Many degrees of Kevin Bacon - First Role

1. Kevin Bacon

Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.

Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. ...

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2. Tom Hulce

Actor | Amadeus

Thomas Edward Hulce was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Plymouth, MI, where he was raised with his two sisters and older brother. He is the son of Joanna (Winkleman), who had sung professionally, and Raymond Albert Hulce, who worked for Ford. He has English, German, and Irish ancestry. ...

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3. Richard Thomas

Actor | The Waltons

Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award from two nominations and received two Golden Globe Award nominations. He also starred in the 1990 television ...

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4. Lilia Prado

Actress | El rincón de las vírgenes

Lilia Prado was born on March 30, 1928 in Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico. She was an actress, known for El rincón de las vírgenes (1972), Talpa (1956) and El analfabeto (1961). She was married to Gabriel España. She died on May 22, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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5. Enrique Bermúdez

Actor | Ángel o demonio

Enrique Bermúdez is known for Ángel o demonio (1947), El Chavo (2006) and Encadenada (El yugo) (1947).

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6. Armando Calvo

Actor | Los últimos de Filipinas

Spanish actor (although reportedly born in Puerto Rico) who relocated to Mexico in 1946 and became a popular leading man opposite stars like María Félix, María Antonieta Pons, and Gloria Marín. Calvo, the son of well-known Spanish actor Juan Calvo, began working on the stage at the age of 5. His ...

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7. Edmundo Barbero

Actor | Cinco vidas y un destino

Edmundo Barbero was born on June 28, 1899 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Cinco vidas y un destino (1957), Sonatas (1959) and El último día de invierno (1942). He died on February 1, 1982 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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8. Antoñita Colomé

Actress | Una mujer en peligro

Antoñita Colomé was born on February 18, 1912 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. She was an actress, known for Una mujer en peligro (1936), El negro que tenía el alma blanca (1934) and El malvado Carabel (1935). She died on August 28, 2005 in Madrid, Spain.

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9. Carlos Gardel

Soundtrack | True Lies

Known as El Zorzal Criollo, the songbird of Buenos Aires, Carlos Gardel is a legendary figure in Uruguay and Argentina. He was born on December 11st, 1890, in Toulouse (France). His place of birth have been claimed by the Uruguayans and Argentinians, however, his Birth Certificate and his Will ...

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10. Rosita Moreno

Actress | El último varon sobre la Tierra

Rosita Moreno was born on March 18, 1907 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for El último varon sobre la Tierra (1933), Tango Bar (1935) and De la sartén al fuego (1935). She was married to Shauer, Melville. She died on April 25, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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11. Adolphe Menjou

Actor | Paths of Glory

The words "suave" and "debonair" became synonymous with the name Adolphe Menjou in Hollywood, both on- and off-camera. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, Menjou, complete with trademark waxy black mustache, evolved into one of Hollywood's most distinguished of artists...

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12. H. Cooper Cliffe

Actor | Half an Hour

H. Cooper Cliffe was born on July 19, 1862 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Half an Hour (1920), A Parisian Romance (1916) and The Argyle Case (1917). He was married to Alice Belmore. He died on May 1, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.

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13. Robert Warwick

Actor | In a Lonely Place

A prominent matinée stage and silent-film star with handsome features offset only slightly by a prominent proboscis, Robert Warwick was born and raised in Sacramento, California, as Robert Taylor Bien. The gift of music was instilled at an early age (he sang in his church choir) and he initially ...

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14. Lindsay J. Hall

Actor | The Hermit's Secret

Lindsay J. Hall was born on June 5, 1863 in Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hermit's Secret (1915), A Soul's Tragedy (1915) and Together (1918). He died on December 5, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA.

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15. George Cowl

Actor | The Jazz Cinderella

George Cowl was born on February 24, 1878 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Jazz Cinderella (1930), The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919) and Betsy Ross (1917). He died on April 4, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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16. Hal Reid

Writer | The Deerslayer

Hal Reid was born on April 14, 1862 in Cedarville, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Deerslayer (1913), Prohibition (1915) and Cardinal Wolsey (1912). He was married to Marcella Frances Russell, Mrs. Hal Reid and Marylee (Mae) Withers. He died on May 22, 1920 in New York City, New...

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17. Joe Welch

Actor | Time Lock No. 776

Joe Welch was born in 1869 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Time Lock No. 776 (1915) and The Peddler (1917). He was married to Belle Gold. He died on July 15, 1918 in Groen's Farms, Connecticut, USA.

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18. Sidney Mason

Actor | Orphan Sally

Sidney Mason was born on September 26, 1886 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Orphan Sally (1922), The Good-Bad Wife (1920) and The Seven Sisters (1915). He was married to Marie Mason (née Van). He died on March 1, 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.

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19. Mimi Yvonne

Actress | Kreutzer Sonata

Mimi Yvonne is known for Kreutzer Sonata (1915), Her Wayward Sister (1916) and The Littlest Rebel (1914).

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20. Charlotte Ives

Actress | The Dictator

Charlotte Ives was born on November 27, 1891. She was an actress, known for The Dictator (1915), The Warfare of the Flesh (1917) and A Prince in a Pawnshop (1916). She died in September 1976.

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21. John Barrymore

Actor | Twentieth Century

John Barrymore was born John Sidney Blyth on February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An American stage and screen actor whose rise to superstardom and subsequent decline is one of the legendary tragedies of Hollywood. A member of the most famous generation of the most famous theatrical ...

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22. Evelyn Moore

Actress | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

Evelyn Moore was born on September 16, 1890 in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Bedazzled (1967) and A Castle and Sixpence (1954). She died on April 3, 1972 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.

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23. Peter Cook

Actor | The Princess Bride

One of four stars of the London and New York revues Beyond the Fringe and Beyond the Fringe (with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett, and Dudley Moore). Later created scatological comedy routine "Derek & Clive" with Moore.

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24. Jeremy Lloyd

Actor | Murder on the Orient Express

Jeremy Lloyd was born on July 22, 1930 in Danbury, Essex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Are You Being Served? (1977) and 'Allo 'Allo! (1982). He was married to Elizabeth Moberly, Collette Northrop, Joanna Lumley and Dawn Bailey. He died on ...

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25. Ian Carmichael

Actor | I'm All Right Jack

Unassuming, innocent-eyed and undeniably ingratiating, Brit comedy actor Ian Carmichael was quite the popular chap in late 50s and early 60s film. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England on June 18, 1920, the son of Arthur Denholm Carmichael, an optician, and his wife Kate (Gillett). After ...

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26. Jean Kent

Actress | Sleeping Car to Trieste

Vivacious, hazel-eyed, strawberry-haired Jean Kent was a popular star of British films in the 1940's and early 50's. The daughter of variety performers Norman Field and Nina Norre, she was convent-educated. By the age of ten, she accompanied her mother on tour, then spent several years in the ...

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27. Lupino Lane

Actor | Who's Your Father

Lupino 'Nipper' Lane was one of the few English actors to achieve fame in Hollywood in the 20's. He was a descendant of the clown Grimaldi, who, it was said, was the first to use concealed trap doors for comic effect., Lupino carried on that tradition and had many years of stage experience from his...

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28. Blanche Bella

Actress | Paying Him Out

Blanche Bella was born in 1888 in Venezuela. She is known for Paying Him Out (1915), Economy (1917) and The Man in Possession (1915).

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29. Billy Merson

Director | Patriotic Mrs. Brown

Billy Merson born William Henry Thompson in Nottingham in 1881, he began his career while working in a lace-making factory and performing shows as an acrobat and comedian in the evening at the Nottingham Theatre Royal. It took some time until he could make a good living from his stage work; he also...

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30. Winifred Delevanti

Actress | Milestones

Winifred delevanti born in 1897 in England, began in music hall in the early 1910's, pretty brunette who starred in a handful of comedy films with Billy Merson and Lupino Lane the first of these films is ' The Man in Possession' directed by W.P. Kellino in 1915 for the Homeland Film Company, she ...

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31. Isobel Elsom

Actress | My Fair Lady

The epitome of opulent, grande dame pomposity, British character actress Isobel Elsom was born Isabelle Reed in Cambridge, England on March 16, 1893. She began on the stage in 1911 and went on to grace a number of silent and sound pictures in England, marrying and divorcing director Maurice Elvey ...

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32. Owen Nares

Actor | The Faithful Heart

Owen Nares was born on August 11, 1888 in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Faithful Heart (1922), There Goes the Bride (1932) and The Love Contract (1932). He was married to Marie Polini (actress). He died on July 30, 1943 in Brecon, Wales, UK.

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33. Thomas Meighan

Actor | The Racket

This once popular silent screen star and older matinee idol for Paramount Studios is all but forgotten today; however, Thomas "Tommy" Meighan was one of the rulers of the Hollywood roost, between the years 1915 and 1928.

He was born in Pittsburgh, his father a president of a major manufacturing ...

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34. Charlotte Walker

Actress | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Texan-born actress Charlotte Walker was the daughter of a wealthy cotton broker, who died when she was eleven. With her siblings she went on to live at a ranch owned by her mother's even more affluent family. In her mid-teens, Charlotte studied drama at Fort Edwards Collegiate Institute. She ...

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35. Marjorie Daw

Actress | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Marjorie Daw was born on January 19, 1902 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), The Puppet Crown (1915) and East Lynne (1925). She was married to Myron Selznick and A. Edward Sutherland. She died on March 18, 1979 in Huntington Beach, ...

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36. Rita Jolivet

Actress | Teodora

Rita Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 when she made FATA MORGANA to 1926 when she filmed PHI-PHI. Afterwards, Rita dropped out of films. She made only 20 films in her brief career.

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37. Hamilton Revelle

Actor | Amleto

Hamilton Revelle was born on May 31, 1872 in Gibraltar, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1914), Thais (1917) and Kismet (1920). He died on April 11, 1958 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

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38. Alberto Albertini

Actor | I sette peccati capitali

Alberto Albertini was born on August 31, 1898 in Cogoleto, Italy. He was an actor, known for I sette peccati capitali (1918), L'ira (1918) and La lanterna di Diogene (1922). He was married to Maddalena Colla. He died on October 22, 1957 in Genova, Italy.

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39. Carlo Benetti

Actor | Assunta Spina

Carlo Benetti was born on July 4, 1885 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for Assunta Spina (1915), L'albergo degli assenti (1939) and Cortocircuito (1943). He was married to Olga Benetti. He died on June 4, 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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40. Olga Benetti

Actress | Tosca

Olga Benetti was born in Ceprano, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Tosca (1918), La signora delle camelie (1915) and La baraonda (1923). She was married to Carlo Benetti. She died in 1949.

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41. Ettore Baccani

Actor | Adriana Lecouvreur

Ettore Baccani was an actor, known for Adriana Lecouvreur (1919), Germania (1914) and La mano della scimmia (1913). He died on October 26, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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42. Raffaello Mariani

Actor | La viandante

Raffaello Mariani is known for La viandante (1918), Il blasone maledetto (1919) and La tragica fine di Caligula imperator (1917).

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43. Ugo Bazzini

Actor | Rapsodia satanica

Ugo Bazzini is known for Satan's Rhapsody (1917), Aniello a fede (1923) and Silvio Pellico (1915).

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44. Fernanda Battiferri

Actress | Cuore di zingara

Fernanda Battiferri was born on September 4, 1896 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is known for Cuore di zingara (1920), Il naufragatore (1915) and Tresa (1915). She was previously married to Gastone Monaldi.

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45. Giovanni Pezzinga

Director | Sansonette e i quattro arlecchini

Giovanni Pezzinga is known for Sansonette e i quattro arlecchini (1920), Sansonette amazzone dell'aria (1920) and Sansonette danzatrice della prateria (1920).

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46. Vittoria Lepanto

Actress | Camille

Vittoria Lepanto was born on February 15, 1885 in Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Camille (1909), Lucrezia Borgia (1910) and Othello (1909). She died on May 3, 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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47. Alberto Nepoti

Actor | I figli di nessuno

Alberto Nepoti was born in 1876 in Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for I figli di nessuno (1921), Carmen (1909) and Othello (1909). He died in 1937.

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48. Cesare Dondine

Actor | Otello

Cesare Dondine is known for Othello (1909), I disonesti (1922) and Di notte all'aria aperta (1922).

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49. Gianni Bongars

Actor | I tre sorrisi di una monella

Gianni Bongars is known for I tre sorrisi di una monella (1920) and I disonesti (1922).

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50. Fernanda Negri Pouget

Actress | Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

Fernanda Negri Pouget was born on March 28, 1889 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Last Days of Pompeii (1913), Hamlet (1908) and Ma non è una cosa seria (1921). She was married to Armand Pouget. She died on February 17, 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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