game of Death II"", and Priest/Russian in 1978 martial arts film ""Snake in the Eagle's Shadow"". Horan married Christina (Hui) Horan on December 20, 1981, and they have two daughters. Horan's daughter Celina Jade made her film debut in 2008's ""Legendary Assassin"" along with Tai Chi Boxer and ""Fatal Contact"" film star Wu Jing. Horan made his film debut in the 1976 movie ""Bruce Lee's Secret"" as Charlie. Horan went on to"
"years his junior; the couple divorced in 1981. Later in his life, Bannon suffered from emphysema. He died in Ventura, California, on July 28, 1984, at age 73. Jim Bannon James Shorttel Bannon (April 9, 1911 – July 28, 1984) was a radio announcer and Hollywood Western film actor known for his work on the ""I Love a Mystery"" and ""Red Ryder"" series during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri, Bannon attended Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst University, where he played football, baseball, and polo. In 1944, he was ineligible (classified 4-F) for World War"
"Einar Hanson Einar Hanson (June 15, 1899; Stockholm, Sweden – June 3, 1927; Santa Monica, California), also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film motion-picture actor. Discovered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre by director Mauritz Stiller, handsome and sophisticated, he was in 1927 ideally positioned to take over from the late Rudolph Valentino as Hollywood's ""great screen lover"". Upon his arrival in Hollywood in 1925, along with Stiller and the director's other protegée Greta Garbo, Hanson starred opposite some of the era's leading ladies, including Pola Negri and Corinne Griffith. Hanson was destined for even bigger and better"
"important role in the failure of the marriage. Richards said in an interview in 2008, ""When I vaccinated Sam, he accused me of poisoning her. And I knew when he said that that the marriage wasn't going to work."" Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. Sheen has appeared in films including ""Platoon"" (1986), ""Wall Street"" (1987), ""Young Guns"" (1988), ""Eight Men Out"" (1988), ""Major League"" (1989), ""Hot Shots!"" (1991), and ""The Three Musketeers"" (1993). In the 2000s, Sheen replaced Michael J. Fox in ""Spin City"", his performance earning"
"honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 1977 in the area of Performing Arts. by Heston: Charlton Heston Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ""The Ten Commandments"" (1956), for which he received his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. He also starred in ""Touch of Evil"" (1958) with Orson Welles, ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), for which he"
"a ranch. He died there from lung cancer on November 26, 1965, aged 61. He is interred at Palm Downtown Mortuary/Cemetery in Las Vegas. Wild Bill Elliott Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. Elliott was born Gordon Nance on a ranch near Pattonsburg, Missouri, the son of Leroy Whitfield Nance, a cattle broker, and his wife, Maude Myrtle Auldridge. The young Nance grew up within twenty miles of his birthplace; he spent most of"