"Michael Crawford Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942) known by the professional stage name of Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, singer, voice artist and philanthropist. He has received international critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which has included many film and television performances as well as stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City. He is best known for playing the character Frank Spencer in a popular 1970s sitcom titled ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"", which first made him a household name, as well as for originating the title"
"Sunkist (soft drink), Miller Lite, Budweiser, Pepto-Bismol, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pepsi, Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein, and some more. Brian Drolet Brian Thomas Drolet (born July 2, 1980) is an American actor, producer and writer. He is best known for acting, producing and writing ""Dumbbells"". Drolet was born and grew up in Queens, New York. He graduated from the University of Florida. He moved on from The University Of Florida's expressive arts school with a degree in Electronic Intermedia. Subsequent to graduating he moved back to NY, he began as a performing artist yet started to compose and create"
"Brian Drolet Brian Thomas Drolet (born July 2, 1980) is an American actor, producer and writer. He is best known for acting, producing and writing ""Dumbbells"". Drolet was born and grew up in Queens, New York. He graduated from the University of Florida. He moved on from The University Of Florida's expressive arts school with a degree in Electronic Intermedia. Subsequent to graduating he moved back to NY, he began as a performing artist yet started to compose and create his own movies also. Brian cherishes all mediums of creative expression including painting and has even does a lot of"
"A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in the cast of at least 77 films for television and cinema between 1920 and 1944. He was known publicly as Bromley Davenport and, in the film credits, his Christian name was always abbreviated. Perhaps the most commercial films he appeared in were ""Jamaica Inn"" and ""The Way Ahead"" in which his character was named after his real life name. He did not often have a lead role"
"Slim Pickens Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor. During much of his career, Pickens played mainly cowboy roles, and is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in ""Dr. Strangelove"" and ""Blazing Saddles"". Louis Burton Lindley Jr. was born in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (née Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer. Young Lindley was an excellent horse rider from an early age. Known as ""Bert"" to his family and friends, he"
"""h"" from his original name, Stumph. It was still pronounced ""stump,"" but the change ensured his audience wouldn't think to pronounce it ""stumf."" Singer Jason Derulo uses the phonetic spelling of his given name, Jason Desrouleaux. Andy Warhol dropped an ""a"" from his original name, Warhola, while couturier Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent dropped the first of his two surnames. Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi adopted the stage name Rudolph Valentino in part because American casting directors found his original surname difficult to pronounce. Singer George Michael (the son of a Greek Cypriot restaurateur in North London) was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou."
"Michael Sharvell-Martin Michael Sharvell-Martin (2 February 1944 – 28 October 2010) was a popular British television and stage actor whose career spanned more than three decades. He was a familiar character actor on British television screens, guest starring in most prime time dramas and comedies throughout the seventies and eighties. Sharvell-Martin was born Michael Ernest Martin in Herne Bay, Kent, and trained in stage management at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His acting debut was in 1965 at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. He adopted the stage name Michael Sharvell-Martin because there was already an actor called Michael Martin. Sharvell-Martin"
"from multiple strokes. He died in hospital on 30 March 2018, not long after falling and breaking his hip. Bill Maynard Walter Frederick George Williams (8 October 1928 – 30 March 2018), better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. Maynard was born at 5 Oak Cottages, Heath End, Farnham, Surrey, and attended Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School in Leicestershire. He began as a variety performer, taking his professional surname from a billboard for Maynard's Wine Gums, a popular British confectionery. Years later he recounted that the BBC had asked him to change his surname"
"an actor and they appeared many times on the same stage. The stage name was taken on by Albert’s wife the actress Germaine Brasseur and her descendants : Pierre Brasseur, Claude Brasseur and Alexandre Brasseur. Jules Brasseur Jules Brasseur was a French actor and singer, born 1829 in Paris and died in the same city in 1890, who achieved considerable popular success in Paris and around France in the second half of the 19th century. Born Jules-Victor-Alexandre Dumont, his father was a wood merchant and destined his son for business; a position was secured for him as assistant glove-maker in"
"2015, the minor planet 29132 Bradpitt was named in his honor. Selected notable roles: Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie ""Thelma & Louise"" (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama films ""A River Runs Through It"" (1992) and ""Legends of the Fall"" (1994), and horror film ""Interview with the Vampire"" (1994). He gave"
"Norman McKinnel Norman McKinnel (10 February 1870 – 29 March 1932) was a Scottish stage and film actor and playwright, active from the 1890s until his death. He appeared in many stage roles in the UK and overseas as well as featuring in a number of films, the best known of which is Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 production ""Downhill"". His surname was sometimes mistranscribed as McKinnell. McKinnel was born in 1870 at Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire (since incorporated into Dumfries) and originally intended to follow his father into the engineering business before deciding to enter the acting profession. As a playwright he is"
"Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. The son of Richard and Elizabeth Dumbrille, Douglass Rupert Dumbrille was born in Hamilton, Ontario. As a young man, he was employed as a bank clerk in Hamilton while pursuing an interest in acting. He eventually left banking to work with a stock company that led him to Chicago, Illinois and a job with another stock company that toured the United States. In 1913, the East Coast film industry was flourishing and that year he"
"a two-year contract with Lewis J. Selznick's Equitable Pictures. He continued working in film into the 1930s. He died on March 12, 1934 in Los Angeles, California. James Durkin (actor) James Durkin (May 21, 1876 – March 12, 1934) was a Canadian-born American stage and film actor and director. He was born in Quebec on May 21, 1876. Durkin's father was a Commissioner of Crown Lands for the province of Quebec. He was a graduate of De La Salle College (Toronto) In 1906, he made his Broadway debut in the play ""Julie Bonbon"". The following year, he played the male"
"William Patterson Dunlop William Patterson Dunlop (1951–2009) was a Canadian actor best known to the general public through his roles in """" 1993-97, ""Due South"" 1994 and ""Tommy Boy"" 1995. But the majority of his career was spent on the stage, particularly at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Bill's high school graduation was from Sedbergh School in Montebello, Qc, where Bill was introduced to acting by his teacher Patrick Pettigrew and a significant change in Bill's life attitude took place there when physical and intellectual demands where made on him. Bill died of a heart attack on 22"
"Mower the youngest ever winner of this award. Mower also obtained a Critics' Cirle Award the same month for Best Newcomer. Liam Mower Liam Mower (born 30 May 1992 in Kingston upon Hull, England) is an English actor and dancer. Best known for his talent for ballet, he was one of the three boys who shared the lead role in the original London cast of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". He is currently employed by Matthew Bourne and has appeared in his production of ""Swan Lake"", ""The Nutcracker"" and ""The Car Men"". Mower is from Kingston upon Hull. His father is"
"1872. Dawison was considered in Germany an actor of a new type; a leading critic wrote that he and Marie Seebach swept like fresh gales over dusty tradition, and brushing aside the monotony of declamation gave to their roles more character and vivacity than had hitherto been known on the German stage. His chief parts were Mephistopheles, Franz Moor, Mark Antony, Hamlet, Charles V, Richard III and King Lear. Bogumil Dawison Bogumil Dawison (May 15, 1818February 1, 1872) was a German actor. He was born in Warsaw, of Jewish parents. At the age of nineteen he went on the stage."
"Basil Hallam Basil Hallam (3 April 1889 – 20 August 1916), born Basil Hallam Radford, was an English actor and singer best known for the character of Gilbert the Filbert in ""The Passing Show"". Hallam was born 3 April 1888 at 55 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex, England. The youngest son and child of Walter Thomas Hindmarsh Radford, Ship & Insurance Broker merchant, (1845-1927) and Ann Louisa Maria Radford (Nee Wulff) of Hillside (1847-1924). He was the youngest of 6 siblings: Annie Marguerite (1874-1943), Walter Guy (1875-1947), Ethel May (1880-?), Archibald Campbell (1881-1958) and Maurice Clive (1884-1915). He was baptised on"
"Michael Dunn (actor) Michael Dunn (born Gary Neil Miller, October 20, 1934 – August 30, 1973) was an American actor and singer. He inspired a number of actors that were smaller and shorter than most average people, including Zelda Rubinstein, Eric The Actor, Mark Povinelli, and Ricardo Gil. Dunn had medical dwarfism, a result of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED, subtype unknown), a genetic defect of cartilage production caused by a mutation in the COL2A1 (type II collagen) gene. This disorder, classified as a skeletal dysplasia, caused distorted development of his limbs, spine, and ribcage and led to early, widespread osteoarthritis and"
"star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1636 Vine Street. In 1992, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. William Powell William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the ""Thin Man"" series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for ""The Thin Man"" (1934), ""My Man Godfrey"" (1936), and ""Life with"
"Cameron Mitchell (actor) Cameron Mitchell (born Cameron McDowell Mitzell; November 4, 1918 – July 6, 1994), was an American film, television, and stage actor. He began his career on Broadway before transitioning into feature films in the 1950s, appearing in several major motion pictures. He would later become known for his roles in numerous exploitation films in the 1970s. A native of Pennsylvania, Mitchell began acting on Broadway in the late-1930s before signing a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after which he appeared in several films with Lana Turner and Clark Gable, such as ""Cass Timberlane"" (1945) and ""Homecoming"" (1948). He subsequently"
"Billy Lee (actor) Billy Lee (William Lee Schlensker) (March 12, 1929 – November 17, 1989) was a child actor who appeared in many films from the mid-1930s through the early 1940s. He is probably best remembered for his performance in ""The Biscuit Eater"". Lee's first role was in the ""Our Gang"" comedy short ""Mike Fright"" as a tap dancer in a sailor suit. He was signed under contract with Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1941 and his first significant role was in ""Wagon Wheels"" when he was just four years old. Lee continued acting throughout the 1930s, appearing in a"
"Michael Jackson (actor) Michael Jackson (born November 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor, grip, gaffer and known for his acting role as ""Trevor"" in the comedy TV series ""Trailer Park Boys"" (2001–2006) and the later film """" (2006). Jackson was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he currently lives. He has contributed to the local music scene with many group and solo projects, including Moral Support, Aimless, Thruster, The Thursday Toads, Pink Kitten, Defense Andrew, The Sycamores, Rick of The Skins, El Groupo De Rock, Vavoom, T-Bag, The Olympian and most recently Doug Mason."
"Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie ""Thelma & Louise"" (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama films ""A River Runs Through It"" (1992) and ""Legends of the Fall"" (1994), and horror film ""Interview with the Vampire"" (1994). He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller ""Seven"" and the science fiction film ""12"
"Dion Boucicault Jr. Dion Boucicault Jr. (born Darley George Boucicault; 23 May 1859 – 25 June 1929) was an actor and stage director. Son of the well-known playwright Dion Boucicault, he followed his father into the theatrical profession and made a career as a character actor and a director. In addition to extensive work in the West End of London, he spent considerable time in Australia, where he went into management in the 1880s. As an actor, his greatest successes included ""Trelawny of the 'Wells'"" and ""Mr. Pim Passes By"". His best-known success as a manager was ""Peter Pan; or,"
"for his co-stars. Tessier died of cancer in 1990. Robert Tessier Robert W. Tessier (June 2, 1934 – October 11, 1990) was an American actor and stuntman who was best known for playing heavy, menacing characters in films and on television. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts of Algonquian descent, Tessier served as a paratrooper in the Korean War earning both a Silver Star and Purple Heart. Tessier was an accomplished motorcycle rider doing stunts in the circus. These skills helped him secure his first film role in ""The Born Losers"" directed by Tom Laughlin. With his shaven head, size and threatening-looking"
"Robert Q. Lewis Robert Q. Lewis (born Robert Goldberg; April 25, 1920 – December 11, 1991) was an American radio and television personality, game show host, and actor. Lewis added the middle initial ""Q"" to his name accidentally on the air in 1942, when he responded to a reference to radio comedian F. Chase Taylor's character, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, by saying, ""and this is Robert ""Q."" Lewis."" He subsequently decided to retain the initial, telling interviewers that it stood for ""Quizzical."" Lewis is perhaps best known for his game show participation, having been the first host of ""The Name's"
"roles. Sharvell-Martin married Linda Hind in 1967 and the couple had two daughters. In the early part of 2010 he was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and died on 28 October 2010 at Wincanton, Somerset. Michael Sharvell-Martin Michael Sharvell-Martin (2 February 1944 – 28 October 2010) was a popular British television and stage actor whose career spanned more than three decades. He was a familiar character actor on British television screens, guest starring in most prime time dramas and comedies throughout the seventies and eighties. Sharvell-Martin was born Michael Ernest Martin in Herne Bay, Kent, and trained in stage"
"Trevor Dwyer-Lynch Trevor Dwyer-Lynch 1968, is a Black British actor, presenter, and stand up comedian. Born and raised in Moss Side and Salford, calls himself a ""Mossfordian"" trained in Drama and Performing Arts at City College /Arden School of Theatre Manchester in 1990, Dwyer-Lynch has appeared in numerous television and theatre productions, merging both serious roles—such as ""Gloucester"" in Shakespeare's King Lear— to his best known comedic role in ""Coronation Street"" as Patrick Tussell the taxi-driver working for Steve McDonald (2002–2005). A dog lover, his 15-stone, Old English Mastiff also appeared with him in an episode, his dog spoiling ""Patrick's"""
"use of imposters was an intentional choice by Dumile. At one show, an impostor Doom was booed off stage, before being replaced by the real artist. In an interview with ""The New Yorker"", Dumile said that he is both the writer and director, and that he ""might send a white dude next"", adding ""whoever plays the character plays the character"". Dumile's son, King Malachi Ezekiel Dumile, was born on 22 February 2003 and died on 18 December 2017. MF Doom Daniel Dumile ( ; born January 9, 1971), best known by his stage name MF Doom (stylized as MF DOOM),"
"Joe Kirk Ignazio ""Nat"" Curcuruto (October 1, 1903 – April 16, 1975), better known by his stage name Joe Kirk, was a Sicilian American radio, film, and television actor who was best known for playing the role of Mr. Bacciagalupe on ""The Abbott and Costello Show"". Kirk was married to Lou Costello's sister Marie in real life, and had 2 children with her. Kirk was born Ignazio Curcuruto (known as Nat to his family) in New York City, one of four children—Letitia, Philip (1902–95), Nat (1903–75) and Josephine—of Italian immigrants from Sicily, Giuseppe ""Joe"" Curcuruto and Elvira Puglisi Curcuruto (1882–1977)."
"Chris Bartlett (writer) Chris Bartlett (born in Bridgend, Wales on 25 August 1976) is a Cheshire-based playwright and arts journalist. Along with Nick Awde, he co-wrote the stage play """", a hit at the Assembly Rooms at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (under the title of ""Come Again: The World of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore""), where it was shortlisted for a Fringe First Award by The Scotsman, before transferring to London's West End at The Venue (now Leicester Square Theatre), in March 2006, starring Kevin Bishop as Dudley Moore, Tom Goodman-Hill as Peter Cook and Colin Hoult as Jonathan"
"Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo, professionally known as Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act with straight man Bud Abbott. Costello had started as an athlete, before working in burlesque on Broadway, where he stood-in for Abbott’s partner who had failed to show up. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, ""Who's on First?"", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut ""One Night in the Tropics"" (1940) and ""Buck Privates"" (1941). The duo would go on to make 36 films."
"Michael Earl (puppeteer) Michael Earl (September 10, 1959 – December 23, 2015) was an American puppeteer, actor, writer, singer and songwriter. A four-time Emmy Award-winner whose credits include Mr. Snuffleupagus on ""Sesame Street"" (1978–1981) and Dr. Ticktock in Ticktock Minutes, a musical series of PSA's on PBS he also co-created, scripted and wrote lyrics for that garnered 11 Southern Regional Emmys, a 1998 National Emmy for Best Public Service Announcements, a Gabriel Award, 2 Parents' Choice Awards and numerous other honors. Earl performed the original Shrek character in a motion-capture development test film for DreamWorks and puppeteered lead characters in"